Making all projectiles shootable

[JohnnyTheWolf]

Hello everyone,

Using Beed28's fantastic Contra Doom as reference, I sought to make the Cyberdemon rockets and the Revenant missiles shootable.

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ACTOR CyberdemonRocket : Rocket
{
	Health 1
	+SHOOTABLE
	+NOBLOOD
	+CANTSEEK
	+DONTHARMSPECIES
	-NOBLOCKMAP
	Mass 10000000
	States
	{
	Death:
		TNT1 A 0 A_ChangeFlag("SHOOTABLE",0)
		Goto Super::Death
	}
}

ACTOR NewRevenantTracer : RevenantTracer replaces RevenantTracer
{
	Health 1
	+SHOOTABLE
	+NOBLOOD
	+CANTSEEK
	+DONTHARMSPECIES
	-NOBLOCKMAP
	Mass 10000000
	States
	{
	Death:
		TNT1 A 0 A_ChangeFlag("SHOOTABLE",0)
		Goto Super::Death
	}
}

This worked well, but I am struggling to replicate this with other projectile types. I have found the following entry on the ZDoom wiki, but I do not quite understand the instructions.

Would someone more experienced in scripting than I be kind enough to walk me through this?

Thanks in advance!

[JohnnyTheWolf]

Got my answer on the Discord server. I will share my findings here for newcomers who might come in here asking the same question:

Disregard the script for the custom Cyberdemon actor above. Instead just go with:

ACTOR CyberdemonRocket : Rocket replaces Rocket { Health 1 //Die in one shot +SHOOTABLE //Can be hurt by hitscans and projectiles +NOBLOOD //Won't bleed when shot +CANTSEEK //Seeker missiles won't seek it +THRUSPECIES //Do not collide with your own species +DONTTHRUST //Won't be pushed when shot -NOBLOCKMAP //Needs to be in the blockmap to get shot Mass 10000000 States { Death: TNT1 A 0 A_ChangeFlag("SHOOTABLE",0) Goto Super::Death } }

and you are set - for both the Cyberdemon, the Tyrant and your own rocket launcher!

Use the same template for other projectiles, e.g. ACTOR ShootableCacoBall : Cacodemonball replaces cacodemonball

Many thanks to CarThief and Agent_Ash!

EDIT: The Mancubus is a special case, as it shoots two projectiles at once and as such they cancel each other when used the script above. Use this instead:

ACTOR ShootableFatShot : FatShot replaces FatShot { Species "FatShot" //Yes, this is needed! Health 1 +SHOOTABLE +NOBLOOD +CANTSEEK +THRUSPECIES +DONTTHRUST -NOBLOCKMAP States { Death: TNT1 A 0 A_ChangeFlag("SHOOTABLE",0) Goto Super::Death } }

Thanks Fishytza!

[JohnnyTheWolf]

EDIT: Upon further examination, it looks like there is nothing wrong with the D64 Archvile's height. It is just this huge!

I am playing Unseen Evil with the mod I made using the code above - which I named "NASMR" - and I am noticing the following issue:

The Arch-Vile is now taller - about as tall as the Cyberdemon! - and uses more frames. I was able to fix the latter by adding the code in red (and separate "VILE Z[\" in three lines to avoid a SC_GetNumber: Bad numeric constant error) and converting it to DECORATE.

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ACTOR NewArchvile : Archvile replaces Archvile { States { Missile: VILE G 0 BRIGHT VILE G 1 BRIGHT A_FaceTarget VILE H 4 BRIGHT A_FaceTarget VILE IJKLMN 4 BRIGHT A_FaceTarget VILE O 4 BRIGHT A_CustomMissile("VileBomb",1) VILE P 10 BRIGHT Goto See Heal: VILE Z 10 BRIGHT VILE [ 10 BRIGHT VILE \ 10 BRIGHT Goto See Pain: VILE R 5 VILE R 5 A_Pain Goto See Death: VILE S 7 VILE T 7 A_Scream VILE U 7 A_NoBlocking VILE VWX 7 VILE Y -1 Stop } } ACTOR VileBomb { +Missile +DROPOFF +NOTELEPORT +RANDOMIZE +RIPPER +NOEXPLODEFLOOR +FLOORHUGGER Damage (0) Speed 16 SeeSound "vile/firestrt" States { Spawn: TNT1 AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA 4 A_SpawnItem("VileBombBoom") //Lasts 72 tics; just over 2 seconds Stop Death: TNT1 A 0 Stop } } ACTOR VileBombBoom { Radius 11 Height 8 Speed 0 +NOCLIP RenderStyle Add Alpha 1 YScale 0.5 States { Spawn: TNT1 A 1 TNT1 A 0 A_PlaySound("vile/firestrt") TNT1 A 0 A_Explode(70,24,0,0,1) Doop: FIRE B 0 A_SetScale(1,(scaleY + 0.5)) FIRE B 0 A_FadeOut(0.1) FIRE B 2 BRIGHT loop } } ACTOR VileSpawnFire : SpawnFire { States { Spawn: FIRE ABCDEFGH 4 Bright A_Fire Stop } }

Which leaves me with the Arch-Vile's height. Does anyone know what is causing this?