[solved]keepDirection for next spaw after random spriteflip?

[Lagi]

i using spriteflip flag to flip corpse. some deaths type spawn additional pieces.
I would like to keep same direction of top flying torso, as the base [look at pic].


i know i can copy paste twice the set of XSplit (and name second XSplitMirror), but is there some cleaner way to code it?

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XSplit:      
TNT1 A 0 A_ChangeFlag("SPRITEFLIP", random(0,1))      
            GOLO G 6  A_Scream
            GOLO H 6 A_SpawnItemEx("TopTorso", -10, 10, 35, -3, 2, 4)
            GOLO IJ 6 
            GOLO K 6 A_NoBlocking
            GOLO LM 5
            GOLO N -1
            Stop


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ACTOR TopTorso   : golemarm
{
      Radius 14
      Height 14
      GRAVITY 0.3
      
   States
      {
      Spawn:
TNT1 A 0 A_ChangeFlag("SPRITEFLIP", random(0,1))   

      MUMB iiijkl 5
      MUMB mmnno 5 A_CheckFloor("Hit")
      Goto Spawn+9
      Hit:
      MUMB P -1
      stop
      }   
}

[Ac!d]

Try to make a flag detector in the state XSplit, and another subclass of TopTorso with the flag +SPRITEFLIP on.

- If +SPRITEFLIP is TRUE, your flag detector will spawn the mirrored TopTorso.
- Else, if +SPRITEFLIP is FALSE, spawn the original TopTorso.

I don't know if it could work like this :

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TNT1 A 0
{
   If ( bSPRITEFLIP = False) { A_SpawnItemEx("TopTorso", -10, 10, 35, -3, 2, 4) ; }
   Else  { ... ; }
}


[Jarewill]

I don't know about DECORATE, but with ZScript you could set a pointer to the TopTorso actor and change it's SPRITEFLIP flag according to the original actor:
In the original monster's code:

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GOLO H 6
{
    If(bSPRITEFLIP){A_SpawnItemEx("TopTorso", -10, 10, 35, -3, 2, 4, 0, SXF_SETTARGET);}
    Else{A_SpawnItemEx("TopTorso", -10, -10, 35, -3, -2, 4, 0, SXF_SETTARGET);} //So the velocity also gets changed
} 

And in the TopTorso's spawn state:

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TNT1 A 0 {bSPRITEFLIP = target.bSPRITEFLIP;} 

[Lagi]

thanks guys,

Jarewill you right the velocity and spawnY also should be mirrored

[Lagi]

solved

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         XSplit:
            GOLO G 6  A_StartSound("mummy/death")
            TNT1 A 0 A_CheckFlag("SPRITEFLIP", "Mirror")
            
            TNT1 A 0 A_SpawnItemEx("TopTorso", -10, 10, 35, -3, 2, 4)
            TNT1 A 0 A_jump(256,2)
         Mirror:
            TNT1 A 0 A_SpawnItemEx("TopTorsoM", -10, -10, 35, -3, -2, 4)
            TNT1 A 0 A_SpawnItemEx("MummySoul2", 0, 0, 10, 0, 0, 1)
            GOLO HIJ 6 
            GOLO K 6 A_NoBlocking
            GOLO LM 5
            GOLO N -1
            Stop

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ACTOR TopTorso   : golemarm
   {
   Radius 14
   Height 14
   GRAVITY 0.3
   States
      {
         Spawn:
         GOLO OOOPQR 5
         GOLO SSTTU 5 A_CheckFloor("Hit")
         Goto Spawn+9
         
         Hit:
         GOLO V -1
         stop
   }   }

ACTOR TopTorsoM   : TopTorso { XScale -1.0 } //this one is bad for actors, they start drifting. instead +SPRITEFLIP