How would I do damage falloff for zandronum?

[swadley]

all the things i can find for it require zscript, but I want my wad to be playable in zandronum.

[MFG38]

What exactly do you mean by "damage falloff"?

[Doomax]

Damage falloff usually means that bullets deal less damage the further the distance they travel.

The damage "falls off" with range.

I have no idea how to do it in doom though.

[ramon.dexter]

I think its purely impossible with decorate. Sorry, but this is too sophisticated and needs access to data, which decorate doesnt have to.

Actually, there is action SetDamage(), but for zscript only.

[Dan_The_Noob]

maybe some "fast projectile" hacky stuff?
probably wouldn't run great or be worth the effort.

[22alpha22]

Actually, there is action SetDamage(), but for zscript only.

SetDamage should work for Decorate as well. Combine it with GetDistance and it should be possible to create a damage falloff effect using DECORATE only. However as I do not use Zandronum, I do not know if it has those two functions.

If either or both of those functions do not exist in Zandronum, it should be possible to still accomplish a damage falloff effect using a little help from ACS. Set your projectile or hitscan damage to zero and use A_Explode to deal the damage instead. Have A_Explode execute an ACS script to get the damage that should be dealt based on the projectile/puffs distance.

I'm so glad these DECORATE/ACS hacks are no longer needed in GZDoom. I will never use Zandronum as long it does not have ZScript support.

EDIT:
If Zandronum has the HITTRACER flag, you can use A_DamageTracer instead of A_Explode as another option.

[ramon.dexter]

However as I do not use Zandronum, I do not know if it has those two functions.

Since the function was exposed in zscript and not directly to decorate, I bet that Zandronum doesnt have this function, since Zandro even misses some decorate functions that gzdoom have.
This would work in decorate only in gzdoom. Not in zandronum.

[phantombeta]

Actually, there is action SetDamage(), but for zscript only.

SetDamage should work for Decorate as well. Combine it with GetDistance and it should be possible to create a damage falloff effect using DECORATE only. However as I do not use Zandronum, I do not know if it has those two functions.

If either or both of those functions do not exist in Zandronum, it should be possible to still accomplish a damage falloff effect using a little help from ACS. Set your projectile or hitscan damage to zero and use A_Explode to deal the damage instead. Have A_Explode execute an ACS script to get the damage that should be dealt based on the projectile/puffs distance.

I'm so glad these DECORATE/ACS hacks are no longer needed in GZDoom. I will never use Zandronum as long it does not have ZScript support.

EDIT:
If Zandronum has the HITTRACER flag, you can use A_DamageTracer instead of A_Explode as another option.

You don't need any of that:

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actor Foo { 
    Projectile
    Damage (user_Damage)

    var int user_Damage;

    // do things that set user_Damage
}

[ramon.dexter]

Wait, this use of user vars is possible in decorate?