DECORATE guru looking for work

[Froon]

I was playing around with ThingThrust and ThingThrustZ, just to see how they worked, and came up with something that might just pass itself off as fireworks.

Here's the decorate:

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ACTOR Fireworker : Weapon
{
   
   Inventory.PickupMessage "You Got Fireworks!"
   
   Weapon.AmmoType "FireworksAmmo"
   Weapon.AmmoGive 2
   Weapon.AmmoUse 1
   
   States
   {
   Spawn:
      LAUN A -1
      Loop
   Ready:
      MISG A 1 A_WeaponReady
      Loop
   Deselect:
      MISG A 1 A_Lower
      Loop
   Select:
      MISG A 1 A_Raise
      Loop
   Fire:
      MISG B 8 A_GunFlash
      MISG B 12 A_FireCustomMissile("FireworksShot",0,1,0,0)
      MISG B 0 A_CheckReload
      MISG B 0 A_Refire
      Goto Ready
   Flash:
      MISF A 3 Bright A_Light1
      MISF B 4 Bright
      MISF C 4 Bright A_Light2
      MISF D 4 Bright A_Light2
      TNT1 A 0 A_Light0
      Stop   
   }
}

ACTOR FireworksAmmo : Ammo 25001
{
   Inventory.Amount 1
   Inventory.MaxAmount 10
   Ammo.BackpackAmount 2
   Ammo.BackpackMaxAmount 20
   Inventory.PickupMessage "Picked up some Fireworks."

}

ACTOR FireworksShot
{
   Radius 11
   Height 8
   Speed 20
   Damage 20
   PROJECTILE
   -NOGRAVITY
   +LOWGRAVITY
   +SKYEXPLODE
   States
   {
   Spawn:
      MISL A 0
      MISL A 0 ThrustThingZ(0,10,0,1)
      MISL A 1 Bright
      Goto Spawn + 2
   Death:
      PLSS A 1 A_SpawnItem("FireworkA1",1,0,0)
      PLSS A 1 A_SpawnItem("FireworkA2",1,0,0)
      PLSS A 1 A_SpawnItem("FireworkA3",1,0,0)
      PLSS A 1 A_SpawnItem("FireworkA4",1,0,0)
      PLSS A 1 A_SpawnItem("FireworkA5",1,0,0)
      PLSS A 1 A_SpawnItem("FireworkA6",1,0,0)
      PLSS A 0 A_Jump(160,1)
      Goto Death
      MISL A 0
      Stop
   }
}
ACTOR FireworkA1
{
   Radius 13
   Height 8
   Damage 5
   PROJECTILE
   RENDERSTYLE ADD
   ALPHA .9
   DONTHURTSHOOTER
   -NOGRAVITY
   +SKYEXPLODE
   States
   {
   Spawn:
      PLSS A 0
      PLSS A 0 ThrustThing(0+random(0,255),0+random(1,10),0,0)
      PLSS A 0 ThrustThingZ(0,0+random(35,55),0,0)
      PLSS AB 4 Bright
      Goto Spawn + 3
   Death:
      PLSS A 1 A_SpawnItem("FireworkB1",1,0,0)
      PLSS A 1 A_SpawnItem("FireworkB2",1,0,0)
      PLSS A 1 A_SpawnItem("FireworkB3",1,0,0)
      PLSS A 1 A_SpawnItem("FireworkB4",1,0,0)
      PLSS A 1 A_SpawnItem("FireworkB5",1,0,0)
      PLSS A 1 A_SpawnItem("FireworkB6",1,0,0)
      PLSS A 0 A_Jump(160,1)
      Goto Death
      PLSS A 0
      Stop
   }
}

ACTOR FireworkB1 : FireworkA1
{
   Scale .6
   Radius 8
   Height 6
   Damage 2
   States
   {
   Death:
      PLSS A 1 A_SpawnItem("FireworkC1",1,0,0)
      PLSS A 1 A_SpawnItem("FireworkC2",1,0,0)
      PLSS A 1 A_SpawnItem("FireworkC3",1,0,0)
      PLSS A 1 A_SpawnItem("FireworkC4",1,0,0)
      PLSS A 1 A_SpawnItem("FireworkC5",1,0,0)
      PLSS A 1 A_SpawnItem("FireworkC6",1,0,0)
      PLSS A 0 A_Jump(160,1)
      Goto Death
      PLSS A 0
      Stop
   }
}

ACTOR FireworkC1 : FireworkA1
{
   Scale .3
   Radius 4
   Height 3
   Damage 1
   States
   {
   Spawn:
      PLSS A 0
      PLSS A 0 ThrustThing(0+random(0,255),0+random(5,15),0,0)
      PLSS A 0 ThrustThingZ(0,0+random(30,45),0,0)
      PLSS AB 2 Bright
      Goto Spawn + 3
   Death:
      PLSS A 1 Bright
      Stop
   }
}

ACTOR FireworkA2 : FireworkA1
{
   Translation "192:207=169:184" //red
}

ACTOR FireworkA3 : FireworkA1
{
   Translation "192:207=112:127" //green
}

ACTOR FireworkA4 : FireworkA1
{
   Translation "192:207=208:223" //orange
}

ACTOR FireworkA5 : FireworkA1
{
   Translation "192:207=224:231" //yellow
}

ACTOR FireworkA6 : FireworkA1
{
   Translation "192:207=250:254" //purple
}

ACTOR FireworkB2 : FireworkB1
{
   Translation "192:207=169:184" 
}

ACTOR FireworkB3 : FireworkB1
{
   Translation "192:207=112:127" 
}

ACTOR FireworkB4 : FireworkB1
{
   Translation "192:207=208:223" 
}

ACTOR FireworkB5 : FireworkB1
{
   Translation "192:207=224:231" 
}

ACTOR FireworkB6 : FireworkB1
{
   Translation "192:207=250:254" 
}


ACTOR FireworkC2 : FireworkC1
{
   Translation "192:207=169:184" 
}

ACTOR FireworkC3 : FireworkC1
{
   Translation "192:207=112:127" 
}

ACTOR FireworkC4 : FireworkC1
{
   Translation "192:207=208:223" 
}

ACTOR FireworkC5 : FireworkC1
{
   Translation "192:207=224:231" 
}

ACTOR FireworkC6 : FireworkC1
{
   Translation "192:207=250:254" 
}

Once again, it is no work of art, it only uses sprites from Doom, and no sound is included, however, if you don't feel like pasting the decorate into a wad yourself, here is the download:

[Galaxy_Stranger]

Extremely cool!

Lots of applications for this.

[Electronic Samurai]

Very cool!

Not exactly what I had in mind, but still very neat. I'm working on the graphics for the firework, but I think I'll have to recolor it from scratch - it's still very lineworky. Thanks for your hard work on my somewhat muddled requests.

[Froon]

Glad you liked it.

What did you have in mind, in comparison to what it is, I may be able to tinker it a bit for an improvement.

[Electronic Samurai]

Well, what I'm looking for is quite a bit simpler than what you've designed, I think - your weapon is conceptually very similar to what I had in mind, but I'll see if I can adequately explain the differences.

I'm looking for a rocket very similar to the standard one found in Doom, but affected by +LOWGRAVITY. When it hits a target, it explodes in two or three "rings" of sparks, perhaps staggered by red, yellow, and white rings - each spark should deal its own damage (maybe one point apiece), and be affected by gravity and +WALLBOUNCE as well. The overall effect should be something like the Fourth of July style of rockets.

I've put together a WAD showcasing caltrops based on Inuyasha's Landmine from the WRW. I'm no DECORATE expert, but these seem to work OK - I'd love to hear your opinions and improvements, though.

[Froon]

The caltrops: Pretty good for a first weapon, I would have gone for direct damage instead of an explosion. Also damage seems too weak, I set them to hurt myself and they were lucky to do 1 damage a piece.

[Shadelight]

*Bump*

this might not be a weapon request....but could one of you(or any of you)emulate the Blaster's attack for a BlasterGuy?
(replaces ChaingunGuy)

[DoomRater]

I'm not dead.... I just need to write code. And write it soon. So between writing code for Sir Alien and writing the charging code, I should have something done by tomorrow.

[Risen]

Excellent. You know, I might soon have the free time I need to work on the Riot Cannon myself... if I get to it before you do, I'll let you know.