The "How do I..." Thread

[Ryan Cordell]

It's to do with the height parameter (I think) in SBARINFO. Lower it to 1 or something, that might help. Otherwise, said height expects a graphic there to fill it and as thus, there's a void. And with Doom, any void usually calls upon the last stored image.

[Lysander]

It's to do with the height parameter (I think) in SBARINFO. Lower it to 1 or something, that might help. Otherwise, said height expects a graphic there to fill it and as thus, there's a void. And with Doom, any void usually calls upon the last stored image.

Wow, that did it. Thanks!

[Monodox]

Could somebody help me out with this "Glass Break" (49) in DooM Builder 2?

Just need to know what to do to get the HeXen glass to break, I looked at the wiki, but I don't get it...

[Duducrazy]

does someone know how do i make a script that makes the player dodge left or right by pressing the strafe keys twice?

[JustGabriel]

Ok
First of all, hello everyone I'm new to both this forum and DECORATE
I wanted to make a homing projectile that could be destroyed but so far
I have been unable to figure it out

[The Slimeinator]

Monodox, here's how it works:

You put special 49 on a line. You then set its activation to "projectile hits" and tag it to be impassible. When the line is activated, the line's switch texture will be changed. That is, you define a switch in ANIMDEFS, with the ON switch as your regular window and the OFF switch as your broken glass. It's like a switch that's activated by projectiles. When the line is destroyed, it will release 7 GlassJunk actors (http://zdoom.org/wiki/Classes:GlassJunk) at the center of the line, in the direction the line is facing.

Duducrazy,

You could try binding a script to a key that activates a variable and then if it is called a second time while the variable is active, it will thrust the player to the side. Such as...

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int directionjump=0;

script 668 (void)
{
  if(directionjump==1)
  {
    ThrustThing(playertid,direction)
     directionjump--;
  }
  else
 {
    directionjump++;
    delay(tics of opportunity to press it again);
    directionjump--;
  }
}

JustGabriel,

If you mean a projectile that can be destroyed in mid-air, I don't think that is possible with ZDoom's current collision checking. However, for a homing projectile, add the +SEEKERMISSILE to your projectile and have it call A_SeekerMissile in its Spawn state to have it seek the player or the target. http://zdoom.org/wiki/A_SeekerMissile

[JustGabriel]

Thanks ._."
mmm, I'll try to think about a way to do it
Using an actor that just chases the player perhaps?
It'd melee the player once and then die

[Duducrazy]

Duducrazy,

You could try binding a script to a key that activates a variable and then if it is called a second time while the variable is active, it will thrust the player to the side. Such as...

Code: Select all

int directionjump=0;

script 668 (void)
{
  if(directionjump==1)
  {
    ThrustThing(playertid,direction)
     directionjump--;
  }
  else
 {
    directionjump++;
    delay(tics of opportunity to press it again);
    directionjump--;
  }
}

actually, i want to make a dodge left/right script using the GetPlayerInput function.

[InsanityBringer]

How would I make a enemy only shoot at you while you aren't looking at it? I've tried A_JumpIfInTargetLOS to bring it out of it's missile state when you can see it, but that had really odd results. I'm not sure if I was doing something wrong or something but it always seemed to jump.

[Hambergermeister]

JustGabriel, you posed a good question!

I think, but haven't tested, that you can retain ALL of the state coding, and just give the missile a health level and give the flag +SHOOTABLE, that might work!

[The Slimeinator]

I don't think so. It's pointless to have a projectile use a melee attack and die. If it hits the player, it damages him/her. A combination of +SEEKERMISSILE and A_SeekerMissile will make it follow the player if it's fired by a monster.

[Hambergermeister]

Actually, i meant for the missile to be able to be destroyed in mid-air, by anyone. it would still be the exact same missile in it's state coding, only it would have the +SHOOTABLE flag set so that the health property would work, so if its health reached zero or under, it would go to the death state, so i don't know what using the melee state means, it would be unneeded in my opinion.

[Deimus]

http://forum.zdoom.org/viewtopic.php?f= ... 75#p446592

How Do I
- make it so when a claymore wont explode when flying monsters go over it (like 3doomguys tall)
- how do I crouch and go back up in decorate.
-make it drop in front of me instead on top of me and being thrust forward

Thanks.

[The Slimeinator]

Hambergermeister,

I know that's what you meant. I don't think that projectiles fare well with +SHOOTABLE and a health property on them. In other words, it won't work.

Deimus,

1. You can't. If it's a monster, then it will activate the mine. There's no check that I know of to see if the target is flying.
2. Again, you can't. There's no pointer to force crouching in DECORATE.
3. Use a CustomInventory "USE" state and then have it spawn the mine in front of you.

[Hambergermeister]

Ah, well, i did say i didn't test it. But as we all know, there are anomalies that can be used to an advantage with decorate, just undiscovered, so there might be compatability for that in the future.