Alternative Monster Falling Damage

[NeuralStunner]

Currently, the MapInfo flag gives you one option: Monster + damage velocity = death. (And judging by code comments, completely intentional.)

I know we already have (at least) 3 different fall-damage modes for players, could there be an additional option to subject monsters to whatever falling calculation the player is under? (If one isn't set for players, it would default to Hexen style I guess.) This wouldn't affect compatibility, but would make the effect less silly.

[Xtyfe]

I was not aware it was like this :O Has my vote then

[Gez]

The function is this:

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// Move this to p_inter ***
void P_MonsterFallingDamage (AActor *mo)
{
   int damage;
   int vel;

   if (!(level.flags2 & LEVEL2_MONSTERFALLINGDAMAGE))
      return;
   if (mo->floorsector->Flags & SECF_NOFALLINGDAMAGE)
      return;

   vel = abs(mo->velz);
   if (vel > 35*FRACUNIT)
   { // automatic death
      damage = TELEFRAG_DAMAGE;
   }
   else
   {
      damage = ((vel - (23*FRACUNIT))*6)>>FRACBITS;
   }
   damage = TELEFRAG_DAMAGE;   // always kill 'em
   P_DamageMobj (mo, NULL, NULL, damage, NAME_Falling);
}

It seems a bit bogus to have an if/else thing going on to then ignore it entirely. I think the line with the "always kill 'em" comment is a bug. If it were really intended, then I suppose the if/else thing would have been commented out or deleted entirely.

That said, it's like that in the vanilla Hexen code too:

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// Move this to p_inter ***
void P_MonsterFallingDamage(mobj_t *mo)
{
   int damage;
   int mom;

   mom = abs(mo->momz);
   if(mom > 35*FRACUNIT)
   { // automatic death
      damage=10000;
   }
   else
   {
      damage = ((mom - (23*FRACUNIT) )*6)>>FRACBITS;
   }
   damage=10000;   // always kill 'em
   P_DamageMobj(mo, NULL, NULL, damage);
}

[Graf Zahl]

This was a clear case of the original code not working so a last minute hackaround was added. Just for the laugh, comment it out and watch the ettins survive some drops into the (not so) deep chasms.

[NeuralStunner]

For Ettins and laughs, I allow them to cross over the battlements in Map01. Splat.