Zscript Secrets

[saegiru]

Hi, I'm looking to find a way to find if a line or sector is tagged as secret using Zscript... is this possible? I know there are ways to search for damaging floors and such, but I specifically want to detect secret areas if possible.

[Caligari87]

You can iterate over the sector or line array in zscript to find the information you need.

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// loop over all sectors
for (int i=0; i<level.sectors.size(); i++) {
  // check for secret flag
  if (level.sectors[i].flags & SECF_SECRET) {
    // Do secret stuff!
  }
}

(pseudocode, may not work as-is)

[Accensus]

There's IsSecret() that you can use. Level.sectors.IsSecret().

EDIT: My post was vague, sorry for that. If you want to do this on map start, you override WorldLoaded in an event handler. Here's some code where I detect secret sectors to spawn some actors in their center.

If that's not what you want, you'd have to be more specific. When exactly do you want to get if a sector is a secret?

[Kzer-Za]

There's IsSecret() that you can use. Level.sectors.IsSecret().

If you want to do this on map start, you override WorldLoaded in an event handler. Here's some code where I detect secret sectors to spawn some actors in their center.

Great! I had this idea of spawning some things in the centerspot of secret sectors, but couldn't make it work. Only after finding this thread and looking at your code I was able to do it! Thanks a lot! Do you mind if I use your code, giving you credit for it, if I publish my mod?

[Accensus]

Go ahead. Keep in mind WasSecret is also a thing, just in case you run into a situation where you need to know that. I can't recall off the top of my head where it's useful, but I have certainly used it in situations where IsSecret wasn't useful as the secret had already been discovered.

EDIT: https://gitlab.com/accensi/hd-addons/sp ... PT.zsc#L66 I use it here to exclude secret sectors from having toxic air.