Any way to check an actor's state from ZScript?

[Cacodemon345]

Hi, can someone help me with events? I can't understand how to get an actor's state when it dies. I need it. I know you can use an WorldEventDied, but I can't find how to use it to get states.
(Sorry if it seems a bit vague.)

[Blue Shadow]

By using [wiki]InStateSequence[/wiki]. Example:

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class ThingDiedTest : EventHandler
{
    override void WorldThingDied (WorldEvent e)
    {
        if (e.Thing && e.Thing.InStateSequence(e.Thing.CurState, e.Thing.ResolveState("Missile")))
        {
            Console.Printf("%s died while shooting!", e.Thing.GetClassName());
        }
    }
} 

If something died while shooting (during the Missile state sequence), it logs "<class name of the thing> died while shooting!".

Note that at the time the event is called, the actor is yet to enter its death state. So checking whether the actor is in Death, XDeath, etc., won't work.

[Cacodemon345]

I think I will need to find other ways to check if the actor is in a Death state. Because it seems like it isn't going to work at all.

[Matt]

Is it realy necessary that you do this script while it's in its death state? If you're testing whether it's being gibbed you can check if the thing has an xdeath state and whether its health is equal to or below negative gibhealth.

[Cacodemon345]

Is it realy necessary that you do this script while it's in its death state? If you're testing whether it's being gibbed you can check if the thing has an xdeath state and whether its health is equal to or below negative gibhealth.

How do I do that?

[Matt]

if(
youractorpointer.findstate("xdeath")
&& youractorpointer.health <= -youractorpointer.gibhealth
)

[Cacodemon345]

if(
youractorpointer.findstate("xdeath")
&& youractorpointer.health <= -youractorpointer.gibhealth
)

Thanks, but it isn't going to work with mods that change monster behaviour to only gib if hit with a specific weapon.
Also, I need to find a way to calculate damage taken by monster and add points to the player.