Spindash dust
Charging a spindash kicks up dust, we all know this feature was dying to get in at some point. Bubble and flame forms of spin dust are included from FSonic, for underwater and elemental respectively.
Oh, and as a bonus I reorganised the spindash/spinning/other ability2 stuff code to look a bit neater and more organised.
New resources:
* MT_SPINDUST - the object
* S_SPINDUST1 to 4 - the normal form's states
* S_SPINDUST_BUBBLE1 to 4 - the bubble form's states
* S_SPINDUST_FIRE1 to 4 - the bubble form's states
* SPR_DUST - the normal form's sprite set (uses frames A to D, just pinch FSonic's sprites really)
* SPR_FPRT - the flame form's sprite set (frame A only)
SF_NOSPINDASHDUST disables spindash dust for a character
See merge request !52
Sprite2 changes
Some stuff!
* Lua access to sprite2.
* Introducing new Lua-exclusive function, P_IsValidSprite2(mo, spr2). Basically just a wrapper for (((skin_t *)mobj->skin)->sprites[spr2].numframes > 0), useful for creating custom sprite2 defaulting functions since hooking into P_GetMobjSprite2 wouldn't be worth it.
* FF_ANIMATE support for sprite2s. The var2 of the state works identically to normal FF_ANIMATE, but var1 is completely disregarded - it just runs all of the frames available to that one sprite2 animation set.
* As a result, a bunch of states which were either not previously animatable or had animated at constant speed now get animation without state changes.
* P_SetMobjState now supports sprite2 defaulting like P_SetPlayerMobjState does.
See merge request !51
Damage control + Match rebalancing
This is two branches in one since while I was working on damage-control's changes months back, I felt it was best Match rebalancing was merged in here too (thanks JTE for helping me do so).
Changes from damage-control:
* `player->health` (formerly the "HUD copy" of `player->mo->health`) is now `player->rings`, and is also now the player's actual ring count.
* `player->mo->health` (formerly rings + 1) is now always 1 when alive, regardless of ring count; if player with rings is damaged, this is untouched.
* P_RingDamage now includes ring spilling code.
* P_ShieldDamage now has a damagetype argument, allowing me to remove the last MT_NULL hack left in from the pre-damagetype days that I forgot about.
* The old "switch-to-seestate" enemy damaging behavior in P_DamageMobj has been removed. This was a Doom left-over and doesn't really affect SRB2's enemies anyway - see, Doom enemies had a random chance of using seestate or painstate, SRB2 enemies always use painstate.
* Other minor efforts to reorganise damaging code and have it make more sense, but otherwise nothing that should affect gameplay in general.
Changes from match-rebalancing:
* New weapon/ammo dropping behavior: if you have the weapon panel + ammo, you drop the panel (but not the ammo); if you don't, you just drop the ammo.
* New Match ammo consumption: Weapon rings can now be fired with no rings at double the ammo cost.
* New emerald behaviour: collecting all 7 emeralds no longer turns you super (read: Match super is dead now) but instead steal points from enemies and gives you and teammates invincibility + sneakers
* Tails ringslinger buff: Any character with CA_FLY will now throw rings 1.5x as fast.
See merge request !28
* All Lua-originated sprite2 settings are now forced through P_GetMobjSprite2. Makes sense because of SPR2_JUMP, which none of the main characters have sprites for yet all use.
* Cleaned up P_GetMobjSprite2 to not set irrelevant, otherwise-unused variable.
Fixed players disappearing when spindashing whilst wearing multi-layer shields
* Before: http://i.imgur.com/gxUFElo.png
* After: http://i.imgur.com/NxsOg94.png
The problem was that MT_OVERLAY's default radius and height were never getting changed from 1*FRACUNIT, and that meant that when you spindashed, the game considered it completely below the surface of the flat you were standing on. Since you're not usually clipped on flats that don't belong to FOFs, we didn't notice this aspect of the issue sooner.
(SORRY FOR THE MULTIPLE MR'S AGAIN I TOTALLY SUCK AT REMEMBERING TO MAKE SURE IT GOES TO NEXT INSTEAD OF MASTER)
See merge request !124
* Bubblewrap shield bounce now no longer allows thokking post-bounce, but still allows bouncing
* plus a bunch of tiny changes to clean up code around the place.
* Some shield sounds swapped (can be reverted later).
* Partial implementation of S3K shield abilities.
* The ability to elemental-groundpound onto gold monitors without going straight through them.
* Force shield ability removed because nobody could agree on it, we'll keep it blank until another idea can get through the disagreement juggernaut.
* shields give you 1000 points
* redundant shields don't make you puase
* checkpoints give you 2000 points
* falling down a deathpit is just falling, not bouncing
Fixes to horizontal spring collision
Fixed various issues arising from collision with exclusively horizontal springs. Thamks to @Inuyasha for the heads up! Of note:
* If you hold down your jump button whilst jumping into it, you no longer immediately use your ability.
* Characters with (CA_DOUBLEJUMP && CA2_MULTIABILITY) or CA_FLOAT or CA_HOVER no longer lose track of their jump count.
Also:
* Upped the strength of info.c's red and yellow horizontal springs.
See merge request !41
FF_ANIMATE additions: globally synced animations
FF_GLOBALANIM = makes the animation synced to the level's timer, so all objects will display the same frame at the same time
![](https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/3518218/22/srb22-0008.gif)
I mean, doesn't that look so much prettier?
There's also some changes to FF_MIDDLESTARTCHANCE (FF_ANIMATE behavior was split due to not acting consistent between that and SPR2 behavior).
See merge request !46
* introducing the new friend, SH_FORCEHP (which is used as a bitmask to get the extra hitpoints of a force-shield user)
* P_DamageMobj now considers the unimplemented shield constants as well as the implemented ones.
* When not pressing any direction, you now go backwards by default - to emphasise that this is primarily for defensive, not offensive, purposes.
* The camera can now handle the player going backwards without them going completely off-screen.
* Fixed some overzealous checks.
* The spinfire ring is now capable of damaging enemies. (god, what a terrible hack this is)
* When ground pounding, you now bounce off the floor a little bit to make the ability less spammable.
* The Dodge Dash
* Allows you to dash - no control, no falling, no key response - for 2 + (number of extra shield hitpoints) tics.
* If you're holding movement keys down, you dash in the direction you're holding - otherwise, you dash directly forward.
* You're spinning (spindash spin, not jump spin) until your dash is over, then your momentum is cut down significantly and you end up in falling frames.
* It may not necessarily be super useful for Sonic, but it helps the other characters.
* http://gfycat.com/BogusFailingFritillarybutterfly
* http://gfycat.com/PoliticalIdealisticBallpython (outdated speed, shows any direction)
* GFZ3 Eggmobile's laser won't change its angle when you move left and right anymore.
* Changed because its ability to move quickly was extremely punishing for new players (see ProJared's youtube video on the matter).
* http://gfycat.com/PassionateUnknownAgama (the twitching on the third laser has been fixed since this was recorded)
* GFZ3 Eggmobile will, when too far away from the ground and moving upwards, slow itself down vertically.
* This was punishing and annoying for both old and new players alike.
* http://gfycat.com/ShabbyAncientEarthworm (old values - the typical settling height is slightly lower now)
(the problem was that MT_OVERLAY's default radius and height were never getting changed from 1*FRACUNIT, and that meant that when you spindashed, the game considered it completely below the surface of the flat you were standing on. Since you're not usually clipped on flats that don't belong to FOFs, we didn't notice this issue sooner.)
* Camerascale, shieldscale, height and spinheight are now player attributes which are set to the skin attribute on skin change, not read directly from the skin.
* P_GetPlayerHeight and P_GetPlayerSpinHeight are now macros instead of functions.
* Extra protection against switching to a locked skin.
More slope fixes (aka sorry guys I made another quick SUGOI fix)
Another slopes fix branch!
This branch currently includes a fix for:
* Knuckles gliding into a slope while in 2D mode causes him to try to "climb" on air above them, if the original non-sloped height is higher. Unfortunately he still tries to grab onto places that he can't really climb on, but at least now it's on the slope itself and not in mid-air lol. This issue is encountered in SUGOI's Retro Hill Zone, if you want to check for yourselves.
* Bustable FOF-busting code for both players AND pushables not accounting for slopes
* (Unrelated to slopes): Fix FF_SHATTERBOTTOM FOFs acting like THZ goop when stood on; I added this fix as a bonus because I encountered it in a test map of mine for the bustables fix
(Other fixes may or may not appear here in the near future, I haven't decided yet. Don't wait on me to get in any further fixes before merging, that said)
See merge request !110
Last-minute NiGHTS exiting bugfix
One single-line fix concerning the end of NiGHTS maps. Extremely small, literally zero side effects here, the only reason I'm not committing directly to master (aside from ettiquette) is that I don't have the ability to do so.
* The NiGHTS drone had a single tic of visibility when you hit the goal, which is evident stepping frame by frame through http://gfycat.com/ComplicatedComposedAoudad (the contents of which may or may not make it into 2.2). This is no longer the case.
See merge request !100