- scriptified PowerStrength.

This revealed an interesting bug: When the berserk fadout formula was changed in 2005 the result was essentially broken, resulting in values around 7000 - it only worked by happenstance because the lower 8 bits of the resulting values just happened to work to some degree and never overflowed. But the resulting fade was far too weak and a slightly different handling of the color composition code for the VM made it break down entirely.
This restores the pre-2005 formula but weakened intensity which now comes a lot closer to how it is supposed to look.

src/g_inventory/a_artifacts.cpp

@@ -540,71 +540,6 @@ void APowerInvulnerable::EndEffect ()
 	}
 }
 
-// Strength (aka Berserk) Powerup --------------------------------------------
-
-IMPLEMENT_CLASS(APowerStrength, false, false)
-
-//===========================================================================
-//
-// APowerStrength :: HandlePickup
-//
-//===========================================================================
-
-bool APowerStrength::HandlePickup (AInventory *item)
-{
-	if (item->GetClass() == GetClass())
-	{ // Setting EffectTics to 0 will force Powerup's HandlePickup()
-	  // method to reset the tic count so you get the red flash again.
-		EffectTics = 0;
-	}
-	return Super::HandlePickup (item);
-}
-
-//===========================================================================
-//
-// APowerStrength :: InitEffect
-//
-//===========================================================================
-
-void APowerStrength::InitEffect ()
-{
-	Super::InitEffect();
-}
-
-//===========================================================================
-//
-// APowerStrength :: DoEffect
-//
-//===========================================================================
-
-void APowerStrength::Tick ()
-{
-	// Strength counts up to diminish the fade.
-	assert(EffectTics < (INT_MAX - 1)); // I can't see a game lasting nearly two years, but...
-	EffectTics += 2;
-	Super::Tick();
-}
-
-//===========================================================================
-//
-// APowerStrength :: GetBlend
-//
-//===========================================================================
-
-PalEntry APowerStrength::GetBlend ()
-{
-	// slowly fade the berserk out
-	int cnt = 12 - (EffectTics >> 6);
-
-	if (cnt > 0)
-	{
-		cnt = (cnt + 7) >> 3;
-		return PalEntry (BlendColor.a*cnt*255/9,
-			BlendColor.r, BlendColor.g, BlendColor.b);
-	}
-	return 0;
-}
-
 // Speed Powerup -------------------------------------------------------------
 
 IMPLEMENT_CLASS(APowerSpeed, false, false)

src/g_inventory/a_artifacts.h

@@ -66,17 +66,6 @@ protected:
 	virtual void EndEffect () override;
 };
 
-class APowerStrength : public APowerup
-{
-	DECLARE_CLASS (APowerStrength, APowerup)
-public:
-	PalEntry GetBlend ();
-protected:
-	virtual void InitEffect () override;
-	virtual void Tick () override;
-	virtual bool HandlePickup (AInventory *item) override;
-};
-
 class APowerSpeed : public APowerup
 {
 	DECLARE_CLASS (APowerSpeed, APowerup)

src/g_shared/shared_hud.cpp

@@ -297,8 +297,8 @@ static void DrawHealth(player_t *CPlayer, int x, int y)
 		CR_BLUE;
 
 	const bool haveBerserk = hud_berserk_health
-		&& NULL != berserkpic
+		&& nullptr != berserkpic
-		&& NULL != CPlayer->mo->FindInventory< APowerStrength >();
+		&& nullptr != CPlayer->mo->FindInventory(PClass::FindActor(NAME_PowerStrength));
 
 	DrawImageToBox(haveBerserk ? berserkpic : healthpic, x, y, 31, 17);
 	DrawHudNumber(HudFont, fontcolor, health, x + 33, y + 17);

src/s_advsound.cpp

@@ -2127,6 +2127,7 @@ CCMD (soundlist)
 		{
 			Printf ("%3d. %s **not present**\n", i, sfx->name.GetChars());
 		}
+		Printf("    PitchMask = %d\n", sfx->PitchMask);
 	}
 }
 

src/scripting/codegeneration/codegen.cpp

@@ -5921,8 +5921,7 @@ FxExpression *FxMemberIdentifier::Resolve(FCompileContext& ctx)
 	{
 		Object->ValueType = TypeColorStruct;
 	}
-
+	if (Object->ValueType->IsKindOf(RUNTIME_CLASS(PPointer)))
-	else if (Object->ValueType->IsKindOf(RUNTIME_CLASS(PPointer)))
 	{
 		auto ptype = static_cast<PPointer *>(Object->ValueType)->PointedType;
 		if (ptype->IsKindOf(RUNTIME_CLASS(PStruct)))

wadsrc/static/zscript/inventory/powerups.txt

@@ -58,7 +58,13 @@ class PowerInvulnerable : Powerup native
 	}
 }
 
-class PowerStrength : Powerup native
+//===========================================================================
+//
+// Strength
+//
+//===========================================================================
+
+class PowerStrength : Powerup
 {
 	Default
 	{
@@ -66,6 +72,49 @@ class PowerStrength : Powerup native
 		Powerup.Color "ff 00 00", 0.5;
 		+INVENTORY.HUBPOWER
 	}
+	
+	override bool HandlePickup (Inventory item)
+	{
+		if (item.GetClass() == GetClass())
+		{ // Setting EffectTics to 0 will force Powerup's HandlePickup()
+		  // method to reset the tic count so you get the red flash again.
+			EffectTics = 0;
+		}
+		return Super.HandlePickup (item);
+	}
+
+	//===========================================================================
+	//
+	// APowerStrength :: DoEffect
+	//
+	//===========================================================================
+
+	override void Tick ()
+	{
+		// Strength counts up to diminish the fade.
+		EffectTics += 2;
+		Super.Tick();
+	}
+
+	//===========================================================================
+	//
+	// APowerStrength :: GetBlend
+	//
+	//===========================================================================
+
+	override color GetBlend ()
+	{
+		// slowly fade the berserk out
+		int cnt = 128 - (EffectTics>>3);
+
+		if (cnt > 0)
+		{
+			return Color(BlendColor.a*cnt/256,
+				BlendColor.r, BlendColor.g, BlendColor.b);
+		}
+		return 0;
+	}
+	
 }
 
 //===========================================================================