"How do I ZScript?"

[Nash]

In case anyone's interested, I found a solution for my question from Page 1:

By giving A_RailAttack the RGF_EXPLICITANGLE flag, and setting the spread_z parameter to BulletSlope()-pitch, I now have a railgun that respects autoaim.

Thanks for sharing, Ed!

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I am trying to call GetCVar from an EventHandler but it seems that GetCVar is locked to Actors. Is this the correct way to do it, and should I delete a or will that be handled automatically?

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    int _W_GetUpdateInterval(void)
    {
        let a = new("Actor");
        int i = a.GetCVar("sv_weatherupdateinterval");
        return i >= 1 && i < 100 ? i : 1;
    }

[Gutawer]

ZScript has no need for GetCVar, just access sv_weatherupdateinterval as if it were a variable.

[Nash]

That doesn't work... at least not from EventHandler.

[Gutawer]

Hmm. I've been using CVars like that in Chaos Corpses from inside Event Handlers and they seem to work fine for me :/

[Nash]

D'OH I forgot to add the CVARINFO lump, which was why it couldn't find the variable. Works now. Sorry. XD

Next question:

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/*
 * Linearly interpolates the value and clamps the result between 0.0 to 1.0.
 * value: (No type restriction)
 *     Value from.
 * maxValue: (No type restriction)
 *     Value to.
 * Return value: (No type restriction)
 *     Result of interpolation. Ranges from 0.0 to 1.0.
 */
function int Interpolate(int value, int maxValue)
{
    return Clamp(FixedDiv(value, maxValue), 0.0, 1.0);
}

I'm horrible with maths and I didn't write this piece of ACS... can someone convert this to ZScript while still making it return the expected values as before?

Thing is, it accepted any kind of number before - either ints or Fixed - and will always result in a Fixed from 0 to 1. Fixed values in ACS have always confused me.

[Major Cooke]

You can simply change FixedDiv(value, maxValue) into value / maxValue.

[Matt]

So Nash mentioned a non-crash-inducing formatting error in my previous example and I never got around to asking:

So the correct format is no semicolon after +- flags but we must have a semicolon after properties?


Also, if I'm doing random numbers, is there any performance improvement if I keep ranges to powers of 2?

[Major Cooke]

Flags are the only things that don't require semicolons. So, yes.

For number ranges, not that I can think of...

[Nash]

What's the formula to convert all of my ACS fixed angles to ZScript's degrees?

omfg i'm going to loose my mind viewtopic.php?f=3&t=31085

[Ed the Bat]

I have no grasp of these EventHandlers... but could they be the key to my question from before, about replicating ACS' OPEN script type?

[Nash]

I have no grasp of these EventHandlers... but could they be the key to my question from before, about replicating ACS' OPEN script type?

That's exactly what you can do with them! Among other things of course. They're basically entry points to various things ("events") that can happen In the engine.

My Bumi weather engine is now running 100% off ZScript, not even a single line of ACS.

My Duke3D shadow mod is also using an EventHandler that spawns shadows whenever a monster is spawned. viewtopic.php?f=37&t=54992

Here's a basic example ZSDemo that ZZYZX put up a while ago (I'm re-uploading here because it's impossible to search for it in all the noise)

[Ed the Bat]

Beautiful! I'll be sure to read this over sometime today. Thanks a bunch!

[Matt]

Is there a way to tell if a specific lump has been loaded? (e.g., SHT2A0)

[ZZYZX]

For images use TexMan.CheckForTexture("something", TexMan.TYPE_Any).Exists();
For everything else use Wads.CheckNumForName("something", namespace, -1, false).
Namespace:

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	enum WadNamespace
	{
		ns_hidden = -1,

		ns_global = 0,
		ns_sprites,
		ns_flats,
		ns_colormaps,
		ns_acslibrary,
		ns_newtextures,
		ns_bloodraw,
		ns_bloodsfx,
		ns_bloodmisc,
		ns_strifevoices,
		ns_hires,
		ns_voxels,

		ns_specialzipdirectory,
		ns_sounds,
		ns_patches,
		ns_graphics,
		ns_music,

		ns_firstskin,
	}

P.S. direct wad reading when? I'm waiting to implement model-based collision in CanCollideWith for few months already. :/

[Nash]

P.S. direct wad reading when? I'm waiting to implement model-based collision in CanCollideWith for few months already. :/

Yo that would be sick! It would help a lot with level design, artists can create static meshes that would just be too cumbersome to create with the BSP!