[Solved] How do I make an enemy drop a Blue Key

[Spaceshiporion]

Hello, I am very very new to coding...

I'm making my first map, and I want a single enemy on the map to drop a blue keycard.
I keep finding different answers for the same question, some of them from 2003.

This is the closest I got.

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#include "zcommon.acs"

script 2 (void)

{
	DropItem (T_IMP, T_BLUEKEYCARD, 1, 256);
}

I then added "action 80" or "Script execute" in the monsters file.
The script does execute at death, because I also added a print function.

Can someone tell me what I'm doing wrong?
Some sources told me to use numbers from a list instead of the item names.

[Jarewill]

For DropItem, the first argument has to be the TID of the monster, so if your monster's ID is 5, you put 5 there, and the second argument is a class name, so it should be "BlueCard" with quotation marks.

[Spaceshiporion]

For DropItem, the first argument has to be the TID of the monster, so if your monster's ID is 5, you put 5 there, and the second argument is a class name, so it should be "BlueCard" with quotation marks.

Thanks for the quick response! I found a list with spawn numbers, which I figured I'd bookmark.
https://zdoom.org/wiki/Doom_spawn_numbers

code looks like this now, but the imp doesn't drop a bluecard, unfortunately...

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#include "zcommon.acs"

script 2 (void)

{
	DropItem (5, "BlueCard", 1, 256);
}

I've also seen this item listed as "BlueCardKey", not sure if that matters....
Could you possibly show me how you would write this code? It would help a ton.

[Jarewill]

Here you go:

DropItem.wad

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The imp was given an ID of 1 and made to execute the script when it dies.
The script then calls DropItem(1,"BlueCard"), which drops a blue keycard at the imp with tag of 1.

[Spaceshiporion]

I managed to get the Blue Key to drop!! Thank you so much for demonstrating Jarewill!

Another note that I realize affected the code was that I used a "clearinventory" code,
which I think prevented the keys from existing.

Placing this code beneath the drop item code got the game running exactly how I wanted it!