Giving a Monster the Rail Gun

[Galaxy_Stranger]

I know I'm gonna get smacked upside the head for asking this, but I'm just not running across the info I need. Can anyone point me to a thread that talks about giving the Rail Gun to a Monster? Also - would it be possible to give a monster the Double Rail?

[Giest118]

Do you mean in DECORATE? Because in DECORATE, all you have to do is use A_MonsterRail (and set a damage value, too). However, DeHackEd is another story...

[Xaser]

All you need to do is make a DeHacked Patch and put the MonsterRail code pointer on one if the attack frames. To make a double rail, use 2 MonsterRail pointers.

[Enjay]

And don't forget to set the missile damage value for the monster to whatever damage you want the rail to do, otherwise it will do no damage.

[Xaser]

Heh. Thankd for pointing that out, Enjay. When I go to give monsters railguns, I always forget that and wonder why the rails are doing 0 damage.

[Enjay]

Heh, yeah but it's quite funny to give monsters zero damage railguns because when they hit each other they can still go into their pain state and start infighting - doing no damage. So they just keep trying to whack each other for hours.

[Xaser]

Yeah, and if you get hit by one, it does the pain fade and everything, but you take no damage.

Hmm... That's a good idea. You could make a monster that shoots ridiculously fast railgun shots that do no damage, but it gives you the pain fade and blinds you. Then the other demons around can chew you up.

[wildweasel]

Xaser: How about firing off about 10 no-damage rails in one frame? That would be more effective.

[Galaxy_Stranger]

Eeeesh - Ok. I'd like to eventually figure out how to do it with DECORATE as well, but I need to try it with BEX first. Here's what I've got. Tell me why it won't work, heheheh:

Patch File for DeHackEd v3.0

Doom version = 21
Patch format = 6

Thing 18 (Hell Knight)
Missile Damage = 20
[CODEPTR]
Frame 84 = NULL
Frame 85 = A_GunFlash
Frame 86 = A_FireRailgunLeft
Frame 87 = A_FireRailgunRight

Frame 84
Sprite subnumber = 1
Duration = 1
Next frame = 85

Frame 85
Sprite subnumber = 1
Duration = 1
Next frame = 86

Frame 86
Sprite subnumber = 32768
Duration = 1
Next frame = 87

Frame 87
Sprite subnumber = 32768
Duration = 50
Next frame = 81

[wildweasel]

You need to use the codepointer MonsterRail - the pointers you're using are intended for Decorate and ONLY Decorate. Also, I don't know if there's a BEX equivalent of GunFlash.

EDIT: Also, you need to put the CODEPTR section at the END of the file - otherwise, ZDoom interprets what comes after it as BEX code and not DeHackEd.

[Ixnatifual]

Is that a t-shirt on your head, wildweasel? omg what kind of a ninja ARE you??

[The Ultimate DooMer]

You need to use the codepointer MonsterRail - the pointers you're using are intended for Decorate and ONLY Decorate. Also, I don't know if there's a BEX equivalent of GunFlash.

EDIT: Also, you need to put the CODEPTR section at the END of the file - otherwise, ZDoom interprets what comes after it as BEX code and not DeHackEd.

Actually, the A_FireRailgunLeft/Right are BEX (not dehacked) codepointers, but work for a player railgun only. MonsterRail is for monsters only (damage = 100 if you want the same power as the player railgun).

[wildweasel]

TUD: What I meant was that those codepointers were the ones meant for Decorate - he's using A_FireRailgunLeft, when the proper BEX codepointer lacks the A_ prefix.

[Enjay]

From Randy's original Railgun.bex

Code: Select all

[CODEPTR]
Frame 77 = A_FireRailgun
Frame 78 = A_RailWait

The A_ isn't needed, but there is nothing wrong with it.

[Graf Zahl]

A_RailWait does nothing so it can be safely omitted.