Doom Editing Digest Vol. 01 Nr. 311

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doom-editing-digest        Tuesday, 13 June 1995       Volume 01 : Number 311 

Re: Shoot-Walls 

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From: martin.rudolph@jrc.it (Martin Rudolph) 
Date: Mon, 12 Jun 1995 09:36:23 +0200 
Subject: Re: Shoot-Walls 

>> M. Rudolph: 
>>Now without shooting, you cannot reach the second sector because of the 
>>height difference. If you shoot, the wall texture changes from 'fracture' 
>>to 'big hole' and the second 'ramp' sector is raised -> now you can pass 
>>from the left to the right sector. 
> 
>>There is still a drawback - the wall opens, even if it's shot with 
>>a pistol. 

S. Benner: 
>And doesn't open if shot at with rockets or plasma: G1 lines are only 
>activated by bullets, fists and the chainsaw. Or does this not hold true 
>for the floor movers? 
> 

Ok, Ok, you are right. 
But this causes another question: 
- - How does DooM handle the Bullets (Chainsaw) vs. the Rockets or 
  Plasma-projectiles? Ok, the rockets are defined as things and  
  the bullets not. Does anyone know, whether it's possible to assign  
  the characteristics of the bullets to the rockets ? 

>At 4:53 pm 8/6/95, Denis wrote: 

>>Dunno, but I remember playing a level some months ago where a rocket 
>>activated a lift. It just had to fly over the lindef. Is this still >active 
>>in Doom 2, or am I just ... ? 
> 

S. Benner: 
>The ability of rockets to trigger lift WR lines was removed from v1.666 
>onwards. 

>-Steve 

This now is very interesting - but causes another question: 
Was the feature of rockets triggering the WR linedefs caused by the 
linedef (ie the linedef assumes the rocket being a 'player') or was 
it caused by a different definition of the rocket (ie is there a 
flag for the thing type that decides, whether it can trigger a linedef). 

Sorry for these dodgy questions, but I would appreciate any hint. 

Regards  

Martin 

|---> Martin P. W. Rudolph <---|"Live's a piece of shit, if you look at it" 
|-----> rudolph@ei.jrc.it <----|      The Monty Python Troup  
                                           

 
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