Multiply monster Health based on amount of players

[Mini--Joe]

I need to do other things similar to this, but this is the most important.
How would I do this? I need it to happen to all monsters, hopefully also including monsters spawned in through scripts.

*EDIT: Specifically, I want it to affect any thing with the ISMONSTER flag.

[Blue Shadow]

One way to do it is with a [wiki=Events_and_handlers#WorldThingSpawned]WorldThingSpawned[/wiki] event (yes, this is ZScript):

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class AdjustHealthEvent : EventHandler
{
    // Returns how many players are currently in the game.
    private int CountPlayers ()
    {
        int count = 0;

        for (int i = 0; i < MAXPLAYERS; i++)
        {
            if (playeringame[i])
            {
                count++;
            }
        }

        return count;
    }

    override void WorldThingSpawned (WorldEvent e)
    {
        // On spawn, adjust a monster's health depending on the number of players.
        if (e.Thing.bIsMonster)
        {
            e.Thing.health *= CountPlayers();
        }
    }
}

Here's a demo:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/2y2szjshpya8g ... p.pk3?dl=1

[Mini--Joe]

Does the file with that code in it have to be named zscript.txt? The page for Zscript on the zdoom wiki says I should rename it to avoid conflict.

Also, what it looks like it is doing is multiplying the monster health by the number of players. How would I make it be a smaller multiplier, like only 1.2x per player?

[Blue Shadow]

Does the file with that code in it have to be named zscript.txt? The page for Zscript on the zdoom wiki says I should rename it to avoid conflict.

Just like DECORATE, ZScript is cumulative, which means you can have multiple ZScript lumps without them conflicting with each other.

Also, what it looks like it is doing is multiplying the monster health by the number of players. How would I make it be a smaller multiplier, like only 1.2x per player?

Would this do?

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    override void WorldThingSpawned (WorldEvent e)
    {
        if (e.Thing.bIsMonster)
        {
            int pcount = CountPlayers();

            // For every additional player in the game, add 20% to the monster's health.
            if (--pcount > 0)
            {
                int adjusted_hp = e.Thing.health + int(e.Thing.health * pcount * 0.2);

                // Make sure the adjusted health is greater than zero before setting it.
                if (adjusted_hp > 0)
                {
                    e.Thing.health = adjusted_hp;
                }
            }
        }
    }

[Mini--Joe]

Where do I place that?

If i put it after the AdjustHealthEvent, I just get the error "Unexpected 'override' Expecting end of file or 'include' or 'extend' or 'class' or 'struct' or 'const' or 'enum'".

[Blue Shadow]

Check the demo file. It should replace the same function in there.

[Mini--Joe]

Ok I figured out the problem, I placed it in the wrong spot; I am not knowledgeable with scripting at all. Thanks for your help, it makes this experience so much better.