No Ammo Weapons

Step 1 Everybody who first gets into QC makes a patch with an unbearable amount of weapons with every weapon model they can find :) But what happens when you have more than 1 axe/knife/sword/hammer/fist ? We dont want nails turning up when we select a knife do we? Just follow these steps to give it no ammo :) We will make the shotgun have no ammo for this example, but you can use it on any weapon :) Open up "weapons.qc" and go to the shotgun fire thing "W_FireShotgun" remove this line : self.currentammo = self.ammo_cells = self.ammo_cells - 1; So you wont loose ammo when you fire... ..

Step 2 Go down to "player weapon use" (you should be familiar with this by now) and in "W_SetCurentAmmo" go to the shotgun, which looks like this... else if (self.weapon == IT_SHOTGUN) { self.currentammo = self.ammo_shells; self.weaponmodel = "progs/v_shot.mdl"; self.weaponframe = 0; self.items = self.items | IT_SHELLS; } Change it to this... { self.currentammo = 0; // no ammo self.weaponmodel = "progs/v_shot.mdl"; // same weapon model self.weaponframe = 0; // same weaponframe }

.. Step 3 notice we took out self.items ? you can guess why :) now scroll down to "W_CheckNoAmmo" under the axe bit add in this... else if (self.weapon == IT_SHOTGUN) // if its the shotgun return TRUE; // thats ok ..

Step 4 Right, scroll down a little further to "W_ChangeWeapon", and go to the shotgun bit. Delete the lines that say... W_CheckNoAmmo(); am = 1; So that it looks like the axe above it (but with IT_SHOTGUN :) ..

Step 5 Under all that there are the cycle weapon functions, find the shotgun in both and delete the lines about the ammo if (self.ammo_shells < 1) //this one am = 1; // and this one Dont forget to do it later in the reveerse cycle commands as well :)

.. Step 6 Thats it for "weapons.qc" save and close and open up "client.qc" Go down to "PlayerPreThink (3/4 down) and new the end you will see sumthin like this... if(time > self.attack_finished && self.currentammo == 0 && self.weapon != IT_AXE) Change it to this... if(time > self.attack_finished && self.currentammo == 0 && self.weapon != IT_AXE && self.weapon != IT_SHOTGUN)

.. Step 7 OK time out, what the hell is "&&" and that "!=" stuff? That "&&" means "and", like "||" means or, it says if your weapon is an axe (do sumthing) AND if its a shotgun (do sumthin) As for the "!=" that basically means "if its not" so, regarding your weapon IF ITS NOT a shotgun/axe (do sumthin), its kinda like an exception statement, youll get used to it.

.. Step 8 That's about it, now go and shoot your shotgun for eternity, and then try it with another weapon (preferably a melee weap :)

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