How to disable damage randomizing for weapons fnd monsters? Is there any flag that disables random damage formula (1d3 if im not making a mistake). I need it a lot for my Trium mod...

I've found it. In file progs/common/linespec/EntityEx.Misc.vc:

//==========================================================================
//
//  HITDICE
//
//  Most damage in HERETIC and HEXEN defined using HITDICE
//
//==========================================================================

final int HITDICE(int a)
{
	return (1 + (P_Random() & 7)) * a;
}

You can redefine the function and make it return a constant. I assume P_Random() returns a float between 0 and 1.

I realized I made an error. If you make HITDICE() return a constant, then all damage sources will deal constant damage. Afrits as much as serpents. What I would do instead is to multiply damage dealt (int a) by a constant. By default, the function multiplies damage dealt by random number between 1 and 8 (I was most likely wrong about P_Random returning a float between 0 and 1). You only need to replace that random 1-8 with a constant. Average of 1-8 is 4.5 . As far as I know you can't deal fractional damage, so if damage is an odd number you'll be making an error of +/- 0.5, but no error with even number of damage. Alternatively, you can try to hunt down all calls to HITDICE() in VavoomC code and replace them by hand. Probably cleaner in the long run, but you'd be burning bridges behind you and there's more opportunity to make an error.

May you tell me, which file is it in?

[quote="Alex-bomber_Man":2ko6apkl]May you tell me, which file is it in? The file progs/common/linespec/EntityEx.Misc.vc . The "progs" subdirectory is actually inside basev/basepak.pk3 . You can modify files inside the pk3 file and it will work - but it's not very clean. I have a separate directory for my mod and it's currently like this:

vavoom/myhexgame
|-- actors
|   |-- heretic
|   |-- hexen
|   |-- raven
|   `-- shared
|-- progs
|   |-- cgame
|   |-- engine
|   |-- game
|   |-- linespec
|   `-- uibase
`-- saves

12 directories

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I use a separate directory too, and i compile the progs any time they are modified. I wasn't writing/modifying them myself before, so i'm new to it. very glad for your help <!-- s:) --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_smile.gif" alt=":)" title="Smile" /><!-- s:) -->

I have questions for Janis and Firebrand, because I don't fully understand how Hitdice function works: 1) In the code above it looks like 1 + (0-6), so 1-7 damage * a ? Normally, modulo division by X (with % in most languages) gi

HITDICE calls are all defined in progs and nowhere else, ou might want to check de Damage method inside EntityEx.Damage.vc to find more answers, player missiles don't use hitdice for anything their damage is also variable, but it's all defined in the weap