Global ACS

sarge · Post by **sarge** » Wed Feb 01, 2006 1:43 am

What if there was a lump that was like ACS but ran WITHOUT a level attached. this could be useful if someone, for example, was making a weapon mod that needed ACS. In the Current system they would need to copy in every level of Doom 2 just to do the ACS. This will be illegal and would make a large file. It would also mean that you could not play the weapon mod in YOUER OWN wads. but in the new system which i'm suggesting now (duh), the ACS would just be a lump in the wad and work in any level of any game. This would also mean that if you needed to you could put in ONE script and have it run in every level.

I believe this would be useful and would help a lot of mappers.

I cant explain stuff for zombie crap!!

Post by **Enjay** » Wed Feb 01, 2006 2:21 am

You can use the FSGlobal lump in GZdoom for this - but it's not multi-player friendly. Other than that, Randy has a long term plan for a scripting language able to alter various aspects of the game. This scripting language has been talked about in various forms for years now, so you'll need to be patient.

Post by **Graf Zahl** » Wed Feb 01, 2006 3:49 am

It will never happen anyway unless someone else is doing it.

Necromage · Post by **Necromage** » Wed Feb 01, 2006 2:04 pm

Graf Zahl wrote:It will never happen anyway unless someone else is doing it.

hmm, I wonder if this means that graf is working on something like this

Grubber · Post by **Grubber** » Thu Feb 02, 2006 2:13 am

I think randy is doing that: http://forum.zdoom.org/potato.php?p=194 ... acs#194019

Post by **Graf Zahl** » Thu Feb 02, 2006 2:35 am

Is he?

Post by **TheDarkArchon** » Thu Feb 02, 2006 3:11 am

Autoloading ACS libraries sounds like it fits the bill.

DoomRater · Post by **DoomRater** » Thu Feb 02, 2006 1:48 pm

GOOD. This has been sorely needed.

Post by **TheDarkArchon** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 8:45 am

I have an idea for a mod if that comes to fruitation. (Think along the lines ww-cashzd++)

wildweasel · Post by **wildweasel** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 9:44 am

TheDarkArchon wrote:I have an idea for a mod if that comes to fruitation. (Think along the lines ww-cashzd++)

Go for it. (Couldn't you try doing it with FSGLOBAL for now, though?)

Post by **TheDarkArchon** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 12:31 pm

Not that I know of. What I have in mind is probabally outside the reach of FS. (I have a rough ACS implementation in my head. Including selling guns and upgrading them. Global Strifescript would also be handy.)

DoomRater · Post by **DoomRater** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 8:25 pm

I can do upgrading weapons and level with just DECORATE. o_O Selling guns would require ACS though...

Post by **TheDarkArchon** » Sat Feb 04, 2006 4:11 am

I meant buying upgrades, silly.

DoomRater · Post by **DoomRater** » Sat Feb 04, 2006 12:37 pm

Oh. That.

In a weapon mod though they could definitely just replace invis sphere. [/offtopic]