Strange lump problem

[Classic Doom Guy]

I made a lump.wad containing a MAPINFO lump. On map 11, I included a cyberdemonspecial, and a spidermastermindspecial, as well as a specialaction_lowerfloor.

There is a sector tagged 666. What I want to happen, is have that sector lower when both the cyberdemon and spider are dead.

But when the spider dies, the level ends.

[Penguinator]

Just make an if/else ACS script.

---

int dead;
Script 1 OPEN {
dead=0; }
Script 666 (Void) {
if(dead==0) {
dead=1; }
else {
(lower sector stuff) } }

Now have the Cyberdemon and Spidermastermind have ACS Execute always and the script tag of 666. My script may not work right off the bat since I retrieved it from memory and I am fairly new at scripts.

[Classic Doom Guy]

Is there a way to do it and avoid scripts? I've been playing around with them, and they're cool and all, but they add a whole level of complexity to the map that I'm not prepared to deal with.

[Graf Zahl]

No. If you want to do something based on the death of 2 separate monsters a script is the only option.

[HotWax]

Scripts aren't that complex, though I'd really recommend using something approaching proper spacing rather than none's mess.

Try this:

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#include "zcommon.acs"

script 666 OPEN {
     if (!ThingCount(T_SPIDERMASTERMIND, 0) && !ThingCount(T_CYBERDEMON, 0)) {
          Floor_LowerToLowest(666, 16);
     }
     delay(1);
     restart;
}

Now just tag your sector(s) 666 and remove the MAPINFO that you created. As soon as all Cyberdemons and Spidermasterminds in the map are dead, the sectors will lower.

That wasn't so hard, was it?

[Kirby]

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script 1 open
{
while(thingcount(0,1)>0)
    {
      delay(35);
    }
floor_lowertolowest(666,16);
}

It's easier if you just tag the Spider and the Cyber with a Thing ID and then run a while loop so you dont have to restart the script

[HotWax]

Either way works just fine. What's so bad about using restart?

[Kirby]

I dunno, just a personal opinion (sorta gave me headaches at one point, long story)

[Classic Doom Guy]

And the funny part is, after I got to thinking, and trying out some other Doom as Hexen triggers, I realized that I'd rather go with it in that mode anyway. It would be insane not to take advantage of the wide range of options, especially since I made a bunch of vanilla doom maps that have all this elaborate stuff to give the appearance of complicated actions.

So yeah, I'll tackle scripts.


Though Graf Zahl, even without the two monsters for one sector thing, I couldn't get the spidermastermindspecial to perform a lower floor special action, it just ended the level regardless.

But I guess that's moot now.