[DECORATE] Pressing use on Actor activates them?

[Graaicko]

I'm trying to make an informant actor similar to Blake Stone Informants. I know I can use a spawner in the decorate to make it randomize. But I was wondering how to make an enemy go into its see state (look for the player) when the player presses the use key on the actor? In other words, what would the decorate code look like to make this happen?

I'm also going to make a protagonist version of these informants that will either give you useful items, information of hints but would like to nail down the hostile versions first.

[TheGameratorT]

I think there is a Use state on decorate

[ramon.dexter]

Graaicko, you dont want to meddle with states. To make some action based on actor activation you dont need to modify the actor.

Based on what you described, i think all you need is to create an ZSDF conversation and the assign it to a actor.

[StrikerMan780]

Graaicko, you dont want to meddle with states. To make some action based on actor activation you dont need to modify the actor.

Based on what you described, i think all you need is to create an ZSDF conversation and the assign it to a actor.

Extremely incorrect, this would be a horrible thing to do. Stop spreading bad advice.

You're going to want a SwitchingDecoration, or SwitchableDecoration. See: [wiki]Creating_decorations_that_can_be_(de)activated[/wiki]

The "Activation" property can let you adjust the behavior of the actor upon activation: https://zdoom.org/wiki/Actor_properties#Activation

Here's an example of my own DECORATE code, which is a drinking fountain that can be activated and give health:

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actor DrinkingFountain : SwitchableDecoration 16541
{
	//$Category SMMP Interactive Stuff
	//$Title Drinking Fountain
	//$Color 13
	Activation THINGSPEC_ThingTargets | THINGSPEC_ThingActs
	height 16
	radius 12
	XScale 0.70
	YScale 0.75
	+SOLID
	+USESPECIAL
	states
	{
		Spawn:
			FOUN A -1 NoDelay A_SetSpecial(130, 0) // THING_ACTIVATE special. This allows me to use the "Active" state upon using.
			loop
		Active:
			FOUN B 0 A_ChangeFlag("USESPECIAL", 0) // Turn off use special so it can't be activated again during animation
			FOUN B 0 A_PlaySound("DrinkingFountain")
			FOUN BCDBCDBCDBCDBCDBCDBCDBCDB 1 A_GiveToTarget("Health", 1)
			FOUN CDBCDBCDBCDBCDBCDBCDBCDBCDBCDBCDBCDBCDBCDBCDBCDBCD 1
			FOUN A 0 A_ChangeFlag("USESPECIAL", 1) // Turn on use special so it can be activated again
			goto Spawn
	}
}

There's probably a much better way to do this stuff in ZScript, but I've yet to familiarize myself with it.

[Graaicko]

Cooool. Thanks. It's works actaully how I want it. Now I just need to make the good informants.

[ramon.dexter]

Sorry for bad advice. I thought (from the description), that the information will give you information, not health.

Besides that, giving health could be done easily with ZSDF. So my advice was not so bad. You know, I finding the ZSDF conversation system as a new thing, to which the old members are not so used to. So my advice could be noted as bad, based on lack of exprience with the new addition.