Notice how I have used the VectorSet and VectorAdd functions ? look in q_shared.h to see how these and other vector functions work.

More laser bolts, please !

Now lets do a triple hyperblaster !!! This thing will really chew up ammo, but anyone on the other side of your crosshaire is going to end up atomic-fried-chicken. Find the function Weapon_HyperBlaster_Fire and replace it with this one :

 
void Weapon_HyperBlaster_Fire (edict_t *ent)
{
	float	rotation;
	vec3_t	offset;
	int		effect;

	ent->client->weapon_sound = gi.soundindex("weapons/hyprbl1a.wav");

	if (!(ent->client->buttons & BUTTON_ATTACK))
	{
		ent->client->ps.gunframe++;
	}
	else
	{
		if (! ent->client->pers.inventory[ent->client->ammo_index] )
		{
			if (level.time >= ent->pain_debounce_time)
			{
				gi.sound(ent, CHAN_VOICE, gi.soundindex("weapons/noammo.wav"), 1, ATTN_NORM, 0);
				ent->pain_debounce_time = level.time + 1;
			}
			NoAmmoWeaponChange (ent);
		}
		else
		{
			// STEVE .... the lines below are new !
			// ...........TRIPLE HYPER BLASTER !!!

			if ((ent->client->ps.gunframe == 6) || (ent->client->ps.gunframe == 9))
				effect = EF_HYPERBLASTER;
			else
				effect = 0;

			// change the offset radius to 6 (from 4), spread the bolts out a little
			rotation = (ent->client->ps.gunframe - 5) * 2*M_PI/6;
			offset[0] = 0;
			offset[1] = -8 * sin(rotation);
			offset[2] = 8 * cos(rotation);
			Blaster_Fire (ent, offset, 20, true, effect);

			// fire a second blast at a different rotation
			rotation = (ent->client->ps.gunframe - 5) * 2*M_PI/6 + M_PI*2.0/3.0;
			offset[0] = 0;
			offset[1] = -8 * sin(rotation);
			offset[2] = 8 * cos(rotation);
			Blaster_Fire (ent, offset, 20, true, effect);

			// fire a third blast at a different rotation
			rotation = (ent->client->ps.gunframe - 5) * 2*M_PI/6 + M_PI*4.0/3.0;
			offset[0] = 0;
			offset[1] = -8 * sin(rotation);
			offset[2] = 8 * cos(rotation);
			Blaster_Fire (ent, offset, 20, true, effect);
			// deduct 3 times the amount of ammo as before (... the *3 on end)
			ent->client->pers.inventory[ent->client->ammo_index] -= ent->client->pers.weapon->quantity * 3;
		}

		ent->client->ps.gunframe++;
		if (ent->client->ps.gunframe == 12 && ent->client->pers.inventory[ent->client->ammo_index])
			ent->client->ps.gunframe = 6;
	}

	if (ent->client->ps.gunframe == 12)
	{
		gi.sound(ent, CHAN_AUTO, gi.soundindex("weapons/hyprbd1a.wav"), 1, ATTN_NORM, 0);
		ent->client->weapon_sound = 0;
	}

}

rotation = (ent->client->ps.gunframe - 5) * 2*M_PI/6;

(Note that id got it wrong, and were rotating in the x/z axis, I changed it to rotate in the y/z axis, must've been Brian who wrote this bit eh John ?).

Well that's it ! Get the Hyperblaster and ROCK and ROLL ! I'll leave it up to you budding Q2 programmers to make a triple RL and triple GL.

Next week... bouncy bouncy.