POWERED_UP = (weapon) does not exist?

[PaganRaven]

Yeah I was trying out a tome of power experiment, and it said it did not recognize that line as an action. and I was using GZDoom, which must have all the properties of zdoom96x, which is supposed to have all the weapon spexcials normal Zdoom does not. so is POWERED_UP something that's coming in the future or did I use it wrong or sumthin? Im pretty darn sure its spelled correctly.

[Shadelight]

I don't think the underline is needed, or is it?

[PaganRaven]

Tried getting rid of the underscore. failed. tried having no underscore and having it all be one word. failed.

[Deathsong12]

It's a flag. Did you try:

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+POWERED_UP?

[PaganRaven]

OKAY! that worked. But now it says that the weapon i'm changing it to is an "unknown actor property", even though I wrote it's script and it worked (sorta) when it wasn't activated by tome of power.

[Deathsong12]

Post your decorate in code tags. I'll have a look.

[PaganRaven]

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ACTOR FrostShards : MWeapFrost 53
{
+POWERED_UP (FrostShards2)
}

ACTOR FrostShards2 : MWeapFrost 9000
{
     Weapon.AmmoUse 2
     States 
     { 
     Fire: 
        CONE A 0 A_JumpIfNoAmmo(1) 
        CONE A 3  
        CONE B 3 
        CONE C 3  
        CONE D 3  
        CONE E 2 A_ReFire
        goto ready
     Flash: 
        CONE E 2 A_FireBullets(10,0,10,5,0,1) 
        stop
     Hold: 
        CONE E 2 A_FireBullets(8,0,10,.5,0,1) 
        CONE D 2 A_FireBullets(8,0,10,.5,0,1) 
        goto ready
     } 
  }

[Shadelight]

there's your problem, your missing states for FrostShards, you need to have both weapons, being able to work.

[Deathsong12]

This code is totally useless as posted. Why did you include a flash state and never call it? Why did you set zero as the number of bullets you wanted to fire? You also have no idea how the +POWERED_UP flag works (add it to the tomed version, not the original), and not much knowledge of how things work in general. I would recommend that you read through the Wiki, especialy this page: http://www.zdoom.org/wiki/index.php?title=DECORATE, and all the ones it links to. Look at what other modders have done by opening up their mods and seeing how they work. THEN post any questions you have here. If you want to learn this stuff, you'll have to experement, learn form the work of others, and read the documentation. Posting on this forum should be your last resort.

EDIT: Ignore KoF, he has no idea what he's talking about.

[Graf Zahl]

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ACTOR FrostShards : MWeapFrost 53
{
+POWERED_UP (FrostShards2)
}

That doesn't work. POWERED_UP is just a flag. You have to link the weapons with Weapon.SisterWeapon (in both definitions.)

[PaganRaven]

Okay, I got the tomage crap working.
But now, will someone tell me what each argument is for in A_CustomBulletAttack? Apparently I need to use this to give the frost shards sprites and speed (i hope). If that's not it, plz tell me what I should use for the firing of the missiles.

I feel it is okay to ask this since the meanings of the variables are not documented

[Deathsong12]

Did you read the pages I linked to? A_CustomBulletAttack is used on monsters, and does not produce projectiles at all. A_FireCustomMissile is the codepointer you want.

[PaganRaven]

yes and this is what your page says:

DECORATE,
From ZDoom

(There is currently no text in this page)

THIS is the page where I'm finding those Flags and Functions: http://www.zdoom.org/wiki/index.php?tit ... ORATE_lump

But admittidly it was thick of me not to have seen that A_FireCustomMissile(type, angle, UseNoAmmo, xy-offset, spawnheight) on the creating new weapons tutorial

[Deathsong12]

For some reason the link is nonfunctional. Go to the front page, then to documentation, then scroll down until you see "Special Lumps." From there, find "DECORATE." That page and all it links to are vital reading for anyone using this scripting launguage.