Stopping projectiles from going pass a line

Zell · Post by **Zell** » Tue Jul 29, 2003 9:22 pm

In my map, i have a a tube with an enemy in it, but, i dont want him to be able to shoot the play, and the play to not shoot him. how do i do this? any help is appreciated

zell

Sphagne · Post by **Sphagne** » Tue Jul 29, 2003 9:28 pm

You can make a wall taller than the player's eyes and do not give it a lower texture, so it would become invisible, and then you can lower it instantly and the monster would be able to see and attack the player.

Zell · Post by **Zell** » Tue Jul 29, 2003 9:31 pm

lol, thats not exactly what i wanted, but thx anyway

what i want is like a test tube, so the enemy is in the tube, sees the player, becomes enraged, but his attacks dont leave the tube.

cccp_leha · Post by **cccp_leha** » Tue Jul 29, 2003 10:24 pm

You can stick a "shootable thing (angle is health (0 is invincible))" <--(from WAuthor) on either end of the tube and that should block projectiles.

Post by **Xaser** » Tue Jul 29, 2003 10:42 pm

Make the walls around the tube have the "blocks everything" attribute.

cccp_leha · Post by **cccp_leha** » Tue Jul 29, 2003 10:46 pm

OK, for some reason, my things aren't showing up in ZDoom, but they are there in WAuthor....weird shit...anyways, something like this???

Zell · Post by **Zell** » Wed Jul 30, 2003 12:45 am

lol..what is this supposed to do? lol i dont get it

Biff · Post by **Biff** » Wed Jul 30, 2003 8:36 am

Reconsider what Sphagne said...you can make a ring-like sector around the monster, give it a floor height above the monster's head. I don't mean the sector the monster's in, I mean another sector, thin walled, like a ring around the monster's sector. Do not give its lower sidedefs any texture, so it'll be transparent. Your editor will flag it as a missing texture, it does not matter because it's a "special effect". This ring sector, given a tag, can be made to drop when you want, freeing the monster.

Otherwise, just enclose him in a sector, and give the lines around him a lineID. Use a script to set that lineID number to block everything.

I think you are using WA. For the lineID, look under special, go to Line_SetIdentification (#). Then use a script like
setlineblocking (#, BLOCK_EVERYTHING);
and at some later time
setlineblocking (#, OFF);

cccp_leha · Post by **cccp_leha** » Wed Jul 30, 2003 9:13 am

Supposedly, at the entrance of the "tube" there is a shootable thing with an anlge of 0, which should be infinite health...and it should be able to absorb projectiles..."should" is the keyword here

HotWax · Post by **HotWax** » Wed Jul 30, 2003 10:35 am

What Zell wants is a test tube. A large cylindrical tube that stretches from the floor or some kind of futuristic computer-thingy, either to the ceiling or high enough to hold the creature it is containing. Something you'd see if you wandered into a mad scientist's lab and they were conducting experiments. If you still don't know what I'm talking about, pick an option:

Go watch Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back and observe the tube that Luke is put in after he is rescued by Han on Hoth.

Go play Metroid Prime. You should do this anyway. It's an outstanding game. Of course you'll have to play it to about 40% of the way through before you even lay eyes on a test tube (it'll have a Metroid in it), but there are worse things to be subjected to. ^_^

And finally if you don't wanna do either of those, just think up a way to have a fairly thin glass wall that is 100% inpenetrable by all manner of attacks, including (this is the hard part) weapon explosions. BUT at the same time, this wall must NOT block the monster's sight. When the monster sees the player through the glass, he should wake up. If possible, he should try to attack. But those attacks should not be able to pass the wall.

Good luck.

PS: Leha, your approach probably won't work in this case because it sounds like you're thinking of a horizontal tube, such as a tunnel, with one entrance or an entrance at either end, where you've placed an invisible actor to absorb the damage. What you'd need for the test tube is a ring of such actors because the monster will be able to fire in 360 degrees. (Also, the actors would not prevent the rocket explosions from reaching the player if he was close enough) Of course I could also have completely misunderstood you.

Zell · Post by **Zell** » Wed Jul 30, 2003 10:57 am

thats exactly what i wanted, thx hotwax, and everybody else who has responded =D

cccp_leha · Post by **cccp_leha** » Wed Jul 30, 2003 8:36 pm

Doh! Makes sense now cuz I missed the *vertical* part

A horizontal test tube <---

Hehe, Luke almost got his ass kicked by the Wampa... for the 30th time. BTW, anyone look at my attachment? On my comp, things show up in WA, but aren't there in the game... WTF?

Zell · Post by **Zell** » Wed Jul 30, 2003 8:38 pm

lol they needed to be set up =p

u had no game options set
like single player or multiplayer

cccp_leha · Post by **cccp_leha** » Wed Jul 30, 2003 8:54 pm

huh?
EDIT DUMBASS
well no use now, but just so the circle is now complete hehehe