Add Lightning Shield visual object

src/info.c

@@ -15373,7 +15373,7 @@ mobjinfo_t mobjinfo[NUMMOBJTYPES] =
 
 	{           // MT_LIGHTNINGSHIELD
 		-1,             // doomednum
-		S_LIGHTNINGSHIELD1, // spawnstate
+		S_INVISIBLE,    // spawnstate
 		1000,           // spawnhealth
 		S_NULL,         // seestate
 		sfx_None,       // seesound

src/k_kart.c

@@ -14059,6 +14059,8 @@ void K_MoveKartPlayer(player_t *player, boolean onground)
 								P_SetTarget(&shield->target, player->mo);
 								S_StartSound(player->mo, sfx_s3k41);
 								player->curshield = KSHIELD_LIGHTNING;
+
+								Obj_SpawnLightningShieldVisuals(shield);
 							}
 
 							if (ATTACK_IS_DOWN && !HOLDING_ITEM && NO_HYUDORO)

src/k_objects.h

@@ -453,6 +453,10 @@ void K_DoBallhogAttack(player_t *player, UINT8 num_hogs);
 void Obj_SpawnBubbleShieldVisuals(mobj_t *source);
 boolean Obj_TickBubbleShieldVisual(mobj_t *mobj);
 
+/* Lightning Shield */
+void Obj_SpawnLightningShieldVisuals(mobj_t *source);
+boolean Obj_TickLightningShieldVisual(mobj_t *mobj);
+
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 } // extern "C"
 #endif

src/objects/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ target_sources(SRB2SDL2 PRIVATE
 	ballhog.cpp
 	bubble-shield.cpp
 	flybot767.c
+	lightning-shield.cpp
 )
 
 add_subdirectory(versus)

src/objects/lightning-shield.cpp

@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+// DR. ROBOTNIK'S RING RACERS
+//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Copyright (C) 2025 by James Robert Roman
+// Copyright (C) 2025 by Kart Krew
+//
+// This program is free software distributed under the
+// terms of the GNU General Public License, version 2.
+// See the 'LICENSE' file for more details.
+//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+#include "objects.hpp"
+
+#include "../tables.h"
+
+using namespace srb2::objects;
+
+namespace
+{
+
+struct Shield : Mobj
+{
+	void target() = delete;
+	Mobj* follow() const { return Mobj::target(); }
+	void follow(Mobj* n) { Mobj::target(n); }
+
+	bool valid() const { return Mobj::valid(follow()); }
+};
+
+struct Visual : Mobj
+{
+	void target() = delete;
+	Shield* shield() const { return Mobj::target<Shield>(); }
+	void shield(Shield* n) { Mobj::target(n); }
+
+	bool valid() const { return Mobj::valid(shield()) && shield()->valid(); }
+
+	static void spawn(Shield* shield)
+	{
+		if (!shield->valid())
+			return;
+
+		Visual* x = Mobj::spawn<Visual>(shield->pos(), MT_LIGHTNINGSHIELD_VISUAL);
+		x->scale(5 * shield->follow()->scale() / 4);
+		x->shield(shield);
+		x->linkdraw(shield->follow());
+		x->tick();
+	}
+
+	bool tick()
+	{
+		if (!valid())
+		{
+			remove();
+			return false;
+		}
+
+		move_origin(shield()->pos());
+		dispoffset = state()->num() == S_THNB1 ? -1 : 1;
+
+		return true;
+	}
+};
+
+}; // namespace
+
+void Obj_SpawnLightningShieldVisuals(mobj_t *shield)
+{
+	Visual::spawn(static_cast<Shield*>(shield));
+}
+
+boolean Obj_TickLightningShieldVisual(mobj_t *mobj)
+{
+	return static_cast<Visual*>(mobj)->tick();
+}

src/p_mobj.c

@@ -6666,6 +6666,14 @@ static void P_MobjSceneryThink(mobj_t *mobj)
 		}
 		break;
 	}
+	case MT_LIGHTNINGSHIELD_VISUAL:
+	{
+		if (!Obj_TickLightningShieldVisual(mobj))
+		{
+			return;
+		}
+		break;
+	}
 	default:
 		if (mobj->fuse)
 		{ // Scenery object fuse! Very basic!