The "How do I..." Thread

[Sgt. Shivers]

Is there any way to make an episode end and show a picture like when you beat an episode in the original doom?

[Enjay]

Yes. Look at the [wiki]Map_definition[/wiki] page in the Wiki and check the table about EndPic (etc). Use it as part of your [wiki]MAPINFO[/wiki] for your episode.

[cocka]

Or use this action special:

http://zdoom.org/wiki/Teleport_EndGame

[Sgt. Shivers]

How do I create an Episode Select Screen?

[cocka]

Code: Select all

episode MAP01
{
	name = "Kulcsos"
	key = "k"
}

[Sgt. Shivers]

Code: Select all

episode MAP01
{
	name = "Kulcsos"
	key = "k"
}

Code: Select all

episode MAP16
{
	name = "Second Encounter"
	key = "S"
}

Would this make an episode starting at MAP16?

[cocka]

http://zdoom.org/wiki/Episode_definition

Substitute the map name of the map that you want the episode to start on for <maplump>.

[Sgt. Shivers]

http://zdoom.org/wiki/Episode_definition

Substitute the map name of the map that you want the episode to start on for <maplump>.

Thanks!

[Sgt Dopey]

How do I make a weapon only fire once even if the fire button is held down. essentially making the player have to tap the button to make the gun fire

[Ravick]

After the "Fire" state/label, make it go to a "Hold" state/label that loops. So it will be there until player releases the fire button.

[Snarboo]

Alternatively, you can use the flag +WEAPON.NOAUTOFIRE on the weapon, then remove the A_Refire action pointer in the fire state so that it won't fire again if the button is held down.

[Sgt Dopey]

Thank you Snarboo and Ravick your advice helped a lot

[Another Imp]

I'm trying to combine all of the maps from doomu and doom2 in to one pwad that I can play from start to finish. However so far to accomplish this I've been importing the maps with doom builder 2, which leads to many texture glitches and missing textures, I then need to open slade3 and add the missing textures and then go back to doom builder 2 and correct positioning and file paths, and then I create a script to run the levels in order. As far as I know this is the only way I can achieve this but it seems like alot of work when all I'm trying to do is import the maps and textures as they are, is there some other program that will let me copy/paste all the files from one wad/pk3 to another, or is the hard way the only way?

[Sgt. Shivers]

I'm trying to combine all of the maps from doomu and doom2 in to one pwad that I can play from start to finish. However so far to accomplish this I've been importing the maps with doom builder 2, which leads to many texture glitches and missing textures, I then need to open slade3 and add the missing textures and then go back to doom builder 2 and correct positioning and file paths, and then I create a script to run the levels in order. As far as I know this is the only way I can achieve this but it seems like alot of work when all I'm trying to do is import the maps and textures as they are, is there some other program that will let me copy/paste all the files from one wad/pk3 to another, or is the hard way the only way?

I'm not sure if that would be completely legal, unless you didn't distribute it.

[Ricochet]

He never mentioned distributing it.