The "How do I..." Thread

[Barrelsofun]

I think I found a way, but theres one last thing. How do I make the player have a constant "Explosion" around them that activates the item?

I have this, but it doesn't work

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actor SpringCheck : CustomInventory
{
inventory.amount 1
inventory.maxamount 1
+INVENTORY.AUTOACTIVATE
+INVENTORY.UNDROPPABLE
States
{
Spawn:
TNT1 a -1
stop
Use:
TNT1 A 0
TNT1 A 1 A_SpawnItemEx("SpringCheck2", 0, 0, 0, momx, momy, momz, 0, SXF_ABSOLUTEMOMENTUM, 0)
loop
}
}

actor SpringCheck2
{
+Ripper
+DONTSPLASH
+NOGRAVITY
+MISSILE
+SKYEXPLODE
+NOINTERACTION
+NOCLIP
+NOTIMEFREEZE
+FORCEPAIN
+NOBLOOD
speed 0
Damagetype "Spring"
Damage 0
States
{
Spawn:
SPRR A 2 A_Explode(1,24,0)
stop
}
}

When I give myself the inventory item, It thinks the item is repeating without a delay so it freezes the game for a while before terminating it, even though I have a delay (1) before the loop.

[edward850]

You cannot delay a use state. All actions must occur instantly seeing as it's called and must return to the inventory management, and looping it will hard-lock ZDoom.

[Barrelsofun]

Alright, I got the spring object to work correctly. Does anybody know how to make a player face the same direction as an object he touches? If you could answer me, that would be great.

[C343]

Is there any possible way to have a certain animation play for when you first draw your weapon? I was thinking for example, the Rifle, when you would select it for the first time, the animation changes to you pulling the bolt back. But when you return back to it, he just pulls it out like normal.

[Barrelsofun]

Is there any possible way to have a certain animation play for when you first draw your weapon? I was thinking for example, the Rifle, when you would select it for the first time, the animation changes to you pulling the bolt back. But when you return back to it, he just pulls it out like normal.

You could add this to your weapon ready state

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actor WeaponStart : Inventory
{
inventory.amount 1
inventory.maxamount 1
}
...
...
Ready:
TNT1 A 0 A_JumpIfInInventory("WeaponStart", 1, "Ready2)
TNT1 A 0 A_GiveInventory("WeaponStart", 1)

[D2JK]

I'm trying to add a primary fire key which also gives the player an item. I have this in KEYCONF:

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AddMenuKey "New primary fire"				+Attack; "Give MyItem"

The attack works but the item is not given. What I noticed is that the standard primary fire key changes in sync with my custom menu key. Now, this is just my speculation, but I wonder if the game is detecting the "+Attack" command in my custom key, and mapping the key to the standard fire command instead, which of course does not have the item giving command.

If that's true, what would be the best way to work around this?

[loismustdie555]

How do I use Hudmessageonactor along with a Dynamic TID Assigner in a script?

I've tried, here's my attempt, but it doesn't work

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script "NameTag" (void) 
{
	int Cucumber = UniqueTID();
	Thing_ChangeTID(0, Cucumber);
	Str nametag = (GetActorProperty(0, APROP_NameTag));
	If(GetActorProperty(0, APROP_HEALTH) > 5)
	{
	hudmessageonactor(cucumber, cucumber, 640, 480, 0, -120, 512, -1, StrParam(n:nametag), 0.1, CR_GREEN);   //   Displays nametags
	hudmessageonactor(cucumber, cucumber, 640, 480, 0, -112, 512, -1, StrParam(s:"Health: ",d:GetActorProperty(cucumber, APROP_Health),s:"%"), 0.1, CR_WHITE);   //   Displays health
    }
	Delay(1);
}

And in decorate under spawn is

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TNT1 A 0 ACS_NamedExecuteAlways("NameTag", 0)

[Kagur]

Does anyone have an ACS script that allows two actors to be bound to each other with a medium (like a rope or chain) and can only jump and move around at the rope length limit?

Something like this(only longer):

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[jacob_jub]

How do i make the episode selection screen create a second column instead of going off screen if you have too much?

[edward850]

You cannot modify the episode selection screen. It's created by the engine. Considering it turns into a basic list after ~8 entries, you need to rethink your episode situation.

[jacob_jub]

You cannot modify the episode selection screen. It's created by the engine. Considering it turns into a basic list after ~8 entries, you need to rethink your episode situation.

Really? So i cant even make in centered?

[edward850]

Not sure what you mean there. It's centered by design, as is everything else menu related.

[jacob_jub]

Not the episode screen. This is what mine looks like.



P.S I just moved this from Doom 1 to 2 other than the music is there anything else i need to grab from doom 1?

[Stormwalker]

I am trying to create a situation where, after the player selects his episode, class, and difficulty he is treated to an opening slideshow before he can begin the first level of play. Currently I have it set up through ACS so that upon entering the level, the player is given a slideshowstarter, and I've defined the intermission referenced by the slideshowstarter in ZMAPINFO. The slideshow plays fine, but just before it begins the player can see the opening level because there is a slight delay between when he enters the level and when he is given the slideshowstarter. I've tried to overcome this by using the FADERANGE actor function in ACS, which works okay at first, but when I try to implement the CANCELFADE actor function with a DELAY on it to turn off the palette flash after the slideshow, nothing happens. Does anyone know why CANCELFADE isn't doing its job in this instance?

[TheBadHustlex]

My problem: Those sectors tagged 75 are both on the same height. Now, I want both of them to be used via Platform_Lower_Wait_Raise, at the same time.
That doesn't really work, though. I think I understand why, because the middle-sector always is at it's target-height when it's executed, but what could I do? Floor_MoveToValue is a bit tedious here since there are lots of those platformsat different heights in the map.