Strange monster bug!

[Captain Ventris]

Here I have a custom defined Stalker from Strife - with a problem. A group of them can surround and pack in a large enemy (it only works on big guys like Cyberdemons or Spider Masterminds), and the enemy dies almost instantly, despite the small amount of damage each stalker does. I can't figure it out. There is positively no reason I can see that they would deliver so much damage, or cause instant Cyberdemon death. It's weird.

DECORATE:

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Actor WalkingStalker
{
    health 175
    painchance 30
    +PUSHABLE
    speed 20
    radius 30
    height 35
+QUICKTORETALIATE
    height 30
    MONSTER
    -DROPOFF
bloodtype bulletpuffed
    meleerange 52
    dropitem "summonmana"
    mass 80
    damage 0
    painchance "robo", 255
    SeeSound "stalker/sight"
    AttackSound "stalker/attack"
    PainSound "stalker/pain"
    DeathSound "stalker/death"
    ActiveSound "stalker/active"
    Obituary "%o was clawed by a Stalker."
    States
    {
    Spawn:
        STLK J 3 A_Look
        goto See
    See:
      SPOS A 0 A_JumpIfTargetinLOS(2, 140)
    SPOS A 0 A_Jump(40, "Giveup")
        STLK J 2 A_Chase
        STLK K 2 A_Chase
        STLK K 2 A_Chase
        STLK L 2 A_PlaySound ("stalker/walk")
        STLK L 2 A_Chase
        loop
           Giveup:
    SPOS A 0 A_ClearTarget
    Goto See
    Melee:
        STLK J 7 A_FaceTarget
        STLK K 7 A_CustomMeleeAttack (4, "stalker/attack")
        goto See
    Pain:
        STLK L 1 A_Pain
        Goto See
    Pain.robo:
        STLK J 0 A_GiveInventory("roboitem", 1)
        STLK J 0 HealThing (1)
        Goto See
    Death:
        STLK O 4
        STLK P 4 A_Scream
        STLK Q 4
        STLK R 4
        STLK S 4
        STLK T 4
        STLK U 4 A_NoBlocking
        STLK V 4
        STLK W 4
        STLK X 4
        STLK Y 4 A_SpawnItem("ROBOSMALLGIBBER")
        STLK Z 4
        STLK [ 4 A_QueueCorpse
        TNT1 A -1
     Raise:
        STLK ZYXWVUTSRQPO 4 A_DeQueueCorpse
        Goto See
    }
}

[XutaWoo]

Melee damage is damage*(1, 10).

[Captain Ventris]

Melee damage is damage*(1, 10).

FFFFFFFFF Seriously? So they can potentially each deal 40 damage a hit?

Wow, you'd think my Pinky Demons should be doing something a little more extreme...

EDIT: No, that's not it. The speed at which they kill a cyberdemon is mathematically impossible. We're talking about 3 or 4 stalkers killing a 5500 health monster in 2 seconds.

[XutaWoo]

Yeah, now actually doing the math, 3 of those stalkers can only do an average of 300 damage per 2 seconds.

I'm not sure what's wrong. Does the cyberdemon take more damage from melee attacks? Check your damage factors.

[Captain Ventris]

I'm not sure what's wrong. Does the cyberdemon take more damage from melee attacks? Check your damage factors.

Damage...factors? I don't think I've done anything that would make melee damage any more dangerous...

[Ethril]

I'm not so sure it's because of the basic Stalker itself; Check the code for the leaping version, maybe?

Also you defined Height twice.

[Captain Ventris]

I figured it out. The stalker was generating metal-chunk gibs, which were spawning outside the monster, telefragging the cyberdemon. XD

[Cutmanmike]

I figured it out. The stalker was generating metal-chunk gibs, which were spawning outside the monster, telefragging the cyberdemon. XD

Ugh, I had a similar problem with A_SkullPop. A player would get gibbed by another player's charging attack and the killer would be telefragged if he was at the right speed.

[Ethril]

I figured it out. The stalker was generating metal-chunk gibs, which were spawning outside the monster, telefragging the cyberdemon. XD

Wow. I didn't even know that could happen.
Do you think maybe that's why being surrounded by Stalkers made large monsters stop moving, too? "Help I'm stuck inside something even though it's not supposed to be solid so I'm going to just walk in place now and not even try to attack"

Ugh, I had a similar problem with A_SkullPop. A player would get gibbed by another player's charging attack and the killer would be telefragged if he was at the right speed.

Oh, so THAT'S why I kept dying as Jitterskull that one time.

[Captain Ventris]

I figured it out. The stalker was generating metal-chunk gibs, which were spawning outside the monster, telefragging the cyberdemon. XD

Wow. I didn't even know that could happen.
Do you think maybe that's why being surrounded by Stalkers made large monsters stop moving, too? "Help I'm stuck inside something even though it's not supposed to be solid so I'm going to just walk in place now and not even try to attack"

Nah, I think that's honestly a result of being neatly boxed in by enemies. Still, I have seen monsters in that position walk in place as if to do their See state, and then fire anyway, despite not actually moving.

[Ethril]

Nah, I think that's honestly a result of being neatly boxed in by enemies. Still, I have seen monsters in that position walk in place as if to do their See state, and then fire anyway, despite not actually moving.

I'm pretty sure that if a monster is completely boxed in, but isn't being "penetrated", (lolololol) it can still turn and shoot and stuff. Only if it has another monster's hitbox within its own (or if it's stuck in a wall or something), it just walks in place without turning or shooting. I think they can still Melee, though, if *summoning 5 Demons on top of eachother is any indication. But hey, "Doom physics" is an oxymoron, so who knows?