Using stock decals and other general editing questions

[Exosphere]

As the title states, I have a few questions involving the decals and some other editing questions.

1. I have seen other people using the in-game DOOM decals for custom projectiles. I would be interested in finding out what they are, however, I can't seem to find what the other decals even are or where exactly they are located file-wise. The only one I know of is:

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DECAL Scorch

Anyone know anything else about this? (SOLVED)

2. I've noticed that when using a reload function, as soon as the magazine is empty, the firing sound will be immediately cut off and initiate the reloading. Is there anyway to have it so that the firing sound is able to play out in its entirity before reloading? Below is an example of the firing code and reload function for one of my weapons.

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Fire:
			CAR1 A 0 A_JumpIfInventory("CarbineMag", 50, "Full")
			CAR1 A 0 Bright A_PlaySound("weapons/cs_elite", CHAN_WEAPON)
			CAR1 A 1 Bright A_FireProjectile("Flechette", frandom(-2.4, 2.4), 1, 0, 0, 0, frandom(-2.4, 2.4))
			CAR1 A 1 Offset(0,5)
			CAR1 A 1 Offset(1,10)
			CAR1 A 0 Bright A_AlertMonsters
			CAR1 A 0 A_JumpIfNoAmmo("Reload")
			Goto Ready
Reload:
			TNT1 A 0 A_PlaySound("weapons/shotgr", CHAN_WEAPON, 100.0)
			CBST A 30 A_GiveInventory("CarbineMag", 50)
			TNT1 A 0 A_JumpIfInventory("CarbineMag",50,"Full")
			Goto Ready

3. I have seen other mods using particles for weapon muzzle "flash" and "smoke", such as in LegenDoom and Lithium. Any ways on how to implement a system like this? (Edit: This hasn't been solved. Marked it so by accident. Still looking for help with this one.)



Thanks for any help provided.

This might have questions added to it later.

[Graf Zahl]

1. You can find all decal graphics in gzdoom.pk3/graphics.
2. Play the reloading sound on another channel. Since it plays on CHAN_WEAPON, just like the firing sound, it will cut that off. For a case like this where the sound may play parallel to other sounds, CHAN_AUTO is recommended.

[Exosphere]

1. You can find all decal graphics in gzdoom.pk3/graphics.
2. Play the reloading sound on another channel. Since it plays on CHAN_WEAPON, just like the firing sound, it will cut that off. For a case like this where the sound may play parallel to other sounds, CHAN_AUTO is recommended.

Thank you, these answered my questions!

Also, New question! (Not just meant for Graf)

4. I know this might be very simple to some, but how exactly to I change the jump height and movement speed of the player? I've tried messing around with the Speed, Player.ForwardMove, and Player.JumpZ ACTOR variables, however, I don't seem to notice any change to the player's movement or jump height. Is this not the proper method to changing these variables?

[Blue Shadow]

4. I know this might be very simple to some, but how exactly to I change the jump height and movement speed of the player? I've tried messing around with the Speed, Player.ForwardMove, and Player.JumpZ ACTOR variables, however, I don't seem to notice any change to the player's movement or jump height. Is this not the proper method to changing these variables?

Did you add your new player class?
https://zdoom.org/wiki/Creating_new_player_classes

[Exosphere]

4. I know this might be very simple to some, but how exactly to I change the jump height and movement speed of the player? I've tried messing around with the Speed, Player.ForwardMove, and Player.JumpZ ACTOR variables, however, I don't seem to notice any change to the player's movement or jump height. Is this not the proper method to changing these variables?

Did you add your new player class?
https://zdoom.org/wiki/Creating_new_player_classes

Yup, one of the first things I made early on was a custom player class.

[Blue Shadow]

Do you have something we can test?

[Exosphere]

Do you have something we can test?

Sure, here is my custom player class. I set it up so that it is its own DECORATE file, and needs to be included in the universal DECORATE file. Also, the death animations might be alittle weird since I'm using the DOOM 64 player sprites (still need to fix those, the animations, though).

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ACTOR Hero : DoomPlayer
{
	Speed 1
	Player.MaxHealth 300
	Radius 16
	Height 64
	Mass 125
	DamageFactor "ExplsnImmunity", 0.0
	
	Player.DisplayName "TEST"
	
	Player.WeaponSlot 0, uMachete
	Player.WeaponSlot 1, tHandgun
	Player.WeaponSlot 2, OICW, Carbine
	Player.WeaponSlot 3, cmbtShotgun, IShtgn
	Player.WeaponSlot 4, Zevatron
	Player.WeaponSlot 5, slrNitro, Friendmaker
	Player.ForwardMove 50, 0.5
	Player.JumpZ 15
	
	CameraHeight 10
	
	States
	{
		Spawn:
			PLAY A -1
			Loop
		See:
			PLAY ABCD 4 
			Loop
		Missile:
			PLAY E 12
			Goto Spawn
		Melee:
			PLAY F 6 BRIGHT
			Goto Missile
		Pain:
			PLAY G 4 
			PLAY G 4 A_Pain
			Goto Spawn
		Death:
			PLAY H 0 A_PlayerSkinCheck("AltSkinDeath")
		Death1:
			PLAY H 10
			PLAY I 10 A_PlayerScream
			PLAY J 10 A_NoBlocking
			PLAY KLM 10
			PLAY M -1
			Stop
		XDeath:
			PLAY M 0 A_PlayerSkinCheck("AltSkinXDeath")
		XDeath1:
			PLAY O 5
			PLAY P 5 A_XScream
			PLAY Q 5 A_NoBlocking
			PLAY RSTUV 5
			PLAY W -1
			Stop
		AltSkinDeath:
			PLAY H 6
			PLAY I 6 A_PlayerScream
			PLAY JK 6
			PLAY L 6 A_NoBlocking
			PLAY MNO 6
			PLAY P -1
			Stop
		AltSkinXDeath:
			PLAY Q 5 A_PlayerScream
			PLAY R 0 A_NoBlocking
			PLAY R 5 A_SkullPop
			PLAY STUVWX 5
			PLAY Y -1
			Stop
	}
}

PS. Interesting new Editing layout. What prompted the forum reorganization?

[Rachael]

PS. Interesting new Editing layout. What prompted the forum reorganization?

Long story short: Over-clutter was leading to people being ignored.

viewtopic.php?f=48&t=58506

[Blue Shadow]

Sure, here is my custom player class.

Something else must be at play here, because that code works as expected (I tested it).

Just out of curiosity, if you type playerclasses and press Enter in the console, what do you get?

[Exosphere]

Sure, here is my custom player class.

Something else must be at play here, because that code works as expected (I tested it).

Just out of curiosity, if you type playerclasses and press Enter in the console, what do you get?

So I figured out what was wrong. Apparently, I hadn't officially defined the player class within the MAPINFO file as described in the wiki; I didn't even have a MAPINFO file. Once I added the file and defined the class, it worked perfectlly. Thank you for catching this, Blue Shadow.

(This is for everyone, but would still like some help with creating a particle system for the muzzle flash.)