This is all the visual effects and item logic of the Top
minus (almost all [1]) physics adjustments when a player is
riding one.
While on a Top:
- Otherwordly humming while floating
- Cannot drift [1]. Instead, holding drift begins grinding
the Top into the ground -- sparks fly out
- Sprite tilts left and right as you turn
- No wheel screech when turning too far
- Speed lines while holding drift
- Tripwire Boost effect scales to cover you AND the Top
- One hit and you lose it
- Throwing forward, getting hit or just losing it because
you were in first place for too long: the Top flies out
from under you and begins snaking like crazy
- Throwing backward also makes the Top fly out from under
you but it also thrusts you forward. The Top dies
instantly so it's not dangerous ;-)
- If you're in first for too long, it begins vibrating
- If you tumble, it dances across your entire screen
A loose top will tumble anyone it hits.
R_GetPitchRollAngle used R_PointToAngle. This was fine because it was meant for rendering code. However tilting does its code mostly in player thinker, and it also uses this function, so it was not fine -- it would have some remainder tilt settings from the last player's screen.
- Sprite tilts back and forth 5.625 degrees, two tics each
side, for 17 tics (half a second).
- Turning is ignored--as if in the air--every other tic
during those 17 tics.
