Added a flag to prevent the weapon from jumping to its Deselect state when the player dies

src/g_shared/a_pickups.h

@@ -378,6 +378,7 @@ enum
 	WIF_MELEEWEAPON =		0x00008000,	// melee weapon. Used by bots and monster AI.
 	WIF_DEHAMMO	=			0x00010000,	// Uses Doom's original amount of ammo for the respective attack functions so that old DEHACKED patches work as intended.
 										// AmmoUse1 will be set to the first attack's ammo use so that checking for empty weapons still works
+	WIF_NODEATHJUMP =		0x00020000, // Don't jump to the Deselect state when the player dies
 	WIF_CHEATNOTWEAPON	=	0x08000000,	// Give cheat considers this not a weapon (used by Sigil)
 
 	// Flags used only by bot AI:

src/p_pspr.cpp

@@ -510,7 +510,7 @@ void P_DropWeapon (player_t *player)
 	}
 	// Since the weapon is dropping, stop blocking switching.
 	player->WeaponState &= ~WF_DISABLESWITCH;
-	if (player->ReadyWeapon != nullptr)
+	if ((player->ReadyWeapon != nullptr) && (player->health > 0 || !(player->ReadyWeapon->WeaponFlags & WIF_NODEATHJUMP)))
 	{
 		P_SetPsprite(player, PSP_WEAPON, player->ReadyWeapon->GetDownState());
 	}

src/thingdef/thingdef_data.cpp

@@ -362,6 +362,7 @@ static FFlagDef WeaponFlagDefs[] =
 	DEFINE_FLAG(WIF, NO_AUTO_SWITCH, AWeapon, WeaponFlags),
 	DEFINE_FLAG(WIF, AMMO_CHECKBOTH, AWeapon, WeaponFlags),
 	DEFINE_FLAG(WIF, NOAUTOAIM, AWeapon, WeaponFlags),
+	DEFINE_FLAG(WIF, NODEATHJUMP, AWeapon, WeaponFlags),
 	
 	DEFINE_DUMMY_FLAG(NOLMS),
 	DEFINE_FLAG(WIF, ALT_USES_BOTH, AWeapon, WeaponFlags),