SetActorFlag() "NOPAIN" not working.

[arkore]

This is not working for me:

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SetActorFlag(mon_tid, "NOPAIN", TRUE);

I know mon_tid is correct, because my other lines of code (next to SetActorFlag line) are all using mon_tid and are working fine.

Only the decorate action works:

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A_ChangeFlag("NOPAIN", 1)

I've tried Zandronum, GDCC, and the latest ZDoom compiler (ver. 155, Mar. 12, 2017) from GZDB r3004.

[Rachael]

You are going to have to post a runnable example.

[arkore]

Make your own example and run it.

[Rachael]

Yeah, good job on demonstrating how NOT to get your issue solved. I wish you the best of luck, friend.

[Matt]

Whatever it is you tried to run that didn't work, upload it.

[_mental_]

Here is my script

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#include "zcommon.acs"

script 1 open
{
	Spawn("DoomImp", 0, 0, 0, 1234);
	Log(s:"SetActorFlag() returns ", i:SetActorFlag(1234, "NOPAIN", TRUE));
}

It outputs "SetActorFlag() returns 1" upon starting a game. This means that flag has been changed for one actor.
By debugging GZDoom I verified that summoned actor was found and the corresponding flag was set for it.

Developers are asking for runnable sample not because we have nothing else to do but because the chance of user's error is quite high.
At the same time there can be some corner cases which you might find. Although guessing about it is a futile endeavor.

[arkore]

Apologies.

I tested using GZDoom, and it works. This means that Zandronum 3 itself is the problem.

It's frustrating because it's misleading when the docs don't hint at an issue of compatibility (like they used to in the past), and then the compiler compiled successfully, and yet Zandronum 3 still isn't up to date and doesn't give any warning or error messages. This SetActorFlag feature is roughly 2 years old now, and Zandronum 3 was just released last December. :/

Your post helped me realize how return value could've been helpful. After reading the docs carefully again now, I see now. A return value of 0 could've proven to me that it really wasn't working, and in which case I would've had second thoughts on posting this in bugs and feeling the way I did.

I was tired and frustrated, and generally tired of experiencing these kinds of issues of compatibility without notice.

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For anyone else experiencing this issue, you can use Inventory hacks (which most people are probably doing already, since no tracker ticket has been posted about this yet on Zandronum).

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ACTOR SetNoPain : CustomInventory
{
	+AUTOACTIVATE
	Inventory.MaxAmount 0
	States
	{
		Spawn:
			TNT1 A 0
			Stop
		Pickup:
			TNT1 A 0 A_ChangeFlag("NOPAIN", TRUE)
			Stop
	}
}

ACTOR UnSetNoPain : CustomInventory
{
	+AUTOACTIVATE
	Inventory.MaxAmount 0
	States
	{
		Spawn:
			TNT1 A 0
			Stop
		Pickup:
			TNT1 A 0 A_ChangeFlag("NOPAIN", FALSE)
			Stop
	}
}

ACS:
GiveInventory(monster_tid, "SetNoPain", 1);
and
GiveInventory(monster_tid, "UnSetNoPain", 1);

[_mental_]

ACS SetActorFlag() function doesn't work in Zandronum 3 because it's based on relative old version of GZDoom.
At the moment unknown ACS functions are ignored silently at runtime, i.e. they do nothing and their results are set to zero.