The Gray Death

[Hey Doomer]

This is a minimal implementation of "fade to black." It's interesting how effective a small amount of code can be. This inventory item, which changes the screen to grayscale, is given at death:

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Actor GoGray : PowerUpGiver
{
	+Inventory.AlwaysPickup
	+Inventory.AutoActivate
	Inventory.MaxAmount 0

	Powerup.Duration 0x7FFFFFFF
	Powerup.Colormap 1.0, 1.0, 1.0
	Powerup.Type "LightAmp"

	States
	{
	}
}

Here's the ZScript event handler:

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class gd_EventHandler : EventHandler
{
  override
  void PlayerDied(PlayerEvent e) {
	PlayerInfo player = players[e.PlayerNumber];
	player.mo.GiveInventory("GoGray", 1);
  }
}

and finally here's the ACS that fades to black and tilts the player to one side.

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script 9999 DEATH
{
    FadeTo (0, 0, 0, 1.0, 5.0);
    ChangeActorRoll(0, 0.25, true);
}

This doesn't work with R667's DAMAGEFX mod. Hard to tell why without seeing that ACS source. (Is there any event debugging?)

Changelog

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Added "GrayRespawn" function to ACS to remove 1 PowerLightAmp, restore fade, roll up player

[Enjay]

I can't check this right now but it's a neat little idea. You may be interested to know that GZDoom supports scripts with names. Using a named script means your code is far less likely to conflict with other mods.

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script "HeyDoomerGrayDeath" DEATH
{Blah...}

[Ac!d]

It is possible to remove the "Gray Death" when you resurrect ?

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Class gd_EventHandler : EventHandler
{
    Override Void PlayerSpawned(PlayerEvent e)
    {
        PlayerInfo player = players[e.PlayerNumber];
        player.mo.A_SetBlend("0 0 0",1.0,105);
    }
    Override Void PlayerDied(PlayerEvent e)
    {
        PlayerInfo player = players[e.PlayerNumber];
        player.mo.GiveInventory("GoGray ",1);
    }

    // This is my try, but it doesn't seems to work.
    Override Void PlayerRespawned(PlayerEvent e)
    {
        PlayerInfo player = players[e.PlayerNumber];
        player.mo.TakeInventory("GoGray ",1);
    }
}

[Hey Doomer]

Interesting. I tried different DECORATE flags on the inventory item to no avail.

Finally I added this to the ACS code, which seems to work:

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script "GrayRespawn" RESPAWN
{
    TakeInventory("PowerLightAmp", 1);
    FadeRange (0, 0, 0, 0.0, 0, 0, 0, 0.0, 0.0);
    ChangeActorRoll(0, 1.0, true);
}

I haven't extensively tested this with the resurrect cheat. I'm not sure what happens if the player also dies with another LightAmp powerup, for example.

[Ac!d]

It is possible to remove the "Gray Death" when you resurrect ?

Problem solved.

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    Override Void PlayerRespawned(PlayerEvent e)
    {
        PlayerInfo player = players[e.PlayerNumber];
        player.mo.TakeInventory("PowerLightAmp",1);
    }