The "How do I..." Thread

[Jimmy]

0x7fffffff.

That's zero-x-seven-seven f's.

[Deathman101]

How do I use the arguments you can set in lines like ACS_Execute?

[bagheadspidey]

Every separate translation gets its own quote mark set.

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Ahh, good to know. And now that [wiki]Translation[/wiki] is overhauled I see that information was already on the [wiki=Actor_properties#Rendering]wiki[/wiki] after all =p

[ThatOneZDoomer]

I was looking at A_CountdownArg and I'm wondering, what does an actor's arg mean? Any code examples? I may have a good use for this if I know how to use it.

Every separate translation gets its own quote mark set.

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That solved the problem, thanks.

[Rachael]

I was looking at A_CountdownArg and I'm wondering, what does an actor's arg mean? Any code examples? I may have a good use for this if I know how to use it.

Args are from the map's actor definitions; you will never define them in DECORATE itself. If you load a map in Hexen format, every actor will have 5 args that you can use.

[DoomerMrT]

I would like to make a sprint script which makes the player run a bit faster than his normal running speed for a certain amount of time. Sprint could be triggered while pressing a certain button assigned to it or pressing it only once, I don't know which is possible.

So far I came up with this(No keyconf yet as I don't know how to do a proper definition for such an action)

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script 290(void)
{
SetActorProperty(0,APROP_SPEED,1.25);
int buttons;
int stillrunning;

while(True)
{
buttons = GetPlayerInput(-1,INPUT_BUTTONS);
	
if(buttons & BT_FORWARD)
{
stillrunning = stillrunning + 1;
	
	if(stillrunning <= 5) 
	{
	ThingSound(0,"player/breath",48);  // Breathe light
	delay(75);
	}
	
	if(stillrunning > 5 && stillrunning <= 8)
	{
	ThingSound(0,"player/breath",80);  // Breathe medium
	delay(75);
	}
	
	if(stillrunning > 8 && stillrunning <=12)
	{
	ThingSound(0,"player/breath",128);  // Breathe heavy
	delay(75);
	}
	
	if(stillrunning > 12)
	{
	break;
	}


}

if(stillrunning <= 12)
{

}


ThingSound(0,"player/nostamina",255);
stillrunning = 0;
SetActorProperty(0,APROP_SPEED,1.0);
delay(20*35);


} 
}

Not sure if this works properly, its just an overview how should it function.

[skadoomer]

I was looking at A_CountdownArg and I'm wondering, what does an actor's arg mean? Any code examples? I may have a good use for this if I know how to use it.

Here's what i used it for:

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		Spawn: 
			TNT1 A 2 A_Look
			loop

		See: //(see state sets property)
			TNT1 A 0 A_JumpIf(Args[0] > 0, "MakeFrightened")
			TNT1 A 0 A_JumpIf(Args[1] > 0, "MakeFly")
			TNT1 A 1 ACS_ExecuteAlways(SetCountdownArg, 0, Args[0], Args[1], Args[2])
			
			//Apply chase states 
			TNT1 A 0 A_JumpIf(Args[2] == 2, "Wonder")
			TNT1 A 0 A_JumpIf(Args[2] == 1, "FastChase")
			goto Chase
		
		MakeFrightened:
			TNT1 A 0 A_ChangeFlag("Frightened", 1)
			TNT1 A 1 Thing_SetSpecial(tid, 0, -1, Args[1], Args[2])
			goto See	
		
		MakeFly:
			TNT1 A 0 A_ChangeFlag("NoGravity", 1)
			TNT1 A 0 A_ChangeFlag("Float", 1)
			TNT1 A 1 Thing_SetSpecial(tid, 0, Args[0], -1, Args[2])
			goto See	
					
		Wonder:
			ARM1 A 4 A_Wander
			ARM1 A 0 A_CountdownArg(3)
			loop

		FastChase:
			ARM1 A 4 A_FastChase
			ARM1 A 0 A_CountdownArg(3)
			loop

		Chase:
			ARM1 A 4 A_Chase
			ARM1 A 0 A_CountdownArg(3)
			loop

Basically, I created a node that sets some property's to its-self from whatever its args when it is spawned. You can use SetThingSpecial to pass values into the actors args. (that's how I set the initial countdown amount) Its use requires some creative thinking, but the args[] command is one of the most powerful, yet underused platform you can use to have decorate and acs talk to each other.

[Mik57]

Random would be my friend, if it was a command on its own. I've tried an If/Else statement with random in it, which just gives me an error. I need a function, or something.

[Captain Ventris]

So, if a GZDoom Wad uses models (The GZDoom verison of ZanZan, in this case), will those models work fine in Skulltag, or is there a difference between them? Will models show up to someone using Software Mode?

[Cutmanmike]

No, they will simply see the sprite that the model is replacing.

[Hirogen2]

So I have (1) a true-color sprite which (2) uses a color set (a limited 32 color set still) other than the Doom green for the suit. The former makes me wonder how to do translation at all on it, and for the latter, how to set up the PlayerPawn decorate definition so that gzdoom can recolor the sprite according to the player's likes.

[ShailsTSPT]

How do I make it so if a player presses use in a linedef it executes a script that shows a message on the screen of all the players in the game? PS: I only now that scripts go in the BEHAVIOR lump nothing more >.< know nothing about script and all that. But I may end up needing to use what im asking.

[Mario123311]

My EWX Crashed Nothing works. WHAT THE F***?!?!?!?!?!?! I open a wad file and then i get an error Message! GIVE ME A BETTER WAD MAKER AND I SHAL GET MAH SLEF A COPY OF FREEDOOMS WAD SO I WONT HAVE TO BUY DOOM!!!!!!!!!!

[Ryan Cordell]

Calm the hell down.

You can try SlumpED, but XWE doesn't crash without a purpose. What's the error message say? (When that window pops up, press CTRL and C, then use CTRL and V when posting on this forum to paste the message.)

[Unknown_Assassin]

My EWX Crashed Nothing works. WHAT THE F***?!?!?!?!?!?! I open a wad file and then i get an error Message! GIVE ME A BETTER WAD MAKER AND I SHAL GET MAH SLEF A COPY OF FREEDOOMS WAD SO I WONT HAVE TO BUY DOOM!!!!!!!!!!

It could be the fact that:
1) You're an idiot.
2) You failed to install XWE properly
3) Your computer is not set to open wad files with XWE because you need to configure that. Either set wads opened to XWE or you could right click and say "Edit with XWE." You could also drag and drop to XWE, which is easier.
4) Something else.