How do i change enemy drops?

[Voidic]

Ok so im making a partial conversion with different weapons than vanilla, though like for example: When i kill a sergeant they drop the vanilla shotgun instead of the custom shotgun, how do i fix this?

[SMG_Man]

for GZDoom, there are a few ways to go about it.

 

1. In your DECORATE/ZSCRIPT code for your shotgun replacement, use the "replaces" keyword. It would look something like this:

Actor CUSTOMSHOTGUN : Doomweapon replaces Shotgun
{
	...
}

2. Create new definitions for the enemies with drops that need to be replaced. Continuing with the "CustomShotgun" actor from earlier,

Actor UpdatedShotgunGuy: Shotgunguy replaces Shotgunguy
{
	Dropitem "CustomShotgun"
}

3. Attach the replacement information to each skill definition in your (Z)MAPINFO lump. Once again with the "CustomShotgun",

clearskills

skill ITYTD
{
   AutoUseHealth
   AmmoFactor = 2
   DamageFactor = 0.5
   EasyBossBrain
   SpawnFilter = Baby
   ReplaceActor = "Shotgun", "CustomShotgun"
   Name = "I'm Too Young To Die"
   Key = "i"
}

skill HNTR
{
  ...
  ReplaceActor = "Shotgun", "CustomShotgun"
  ...
}

 

Personally, I think option 1 is the easiest to do, but I can see going for option 2 if you're going to adjust the stock enemies anyway.

Edited November 15, 2022 by SMG_Man

[Kan3]

We need more infos: are you working for vanilla, boom, zandronum or gzdoom (else) compatibility?

[Voidic]

5 hours ago, Kan3 said:

We need more infos: are you working for vanilla, boom, zandronum or gzdoom (else) compatibility?

GZDoom

[Voidic]

1 hour ago, SMG_Man said:

for GZDoom, there are a few ways to go about it.

 

1. In your DECORATE/ZSCRIPT code for your shotgun replacement, use the "replaces" keyword. It would look something like this:

Actor CUSTOMSHOTGUN : Doomweapon replaces Shotgun
{
	...
}

2. Create new definitions for the enemies with drops that need to be replaced. Continuing with the "CustomShotgun" actor from earlier,

Actor UpdatedShotgunGuy: Shotgunguy replaces Shotgunguy
{
	Dropitem "CustomShotgun"
}

3. Attach the replacement information to each skill definition in your (Z)MAPINFO lump. Once again with the "CustomShotgun",

clearskills

skill ITYTD
{
   AutoUseHealth
   AmmoFactor = 2
   DamageFactor = 0.5
   EasyBossBrain
   SpawnFilter = Baby
   ReplaceActor = "Shotgun", "CustomShotgun"
   Name = "I'm Too Young To Die"
   Key = "i"
}

skill HNTR
{
  ...
  ReplaceActor = "Shotgun", "CustomShotgun"
  ...
}

 

Personally, I think option 1 is the easiest to do, but I can see going for option 2 if you're going to adjust the stock enemies anyway.

Thanks!