[Forge]

leninjableu, on 14 October 2018 - 11:56 AM, said:

Thank you for this beautiful work. I myself modified many things in this same file, compared to my project.

*bumps 2 year old thread to thank someone who hasn't been active in the forum for a year*

congratulations! you won the internet today!

[F!re-Fly]

LoL! I had not seen this detail.

[NightFright]

Sure. The thread was only at the bottom of the 7th page or so. Who would even dare to assume it's not recent?

[F!re-Fly]

Indeed, it is well marked in the upper left. But with my rush and my enthusiasm, I really zapped this detail.

So I rectified: Markus had done a good job.

[johnnythewolf]

Just found out about this. Amazing!

[DisgustedGrunt]

johnnythewolf, on 05 March 2019 - 06:35 PM, said:

Just found out about this. Amazing!

It's true, history does repeat itself!

[johnnythewolf]

What?

Anyway, ever since I came to these forums, I started enjoying Duke Nukem 3D a lot more than I used to. I just wanted to show my appreciation to the author.

[NightFright]

But it's not worth necro-posting for that.

[F!re-Fly]

I have only one thing to say. We are all here on this forum to have fun. Duke 3D, it's really badass

[johnnythewolf]

NightFright, on 06 March 2019 - 02:32 AM, said:

But it's not worth necro-posting for that.

... Sorry.

[Darkus]

Working of my fixes again. I improved most the code, (reduced the usage of temporary variables for example), fixed some things I forgot, tried to fix some things without success, and restored one major feature (see below). I'll upload the new version in some days, I cross my fingers for not breaking something in the process.


I managed to restore a 1.3D feature that allow to place JIBS# sprites in maps without having them fall and disappear. Very old maps used them.



Other than that, not much to say, fixed a rare Liztroop case that he could stay crouched and fire indefinitely, and something I forgot. Probably include a full changelog also.

[F!re-Fly]

This could be super effectively. This could surely help me fix my own jib problem, related to Santa Claus Boss.

[Darkus]

Done. Most of the code is updated, (reduced usage of temporary variables) but it should be identical as the previous versions. Got also another problem: sharks are immune to shrinker. I don't know why. Happened in previous versions also.

Otherwise, not much new:
- Restored a 1.3D feature that allow to place JIBS# sprites in maps. Very old maps used them as artwork.
- LIZTROOP: Fixed a rare case when a trooper can stay crouched and shoot indefinitely (the crouching trooper at E1L4 in the secret cave)


I also wrote a (almost) full changelog since beginning:

Spoiler

Miscellaneous
- STATUEFLASH can be placed in map without changing back its animation
- Some barrels (like EXPLODINGBARREL or NUKEBARREL) spawn as 'active' at map start
- FEM1 (stripper) don't reset behavior when you can tip her when she's shrunk
- FEM2 (pole dancer) change into correct actor when killed
- FEM6 (pad captured babe) when killed, change z-offset to display bloody pad properly
- CANON is not counted as enemy anymore
- Added floor shadows and NVG glowing for NPCs
- Improved random generation of quotes
- Spawned item from monsters/destructibles will have a random angle
- Removed multiplayer weapons in COOP mode. (only with game type 1. should not affect custom game types made with 'definegametype')
- Restored a 1.3D feature that allow to place JIBS# sprites in maps. Very old maps used them as artwork.

Kill counter improvements:
- Custom variables are overriding the original counters for more reliability.
- Better handling of kill counts. For example, you won't get extra kills for destroying empty eggs or dead monsters
- Some monsters count as one individual. For example, destroying a tank don't add a kill if a pig cop survives. Also prevent 'total number of enemies' counter to increase when a new monster is spawned from a destroyed vehicle
- Since 'Damn I'm Good' skill does not display the total number of monsters, the kill count does not decrease when a dead monster resurrect.

GENERAL MONSTERS
- Possibility to spawn hardcoded monsters with any palette color, using a colored RESPAWN sprite (for example, spawning captains in E1L1 now works)
- All monsters are now affected by difficulty settings (fixes LOTAG 4)
- All monsters now have correct properties (size, health...) at map start
- Added missing rotation frames for standing monsters (PIGCOPDIVE or LIZMANSTAYPUT for example)
- Crouching monsters now have correct height
- Changed growing animation frame
- Shrinker weapon now works (almost) correctly, works with projectile impact instead of using radius damage.(except for sharks, see below)
- Fixed shrunk monsters, they don't reset their behavior when hit, and you can kill them with a other weapon in this state
- Small tweak for frozen monsters: they drop items after you shatter them into pieces, not before
- Also possibility to freeze/grow them when they're shrunk
- Tweaked dying animations: there are a random x-flipping when starting 'dying' animation but prevent random x-flipping when switching from 'dying' to 'dead' animation
- Prevent some dead monsters turning toward player (this was visible with HRP)

SHARK
- Now count as enemy

ROTATEGUN
- now rotate when damaged (same style as DN2) instead of using basic animation
- Removed floor shadow for ceiling turrets

EGG/GREENSLIME
- Empty eggs will not reset their state after being froze/shrunk
- Eggs now count as enemies
- Difficulty settings now affect the eggs (used in E2L2)
- Possibility to create eggs using RESPAWN sprites
- Removed floor shadow for slimers
- Egg and slimers have both green blood

ORGANTIC
- Recoded a bit, but still incomplete

LIZTROOP
- Fixed a rare case when a trooper can stay crouched and shoot indefinitely (the crouching trooper at E1L4 in the secret cave)
- More aggressive under water
- Captains are now invincible when teleporting
- But they can be interrupted by shooting them when they're started their teleport animation
- Can also be interrupted on toilet instead of awaiting ending their animations

DRONE
- Now check if the player is visible before detonating

OCTABRAIN
- Resume correct behavior after being shrunk
- Projectile spawn centered

RECON
- Possibility to create them using RESPAWN sprites (fixes E1L2 missing monster)
- Removed blood

PIGCOP
- Prevent shooting animations from being reseted when hit

BOSS1
- Resume correct behavior after being shrunk
- Restored dying animation speed from 1.3D

BOSS2/BOSS3
- Minibosses now have correct health when spawned (uses BOSS1PALSTRENGTH instead of 1 health)
- Disabled self-damage (they can still hurt each others)
- Reduced RPG damage from minibosses

COMMANDER
- Can respawn in 'Damn I'm Good' skill
- Disabled self-damage (can still hurt other commanders)
- Don't shoot the player when he's dead

TANK
- Implemented more realistic movements

NEWBEAST
- Reduced clipping distance a bit for better moving in narrow areas
- Remade green blood coding
- More aggressive under water

BUGS LEFTS (things I couldn't fix):
- Kill counter is normally fixed, but I got a rare case when the counter goes wrong (happened only once in nuts.map). Should work normally if the situation is not too 'extreme' (for example, when you get many kills while your frame rate is dropping)
- Shrinker don't affect Shark. Don't know why. Maybe they don't handle damage like the other actors.
- There are one-frame glitch when a tank is bumping into walls. Should not affect gameplay.
- Even if the eggs have green blood, using the mighty kick or a direct hit with the RPG spawn a red blood sprite. Should not affect gameplay also.

Note: since I can't edit first post, The old version is also included.

[F!re-Fly]

Great guy!

I managed to reduce the shark with the shrinker. If it helps, I can post the code.

[F!re-Fly]

I read all the fixes that you made and it seems to me that you had already done all that.
If it can be useful, I can post the file that I modified and improved myself. Maybe I made some small mistakes.

[F!re-Fly]

I also add codes that suppress blood and guts, when Duke uses shrinker and freezethrower.

[Danukem]

Darkus, on 07 April 2019 - 05:16 AM, said:

Done. Most of the code is updated, (reduced usage of temporary variables) but it should be identical as the previous versions. Got also another problem: sharks are immune to shrinker. I don't know why. Happened in previous versions also.

I've encountered this problem in my own work, it's a harcdoded SHARK thing. Normally getting hit by SHRINKSPARK sets an actor's htextra to 0, but for sharks it doesn't. However, it still sets htpicnum, so what you can do is start the shrinking based on ifwasweapon and then reset htpicnum.

[F!re-Fly]

It would also be great to be able to steer the shark up and down, while targeting the player.

[Darkus]

Firefly_Trooper, on 07 April 2019 - 10:41 AM, said:

It would also be great to be able to steer the shark up and down, while targeting the player.

It's possible, but my goal is to stay as close as possible to the original version.

Trooper Dan, on 07 April 2019 - 09:36 AM, said:

I've encountered this problem in my own work, it's a harcdoded SHARK thing. Normally getting hit by SHRINKSPARK sets an actor's htextra to 0, but for sharks it doesn't. However, it still sets htpicnum, so what you can do is start the shrinking based on ifwasweapon and then reset htpicnum.

Thanks, I managed to solve the problem, I put this above 'ifhitweapon':

ifwasweapon SHRINKSPARK
{
  setactor[THISACTOR].htpicnum 0
  ifaction ASHARKSHRUNK break
  action ASHARKSHRUNK
  sound ACTOR_SHRINKING
  move SHARKVELS fleeenemy
  break
}

Redownload for newest version:

[LeoD]

Just to make sure I understand things correctly about the original GAME.CON:

GAME.CON: In actor `ORGANTIC':
GAME.CON:3967: warning: found `else' with no `if'.
GAME.CON: In state `pigshootenemystate':
GAME.CON:5890: warning: found `else' with no `if'.

I take it that the code snippets belonging to an "else with no if" are never executed at all, right?
Do both the original DUKE3D.EXE and EDuke32 handle this in the same way?

[Darkus]

In ORGANTIC, there's two 'else':

  ifcount 48
    resetcount
  else
  {
    'do things'
  }
  else
    ifcount 16
    {
      'do things'
    }

And in 'pigshootenemystate', 'ifcansee' is commented out, but the 'else' part was left:

state pigshootenemystate
//  ifcansee
  {
    'do things'
  }
  else
    ai AIPIGSEEKENEMY
ends

If you un-comment 'ifcansee', it solve the problem, but the pig cop stop shooting at you when you're out of sight, which change it's from his original behavior. So yes, "else with no if", nothing is executed.

I don't think there's a difference between EDuke32 and DUKE3D.EXE, it's just that DUKE3D.EXE don't report the error.

[F!re-Fly]

Hi Darkus!

I managed to completely remove the hard coded blood (jibs6) , when a frozen enemy is destroyed.
I do not know if you wanted to do that in your work.

[Fox]

LeoD, on 08 April 2019 - 03:38 AM, said:

Do both the original DUKE3D.EXE and EDuke32 handle this in the same way?

Obviously.

[LeoD]

Findings while making this work for older EDuke32 executables:
- The 2016-10-31 version needs EDuke32 r5088 or later (new "userdef" in gamevars.c).
- The 2019-04-07 version needs EDuke32 r5825 or later (first explosion causes crash).
The command in line 9632 is the culprit:

getactor[sprite[THISACTOR].owner].htg_t 8 TEMPFIX1

Apparently, r5825 does more than just "readability cleanup".

Fox, on 13 April 2019 - 05:18 PM, said:

Obviously.

Nothing is obvious when it comes to EDuke32, last but not least due to insufficient documentation.

[Jimmy]

Yeah I gotta back up LeoD here, that's a shitty reply to an earnest question.

[F!re-Fly]

Firefly_Trooper, on 13 April 2019 - 04:46 PM, said:

Hi Darkus!

I managed to completely remove the hard coded blood (jibs6) , when a frozen enemy is destroyed.
I do not know if you wanted to do that in your work.

I answer to myself, which does not make sense lol.

I managed the code, but halfway. It only works for all added enemies and not the enemies of the original game. I will have to repeat tests.

[F!re-Fly]

I have a question that comes to my mind, compared to Eduke32 versions. How is it that the latest version of the beginning of April, does not support large images for Mapster32?

[LeoD]

Hi Darkus,

there's an issue with newly released Blink of an Eye when using your GAME.CON. I'd appreciate if you'd look into that.

Both your 2016 and 2019 versions are affected, the EDuke32 version doesn't seem to matter.

[underTaker]

LeoD, on 02 July 2019 - 07:39 AM, said:

Hi Darkus,

there's an issue with newly released Blink of an Eye when using your GAME.CON. I'd appreciate if you'd look into that.

Both your 2016 and 2019 versions are affected, the EDuke32 version doesn't seem to matter.

Thank you for mentioning it here, LeoD.

For what I've read on this topic, Ninety-Six wrote that the map instantly ends with e1 cutscene - I've got suspiction that it could be caused by the way I'm spawing the final boss - I needed to perform spawning when Reactor (sprite #1088) is destroyed, but couldn't link it to the Respawn sprite, so I simply took one of the spawn-on-kill sprites (FEM5 - #1323), put it close to reactor and linked it to Respawn sprite to spawn the boss. This could be linked, because the cutscenes are only appearing when the final boss is killed. Hope it can help a little.

[Danukem]

I don't understand why you would need code to spawn a boss at all, if the only goal is to fix bugs.

EDIT: nevermind I was getting confused about the map vs the code and who was making what