Damage from weapon persists after Player death

[OjitroC]

When hit by 'projectiles' from the addweap.hkg11, my movement (running speed) slows down considerably and this effect persists even after I am killed and respawn - my normal movement speed doesn't return until I start and play a new map (playing off-line in 469c Release - as an aside, I don't remember this happening in 451 but haven't tested that - a few tests in 436 suggest that it doesn't happen in that version so possibly 'something' introduced by 469c?).

This is the code for the weapon firing - can anyone indicate if there is anything in this code that would account for this significant loss of movement speed?

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function TraceFire( float Accuracy )
{
	local vector HitLocation, HitNormal, StartTrace, EndTrace, X,Y,Z, AimDir;
	local actor Other;
        local Pawn PawnOwner;

	PawnOwner = Pawn(Owner);
    
	Owner.MakeNoise(PawnOwner.SoundDampening);
	GetAxes(PawnOwner.ViewRotation,X,Y,Z);
	StartTrace = Owner.Location + PawnOwner.Eyeheight * Z; 
	AdjustedAim = PawnOwner.AdjustAim(1000000, StartTrace, 2*AimError, False, False);	
	X = vector(AdjustedAim);
	 
	AdjustAccuracy(owner,ShotAccuracyBase,ShotAccuracy);

	 EndTrace = StartTrace + ShotAccuracy * (FRand() - 0.5 )* Y * 1000
		+ ShotAccuracy * (FRand() - 0.5 ) * Z * 1000;
	 AimDir = vector(AdjustedAim);
	 EndTrace += (10000 * AimDir); 
	
	Other = PawnOwner.TraceShot(HitLocation,HitNormal,EndTrace,StartTrace);
      	
	//recoil
	Pawn(Owner).ViewRotation.Pitch += (shotc * 8);
        shotc++;

	// visible tracing
        Count++;
	if ( Count == 3 ) 
	{
		Count = 0;
		if ( VSize(HitLocation - StartTrace) > 250 ) Spawn(class'MTracerXM',,, StartTrace + 96 * AimDir,rotator(EndTrace - StartTrace));
	}

	 ProcessTraceHit(Other, HitLocation, HitNormal, vector(AdjustedAim),Y,Z);
        
}

function ProcessTraceHit(Actor Other, Vector HitLocation, Vector HitNormal, Vector X, Vector Y, Vector Z)
{
	if (Other == Level) Spawn(class'UT_HeavyWallHitEffect',,, HitLocation+HitNormal, Rotator(HitNormal));
	else if ( (Other != self) && (Other != Owner) && (Other != None) ) 
	{
		if ( Other.bIsPawn )
		{
		        ProcessHitLocation(owner,Other,HitLocation,X,HeadDamage,ArmorDamage,LegDamage);
			Other.PlaySound(Sound 'ChunkHit',, 4.0,,100);
		}

		if ( !Other.bIsPawn && !Other.IsA('Carcass') )
			spawn(class'UT_SpriteSmokePuff',,,HitLocation+HitNormal*9);	
	}
}

function Fire( float Value )
{
	Enable('Tick');
	if ( AmmoType == None )
	{
		// ammocheck
		GiveAmmo(Pawn(Owner));
	}
	if ( AmmoType.UseAmmo(1) )
	{
		If (AClipCount> 0)  		
		{
		AclipCount--;
		SoundVolume = 255;//*Pawn(Owner).SoundDampening;
		Pawn(Owner).PlayRecoil(FiringSpeed);
		bCanClientFire = true;
		bPointing=True;
		ClientFire(value);
		GotoState('NormalFire');
		}

		else 
		{
				
		GotoState('NewClip');
		}
	

	}
	else GoToState('Idle');
}

This is the complete .uc for the weapon should anyone wish to look at all of it

hkg11.ScriptText.zip

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[Barbie]

Looks like code of class'hkg11' is not enough - it extends class'addweapons'. Need to look there also. Best is to put a link to the complete package.

[OjitroC]

This is the package
combat.zip
It's actually the mod Combat Zone.

One thing I have noticed is that the persistent speed reduction occurs in Low Gravity (using the default LG mutator) in 469c but does not occur in normal Gravity, nor does it happen in Low Gravity (using the default LG mutator) in 436. So something to do with Low Gravity in 469c?

[Barbie]

OMG!
(Firefox 102.4.0.esr says: "risk because the connection is not encrypted" - I feel like in a Kindergarden )

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You can find the GroundSpeed reduction in class'addweapons' (expanding class'TournamentWeapon') in

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Function ProcessHitLocation(..., int LegDamage) {
	HitHeight = HitLocation.Z - Other.Location.Z;
...
	if (HitHeight < 0.75 * Other.CollisionHeight - Other.CollisionHeight ) {  
		Other.TakeDamage(LegDamage, Pawn(Owner), HitLocation, 25000 * X, MyDamageType);
		ReducedGroundspeed = Pawn(other).GroundSpeed - ReduceGroundSpeedRatio;
		If ( ReducedGroundSpeed <= MinGroundSpeed ) ReducedGroundSpeed=MinGroundSpeed;
		Pawn(other).GroundSpeed = ReducedGroundspeed;
		return;
	}

Because the condition is true for some negative values of HitHeight I assume that the victim was shot into the legs and therefore gets some damage and speed reduction.

You should also find an info in the HUD:

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Canvas.DrawText("Legs :status:  "$Int(legstatus)$" %");

[OjitroC]

Thanks for that.

So that explains the speed reduction but is there anything in the code that explains why that speed reduction persists after the victim is killed and respawned?

The difference in behaviour between LG and normal gravity (and between UT versions) is difficult to test as you have now shown that the speed reduction depends on the hit location and accuracy of hit location can only be achieved by testing with human players which I am not doing.

[Barbie]

There is nothing in the code that resets the speed reduction. Maybe make a small mutator that catches the event when a player respawns and set his default GroundSpeed then.

[EvilGrins]

While I can't speak to this specific thing, there are a number of mutators that offer weapons or things that ultimately result in players not being able to move as fast. Like the Quake Weapons, played under the mutator and not directly edited onto a map, of Frag'n'Brag offered some new Relics on his more recent map edits and one was for super speed... but when it wore off you weren't back to normal speed.

It was like your switched from playing in Turbo back down to Hardcore.

Most of these slow downs would stick with you until play on that particular map ended and a new map loaded... and yes, this is all from before the new patch; which I can easily confirm as I still don't have the new patch.

[OjitroC]

There is nothing in the code that resets the speed reduction. Maybe make a small mutator that catches the event when a player respawns and set his default GroundSpeed then.

That clears that up nicely - thanks for the info.