New weapons

[Freakin' Noob]

Is there a way to add a new weapon slot? i want to include an unmaker/railgun type weapon to my wads, and i dont want to replace anything else... can this be done?

[Scientist]

If you're using Zdoom as a source port you could use Decorate to add a slot:

Open your wad in XWE and create two new entries. One named DECORATE and the second named KEYCONF

in DECORATE write something like:

// RAILGUN
ACTOR Railgunx : Weapon 1234
{
Weapon.AmmoType1 "Cell"
Weapon.AmmoUse 1
Weapon.AmmoGive 40
Inventory.PickupSound "misc/w_pkup"
Inventory.PickupMessage "Picked up a Railgun!"
Obituary "%o got derailed."
States
{
Spawn:
PLAS A 1
Loop
Ready:
PLSG A 8 Bright A_WeaponReady
Loop
Deselect:
PLSG A 1 A_Lower
Loop
Select:
PLSG A 1 A_Raise
Loop

Fire:
PLSF A 0 A_Light1
PLSF B 1 Bright
PLSF A 1 Bright A_RailAttack(18,0,1,"FF FF FF","FF FF FF",10)
PLSF B 1 Bright
PLSG A 0 A_Light0
PLSG B 40 A_ReFire
goto Ready
}
}

and in KEYCONF write:

weaponsection rail

setslot 9 Railgunx

Now when you play your wad and press "9" you've got a railgun (that looks just like a plasma riffle).
You can edit the DECORATE entry to change the characteristics of your railgun.

[Freakin' Noob]

Nice. I used the Doom64 railgun with that, looks great. Is there a delay command for the DECORATE lump (like the one in ACS)?

[TheDarkArchon]

Just have a frame with no attached action. For example:

BLAH E 7

creates a 7 tic delay where nothing happens.

[Freakin' Noob]

One more question. how do i boost the power of the A_RailAttack?