Abandoning?

[A-star]

I had a Charactere WAD with a Super Form loaded, and when I went super, the top-left text said "Abadoning". What does that mean?

 

[Chromatian]

I don't know what this means, but it does it with more than just superforms. It occasionally will do it when you get an invinciblity or things like that.

 

[Princess Plushima]

static void R_DrawVisSprite(vissprite_t *vis, int x1, int x2)
{
    column_t *column;
    int texturecolumn;
    fixed_t frac;
    patch_t *patch;


    //Fab : R_InitSprites now sets a wad lump number
	 x1 = x2 = 0; // Logan: WHAT? we pass x1 and x2 for cliping, and we don't use them?
    patch = W_CacheLumpNum(vis->patch, PU_CACHE);

    dc_colormap = vis->colormap;
	if (vis->mobj && vis->mobjflags & MF_TRANSLATION && vis->transmap) // Map it to the color of the player that thokked it. Tails 08-20-2002
	{
		colfunc = transtransfunc;
		dc_transmap = vis->transmap;
		dc_translation = defaulttranslationtables - 256 +
			((vis->mobjflags & MF_TRANSLATION) >> (MF_TRANSSHIFT-8));
	}
    else if (vis->transmap == VIS_SMOKESHADE)
        // shadecolfunc uses 'colormaps'
        colfunc = shadecolfunc;
    else if (vis->transmap)
    {
        colfunc = fuzzcolfunc;
        dc_transmap = vis->transmap;    //Fab : 29-04-98: translucency table
    }
    else if (vis->mobjflags & MF_TRANSLATION)
    {
        // translate green skin to another color
        colfunc = transcolfunc;

		// New colormap stuff for skins Tails 06-07-2002
		if (vis->mobj->player) // This thing is a player!
		{
			if (vis->mobj->player->skincolor)
				dc_translation = translationtables[vis->mobj->player->skin] - 256 +
					((vis->mobjflags & MF_TRANSLATION) >> (MF_TRANSSHIFT-8));
			else
			{
				static int firsttime = 1;
				colfunc = basecolfunc; // Graue 04-08-2004
				if (firsttime)
				{
					CONS_Printf("Abandoning!\n");
					firsttime = 0;
				}
			}

I'm not totally sure, but it looks like some bug with color NONE to me. Color NONE sucks anyway.

 

[Chaos Knux]

You are right Draykon, color none negates all custom abilities involving control things. Therefore it sucks

 

[Sik]

How can the player color cause such an unrelated bug? o_o'

 

[Princess Plushima]

Well, actually it doesn't look like a bug at all. Take a note:

         if (vis->mobj->player->skincolor) 
            dc_translation = translationtables[vis->mobj->player->skin] - 256 + 
               ((vis->mobjflags & MF_TRANSLATION) >> (MF_TRANSSHIFT-8));

This is checking to see if the player's color isn't "NONE" and then presumably doing something for the color changing code.

         else 
         { 
            static int firsttime = 1; 
            colfunc = basecolfunc; // Graue 04-08-2004 
            if (firsttime) 
            { 
               CONS_Printf("Abandoning!\n"); 
               firsttime = 0; 
            }

This is only accessed if the previous statement isn't true. Rather, that the player's color is "NONE." I have no real clue what "colfunc = basecolfunc" does, but that seems to be the real "meat" of this chunk of code, and therefore whatever's going on when the "abandoning" bit is printed.

 

[Sik]

I wasn't talking about the "abandoing" message but the bug Chaos Knux just mentioned.

 

[Chaos Knux]

The control thing is used as a thokitem, the thokitem does something awesome, you made an awesome custom ability. Follow?

color NONE removes thokitems from that player, thus removing the custom abilities.

 

[Sik]

Still I don't understand why color "none" removes THOKITEM. Both things could exist at the same time with no clash >_>

 

[sonicman]

i get it alot, but have no idea

 

[Monster Iestyn]

Still I don't understand why color "none" removes THOKITEM. Both things could exist at the same time with no clash >_>

That isn't a bug. I'm sure that's part of the game, I think...