Pickup state in a decorate weapon

[johnfulgor]

Hello all,
I have a modified shotgun weapon like this:

ACTOR Shot_Gun : Shotgun Replaces Shotgun
{
...
states
{
.....
.....
Pickup:
some code
stop
}

}
But the pickup state is never entered. What's wrong? I need to execute a script every time a shotgun is found.
Thank you.
Patrick

[Kappes Buur]

I don't know where this Pickup: as a state comes from.

Maybe taking a look at this tutorial
http://zdoom.org/wiki/Creating_new_weapons
will help. However, this is just the DECORATE, no sounds, no sprites.

or, download some shotgun examples from REALM667 and have a look how the DECORATE was set up.
http://www.realm667.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=59&Itemid=194
These are fully established weapons with sounds and sprites. Simply attach the action special to the weapon. It will be executed on pickup.

[Gez]

Kappes Buur said:

I don't know where this Pickup: as a state comes from.

CustomInventory, which are the only things where they work. Weapons aren't CustomInventory descendants.

[Kappes Buur]

Gez said:

CustomInventory, ....

I need some enlightening on the subject :-)

If the goal is to include the weapon in the inventory, what is the difference then between the CustomInventory's Pickup: state, and Weapon.SlotNumber X, which places the weapon into the inventory at location X ?