Reliable Weapon Switching (KTPRO)

This taken from KTPro documentation for version 1.53 [build 38028], dated 27th February 2002

Reliable Weapons

Added new command to let KTPro choose/fire weapons! This avoids a wrong weapon choice, you maybe know from some situations with lag, where the client chooses the weapon (e.g. the weapon function in MQWCL).

First step is to let KTPro know what weapon binds you want to use. Every time you enter a map, the alias 'on_enter' will be called. Important: Do not use 'on_connect', as the registration has to be done every time you enter a map!

So you could add the following line to your config:

alias on_enter "exec wreg.cfg"

The 'wreg.cfg' could look like this:

cmd wreg a +75432
cmd wreg b +8542
cmd wreg c +61
cmd wreg z -

alias +rl "cmd a"
alias -rl "cmd z"
bind mouse1 "+rl"

alias +tb "cmd b"
alias -tb "cmd z"
bind mouse3 "+tb"

alias +gl "cmd c"
alias -gl "cmd z"
bind alt "+gl"

Looks a bit complicated for now, so let's take a closer look.

The first three commands assign the chars 'a' to 'c' to the weapons, while the last one (z) just stands for '-attack'.

It has the following syntax: cmd wreg [[char] [[+/-]weapon order]] If you call cmd wreg without any parameters, it will show your current weapon orders.

To call one of your binds you have to use cmd <char>. So if you press mouse1, cmd a gets called. That command stands for "+75432". The mod then chooses the best weapon out of these (as long you got it and some ammo for it :). Then the mod will fire at once! Until you release mouse1, in that case cmd z gets called and the mod ceases fire =).

Some guys prefer to choose weapons and fire separately. A bind for that case would look like this:

cmd wreg a 5432
cmd wreg b 7632
cmd wreg c 82
cmd wreg x +
cmd wreg z -

bind 5 "cmd a"
bind 7 "cmd b"
bind 8 "cmd c"

alias +fire "cmd x"
alias -fire "cmd z"
bind mouse1 "+fire"

Swedes (hihi) might wanna use 'sg scripts', they just have to change the '-attack' part of the wreg, e.g.:

cmd z -21

KTPro will then switch back to sg (or axe if you don't have shells) after you have released the fire button.

If you want to use impulses greater than 9, e.g. for the weapon switch impulses, you can use cmd imp <##>. You don't have to register them like the weapons, but they are still reliable!