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This is initalized to zero. This is used to control one-time processing when [[player]] dies. When health (extra) is <0, then [[dead_flag]] is checked and then set.
dead_flag is initialized to 0 and is used to control whether the player is considered dead. When health ([[extra]]) is < 0, dead_flag is checked and then set to a random value.  The value of dead_flag is then used to determine the angle of the player's view when dead.  Note that up until EDuke32 1.4.0, it was possible for the random value of dead_flag to equal 0, effectively marking the player as alive again.  This phenomenon occasionally resulted in the dead player's suicide counter being incremented in addition to a frag being awarded to the attacking player.


[[Category:Player structure members]]
[[Category:Player structure members]]

Revision as of 18:16, 7 September 2006

dead_flag is initialized to 0 and is used to control whether the player is considered dead. When health (extra) is < 0, dead_flag is checked and then set to a random value. The value of dead_flag is then used to determine the angle of the player's view when dead. Note that up until EDuke32 1.4.0, it was possible for the random value of dead_flag to equal 0, effectively marking the player as alive again. This phenomenon occasionally resulted in the dead player's suicide counter being incremented in addition to a frag being awarded to the attacking player.