Properties set various values regarding the behavior of a DECORATE actor. If a propert has the same name as a ZDoom property the behavior should be assumed to be similar.

Actor Properties

Behavior

• Damage value

Specifies the amount of damage the actor will do on impact. If the damage is given in parenthesis the value will be absolute. Otherwise, it will use the value*random(1,8).

• GibHealth value

The negative health threashold before the actor enters its extreme death state.

• Health value[, skill2 ...]

Sets the number of hit points the actor has. If multiple health values are given the health will apply to the next successive skill level. Unspecified skills will use the next highest value. (In other words, if only skills 1 and 2 are given skill 3 will use the value for skill2.)

• PainChance value

The chance (out of 256, where 256 = Always) the actor will enter the pain state when damaged.

• SightTime value[, random]

The number of function calls (usually A_Look) it takes for the actor to react to seeing the player. The random portion is the maximum number of tics to add to the base value.

• Speed value[, runspeed]

The amount the actor moves in one Doom tic or one call to A_Chase. The speed will be changed to runspeed when the actor sees the player.

Physics

• Height value

The height of the actor. This is ignored at the time, but should be set to 64 for all solid actors for forwards compatibility.

• Radius value'

The radius of the actor.

Attacks

• MeleeRange value (New from 1.4)

Gives the maximum distance from the center of the monster that a melee attack can reach.

• MinMissileChance value (New from 1.4)

Gives the minimum chance (0-256) the monster has of not attacking when attempting to attack. Lower values are more aggressive.

• MissileFrequency value (New from 1.4)

Gives a floating point multiplier for the missile chance curve. Higher values will make the monster attack more frequently over longer distances.

Sound

• ActiveSound soundname

Defines the sound to randomly play while the actor is active.

• AttackSound soundname

Defines the sound to play when the actor attacks.

• DeathSound soundname

Defines the sound to play when A_Scream is called.

• PainSound soundname

Defines the sound to play when A_Pain is called.

• SecretDeathSound soundname

Defines the alternative deathsound to play when the level requests it.

• SeeSound soundname

Defines the sound to play when the actor sees the player.

Rendering

• Scale value (development version 1.2+ only)
• XScale value (development version 1.2+ only)
• YScale value (development version 1.2+ only)

Defines scaling factors for the actor's sprite. Scale sets both xscale and yscale.

Special

• DropItem classname[, probability[, amount]]

When an actor dies it will drop items based off this property. A probability can be specified (0-255) which indicates the liklihood of the item spawning. Amount is used for ammunition and indicates how much ammo the pickup should give.

• Points score

Number of points to give to the target when the actor is killed or picked up.

Additional Properties

The following properties are restricted to a certain set of actors.

Inventory

• inventory.amount amount

Amount to give when picking up the inventory item.

• inventory.icon icon

Icon to show in the players inventory. (Partially implemented)

• inventory.interhubamount amount

Amount to keep in the players inventory between hubs.

• inventory.maxamount amount

Maximum amount of this item the actor can carry at once.

• inventory.pickupsound soundname

Sound to play when picking up the item.

Player

• player.displayname name

Name to show on the class selection screen. Must be unique.

• player.maxhealth amount

Maximum health the class has.

• player.movebob factor (New from 1.4)

Multiplies the strength of the movement bob by the given factor.

• player.startitem classname[, amount]

Specifies an inventory item to give to the player initially. For ammo an amount can also be specified.

• player.weaponslot slotnum, classname[, ...]

Sets the default weapon slot assignment for the class.

Weapon

• weapon.ammogive1 amount

Amount of ammo to give when picking up the weapon.

• weapon.ammotype1 classname

The ammo type to use for this weapon.

• weapon.ammouse1 amount

The amount of ammo to use when firing this weapon.

• weapon.bobrangex amount (New from 1.4)

Range multiplier for horizontal bobbing. Default is 1.0.

• weapon.bobrangey amount (New from 1.4)

Range multiplier for vertical bobbing. Default is 1.0.

• weapon.bobspeed amount (New from 1.4)

Bobbing speed multiplier. Affects how quickly the bobbing motion occurs. Default is 1.0.

• weapon.bobstyle style (New from 1.4)

The type of bobbing to use. Possible values include Normal, Inverse, Alpha, InverseAlpha, Smooth, and InverseSmooth.

• Normal is the default value and corresponds to the bobbing motion used in all old Doom-engine games.
• Alpha is the bobbing motion used in the alpha versions of Doom. The weapon sprites are raised when bobbing, not lowered, so they might get cut off if they do not extend enough past the screen.
• Smooth is a smoother version of the normal style.
• Inverse* types mirror the motion vertically compared to the non-inverse version. InverseAlpha lowers the weapon sprite while bobbing; the others raise it.

• weapon.selectionorder value

The priority of this weapon when performing auto selections when running out of ammo. Lower numbers are higher priority.

• weapon.slotnumber slotnum

Assigns this weapon to a slot for all classes.

• weapon.slotpriority value

Decimal value which specifies where to place the weapon in the slot. 0 for the beginning, 1 for the end.

• weapon.yadjust amount

Amount of shift the weapon sprite when the hud is off. Positive values shift the sprite down.

Flag Combos

These properties set a series of flags appropriate for a certain kind of actor.

• MONSTER

• CANUSEWALLS
• COUNTKILL
• ISMONSTER
• SHOOTABLE
• SOLID

• PROJECTILE

• MISSILE