Programmatically Spawning Moving Things

[SPZ1]

I just found out that this code to move some things does not work:

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script 10 (void){
	Thing_SpawnFacing(9, 230, TRUE, 50);
	Thing_SpawnFacing(10, 231, TRUE, 51);
	Thing_SpawnFacing(11, 232, TRUE, 52);
	Thing_SpawnFacing(12, 233, TRUE, 53);
	Thing_SpawnFacing(13, 234, TRUE, 54);
	Thing_SpawnFacing(14, 235, TRUE, 55);
	Thing_SpawnFacing(15, 236, TRUE, 56);
	Thing_SpawnFacing(16, 237, TRUE, 57);

	Thing_SpawnNoFog(17, 9074, 0, 58);
	SetThingSpecial(58, 0, 1, 0, 3, 50);
	Thing_SpawnNoFog(18, 9074, 0, 59);
	SetThingSpecial(59, 0, 2, 0, 3, 51);
	Thing_SpawnNoFog(19, 9074, 0, 60);
	SetThingSpecial(60, 0, 3, 0, 3, 52);
	Thing_SpawnNoFog(20, 9074, 0, 61);
	SetThingSpecial(61, 0, 4, 0, 3, 53);
	Thing_SpawnNoFog(21, 9074, 0, 62);
	SetThingSpecial(62, 0, 5, 0, 3, 54);
	Thing_SpawnNoFog(22, 9074, 0, 63);
	SetThingSpecial(63, 0, 6, 0, 3, 55);
	Thing_SpawnNoFog(23, 9074, 0, 64);
	SetThingSpecial(64, 0, 7, 0, 3, 56);
	Thing_SpawnNoFog(24, 9074, 0, 65);
	SetThingSpecial(65, 0, 8, 0, 3, 57);

	Thing_Activate(58);
	Thing_Activate(59);
	Thing_Activate(60);
	Thing_Activate(61);
	Thing_Activate(62);
	Thing_Activate(63);
	Thing_Activate(64);
	Thing_Activate(65);
}

[Graf Zahl]

In what way does thus not work? What are you trying to do here?

[SPZ1]

I'm trying to code a shooting gallery where the targets move around in a circle. I made this .WAD quickly to demonstrate. Just use "Puke 10" in the console.

[Graf Zahl]

Let me get this straight: You are trying to spawn some ActorMovers by calling Thing_SpawnNoFog with an EDITOR NUMBER as second parameter?
Well, that cannot work - you need to pass a spawn ID.

[SPZ1]

Sorry about that...

[Enjay]

Graf is, of course, correct. However, for your case, might you be able to use one of the spawn functions ( [wiki]Spawn[/wiki], [wiki]SpawnSpot[/wiki], [wiki]SpawnSpotFacing[/wiki], [wiki]SpawnForced[/wiki], [wiki]SpawnSpotForced[/wiki], [wiki]SpawnSpotFacingForced[/wiki] or maybe even [wiki]SpawnProjectile[/wiki] )?

It's likely that one of them will suit your needs and they don't even need a spawn id (which I'm not even sure that ActorMover class had by default). You simply pass the class name as a string to the spawn function.

[SPZ1]

I got the code to work but I noticed something strange. If I "puke 10" this code without the Delay(1); then I have to "puke 10" twice instead of once and I don't know why.

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script 10 (void){
	Thing_SpawnFacing(9, 230, TRUE, 50);
	Thing_SpawnFacing(10, 231, TRUE, 51);
	Thing_SpawnFacing(11, 232, TRUE, 52);
	Thing_SpawnFacing(12, 233, TRUE, 53);
	Thing_SpawnFacing(13, 234, TRUE, 54);
	Thing_SpawnFacing(14, 235, TRUE, 55);
	Thing_SpawnFacing(15, 236, TRUE, 56);
	Thing_SpawnFacing(16, 237, TRUE, 57);

	//Delay(1);

	Thing_SpawnNoFog(17, 238, 0, 58);
	SetThingSpecial(58, 0, 1, 0, 3, 50);
	Thing_SpawnNoFog(18, 238, 0, 59);
	SetThingSpecial(59, 0, 2, 0, 3, 51);
	Thing_SpawnNoFog(19, 238, 0, 60);
	SetThingSpecial(60, 0, 3, 0, 3, 52);
	Thing_SpawnNoFog(20, 238, 0, 61);
	SetThingSpecial(61, 0, 4, 0, 3, 53);
	Thing_SpawnNoFog(21, 238, 0, 62);
	SetThingSpecial(62, 0, 5, 0, 3, 54);
	Thing_SpawnNoFog(22, 238, 0, 63);
	SetThingSpecial(63, 0, 6, 0, 3, 55);
	Thing_SpawnNoFog(23, 238, 0, 64);
	SetThingSpecial(64, 0, 7, 0, 3, 56);
	Thing_SpawnNoFog(24, 238, 0, 65);
	SetThingSpecial(65, 0, 8, 0, 3, 57);

	//Delay(1);

	Thing_Activate(58);
	Thing_Activate(59);
	Thing_Activate(60);
	Thing_Activate(61);
	Thing_Activate(62);
	Thing_Activate(63);
	Thing_Activate(64);
	Thing_Activate(65);
}

Also:

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ACTOR NewActorMover : ActorMover { SpawnID 238 }

[Graf Zahl]

You need the delay so that the ActorMover setup is only done when the stuff you spawned first with Thing_SpawnFacing has been fully initialized.