[Superthijs]

How do I unblock a sprite in code?

[Mblackwell]

http://wiki.eduke32.com/wiki/Cstat

eg:
cstat 0
or
setactor[THISACTOR].cstat 0

[Superthijs]

Yeah, I know, sorry, I should have explained a little bit more.
I actually mean that, if the cstat is 14, 52 or 25, or something like that, I want to subtract 1 of the cstat.
So I need to check if the sprite is blocked or not.

[Helixhorned]

andvar X 0xFFFFFFFE

This is proposed by CraigFatman, but I find the "obvious" version easier to read (and unlikely to be different performance-wide unless used in a tight loop):

ifandvar X 1
   subvar X 1

[Hendricks266]

Helixhorned, on 03 April 2012 - 05:10 AM, said:

andvar X 0xFFFFFFFE

This is proposed by CraigFatman, but I find the "obvious" version easier to read (and unlikely to be different performance-wide unless used in a tight loop):

ifandvar X 1
   subvar X 1

DT suggested:

ifandvar X 1
   xorvar X 1

It would be easier if we had nandvar, I think.

[Diaz]

Superthijs, on 03 April 2012 - 05:00 AM, said:

Yeah, I know, sorry, I should have explained a little bit more.
I actually mean that, if the cstat is 14, 52 or 25, or something like that, I want to subtract 1 of the cstat.
So I need to check if the sprite is blocked or not.

Use getactor[THISACTOR].cstat CSTAT to get the cstat into a variable called CSTAT. Then you can check if it's already blocking or not by using ifvaror CSTAT 1.
If not, just add 1 to the variable and use setactor[THISACTOR].cstat CSTAT to set the updated value.

[rasmus thorup]

It's ifvarand if i remember correctly.

[Diaz]

Hmmm... I use ifvaror on some parts of my code and it seems to work..

[rasmus thorup]

I always forget what those, and, xor things does. Would be nice if someone could write something on the wiki, the wiki isn't very helpful right now. But ifvarand works for me when i check if a bit number is on.

[Superthijs]

Thank you guys!

[Superthijs]

I have another question: Doesn't 'ifcount' work inside an event?
I'm using this code to simulate jetpack flames, but it doesn't wait between the spawning of the flames.
After half a second, the game crashes showing the 'too many sprites spawned' message.

onevent EVENT_GAME
    ifp pjetpack
    {
        ifcount 2
        {
            espawn EXPLOSION2
            setactor[RETURN].xrepeat 16
            setactor[RETURN].yrepeat 16
            resetcount
        }
    }
endevent

I have the feeling I'm doing something wrong.
Any ideas?

[Diaz]

ifcount is an actor counter. That code should go inside the APLAYER actor code instead of EVENT_GAME.

[rasmus thorup]

You can also put a ifactor APLAYER command so only the APLAYER will spawn it. Though i am not sure if this will work because of the count thing. But i want to know

[Superthijs]

Thanks!

[Superthijs]

Sorry, I'm just overloaded with questions...
How do I make an actor shoot a projectile with another vertical angle? I've managed to make it shoot towards where the player is looking at,
but it keeps shooting at the same vertical angle. Even when the player looks up or down.

[Hendricks266]

zshoot

[Mblackwell]

Superthijs, on 12 April 2012 - 09:00 AM, said:

Sorry, I'm just overloaded with questions...
How do I make an actor shoot a projectile with another vertical angle? I've managed to make it shoot towards where the player is looking at,
but it keeps shooting at the same vertical angle. Even when the player looks up or down.

In addition to what Hendricks said, if you know your target:

http://wiki.eduke32....or_aim_vertical

[Superthijs]

I don't have a specific target, I just want it to shoot freely.

[Superthijs]

So how do I get the player's vertical angle, just like a sector slope (e.g. 4096)?

[rasmus thorup]

Do you mean this? http://wiki.eduke32.com/wiki/Horiz
Someone messed up.

[sedition]

Is there a special editor for EDuke-Scripting? I´m working with Notepad++, but I was wondering if there´s a special one which works better with Con-Scripting.

[rasmus thorup]

No. that's what most of us use.

[Superthijs]

rasmus thorup, on 13 April 2012 - 10:16 AM, said:

Do you mean this? http://wiki.eduke32.com/wiki/Horiz
Someone messed up.

Yeah, I think that's what I need. But how do I convert the 'horiz' number to a slope value, e.g. 4096?

[rasmus thorup]

I don't know the values for horiz and zshoot. You should be able to test that yourself. Do you know how to display numbers on screen?

[Helixhorned]

Superthijs, on 14 April 2012 - 07:29 AM, said:

Yeah, I think that's what I need. But how do I convert the 'horiz' number to a slope value, e.g. 4096?

Subtract 100, multiply with 32 (= 4096/128).

[m210®]

Mapster32 and hard-code have a very good command - alignflorslope,but in con-code I must writing:

getflorzofslope sectnum x y z 
getsector[sect2].floorz z2
subvarvar z z2
divvar z 2
setsector[sect2].floorslope z

And this code works slowly with the formation of gap. Any ideas for fix it?

Second question - How can I get a level name and show this on display?

[Fox]

I don't know, what exactly alignflorslope does?

[Hendricks266]

M210, on 15 April 2012 - 01:06 PM, said:

Second question - How can I get a level name and show this on display?

qgetsysstr

[m210®]

Fox, on 15 April 2012 - 10:31 PM, said:

I don't know, what exactly alignflorslope does?

It get floor slope (like floor vertical angle) to a given value of z coordinate.
If z coordinate is changing by moving sector, my code no time to determine the exact position and the gap is obtained.

Hendricks266, on 15 April 2012 - 10:37 PM, said:

qgetsysstr

Thanks a lot

[m210®]

Mapster32:

Quote

Line 139, setvar: sprite structure member `statnum' is read-only.

It's not a read-only value! And I not want to set statnum = 14 manually. What can I do else?