The "How do I..." Thread

[KingShinra]

lol. No worries. Forgot I had to assign a thing to have a script execute trigger. Dumb 2+2=5 mistake.

Thanks Cocka. It was PERFECT. Floor_RaiseByValue (3, 32, 64)

[BloodyAcid]

When it's (void), you've nothing triggering the check.

He didn't write anything about that. I suppose he just drew a line and assigned a script execute action special to it.

Ack, my bad.

[KingShinra]

Another question.

Created an octagonal air vent. Building on the same script as before, I want to have 3 Waves of 3 ZSpec Ops fall out of the vent, and a 4th wave with 3 ZSpecOps and an Enhanced Cacodemon coming out as well.

How would I script that?

[Andie]

Another question.

Created an octagonal air vent. Building on the same script as before, I want to have 3 Waves of 3 ZSpec Ops fall out of the vent, and a 4th wave with 3 ZSpecOps and an Enhanced Cacodemon coming out as well.

How would I script that?

Something like this, I believe:

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script 1 (void)
{
   //launching a wave at MapSpot Thing 1,2 and 3.
   SpawnSpot ("ZSpecOpsNameHere", MapSpotTag1, 1000);
   SpawnSpot ("ZSpecOpsNameHere", MapSpotTag2, 1000);
   SpawnSpot ("ZSpecOpsNameHere", MapSpotTag3, 1000);
   //starting the counter
   until (ThingCount (T_NONE, 1000) == 0)
   {
      delay(3);
   }
   Floor_RaiseByValue(tag, speed, height);
}

[wiki]SpawnSpot[/wiki] on wiki.

You can also spawn teleport fog, if needed. I'm not sure what you're trying to do, but if I got it correctly, I'd spawn enemies inside the vent for better effect, and tell them to fall out of the vent via [wiki]Thing_SetGoal[/wiki] and path nodes, see http://zdoom.org/zdkb/zdoom7.html for more. Refer to wiki as much as possible, it literally has every ACS description there, sometimes in a confusing fashion, but still.

[KingShinra]

It did the job! Thanks Andie. I normally ask on threads to both save time, and learn from the best this forum has to offer. Added THIS script to my library!

Juggling these two scripts, I think I might be able to build some interesting dynamics to any map I make. Thanks loads!

[Thel]

How do I replace these graphics? What's their names? I looked inside the gzdoom.pk3 (graphics folder to be more precise.) and found nothing apparently..

[UnTrustable]

How must i deal with arguments that can be given with a thing-activator with a ACS_Execute function?

I have a thing (actor enters sector) and added an acs_execute (100, 0, 2, 0, 0)
The 100 is the script number, and the 2 is the variable i want to use to give a +count so that i can control multiple sectors.
Like:

Int s_arg1;

Sector_SetColor((70 + s_arg1), 255, 100, 100); // redish

But its not working.
What am i doing wrong here?
The Wiki always speaks of s_arg1, s_arg2, s_arg3, but DoomBuilder1 compiler doesnt know any s_arg1, nor s_arg2, etc...

[Davregis]

Is it possible for me to negate the +NoDamageThrust on a player class without resorting to ACS for a specific actor?

Essentially, how would I create an actor that ignores the NoDamageThrust flag on a playerclass?

[Blue Shadow]

How does the whole script look like?

[Gez]

How do I replace these graphics? What's their names? I looked inside the gzdoom.pk3 (graphics folder to be more precise.) and found nothing apparently..

They're part of the console font.

You can view them in SLADE 3 (switch to greyscale palette to make them more legible).

[Ghostbreed]

How do I increase frames for a Doom weapon that only has about 3 or 4?

[BloodyAcid]

How do I increase frames for a Doom weapon that only has about 3 or 4?

What do you mean by frames? By fram duration, as in how long each frame is on the screen, you can pop open Slade 3, and make a weapon with the exact same properties, except larger numbers. (eg, SSHT 3 -> SSHT 6).

If you mean more frames as in smoother animations, you'll have to do either offsets or just refer to other wads that have already done an exceptional job on them. (eg, Perk's smooth weapons)

[ReedtheStrange]

How do I make an object that turns into a gib when a door is shut on it, as is the case with corpses? I thought a +CORPSE flag would work, but it doesn't appear to be.

[Gez]

The corpse flag isn't enough; the actor also needs to have 0 or less health.

[Ghostbreed]

How do I increase frames for a Doom weapon that only has about 3 or 4?

What do you mean by frames? By fram duration, as in how long each frame is on the screen, you can pop open Slade 3, and make a weapon with the exact same properties, except larger numbers. (eg, SSHT 3 -> SSHT 6).

If you mean more frames as in smoother animations, you'll have to do either offsets or just refer to other wads that have already done an exceptional job on them. (eg, Perk's smooth weapons)

I'm trying to port over the fists from Hexen into Doom but the fists has one frame more than Doom, making it sort off cut off very bad in the end.