[Mark]

Another thing to do until you get it working is change the sound of door closing. That way if you hear the sound change each time you press the "use" key then you know that open/close code is working and the problem is in the action which moves the model.

EDIT: I see Drek is here. I also see a potential problem with my code suggestion. Save us!

[Jan Satcitananda]

David B., on 24 June 2017 - 05:27 AM, said:

Opening is solved but nothing happens when I hit space for closing the door, the sound is not played neither so it ignores totally the second part of the script.
I tried also 'savegamevar' & 'readgamevar' for "closed 1" thinking it didn't record its value, with no result.

It isn't supposed to happen, since all your code is placed inside the "ifaction 0" condition. Action 0 is the default action for an actor, which can be used to initialize its properties, and as soon as you switch to another action (opening animation), that code is never executed again. Your door actually should have four different states, as actor animations keep looping forever after reaching last frame. Use "ifactioncount" to check for the right time to stop opening animation and put the actor into a fixed opened state (separate action, 'closed' variable isn't needed), from which it can begin closing.

[David B.]

I'm not sure to understand everything but here's the new script I have done :

action OPENING 1 9 0 1 0
action CLOSING 1 9 0 -1 0

state open
    soundonce 450
    action OPENING
ends

state close // (opened)
    soundonce 455
    action CLOSING
    resetactioncount
ends

useractor notenemy TEST_DOOR 0

ifpdistl 1024 ifhitspace ifcansee {
    ifactioncount 0  { 
        state open
        break }

    else {
        ifactioncount 9 { 
            state close 
            
        }
    }
}

enda 

Only the first part is working before the else. Once the door is opened, I hear the same opening sound (450) when I hit space, not the closing sound (455). The door doesn't close.
The script executes each time the open state while actioncount should normally be incremented (or I think so).

[Danukem]

David B., on 26 June 2017 - 09:21 AM, said:

Only the first part is working before the else.

The backwards animation defined with the -1 increment should begin on the tile where the first one ends, not on the same tile as the first one. Also, before going to state close you should be checking whether the action is action OPENING; you don't want it to loop the action CLOSING animation.

Good rule of thumb: if you are having trouble getting an animation to display, test the animation by itself before adding the animation to other code. More generally: when code isn't working and you can't figure out why, isolate the problem by testing individual components of the code. If you don't understand the individual components well enough to test them, then expect problems when you put them together.

[FezGuy]

Hi! Is there a way to add variety to the enemy sounds recognizing the player?

I'm creating human enemies. Instead of the enemies growling I want them to just say a few taunting lines. But I don't want them to say "Hey!" every time they see the player. It would get annoying and if I made each type of enemy say something different it would still get repetitive after awhile. It would be nice to get the trooper to say a random set of five lines so it has variety throughout the map. Same with the pig cop and lizard chain gunner guy., etc.

Is it just a line of code to add? I know how to define sounds in the game and know a little bit about .con files. Sometimes it's a matter of changing values. But this seems a little more detailed. Anybody have ideas?

[Kyanos]

That's a fairly easy task. If you quickly browse through GAME.CON you will find exactly what you're looking for, except it's for Dukes one liners. Look for jibbed actor sound.

To sum up, instead of playing the recog sound, you would use rand to generate a number then if statements that check the random number to determine which sounds to play.

[Danukem]

Drek, on 30 June 2017 - 12:30 AM, said:

That's a fairly easy task. If you quickly browse through GAME.CON you will find exactly what you're looking for, except it's for Dukes one liners. Look for jibbed actor sound.

To sum up, instead of playing the recog sound, you would use rand to generate a number then if statements that check the random number to determine which sounds to play.

He's going to have a problem if he is using the default enemy tile numbers (PIGCOP, LIZMAN, etc.). The game is hardcoded to play their RECOG sounds when those enemies appear -- there is no CON code for him to edit. So, before he can even do what you suggest, he either has to replace the sounds on the recog sound numbers with null sounds, or write code that detects playback of the recog sounds, stops them and then plays a different random sound.

[Hendricks266]

With EVENT_SOUND you can intercept and replace sounds by checking and setting RETURN.

[David B.]

After some work I finally managed to make a well-functioning script for an operable door sytem (rotating or whatsoever) in both directions.
I have chosen to add tiles for the closing animation in the model instead of using backward animation in the script.

I'm posting it in case someone else would be interested by the script. Here's the feedback :

action OPENING 1 8 1 1 0
action CLOSING 10 8 1 1 0

useractor notenemy OPERABLE_DOOR1

ifaction 0 ifpdistl 1800 ifcansee ifhitspace {
    soundonce 450
    action OPENING
    cstat 0
}

ifactioncount 30 ifaction OPENING ifpdistl 1800 ifcansee ifhitspace { 
    soundonce 455
    action CLOSING
    cstat 1
}

ifactioncount 30 ifaction CLOSING ifpdistl 1800 ifcansee ifhitspace { 
    soundonce 450
    action OPENING
    cstat 0
}
enda 

Thank you guys.

[David B.]

Hi everyone

Is it possible to control a point light (SE49) with a script ? I need a way to light up a room with real light source, when a switch is used.

[Mark]

Switch controlled lights are one of the many features of a mod by High Treason called CONfetti. A search in the forums should take you to the thread. There may even be a YT video showcasing it.

[David B.]

I've tested it, that's what I was looking for... ok thanks.

[David B.]

Hi everyone

How to control a SE (SE12 in my case for controlling the lighting of a room) with a custom light switch model ? (I know how to do for activators but I haven't found nothing for SE).
In fact I need a model because it must also execute other stuffs like change the picnum of the wall-light model (5439 to 5440, the last being defined with a glow map when the room is bright).

eventloadactor SWITCH
    getactor[THISACTOR].lotag SPRITE_LOTAG  // = SECTOR EFFECTOR CHANNEL
    setactor[THISACTOR].lotag 0
enda

useractor notenemy SWITCH
    [...]

    ifvare MODE 1 ifhitspace ifcansee {    // MODE 1 being conditions like facing it, being close to it, ... don't worry.
         operatemasterswitches SPRITE_LOTAG  // Is there a right command for what I want ?
    // OR :
         operateactivators SPRITE_LOTAG 0 // doesn't work neither as SE is not an activator of course;)
    }
 enda

-Subsidiary issue : is it possible to activate a glow map on a model directly by a script instead of defining two wall-light models and switching their picnum ?

[Mark]

Make the lamp model with a 2 frames. Frame 1 will have the dark lens surface in front. Frame 2 will have the bright lens surface in front. In frame 1 the bright lens will be shrunk and behind the dull lens. In frame 2, the opposite. The dark lens will be behind the bright one. Then use your code of your choice for which frame will display. Its like how muzzle flashes are shrunk and hidden inside the mesh until they are needed.

[David B.]

 Mark., on 01 August 2017 - 09:59 AM, said:

Make the lamp model with a 2 frames. Frame 1 will have the dark lens surface in front. Frame 2 will have the bright lens surface in front. In frame 1 the bright lens will be shrunk and behind the dull lens. In frame 2, the opposite. The dark lens will be behind the bright one. Then use your code of your choice for which frame will display. Its like how muzzle flashes are shrunk and hidden inside the mesh until they are needed.

I'm not sure if you mean double the meshes, then I would have two lampshades into the model with one textured brighter than the other ?

[Mark]

I thought it might be a simple lamp with a plastic lens that you could swap back and forth. But if its a lamp with fancy shade the switch between 2 shade meshes might be a viewable glitch. Instead, could you put a point light inside or outside the shade to light it when the switch is flipped? You are using Confetti, right?

[David B.]

 Mark., on 01 August 2017 - 11:57 AM, said:

I thought it might be a simple lamp with a plastic lens that you could swap back and forth. But if its a lamp with fancy shade the switch between 2 shade meshes might be a viewable glitch. Instead, could you put a point light inside or outside the shade to light it when the switch is flipped? You are using Confetti, right?

Yes I'm using it, I already tried to put a SE49 inside the lamp but it doesn't light it properly, the model lamp remains bleak.

[Danukem]

 David B., on 02 August 2017 - 12:59 AM, said:

Yes I'm using it, I already tried to put a SE49 inside the lamp but it doesn't light it properly, the model lamp remains bleak.

You need to use spritenoshade on the lamp model tile number, then code the lamp to switch between normal shade value and full bright shade (-127) depending on whether it is "lit".

[Mark]

TD's idea is a good one. This is what I had in mind from my first post. I have no idea what your lamp looks like. Or if its on a table, wall or what. My idea works as long as the player does not have access to move 360 degrees around the lamp becasue the backside won't be lit. But then you could add a second small light to illuminate the backside. Tiny point lights like that don't bog framerate down. I don't mind the little hard ball of light because of the se being so close to the model.

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[Kyanos]

I'd make two versions of the skin and switch between them. Changing the shade value is probably good, but you'd get more details into a second skin.

[David B.]

Here is the situation (see pics below) :

Even after placing some SE49 or 50 in the model, the lamp is not bright enough when it's "on", so I need to define a glow map and maybe working with two models, one has the glow, the other not.
But Confetti work with original switches from duke nukem and I don't know how they are hardcoded so to control the SE12.

Also I tried to add a script to the LIGHTSWITCH2 but this make it disappear from the game.
This was the script I started :

useractor notenemy LIGHTSWITCH2
	ifp pfacing ifcansee ifhitspace ifpdistl 512 {
		getactor[THISACTOR].pal SIGNAL_ON
	}
enda

My idea was getting the pal number of the switch and use it as a channel, and furtherly link it to the lamp with the same matching pal number (so the engine finds the right model in the map and changes its picnum when the global variable SIGNAL_ON is greater than zero).
That was the point.

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[David B.]

Drek, on 03 August 2017 - 02:25 PM, said:

I'd make two versions of the skin and switch between them. Changing the shade value is probably good, but you'd get more details into a second skin.

Yes, I should change the pal number of the lamp model to change its skin (that's maybe easier than define two models with a glow map) ; but I don't know how to add a script to LIGHTSWITCH2 or how to make my own script with a custom lighswitch so this one will have the same ability to control the SE12. I don't know if it's clear...

[Jblade]

Easiest way I can think of doing it would be to check the shading of the sector that it's in and change the lamp based on that.

something like:

ifvarl sector[THISACTOR].floorshade 10 spritepal 3
else spritepal 0

Basically this would just detect if the sector is at a certain shade level (say under 10) and then change the sprite's skin to your lit version. You can of course change the 10 to whatever value you set the lit sector to. If this works and you want a more flexible version of the code, just ask again and I can whip something up for you.

[David B.]

Jblade, on 04 August 2017 - 11:04 AM, said:

Easiest way I can think of doing it would be to check the shading of the sector that it's in and change the lamp based on that.

something like:

ifvarl sector[THISACTOR].floorshade 10 spritepal 3
else spritepal 0

Basically this would just detect if the sector is at a certain shade level (say under 10) and then change the sprite's skin to your lit version. You can of course change the 10 to whatever value you set the lit sector to. If this works and you want a more flexible version of the code, just ask again and I can whip something up for you.

That's what I needed, this control the model with the floorshade. I didn't know that way. Thanks

[Zaxtor]

How do we replace this?

It comes after the final clips when u finish an EP etc.

How do we remove dis and ore replace it?

[Danukem]

Zaxtor, on 19 August 2017 - 10:37 AM, said:

How do we replace this?

I'm not sure, but it might be the NODUKETEAMTEXT bit on the predefined LOGO_FLAGS gamevar. You can declare it with a different value and see what happens.

http://wiki.eduke32....wiki/LOGO_FLAGS

Specifically, include this line in your var declarations:

gamevar LOGO_FLAGS 524544 0

[Zaxtor]

i tried, wont work.

if I put "gamevar LOGO_FLAGS 524544 0 " it disables all clips.

if I do
gamevar NODUKETEAMTEXT 524288 0
and

gamevar NODUKETEAMTEXT 524544 0
it wont work

[Danukem]

I don't know if any of those bits actually disable that particular text, and I don't feel like testing it out. However, there are surely other solutions. If that text displays upon completion of a specific episode, then you can use CON commands to change the episode number when the player completes it, to prevent displaying it. You can use gametext or other commands to display your own text instead, before that point.

[Zaxtor]

My mode is on EP4
Cus EP4 accepts "level placements without warping you to wrong level when you hit nuke button after going through 3 secret levels etc, (sector you walk in to finish level etc).

Dunno if they fixed it on Duke's today standard.

I remember in Oblivion level placements on EP1 were "weird" to have more levels than the EP1 limit.

[Hendricks266]

gamevar LOGO_FLAGS 524543 0

255 (the default) plus 524288.