No Drop Cap???

PlzReviveMe

power_vacuum()
{
	for(;;)
	{
		i = 0;
		level.zombie_vars["zombie_powerup_drop_increment"] = 2000;
		level.zombie_vars["zombie_powerup_drop_max_per_round"] = 4;
		while ( i > 2 )
		{
			level waittill("end_of_round");
			i++;
		}
		level.zombie_vars["zombie_powerup_drop_increment"] = 500;
		level.zombie_vars["zombie_powerup_drop_max_per_round"] = ???;
		level waittill("end_of_round");
		
	}
	
}

Trying to make a truly limitless drop cap but don't know how to approach that goal. This is for my Power Vacuum script every 3 rounds. I don't want to put a really high number, either. Secondly, I want others to check if I got the logic correct to achieve a power vacuum effect.

luigistyle

PlzReviveMe said in No Drop Cap???:

I don't want to put a really high number, either.

Why not?

PlzReviveMe

luigistyle said in No Drop Cap???:

Why not?

How about this? I set the the cap to the zombie's health at round 162. (max health cap for zombies)

level.zombie_vars["zombie_powerup_drop_max_per_round"] = ai_zombie_health(162);
//The number is around 2 billion//

luigistyle

PlzReviveMe I don't really know GSC that well, I'm just curious as to why you didn't want to simply set it to some high number

PlzReviveMe

luigistyle

Although that cap will not be reached anytime soon, there will be a time where the number will be too high and the computer won't be able to process that number if you were to hypothetically keep going forever. Black Ops 2 is a 32-bit game and the highest number that can be processed across the entire game is 2^31 - 1, which is around 2.1 billion. I'm trying to find a way close that loophole and make the drop cap truly infinite, while also not creating a script that will inevitably reach that number if it were to keep running.

PlzReviveMe

Speaking of, is there a waittill for picking up powerups?

luigistyle

PlzReviveMe Realistically, who would ever get to 2,147,xxx drops (or am I misunderstanding what you're saying)?

JezuzLizard

PlzReviveMe There are two ways in which the game decides to make a zombie drop a powerup. The first way is by rng, more specifically every zombie has a 2% chance on death to drop a powerup. The second way is by points earned by players, which is level.zombie_vars["zombie_powerup_drop_increment"] = 2000; with 2000 points total being the default value. The rng drops remain constant throughout the game, however the drop increment increases by 1.14 multiplicatively every time a powerup drops if the powerup dropped due to the drop increment points being met. This means the only way to maintain a consistent amount of drops per round is to change the rng drop rate directly. Additionally, if you wanted a truly infinite maximum amount of drops per round the only way to do that is remove the limit completely.

The way you would do both is by modifying _zm_powerups.gsc from here:
https://github.com/JezuzLizard/Recompilable-gscs-for-BO2-zombies-and-multiplayer/blob/master/patch_zm/maps/mp/zombies/_zm_powerups.gsc

In order to change rng drops and remove the powerup drop cap we have to modify this function: powerup_drop( drop_point ) in _zm_powerups.gsc

In this function look for the following if statement: ```

if ( level.powerup_drop_count >= level.zombie_vars[ "zombie_powerup_drop_max_per_round" ] )
{
     return;
}

and remove it.

Next in order to change the powerup rng drop rate you'll need to look for this if/else statement

if ( rand_drop > 2 )
{
	if ( !level.zombie_vars[ "zombie_drop_item" ] )
	{
		return;
	}
	debug = "score";
}
else
{
	debug = "random";
}

Now in order to change the random drop rate you'll need to change the 2 to another number. Higher numbers increase the likelihood a powerup will drop and lower, the opposite. If you remove the if/else statement entirely you can make every zombie that dies always drop a powerup.

Finally you need to compile _zm_powerups.gsc as _zm_powerups.gsc and place it maps/mp/zombies

If you have any more questions feel free to ask.

Plutonium

No Drop Cap???