Difference between revisions of "Actor flags"

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The following flags will modify the behavior of DECORATE actors in certain ways. If the flag name matches one in ZDoom it is generally safe to assume that the behavior will be similar to that flag in ZDoom.

General Flags

Physics

SHOOTABLE

The actor can be damaged by attacks.

SOLID

The actor is solid and should block other actors from moving through it.

Behavior

AMBUSH

The actor does not respond to sounds and instead waits for the player to come in line of sight.

DROPBASEDONTARGET

Instead of dropping every item in the dropitem list, drop one item based on if the item is present in the target's inventory.

OLDRANDOMCHASE

Modifies A_Chase to use the old random number generator table. This flag was added since the number of times a typical Wolfenstein monster calls A_Chase will frequently cycle through the 256-entry random table causing a noticeable difference in aggressiveness at long distances. In general it is preferable to use the new random number generator.

(In)Abilities

CANUSEWALLS

The monster can active doors. Unlike ZDoom, monsters can open locked doors by default.

REQUIREKEYS

The monster needs to have keys in their inventory to open a locked door.

Apperance

BRIGHT

Treats all states as having the bright flag set.

RANDOMIZE

For monsters this will randomize the first frame to any duration up to what is specified. For projectiles this randomizes the death frame as well with both randomizations cutting up to 3 tics.

Projectile

MISSILE

The actor is a projectile. The actor will move based on its speed automatically, die on collision, etc.

Miscellaneous

ALWAYSFAST

A monster with this flag will always attempt to attack when A_Chase is called instead of taking a random number of steps.

COUNTITEM

The actor is tallied for treasure.

COUNTKILL

The actor counts as a kill.

COUNTSECRET

The actor should be consider a secret tally.

ISMONSTER

The actor should be considered a monster.

PICKUP

The actor can pick up inventory items by walking over them.

{LE|PLOTONAUTOMAP}}

The actor is shown on the automap without needing the debug function.

Additional Flags

The following flags are only applicable to a certain set of actors.

Inventory

INVENTORY.ALWAYSPICKUP

This item is picked up even if the player has no use for it.

INVENTORY.AUTOACTIVATE

Item is activated automatically when picked up. (Partially implemented)

INVENTORY.INVBAR

Item is placed into the player's visible inventory when picked up. (Partially implemented)

Weapon

WEAPON.ALWAYSGRIN

By default the grin will only happen the first time a weapon is picked up. This flag forces the grin.

WEAPON.DONTBOB

Disables weapon bobing for this weapon. (Note that this does not disable view movement bob.)

WEAPON.NOALERT

Prevents weapon attacks from alerting the monsters.

WEAPON.NOAUTOFIRE

The weapon will not fire when A_WeaponReady is reached and the fire key is held down.

WEAPON.NOGRIN

Disables the grin animation when picking up this weapon.

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 The following flags will modify the behavior of [[DECORATE]] actors in certain ways.  If the flag name matches one in ZDoom it is generally safe to assume that the behavior will be similar to that [[ZDoom:Actor flags|flag]] in ZDoom.
-== General Flags ==
+==General Flags==
-=== Physics ===
+===Physics===
 * '''{{LE|SHOOTABLE}}'''
 :The actor can be damaged by attacks.
 * '''{{LE|SOLID}}'''
 :The actor is solid and should block other actors from moving through it.
-=== Behavior ===
+===Behavior===
 * '''{{LE|AMBUSH}}'''
 :The actor does not respond to sounds and instead waits for the player to come in line of sight.
@@ Line 15: / Line 15: @@
 :Modifies [[A_Chase]] to use the old random number generator table. This flag was added since the number of times a typical Wolfenstein monster calls A_Chase will frequently cycle through the 256-entry random table causing a noticeable difference in aggressiveness at long distances. In general it is preferable to use the new random number generator.
-=== (In)Abilities ===
+===(In)Abilities===
 * '''{{LE|CANUSEWALLS}}'''
 :The monster can active doors. Unlike ZDoom, monsters can open locked doors by default.
 * '''{{LE|REQUIREKEYS}}'''
 :The monster needs to have keys in their inventory to open a locked door.
-=== Apperance ===
+===Apperance===
 * '''{{LE|BRIGHT}}'''
 :Treats all states as having the bright flag set.
 * '''{{LE|RANDOMIZE}}'''
 :For monsters this will randomize the first frame to any duration up to what is specified. For projectiles this randomizes the death frame as well with both randomizations cutting up to 3 tics.
-=== Projectile ===
+===Projectile===
 * '''{{LE|MISSILE}}'''
 :The actor is a projectile. The actor will move based on its speed automatically, die on collision, etc.
-===  Miscellaneous ===
+===Miscellaneous===
 * '''{{LE|ALWAYSFAST}}'''
 :A monster with this flag will always attempt to attack when [[A_Chase]] is called instead of taking a random number of steps.
@@ Line 41: / Line 41: @@
 * '''{{LE|PICKUP}}'''
 :The actor can pick up inventory items by walking over them.
-== Additional Flags ==
+* '''{LE|PLOTONAUTOMAP}}'''
+:The actor is shown on the automap without needing the debug function.
+==Additional Flags==
 The following flags are only applicable to a certain set of actors.
-=== Inventory ===
+===Inventory===
 * '''{{LE|INVENTORY.ALWAYSPICKUP}}'''
 :This item is picked up even if the player has no use for it.
@@ Line 52: / Line 54: @@
 :Item is placed into the player's visible inventory when picked up. ''(Partially implemented)''
-=== Weapon ===
+===Weapon===
 * '''{{LE|WEAPON.ALWAYSGRIN}}'''
 :By default the grin will only happen the first time a weapon is picked up. This flag forces the grin.

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