Clips For Weapons

#1 Sounds like what you want are instances of the magazines themselves, and if you run across a gun, then that gun would be "linked" to the magazine it contains somehow. At that point, all you'd need to do is add whatever's left in the magazine to the subtotal of what you have on your character's person, or pick up the gun with whatever rounds it has left. Hope that helps.

#2 One more thing. You might want to add this functionality to the collision boxes of the magazines or guns themselves, since that would be the event that triggers that part of the gameplay.

#3 I'v figured out away to do it..
but i'm having a little trouble..

basically..

i added a "Amount" variable to my ammo item..

datablock ItemData(MachineGunClips)
{
category = "Ammo";
className = "Clip";

shapeFile = "~/data/shapes/rifle/ammo.dts";
mass = 1;
elasticity = 0.2;
friction = 0.6;

PickUpMessage = "You've obtained a Machine Gun clips";
maxInventory = 100000;

Amount = 30;

};

and when the gun is fired..

%Clip = %this.clip;

if(%Clip.Amount = 0)
{
%obj.Throw(%Clip,1);
}
else
{
%Clip.Amount = %Clip.Amount-1;
}

my problem is that if i have 5 clips.. which clip am i subtracting the Amount from?

basically i want o be able to pick up 5 clips (item datablocks) and use all the ammo from one..
then throw that clip (the actual item) and replace it with anouther clip i have..

#4 Easiest way would be to have an array %clip[0] -> %clip[max#Clips]

%player.currentClip = %clipNum;

#5 Like Harold says, why not make the weapon image have clip value[clip], and also player holds [x] clips, then you can directl refer to which clip the gun is using. When that clip becomes empty, you use the next available clip in the array.

#6 Did you ever get this sorted RedCore?

Cheers