Make the flamer damage its user when moving forward too fast

[ghost]

This is something I've seen expressed, I've not thought about it at all, but: the flamer shoulld damage it's user in some condtions.

I guess the idea is to make the particles slow enough that if the flamer user moves forward too fast, he hits them, and receives damages.

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[slipher]

I guess the idea is to make the particles slow enough that if the flamer user moves forward too fast, he hits them, and receives damages.

But that already happens.

[ghost]

I have yet to see any damage inflicted to a flamer user by the flames he emits.

[necessarily-equal]

If you burn something that is close enough to you, you get damaged. That's what the "$X was charred to a crisp" death message means

[slipher]

OK, so you can't run into the flames themselves, but you do get burned if they hit the walls or floor.

There is a general rule in code that missiles can't collide with their "owner" (the one who fired them). This is a hack to allow spawning missiles in a position where they initially overlap the player. I agree that it would make sense to lift this restriction for flames that have already traveled away from the player.

[ghost]

It has to be noted that I've heard that flamer could damage it's user in trem. Ofc, those changes should accompany a change in 0.53's flamer characteristics.