[Decorate] A_SpawnItemEx Flag: Transfer Scale

[NeuralStunner]

SXF_TRANSFERSCALE: The caller's ScaleX and ScaleY are transferred to the spawned actor. This would remove the need for a lot of redundant Decorate code.

[FDARI]

I put it in my big submission. http://forum.zdoom.org/viewtopic.php?f= ... 40#p616940
Of course, if there is any kind of problem with that package, the feature could be submitted independently as well.
Most recent patch is untested (I don't have the time right now, must leave immediately).

[NeuralStunner]

Just ran across this again. It's been added already.

[D2JK]

Sorry for the bump, but I think it would have been more flexible if the function had a dedicated "scale" parameter. This would also enable the use of expressions; for example, the "ScaleX" variable should already make the above flag redundant.

Sometimes you don't want the scale of the spawned actor to be neither default, nor equal to that of the calling actor. Currently, a roundabout way to control the scale of the spawned actor is to temporarily re-scale the calling actor (A_SetScale before and after the spawning). A dedicated scale parameter would make this more straightforward.

[Major Cooke]

Not going to happen.

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First, if we'd make it for one property, someone will ask for another, so we'd have to do it for all.

Second, you can record your scales to revert back to once you spawn the actor using A_SetUserVar. Just make sure to multiply it by a hundred or so and then divide when you reset. Also, don't bother suggesting float uservars because they've been WFDS'd already.

Third, this function is terribly bloated as is. It might grant more 'flexibility', but the function is already insanely organized as it is and there's no way to organize it without fucking up compatibility for everyone else.

Fourth, it doesn't follow in what the function's name implies: it spawns items. That's the same kind of deviant thinking that had my original A_SetHealth function rejected, because I originally tried to have the function kill the calling actor if they set their health lower than 1. I had to redo it so any attempts to set health 0 or less to be 1 instead.

However, you also have SXF_IS* flags you can use, if you want to set the scale of the actor just after spawning with A_SetScale call being done from the spawner, pointing it at the child actor via those flags.

[D2JK]

However, you also have SXF_IS* flags you can use, if you want to set the scale of the actor just after spawning with A_SetScale call being done from the spawner, pointing it at the child actor via those flags.

Thanks for that, I didn't realize A_SetScale had an actor pointer parameter.

[Major Cooke]

I think this was meant to be tagged as [Already In] or [Duplicate]. The OP suggested SXF_TRANSFERSCALE.