Stationary monsters that stand and attack?

[Hidden Hands]

There is one enemy in my game that is supposed to stand in a single spot and repeatedly shoot projectiles at you. However when the player is out of site, this monster tends to follow them or move to get a better shot. How can I prevent this? I need the monster to not move at all except for animations of dying, pain and attacking. No walking at all. How can I do this please?

Thanks in advance.

[Voros]

This is probably stupid, but you could make the firing state jump to the idle state, which in turn would jump to the firing state directly.

I haven't dealt with monsters, yet. Just weapons so don't take my word for it.

[phantombeta]

Change the speed property to 0, and make them not move in the Spawn state animation.
However, I *think* they might still turn like they do when walking... I have no idea, though, never messed around with immobile monsters myself.

[Popsoap10]

You can do it 2 ways:

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Actor StationaryTurningImp : DoomImp
{ 
    Speed 0
    States 
    { 
         See: 
              TROO AABBCCDD 3 A_Chase
              Loop 
    }  
}

Or

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Actor StationaryNonTurningImp : DoomImp
{ 
    States 
    { 
         See: 
              TROO AABBCCDD 3 A_Chase("Melee", "Missile", CHF_DONTMOVE)
              Loop 
    }  
}

[Hidden Hands]

Worked like a charm. Thank you so much, everyone. So much appreciated.