APROP_Speed bug not fixed [edit: actually, it is]

[The Ultimate DooMer]

When I give a scripted marine a speed with SetActorProperty (I tried 20 and 64000), his legs move at the right speed, but he just moves on the spot. This is with the fixed 47 that Graf Zahl kindly compiled for me, and with 47i (I can get away with using it for very quick glances at a map).

[LilWhiteMouse]

I just tried it and it worked for me. My SSG marine was zipping right around. This is what I used:

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SetActorProperty (262, APROP_Speed, GetActorProperty(262, APROP_Speed) * 4);


[The Ultimate DooMer]

It's working now, but how do I find out what the initial speed is? I've tried printing and hudmessaging but it just prints the name of the variable, not it's value:

{
int speed = GetActorProperty(29, APROP_Speed);

hudmessage (s:"speed"; 2, 0, CR_WHITE, 0.5, 0.5, 4.0, 0.01, 1.0);
}

[LilWhiteMouse]

Your printing a string, "speed", not a variable.

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print (d:GetActorProperty(29, APROP_Speed));

or

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int Speed;
Speed = GetActorProperty(29, APROP_Speed);
print (d:Speed);


[The Ultimate DooMer]

524288...hmm, strange, considering the player is miles faster and only has a speed of 65536...

Anyway, thanks.

Randy: this thread can now go to Closed Bugs.

[Graf Zahl]

524288...hmm, strange, considering the player is miles faster and only has a speed of 65536...

Anyway, thanks.

Randy: this thread can now go to Closed Bugs.

The speed value for monsters is used differently from that of a player.
The player's speed is just a multiplier to the default speed (that's because the player's speed is not constant unlike a monster's). A monster's speed is the absolute distance it moves in one step. Keep in mind that a monster's walking speed is determined by 2 factors: the actor's speed value and the duration of the walking frames. If those have shorter duration the monster makes more steps in the same time thus effectively also increasing its walking speed.

[Enjay]

Keep in mind that a monster's walking speed is determined by 2 factors: the actor's speed value and the duration of the walking frames. If those have shorter duration the monster makes more steps in the same time thus effectively also increasing its walking speed.

Something that becomes obvious if you mess with dehacked. I noticed ages ago that most (all?) monsters have walking frames of short duration showing the same sprite twice before moving on to the next one

AABBCCDDAABB etc. Each frame shown for 2 tics or so IIRC

Why not double the duration of each frame and make the sprite shown change with every frame I thought. That way I could free up about 4 frames from every monster.

ABCDAB etc. Each frame shown for 4 tics.

However, if you do that, the monster just doesn't "feel" right and looks a bit odd when it walks. Somehow the animation just doesn't seem to tie in with the ground the monster is covering. Thanks to your explanation, I now understand why.