The "How do I..." Thread

[Matt]

Any thing placedthat appears on a map may be given any (custom)inventory item.

[Zombieguy]

Okay, well.... How?

[Enjay]

[wiki]GiveActorInventory[/wiki]

[Zombieguy]

Of course, ACS. T_______T

[FDARI]

Decorate ([wiki]A_GiveInventory[/wiki]) too? Giving inventory by TID is easier in ACS, giving inventory on startup is easier in ACS. Having an actor add inventory to itself or Target/Master/Tracer in a given state is easier using decorate (because you're already writing decorate when defining that state).

[Zombieguy]

Decorate ([wiki]A_GiveInventory[/wiki]) too?

So, you mean you can give a monster an inventory item with the A_GiveInventory code pointer using DECORATE?

[zrrion the insect]

You can give anything defined in decorate an inventory item, you could even give an inventory item an inventory item.

[Ricochet]

You can give anything defined in decorate an inventory item, you could even give an inventory item an inventory item.

Inventory-ception?
I'm sorry, I couldn't resist.

[insightguy]

how do I change an actor's (monster's) height?

You must define a value for both "height", and "radius", between the brackets just before the state indicator.

Example:

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Actor My_Stoopid_Actor : DoomImp Replaces DoomImp
{
Height 56
Radius 20
States
{
Spawn:
    DUMB AB 10 A_Look
    Loop
    }
}

thanks, but I mean how do I change it on the spot when there already spawned

and also, is there an way to give monster inventory items so i can play around the decorate?

[Ricochet]

thanks, but I mean how do I change it on the spot when there already spawned

I don't think that's possible. Though, if you want to shorten them, you can have them consists of two actors, one for top and one for bottom, and have the top one dissapear (the bottom has to change sprites of course). Similar idea for lengthening.

and also, is there an way to give monster inventory items so i can play around the decorate?

Yes. I'm pretty sure it's [wiki]A_GiveInventory[/wiki]

[Flynn Taggart]

How do I change the color of the flash when you pick up items and the flash when you get hurt. For example, Item pickups will make your hud flash blue instead of yellow or being shot makes your hud flash pink.

[Matt]

So, you mean a you can give a monster an inventory item with the A_GiveInventory code pointer using DECORATE?

What boggles me right now is why you're asking this rather than just trying it out.

Seriously, make a custominventory item that calls A_Explode on pickup, have a thing A_GiveInventory that to itself, watch it explode (or at least leap up into the air while damaging everything around it).

And yes, this can be done to inventory items, but only ones that are spawned ingame - I really don't think each unit of your "Clip" supply can itself have a supply of "Clip" of its own.


@Insightguy: Would some manner of [wiki]A_SpawnItemEx[/wiki] followed by a stop call be workable? On a player I think you're stuck with crouch and morph.


EDIT:

How do I change the color of the flash when you pick up items and the flash when you get hurt. For example, Item pickups will make your hud flash blue instead of yellow or being shot makes your hud flash pink.

For pain there's player.damagescreencolor but I haven't the slightest clue about changing pickup flash.


EDIT2: How on earth does player.gruntspeed work? No matter what I set the number to the result is exactly the same.

[Blue Shadow]

How do I change the color of the flash when you pick up items and the flash when you get hurt. For example, Item pickups will make your hud flash blue instead of yellow or being shot makes your hud flash pink.

For pain there's player.damagescreencolor but I haven't the slightest clue about changing pickup flash.

It can be changed "globally" by using [wiki=GameInfo_definition]pickupcolor[/wiki] mapinfo property.

[FireHusky]

How do I replace a monster that already exists in the game with a completely different, modded monster? Randomspawner actor won't even work for me too. I don't want a base like

actor blah : painelemental replaces painelemental
{
stuff
}

If I do, it completely messes my actor up.

[wildweasel]

Post your code and describe precisely how it "messes up" - I can't even help with how little information is here.