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{{Actor|
| type = Explosive
| name = Fire Ball
| class = FireBall
| game = Wolf3D
}}[[Classes]]: {{Class|Actor}} &rarr; <u>FireBall</u><br>

== Overview ==
The {{Class|FakeHitler|fake Hitler}} flamethrower fireball.

=== Adaptive speed bug ===
In the original version of the game this actor was glitched by only performing the movement during the state change.  This resulted in the fireball moving up to 6 times slower than it was supposed to.  This bug would not have been easily noticed by the developers at the time since computers weren't capable of reaching a high enough frame rate for it to make a significant difference.  (The original game accounted for dropped frames in the movement function.)

ECWolf fixes this bug by restoring the intended speed since keeping the original behavior would result in non-deterministic behavior (critical for network/demo sync) or render the game much easier than intended.  It is, however, easily possible to set the speed to whatever the user prefers by loading a decorate file with the following contents:
 actor ''SlowFireball'' : <u>FireBall</u> replaces <u>FireBall</u>
 {
   // Set this to some value between 1.5 to 9 at your preference
   {{property|Speed}} 1.5
 }

== DECORATE Definition ==
 actor <u>FireBall</u>
 {
   {{property|Radius}} 11
   {{property|Speed}} 9
   {{property|Damage}} (random[MissileDamage](0, 31))
   {{property|SeeSound}} "fake/attack"
   {{property|PROJECTILE}}
   states
   {
     Spawn:
       // When spawning a new projectile Wolf3D set ticcount to 1 for first frame
       FIRE A .5 bright
     Loop:
       FIRE BA 3 bright
       loop
   }
 }