[Not needed] Poison Bullet Damage for Monsters

[RV-007]

I experimented with the string Pufftype's Bulletpuff actor and replaced Bulletpuff with a poison projectile. Works pretty well with weapons. Unfortunately, monster attacks don't have the same capability. I'm sure I can make all kinds of status effects by corrupting the powerups for teh string Pufftype, but I also want instant-like poison bullets too.

Example:
A_CustomBulletAttack (float horz_spread, float vert_spread, int numbullets, int damageperbullet, string pufftype="Poison_Projectile" [, float range [, int flags]])
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Doesn't apply the same to monster attacks.

[Blue Shadow]

Can't you use DamageType "Poison" on the puff or projectile?

[RV-007]

Oh shit! It cakin' works. Blue Shadow, I will put your name in the credits of my dumb doom2 monsterplayers project. I guess some effects for monster attacks need a on/off switch of some sort.

The projectile actor in A_CustomBulletAttack's string Pufftype value really needs a Damagetype of value Poison (for monsters to fire poisonous bullets). The damage done relies on the int damageperbullet value of A_CustomBulletAttack statement and the countdown before expiration relies on the duration value of the PoisonDamage value[, duration[, period]] actor property. The value of the PoisonDamage does not apply to bullets b/c it specifically states that value is for projectiles only as noted within the wiki.

Spoiler: "http://zdoom.org/wiki/Actor_properties#PoisonDamage"

PoisonDamage value[, duration[, period]]
Gives a projectile poison damage. Poison damage isn't inflicted all at once but affects the victim for a certain amount of time. The value specified here defines the time the poisoning effect lasts. Remember, poison damage only affects players if only value is specified. Otherwise, it also affects enemies.
Poison damage is inflicted every period tics (the default value of 0 means once per second). If a non-zero duration is given, it is used for the total length of the poisoning, otherwise the length depends on the value. See also ADDITIVEPOISONDAMAGE and ADDITIVEPOISONDURATION. (New from 2.5.0)

The monster's poison bullet relies on the following links.
http://www.zdoom.org/wiki/Damage_types
http://zdoom.org/wiki/Actor_properties#DamageType
http://zdoom.org/wiki/Actor_properties#PoisonDamage
http://www.zdoom.org/wiki/A_CustomBulletAttack

Below is the code on how a monster's poison bullet works.

Spoiler:

+Zombieman Code

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// http://zdoom.org/wiki/A_Chase
// http://zdoom.org/wiki/A_FaceTarget
// http://zdoom.org/wiki/A_CustomMissile
// http://www.zdoom.org/wiki/A_CustomBulletAttack
// http://www.zdoom.org/wiki/Classes:ZombieMan
ACTOR ZombieManMonster : ZombieMan 3004 //Player : DoomPlayer
{
   Speed 8 // 0.8
   Health 20
   Radius 20 // 15 // 20
   Height 56
   Mass 100
   PainChance 200
     Monster
     +FLOORCLIP
   //+MISSILEMORE
   //+MISSILEEVENMORE
   //Player.MaxHealth 100 // Added In // 20
   //Player.ColorRange 16, 46
   //Player.DisplayName "Zombie_Man"
   //Player.StartItem "DoomWeaponPistol"
   SeeSound "grunt/sight"
   AttackSound "grunt/attack"
   PainSound "grunt/pain"
   DeathSound "grunt/death"
   ActiveSound "grunt/active"
   Obituary "%o is poisoned from a zombie's pistol bullet." // "$OB_ZOMBIE"
   DropItem "Clip"
   
   States
   {
   Spawn:
      POSS ABCD 10 A_Look
      POSS ABCD 10 A_Wander
      Loop
   See:
      POSS AABBCCDD 4 A_Chase(0,"Missile",CHF_FASTCHASE) // A_FastChase
      Loop
   Missile:
      POSS E 10 A_FaceTarget
      //POSS F 8 A_CustomMissile ("Pistol_Projectile_MONSTERONLY",28,0,0,0,0) // Added In // A_FirePistol
      POSS F 8 A_CustomBulletAttack (5.6,0,1,5,"Pistol_Projectile_MONSTERONLY",0,0)
      POSS E 8
      Goto Spawn
   Melee:
      POSS E 10
      POSS F 8
      POSS E 8
      Goto Spawn
   Pain:
      POSS G 3 //A_CustomMissile("SpecialHealthBonus",0,0,0,0,0)
      POSS G 3 A_Pain
          POSS G 1 A_Jump(127,"Sympathy")
          Goto See//Spawn
     Sympathy:
          POSS G 1 //A_CustomMissile ("Sympathiser",0,0,0,0,0)
          Goto See
   Death:
      POSS H 5
      POSS I 5 A_Scream
      POSS J 5 A_NoBlocking
      POSS K 5
      POSS L -1 A_Jump(127,"Fart")
      Stop
   Fart:
      POSS L 400 A_PlaySound("grunt/fart1")
      POSS L 100 A_Quake(1,2,0,100,"world/quake")
      POSS L 0 //A_PlaySound("grunt/fart2")
      POSS L 100 //A_CustomMissile ("DoomImpMonster",1,0,0,0,0)
      Stop
   XDeath:
      POSS M 5
      POSS N 5 A_XScream
      POSS O 5 A_NoBlocking
      POSS PQRST 5
      POSS U -1
      Stop
   Raise:
      POSS K 5
      POSS JIH 5
      Goto See
   }
}


+string Pufftype and Projectile

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//http://www.zdoom.org/wiki/Damage_types
ACTOR Pistol_Projectile_MONSTERONLY : Weapon
{
   Game Doom
   Radius 2
   Height 2
   Speed 100
   //Damage 5
   DamageType "Poison"
   PoisonDamage 5,10,0 // PoisionDamage (damage, time [seconds], seconds to kick in damage [zero also equals kicking damage for each second passed])
     Obituary "%o did not feel better with those shots."
     Projectile
     //+NOBLOCKMAP
     //+SEEKERMISSILE
     +ADDITIVEPOISONDAMAGE
     +ADDITIVEPOISONDURATION
     +RANDOMIZE
     +ROCKETTRAIL // Added In
     SeeSound "demon/melee"
     DeathSound "weapons/plasmax"
     RenderStyle None
 
     States
     {
        Spawn:
           //PINV ABCD 3 Bright
           //IFOG DC 1 Bright A_NoBlocking // Added In
         IFOG D 0 A_PlaySound ("weapons/plasmax",4,1.0,0,ATTN_NORM)
           IFOG D 1 Bright A_NoBlocking // Added In
           IFOG C 1 Bright //A_CustomMissile("Poison_Seeker_Projectile",1,0,0,CMF_AIMOFFSET|CMF_AIMDIRECTION,270)
           //Loop
        Death:
           //TFOG FEDCA 4 Bright A_SpawnItem("BossCubeTurrantPanch_Projectile_Jam",1,0,0)
         IFOG AAA 1 Bright
         Stop
     }
}


[Gez]

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ACTOR Pistol_Projectile_MONSTERONLY : Weapon
{
   Game Doom
   Radius 2
   Height 2
   Speed 100
   //Damage 5
   DamageType "Poison"
   PoisonDamage 5,10,0 // PoisionDamage (damage, time [seconds], seconds to kick in damage [zero also equals kicking damage for each second passed])
     Obituary "%o did not feel better with those shots."
     Projectile
     //+NOBLOCKMAP
     //+SEEKERMISSILE
     +ADDITIVEPOISONDAMAGE
     +ADDITIVEPOISONDURATION
     +RANDOMIZE
     +ROCKETTRAIL // Added In
     SeeSound "demon/melee"
     DeathSound "weapons/plasmax"
     RenderStyle None
 
     States
     {
        Spawn:
           //PINV ABCD 3 Bright
           //IFOG DC 1 Bright A_NoBlocking // Added In
         IFOG D 0 A_PlaySound ("weapons/plasmax",4,1.0,0,ATTN_NORM)
           IFOG D 1 Bright A_NoBlocking // Added In
           IFOG C 1 Bright //A_CustomMissile("Poison_Seeker_Projectile",1,0,0,CMF_AIMOFFSET|CMF_AIMDIRECTION,270)
           //Loop
        Death:
           //TFOG FEDCA 4 Bright A_SpawnItem("BossCubeTurrantPanch_Projectile_Jam",1,0,0)
         IFOG AAA 1 Bright
         Stop
     }
}


Why is that thing a weapon?

[RV-007]

I don't really know how to use the weapon class, but I figure that poison is a weapon.

[Graf Zahl]

Wrong. A weapon is what your player holds in his hand to fire bullets with. Using special inventory items like you do can cause some problems.

[RV-007]

Okay, thanks for the information. I guess I should inherit from either inventory or custom inventory.

[Gez]

No, not CustomInventory! That one is for scripted effects on Use or Pickup.

And actually, since it's actually projectile, you shouldn't inherit from Inventory either. Just a normal actor.

[RV-007]

Oh yeah, I forgot. Once again, thanks lol.