simulate the crouch

[DOOMERO-21]

i have a question, when i press the crouch buttom, the player view change and go down, i need sometime like that, but not using crouch buttom, i mean edit the player view height for some events.

[Ral22]

I'm interested in this as well, but I haven't found a way to do it yet.

[Enjay]

I don't think the player view height can be altered dynamically using native ZDoom methods but you can fake it with camera views or even something as simple as putting the player on a platform and moving him up and down, provided that the player doesn't need to move around during your "events".

There is, however, [wiki]FraggleScript[/wiki] and it can alter the viewheight. eg this:

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[scripts] 

script 254
{
	runcommand("viewheight 16");
	wait(30);
	runcommand("viewheight 52");
}

startscript(254);

will switch the player viewheight to 16 and then raise it to 52 (the height I was using for the normal player viewheight in my mod). I was using it to simulate the player getting up from the floor after being knocked out in the previous level.

[DOOMERO-21]

I don't think the player view height can be altered dynamically using native ZDoom methods but you can fake it with camera views or even something as simple as putting the player on a platform and moving him up and down, provided that the player doesn't need to move around during your "events".

There is, however, [wiki]FraggleScript[/wiki] and it can alter the viewheight. eg this:

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[scripts] 

script 254
{
	runcommand("viewheight 16");
	wait(30);
	runcommand("viewheight 52");
}

startscript(254);

will switch the player viewheight to 16 and then raise it to 52 (the height I was using for the normal player viewheight in my mod). I was using it to simulate the player getting up from the floor after being knocked out in the previous level.

interesting Enjay, i will check this, thanks!

[Enjay]

Simple example map:

fsexample.zip

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[scripts] 

script 254
{
	wait(70);
	print("viewheight 128");
	runcommand("viewheight 128");
	wait(105);
	print("viewheight 36");
	runcommand("viewheight 36");
	wait(105);
	print("viewheight 4");
	runcommand("viewheight 4");
	wait(105);
	print("viewheight 80");
	runcommand("viewheight 80");
	wait(105);
	print("viewheight 41 - default");
	runcommand("viewheight 41");
}

startscript(254);

edit:
Thinking about it, I suppose creating a player class with a different viewheight and then morphing the player might also work. At least that would be using native ZDoom features.

[DOOMERO-21]

the player class, hmmm that could be too, but Enjay this could work with a global script? my mod not depend of maps.

edited: i have a problem, the xwe cant compile this.

edited2: also i tried with morph the actor and works!

[Enjay]

the player class, hmmm that could be too, but Enjay this could work with a global script? my mod not depend of maps.

edited: i have a problem, the xwe cant compile this.

edited2: also i tried with morph the actor and works!

You probably don't need it now but...

FraggleScripts do not get compiled. Map specific scripts are held in a text lump that is used to replace the usual map01, map02 etc markers in the WAD.

They can also be used from a global script. From memory, fragglescripts in a lump called FSGLOBAL get executed globally.

[DOOMERO-21]

i tried but is not working, on your test map the script was compiled.

[Enjay]

on your test map the script was compiled.

It really wasn't.

My map does have a behavior lump because the map is in ZDoomHexen format. However, if you look at it with SLADE, it doesn't contain any scripts.

The FS script data is held in the MAP01 lump. This is normally just a header with the various map lumps after it but, in the case of FraggleScript, it's a text lump containing the scripts. However, the only way that I can find to show it are by opening the WAD in a HEX editor or Text editor. It would seem that when SLADE or XWE see a lump called MAP01, they show a map preview even though there is data in the MAP01 lump.

Text editor screenshot:



See, not compiled.


[edit]Also, I just copied and pasted my script into a text file called FSGLOBAL.txt and loaded it at the command line (ie zdoom -file FSGLOBAL.txt) and when I started a game, the script ran.[/edit]

[edit2]My bad, SLADE does show the script if you use a recent SVN build (r1299 or newer). [/edit2]