The "How do I..." Thread

[Carbine Dioxide]

How would I add the doom palette to an actor using SLADE? If impossible, how would I add it to the sprite using SLADE?

[amv2k9]

How would I add the doom palette to an actor using SLADE? If impossible, how would I add it to the sprite using SLADE?

You can convert sprites to any palette you need, or to several different other formats; right-click on the sprite and select "Convert To", if I have the name correct; don't have slade here in front of me to check.

A question of my own:

In this mod of mine, when the ammo is low for one of your weapons, its supposed to leech a bit of ammo when you hit enemies, bleeding or non-bleeding, with a melee attack. It's not supposed to do that on walls:

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ACTOR MeleeWandPuff : StaffPuff
{
 +PUFFONACTORS
 +PUFFGETSOWNER
 Translation "0:255=%[0.0,0.0,0.0]:[2.0,2.0,2.0]"
 RenderStyle "Translucent"
 ProjectileKickback 200
 Alpha 0.25
 States
 {
 Crash:
  TNT1 A 0
  TNT1 A 0 A_TakeFromTarget("SidheStamina",4)
  TNT1 A 0 A_JumpIfInTargetInventory("WarWandCrystal",25,"Puffs")
  TNT1 A 0 A_GiveToTarget("WarWandCrystal",2)
  Goto Puffs
 XDeath:
  TNT1 A 0
  TNT1 A 0 A_TakeFromTarget("SidheStamina",4)
  TNT1 A 0 A_JumpIfInTargetInventory("WarWandCrystal",25,"PuffEnd")
  TNT1 A 0 A_GiveToTarget("WarWandCrystal",2)
 Puffs:	
  TNT1 AAAAAAAA 0 A_SpawnItemEx("MeleeWandPuffSeeThru",0,0,0,frandom(2,4),0,frandom(-2,2),random(1,360))
  FRB1 EFGH 2
 PuffEnd:
  TNT1 A 1
  Stop
 Death:
  TNT1 A 0
  TNT1 A 0 A_Jump(256,"Puffs")
  Goto Puffs
 }
}

For some reason, the puff is entering the Crash state when it hits walls and giving back ammo, even though according to the wiki article on [wiki]actor states[/wiki]:

Death
Defines the normal death sequence... Also entered by projectiles when hitting a wall (or an actor as well if the Crash and/or XDeath states are not defined).

[Carbine Dioxide]

I converted it to doom palette, and it made my sprite all weird colored.

EDIT: I think it's fixed now.

[amv2k9]

I converted it to doom palette, and it made my sprite all weird colored.

It helps if the sprite is close to doom palette to begin with; otherwise you'll get dropped colors, colors changed to wierd ranges, etc.

[Athel]

Rofl. OK, I'm new to (ab)using A_Jump. How do I fix my thing?

[TheMightyHeracross]

It's time for another exciting round of WHEELFOLLOW THE CODE LOGIC! Today's contestant appears to be someone who doesn't pay attention to his own code! Let's watch what happens!

Dude, will you quit it with these sarcastic remarks? He posted it here for help, not to be made fun of by some scumbag for his errors.

[NeuralStunner]

Dude, will you quit it with these sarcastic remarks? He posted it here for help, not to be made fun of by some scumbag for his errors.

And hey, namecalling certainly gives you the moral high ground here.

Oh, and that there was actual sarcasm. Edward's post was more of a satire, and while it does look a bit mean-spirited, it 's still informative. In short, most of the code is never even being used, so of course it doesn't work. The issue of jumping a state to itself is also addressed.

I don't think fellowzdoomer was particularly offended, though.

[zrrion the insect]

Ed forgot to put [sarcasm][/sarcasm] around what he was saying.

[Athel]

Nah, I actually got a good laugh out of it. So... I can't have an A_Jump State reference itself?

[Blue Shadow]

when the ammo is low for one of your weapons, its supposed to leech a bit of ammo when you hit enemies, bleeding or non-bleeding, with a melee attack. It's not supposed to do that on walls

Use the Melee state for hitting non-bleeding actors, and use the Crash state for hitting walls.

http://zdoom.org/wiki/Classes:BulletPuff

[amv2k9]

Use the Melee state for hitting non-bleeding actors, and use the Crash state for hitting walls.

Thanks!

[edward850]

Nah, I actually got a good laugh out of it. So... I can't have an A_Jump State reference itself?

Well you can but doing so as the very first frame with no delay is madness and has a remote chance of catastrophic failure.

However, your actual problem is nothing is going to your newly defined states, which has been mentioned at least 3 times now.

[Athel]

um... what do you mean? My revenantChase should make the ArchvileBoss chase after the player in RevenantForm, and fires in its revenant form. What has to happen in the states?

[edward850]

But how does it ever get there? You aren't listening to us at all! You have a self contained set of states that all goto each other, sure, but nothing ever jumps to them in the first place. None of those frames will ever be seen.

[Athel]

*facepalm* I think I finally get it now. Jeez man. Quit yelling, people are trying to sleep! xD

I'm understanding this as I'm using A_Jump wrong.Im new at decorate, so..
Well, kinda new.

Edit: waaait... Does this mean I have to make a TurnBack state that goes to See? Or is See a general See for everything?

(This is the last time I base something on Korax.)