The "How do I..." Thread

[LanHikariDS]

Is it possible to change Doom sliding screen pattern somehow?

Do you mean the effect when loading a new level/intermission screen? If that's the case, Options > Display Options > Screen Wipe Style.

[edward850]

Do you mean the effect when loading a new level/intermission screen?

There is no effect when loading levels or the intermission. The screen wipe could only possibly occur after that, otherwise it would have nothing to wipe to. By the time you see it, the next level is loaded and one gametic has run of it (the frame it's wiping in).

[snarkel]

Ok so I wad modifying a monster to make him drop a certain item and while when killed he does drop it he drops two when he is supposed to drop one, any ideas?

Here is the DECORATE of the Monster. If you need the DECORATE of the item, just ask and I will put it up.

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actor skeleton
{
  hitobituary "%o's funnybone was tickled by a skeleton"
  health 80
  painchance 180
  speed 10
  radius 24
  height 56
  mass 100
  scale 0.9
  dropitem "SuperArmorBonus", 255, 1
  seesound "skelsit"
  painsound "skelpai"
  deathsound "skeldth"
  MONSTER
  +NOBLOOD
  states
  {
  Spawn:
    SKLT R 10 A_Look
    loop 
  See:
    SKLT AABBCCDDEEFF 2 A_Chase
    loop
  Melee:
    SKLT GH 4 A_FaceTarget 
    SKLT I 4 A_playsound("skelatt",chan_auto)  
    SKLT J 4 A_CustomMeleeAttack(random(1,6)*4,"swordhit",none)     
    SKLT K 4 A_FaceTarget    
    goto See
  Pain:
    SKLT L 2
    SKLT L 2 A_Pain
    goto See
  Death:
    SKLT M 4 A_Scream
    SKLT N 4 A_Fall
    SKLT O 8 A_Noblocking
    SKLT P 12  
    SKLT Q -1 
    stop
  Raise:
    SKLT PONM 4
    goto see
  }
}

[Gez]

Ok so I wad modifying a monster to make him drop a certain item and while when killed he does drop it he drops two when he is supposed to drop one, any ideas?

Here is the DECORATE of the Monster. If you need the DECORATE of the item, just ask and I will put it up.

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  Death:
    SKLT M 4 A_Screamh
    SKLT N 4 A_Fall
    SKLT O 8 A_Noblocking

There you go. [wiki]A_Fall[/wiki] and [wiki]A_NoBlocking[/wiki] are two different names for the same function, so you're calling the same function twice. And that's the function that drops items, among other things, so that's why you get double droppings.

[snarkel]

Ok so I wad modifying a monster to make him drop a certain item and while when killed he does drop it he drops two when he is supposed to drop one, any ideas?

Here is the DECORATE of the Monster. If you need the DECORATE of the item, just ask and I will put it up.

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  Death:
    SKLT M 4 A_Screamh
    SKLT N 4 A_Fall
    SKLT O 8 A_Noblocking

There you go. [wiki]A_Fall[/wiki] and [wiki]A_NoBlocking[/wiki] are two different names for the same function, so you're calling the same function twice. And that's the function that drops items, among other things, so that's why you get double droppings.

That worked! Thanks

[LanHikariDS]

Do you mean the effect when loading a new level/intermission screen?

There is no effect when loading levels or the intermission. The screen wipe could only possibly occur after that, otherwise it would have nothing to wipe to. By the time you see it, the next level is loaded and one gametic has run of it (the frame it's wiping in).

Jeez, no need to be so technical.

[edward850]

Technical accuracy would be considered very important in this thread, no?
(Besides, that's hardly me being technical about something.)

[black-thrones]

I'm trying to revamp Hexen's Quietus to include a melee attack which is supposed to stop the ranged attack from occurring. Despite my best attempts it still fires the missile projectiles even if the melee puff is made. Can anyone point out what I've done wrong?

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ACTOR BTFWeapQuietus : FWeapQuietus replaces FWeapQuietus
{
  Weapon.AmmoGive1 50
  Weapon.AmmoGive2 50
  Weapon.AmmoUse1 7
  Weapon.AmmoUse2 7
  Weapon.SlotNumber 4
  +WEAPON.AXEBLOOD
  +WEAPON.AMMO_OPTIONAL
  +WEAPON.MELEEWEAPON
  Inventory.PickupSound "PuzzleSuccess"
  States
  {
  Spawn:
    TNT1 A -1
    Stop
  Select:
    FSRD A 0 Bright A_JumpIfNoAmmo("SelectUnpowered")
    FSRD A 1 Bright A_Raise
    Loop
  Deselect:
    FSRD A 0 A_JumpIfNoAmmo("DeselectUnpowered")
    FSRD A 1 Bright A_Lower
    Loop
  Ready:
    FSRD A 0 A_JumpIfNoAmmo("ReadyUnpowered")
    FSRD AABBCC 1 Bright A_WeaponReady
    Loop
  Fire:
    FSRD D 0 Offset(5, 0) A_JumpIfNoAmmo("FireUnpowered")
    FSRD D 4 Bright Offset(5, 36)
	FSRD E 2 Bright Offset(5, 36)
    FSRD F 1 Bright Offset(5, 36)
FSRD G 0 Bright Offset(5, 36) A_CustomPunch(random(1,8)*8*5+random(30,72),TRUE,CPF_USEAMMO,"BTQuietusMeleePuffPowered",96,0)
    FSRD G 2 Bright Offset(5, 36) A_JumpIfInventory("Token_SwordNotFired", 1, 4)
	FSRD G 0 Bright Offset(5, 36) A_TakeInventory("Mana1", 7, TIF_NOTAKEINFINITE, AAPTR_DEFAULT)
	FSRD G 0 Bright Offset(5, 36) A_TakeInventory("Mana2", 7, TIF_NOTAKEINFINITE, AAPTR_DEFAULT)
	FSRD G 0 Bright Offset(5, 36) A_FSwordAttack
	FSRD G 1 Bright Offset(5, 36) A_TakeInventory("Token_SwordNotFired", 1)
    FSRD H 1 Bright Offset(5, 36)
    FSRD I 1 Bright Offset(5, 36)
    FSRD I 20 Bright Offset(5, 150)
    FSRD I 0 Bright Offset(5, 150) A_JumpIfNoAmmo("RanOutOfManaMidAttackOhShit")
    FSRD A 1 Bright Offset(5, 60) A_Refire
    FSRD B 1 Bright Offset(5, 55)
    FSRD C 1 Bright Offset(5, 50)
    FSRD A 1 Bright Offset(5, 45)
    FSRD B 1 Bright Offset(5, 40)
    Goto Ready
  SelectUnpowered:
    FSD2 A 1 A_Raise
    Goto Select
  DeselectUnpowered:
    FSD2 A 1 A_Lower
    Goto Deselect
  ReadyUnpowered:
    FSD2 A 1 A_WeaponReady
    Goto Ready
  FireUnpowered:
    FSRD D 3 Offset(5, 36)
	FSD2 B 3 Offset(5, 36)
    FSD2 C 2 Offset(5, 36)
	FSD2 D 3 Offset(5, 36)
    FSD2 D 1 Offset(5, 36) A_CustomPunch(random(30,72),TRUE,0,"AxePuff",144,0)
    FSD2 E 2 Offset(5, 36)
    NULL A 2 Offset(5, 36)
    NULL A 20 Offset(5, 150)
    FSD2 A 1 Offset(5, 60) A_Refire
    FSD2 A 1 Offset(5, 55)
    FSD2 A 1 Offset(5, 50)
    FSD2 A 1 Offset(5, 45)
    FSD2 A 1 Offset(5, 40)
    Goto Ready
   RanOutOfManaMidAttackOhShit:
    FSD2 A 1 Offset(5, 60)
    FSD2 A 1 Offset(5, 55)
    FSD2 A 1 Offset(5, 50)
    FSD2 A 1 Offset(5, 45)
    FSD2 A 1 Offset(5, 40)
    Goto Ready
  }
}

ACTOR BTQuietusMeleePuffPowered : BTAxePuffGlow
{
  +PUFFGETSOWNER
  +EXTREMEDEATH
  Scale 1.1
  Translation "0:32=211:216", "33:50=213:213", "51:53=211:211"
  States
  {
  Spawn:
    SPIR K 0 Bright
	SPIR K 4 Bright A_GiveToTarget("Token_SwordNotFired", 1)
	SPIR LMNO 4 Bright
    Stop
  }
}

Actor Token_SwordNotFired : GameplayToken
{ Inventory.MaxAmount 1 }

[Gez]

Give the puff some time to act.

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FSRD G 0 Bright Offset(5, 36) A_CustomPunch(random(1,8)*8*5+random(30,72),TRUE,CPF_USEAMMO,"BTQuietusMeleePuffPowered",96,0)

See? Zero tic. It moves to the next state even before the puff it spawned did anything. Change it to 2 tics, and instead reduce the next state with A_JumpIf to 0 tics. (Codepointers are run when entering a state, so a state with an A_Jump* in it will last 0 tics if the jump is made.)

[black-thrones]

Works like a charm now, thank you!

[Zeberpal]

LanHikariDS and edward850 thanks.
I was wondering if I can create custom effect myself somehow, though I doubt.

[edward850]

As of right now you cannot, no. It's a 2 frame per-pixel shifter or blender, and having some sort of control over that would require a very new kind of script and syntax, and considering its nature, it would be a very slow one (per pixel effects really need to be as close to the metal as possible).

[Legend]

How do I create custom multiple quit messages for heretic?

[Ozymandias81]

How do I create custom multiple quit messages for heretic?

Yep, that. It seems that we can modify only this row inside language.

http://imgur.com/Ks0Omwo

Also, this is stated under DEHACKED lump formats, when you try to quit with ZDoom per default... Uhm...

[Gez]

[wiki=GameInfo_definition]MAPINFO: GameInfo { QuitMessages = ... }[/wiki]