Multiple Item drops

Cutmanmike · Post by **Cutmanmike** » Sun Nov 07, 2004 8:31 am

A_Fall causes dropitem doesn't it? So if you don't use A_Fall in a certain death state it won't drop it. (I.e. Don't include A_Fall in the burn state and it won't drop it)

Post by **TheDarkArchon** » Sun Nov 07, 2004 8:35 am

Doing that means you can't walk through it's corpse.

Cutmanmike · Post by **Cutmanmike** » Sun Nov 07, 2004 8:39 am

A_NoBlocking

Post by **Graf Zahl** » Sun Nov 07, 2004 8:41 am

A_NoBlocking and A_Fall are the same. It's just different names for the same function. The simple reason for that is that ZDoom uses A_NoBlocking (Raven's name for it) and everything I used to test it had A_Fall (Doom's name for it) and I didn't want to change it all...

Cutmanmike · Post by **Cutmanmike** » Sun Nov 07, 2004 8:48 am

so A_Noblocking still drops stuff?

Post by **Graf Zahl** » Sun Nov 07, 2004 8:49 am

Cutmanmike · Post by **Cutmanmike** » Sun Nov 07, 2004 8:49 am

Well, hopefully I won't need to make any enemies like that

Post by **Graf Zahl** » Sun Nov 07, 2004 8:55 am

DECORATE is not meant to create enemies like this. ACS is. But unfortunately some individuals don't get it. With ACS you can easily control the respawning of monsters in a way that will work. And to be blunt: I (and I think Randy, too) have no intention to add something that would allow creating such enemies solely through DECORATE. Use ACS, goddammit.

One last hint: Use ACS!

Cutmanmike · Post by **Cutmanmike** » Sun Nov 07, 2004 8:58 am

Wait... I DID use ACS to make an enemy like this. *coughmetroiddoomcough*

Anyway graf, while you're here. Would it be possible to have a +DMRESPAWN flag? I really really REALLY need it as well as *insert huge list of wantings here*

Post by **Graf Zahl** » Sun Nov 07, 2004 9:03 am

Possible: yes. Probable: ask Randy.

Mr. Tee · Post by **Mr. Tee** » Sun Nov 07, 2004 9:23 am

Question:

Is it possible to randomize the amount of a certain item that is dropped by A_Fall/A_NoBlocking??

i.e. some monsters in Magic Boots drops item 'x'. Is there a way to randomly make these monsters drop between 1 and 3 'x's when they die?

(if not, it's OK, I have work around for this)

Post by **TheDarkArchon** » Sun Nov 07, 2004 9:28 am

Code: Select all

DropItem x
DropItem x 128
DropItem x 32

Use something like that.

Lazarus · Post by **Lazarus** » Sun Nov 07, 2004 9:34 am

I'd love to use ACS but i still can't get it working.

I downloaded the windows version just like i was told but that won't work either. Are there any other programs for ACS out there that i could use.

Post by **Graf Zahl** » Sun Nov 07, 2004 9:52 am

No. But it doesn't matter because you must do something wrong. They work perfectly. If you could tell us what they are doing for you to think that they don't work it would help a lot. Normally you shouln't need to start ACC yourself. Your editor should do that.

Lazarus · Post by **Lazarus** » Sun Nov 07, 2004 10:40 am

When I open the acc executable I get one of those c prompt boxes, then it shows some text before quitting itself. It does this so fast that I can't tell what it says.