[Danukem]

thisbecasper, on 28 October 2017 - 01:40 AM, said:

I would have no trouble in handling the data once I've got them, It's just a matter of how I can view another aplayer actor's gamevar's value in realtime (once I've got the ID of the player I'm hitting, or whatever) - I'm working on some multiplayer stuff and I'm using the eduke32-oldmp build, idk if that's make a difference. I will try look at your code and see if it works the same way for players, thanks!

For damage data, you have to look at the player's sprite, not the player number. The sprite number of a player is the value of player[THISACTOR].i
When you are accessing a player via their player number, but you want information about their sprite, you can grab that sprite ID and then dig into the sprite data.

You could try using this code to populate an array with the player health values:

gamearray playerhealth 8
gamevar temp 0 0
gamevar temp2 0 0

appendevent EVENT_GAME

ifactor APLAYER
{  
     getactor[THISACTOR].yvel temp
     getactor[THISACTOR].extra temp2
     setarray playerhealth[temp] temp2
}

endevent

And then at any point in your code, you can setvarvar <varname> playerhealth[PLAYER#]

Alternatively, you can skip the new array, and at any time use:

getplayer[PLAYER#].i temp
getactor[temp].extra temp2 // where temp2 is the health value

[thisbecasper]

Is there somehow a way I can make an item give health above maxplayerhealth like atomic health?

[Zaxtor]

You can do that.
My mod has an Orb of Health that gives 999 health.
actually it gives 489 hp so if you have let say 510 health, it will rise to 999.
If you have above 510 health you can't use it until you have 510 or less.

You probably can make a portable item that gives like atomic health etc.

[Hendricks266]

I think you can use http://wiki.eduke32.com/wiki/I from the player struct to get the player actor, and then modify its .extra directly.

[Mark]

deleted, made mistake

[thisbecasper]

Hendricks266, on 03 November 2017 - 08:47 PM, said:

I think you can use http://wiki.eduke32.com/wiki/I from the player struct to get the player actor, and then modify its .extra directly.

I don't know how to write it...

getactor[THISACTOR].extra currenthealth
addvar currenthealth 100
setplayer[I].extra currenthealth

[Hendricks266]

getplayer[THISACTOR].i temp
getactor[temp].extra temp2
addvar temp2 100
setactor[temp].extra temp2

[spacekebab]

The only way I could get CHAIR1 to spawn scrap when hit was to make a new BROKENCHAIR2 actor and point to it via cactor. or change the source code directly in sector.cpp. Is the actor hardcoded or am I just missing something?

[Danukem]

 spacekebab, on 07 November 2017 - 09:51 AM, said:

The only way I could get CHAIR1 to spawn scrap when hit was to make a new BROKENCHAIR2 actor and point to it via cactor. or change the source code directly in sector.cpp. Is the actor hardcoded or am I just missing something?

It's hardcoded. You can tell by searching GAME.CON that there is no actor script for it. But what you could do is declare it as an actor, and then make it run state breakobject or something similar. You may have to force it to statnum 1 though.

[CruX]

is there any way to mass-change the properties of a specific texture used in a map (through con coding) based on the properties it already has? Sector/wall structs really aren't my strong suit so I don't know how complicated this is, but it's stumped me either way. Basically I'm trying to assign a hightile to #199 because it's used as a sky texture a lot.

Problem is that it's also used for a lot of other things where the hightile would look out of place, so I got the idea to only assign it based on a generally unused pallet in the DEF file, then change the texture's pallet via con based on certain conditions (eg if it's being used as a sky texture on a paralaxed ceiling). The code I wrote works, but not really. It's all dependent on the player, so the sky's pallet ONLY changes when the player enters that sector which makes enough sense, but for obvious reasons i can't have it work that way. I'm not sure how to make that change happen independent of the player though.

[Danukem]

 CruX, on 15 November 2017 - 12:00 PM, said:

is there any way to mass-change the properties of a specific texture used in a map (through con coding) based on the properties it already has? Sector/wall structs really aren't my strong suit so I don't know how complicated this is, but it's stumped me either way. Basically I'm trying to assign a hightile to #199 because it's used as a sky texture a lot.

Problem is that it's also used for a lot of other things where the hightile would look out of place, so I got the idea to only assign it based on a generally unused pallet in the DEF file, then change the texture's pallet via con based on certain conditions (eg if it's being used as a sky texture on a paralaxed ceiling). The code I wrote works, but not really. It's all dependent on the player, so the sky's pallet ONLY changes when the player enters that sector which makes enough sense, but for obvious reasons i can't have it work that way. I'm not sure how to make that change happen independent of the player though.

Wouldn't it make more sense to use mapster script and just fix the map?

If you want to do it via CON, you could use code like this:

onevent EVENT_ENTERLEVEL

set temp 0
whilevarvarn temp NUMSECTORS
{
	ife sector[temp].ceilingpicnum 199
           ifvarand sector[temp].ceilingstat 1
             setsector[temp].ceilingpicnum MYHIGHTILECEILING
           
	add temp 1
}

endevent

That code doesn't do anything with palettes, but you can easily add a condition that checks ceilingpal, or you could change ceilingpal instead of changing ceilingpicnum.

[CruX]

 Trooper Dan, on 15 November 2017 - 01:05 PM, said:

Wouldn't it make more sense to use mapster script and just fix the map?

Maybe? I'm not with familiar mapster script, just working within the boundaries of things I (vaguely) know. Might have to look into it sometime. Either way, I tweaked that code to switch pallets instead of picnums and it worked without a hitch. Thanks!

[thisbecasper]

Hey guys. I want to achieve something special this time. I want to simulate arming a bomb. So let's say we have a raised sector on a map that looks like a box. I want to have a countdown start when ive been near the bomb and held a key for 2,5 seconds. If the key-press-thingy doesn't work I want something similar to be done in order to get the countdown started (simulating the bomb has been armed). I've thought about using an item on the ground to be a trigger for the countdown, but that doesn't work in my head, because I want to be able to cancel the arming process in the middle of the 2,5 seconds, and if I do that, a new item would have to be placed on the ground and stuff like that. Maybe I could code a sector to have a specifik lotag that trigs some code or something. I honestly don't care about the implementation as long as the arming process works as intended. I should note that it's for multiplayer purposes :-) THANKS IN ADVANCE

[thisbecasper]

Deleted.

[thisbecasper]

I have a counter decrementing when a condition is met. However, if I set the counter to be a gamevar with a flag 0 instead of 1 or 2, it decrements exactly twice as fast, how come?????

[Daedolon]

0 is a global value, so without seeing the code, sounds like you have two things changing the value.

[Fox]

It's hard to tell without seeing the code. It may be incidental, something unrelated, etc.

[thisbecasper]

I've got it to work now - another thing: Is there a way to reset the game automatically when a condition is met?

[Danukem]

thisbecasper, on 26 November 2017 - 09:06 AM, said:

I've got it to work now - another thing: Is there a way to reset the game automatically when a condition is met?

That depends on what you mean by "reset the game". There is of course the resetplayer command, which has been around since 1996.

[thisbecasper]

Trooper Dan, on 26 November 2017 - 03:09 PM, said:

That depends on what you mean by "reset the game". There is of course the resetplayer command, which has been around since 1996.

It have some multiplayer code that works like "search and destroy" from the CoD-series. Simply put, it's 1v1, and when one dies the other "wins" the game/round, the game should start over. Same spawns, same values on gamevars etc.

[Fox]

Use "startlevel VOLUME LEVEL".

[thisbecasper]

Fox, on 26 November 2017 - 04:59 PM, said:

Use "startlevel VOLUME LEVEL".

Thanks, it's perfect - idk why I've never stumbled upon that command...

[thisbecasper]

How come, even though runspeed is set to 0, you are able to move slowly and oddly, if you crouch and try to move? How can I prohibit all movement in the plane? Also, if you setvar RETURN -1 onevent crouch, youd still be able to move slowly and weird when trying to move while crouching, when movespeed is set to 0

[thisbecasper]

Fox, on 26 November 2017 - 04:59 PM, said:

Use "startlevel VOLUME LEVEL".

I further tested the implementation, but it acts weird... When I respawn due to the startlevel command, it kinda loads the map, but with me in it standing still - while I can move around in the new map. When the map reloads I can shoot myself if I shoot at the place I spawn, also I can jump on top of myself. I'm invisible btw...

EDIT: FIXED

[thisbecasper]

Do any of you know how to disable the drawing of the name of the map you enter in the beginning of a level? And is there a way to enable/disable coopview?

[thisbecasper]

Fox, on 26 November 2017 - 04:59 PM, said:

Use "startlevel VOLUME LEVEL".

Startlevel freezes the games when triggered in an online game. Workaround?

[Mark]

How about triggering "end of level" first. Or does that act screwy in MP mode? Or mess up the restart with your vars set right?

[Fox]

thisbecasper, on 27 November 2017 - 09:31 AM, said:

Startlevel freezes the games when triggered in an online game. Workaround?

Multiplayer is unfinished in Eduke32. So you are kinda of asking how to install a ceiling lamp in a house without a roof.

[thisbecasper]

Mark., on 27 November 2017 - 11:51 AM, said:

How about triggering "end of level" first. Or does that act screwy in MP mode? Or mess up the restart with your vars set right?

I can use savemapstate and loadmapstate just fine, my only target is an auto reset level... I will look into an end of level triggering - how would you do that though?
Is there a way to use consolecommands, without typing themselves? OR maybe I could just use save and loadmapstate and afterwards tp both players to a coordinate, even though that sounds difficult.

[thisbecasper]

Fox, on 27 November 2017 - 01:18 PM, said:

Multiplayer is unfinished in Eduke32. So you are kinda of asking how to install a ceiling lamp in a house without a roof.

That's true. Although I'm using the old mp build, and everything I've done so far (which is quite a lot) have been working just fine until now...