Replacing random powerups

[legacy-FireCrack]

I was wondering how to replace randonm powerups, i've seen it done before (chaos ut2's 5 armour powerup) I know you have to use check replacement but i dont know how to do this without creating infinite recursion (or at least having everything turn into my powerup) i'm doing somthing along the lines of..

[CODE]
if ( MiniHealthPickup(Other) != None @@ frand()<=0.1)
ReplaceWith( Other, "PoisonPickup.PoisonPickup");
else
return true;

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oh, and on a different note i'm having trouble using the takeDamage function, mine is like

Pawn(owner).TakeDamage(3,Pawn(owner),Boost,Boost,c lass'PoisonDamage');

but i only ever take 1 damage rather than 3

[legacy-Nexx_au]

hehe this may not be the best way, but you could always replace xweaponbases with wildcardbases and set random weapons to spawn there :/

[legacy-FireCrack]

yeah but what i'm trying to do is replace about 5-10% of health vials with poison vials, so that might not help.

[legacy-JaFO(JBE)]

If 'poisonpickup' is a subclass of the healthvial-pickup you're replacing ... then you simply make sure you're not replacing a poison-pickup ...

if ( (MiniHealthPickup(Other) != None) AND (frand()<=0.1) AND  (PoisonPickup(Other) == None))
ReplaceWith( Other, "PoisonPickup.PoisonPickup"); 
else 
return true;

Or maybe you need '(Other.Isa("PoisonPickup.PoisonPickup") == False)
That's for you to decide.
I have slightly more complicated code in my powerpills-mutator.
I replace 1 in X adrenaline pills with my powerpills and eliminate the rest ...

[legacy-FireCrack]

But wouldnt that loop back over and replace all the vials, i'l try it anyways though, thanks

[legacy-JaFO(JBE)]

Perhaps you could make a 'poison-vial' that has two settings.
One for 'save' / regular vials and one for 'poison'.

Then you replace all the vials for 'poison-vials' and simply give them a 5% chance of being 'poison'.
That would be almost the exact code of my powerpills-mutator when set to a 1 in 1 replacement ...
All you need to do is replace the reference to the 'powerpills' & 'adrenaline' to the healthvials & poison-vials.