GLOBAL script.

[Cutmanmike]

Before you say "Oh just use libraries" that's NOT what I mean here.

A global script would be a script which runs through ANY level, regardless if they have a BEHAIVOUR lump or not. This is essential for modders and the like if they want to extend the limits of weapons, monsters, playerclasses etc, or if they just want to change something in every level without having to add extra scripts to every map.

For example, we all know we can use action specials in DECORATE states including ACS_Execute which activates scripts in the level. Well, we could have another one such as ACS_GlobalExecute, which only activates scripts within the global script. You get what i'm saying here?

[Phobus]

I second this. It'd make things a lot more flexible and that flexibility could make skins and the like a lot more powerful.

[AFADoomer]

Read rh-log.txt in the subversion...

- Added support for automatically loading ACS objects (even for Doom-format
maps). To use it, compile the ACS files as ordinary libraries placed
between A_START/A_END markers. Then outside the markers, create a lump
called LOADACS. This is just a plain text lump that lists all the libraries
you want to autoload with every map. You can do this with as many libraries
as you want, and LOADACS lumps are also cummulative.

[Graf Zahl]

A very timely suggestion indeed - only a few hours too late.

[Cutmanmike]

Damn you Graf!

[Graf Zahl]

Damn Randy, not me.

[Cutmanmike]

Damn Randy, not me.

I've already damned him to oblivion, time to damn some other developer else for a change

[Enjay]

Not that it is something I am worried about, nor am I likely to use this feature in this way but I am intrigued: is there a line action that can activate scripts in Doom format maps? Obviously you couldn't have all the normal line arguments, but you could, presumably, use the tag field to identify a script number and have all the other args effectively default to 0. Like I said, just wondering.

[Graf Zahl]

The translation table is an external lump so if you need to there's nothing that would prevent you from defining it yourself. Remember my Caverns of Darkness patch last year? That included a modified line action table.

[Cardboard Marty]

Does this mean that I need to learn ACS to replace default weapons in the future?

[Cutmanmike]

Does this mean that I need to learn ACS to replace default weapons in the future?

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script 1 ENTER
{
ClearInventory();
GiveInventory(ReplacementWeapon1);
GiveInventory(ReplacementWeapon2);
}

Not much to learn really

[TheDarkArchon]

A pratical example for Heretic (For GZDoom 1.0.10)

I forgot to include my script source in the WAD so here it is:

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#include "zcommon.acs"

Script 1 ENTER
{
If(!Checkinventory("QuestItem1"))
{
	takeinventory("GoldWand",1);
      takeinventory("Staff", 1);
      giveinventory("DoomguyFists", 1);
      giveinventory("XM63Pistol",1);
      takeinventory("GoldWandAmmo", 999);
      giveinventory("XM63Ammo", 50);
      setweapon("XM63Pistol");
      giveinventory("QuestItem1",1);
}
}

Script 2 RESPAWN
{
	takeinventory("GoldWand",1);
      takeinventory("Staff", 1);
      giveinventory("DoomguyFists", 1);
      giveinventory("XM63Pistol",1);
      takeinventory("GoldWandAmmo", 999);
      giveinventory("XM63Ammo", 50);
      setweapon("XM63Pistol");
      giveinventory("QuestItem1",1);
}

[Grubber]

- Added support for automatically loading ACS objects (even for Doom-format
maps). To use it, compile the ACS files as ordinary libraries placed
between A_START/A_END markers. Then outside the markers, create a lump
called LOADACS. This is just a plain text lump that lists all the libraries
you want to autoload with every map. You can do this with as many libraries
as you want, and LOADACS lumps are also cummulative.

Wouldn't it be better to have this configurable in KEYCONF instead of adding just-another-init-lump?

[MartinHowe]

But how does the LOADACS method avoid clashing with script numbers in WADs? Surely now is the time to take the opportunity for the community to agree a range of script numbers and possibly TIDs for modders to use and mappers to ignore? Or is there a better way?

[TheDarkArchon]

I think ZDoom tries to merge the scripts but it doesn't work particularily well (For example, GZDoom once tried to give me a Pain Elemental in HoCX when playing it with Heretech.)