[Fixed] not possible to exit after the player dies?

[Cyb]

short of fragging a romero head, if the player's dead body crosses a exit line or a death script specifys to exit the map (exit_normal at least) then nothing happens. I dunno if this was intentional or not, but original doom's behavior was to let the player exit, and I don't see any problems that could arise from this with the exception of hubs (and even then if the player crosses into another map in the hub he'll still be dead, but in a different map from where he died)

[Graf Zahl]

This is intentional.

Here's the code that does the checks if you are interested:

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// [RH] Check dmflags for noexit and respond accordingly
bool CheckIfExitIsGood (AActor *self)
{
	// The world can always exit itself.
	if (self == NULL)
		return true;

	if (self->player && self->player->playerstate == PST_DEAD)
	{
		return false;
	}
	if ((deathmatch || alwaysapplydmflags) && (dmflags & DF_NO_EXIT))
	{
		P_DamageMobj (self, self, self, 10000, MOD_EXIT);
		return false;
	}
	if (deathmatch)
	{
		Printf ("%s exited the level.\n", self->player->userinfo.netname);
	}
	return true;
}

This behavior was introduced in Boom.
A compatibility option would certainly be nice because there are a few WADs out there that exploit Doom's behavior.

[Nanami]

Hm, in Mock2 we were going to have a script that exited the level with DEATH script... does this mean it won't work?

[Chilvence]

Yeah, that code above will probably prevent it.

[Graf Zahl]

Hm, in Mock2 we were going to have a script that exited the level with DEATH script... does this mean it won't work?

Probably not. I didn't test it but the dead player is the activator of the death script and I can't find any code that handles level exiting by script differently.

[Chilvence]

Wait a minute... how does the kill player+exit level sector special work now?

[Graf Zahl]

It uses a different means to exit the level. This only applies to the exit line specials.
Plus, the player isn't dead when the sector special executes, he's just almost dead.


Ok, I looked closer at the death script execution code. It appears to be executed before the player is marked dead so exiting in it should work.

[Bio Hazard]

he's just almost dead.

you see, there is a big difference between "mostly dead" and "all dead"

[Enjay]

Wait a minute... how does the kill player+exit level sector special work now?

You mean the one at the end of E1M8? It doesn't kill the player. As soon as the player's health gets to 10% or under then the level exits. The player is still alive (or almost dead as has been said) .

[Nanami]

Oh, I see. So we see the player's dead, and then it exits the level... and then we all see he's not really dead, and he's getting better. ;)

[Graf Zahl]

The E1M8 sector special exits the level when the player's health goes below 10 but it does not allow the player to be killed.

[Enjay]

Oh, I see. So we see the player's dead, and then it exits the level... and then we all see he's not really dead, and he's getting better.

I used the special on a level where you are set up by enemy forces and ambushed. You wake up on the next level in prison with whatever health you finished the previous level on. This has been as low as 1% quite a few times, but I have never been killed by the special. I didn't realise you were actually prevented from dying though. Thanks for that info Graf.

Of course, in E1M8, I've always figured that final dark room is supposed to represent the bloody fight you port straight into when you arrive on Deimos. I've never considered it to indicate you getting killed as soon as you arrive.

[HotWax]

Oh, I see. So we see the player's dead, and then it exits the level... and then we all see he's not really dead, and he's getting better.

I used the special on a level where you are set up by enemy forces and ambushed. You wake up on the next level in prison with whatever health you finished the previous level on. This has been as low as 1% quite a few times, but I have never been killed by the special. I didn't realise you were actually prevented from dying though. Thanks for that info Graf.

Of course, in E1M8, I've always figured that final dark room is supposed to represent the bloody fight you port straight into when you arrive on Deimos. I've never considered it to indicate you getting killed as soon as you arrive.

If it did, the next two episodes would be REALLY short.

[Enjay]

If it did, the next two episodes would be REALLY short.

My thoughts exactly.

[randi]

Removed the dead player check.