The "How do I..." Thread

[Zombieguy]

Give it a BounceSound property, it'll play it when it bounces.

There.

-_-

How do I get this 9mm casing to play its bounce-sound? All of the other casings work just fine, but I don't understand why this one won't.

Spoiler:

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Actor DebrisGeneral
{
+MISSILE
+NOBLOCKMAP
+NOGRAVITY
+DROPOFF
+NOTELEPORT
+FORCEXYBILLBOARD
+NOTDMATCH
+GHOST
radius 1
height 1
mass 1
damage 0
}


ACTOR 9mmCasingSpawner : DebrisGeneral
{
Speed 20
+NOINTERACTION
//
+DOOMBOUNCE
- NOGRAVITY
+WINDTHRUST
+CLIENTSIDEONLY
+MOVEWITHSECTOR
+MISSILE
+NOBLOCKMAP
-DROPOFF
+NOTELEPORT
+FORCEXYBILLBOARD
+NOTDMATCH
+GHOST
States
   {
   Spawn:
      TNT1 A 0
      TNT1 A 1 Thing_ChangeTID(0,390)
      TNT1 A 0 A_CustomMissile("9mmCasing",0,0,random(-80,-100),2,random(45,80))
      Stop
   }
}

ACTOR 9mmCasing : DebrisGeneral
{
//+DOOMBOUNCE
//-NOBLOCKMAP
//-NOGRAVITY
Radius 3
Height 3
Speed 6
BOUNCETYPE "DOOM"
BOUNCESOUND "weapons/casing"
BOUNCEFACTOR 0.6
//
+DOOMBOUNCE
- NOGRAVITY
+WINDTHRUST
+CLIENTSIDEONLY
+MOVEWITHSECTOR
+MISSILE
+NOBLOCKMAP
-DROPOFF
+NOTELEPORT
+FORCEXYBILLBOARD
+NOTDMATCH
+GHOST
Scale .15
renderstyle translucent
alpha 1.0
States
   {
   Spawn:
      TNT1 A 0
      TNT1 A 0 Thing_ChangeTID(0,390)
      TNT1 A 0 A_Jump(256,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8)
      CAS1 ABCDEFGH 1 A_SpawnItem("MistVeryTiny")
      goto spawn+3
   Death:
      TNT1 A 0
      TNT1 A 0 A_jump(256,"death1","death2","death3","death4","death5","death6")
   Death1:
      CAS1 I 1000
      CAS1 I 1 A_CheckSight(1)
      wait
      TNT1 A 1
      stop
   Death2:
      CAS1 J 1000
      CAS1 I 1 A_CheckSight(1)
      wait
      TNT1 A 1
      stop
   Death3:
      CAS1 K 1000
      CAS1 I 1 A_CheckSight(1)
      wait
      TNT1 A 1
      stop
   Death4:
      CAS1 L 1000
      CAS1 I 1 A_CheckSight(1)
      wait
      TNT1 A 1
      stop
   Death5:
      CAS1 M 1000
      CAS1 I 1 A_CheckSight(1)
      wait
      TNT1 A 1
      stop
   Death6:
      CAS1 N 1000
      CAS1 I 1 A_CheckSight(1)
      wait
      TNT1 A 1
      stop
   }
}


[NeuralStunner]

-_-

Okay, I just looked at your code. Why do you have so much redundant stuff...? Like commenting out stuff but adding it back in below. Unintentional code snobbery aside, that's really messy.

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BOUNCETYPE "DOOM"
BOUNCESOUND "weapons/casing"
BOUNCEFACTOR 0.6
//
+DOOMBOUNCE


BounceType "Doom" implies DOOMBOUNCE.

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renderstyle translucent
alpha 1.0

Really? This is wasted code.

The kicker?

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+CLIENTSIDEONLY

This Skulltag-only flag* tells me that someone has once again screwed over attempts to help by not outright saying this is a Skulltag mod. ST is literally thousands of revisions behind ZDoom, I have no clue what all works or doesn't in it. So uh, good luck?

* Not readily obvious, so no it doesn't count.

[Zombieguy]

I usually slap in code that I don't need by a mistake ( I, I... I don't know), my bad.

[NickPerrin]

- Another question: I see here in the wiki that there is a way to define a different status bar depending on aspect ratio. However, using the command for two sets of HUD stuff makes everything appear as double! How do I get it to only display one of the huds at a time, depending on aspect ratio in use?

I couldn't figure this one out - whether by wiki or by trying to find an existing mod that noticeably does this. Anyone know the way? I'm sure it's a simple solution I've missed.

Also, how does one set a succesful hit sound for A_CustomPunch? I see from the wiki you can set one for A_CustomMeleeAttack, but you can't give that one a range value, strangely.

[Zombieguy]

Update:
I got the actor to play its bounce sound. It was exactly what I had said. --->

I usually slap in code that I don't need by a mistake ( I, I... I don't know), my bad.

I got rid of all of the flags I accidentally put in there.

[Blzut3]

I couldn't figure this one out - whether by wiki or by trying to find an existing mod that noticeably does this. Anyone know the way? I'm sure it's a simple solution I've missed.

Code?

[NickPerrin]

Code?

So I've got this set up for 16:9, how do I change it for 4:3 etc? Copying the whole block and changing the "aspectratio" to 4:3 just makes all the values appear on top of each other at the same time.

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statusbar fullscreen
{
   AspectRatio "16:9"
   drawnumber 3, INSHUDFONT, untranslated, ammo1, fillzeros, 8, 184, 0; //TOTAL AMMO
   drawnumber 2, INSHUDFONT, untranslated, ammo2, whennotzero, 8, 174, 0; //IN-CLIP AMMO
   drawnumber 3, INSHUDFONT, untranslated, health, fillzeros, -22, 184, 0; //TOTAL HEALTH
   drawnumber 3, INSHUDFONT, untranslated, armor, fillzeros, -22, 174, 0; //TOTAL ARMOR

   DrawKeyBar 6, vertical, 3, 18, 175;
}


Another question - is there a more elegant way to change the scale of an actor? E.G. A smoke sprite, with A_SetScale slowly changing the size of the smoke bigger and bigger, but you have to copy that frame 100 times and change the scale value of each in order to make it work and look good. There is the A_FadeOut command that you can loop, is there anything like that for SetScale? Or an action that sets the scale over the course of a certain number of frames? Thanks.

[NeuralStunner]

How blocks work:

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StatusBar FullScreen
{
   AspectRatio "4:3"
   {
      //Stuff
   }
}

There is the A_FadeOut command that you can loop, is there anything like that for SetScale? Or an action that sets the scale over the course of a certain number of frames?

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A_SetScale (ScaleX - 0.05)

Subtract however much you want, just note that you want to catch it once it drops to 0. (Count your frames, or some such.)

[NickPerrin]

How blocks work & A_SetScale (ScaleX - 0.05)

Cheers, thanks for both. Your knowledge is appreciated.

[insightguy]

Is it possible for an action to be done in half a tick?

[TheDarkArchon]

Is it possible for an action to be done in half a tick?

No

[amv2k9]

Is it possible for an action to be done in half a tick?

You can do a ton of things in 1 tic, but never in less than 1.

[silentzora]

Here's a quick one, hopefully.

I'm trying to make a homing missile launcher weapon for the player. What code pointer do I need to use to get the player's missile to acquire/home in on a target?

[amv2k9]

Here's a quick one, hopefully. I'm trying to make a homing missile launcher weapon for the player. What code pointer do I need to use to get the player's missile to acquire/home in on a target?

The +SEEKERMISSILE flag and A_SeekerMissile.

[Trance]

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