A_SpawnItemEx TID flags

[Major Cooke]

I've got a question...

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Script 250 (void) // Plasma Gun
{
Thing_remove(250);
delay(10);
Thing_SpawnNoFog(10, T_CHAINGUY, 0, 402);
SetActorProperty(402, APROP_Health, (GetActorProperty(402, APROP_Health))*10);
delay(35*15);
Thing_SpawnNoFog(10, T_CHAINGUY, 0, 402);
SetActorProperty(402, APROP_Health, (GetActorProperty(402, APROP_Health))*10);
}

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Actor ZombieReplacerMod replaces Zombieman
{
	var int user_Type;
	Monster
	+NONSHOOTABLE
	-SHOOTABLE
	+NOINTERACTION 
	-COUNTKILL
	States
	{
	Spawn:
		TNT1 A 0
	Aliens:
	TNT1 a 0 A_Jump(256,"Al01","Al02","Al03","Al04")
	Al01:	TNT1 A 0 A_SpawnItemEx("Alien1",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,SXF_TRANSFERTID|SXF_LOSETID|SXF_SETMASTER|SXF_NOCHECKPOSITION|SXF_TRANSFERAMBUSHFLAG)	Goto End
	Al02:	TNT1 A 0 A_SpawnItemEx("Alien2",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,SXF_TRANSFERTID|SXF_LOSETID|SXF_SETMASTER|SXF_NOCHECKPOSITION|SXF_TRANSFERAMBUSHFLAG)	Goto End
	Al03:	TNT1 A 0 A_SpawnItemEx("Alien3",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,SXF_TRANSFERTID|SXF_LOSETID|SXF_SETMASTER|SXF_NOCHECKPOSITION|SXF_TRANSFERAMBUSHFLAG)	Goto End
	Al04:	TNT1 A 0 A_SpawnItemEx("Alien4",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,SXF_TRANSFERTID|SXF_LOSETID|SXF_SETMASTER|SXF_NOCHECKPOSITION|SXF_TRANSFERAMBUSHFLAG)	Goto End
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If I read properly somewhere, or someone told me, DECORATE usually has the last say as far as execution order goes, am I right? So would this method work or would I need to add a Delay(1) in the ACS script?

I want to spawn the monster immediately with the TID, and have it's health changed instead of the spawner itself. I take it that'd be the best assurance method?

[FDARI]

Last time I asked, checked or anything like that, I think the ACS-thinker was the last event on a tick, but I could be wrong. However... I don't really see what you're trying to do. Do you launch script 250 in the end-state? If you want an ACS-operation to start immediately, the "ExecuteWithResult"-variant is for you.

Or.... Are you trying to run script 250 to change some stuff, and wanting the whole script to complete before decorate kicks in? Decorate processing does not start when the actor is spawned, but the next time the thinker runs, and you're in the ACS-thinker at the moment, so you should be home-free. You can kickstart it with SetActorState(), as that forces normal state-processing on the state you set until the first greater-than-0-duration frame.

You can run print statements and logs to check.

[FDARI]

SXF_TRANSFERSCALE (http://forum.zdoom.org/viewtopic.php?f= ... 67#p579867) included in new submission. Untested as of right now.

[Major Cooke]

I'd say bump for great justice, because these are things I very much would like to have!

[Xaser]

The patch probably requires bumping the flag numbers since SXF_USEBLOODCOLOR has been added since submission, but that's probably the easiest possible edit anyhow.

[Major Cooke]

Indeed. Unlike some of the other code submissions, I have reason to believe this is still compatible. I just hope FDARI's willing to update the rest, those are some good decorate functions I can use.

[randi]

Added in r4188.