The "How do I..." Thread

[DoomKrakken]

Anyway, would any of you be able to show me, at least an example, of how to implement a "disintegrate" deathtype within the DECORATE codes for the listed examples, and how to get monsters to respond to those deathtypes?

Death:
blablablablabla
stop

Death.Disintegrate:
blablablablabla
stop

Thanks.

[kodi]

What's the best program for simply previewing .md2/3 models?

[cortlong50]

Anyway, would any of you be able to show me, at least an example, of how to implement a "disintegrate" deathtype within the DECORATE codes for the listed examples, and how to get monsters to respond to those deathtypes?

Death:
blablablablabla
stop

Death.Disintegrate:
blablablablabla
stop

Thanks.

it actually makes way more sense than youd think.


take a look at brutal doom (under the monster lumps) to get a full description...but basically...this is exactly right.

[Kappes Buur]

What's the best program for simply previewing .md2/3 models?

Misfit Model 3D 1.3.8

Noesis version 4.12

Model from Enjay's GENE-TECH: Before the Storm

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[cortlong50]

how do i make it so a particle (in this case, a spark) disappears when it hits water?

[snarkel]

Hey, me again (ugh I'm sorry)
But quick question, how would I make an item a rare drop from an enemy? (example: Zombieman has a rare chance to drop a chaingun)

[edward850]

The DropItem actor property supports a probability, from 0 (never) to 255 (always). So 1 would be a 0.39216% chance, statistically anyway.

[snarkel]

The DropItem actor property supports a probability, from 0 (never) to 255 (always). So 1 would be a 0.39216% chance, statistically anyway.

I knew that but how would I put it in DECORATE?

dropitem "Actor_Name" (1, 1)

I tried something like this but I got an error.

[edward850]

It shows you on that page, and is the same syntax as everything else in decorate:

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dropitem "Actor_Name", 1, 1

Although you don't need an amount defined for something that isn't ammo.

[snarkel]

It shows you on that page, and is the same syntax as everything else in decorate:

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dropitem "Actor_Name", 1, 1

Although you don't need an amount defined for something that isn't ammo.

Alright thanks, I got it figured out

[koopanique]

Hello,
I made a monster that has 50% chance of resurecting after it has been killed; to achieve that I utilise a A_JUMP action function in its death state, that has 127/255 chance of sending him to a custom fake death state, where it falls, stay on the ground for a few seconds and then rises again.
It kinda works, because when I kill it, sometimes it stays dead, sometimes it revives and rises again. However, when it revives, I can't kill it anymore! Any bullet/projectile I throw at it passes through its body.
I think this is due to the fact that his health is in fact 0, since I killed it a first time.

Thus my question is this :
How could I make it so when the monster revives, it also regains all its health points? Is there an action function that could give health to an actor when it enters a certain frame?
Thanks!

[edward850]

You haven't actually revived it at all, you just dumped a dead monster into a different set of frames, which is not going to do anything other than exactly what you told it to do.
If you want to raise something properly, you need to actually raise it.

[koopanique]

You haven't actually revived it at all, you just dumped a dead monster into a different set of frames, which is not going to do anything other than exactly what you told it to do.
If you want to raise something properly, you need to actually raise it.

Oh wow that's just what I needed. Thank you so much. Yeah I figured that the monster was dead even after being 'revived' and that it the problem came from that, from the fact it had 0 HP left even after being 'revived'...
Thing_Raise is indeed what I need.

While I'm at it, I'd like to place my Player1Start on a 3D floor; is this even possible in ZDoom ? When I set its Z position as higher than the actual ground below the 3D floor, it stills spawns the player on the ground, below the 3D floor. Anyway to counter that ?
Thanks!

[Enjay]

how do i make it so a particle (in this case, a spark) disappears when it hits water?

Something from this raindrop actor might help:

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ACTOR RainDrop
{

   +NOBLOCKMAP 
   +DROPOFF 
   +MISSILE 
   +NOTELEPORT
   +DontSplash
   +PAINLESS
   RENDERSTYLE TRANSLUCENT
   Alpha .75
   Scale 0.5
   states
   {
   Spawn:
      RAIN A 0 A_JumpIf(waterlevel == 1, "Death") //hits the surface
      RAIN A 0 A_JumpIf(waterlevel > 1, "InvisibleDeath") //goes under the surface
      RAIN A 1
      Loop

   Death:
      DRGR A 0 A_NoGravity //Kill gravity
      DRGR A 0 A_Stop //Stop projectile movement
      TNT1 A 0 A_JumpIf(waterlevel > 1, "InvisibleDeath")
      DRGR A 2 A_SetTranslucent(0.7, 0)
      DRGR B 2 A_SetTranslucent(0.6, 0)
      DRGR C 2 A_SetTranslucent(0.5, 0)
      DRGR D 2 A_SetTranslucent(0.4, 0)
      DRGR E 2 A_SetTranslucent(0.3, 0)
      DRGR F 2 A_SetTranslucent(0.2, 0)
      DRGR G 2 A_SetTranslucent(0.1, 0)
      DRGR H 2
      Stop
   
   InvisibleDeath:
      TNT1 A 1
      Stop
   }

}

Specifically the "A_JumpIf(waterlevel ..." stuff.

That will work for deep water. As for regular water flats... not sure.

[edward850]

While I'm at it, I'd like to place my Player1Start on a 3D floor; is this even possible in ZDoom ? When I set its Z position as higher than the actual ground below the 3D floor, it stills spawns the player on the ground, below the 3D floor. Anyway to counter that ?
Thanks!

In your mapinfo definition, set the UsePlayerStartZ flag.