Tutorial: Playing Dead

Level: Easy to Medium

Author: Ninja of Comp

I made this tutorial some time ago ( a long time ago, about 1998) and it works great.

Lets say that your in a tight spot, your out of ammo, someone is on your ass shooting like he knows your high and dry. So what are your options? You could turn and shoot the guy with your blaster/pee-shooter (yeah, like that’ll work, specially if he has a chaingun). Why not just drop to the ground and playdead?! But do it like you meen it solder, drop and give me 20 ( sorry, had a flashback of my drill sergeant days ).

Well first either create a file or add the following code to your own project files:

#include "g_local.h"

#include "m_player.h"

// *****************************

// * JMR: Playing Dead

// *****************************

void JMR_PlayDead (edict_t *ent)

{

pmove_t pm;

int index;

if (ent->client->playing_dead != 1)

{

// Check if ent has any powercells at all..

index = ITEM_INDEX(FindItem("cells"));

// If not enough cells then notify ent..

if (ent->client->pers.inventory[index] < 25)

{

gi.centerprintf(ent, "Playing Dead requires 25 PowerCells!\n");

return;

}

// Try to deduct the cells!

if (ent->client->pers.inventory[index] >= 25)

// Deduct 25 cells from inventory

ent->client->pers.inventory[index] -= 25;

// We make the weapon model disapear

ent->s.modelindex2 = 0;

// This is so that it knows what to do with the animation

ent->client->anim_priority = ANIM_DEATH;

// These tell us from what frame to start and end

// note: They are all in the m_player.h file

ent->s.frame = FRAME_death201;

ent->client->anim_end = FRAME_death206;

// Make the player look from a Deadmans point of view

ent->client->ps.viewangles[ROLL] = 40;

ent->client->ps.viewangles[PITCH] = -15;

//ent->client->ps.viewangles[YAW] = 15;

// Here I specify the type of movement I want

// in this case, PM_FREEZE (Found in Q_share.h)

ent->client->ps.pmove.pm_type = PM_FREEZE;

pm.s = ent->client->ps.pmove;

gi.Pmove (&pm);

// We make a death sound so it apears that

// eather someone killed us or we KILLed are selfs

gi.sound (ent, CHAN_VOICE, gi.soundindex(va("*death%i.wav", (rand()%4)+1)), 1, ATTN_NORM, 0);

// Set the playing_dead variable so the next call to this

// function will make us stand up again

ent->client->playing_dead = 1;

// Make it all happen

gi.linkentity (ent);

// leave this function

return;

}

else

{

// We walk again

ent->client->ps.pmove.pm_type = PM_NORMAL;

// We make the weapon model reapear.

// Note: I know this is not the best way so if you know

// a better way, let me know

// ent->s.modelindex2 = gi.modelindex ("players/male/weapon.md2");

// This is so that it knows what to do with the animation

ent->client->anim_priority = ANIM_BASIC;

// So it knows what animation to play

ent->s.frame = FRAME_stand01;

ent->client->anim_end = FRAME_stand40;

// Set the playing_dead variable so the next call to this

// function will make us play dead

ent->client->playing_dead = 0;

// Make it Happen

gi.linkentity (ent);

// leave

return;

}

}

Now open g_local.h and in the struct gclient_s and at the end add the following lines:

float respawn_time; // can respawn when time > this

edict_t *chase_target; // player we are chasing

qboolean update_chase; // need to update chase info?

// ***********************************

// * JMR: My new variables

// ***********************************

int playing_dead; // playing dead toggle

// ***********************************

};

Now go at the end of g_local.h and add the following:

void JMR_PlayDead (edict_t *ent);

Now open g_cmds.c and at the end of ClientCommand add the following:

else if (Q_strcasecmp (cmd, "playdead") == 0)

JMR_PlayDead(ent);

// *****************************************************

else // anything that doesn't match a command will be a chat

Cmd_Say_f (ent, false, true);

}

Explanations:

Well, pretty self explandatory. The code is well documented.

Final remarks:

This was the first tutorial I ever made, but not my last. This tutorial sould show you some basic stuff.

later