The "How do I..." Thread

[Sgt. Shivers]

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.

Where could I find an example of entertext?

[Kappes Buur]

Where could I find an example of entertext?

Check MAPINFO of Whispers of Satan
http://www.doomworld.com/idgames/index. ... asc&page=1

[Sgt. Shivers]

Where could I find an example of entertext?

Check MAPINFO of Whispers of Satan
http://www.doomworld.com/idgames/index. ... asc&page=1

I tried doing what they did but I keep getting errors.
EDIT: I would also like to know how to make a proper LANGUAGE lump, maybe that could help with this. I know there was something like /n but I can't remember.

[Enjay]

How do I (or more likely, is it possible) to animate the full screen graphics with ANIMDEFS?

I've tried animating the TITLEPIC and BOSSBACK with test code similar to this:

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texture BOSSBACK
pic BOSSBACK tics 4
pic INTERPIC tics 4
pic CREDIT tics 4
pic TITLEPIC tics 4

That kind of entry can get graphics such as M_DOOM animating but the full screen graphics just seem to ignore it. I know that I can use a TITLEMAP to replace the TITLEPIC and I could probably use MAPINFO for the INTERPIC. I don't know if something similar can be done with BOSSBACK. I was hoping that it would be possible to do it with ANIMDEFS because that would be simpler.

[Sgt. Shivers]

How do I make a homing projectile?

[Blue Shadow]

[wiki]A_SeekerMissile[/wiki]

[Sgt. Shivers]

How do I make linebreaks in LANGUAGE lumps?

[Kappes Buur]

How do I make linebreaks in LANGUAGE lumps?

Linebreaks are done the same way as in print statements, with /n.
The easiest way to find out would have been by opening the file language.enu, in zdoom.pk3, with your favourite text editor.
Plus, it shows you how the language messages are structured.

[BigProjectAlone]

how to i do this

While(ThingCount(T_HELLKNIGHT, 5) > 0)

with a custom monsters? i've try this

While(ThingCount("Ettin2", 5) > 0)
and this
While(ThingCount(5577, 5) > 0)

and it dont work, the door open before i kill those monsters

[edward850]

While(ThingCount("Ettin2", 5) > 0)

Almost. [wiki]ThingCountName[/wiki] does exactly that.

While(ThingCount(5577, 5) > 0)

Wrong number. [wiki]ThingCount[/wiki] uses [wiki]SpawnID[/wiki]'s.

[BigProjectAlone]

thank you !!!

[Sgt. Shivers]

How do I remove all of a players weapons/give the player a new weapon at the start of a stage?
Is it possible to do this without ACS?

[twinkieman93]

How do I remove all of a players weapons/give the player a new weapon at the start of a stage?
Is it possible to do this without ACS?

I think so, but it'd require dummy actors placed at the spawn that take all your stuff, give you new stuff, then vanish. ACS would be a much cleaner way to do it in any case.

[cocka]

http://zdoom.org/wiki/ClearInventory

[Blue Shadow]

How do I remove all of a players weapons/give the player a new weapon at the start of a stage?
Is it possible to do this without ACS?

Use a custom inventory item that would take the player's weapons and give them the 'stage' weapon.

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ACTOR ResetWeapons : CustomInventory
{
  States
  {
  Pickup:
    TNT1 A 0 A_TakeInventory("Fist", 1)
    TNT1 A 0 A_TakeInventory("Chainsaw", 1)
    TNT1 A 0 A_TakeInventory("Pistol", 1)
    TNT1 A 0 A_TakeInventory("Shotgun", 1)
    TNT1 A 0 A_TakeInventory("SuperShotgun", 1)
    TNT1 A 0 A_TakeInventory("Chaingun", 1)
    TNT1 A 0 A_TakeInventory("RocketLauncher", 1)
    TNT1 A 0 A_TakeInventory("PlasmaRifle", 1)
    TNT1 A 0 A_TakeInventory("BFG9000", 1)
    TNT1 A 0 A_GiveInventory("Shotgun", 1) // Give stage weapon
    Stop
  }
}

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#define WEAPONS 9 // Number of weapons

// A list of the weapons
str weaponslist[WEAPONS] =
{
  "Fist",
  "Chainsaw",
  "Pistol",
  "Shotgun",
  "SuperShotgun",
  "Chaingun",
  "RocketLauncher",
  "PlasmaRifle",
  "BFG9000"
};

function void ResetWeapons (str weapontogive)
{
  For(int i; i < WEAPONS; i++) // Take all the weapons and...
  {
    TakeInventory(weaponslist[i], 1);
  }

  GiveInventory(weapontogive, 1); //... Give the desired 'stage' weapon
}

// Use a script to call the function above
Script 1 (void)
{
  ResetWeapons("Shotgun"); // Remove all the weapons and give me just a shotgun
}