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Niphura
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Is there any ACS tutorial? - Solved -

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Basically what i want to learn in a tutorial is jump between states if (something happens with a script via acs) i've seen in a lot of mods that use acs something like this:
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Why there are so many states and why the lines jumpifinventory keep repeating in each state? I've been asking myself this for some time and I would like to know :?
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Re: Is there any ACS tutorial?...

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That's not ACS, that's DECORATE, although the code does call a few ACS scripts.

I can't exactly tell what's going on because you didn't post the entire actor definition, but it looks like he's using a bunch of dummy inventory items to check the status of the player- I'm assuming "WaterSplash," "LavaSplash," etc have to do with causing liquid splash effects (like when you step in water, blood, lava, etc). Also, it looks like you get a dummy inventory item when you execute a fatality or grab a zombie to use as a meatshield, so it changes the player state accordingly.

Keep in mind that Sgt. Mark IV's code (since this appears to be Brutal Doom) is notoriously sloppy, and his mods are not exactly ideal references for learning DECORATE. If you want to learn, I suggest checking this ZDoom Wiki tutorial. After that, check out Wildweasel's Gunlabs tutorial page. It has a lot of useful information, particularly for weapon coding, and it helped me immensely when I was first learning.

Now, [wiki]DECORATE[/wiki], which is what you posted, is used for creating custom actors- monsters, weapons, items, player classes, decorative items, etc. [wiki]ACS[/wiki], on the other hand, handles scripting, events, HUD messages, and stuff like that, and was originally designed as Hexen's map scripting system. Its use has expanded a bit, since you can now autoload ACS scripts and call them from any map or from DECORATE. If you're going to make ZDoom mods, it's generally good to learn at least about both DECORATE and ACS, so you should check out [wiki]A quick beginner's guide to ACS[/wiki] from the ZDoom Wiki.
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