Guided Missiles v1.01, a QuakeC patch
by Ken "Page Fault" Alverson (KenA@TSO.Cin.IX.Net)
Description:
Like a remote control plane, this patch allows you to pilot your
missiles throughout a level, only you are not piloting a harmless
little plane, but a hundred pound explosive.
Installation:
Create a directory in you Quake directory, call it whatever you want
(GuideMis is good). Place the Progs.Dat you recieved into that
directory. Execute Quake using the commandline "Quake -Game
"
replacing with the name of the directory you place it in.
Controls:
The controls are exactly the same as they are in Quake, except while
you are flying the fire button is disabled, and the jump button is
actually a remote detonate button. Oh yeah, to select it you must
already have the regular rocket launcher and select it again.
Features:
- Piloting your missiles, duh...
- Glow surrounding a player who is piloting a missile deterrs camping
while giving the realistic impression that that player is staring
at a little monitor controlling a missile.
- Guided missiles do not do as much damage as unguided, nor do they
go as fast. Gotta make it fair!
Quirks/Bugs:
- Special powerups will not finish while you are flying (IE. Quad
Damage). If thier time is up they will end as soon as you stop
flying.
- Every time you shoot when not facing forward the view centers a
little.
- Anything else, tell me!
Future plans:
- Get a new model with the player holding a little monitor and
joystick.
- Better control model. Current model limits you like Quake does,
ie. you can't look straight up or down, and you can't do loops.
- Suggestions?
Changes since v1.0:
- Got rid of ugly debug messages (how embarrasing!)
- Cleaned up the code that turns NOTARGET on and off when you shoot.
Now the monsters should always go after you, not your missile,
and they won't sit there looking dumb after the missile explodes.
- No more bobbing up and down when you try to move forward in flight.
- Missile.Movetype changed from MOVETYPE_FLYMISSILE to MOVETYPE_FLY.
This makes your shot have to be considerably more precise to hit.
The other way was crazy, you could hit people 5 feet away! Note:
This change only affects targetting monsters. Players have always
been handled in the precise targetting mode.
- Now if you detonate the rocket in mid flight you won't immediately
jump when your view returns.
- In a related note, when you jump and fire, you can now detonate
after you release the jump button and press it again.
- Minor internal structural details.
Thanks to:
Shadow, Skylight, Kazrak, Tibz, Rot, Shafty, Alaska, Rumba, anyone
who helped me on QuakeMud (telnet:ux2.accesscom.net port 3000),
and everyone who helped on the Quake editing mailing list and the
QuakeC mailing list.