The "How do I..." Thread

[Blue Shadow]

i've stop making classes for my game just because of that..

Wow, you stopped making player classes because of something this trivial?

[BigProjectAlone]

i've stop making classes for my game just because of that..

Wow, you stopped making player classes because of something this trivial?

for now yes i've other things to do in my mod. if i can find a way to make more classes i will.

[silentzora]

i've stop making classes for my game just because of that..

Wow, you stopped making player classes because of something this trivial?

for now yes i've other things to do in my mod. if i can find a way to make more classes i will.

Well, you can still make classes, it's just that the menu looks a little... I dunno, lacking. Tried making a custom menu for it, based on the player setup menu, but the dang thing doesn't change, even though it's got the same name. Maybe I'm missing something here.

[insightguy]

How do i instill permadeath?

[BigProjectAlone]

it is possible to make an inventory item that can be used just in a specific bunch of maps ? and cant be used in the others?

[BigProjectAlone]

or it is possible on acs to make player DROP items

[FDARI]

Inventory item usable just in specific maps:
You are presumably making this item for a specific project. If so, you can use a [wiki=Classes:CustomInventory]CustomInventory[/wiki]-item with [wiki]A_JumpIf[/wiki] and using a level-number test as the jump-criterium. I only know how to get the level number in ACS.

You can have an ACS script that returns the level number, or an ACS script that checks that the levelnumber is correct.

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Script in ACS library:

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script "bpa:getlevelnumber" (void)
{
    SetResultValue(GetLevelInfo(LEVELINFO_LEVELNUM)); // If you want it to work on all levels in a specific "cluster", you can make a script that returns CLUSTERNUM here
}

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actor thisSpecialItem : CustomInventory
{
    states
    {
        use:
            tnt1 a 0 a_jumpif(CallACS("bpa:getlevelnumber") == 11 || CallACS("bpa:getlevelnumber") == 12 || CallACS("bpa:getlevelnumber") == 20 || CallACS("bpa:getlevelnumber") == 4, "itworks")
            fail
        itworks:
            tnt1 a 0 a_giveinventory("somethingThatCausesTheEffect") // just some code that actually does something
            // It will also need to set the success state. Read more about custom inventory for that.
            stop
    }
}

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script "bpa:thisSpecialItem.validateLevel" (void)
{
    switch (GetLevelInfo(LEVELINFO_LEVELNUM))
    {
        case 11: case 12: case 20: case 4:
            SetResultValue(true);
    }
}

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actor thisSpecialItem : CustomInventory
{
    states
    {
        use:
            tnt1 a 0 a_jumpif(CallACS("bpa:thisSpecialItem.validateLevel"), "itworks")
            fail
        itworks:
            tnt1 a 0 a_giveinventory("somethingThatCausesTheEffect") // just some code that actually does something
            // It will also need to set the success state. Read more about custom inventory for that.
            stop
    }
}

This is utterly untested on my part.

[Blue Shadow]

or it is possible on acs to make player DROP items

You can take (not drop) away inventory items by using [wiki]TakeInventory[/wiki] ACS function. There is [wiki]A_DropInventory[/wiki], however. But it's an action function, not ACS function.

[BigProjectAlone]

thank you FDARI and Blue Shadow !!

[BigProjectAlone]

how do i made a script that activate when the player lands on the floor, on a 3d floors..

[KuriKai]

How do I pack high resolution textures in a zip for zdoom?
They are high res versions of the originals. I am not creating any new textures
I have looked here
http://zdoom.org/wiki/Using_ZIPs_as_WAD_replacement

But I'm not sure if they should go in "hires/" or in "flats/" and "textures/"

Thanks

[Blue Shadow]

how do i made a script that activate when the player lands on the floor, on a 3d floors..

For "normal" floors, you can use [wiki=Classes:SecActHitFloor]this[/wiki].

As for 3D floors, I'm not sure. You can try the one I linked to above. If it doesn't work, then try [wiki=Classes:SecActHitFakeFloor]this one[/wiki], and if that doesn't work either, then I don't know.

But I'm not sure if they should go in "hires/" or in "flats/" and "textures/"

Put them in the "hires" directory.

[silentzora]

how do i made a script that activate when the player lands on the floor, on a 3d floors..

For "normal" floors, you can use [wiki=Classes:SecActHitFloor]this[/wiki].

As for 3D floors, I'm not sure. You can try the one I linked to above. If it doesn't work, then try [wiki=Classes:SecActHitFakeFloor]this one[/wiki], and if that doesn't work either, then I don't know.

Maybe if you used that on the control sector for the 3D floor, it might work.

[Sgt. Shivers]

How do I make those text screens that you see at epidode ends?

How would I make one of those appear when you start a new game?

[edward850]

How do I make those text screens that you see at epidode ends?

[wiki]Cluster_definition[/wiki]

How would I make one of those appear when you start a new game?

There is no internal method of doing this (entertext only works if you are entering from a previous cluster, not a new game). Hacking something together using ACS or using a dummy map as the start would do the trick, however.