new A_RailAttack

kgsws · Post by **kgsws** » Tue May 31, 2005 2:28 pm

cutmanmike wrote:
kgsws wrote:
cutmanmike wrote:

Forgive me if i'm wrong but is that a picture from the fmv of ff7 when aries dies?
I do not know, i foud it on czech site

thanks for better image

Belial · Post by **Belial** » Tue May 31, 2005 5:51 pm

It reminds me of Descent's shield powerup.

killingblair · Post by **killingblair** » Tue May 31, 2005 6:20 pm

Graf Zahl wrote:No need for further updates. I'll take care of it tomorrow and put it in my christmas present.

heh, christmas...so long ago

Anyway, excelent work kgsws!

Talonos · Post by **Talonos** » Tue Jun 28, 2005 3:26 pm

I hate to bump up such an old thread, but just out of curiosity, what is the newest syntax for the railattack codepointer. I recently found an example that had

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A_RailAttack(18,0,1,none,"FF FF 00")

in it. The first number is damage, I'm guessing. Third is probably ammo usage, but what are the other ones? I'd usually read the darn wiki but... yeah.

Also, is there a spot to check the syntax of all of the unofficial commands, or do I wait for it to become official and then check the wiki?

Post by **Graf Zahl** » Tue Jun 28, 2005 3:42 pm

If Randy would even once say that the new stuff will go into the next official version I'll start documenting all of it. But not before that.

Talonos · Post by **Talonos** » Tue Jun 28, 2005 4:52 pm

Would you mind at least giving me the syntax? I tried to search the forums for it, but the best I could find was this thread, which was very obviously outdated.

I mean, giving me the syntax would require about as much effort as saying no again, wouldn't it?

Pleeaase?

Anakin S. · Post by **Anakin S.** » Tue Jun 28, 2005 5:27 pm

I couldn't figure it out by looking at the source, but then again, I'm no programmer. The line from LightningGun.wad that fires the railgun doesn't look like lightning at all with the current system. It's just a black particle trail. I tried making my own lightning bolt but it ended up being blood red. Could you please tell us the syntax?

killingblair · Post by **killingblair** » Tue Jun 28, 2005 5:38 pm

Can you please make one of the arrgs define weither its fired left, right, or centered?

Talonos · Post by **Talonos** » Tue Jun 28, 2005 6:40 pm

The last part, the part in the quotes, specifies the color. It's in hexedecimal, so 10 = 16 and FF = 255, if that makes any sense. You might have a file in your zdoom directory called colors.txt (It came with one version or another

) that lists a lot of good colors, but you'll have to convert to hexidecimal yourself.

killingblair, the second argument appears to be the xshift. Make it positive (10 or so) to make it shoot from the right, and -10 to make it shoot from the left. Tweak the value so it looks like it's coming out of the gun.

I'm intrested in the fourth argument; the one that says none. I think that that has to do with the spiral thing on the outside, because when I use it like I have in the example above, I just get the little particle trail too. I guess I've figured out everything but that one, but I don't think I can figure out the last one without trying strings at random, and I'm really bad at guessing things at random.

killingblair · Post by **killingblair** » Tue Jun 28, 2005 8:06 pm

I mean like the FireRailgunLeft or FireRailgunRight pointers in dehacked. Not an x shift.

Anakin S. · Post by **Anakin S.** » Tue Jun 28, 2005 9:06 pm

Wouldn't the x offset do the same thing as FireRailgunLeft or FireRailgunRight?

Talonos · Post by **Talonos** » Wed Jun 29, 2005 7:22 am

Yeah, only more flexible.

DoomRater · Post by **DoomRater** » Tue Jul 12, 2005 9:41 pm

Graf Zahl wrote:And how does this help us? Most people have no clue whatsoever how to interpret a palette. Plus, Heretic's, Hexen's and Strife's palettes are completely different so one had to do it again for those games.

DOWN WITH THE PALETTE!

Oh that one that says none and uh when put in there just gives the little trail? It's the same paramaters as the trail color, only for the spiral. saying none just means it doesn't get drawn.

Post by **Xaser** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 3:44 pm

Just one question: Have those "flash" effects or whatever they're called (the randomly zig-zagging particle trails) been implemented yet? I'd like to use this for a lightning gun-type thing.

skadoomer · Post by **skadoomer** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 8:26 pm

grubber told me it needs to be re-written before it can be incorporated into the unnoficial version. Beleave me, i'd like them in there more than anything.