if( CVAR_GET_FLOAT( "mp_aquashotgun" ) != 0
)
{
// fire the damn gun
underwater
}
else
{
// no fire, empty
sound
}
However, SDK2.2 introduced
client side weapons. This means much of the weapon code is reused between the
client and the server so when you make a change to the server, you must also
recompile the client. The CVAR_GET_FLOAT function doesn't work on the client.
More specifically, it freezes the game when called. The sound buffer keeps
looping and the game is frozen. Ctrl+Alt+Del works fine though.
From what I've discovered,
there is a way to access server side CVAR's on the client through the function
gEngfuncs.pfnGetCvarFloat. Theoretically,
I could recode the above to be like so:
#ifdef CLIENT_DLL
if( gEngfuncs.pfnGetCvarFloat( "mp_aquashotgun" ) != 0
)
#else
if( CVAR_GET_FLOAT( "mp_aquashotgun" ) != 0 )
#endif
{
// we're good to fire underwater
}
else
{
// mp_aquashotgun says we can't fire
}
Unfortunately, gEngfuncs
allows the CLIENT to access the engine functions. But since the code is reused
between server and client, it is NOT accessible through the weapons files.
I've also tried to include the correct headers to be able to access gEngfuncs,
but they conflict with other server side headers (such as util.h) which are
also included in the file. I've even tried just
grabbing the gEngfuncs structure definition and pasting it into the file with
little luck as well.
Thanks.
- Varlock
