Different monster spawn each map

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Re: Different monster spawn each map

by Pandut » Wed Jun 13, 2018 2:49 pm

Yep! It works now, thank you so much!

Re: Different monster spawn each map

by Matt » Wed Jun 13, 2018 1:57 pm

Sorry, I never remember to add the version number to the start of the ZScript file:

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version "3.4"

Re: Different monster spawn each map

by Pandut » Wed Jun 13, 2018 12:29 pm

I've barely if not 0 experience with Zscript, tried to implement it but ended up with these errors;

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1Pan-ZRift.pk3:zscriptu/impspawn.zsc, line 1: Parent class EventHandler of ImpRambler not accessible to ZScript version 2.3.0
1Pan-ZRift.pk3:zscriptu/impspawn.zsc, line 3: Type WorldEvent not accessible to ZScript version 2.3.0
1Pan-ZRift.pk3:zscriptu/impspawn.zsc, line 3: Invalid type Type for function parameter
1Pan-ZRift.pk3:zscriptu/impspawn.zsc, line 3: Attempt to override non-existent virtual function WorldLoaded
It's likely I did something wrong, haha.

Re: Different monster spawn each map

by Matt » Wed Jun 13, 2018 12:05 am

Might something like this work?

MAPINFO

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gameinfo{
    addeventhandlers="ImpRambler"
}
ZScript

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version "3.4" //added after OP reported the error below

class ImpRambler:EventHandler{
    override void WorldLoaded(WorldEvent e){
        int which=random(0,2);
        thinkeriterator impreplacer=thinkeriterator.create("doomimp");
        actor imppp=null;
        array<actor>impppdelend;
        while(imppp=actor(impreplacer.next())){
            class<actor> notimp="chaingunguy";
            if(which==1) notimp="lostsoul";
            else if(which==2) notimp="explosivebarrel";
            imppp.spawn(notimp,imppp.pos);
            impppdelend.push(imppp);
        }
        while(impppdelend.size()>0){
            impppdelend[0].destroy();
            impppdelend.delete(0);
        }
    }
}

Different monster spawn each map

by Pandut » Tue Jun 12, 2018 4:07 pm

Issue is simple; I have 3 enemies that take the role of the standard DoomImp. I do not want to use a RandomSpawner because each monster has a different aesthetic and wouldn't mesh super well. My question is; how do I go about creating a system where each map it randomly chooses 1 of 3 of these monsters to replace the DoomImp per map? Can I do this in Decorate or would it require ZScript/ACS?

I've looked around but can't seem to find anything relation, nor any examples I could reference. Any help would be appreciateddd.

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