Why Doesn't This Give Black Blood?

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ACTOR BaronOfHellGreen : BaronOfHell replaces BaronOfHell
{ 
	BloodColor "darkgreen"
}
 
ACTOR HellKnightGreen : HellKnight replaces HellKnight
{ 
	BloodColor "green"
}
 
ACTOR CacoDemonBlue : Cacodemon replaces Cacodemon
{ 
	BloodColor "blue"
}
 
ACTOR ArchvileYellow : Archvile replaces Archvile
{ 
	BloodColor "yellow"
}
 
ACTOR LostSoulSmoke : LostSoul replaces LostSoul
{
	+NOBLOOD
}

ACTOR SpectreBlack : Spectre replaces Spectre
{ 
	BloodColor "black" 
}

I made a decorate text file with containing only the above text. All the baddies blood colours change except the Spectre. For some reason the Spectre's blood just stays red. What am I doing wrong? I've tried it in the latest GZDoom (8th April) and ZDoom (12th April) dev builds from the DRD site...

[Kappes Buur]

That worked for me

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  ACTOR SBlack : Spectre 15001
  { 
     BloodColor "black" 
  }

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What am I doing wrong?

Your code works fine for me. Do you have any autoloads that would somehow conflict or something?

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Yeah, I forgot I had nashgore on autoload. Can't work out why only the Spectre blood doesn't work though...

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That worked for me

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  ACTOR SBlack : Spectre 15001
  { 
     BloodColor "black" 
  }

Thank you for the alternative but where did the 15001 come from?

[Kappes Buur]

.... but where did the 15001 come from?

http://zdoom.org/wiki/DECORATE_format_specifications

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15001 is the identifying DoomEd number for this new actor SBlack.
When you look at the list of all editor numbers used in the games ( http://zdoom.org/wiki/Standard_editor_numbers ),
you will find a large block of unassigned DoomEd numbers between 14165 and 32000.
For new actors I usually use numbers starting with 15001.

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If you do not use a DoomEd number for a new actor, then the editor, in my case GZDoom Builder, will not generate the Decorate
section and thusly you cannot insert the new actor into the game.