Can projectiles not have acs commands in decorate?

[Dancso]

Hi,

I'm trying to add an action special to a projectile, which is "Thing_SetTranslation" I want to use it like so it gets the colors from the actor that shoots it.

Here is the code for it: (this is the original plasmaball, just replaced the original, and added the translation line.)

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ACTOR PlasmaBall1 replaces PlasmaBall
{
	Radius 13
	Height 8
	Speed 25
	Damage 5
	Projectile
	+RANDOMIZE
	RenderStyle Add
	Alpha 0.75
	SeeSound "weapons/plasmaf"
	DeathSound "weapons/plasmax"
	Obituary "$OB_MPPLASMARIFLE"
	States
	{
	Spawn:
		PLSS A 0 Thing_SetTranslation(0,-1);
		PLSS AB 6 Bright
		Loop
	Death:
		PLSE ABCDE 4 Bright
		Stop
	}
}

If i'm right, that would immadiatly translate the plasmaball's color to the shooter's colors, BUT I'm getting the error "sprite names must be exactly 4 characters" The line with this translation thingy gives the error for sure, cause' if i qoute it out, it works.

I've also tried to make it PLSS AB and also PLSS A 1 but i got the same error.

I may be dumb, but as far as i know, i can put these kind of commands in decorate, no?

Any ideas how i could get around this?

[Ghastly]

Get rid of the ; at the end. If that doesn't work then Thing_SetTranslation doesn't work with Decorate.

[Dancso]

Oops? lol forgot i dont have to put ; after commands in decorate. Sorry for this thread.

Actually, i just also realised that this method wouldnt work, it would give the reverse that i wanted -- i wanted to color the plasmaball to color what the marine has, but this could do the opposite, or even nothing.

But anyways, i'm going to try and get around this with another method.

[HotWax]

[wiki]Thing_SetTranslation[/wiki] definitely works in Decorate, as do all [wiki]action specials[/wiki].

[wiki]Built-in ACS functions[/wiki] do not.

[Dancso]

I feel i'm very close to making this work, although i ecountered a problem again.

I tought of... what if i recreate the translations, so i dont use 4, just 2, 1 for the green translation, and one for the blue one (plasmagun shots.)

Now, i've made the plasmaball actor has this line:

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PLSS A 0 Thing_SetTranslation(0,2)

So this would mean, it should set the second translation on itself, right? now i've put this line into an ENTER script:

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CreateTranslation(2,192:207=176:191);

Which would automatically declare the second translation, when the player enters the map. I've put it into an ENTER script, to make it red by default.

But, this wont work, and i wonder: why?

[farhaven]

the reason for this is probably the way objects "enter" the game. AFAIK, first,all objects as set up in the editor are placed on maps,then players enter,which triggers ENTER scripts. Changing the script type to OPEN should solve the problem.

Edit: I just re-read your post and noticed I didn't do that carefully enough in the first place as I just read that the translated objects are spawned mid-game. Anyhow, give my solution a try, maybe it works.

[Dancso]

Nope, didnt work, i've had the translation for the marines created by that script too, so if it worked for them, it shouldnt be a problem for this one. (I gave it a try, though.)