The "How do I..." Thread

[Blue Shadow]

I'm trying to play around with GZSHud and get things to do what i want, specifically to play an alert when ammo is below a certain level. Here's a section from it.

I don't know if this will work or not, but try:

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CPlayer.mo.A_PlaySound(/*Fill in the parameters*/); 

[saegiru]

I'm trying to play around with GZSHud and get things to do what i want, specifically to play an alert when ammo is below a certain level. Here's a section from it.

I don't know if this will work or not, but try:

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CPlayer.mo.A_PlaySound(/*Fill in the parameters*/); 

Unfortunately that didn't work, but I did figure out something that does... after declaring int soundcounter outside of the function and doing this, then setting soundcounter to 0 in all other ammo levels... it works. I have to assume there has GOT to be a better way, but this is working for now anyway.

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			If(soundcounter < 1) 
				{
				S_Sound("default/lowammo",CHAN_BODY);
				soundcounter++;
				}

[Jekyll Grim Payne]

Is it possible to check for actor's translation so that I can perform a state jump based on it?

[DoomKrakken]

Maybe try this?

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TNT1 A 0 A_JumpIf(Translation == x1:y1:z1 :: x2:y2:z2) //[DoomKrakken] X, Y, and Z are placeholders, of course...  

[Jekyll Grim Payne]

Maybe try this?

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TNT1 A 0 A_JumpIf(Translation == x1:y1:z1 :: x2:y2:z2) //[DoomKrakken] X, Y, and Z are placeholders, of course...   

"Translation" is a valid expression? Because it's not mentioned among [wiki]decorate expressions[/wiki]...

[adamaH_oriH]

Now, I know it's been a while since I've been here...

I am wanting to make the Bosseye spawn an actor that acts like an 'immediate landmine'.

I have R667's Pulse Rifle, and I am using the grenades from it.

I want the 'invisible immediate landmine actor' to, right when it spawns from bosseye, it spawns out a circular motion of grenades.
In a way, it's like a cluster bomb; a bomb that when thrown, splits into multiple bombs and explode. but here, the grenades split immediately, then bounce around like the Pulse rifle grenades are supposed to, then blow up.


I got it to work by using the summon code in the console. when it summoned through there, it works PERFECT.

HOWEVER...

When Bosseye spawns it, nothing happens, no grenades go flying the second it spawns. What on earth is going on?!

Here is code:

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ACTOR GrenadeAttack : Grenade
{
	Radius 8
	Height 18
	Speed 10
	Damage 35
	+GRENADETRAIL
	SeeSound "weapons/grenlf"
	DeathSound "weapons/grenlx"
	Projectile
	States
	{
    Spawn:
	TNT1 A 3
	goto Missile
	Missile:
    MISL B 8 Bright A_Explode(50)
	MISL C 6 Bright
	MISL D 4 Bright
	MISL D 1 A_FireCustomMissile("PulseGrenade",45,0,20,80)
    MISL D 0 A_FireCustomMissile("PulseGrenade",90,0,40,80)
    MISL D 0 A_FireCustomMissile("PulseGrenade",90,0,60,80)
    MISL D 0 A_FireCustomMissile("PulseGrenade",90,0,80,80)
    MISL D 0 A_FireCustomMissile("PulseGrenade",90,0,100,80)
    MISL D 0 A_FireCustomMissile("PulseGrenade",90,0,120,80)
    MISL D 0 A_FireCustomMissile("PulseGrenade",90,0,140,80)
    MISL D 0 A_FireCustomMissile("PulseGrenade",90,0,160,80)
    MISL D 0 A_FireCustomMissile("PulseGrenade",90,0,-20,80)
    MISL D 0 A_FireCustomMissile("PulseGrenade",90,0,-40,80)
    MISL D 0 A_FireCustomMissile("PulseGrenade",90,0,-60,80)
    MISL D 0 A_FireCustomMissile("PulseGrenade",90,0,-80,80)
    MISL D 0 A_FireCustomMissile("PulseGrenade",90,0,-100,80)
    MISL D 0 A_FireCustomMissile("PulseGrenade",90,0,-120,80)
    MISL D 0 A_FireCustomMissile("PulseGrenade",90,0,-140,80)
    MISL D 0 A_FireCustomMissile("PulseGrenade",90,0,-160,80)
    MISL D 0 A_FireCustomMissile("PulseGrenade",90,0,180,80)
    MISL D 10 A_FireCustomMissile("PulseGrenade",90,0,0,80)
    TNT1 AAAAA 10
	MISL B 8 Bright A_Explode(50)
	MISL C 6 Bright
	MISL D 4 Bright
    Goto Death
	Death:
		MISL B 8 Bright A_Explode
		MISL C 6 Bright
		MISL D 4 Bright
		Stop
	}
}

Here is 'Pulsegrenade' from the R667 weapon: 'Aliens Pulse Rifle'

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actor PulseGrenade
{
    Radius 8
    Height 8
    Speed 40
    Damage 35
    PROJECTILE
    +DOOMBOUNCE
    +GRENADETRAIL
    +CANBOUNCEWATER
    +EXTREMEDEATH
    SeeSound "weapons/pgrnbounce"
    DeathSound "weapons/rocklx"
    ReactionTime 90
    States
    {
    Spawn:
        PGRN A 0
        PGRN A 0 A_Countdown
        PGRN A 0 A_StopSound
        PGRN A 1 A_Gravity
        Goto Spawn+3
    Death:
	  NULL A 0 A_NoGravity
        MISL B 3 Bright A_Explode(128,128,1)
        MISL CD 3 Bright
        Stop
    }
}

BTW, Monday is my birthday. I'm turning 18. Oh, boy.

[adamaH_oriH]

TOO LATE. Already figured it out:

Use 'SpawnItemEX' instead of 'Custommissile'

[Rip and Tear]

I'm trying to make the player always use their Extreme Death on the highest difficulty.

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Death:
	TNT1 A 0 A_JumpIf(GetCVar(skill) == 4, "XDeath")
	// Normal death states

The problem is that the player still uses the regular death sounds. Any way around this?

[worldendDominator]

You can remove DeathSound and XDeathSound and play them manually in corresponding states.
Or you might be able to change GibHealth property depending on difficulty, but I doubt that's possible.

[Brohnesorge]

Is there a way to change the Player Class without using Morph? Morph does it, but you can't weapon switch, crouch, etc.

[Jekyll Grim Payne]

Is there a way to change the Player Class without using Morph? Morph does it, but you can't weapon switch, crouch, etc.

I may not be a great expert on morphing, but why exactly can't you crouch, switch weapons, etc.? If these actions aren't limited in the class' definition, there shouldn't be problems with them.

[Brohnesorge]

I may not be a great expert on morphing, but why exactly can't you crouch, switch weapons, etc.? If these actions aren't limited in the class' definition, there shouldn't be problems with them.

Found the the crouch was I was missing a flag, but the switching weapons thing is hardcoded into the engine according to the wiki.

...furthermore, various other effects such as limited (or no) weapon switching and the inability to pick up items are hardcoded into the game or affected in other ways that to a DECORATE coder seem totally unpredictable.

So I'm asking if there is some kind of work around (not likely seeing as HARDCODED) or another way entirely.

[Zan]

Hey, I have a question regarding player sprites: how do you make the walking animation stop exactly when movement stops without having it do a full animation loop?
I saw this in Brutal Doom, when you look in a mirror, your character stops neatly whenever you stop moving, but my sprite does some extra loops looking like it moves while standing. I looked into the BD decorate but can't figure out how the animation stop is made

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See:
BEAR CC 2 A_Chase
BEAR DD 2 A_Chase
BEAR FF 2 A_Chase
BEAR EE 2 A_Chase
Loop

It's pretty similar to this, I tried breaking down the A_Chase into 2 tics, but it won't help. Anyone has ideas?

[DoomKrakken]

I believe that the actor also has an "Idle" state, which has the standing sprites.

[Zan]

I believe that the actor also has an "Idle" state, which has the standing sprites.

It seems to work just like Spawn though....
Nothing changed, I still get a full animation cycle after I stop (C D F E sprites show, then it goes to normal/idle).

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Spawn:
BEAR A 30 A_LookEx
BEAR B 18 A_LookEx
Loop
Idle:
BEAR A 30 A_LookEx
BEAR B 18 A_LookEx
Loop
See:
BEAR CC 2 A_Chase
BEAR DD 2 A_Chase
BEAR FF 2 A_Chase
BEAR EE 2 A_Chase
Loop
Missile:
BEAR G 6 A_FaceTarget
BEAR G 6 A_PosAttack
BEAR A 6
Goto See
Pain:
BEAR H 8
BEAR H 8 A_Pain
Goto See
Death:
BEAR H 6
BEAR I 6 A_Scream
BEAR J 6 A_NoBlocking
BEAR K 8
BEAR L 6
BEAR M -1
Stop
XDeath:
BEAR H 6
BEAR I 6 A_Scream
BEAR J 6 A_NoBlocking
BEAR K 8
BEAR L 6
BEAR M -1
Stop
}
}