Anyway, what I'd like to ask is the first time you came across some ACS or DECORATE or even mapping techniques that made your eyes pop, head spin, pubic hair straighten, et cetera.
You know, ACS makes my head spin.
You know, ACS makes my head spin.
I thought I was getting good at it. I mean, I guess some of the stuff I've written for The Hell Worm is above average. And then I got curious, so I got the sources for Comunnity Is Falling 3's ACS...
I've never felt so inadequate in my life.
Anyway, what I'd like to ask is the first time you came across some ACS or DECORATE or even mapping techniques that made your eyes pop, head spin, pubic hair straighten, et cetera.
Anyway, what I'd like to ask is the first time you came across some ACS or DECORATE or even mapping techniques that made your eyes pop, head spin, pubic hair straighten, et cetera.
Re: You know, ACS makes my head spin.
Daedalus was a real pushing point for me. I must have studied their management code for weeks. CIF 3 has some pretty ridiculous code, but it also has an OCD method of breaking down coded functions into very small pieces to make everything look so big.
Re: You know, ACS makes my head spin.
Nothing that I didn't learn how to do later, at least with DECORATE. I've never used ACS much though.
- Project Shadowcat
- Posts: 9369
- Joined: Thu Jul 14, 2005 8:33 pm
- Preferred Pronouns: They/Them
- Operating System Version (Optional): Windows 11
- Graphics Processor: nVidia with Vulkan support
- Location: Blacksburg, SC USA
- Contact:
Re: You know, ACS makes my head spin.
At the time I thought some of the scripts that The Ultimate Doomer used for his introduction and the scoring system in Super Sonic Doom were very complex. But at the same time, I was very inexperienced with it. It's still the largest stepping stone I've ever used when it came to me learning ACS, and at the same time my largest source of inspiration.
- Juan "JacKThERiPPeR
- Posts: 931
- Joined: Sun Jun 03, 2007 7:25 am
- Location: SPAIN
- Contact:
Re: You know, ACS makes my head spin.
My first glance at CIF3's DECORATE was something like "OMG it uses ACS!?". It has TONS of ACS_Execute's in it's DECORATE.
- Remmirath
- Posts: 2562
- Joined: Sun Dec 23, 2007 3:53 am
- Graphics Processor: nVidia with Vulkan support
- Location: My house
- Contact:
Re: You know, ACS makes my head spin.
Just looking at TUTNT scripts made my head spin when i was a n00b. 
Re: You know, ACS makes my head spin.
Recently, the only thing I remember going "OMG HOW DID THEY DO THAT? o.O" was with the custom keybind in KDiZD. 
Since then, not much surprises me, but I'm amazed at the patience several of these modders have.
Since then, not much surprises me, but I'm amazed at the patience several of these modders have.
- .+:icytux:+.
- Posts: 2661
- Joined: Thu May 17, 2007 1:53 am
- Location: Finland
Re: You know, ACS makes my head spin.
one word:
Harbinger.
(atleast a part of it)
Harbinger.
(atleast a part of it)
Re: You know, ACS makes my head spin.
I actually learned most of my scripting from Action Doom and Super Sonic Doom. It's from SSD that I learned how to make fog and colored sectors. Granted, that's extremely basic (and fog can be done without scripting anyway) but it's how I got started.
Re: You know, ACS makes my head spin.
Looking at my own code for my Wolf3D TC and for what's in my working copy of my Blake Stone TC makes my head spin sometimes... And I wrote it all!
It's especially bad when I'm going through doing a line-by-line rewrite to streamline and modernize 4- to 6-year-old code and Decorate.
It's especially bad when I'm going through doing a line-by-line rewrite to streamline and modernize 4- to 6-year-old code and Decorate.
- DoomRater
- Posts: 8270
- Joined: Wed Jul 28, 2004 8:21 am
- Preferred Pronouns: He/Him
- Location: WATR HQ
- Contact:
Re: You know, ACS makes my head spin.
There are days when I look back to Helm's Deep as an inspiration of how so little code can be needed sometimes to achieve incredible effects. That said, I think much of the stuff in LSL blows me away moreso than any ACS scripts I've seen.
Okay, okay, Doom Racing wasn't easy for me to get. But then it was the first attempt at ACS gaming so...
Okay, okay, Doom Racing wasn't easy for me to get. But then it was the first attempt at ACS gaming so...
- Sniper Joe
- Posts: 79
- Joined: Fri Jul 18, 2008 2:37 pm
Re: You know, ACS makes my head spin.
AFADoomer wrote:Looking at my own code for my Wolf3D TC and for what's in my working copy of my Blake Stone TC makes my head spin sometimes... And I wrote it all!
It's especially bad when I'm going through doing a line-by-line rewrite to streamline and modernize 4- to 6-year-old code and Decorate.
AFADoomer wrote:Looking at my own code for my Wolf3D TC and for what's in my working copy of my Blake Stone TC makes my head spin sometimes... And I wrote it all!
AFADoomer wrote:Looking at my own code for my Wolf3D TC and for what's in my working copy of my Blake Stone TC.
Oh my god! He's working on it!AFADoomer wrote:Blake Stone TC
Re: You know, ACS makes my head spin.
Though code from individuals like LilWhiteMouse is almost always over my head in the math department, I'm usually able to figure out at least enough of what everything does to pick out what I need to know and twist it to my will. Never had much of an ACS eye-opener for the longest time.
And then I saw Action Doom 2's. @_@
The end.
And then I saw Action Doom 2's. @_@
The end.
- Apothem
- Posts: 2070
- Joined: Sat Nov 29, 2003 7:13 pm
- Location: Performing open heart surgery on an ACS compiler.
Re: You know, ACS makes my head spin.
The two things that stick out the most to me was SolarSnowfall's DoomKarts and Richard213's hud radar that was really good. I had the source to the radar but it has been lost to where I dunno.
Anyone know if the the source to either of these projects are still around?
Anyone know if the the source to either of these projects are still around?
- Pinky's ass
- Posts: 507
- Joined: Wed Sep 05, 2007 2:17 am
- Location: ZDoom Forums
Re: You know, ACS makes my head spin.
The minigames wad by Isle contains incredible ACS! 

