Uhhh... What happened to A_CustomMissile?

[XASSASSINX]

I haven't making decorate for some GOOD time. I just dowloaded slade again and it looks different, more organized. Anyways i tried to use A_CustomMissile, but the monster doens't turn at me like it used to do. So i checked to see if i did anything wrong, and APPARENTLY they are now using A_SpawnProjectile instead of custom missile. The problem IS because "A_SpawnProjectile" Doens't have the color orange on Slade which means it's not a function. Can someone explains me WHY they changed it, why on MY slade it's ins't showing orange, and why A_CustomMissile is not making my monster turns at me. Thank you!

[wildweasel]

Are you forgetting to A_FaceTarget?

[XASSASSINX]

Are you forgetting to A_FaceTarget?

No. the attack i made is a continous ray. Here is the script for it:

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  SoulBeamAttack:
   ZUNM EFEFEFEFEFEFEF 3 A_FaceTarget
   ZUNM E 6 A_PlaySound("grunt/sight")
   TNT1 A 0 A_Playsound("zombie/beamattack")
   ZUNM F 1 A_FaceTarget
   ZUNM FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF 2 A_CustomMissile("SoulBeam", 32, -7)
    ZUNM A 15 A_FaceTarget
   Goto See


[Gutawer]

and APPARENTLY they are now using A_SpawnProjectile instead of custom missile. The problem IS because "A_SpawnProjectile" Doens't have the color orange on Slade which means it's not a function.

That's not true at all. SLADE's list of functions is nowhere near extensive and it's missing a lot of them from the syntax highlighting. You can still use the function, you just won't get a handy list of arguments.

[XASSASSINX]

Ohhhh... I get it now. Also just fixed the bug, i have to put "A_FaceTarget" TO ALL the frames. That add ALOT of lines. But i do remember that A_CustoMissile ALready made the monster face it target. Or i'm just crazy.

[Nevander]

Something else sounds wrong here. It should still stay facing the target until the state completes correct?

[Matt]

I just remember A_CustomMissile would shoot at the target, but I don't remember if it made the actor face the target too.

[Graf Zahl]

Why should it? Its name is A_CustomMissile, not A_CustomMissileAndFaceTarget.

[XASSASSINX]

Why should it? Its name is A_CustomMissile, not A_CustomMissileAndFaceTarget.

So i guess it faced the target because i put the "A_FaceTarget" One line before. But in this continous lines, i have to put "A_FaceTarget" for all of them.

[Graf Zahl]

So?

In ZScript you can just define your own function for such a combined action - there's no need to add it on the engine side.

[Kinsie]

You don't even need to use ZScript, thanks to the magic and wonder of Anonymous Functions.

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SoulBeamAttack:
   ZUNM EFEFEFEFEFEFEF 3 A_FaceTarget
   ZUNM E 6 A_PlaySound("grunt/sight")
   TNT1 A 0 A_Playsound("zombie/beamattack")
   ZUNM F 1 A_FaceTarget
   ZUNM FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF 2 { A_FaceTarget(); A_CustomMissile("SoulBeam", 32, -7); }
   ZUNM A 15 A_FaceTarget
   Goto See

[XASSASSINX]

You don't even need to use ZScript, thanks to the magic and wonder of Anonymous Functions.

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SoulBeamAttack:
   ZUNM EFEFEFEFEFEFEF 3 A_FaceTarget
   ZUNM E 6 A_PlaySound("grunt/sight")
   TNT1 A 0 A_Playsound("zombie/beamattack")
   ZUNM F 1 A_FaceTarget
   ZUNM FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF 2 { A_FaceTarget(); A_CustomMissile("SoulBeam", 32, -7); }
   ZUNM A 15 A_FaceTarget
   Goto See

Ohhhh... Didn't know about that! Thanks!
EDIT: No Wait! Hold on, i tried using the {A_FaceTarget} But now it's giving me an error!

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"Unexpected Token: ')'

EDIT 2: I thought that it was that i'm using a unpdated version. And i was kinda right. Except that now GZDOOM Doens't open! It just keep on that "Not Respoding" Error! Any help?

EDIT 3: (Woah that's alot of edits) Nope. Tried to play my mod now with this version. Still getting the same error.

[Matt]

Impossible to see what went wrong without seeing the entire project.

[Apeirogon]

i tried using the {A_FaceTarget}

You need and must must use semicolon ";" after last symbol of function inside anonimous function, regardless what it, letter of the name or bracket which close line of argument function.

[Major Cooke]

He has a semicolon. The real problem is, it's in DECORATE which doesn't know how to handle () properly.

In ZScript you use this

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A_FaceTarget();

In DECORATE however, you must use this:

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A_FaceTarget;