[Sanek]

How to change shrinker projectile so it will just kill you instead of shrinking?

[Mere_Duke]

if you want to implement instakilling yourself with the Shrinker (by mirror, or by Newbeasts), you can do something like that:
Change in APLAYER actor:

    ifwasweapon SHRINKSPARK
    {
      palfrom 48 0 48
      cstat 0
      move PSHRINKING // Used only as a variable
      sound ACTOR_SHRINKING
      break
    }

To

    ifwasweapon SHRINKSPARK
    {
      setactor[THISACTOR].htextra MAXPLAYERHEALTH
    }

If you need to differ mirror-shrinking from Newbeast-shrinking, you need to check htowner:

    ifwasweapon SHRINKSPARK
    {
      getactor[THISACTOR].htowner htowner
      ife sprite[htowner].picnum NEWBEAST
      {
        palfrom 48 0 48
        cstat 0
        move PSHRINKING // Used only as a variable
        sound ACTOR_SHRINKING
        break
      }
      else
        setactor[THISACTOR].htextra MAXPLAYERHEALTH
    }

There, you will kill yourself with shrinker, but Newbeast will still be able to shrink you.


PS Don't forget there are shrinker projectile spawners. You might want to handle them as well. (In the abovementioned example, those spawners will kill you.)

[LAW]

I created a Roch epsiode, so all these great levels can be played one after another. But Roch 5 is always taking me back to the first level. I haven't Build anything for five years, but shouldn't the sector with lotag 65535 take you to the next level? I think it should, but in Roch 5 it just goes to the first level of episode. Why?

[Hendricks266]

Try defining it as episode 2 or 3 instead of 1.

[LAW]

 Hendricks266, on 20 March 2018 - 12:56 PM, said:

Try defining it as episode 2 or 3 instead of 1.

I started with that. No matter how I name the Roch 5, no matter which episode it is in, it always warps the player to the first level of episode. Another funny thing is that inserting a Nukebutton (whatever pal) doesn't help, because Nukebuttons don't work! My conclusion is: the map was hex-edited, just as the later Roch maps.

[Danukem]

That's odd, because I had the Roch maps all as one episode in one of my mods many years ago, and never had that issue. Double check your definelevelname lines and make sure they are correct.

[NightFright]

In the addon compilation, everything works as intended with definining the Roch episode in a slot not occupied by the regular episodes:

include game.con

// Episodes
undefinevolume 0
undefinevolume 1
undefinevolume 2
undefinevolume 3
undefinevolume 4
definevolumename 5 ROCH SERIES

// Levels
definelevelname 5 0 roch.map     00:00 00:00 ROCH
definelevelname 5 1 roch2.map    00:00 00:00 ROCH 2
definelevelname 5 2 roch3.map    00:00 00:00 ROCH 3
definelevelname 5 3 roch_sc1.map 00:00 00:00 ROCH SECRET
definelevelname 5 4 roch4.map    00:00 00:00 ROCH 4
definelevelname 5 5 roch5.map    00:00 00:00 ROCH 5
definelevelname 5 6 roch6.map    00:00 00:00 ROCH 6
definelevelname 5 7 roch7.map    00:00 00:00 ROCH 7
definelevelname 5 8 roch8.map    00:00 00:00 ROCH 8

[LAW]

I have the very same order of maps. But I have named them in a E2Lx manner to avoid using cons. I am playing this on the first Xbox, but the same happens in the JFDuke (the Xbox port is based on it).

So today I will try two more things:
1) use the maps with original filenames plus CON.
2) use the 5th episode instead of 2nd.

[LAW]

I tried both and nope, no luck. However in Eduke32 everything was fine. Too bad there is no port of Eduke32 for the old Xbox

[Mister Sinister]

How many ticks is one second exactly when it somes to certain SE and D effects? Like explosions or timed doors.
Suppose I want explosions to go off in 1 minute, what value would it be?

[Jblade]

30 is equal to 1 second more or less, so 600 would be a minute.

[High Treason]

So they say, but when building the clock I had to set 13 on each side of the 'bellows' to make it fit. The same had to be applied in a few other places. This was going by the game clock, though, which may be fast and this also lead to a discussion with either Hendricks or TX, which suggested the game might use a few ticks up for some functions. Unclear on the exact science of it, but it's possibly worth remembering if your effects come in a little late when set in multiples of 30.

[Mark]

 Jblade, on 17 May 2018 - 08:26 AM, said:

30 is equal to 1 second more or less, so 600 would be a minute.

Shouldn't it be 1800 = 1 minute
I know the math being taught these days is different than back in my day but...

[Jblade]

it's been a long day and i'm ill, cut me some slack

[Micky C]

I've seen the number 26 around in the past, but I can't really back that up with anything.

[Danukem]

 Micky C, on 17 May 2018 - 05:06 PM, said:

I've seen the number 26 around in the past, but I can't really back that up with anything.

26 was long believed to be the number of tics in a second, but it was later discovered that the correct number is actually 30.

[Mblackwell]

I believe there is something weird with 26, like they intended it to be a second (for some reason) and so some things internally are timed that way. Every old doc mentions 26, but Rusty and I figured out that was wrong when we introduced a wristwatch into the ATC AvP demo.

[Mister Sinister]

That's interesting to know. Thanks.
I have another question, but I guess it's pretty obvious. Is there a way to chage texts in menu? Stuff like "Select Episode" and "Select Difficulty"? My guess is it's hardcoded into the game code.

[Danukem]

 Mblackwell, on 17 May 2018 - 08:25 PM, said:

I believe there is something weird with 26, like they intended it to be a second (for some reason) and so some things internally are timed that way. Every old doc mentions 26, but Rusty and I figured out that was wrong when we introduced a wristwatch into the ATC AvP demo.

It seems likely that Todd Replogle believed that there were 26 tics in a second. Either that or he had a strange fascination with that number, considering how often that count is used in GAME.CON EDIT: Also a 52 count is used to end the game when killing a boss. Why make it a multiple of 26? If you know that there are 30 tics in a second, why not just make it an even 2 seconds?

Did DOS Duke run slightly slower than EDuke? Is it possible that there really were 26 tics in a second back in '96?

[Hendricks266]

The source code directly claims that there are 26 tics in a second but due to how integer division works in code it actually ends up being 30.

[RichardStorm]

I also rememeber DOS version going slower than windows engines like jduke and eduke

[Kyanos]

 LAW, on 21 March 2018 - 01:01 AM, said:

My conclusion is: the map was hex-edited, just as the later Roch maps.

Why and how were the Roch maps hex-edited?

[thisbecasper]

How come, when I choose cooperative in meltdown with the old eduke mp build, I spawn with no bullets in the pistol? If I set the amount of players to < 2 it works fine, but then the game restarts when I die and want to respawn, instead of firing the resetplayer thingy.

[thisbecasper]

- And is it possible to make duke spawn red and yellow keycards when he dies?

[thisbecasper]

Does somebody know, why the eduke oldmp lanucher hangs at "waiting for players" when trying to play online? Everything works fine in singleplayer, and it doesn't say anything wrong before the "waiting for players" line..

Quote

EDuke32-OldMP (Maintenance Build) Release 9 20120912
Application parameters: -name Tyrannous /m /l1 /v1 -jC:\Program Files\Duke Nukem 3D\Duke Nukem 3D\Usermaps /c2 /tx -jC:\Program Files\Duke Nukem 3D\Meltdown\Duke Nukem 3D\Mods /net /n0 x:23513 -y90
Monsters off.
Respawn on.
Network mode: master/slave
addsearchpath(): Added C:/Program Files/Duke Nukem 3D/Duke Nukem 3D/EDuke32-OldMP/
addsearchpath(): Added C:/Program Files/Duke Nukem 3D/Duke Nukem 3D/Usermaps/
addsearchpath(): Added C:/Program Files/Duke Nukem 3D/Meltdown/Duke Nukem 3D/Mods/
OS: Windows 7 (6.1.7601) Service Pack 1
Loading opengl32.dll
Loading glu32.dll
Initializing DirectDraw...
Using config file 'eduke32-oldmp.cfg'.
Scanning for GRP files...
Using group file 'DUKE3D.GRP' as main group file.
Compiling: GAME.CON (151190 bytes)
Including: DEFS.CON (35992 bytes)
Including: USER.CON (45482 bytes)
Resizing code buffer to 16215*4 bytes
Script compiled in 8ms
Compiled code size: 16207*4 bytes, version 1.4+
Pointer bitmap size: 2027 bytes
1917/11264 labels, 303/2048 variables
125/16384 quotes, 0 quote redefinitions
0/89 event definitions, 207 defined actors
mmulti: This machine's IP is x
mmulti: Master-slave mode
mmulti: Player 0 at x:23513
mmulti: Failed resolving -y90
Waiting for players...

[reynold]

Can the current version of eduke32 allow me to play the original MIDI music directly through my Roland SC-55 mkII via a UM-ONE USB-to-MIDI interface?

I've deleted the SC-55 music pack and made the SC-55/UM-ONE combo my system's default MIDI device via Vista MIDI Tool, but still no dice.

[NightFright]

It should be possible, but I don't know how you have set up your SC-55 and which Windows version you are using. EDuke32 itself does not offer any internal MIDI mapper (even though I have also requested that for a while now), so any problem you may experience must be solved externally.

For Windows 8 and higher, I would recommend using the Coolsoft MIDI Mapper. If you have connected the SC-55 unit correctly via USB-to-MIDI cable with drivers installed, you should be able to select the device through the MIDI Mapper afterwards. Oh, and don't forget that the SC-55 needs to be turned on, ofc.

[reynold]

 NightFright, on 30 May 2018 - 01:46 AM, said:

It should be possible, but I don't know how you have set up your SC-55 and which Windows version you are using. EDuke32 itself does not offer any internal MIDI mapper (even though I have also requested that for a while now), so any problem you may experience must be solved externally.

For Windows 8 and higher, I would recommend using the Coolsoft MIDI Mapper. If you have connected the SC-55 unit correctly via USB-to-MIDI cable with drivers installed, you should be able to select the device through the MIDI Mapper afterwards. Oh, and don't forget that the SC-55 needs to be turned on, ofc.

Sweet sassy molassy, it worked! Thanks!

[Mark]

Can someone think of a workaround for this problem I have with the crane? Sorry for the bad pic but I don't want to reveal the whole screenshot it comes from. I created a sprite based track in the ceiling. In the middle I placed a short verticle pole. Under that I placed the crane grabber. It looks fine. But in game the crane gets placed way to the right which is the nearest wall and is moved up to attach directly to the ceiling. I'm assuming hardcoded behavior. The crane is non moving and just for show. Any ideas on how I can map the crane to stay where I placed it? I didn't try it yet but my first thought was to create a small sector in the ceiling where all the track and crane parts originate and extend it down a little bit. That way the closest wall and ceiling height issues might be fixed. But then I would have the problem of all those pieces flickering in and out as that small sector is in player's view or not.

edit: I just remembered I used the crane in the same way in Dukeplus, just for show, and in game it stayed where I put it in Mapster.

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[Mark]

I also used the cranes in HHR and they stayed where I put them in Mapster. I have to try and solve the mystery of why in HHR and Dukeplus they stayed put but won't in this latest map.

moving to bug thread...