Function InitiatePlayerDeath

Descent3/Player.cpp:2063–2075

void PlayerShipSpewPart(object *obj, int subobjnum, float magnitude);

void InitiatePlayerDeath(object *playerobj, bool melee, int fate) {
  if (!(Players[playerobj->id].flags & (PLAYER_FLAGS_DEAD + PLAYER_FLAGS_DYING))) {
    //	player is dying.  We don't want to make player dead yet.
    Players[playerobj->id].flags |= PLAYER_FLAGS_DYING;

    // Take care of stuff that should happen when you die
    ClearPlayerFiring(playerobj, PW_PRIMARY);
    ClearPlayerFiring(playerobj, PW_SECONDARY);

    // Start the death sequence
    StartPlayerDeath(playerobj->id, -playerobj->shields, melee, fate);
  }
}

// Chooses the style of death a player is going to use
int PlayerChooseDeathFate(int slot, float damage, bool melee) {