* I'm sick of entering \give 9999 every time I need to test something. Whenever cheats are enabled, players spawn with half-full credits.

* Reactor used to deal more damage to each Alien when multiple Aliens attacked it, fixed to ONE radius damage call.
Extensive visual modifications to Mass Driver:
* Added a short, briefly-displayed pseudo-trail 
* Impact system modified to have a large impact sprite and otherwise be more consistent with Lasgun
* Added several files for the trail and shader
* Firing code modified to generate visually correct trails and impact positions
* Added a new event for Mass Driver trails, doubles as impact event to save bandwidth
The Mass Driver trail extends from the gun rather than the muzzle to be more visually realistic. Shooting it from the muzzle prevents you from even seeing the trail and in 3rd person looks very wrong. The downside to the shifted origin is that the impact positions (multiple hits only) are not aligned with the beam. Had to add a good bit of complicated, mathy code to generate impact events in visually accurate locations. Looks damn good though.

4 files changed, 59 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/src/cgame/cg_event.c b/src/cgame/cg_event.c
index 1caba1f5..763d8b77 100644
--- a/src/cgame/cg_event.c
+++ b/src/cgame/cg_event.c
@@ -874,6 +874,13 @@ void CG_EntityEvent( centity_t *cent, vec3_t position )
       CG_ShotgunFire( es );
       break;
 
+    case EV_MASS_DRIVER:
+      DEBUGNAME( "EV_MASS_DRIVER" );
+      ByteToDir( es->eventParm, dir );
+      CG_MissileHitWall( es->weapon, es->generic1, 0, position, dir, IMPACTSOUND_DEFAULT );
+      CG_MassDriverFire( es );
+      break;
+
     case EV_GENERAL_SOUND:
       DEBUGNAME( "EV_GENERAL_SOUND" );
       if( cgs.gameSounds[ es->eventParm ] )
diff --git a/src/cgame/cg_local.h b/src/cgame/cg_local.h
index 50381ff2..00ddb519 100644
--- a/src/cgame/cg_local.h
+++ b/src/cgame/cg_local.h
@@ -459,7 +459,7 @@ typedef struct baseTrailBeam_s
 
   // the time it takes for a beam to fade out (double attached only)
   int                     fadeOutTime;
-
+  
   char                    shaderName[ MAX_QPATH ];
   qhandle_t               shader;
 
@@ -488,6 +488,7 @@ typedef struct baseTrailSystem_s
   baseTrailBeam_t *beams[ MAX_BEAMS_PER_SYSTEM ];
   int             numBeams;
 
+  int             lifeTime;
   qboolean        thirdPersonOnly;
   qboolean        registered; //whether or not the assets for this trail have been loaded
 } baseTrailSystem_t;
@@ -499,6 +500,7 @@ typedef struct trailSystem_s
   attachment_t        frontAttachment;
   attachment_t        backAttachment;
 
+  int                 birthTime;
   int                 destroyTime;
   qboolean            valid;
 } trailSystem_t;
@@ -1252,6 +1254,7 @@ typedef struct
   qhandle_t   humanBleedPS;
 
   qhandle_t   teslaZapTS;
+  qhandle_t   massDriverTS;
 
   sfxHandle_t lCannonWarningSound;
 
@@ -1700,6 +1703,7 @@ void        CG_MissileHitWall( weapon_t weapon, weaponMode_t weaponMode, int cli
 void        CG_MissileHitPlayer( weapon_t weapon, weaponMode_t weaponMode, vec3_t origin, vec3_t dir, int entityNum );
 void        CG_Bullet( vec3_t origin, int sourceEntityNum, vec3_t normal, qboolean flesh, int fleshEntityNum );
 void        CG_ShotgunFire( entityState_t *es );
+void        CG_MassDriverFire( entityState_t *es );
 
 void        CG_AddViewWeapon (playerState_t *ps);
 void        CG_AddPlayerWeapon( refEntity_t *parent, playerState_t *ps, centity_t *cent );
diff --git a/src/cgame/cg_trails.c b/src/cgame/cg_trails.c
index c8943ed8..ca610461 100644
--- a/src/cgame/cg_trails.c
+++ b/src/cgame/cg_trails.c
@@ -1009,6 +1009,15 @@ static qboolean CG_ParseTrailSystem( baseTrailSystem_t *bts, char **text_p, cons
     }
     else if( !Q_stricmp( token, "thirdPersonOnly" ) )
       bts->thirdPersonOnly = qtrue;
+    else if( !Q_stricmp( token, "lifeTime" ) )
+    {
+      token = COM_Parse( text_p );
+      if( !Q_stricmp( token, "" ) )
+        break;
+
+      bts->lifeTime = atoi_neg( token, qfalse );
+      continue;
+    }
     else if( !Q_stricmp( token, "beam" ) ) //acceptable text
       continue;
     else if( !Q_stricmp( token, "}" ) )
@@ -1291,7 +1300,8 @@ trailSystem_t *CG_SpawnNewTrailSystem( qhandle_t psHandle )
 
       ts->valid = qtrue;
       ts->destroyTime = -1;
-
+      ts->birthTime = cg.time;
+      
       for( j = 0; j < bts->numBeams; j++ )
         CG_SpawnNewTrailBeam( bts->beams[ j ], ts );
 
@@ -1406,6 +1416,19 @@ static void CG_GarbageCollectTrailSystems( void )
         CG_DestroyTrailSystem( &tempTS );
     }
 
+    // lifetime expired
+    if( ts->destroyTime <= 0 && ts->class->lifeTime &&
+        ts->birthTime + ts->class->lifeTime < cg.time )
+    {
+      trailSystem_t *tempTS = ts;
+
+      CG_DestroyTrailSystem( &tempTS );
+      if( cg_debugTrails.integer >= 1 )
+        CG_Printf( "TS %s expired (born %d, lives %d, now %d)\n",
+                   ts->class->name, ts->birthTime, ts->class->lifeTime,
+                   cg.time );
+    }
+
     if( cg_debugTrails.integer >= 1 && !ts->valid )
       CG_Printf( "TS %s garbage collected\n", ts->class->name );
   }
diff --git a/src/cgame/cg_weapons.c b/src/cgame/cg_weapons.c
index a74a15f4..d5c91aa8 100644
--- a/src/cgame/cg_weapons.c
+++ b/src/cgame/cg_weapons.c
@@ -644,6 +644,7 @@ void CG_InitWeapons( void )
     CG_RegisterWeapon( i );
 
   cgs.media.level2ZapTS = CG_RegisterTrailSystem( "models/weapons/lev2zap/lightning" );
+  cgs.media.massDriverTS = CG_RegisterTrailSystem( "models/weapons/mdriver/fireTS" );
 }
 
 
@@ -1614,6 +1615,28 @@ void CG_MissileHitPlayer( weapon_t weaponNum, weaponMode_t weaponMode,
     CG_MissileHitWall( weaponNum, weaponMode, 0, origin, dir, IMPACTSOUND_FLESH );
 }
 
+/*
+==============
+CG_MassDriverFire
+
+Draws the mass driver trail
+==============
+*/
+
+void CG_MassDriverFire( entityState_t *es )
+{
+  trailSystem_t *ts;
+
+  ts = CG_SpawnNewTrailSystem( cgs.media.massDriverTS );
+  if( CG_IsTrailSystemValid( &ts ) )
+  {
+    CG_SetAttachmentPoint( &ts->frontAttachment, es->origin2 );
+    CG_SetAttachmentPoint( &ts->backAttachment, es->pos.trBase );
+    CG_AttachToPoint( &ts->frontAttachment );
+    CG_AttachToPoint( &ts->backAttachment );
+  }
+}
+
 
 /*
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