Weapon State Publisher

Type: Exec (In → Out)
Category: PLAYER

Normalizing bridge between Inventory Manager and the rest of the weapon pipeline. Reads the active slot from _inv_slots and publishes all weapon_* variables in a standard format consumed by downstream nodes.

Must be placed after Inventory Manager in the graph.

Sockets

Socket	Direction	Type
In	Input	Exec
Out	Output	Exec

Published variables (weapon_*)

These variables are read-only for all nodes except this one.

Variable	Type	Description
weapon_exists	bool	The active slot has a weapon
weapon_type	string	Active weapon type (e.g. "PISTOL")
weapon_is_melee	bool	The active weapon is melee
weapon_ammo	int	Bullets in the current magazine
weapon_ammo_max	int	Maximum magazine capacity
weapon_magazines	int	Reserve magazines
weapon_magazines_max	int	Maximum reserve magazines
weapon_slot	int	Active slot index
weapon_can_fire	bool	True if weapon exists AND (is melee OR has ammo)
weapon_fire_requested	bool	True on the frame _inv_last_evt == "FIRED"
weapon_reload_requested	bool	True on the frame _inv_last_evt == "RELOADED"

Graph position

[Inventory Manager]
    ├── Changed ──► [Weapon State Publisher] → [Weapon Fire Executor] → ...
    └── Idle    ──►

!!! note "Why this node exists" Inventory Manager works with Python dicts (_inv_slots[n]). This node converts those dicts to flat typed variables (weapon_ammo: int), making the rest of the pipeline independent of the inventory's internal implementation.