Two technical questions about Quake 4

[Starshot]

Hey everybody,

I got two questions regarding Quake 4:

1. Is there a way to permenatly save the "pm_speed command" to the configfile (or anywhere else) so I don't have to put it in manually everytime I die?

2. Is there a way to fixate the weapon so that it won't move around when I stand still or walk?

[QwazyWabbit]

1. From the source code it looks like the pm_* cvars are stored in a def/player.def file. Look there.
2. I'm not sure if it can be de-animated. You might try setting g_gun_pitch, g_gun_yaw, g_gun_roll to zero and see if that's what you want. Otherwise, I'd investigate what g_gunViewStyle does for you.

[Starshot]

Thanks for your reply.

Sorry I forgot to mention that I'm on the original vanilla DVD Quake 4. So I only have the configfile.

As for those commands: those are all command lines for your weapon positioning. Like for instance if you like your gun higher shown or more to the right or shouldered etc.

[QwazyWabbit]

OK. I'll have to take your word on that. I don't have the original source code for Q4 and I don't think it was ever published. Only the game code I found online as Q4SDK. I assumed it wasn't too far from the original game. If the q4sdk was more advanced then I guess there isn't a fix in the vanilla game code, seems kind of a cheat anyway if a client can change his speed. I see the default speed is 160 in q4sdk and there are no limits or clamps on the value it can be set to.

Those are not gun positioning commands. Those are acceleration values applied to the gun animation when the player view changes in response to turns and jumps, etc., bobbing. The gun position variables are g_gun_x, g_gun_y, g_gun_z that position the gun in the view.

I hope someone else can answer more authoritatively for you.