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Setting For Best Weapon

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I hadn't played UT99 in a while and when I fired it back up I think I have a setting problem. Whenever I pick up the redeemer, it doesn't automatically make it my primary weapon. I have to scroll through my weapons to pull up the redeemer. When I pick up the redeemer, I want it to be ready to be fired, but I keep having to change my weapons to get to it. Am I missing a setting somewhere??
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Fire up the game - in the menu bar at the top go to Options ->Weapons - the Auto-Switch Weapons box should be ticked.
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OjitroC wrote: Mon Dec 23, 2019 3:37 pm Fire up the game - in the menu bar at the top go to Options ->Weapons - the Auto-Switch Weapons box should be ticked.
Very weird. I do have that box checked. Went back into a map and picked up a redeemer. It says you picked up a redeemer, but didn't switch from the enforcer.??
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A mutator ? Does it exist ? No ? Shall we do one then ? :mrgreen:
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Loose Cannon wrote: Mon Dec 23, 2019 5:41 pm Very weird. I do have that box checked. Went back into a map and picked up a redeemer. It says you picked up a redeemer, but didn't switch from the enforcer.??
Yes, very weird. Perhaps you're running another mutator that causes the conflict? Could it be map-related?

I have the opposite problem - the box is unchecked but certain weapons in my StuffSwapper configs automatically switch - which can be a nuisance to put it mildly.
sektor2111 wrote: Mon Dec 23, 2019 5:53 pm A mutator ? Does it exist ? No ? Shall we do one then ? :mrgreen:
I don't think it does and so, yes, it would be good if you did one (covering both situations - not autoswitching when the box is ticked and autoswitching when it is not ticked - if possible?).
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I did not do yet such thing but I asked if would be welcomed if community will have such stuff.
As for StuffSwapper I might have questions which are not ON-TOPIC (- I removed it from my old MH server because it did only damage to weapons placed tricky by mappers...)
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sektor2111 wrote: Mon Dec 23, 2019 7:05 pm I did not do yet such thing but I asked if would be welcomed if community will have such stuff.
I meant it will be welcomed and very useful if you make one (as with all the things you make).
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So, I'm not using any mutator's and I've tried several maps where I know I can find a quick redeemer. Morpheus, Morbias, Dogtown, etc. The redeemer is the only weapon I'm having this issue with.
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All right, now I'm going confused. I did a check into system for figuring what is changed and how when in menu weapon-switch it's set True - box checked.
I fired map Morpheus and moved at Redeemer spot having enforcer as weapon. When I touched Redeemer I got it and weapon was switched to this Redeemer. I don't see what's wrong with settings unless some funky menu is doing something in your install, I do not have this issue so I cannot figure if this is a bug.
The only thing that needs checked using a console command if bNeverAutoSwitch as it is self explanatory should be False for PlayerPawn. This is also localized in User.ini at section [Engine.PlayerPawn] an should be like that for PlayerPawn, also in that section exist this last slot WeaponPriority[49]=WarheadLauncher in my working install. This array has 50 slots, from 0 to 49. I don't know what happens if WarheadLauncher is missing from there... For me it's the last one and it works switching weapon immediately after pickup.
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sektor2111 wrote: Mon Dec 23, 2019 10:56 pm This is also localized in User.ini at section [Engine.PlayerPawn] an should be like that for PlayerPawn, also in that section exist this last slot WeaponPriority[49]=WarheadLauncher in my working install. This array has 50 slots, from 0 to 49. I don't know what happens if WarheadLauncher is missing from there... For me it's the last one and it works switching weapon immediately after pickup.
I think the array in User.ini may be in reverse order and that slot [49] is the highest priority. Why? Because if I check my User.ini list against the list in Options->Weapons, the weapons at the top of the array in User.ini are NOT at the top of the WeaponsPriority list in Weapons - in fact just the reverse.

Edit - confirmed that is correct - put 3 specific weapons at slots 47, 48 and 49 in the list in User.ini - checked in-game in Options->Weapons and those three weapons are at the top of the list. So the list in User.ini is in reverse order - slot [49] is the highest priority.

@LooseCannon - check your list of weapons in Options->Weapons and make sure the redeemer is at the top of the list.

NOTE - regular use of weapons packs/mutators where the weapons are not set out in an .int file will significantly affect what is shown in the WeaponsPriority list and in the list in User.ini - UT won't be able to identify them and so won't include them. I have a lot of (?)Translocator entries in my lists as I use StuffSwapper with lots of weapons from mods without INTs ((?) means it's unidentified or unknown and Translocator presumably appears because it is the UT 'weapon' with the lowest priority).
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OjitroC, that did the trick! For some reason the redeemer was 2nd from the bottom on that list. Moved it to the top and that fixed it. Thanks!! I never checked that tab before and didn't know you could move the weapons around. Wonder how it got that way to begin with? Anyways, thanks again!!
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