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Want different armor values in your mod? Tired of the normal values? This is for you.

Posted by Paril on Jun 18th, 2006 - Basic Client Side Coding

[page=Introduction]
Hello!

Now, if you've played Q2, you've noticed how the values are the same.

Jacket Armor - 50
Combat Armor - 100
Body Armor - 200

With this addon to my class-based mod starter, you can change the max armor!
Let's get started!

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Go to your client_persistant_t struct, and at the end, add this:

// Paril - New arm&#111;r integer.
int player_arm&#111;r;

Go to your Pickup_Armor function, find this block:

// calc new arm&#111;r values
            salvage = newinf&#111;-&#62;n&#111;rmal_pr&#111;tecti&#111;n / &#111;ldinf&#111;-&#62;n&#111;rmal_pr&#111;tecti&#111;n;
            salvagec&#111;unt = salvage * newinf&#111;-&#62;base_c&#111;unt;
            newc&#111;unt = &#111;ther-&#62;client-&#62;pers.invent&#111;ry&#91;&#111;ld_arm&#111;r_index&#93; + salvagec&#111;unt;
            if &#40;newc&#111;unt &#62; &#111;ldinf&#111;-&#62;max_c&#111;unt&#41;
                newc&#111;unt = &#111;ldinf&#111;-&#62;max_c&#111;unt;

            // if we&#39;re already maxed &#111;ut then we d&#111;n&#39;t need the new arm&#111;r
            if &#40;&#111;ther-&#62;client-&#62;pers.invent&#111;ry&#91;&#111;ld_arm&#111;r_index&#93; &#62;= newc&#111;unt&#41;
                return false;

            // update current arm&#111;r value
            &#111;ther-&#62;client-&#62;pers.invent&#111;ry&#91;&#111;ld_arm&#111;r_index&#93; = newc&#111;unt;
        }
    }

    if &#40;&#33;&#40;ent-&#62;spawnflags & DROPPED_ITEM&#41; && &#40;deathmatch-&#62;value&#41;&#41;
        SetRespawn &#40;ent, 20&#41;;

Below that, and before the:

return true;
}

add this new block:

// Paril - New arm&#111;r will excede n&#111;rmal values t&#111; pers.player_arm&#111;r
    if &#40;&#40;&#111;ther-&#62;client-&#62;pers.invent&#111;ry&#91;jacket_arm&#111;r_index&#93;&#41; + &#40;&#111;ther-&#62;client-&#62;pers.invent&#111;ry&#91;c&#111;mbat_arm&#111;r_index&#93;&#41; + &#40;&#111;ther-&#62;client-&#62;pers.invent&#111;ry&#91;b&#111;dy_arm&#111;r_index&#93;&#41; &#62; &#40;&#111;ther-&#62;client-&#62;pers.player_arm&#111;r&#41;&#41;
        &#111;ther-&#62;client-&#62;pers.invent&#111;ry&#91;&#111;ld_arm&#111;r_index&#93; = &#111;ther-&#62;client-&#62;pers.player_arm&#111;r;

Now, in your InitClientPersistant, in each class block, add like:

client-&#62;pers.player_arm&#111;r     = 100;//Max Arm&#111;r f&#111;r Class1

As you can see, you just need to add in the player_armor variable and set it to a value, in someplace around where you gave each class it's weapons and ammo. That's it! Now your classes can have different armor values, so you can give your "heavy weapons" class a very high armor count while your light "scout" classes can have low armor values.