Sky property

[.+:icytux:+.]

How Do you make a sky property so that if i as example want it to rain comets from the sky. how to do?

[Medricel]

There is no such thing as a sky property.

If you want rain, you're going to have to do it manually. The only thing that a Sky sector would do automatically is brighten up when lightning flashes.

[KeksDose]

There's quite a big amount of scripting involved. If you want rain you either use ACS and Decorate or Decorate alone.

Let's say you have *Rain* in your map.

Create a *RainDrop* actor and a Raindrop *Fountain*, or Spawner, which is the main word for anything what... spawns =P

In the Raindrop you execute an ACS code which automatically throws the drop down with "ThrustThingZ", then you define your spawner with the action A_SpawnItemEx and your random "XYZ" coordinates how large the spawn range should be.

The ACS-only method is a bit harder, so I don't have a decent script ready right now :/ The easier method would be tons of Mapspots which shoot the comets, and the hard one would be "Spawn" with some more mashing =P

The only thing I really like to use is the Particle Spawn method. It's easy, handy and it doesn't need thousands of tags

[.+:icytux:+.]

i would understand much better if youd make a spoiler where the script is

[KeksDose]

---

Actor RainDrop_A1
{
Radius 1
Height 1
Projectile //Makes it explode on impact with terrain
States
{
Spawn:
TNT1 A 0 //Makes it work =P
TNT1 A 0 ThrustThingZ(0, Random(16, 32), 1, 1)
HEAD A -1
Goto Loop
Death:
HEAD A 1 //Insert death here
Stop
}
}

Actor RainSpawner 10080
{
+NoGravity
-Solid
Radius 2
Height 2
States
{
Spawn:
TNT1 A 1 A_SpawnItemEx("RainDrop_A1", Random(-128, 128), Random(-128, 128), 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0)
Loop
}
}

Cac-o-Fountain 'cuz I don't have decent graphics ready

[.+:icytux:+.]

ok thanx! thats exactly what i needed... now we really should use those things in Zpack ya know

[KeksDose]

Cool idea. And the same with snow
By the way, you can manually adjust / edit what range you want to have (just modify the A_SpawnItemEx line). I would suggest creating 32 X 32, 64 X 64 and 256 X 256 ones, as they make things a bit simpler.

[.+:icytux:+.]

yeah it could get useful...
and yo keksdose... you Are the overlord of all cookies

[KeksDose]

Heh, the overlord of all SFX COOKIES!
Hope that a penguin won't look over my shoulder right now and try to punch me with a baseball bat...

By the way...
This *KeksDose* means in English *A bucket of cookies*, just to clarify my custom title, though.

Well, good that the *Cac-O-Rain* (lol) helped, though. Something like that always comes handy =P Right now I'm thinking if I should release a small taste of my latest SFX work, though =/

[XutaWoo]

You could just do "+SPAWNCEILING" to the spawner.

[KeksDose]

That would add less variety. Spawner must be as generic as possible. You can define Z height of everything / any color / any spread / any strength. It's work where much effort must be spent in

[Penguinator]

Heh, the overlord of all SFX COOKIES!
Hope that a penguin won't look over my shoulder right now and try to punch me with a baseball bat...

[KeksDose]

Heh, the overlord of all SFX COOKIES!
Hope that a penguin won't look over my shoulder right now and try to punch me with a baseball bat...

...Why do I feel so watched right now?

[Turns slowly to watch into the mirror]

*Nothing*

Ah, well. Let's get back to work

*BAM*

*shit*