Adding the Strife flaming death state to Doom.

[CaptainToenail]

I want to add the exact Strife burning sequence to the player and zombies in Doom, has anyone got the exact code for the burn state from Strife?

[Skippy]

If you're talking about the POV death sprites when the player is killed by fire damage, you're out of luck so far.

As far as the zombies go, there's nothing to code beyond sprite frames. In Strife, the generic burn graphics are BURNA to BURNV. You can get the basic idea of the timings from the StrifePlayer source code, but ignore the codepointers as most of them are hardcoded.

[The NUtcracker]

You could, of course, make a new player class and add a flame death state that activates an ACS script that sets the player's weapon to a burning hand weapon.

Just an idea.

[Graf Zahl]

In 2.1.7 you can't replicate the sequence precisely for players. In the latest SVN version the Strife player has been coded in DECORATE so you can copy and paste the sequence from there.

For monsters, just inherit from StrifeHumanoid.

[CaptainToenail]

You can get the basic idea of the timings from the StrifePlayer source code

That's exactly what I wanted, thanks!

So if I want to add that to Doomplayer will I just make a new doomplayer class with the added Burn state yes?

[Marcus101RR]

I want to add the exact Strife burning sequence to the player and zombies in Doom, has anyone got the exact code for the burn state from Strife?

The exact code is way to easy to get. I can give it to you, plus i remember seeing it on Wiki not too long ago. I will copy and paste.

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Burn:
BURN A 5
BURN B 5 A_PlaySound ("rebel/burn")
BURN C 5 A_NoBlocking
BURN D 5
BURN E 5
BURN F 5
BURN G 5
BURN H 5
BURN I 5
BURN J 5
BURN K 5
BURN L 5
BURN M 5
BURN N 5
BURN O 5
BURN P 5
BURN Q 5
BURN R 5
BURN S 5
BURN T 5
BURN U 5
BURN V -1

[Graf Zahl]

That code is not precise because it's missing all the code pointers that make the sequence so special.

[Skippy]

@Graf: does that mean that the new code pointers like A_CrispyPlayer et al have been exposed in DECORATE? I've always wondered what A_ItBurnsItBurns does...

@NUtcracker: I doubt that would work, as the player's death automatically lowers the equipped weapon. One possible alternative would be to activate the 'instant weapon switch' property in an ACS DEATH script and use HudMessage graphics to replicate the burning hands.

[Medricel]

That code is not precise because it's missing all the code pointers that make the sequence so special.

What do the special Strife burn-death code pointers even do?

[Skippy]

From the source code, it looks like A_ItBurnsItBurns keeps the player 'live' in the Death state (in Strife's case, so that they can jerk around a bit whilst screaming!) and A_CrispyPlayer actually kills them (ie lowers the weapon and viewpoint). Hmm...

[Nash]

Gruesome.

[Skippy]

Indeed. But if these action functions enable us to create mroe interesting player deaths than simply sinking to the floor, then I'm prepared to stomach such things.

[Unknown_Assassin]

Gruesome.

I think it is more of awesome instead of gruesome.

[CaptainToenail]

Yah, I got it working, here's a sample of the code:

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actor BurningZombieman : Zombieman replaces Zombieman
{
States
{
Burn:
BURN A 3 Bright A_PlaySound ("human/imonfire")
BURN B 3 Bright
BURN C 3 Bright A_Wander
BURN D 3 Bright A_NoBlocking
BURN E 5 Bright
BURN FGH 5 Bright A_Wander
BURN I 5 Bright
BURN JKL 5 Bright A_Wander
BURN M 5 Bright
BURN N 5 Bright
BURN OPQPQ 5 Bright
BURN RSTU 7 Bright
BURN V -1
Stop
}
}

actor BurningShotgunGuy : ShotgunGuy replaces ShotgunGuy
{
States
{
Burn:
BURN A 3 Bright A_PlaySound ("human/imonfire")
BURN B 3 Bright
BURN C 3 Bright A_Wander
BURN D 3 Bright A_NoBlocking
BURN E 5 Bright
BURN FGH 5 Bright A_Wander
BURN I 5 Bright
BURN JKL 5 Bright A_Wander
BURN M 5 Bright
BURN N 5 Bright
BURN OPQPQ 5 Bright
BURN RSTU 7 Bright
BURN V -1
Stop
}
}


actor BurningChaingunGuy : ChaingunGuy replaces ChaingunGuy
{
States
{
Burn:
BURN A 3 Bright A_PlaySound ("human/imonfire")
BURN B 3 Bright
BURN C 3 Bright A_Wander
BURN D 3 Bright A_NoBlocking
BURN E 5 Bright
BURN FGH 5 Bright A_Wander
BURN I 5 Bright
BURN JKL 5 Bright A_Wander
BURN M 5 Bright
BURN N 5 Bright
BURN OPQPQ 5 Bright
BURN RSTU 7 Bright
BURN V -1
Stop
}
}

actor BurningWolfensteinSS : WolfensteinSS replaces WolfensteinSS
{
States
{
Burn:
BURN A 3 Bright A_PlaySound ("human/imonfire")
BURN B 3 Bright
BURN C 3 Bright A_Wander
BURN D 3 Bright A_NoBlocking
BURN E 5 Bright
BURN FGH 5 Bright A_Wander
BURN I 5 Bright
BURN JKL 5 Bright A_Wander
BURN M 5 Bright
BURN N 5 Bright
BURN OPQPQ 5 Bright
BURN RSTU 7 Bright
BURN V -1
Stop
}
}

actor BurningDoomPlayer : Doomplayer replaces Doomplayer
{
States
{
Burn:
BURN A 3 Bright A_PlaySound ("human/imonfire")
BURN B 3 Bright
BURN C 3 Bright A_Wander
BURN D 3 Bright A_NoBlocking
BURN E 5 Bright
BURN FGH 5 Bright A_Wander
BURN I 5 Bright
BURN JKL 5 Bright A_Wander
BURN M 5 Bright
BURN N 5 Bright
BURN OPQPQ 5 Bright
BURN RSTU 7 Bright
BURN V -1
Stop
}
}

I don't know whether I should add the burning state to the imps, because it might just not look right, and anyway, you would think they were fireproof since they hurl fireballs all over the place.