[WIP]portable DECORATE monster

[Shazbot02]

Hi. I'm trying to make a friendly monster turn into an inventory item when it dies, so you can carry it with you and summon it later.

I've gotten the monster to change into a health bonus on death, but I can't figure out how to code decorate to pick it up.

Here's my jumbled mess of a noob's first mod:

---

Actor Demoness : HellKnight
{
Health 1500
Painchance 25
Speed 8
+FRIENDLY
+FLOORCLIP
+QUICKTORETALIATE
+NOTELEFRAG
+THRUSPECIES
Species Demoness
XScale 0.8
YScale 1.0
states
{
Spawn:
BOS2 AB 10 A_Look
loop
See:
BOS2 AABBCCDD 3 A_Chase
loop
Melee:
Missile:
BOS2 E 0 A_Jump(15,"Brood1")
BOS2 E 0 A_Jump(10,"Brood2")
BOS2 EF 8 A_FaceTarget
BOS2 G 8 A_CustomMissile("DemonessBall",48,0)
goto See
Brood1:
BOS2 EF 8 A_FaceTarget
BOS2 H 48 A_Pain
BOS2 H 0 A_CustomMissile("SmallBloodPool",20,0)
BOS2 H 48 A_CustomMissile("BroodKnight",20,0)
goto See
Brood2:
BOS2 EF 8 A_FaceTarget
BOS2 H 48 A_Pain
BOS2 H 0 A_CustomMissile("SmallBloodPool",20,0)
BOS2 H 48 A_CustomMissile("BroodBaron",20,0)
goto See
Pain:
BOS2 H 2
BOS2 H 2 A_Pain
goto See
Death:
BOS2 I 8 A_Scream
BOS2 I 8 A_NoBlocking
BOS2 I 0 A_SpawnItemEx("SummonDemoness1") //works, but isn't added to my inventory <--
BOS2 I 0 A_ChangeFlag("INVISIBLE",1)
stop
Raise:
stop
}
}

actor SummonDemoness1 : CustomInventory //tried to use the strife beacon for the state, GZdoom was not amused on the give command. <--
{
-COUNTITEM
-INVENTORY.ALWAYSPICKUP
+INVENTORY.INVBAR
+DROPPED
Inventory.Icon "BON1"
inventory.pickupmessage "Use this so summon the Demoness"
inventory.pickupsound "misc/p_pkup"
Inventory.Amount 1
Inventory.MaxAmount 1
States
{
Spawn:
BON1 ABCDCB 6
Loop
Pickup:
TNT1 A 0 A_GiveInventory ("SummonDemoness1",1)
stop
Drop:
BON1 ABCDCB 6
BON1 ABCDCB 48 A_CustomMissile("Demoness",20,0)
Wait
Death:
BON1 A 1 A_FadeOut(0.015)
Loop
}
}

Help?

[HellCattX]

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Actor SummonDemoness1 : CustomInventory 644
{
        -COUNTITEM
        +INVENTORY.INVBAR
        +INVENTORY.HUBPOWER
        +INVENTORY.PERSISTENTPOWER
        +Dropped
        Inventory.Amount 1
        Inventory.InterHubAmount "1"
	Inventory.pickupmessage "Use this so summon the Demoness"
	Inventory.maxamount "1"
	Inventory.icon "BON1"
	Inventory.usesound ""
	states
	{
	Spawn:
		BON1 ABCDCB 6
		Loop
	Use:
		TNT1 A 0 A_FireCustomMissile("Demoness")
	        stop
	}
}

The drop state is when You drop the item out of your inventory not use it, like other inventory items, use enter to activate.

[Shazbot02]

BINGO! that fixed it. I had a problem with the monster getting telefragged when I used the item, but messing with noclip fixed that.

Thanks HellCatX!

[cq75]

When I saw this, the first thing that came to mind was a friendly fold-up-imp-in-a-briefcase, but this is good idea too.

[printz]

A more dynamic "dark servant"?

[Ethril]

Um.
Am I the only one who noticed that this thing periodically (heh) squats out hell knights?