So, I've been working on a script for my second DooM map and there's this cutscene that's supposed to wake up & aggro all imps tagged "333" towards the player, which is tagged "334", when the cutscene ends. Unfortunately, things aren't working as intended. If you got any ideas, the ACS code is below
Script 6 (void)
{
Setplayerproperty(0,ON,PROP_TOTALLYFROZEN);
Changecamera(1, 0, 0);
delay(35*2);
print(s:"\c[GREEN]???: Listen, I don't want no trouble, just let me live and i'll pay you back!");
delay(35*3);
print(s:"We don't care! you're 10,000 hellbucks in debt and i smell a kneecappin' coming.");
Delay(35*3);
Changecamera(2,0,0);
print(s:"\c[GREEN]???: Aye, yo Flynn, over here!");
setactivatortotarget (334);
Noisealert (333, 334);
thing_hate (333, 334, 3);
Setplayerproperty (0,OFF, PROP_TOTALLYFROZEN);
Changecamera(0,0,0);
}
Advice request: Forcing monsters to wake up with ACS
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IndependentAutist2
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Re: Advice request: Forcing monsters to wake up with ACS
I could be wrong here, it's been a while since I set up a noise alert, but the first parameter is the target. i.e. the actor that you want to alert monsters to the presence of - the thing that they will target. So, your current script is alerting the imps to their own presence, and doing so from the location of the player. I think!
Also, just by way of a check, how have you given the player a tid? You can't just give the player spawn spot a tid in the map editor. To give a player actor a tid, it has to be done in a script (typically using Thing_ChangeTID).
You might find that Noisealert (0, 0); does the trick. That makes the activator of the script both the target and the emitter. Provided the player activated the script, and the imps are in a position to hear the player, that might do it. You might not even need the Thing_Hate if that works.
Also, just by way of a check, how have you given the player a tid? You can't just give the player spawn spot a tid in the map editor. To give a player actor a tid, it has to be done in a script (typically using Thing_ChangeTID).
You might find that Noisealert (0, 0); does the trick. That makes the activator of the script both the target and the emitter. Provided the player activated the script, and the imps are in a position to hear the player, that might do it. You might not even need the Thing_Hate if that works.