[SergiCruz]

I'm making a plugin for a "more realistic infection" for zp4.3, so I need to avoid instant infection. I want zombies to kill humans, and then the humans will respawn as zombies. (I know it would be much easier with 5.0, in fact it's already done, but I prefer this older version)

I tried this

PHP Code:

public zp_user_infect_attempt(id, infector, nemesis)
{
    // g_is_infection : True when it's infection mode or multi infection mode
    // g_justDeath[id]: True when id has just been killed by a zombie. That allows to infect a human after his spawn
    if(g_is_infection && !g_justDeath[id])
            return ZP_PLUGIN_HANDLED;
    
    return PLUGIN_CONTINUE;
} 


and that correctly blocks infection, but no damage it's taken. So, I decided to call TakeDamage manually:

PHP Code:

public zp_user_infect_attempt(id, infector, nemesis)
{
    if(g_is_infection && first_zombies && !g_justDeath[id]) {
        
        new button = pev(infector, pev_button)
        if(button == IN_ATTACK){
            ExecuteHamB(Ham_TakeDamage, id, infector, infector, random_float(10.0,50.0), DMG_SLASH)
            return ZP_PLUGIN_HANDLED;
        }
        else if(button == IN_ATTACK2){
            ExecuteHamB(Ham_TakeDamage, id, infector, infector, random_float(50.0, 120.0), DMG_SLASH)
            return ZP_PLUGIN_HANDLED;
        }
        else    return ZP_PLUGIN_HANDLED;
    }
    
    return PLUGIN_CONTINUE;
} 


but this is shitty, and it's making a mess with ammopacks rewards.

Can someone help me with this? I think I will need to modify the zombie_plague40.sma directly, but I still hope to be able to do it with a plugin.

Thanks in advance

[SergiCruz]

Ok, it's solved. If anyone is interested in the solution I found, here it is (zombie_plague40.sma):
At the beginning

PHP Code:

new cvar_new_infection // For easily enabling/disabling infection block
new cNewInfection // For precaching the cvar value instead of calling get_pcvar_num in takeDamage 


At plugin_init

PHP Code:

cvar_new_infection = register_cvar("zp_new_infection", "1") 


at event_round_start

PHP Code:

cNewInfection = get_pcvar_num(cvar_new_infection) // Precaching... 


at takeDamage, just after

PHP Code:

if (g_survround || g_nemround || g_swarmround || g_plagueround) // I removed last human check here (see later)
        return HAM_IGNORED; // human is killed 


we write...

PHP Code:

if(cNewInfection || fnGetHumans() == 1) // That should also work with last human
    {
        // Get victim armor
        static Float:armor
        pev(victim, pev_armorvalue, armor)
            
        // If he has some armor, we reduce it just before reducing health (otherwise, armor would be useless in the gameplay)
        if (armor > 0.0)
        {
            emit_sound(victim, CHAN_BODY, sound_armorhit, 1.0, ATTN_NORM, 0, PITCH_NORM)
            if (armor - damage > 0.0)
                set_pev(victim, pev_armorvalue, armor - damage)
            else
                cs_set_user_armor(victim, 0, CS_ARMOR_NONE)
            return HAM_SUPERCEDE;
        }
        else // If there's no armor
            return HAM_IGNORED; // We avoid calling zombieme function
    } 


And then we set zp_deathmatch to the desired value to infect death people (or making a better respawn plugin). I also recomend to make 6-7 zombies at the beginning instead of one. The results are wonderful.

I did those plugins, so if anyone wanted them, I would share them here.