Safety Mechanism For Custom Inventory

[hima3009]

I've Made/collected this inventory items for my zandronum server but the problem is the items keep overriding themselves every time i press the use button which can easily happen accidentally.
Is there anything i can do to prevent using the items prematurely?

[Blue Shadow]

There are multiple items in that WAD you posted. Which item are you having trouble with?

[hima3009]

All of them..
When you tybe "give all" command , you will get them with their maximum amout , but you can reactivate them all by the activation key even before their activation time has finished which will lead to accidental use and ultimately deplete them all.

[Blue Shadow]

Here's the fixed version of the WAD: https://www.dropbox.com/s/ucnr6hnq8damn ... a.zip?dl=1

What I did:

• Medikit - Changed from CustomInventory to [wiki=Classes:HealthPickup]HealthPickup[/wiki].
• BlurSphereST and PowerStim - Changed from CustomInventory to [wiki=Classes:HealthPickup]PowerupGiver[/wiki].

[hima3009]

Thank you very much, this is exactly what i wanted.
this was bugging me for the last 2 month yet i couldn't figure out what i should do, thought it needed some ACS fancy stuff.

Edit : let me know if I can execute ACS in PowerUpGiver.

[Blue Shadow]

Edit : let me know if I can execute ACS in PowerUpGiver.

No, you can't. Not by using DECORATE, anyway. You need [wiki]ZScript[/wiki] for that. If DECORATE is your only choice, which I imagine it is since Zandronum doesn't have ZScript, then you're going to have to change them back to CustomInventory if you want to do something extra, like executing an ACS script. However, doing so might send you back to square one with the problem you were having.

[hima3009]

It's my fault i didn't state my plans first, so what i was planning to do is when you activate the item a timer is shown up somewhere in the screen to display how much time left before the item is depleted.
so probably what i'll do in the future is revert back Custominventory when every i learn about "Checkinventory" in ACS script.

[Blue Shadow]

Instead of fiddling around with the item, you could run a looping ACS script which [wiki=GetActorPowerupTics]gets the time of the powerup[/wiki] in question and prints it on the screen. If you use an ENTER-type script, then you don't need to execute it from any item, as it's executed when the player enters the map.

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script "DrawPowerupsTime" Enter
{
    while (true)
    {
        // Do stuff here...

        Delay(1);
    }
} 

[hima3009]

Hey, sorry to bother you.. can you give me a timer example for "PowerGhost" as i really tried all the stuff i know but i couldn't make a timer for the love of god.

[Blue Shadow]

Here's something I quickly just put together:

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function int DoDrawPowerupTime (str powerup, int y)
{
    int tics = GetActorPowerupTics(0, powerup);

    if (tics > 0)
    {
        int ticsToSecs = tics / 35;
        int sec = ticsToSecs % 60;
        int min = (ticsToSecs % 3600) / 60;
        str seconds = StrParam(d:sec);
        if (sec < 10) seconds = StrParam(s:"0", s:seconds);
        str minutes = StrParam(d:min);
        if (min < 10) minutes = StrParam(s:"0", s:minutes);
        HudMessage(s:minutes, s:":", s:seconds; HUDMSG_PLAIN, 0, CR_FIRE, 0.05, y, 1873);
        y += 0.05;
    }

    return y;
}

script "DrawPowerupsTime" Enter
{
    int y;

    while (true)
    {
        y = DoDrawPowerupTime("PowerGhost", 0.05);
        y = DoDrawPowerupTime("PowerWeaponLevel2", y);
        y = DoDrawPowerupTime("PowerFlight", y);
        y = DoDrawPowerupTime("PowerInvulnerable", y);
        y = DoDrawPowerupTime("PowerTorch", y);
        Delay(1);
    }
}

What it does is draw the timers of the powerups you see in a list from the top-left corner of the screen.

[hima3009]

That's exactly what i wanted , Thank you very much.
I edited the script to make it look the way i wanted:

here is the modification:

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#include "zcommon.acs"

function int DoDrawGhostTime (str powerup, int y)
{
    int tics = GetActorPowerupTics(0, powerup);

    if (tics > 0)
    {
        int ticsToSecs = tics / 35;
        int sec = ticsToSecs % 60;
        int min = (ticsToSecs % 3600) / 60;
        str seconds = StrParam(d:sec);
        if (sec < 10) seconds = StrParam(s:"0", s:seconds);
        str minutes = StrParam(d:min);
        if (min < 10) minutes = StrParam(s:"0", s:minutes);
        SetFont ("BIGFONT");
        HudMessage(s:"Blur Sphere"; HUDMSG_PLAIN, -5, CR_BLUE, 0.05, 0.4, 0.1);
        HudMessage(s:seconds; HUDMSG_PLAIN , 0, CR_Green, 0.16,0.4, 0.1);
        y += 0.05;
    }

    return y;
}


Script "DrawGhostTime" Enter 
{
 int y;

    while (true)
    {
        y = DoDrawGhostTime("PowerGhost", 0.05);
       
        Delay(1);
    }
}
Script "DrawGhostTimeagain" RESPAWN 
{
 int y;

    while (true)
    {
        y = DoDrawGhostTime("PowerGhost", 0.05);
       Delay(1);
        
    }
}





function int DoDrawSpeedTime (str powerup, int x)
{
    int tics = GetActorPowerupTics(0, powerup);

    if (tics > 0)
    {
        int ticsToSecs = tics / 35;
        int sec = ticsToSecs % 60;
        int min = (ticsToSecs % 3600) / 60;
        str seconds = StrParam(d:sec);
        if (sec < 10) seconds = StrParam(s:"0", s:seconds);
        str minutes = StrParam(d:min);
        if (min < 10) minutes = StrParam(s:"0", s:minutes);
        SetFont ("BIGFONT");
        HudMessage(s:"Speed"; HUDMSG_PLAIN, -6, CR_White, 0.05, 0.42, 0.1);
        HudMessage(s:seconds; HUDMSG_PLAIN , 0, CR_Green, 0.16,0.42, 0.1);
        x += 0.05;
    }

    return x;
}

script "DrawSpeedTime" ENTER
{
    int x;

    while (true)
    {
        x = DoDrawSpeedTime("PowerSpeed", 0.05);
       
        Delay(1);
    }
}
script "DrawSpeedTimeagain" RESPAWN
{
    int x;

    while (true)
    {
        x = DoDrawSpeedTime("PowerSpeed", 0.05);
       
        Delay(1);
    }
}

#Define DrawInvunTime      510
#Define DrawInvunTimeagain 511



function int DoDrawInvunTime (str powerup, int z)
{
    int tics = GetActorPowerupTics(0, powerup);

    if (tics > 0)
    {
        int ticsToSecs = tics / 35;
        int sec = ticsToSecs % 60;
        int min = (ticsToSecs % 3600) / 60;
        str seconds = StrParam(d:sec);
        if (sec < 10) seconds = StrParam(s:"0", s:seconds);
        str minutes = StrParam(d:min);
        if (min < 10) minutes = StrParam(s:"0", s:minutes);
        SetFont ("BIGFONT");
        HudMessage(s:"Invulnerable"; HUDMSG_PLAIN, -7, CR_GOLD, 0.05, 0.44, 0.1);
        HudMessage(s:seconds; HUDMSG_PLAIN , 0, CR_Green, 0.16,0.44, 0.1);
        z += 0.05;
    }

    return z;
}

script DrawInvunTime ENTER
{
    int z;

    while (true)
    {
        z = DoDrawInvunTime("PowerInvulnerable", 0.05);
       
        Delay(1);
		
    }
	
}
script DrawInvunTimeagain RESPAWN
{
    int z;

    while (true)
    {
        z = DoDrawInvunTime("PowerInvulnerable", 0.05);
       
        Delay(1);
    }
}

function int DoDrawAMPTime (str powerup, int a)
{
    int tics = GetActorPowerupTics(0, powerup);

    if (tics > 0)
    {
        int ticsToSecs = tics / 35;
        int sec = ticsToSecs % 60;
        int min = (ticsToSecs % 3600) / 60;
        str seconds = StrParam(d:sec);
        if (sec < 10) seconds = StrParam(s:"0", s:seconds);
        str minutes = StrParam(d:min);
        if (min < 10) minutes = StrParam(s:"0", s:minutes);
        SetFont ("BIGFONT");
        HudMessage(s:" Light Goggles "; HUDMSG_PLAIN, -8, CR_RED, 0.05, 0.46, 0.1);
        HudMessage(s:minutes, s:":",s:seconds; HUDMSG_PLAIN , 0, CR_Green, 0.165,0.46, 0.1);
        a += 0.05;
    }

    return a;
}

script "DrawAMPTime" ENTER
{
    int a;

    while (true)
    {
        a = DoDrawAMPTime("PowerLightAmp", 0.05);
       
        Delay(1);
    }
}
script "DrawAMPagain" RESPAWN
{
    int a;

    while (true)
    {
        a = DoDrawAMPTime("PowerLightAmp", 0.05);
       
        Delay(1);
    }
}