Railings in Doom

[Graf Zahl]

Since Strife's railing flag can't be accessed in the other games, how about this:

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		case PCD_SETLINEBLOCKING:
			{
				int line = -1;

				while ((line = P_FindLineFromID (STACK(2), line)) >= 0)
				{
					switch (STACK(1))
					{
					case BLOCK_NOTHING:
						lines[line].flags &= ~(ML_BLOCKING|ML_BLOCKEVERYTHING|ML_RAILING);
						break;
					case BLOCK_CREATURES:
					default:
						lines[line].flags &= ~(ML_BLOCKEVERYTHING|ML_RAILING);
						lines[line].flags |= ML_BLOCKING;
						break;
					case BLOCK_EVERYTHING:
						lines[line].flags &= ~(ML_RAILING);
						lines[line].flags |= ML_BLOCKING|ML_BLOCKEVERYTHING;
						break;
					case BLOCK_RAILING:
						lines[line].flags &= ~(ML_BLOCKEVERYTHING);
						lines[line].flags |= ML_RAILING|ML_BLOCKING;
						break;
					}
				}

				sp -= 2;
			}
			break;

Of course Strife's lower side hack should be restricted to Strife then (and best to non-Hexen format maps as well!)

[Risen]

Yes, please!

[Hirogen2]

And what's the flag in the doom editor that needs to be set for railing?

[Nmn]

Variable height for railings without using the bridge things or Boom tricks? Oh yeah...

[Graf Zahl]

And what's the flag in the doom editor that needs to be set for railing?

None. That's the problem. It's a Strife flag that's inaccessible in the other games because the flag word is full.

[Hirogen2]

/* Heh, heh */
Design a new map format

[Graf Zahl]

Then an ACS option still would be useful.

[Cutmanmike]

Yes, please!

[David Ferstat]

Sounds like a fairly easy way to give a useful function to the mapper.

[Hirogen2]

Why not just:
another sector, 242 (209 in Z-mode) and a mid texture with y = -someNumber

[Graf Zahl]

Maybe because it needs another sector (2 to be precise) for each railing?

That is needless geometry that adds up in large maps.

[Grubber]

Added.