The "How do I..." Thread

[FranckyFox2468]

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int WaterPumplevel = 0;	
script 6 (void)
{
	WaterPumplevel++
if (WaterPumplevel == [3])
 {
 print(s:"You should be able to swim across the gap now!");
 }
else
 if (WaterPumplevel == 2)
  {
  print(s:"One more should suffice!");
  }
 else
  if (WaterPumplevel == 1)
  {
  print(s:"Its going up, still too low to get across though...");
  }
}

I think i am doing something wrong cause GZDoom builder ain't liking this.

[Nevander]

EDIT: You are missing a semicolon after WaterPumplevel++, and probably don't want [ ] around the 3.

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Also just to note useCount++; and useCount = useCount + 1; are the same thing.

Me personally I prefer to use the second one so I can visualize the variable being incremented. AFAIK it's a matter of preference unless there's something about the other way that is actually different or better.

[FranckyFox2468]

EDIT: You are missing a semicolon after WaterPumplevel++, and probably don't want [ ] around the 3.

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Also just to note useCount++; and useCount = useCount + 1; are the same thing.

Me personally I prefer to use the second one so I can visualize the variable being incremented. AFAIK it's a matter of preference unless there's something about the other way that is actually different or better.

uh thanks but that doesn't answer to why my thing doesn't work

[Elias79]

Is there a way to store information even after the map is reset?

It tried to use a script to prevent player movement before the countdown in Co-op Survival but i cant prevent the OPEN and ENTER from running twice,
also the RETURN does not get triggered and REOPEN does not even want to compile, so how could i store mod data across maps and levels?

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#library "CVARS"
#include "zcommon.acs"

int counter = 0;

script 1001 OPEN
{
while (counter < 1000)
   {
   Delay(3);
   counter++;
   print(d:counter);
   Delay(3);
   }   
}

[Blue Shadow]

If I understand the problem, I think you want [wiki=Scope]global variables[/wiki].

[LogicalFallacy]

The variable has to be defined outside of any scripts, as in my first example, to be a public variable. His OPEN script just accesses it to see if it's hit the target.

[SoundOfDarkness]

I fiddled in some mods the last days and learned to adjust weapon damage thanks to kodi, KuroTsuki and the ZDoom Wiki.
Now I'm trying to adjust the fire rate. I checked the Wiki but couldn't find what I'm looking for. Any help?

[LogicalFallacy]

I fiddled in some mods the last days and learned to adjust weapon damage thanks to kodi, KuroTsuki and the ZDoom Wiki.
Now I'm trying to adjust the fire rate. I checked the Wiki but couldn't find what I'm looking for. Any help?

For that you'll want to adjust how long the animation takes. So for example the fire state of the pistol is

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PISG A 4
PISG B 6 A_FirePistol
PISG C 4
PISG B 5 A_ReFire
Goto Ready

To make it shoot faster, you could change it to

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PISG A 2
PISG B 4 A_FirePistol
PISG C 2
PISG B 3 A_ReFire
Goto Ready

This would shorten the fire time from 19 frames to 11, or about .2 seconds faster. Keep in mind that if what you're tweaking has a flash state, you'll want to adjust that as well.

[SoundOfDarkness]

Thanks for the quick help.

Edit:
It takes 2 hits to kill a shotgun guy, when the damage value is in brackets.

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Radius 8
	Height 2
	Speed 30
	Damage (30)
	scale 0.3
	gravity 0.05
	Projectile
	BounceType "grenade"
	bouncesound "razorjack/bounce"
	bouncefactor 1
	wallbouncefactor 1
	bouncecount 6
	+BLOODSPLATTER
	+USEBOUNCESTATE
	States

Just removing the brackets makes them go splat like a direct hit with the rocket launcher.

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Radius 8
	Height 2
	Speed 30
	Damage 30
	scale 0.3
	gravity 0.05
	Projectile
	BounceType "grenade"
	bouncesound "razorjack/bounce"
	bouncefactor 1
	wallbouncefactor 1
	bouncecount 6
	+BLOODSPLATTER
	+USEBOUNCESTATE
	States

And again some explanation please.

[DoomKrakken]

Can different weapon overlays have their own Gunflash?

[Blue Shadow]

It takes 2 hits to kill a shotgun guy, when the damage value is in brackets.

In this case the projectile always does 30 damage per hit.

Just removing the brackets makes them go splat like a direct hit with the rocket launcher.

In this one the projectile does a random amount of damage each hit, between 30 and 240. The damage is calculated like this:

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damage * random(1, 8) // Pick a random value between 1 and 8, and multiply it by 'damage'.   

For reference, see [wiki=Actor_properties#Damage]the damage property[/wiki].

[LogicalFallacy]

Can different weapon overlays have their own Gunflash?

Absolutely! Each of the vanilla weapons already does!

[DoomKrakken]

I know the vanilla weapons do. But basically... say I have two overlays, for dual-wielding. Can they both execute a gunflash without one gunflash interfering with another gunflash?

[LogicalFallacy]

Ah. From a glance at the wiki, A_GunFlash lets you point it at whatever state you want, so you can definitely make an AltFlash state if you want and it should work as you desire.

Page for reference: https://zdoom.org/wiki/A_GunFlash

[XASSASSINX]

How do i make a weapon use 2 ammos at the same time? i'm making a flare gun that use 10 of cell and 1 rocket. Do i use a weapon property?