Polyobjects and Crushing Corpses

Post by **Enjay** » Mon Jan 04, 2021 12:24 pm

Can PolyObjects be made to crush corpses in the same way that regular doors do? I can't seem to make it happen.

Even the crushing type of PolyObject doesn't do it (which I don't want to use anyway because I don't want the player to be hurt by doors).

Post by **Gez** » Mon Jan 04, 2021 2:08 pm

Enjay wrote:Can PolyObjects be made to crush corpses in the same way that regular doors do? I can't seem to make it happen.

I made a patch for that long ago but the feature got hidden behind an obscure MAPINFO flag.

Post by **Enjay** » Mon Jan 04, 2021 3:19 pm

That sounds exactly like what I want... but I can't get it to work.

I take it that I'm just meant to add Grinding_Polyobj to the map definition?

If so, it doesn't seem to do it, at least with how I have my poly's set up. Test example attached with a nice wide door that it's easy to summon bad guys into the path of and kill them.

Post by **Gez** » Mon Jan 04, 2021 3:40 pm

Must have been broken at some point and nobody noticed because, well, it's been hidden behind an obscure MAPINFO setting that nobody ever uses.

phantombeta · Post by **phantombeta** » Mon Jan 04, 2021 4:03 pm

Polyobject crushing is handled in FPolyObj::ThrustMobj. That function, however, checks if the actor has the SHOOTABLE flag or is a player. And actors lose the SHOOTABLE flag on death, so that'll never actually trigger for corpses.

Post by **Enjay** » Mon Jan 04, 2021 4:38 pm

OK, well if it's meant to work but doesn't. I'll raise a bug report so that it doesn't get lost.

[edit] Done viewtopic.php?f=2&t=71101 [/edit]

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