I am making a custom perk and I need to know how to make it so that before buying the perk, the player has a perk limit of 4. After buying the perk, the perk limit becomes 8.

thanks,
MZslayer11

Would this work? Still new to scripting

In _zombiemode.gsc:

	maps\_zombiemode_blockers_new::init();
	maps\_zombiemode_spawner::init();
	maps\_zombiemode_powerups::init();
	maps\_zombiemode_radio::init();	
	maps\_zombiemode_perks::init();
	maps\_zombiemode_tesla::init();
	maps\_zombiemode_bowie::bowie_init();
	maps\_zombiemode_cymbal_monkey::init();
	maps\_zombiemode_betty::init();
	maps\_zombiemode_timer::init();
	maps\_zombiemode_auto_turret::init();
	maps\_moonstyle_teleporter_update::init();
	maps\_zombiemode_perks_black_ops::init();
 
	if(self hasperk("specialty_extraammo"))
	{
		level.perk_limit = 8
	}
	else
	{
		level.perk_limit = 4;
	}
 
	level.revive_point = getEnt("revive_retreat_point","targetname");

Where you put that code will only check once, when the game starts. So that won't work there.

If you are controlling your perk_limit with a variable and you want it to be changed with a perk per player, then you wouldn't want to use a level variable. You would want to set a player variable.

Or, each time they go to by a perk, check if the player that is buying the perk has < level.perk_limit perks or if they have this perk, and if they have < 8 perks. If they have < level.perk_limit it will work, if they have this perk and less than 8 perks it will work, else continue.

If you are going to use a variable for each player you can still do it the way I said above, you would just check then if the number of perks the player has is < player.level_perk variable, else continue.

Make sure to reset the variable or unset the perk, which ever you do, if the player goes down, or dies.

Thanks, would you mind giving an example of this? Also, where would I put it?

Thanks, would you mind giving an example of this? Also, where would I put it?

If you will be using a shader and everything just like a normal perk, you can pretty much just do your perk the same way all the others do. Look through the _zombiemode_perks.gsc. Follow one of the perks, like double tap. You'll notice that double tap uses specialty_rof, as the specialty. There are variations of this through the perk script which all have to do with doubletap. You can shadow what they did with your own perk, with a different specialty, like specialty_shades. Here is a list, but not all work, some are reserved for other things. Once you have set up the script like the others, and made a prefab like the others, with your stuff, then you just need to add the other part to check if the player is at the limit. I would probably start doing that in the for loop in the vending_trigger_think function. Something like:

	level.perk_limit = 4;
	self waittill( "trigger", player );
		if(!isdefined(player.numberofperks)){
			player.numberofperks = 0;
		}
		if(!(player.numberofperks<level.perk_limit)&&!(player hasperk("specialty_shades") && player.numberofperks<8)){
			iprintlnbold("too many perks");
			continue;
		}

Then down under where it checks the price:

		if ( player.score < cost )
		{
			//player iprintln( "Not enough points to buy Perk: " + perk );
			self playsound("deny");
			player thread play_no_money_perk_dialog();
			continue;
		}
		player.numberofperks++;

Then in the perk_think function, add self.numberofperks = 0; and unset the new specialty of course, if you didn't already.

Keep in mind I have never tried to add a perk limit and this script is not tested. It is just the first thing that popped in my head. There are tuts for level.perk_limit though if you just want to copy the way someone else has done it before... and start from there?

Uh, ps, if you have other perk scripts, like bams bo perks or something else you would have to handle it there as well.

I actually wanted a perk limit in the next map, so I edited the script above after a little testing.