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[wolf3dbreaker]

Ummm.. anyone tried making breakable objects here? well, when you try to walk to it sidewards....

THERE WILL BE A DARN TOOOOTIIINN ROOOTIN WHAT IN THE NAME OF UNCLE SAM

invisible block. could anyone help me out.
thanks

P.S if you played spear ressurection, the breakable objects don't have an invisible block. OOHHH MCS! I HOPE THAT YOU WILL ANSWER OR ANYONE PLEASE!

[Guest]

wolf3dbreaker wrote:

Ummm.. anyone tried making breakable objects here? well, when you try to walk to it sidewards....

THERE WILL BE A DARN TOOOOTIIINN ROOOTIN WHAT IN THE NAME OF UNCLE SAM

invisible block. could anyone help me out.
thanks

P.S if you played spear ressurection, the breakable objects don't have an invisible block. OOHHH MCS! I HOPE THAT YOU WILL ANSWER OR ANYONE PLEASE!

Actually, MCS has already answered this question in the past.

MCS wrote:

In WL_DEF.H:

#define MINACTORDIST 0x10000l // minimum dist from player center
// to any actor center

#define MINPLAYERDIST 0xd800l // MCS: used in WL_AGENT.C instead of MINACTORDIST
// so player can pass between fake boss objects


In WL_AGENT.C:

if (deltax < -MINPLAYERDIST || deltax > MINPLAYERDIST)
continue;
deltay = ob->y - check->y;
if (deltay < -MINPLAYERDIST || deltay > MINPLAYERDIST)
continue;
// MCS: see comment in WL_DEF.H, orig. MINACTORDIST

You could adjust the 0xd800 value to suit your particular needs.
Also, you could use check->obclass to vary between both values, as to distinguish between fake objects and regular guards, to avoid the "running through" mentioned above.

The reason you get an "invisible block" is because of the "MINACTORDIST"
defined in WL_DEF.H. This number tells how close BJ can get to an actor object. If there are 2 of them side by side, BJ won't be able to pass between them. But by reducing the MINACTORDIST value, you can solve this problem. MCS uses an example of "MINPLAYERDIST" which equals 0xd800 instead of 0x10000.

[Dugtrio17]

Ah hah! I remember starting this topic on the old dome forums, but I forgot where I put the tip. Thanks for digging that up Wolf, and thanks go to MCS for stopping my gray hairs in the first place!
and it's rootin tootin, by the way (i think)

[Guest]

whos got the exploding objects tutorial?


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[Raistlin]

Uh.....is this a trick question?

[Guest]

In fact, there is only one tutorial on this on the net, on Paal Olstad website. But his tutorial suck, I have only use the exploding damage routine.

Hope that help

- Alex

[jamez]

theres one on my old site http://verdammt.ionichost.com which uses paals as a basis.

btw Paal rules, no dissen him please

[Guest]

I know that Paal rules all his tutorials are VERY VERY VERY good but the one for the exploding barrel is a bit messy.

[jamez]

DemolitionDerby wrote:

I know that Paal rules all his tutorials are VERY VERY VERY good but the one for the exploding barrel is a bit messy.

Give him some slack hes from amsterdam... plus if you read his tutorials over and over to understand the code in them, there generally quite wel done... I used his tut's for lots of stuff such as Rocket Launcher and exploading barrels (mainly jsut for the damage routine but itworks all the same!)

[Martin]

Yeah. A shame Paal isn't in the community now - he could bring some cool ideas or something. I remember he visited the DHW once, but then he left again.

[KyleRTCW]

I was wondering, how can you make an breakable column without modifying an enemy? I want to make a brand new object that is a breakable column. Can someone post the code here? or send it to me at <removed> . MCS?

Thanks for responding,
KyleRTCW

P.S. Sorry for posting a lot of questions/problems mod. I just suck at coding.

[Guest]

Yo, breakable columns are very easy to do. Just create a new enemy (with MCS tutorial) with the number of frames you have for your column. Do not define any SpawnGuard or SpawnPatrol, and you will be able to create a breakable column. (It work for me at least).

Hope this help.

- Alex

[KyleRTCW]

DemolitionDerby wrote:

Yo, breakable columns are very easy to do. Just create a new enemy (with MCS tutorial) with the number of frames you have for your column. Do not define any SpawnGuard or SpawnPatrol, and you will be able to create a breakable column. (It work for me at least).

Hope this help.

- Alex

I split the Hitler boss into two instead of one, that I use for the breakable column right now and because of that, if you run along wall and it try to run (close to it) pass it, it stops you. I'll try experimenting with this, Thanks. If i have problems, I'll post.

Update:

How would I do this with a boss?

[KyleRTCW]

How can I do this?

[Guest]

it has something to do with the ACTORSIZE in wl_def.h or maybe thi MINDIST thing too. also when an actor is assigned the FL_SHOOTABLE flag, it automaticaly assigns the actors 'size'. i think the answer will be found in wl_def.h.

[ZuljinRaynor]

MarioManiac is probably onto something. Just use those tutorials and make an objects that explodes but doesn't damage. That should be it!

[KyleRTCW]

Zeta_burn wrote:

it has something to do with the ACTORSIZE in wl_def.h or maybe thi MINDIST thing too. also when an actor is assigned the FL_SHOOTABLE flag, it automaticaly assigns the actors 'size'. i think the answer will be found in wl_def.h.

Anybody recommend what I should change this too? I don't like experimenting with actor stuff.

EDIT: ACTORSIZE wasn't found in WL_DEF.H, but I thought I saw that before...

MarioManiac wrote:

I never tryied to make breakable objects, but if you want, at Paal Olstad Tutorials there explosive objects too.

Thanks for your help, but that tutorial is based of the angel of death and I will not create 16 sprites for it But maybe I will look into it to get an idea. Thanks for always offering me help a lot.
If karma was enabled, you'd probably have a lot.

[Guest]

try lowering th MINDIST value. just a bit tho.

[KyleRTCW]

It didn't work, (it didn't do anything) I tried lowering it to 900l and still no

[KyleRTCW]

oops, sorry

[ZuljinRaynor]

Okay, I have tried this a lot of times but I still get errors. Does anyone know a simple way to do it? I have 5 sprites for my barrel (1 regular, 3 blowing up, one dead.) I am taking into consideration that I would have to add a new routine but Poet's tutorials are really confusing. Thanks.

[Guest]

try going to poet's website and go to the one below after you complete the exploding barrel tutorial.

[Sockman]

I've done this successfully. I need to know if you are using Wolf3D or Spear. If spear, you can follow the tutorial to the letter, but to get it to work in Wolf, modification needs to be done. I can show you how this is done; it's not as complex as it looks.

[ZuljinRaynor]

I have Spear.

[Sockman]

This is easier. That is, unless you don't want to use the AOD as your barrel. I wouldn't in your case, seeing as how frames/enemy AI are somewhat wasted there. I'd go with Trans Grosse, but of course changes are required.

Poet uses A_StartAttack for the detonation and range damage of the barrel. This is an AOD AI already coded in and changed. You, of course will want to use a new one. Copy it the same, but be sure to define it as something new (I used A_Explode) and change Void A_StartAttack to your new definition.

You've changed sprites, so now you want to change the enemy code. In WL_Act2.c, under the statetypes, change the second NULL in the first death statetype to your exploding routine.

You'll want to add a sound in there also, but that's straightforward. Throw it in at the start of your explosion routine.

That's about as much help as I can be to you without looking through my code or the tutorial itself. If you're sill lost in the jungle w/o a machete, I'll try and simplify this.

Good luck.

[ZuljinRaynor]

Uh, I am using Trans as a boss (different name and sprites). I want a new barrel object from nothing/copy and pasting. Trans is now Jose Schiltz.

I'll try something with this (maybe) but I would rather have a tutorial with adding a new object and its routines. It would be most helpful.

[Xarkon]

I wanna make a toilet that self destructs! Where do I gte this tutorial??

Joel Corrigan

[Dugtrio17]

You make it like you would any other explodable object.
And about Poet's tutorial: It's simpler than you think. He shows you not only how to make the explosion routine, but how to convert an existing boss into an explodable object. All you really need is the routine (the A_Explosion or whatever it's called code). Once you've got the routine in, you can use it for anything: Exploding objects, exploding missiles, or even exploding enemies! To make an exploding object, just stick the routine into the enemy's code like so:

::: CODE :::

statetype s_barreldie1 ={false,SPR_BAR_DIE_1,15,NULL,A_Explosion,&s_barreldie2};
statetype s_barreldie2 = {false,SPR_BAR_DIE_2,15,NULL,NULL,&s_barreldie3};
statetype s_barreldie3 = {false,SPR_BAR_DIE_3,15,NULL,NULL,&s_barreldie4};

That way when it dies, it booms.
But if you're experiencing errors of another nature (which they CAN occur; I seem to remember Wolf3d bombing out with an error like "An active object called SightPlayer!"), then that's something I can't help with without a better description or an excerpt from the source.

[ZuljinRaynor]

You can get a tutorial on my site. I was able to add barrels.
http://clik.to/zrtc

Should be up soon.

[Guest]

I've followed the tutorial from ZuljinRaynor, and I compiled with no errors.

But what do I have to do next?

I did add 5 sprites after the Chaingun in FloEdit, and add a new record (with proffesional mode)

But I don't see a thing in the game