Splah Damage

Scuba Steve · Post by **Scuba Steve** » Sat Mar 27, 2004 8:59 pm

I was reading the tutorial on Monster decoration lumps... and I noticed NORADIUSDMG.

If you can set monsters to Splash damage immunity, is it possible to set the player to be immune to splash damage... like your own rocket launcher?

Giest118 · Post by **Giest118** » Sat Mar 27, 2004 9:02 pm

Risen · Post by **Risen** » Sat Mar 27, 2004 9:25 pm

you can set it in the console, but I don't think it is settable for a mod.

chopkinsca · Post by **chopkinsca** » Sat Mar 27, 2004 10:38 pm

wait until .64 and replace the rocket with a projectile that is almost the same except dontharmshooter... maybe

Post by **Graf Zahl** » Sun Mar 28, 2004 3:43 am

chopkinsca wrote:wait until .64 and replace the rocket with a projectile that is almost the same except dontharmshooter... maybe

That would work. Several Hexen projectiles do exactly that.

Anakin S. · Post by **Anakin S.** » Sun Mar 28, 2004 1:18 pm

But the rocket wouldn't have a particle trail. It would be really cool if there could be a generic actor function that spawns sparks or particles with arguments to set the color, distance, angle, x and y offsets.

Then again, we could probably make a particle trail by using Hexen's spark sprites and creating dozens of little projectiles spawned at random angles.

Post by **Kate** » Sun Mar 28, 2004 2:36 pm

Anakin S. wrote:...we could probably make a particle trail by using Hexen's spark sprites and creating dozens of little projectiles spawned at random angles.

You mean like the Wraith fireball? That sounds like an interesting idea...

Risen · Post by **Risen** » Sun Mar 28, 2004 9:50 pm

I never liked the ZDoom rocket trails anyway. They get in the way more than anything else. But if you want more of a vapor trail effect with sprites, you can do that.

chopkinsca · Post by **chopkinsca** » Sun Mar 28, 2004 10:07 pm

Anakin S. wrote:But the rocket wouldn't have a particle trail.

oops, PARTICLE trail... my bad.

You could make another projectile actor with a small lifespan, speed of 0, and nogravity. Then set the rocket to fire this projectile every couple of frames in it's spawn state.

Nanami · Post by **Nanami** » Mon Mar 29, 2004 1:03 am

chopkinsca wrote:
Anakin S. wrote:But the rocket wouldn't have a particle trail.
oops, PARTICLE trail... my bad.

You could make another projectile actor with a small lifespan, speed of 0, and nogravity. Then set the rocket to fire this projectile every couple of frames in it's spawn state.

The particles are a little more complex than that though. There are orange ones and white ones. White ones stay at relatively the same Z height and spread a little before fading out. Orange ones tend to fall downward with slight variation before fading out.

It'd be sort of hard to emulate.