Spike Trap kills the shit outta Doomguy. Chubz: "When you touch it, it sort of hurts!" Good tutorial, though! And a moving, spiky hazard like that _is_ pretty novel for Doom maps, so it would be cool to see more things like those.
I tried to get something like this working about a year ago and never figured it out - seems I figured out the interpolation points but not the Actor Mover object! Thanks for another wonderful guide.
I've been following your scripting series, i have my wad file which is a small map full of the exercises you show. These are great tutorials. Looking forward to exploring the usage of 3d (quake format) models inside GZDoom in the future.
THANK GOD for this tutorial chubz! i was literally thinking on how to do actual cutscenes that involves more than just panning the camera or something like that, and this will come in handy for some ideas about cutscenes that i had in mind.
A Patrol Point would be a whole lot better for patrolling monsters. If you move a monster using this method, it won't be able to break away from the path and attack once it sees you. This is more for locking something onto a path the entire time.
I remember trying to use actor movers for certain sequences in Brutal Wolfenstein but ended up just relying on doing something on decorate to get the same effect as i couldn't for the life of me understand how to properly set them up.
@@Chubzdoomer Also i didn't even know you could set up looped patrols with this. I used the "Patrol Point" function for the titlemap of BW but they are super janky as the actors tend to not properly follow it,so i had to rely in putting some blocking linedefs around the intended path. Which led me to not use 'em at all in playable levels.
Thanks for the video! Like you've said in another comment, not a very well documented feature. Could you do a video on how to make things like that spike trap? Seems like a really unique mechanic to Doom.
The Spike Trap itself could probably be done a whole lot better. I'm not great at making custom actors so I just fudged it. All it really is is an immobile prop that just so happens to be calling A_Explode every few frames of its animation. I made the explosion radius teeny-tiny so that it only affects other actors that are more or less right up against it.
I don't know much about custom weapons myself, so I'll have to try and learn more about the process one of these days. Most of what I do tends to revolve around mapping/scripting.
@@Chubzdoomer The good news is that I got the wad. The bad news? Well, I tried it... but sadly the Spike Trap didn't appear like it was supposed to. =( Any ideas, Chubz? Just let me know. Added update: Like I always say: "Every problem has to have a solution somewhere. But whether you are part of the solution, or part of the problem is what really matters the most."
@@Chubzdoomer ah. I have seen gameplay things where people have this glow that is just ON THE TEXTURES. I don't know how it's done and considering you are basically the best doom tutorial guy I know I figured I would ask. Thanks anyway though!
I'm sure there's a workaround for it, but it wouldn't be easy since when an actor is moved via an Actor Mover, it automatically becomes dormant. You could always just use Patrol Points and have a monster travel via those, although those are less reliable than an Actor Mover when it comes to the path taken (monsters don't always walk a perfect line from point to point, and can deviate in strange ways). Here's an old tutorial on them: ua-cam.com/video/ToXw_k-N4PY/v-deo.html I also used them for my Cacodemon near the end of this Moving Cameras tutorial: ua-cam.com/video/nwpW8M8BbtQ/v-deo.html
Can I set up an actor mover to move an interpolation point, and so change the path in real time? I can imagine this being an interesting way of creating more complex movement.
@@Chubzdoomer By the time you read this you may have tested it yourself, but I set up a quick test and it does work. SLADE wasn't showing me the connection between the second actor mover and the first interpolation point of the second path in the editor for some reason, but when I ran the map it worked as expected.
do you know any websites or softwares that are great for downloading music/sound effects to cram into slade... and also how tf do i use slade for audio 💀 lmao
For sound effects I mostly use ZapSplat and FreeSound. When it comes to music... no idea, really. I don't mess around with music much. As far as audio in Slade, it really just depends on what you're doing. If you're adding a song for a level, you just throw the MP3 inside your WAD and that's all. For sound effects, you'll often need to include their definitions inside a SNDINFO lump. Here's more info on the Wiki: zdoom.org/wiki/SNDINFO
If you're talking about textures that scroll in a certain direction, then one of these actions should do the trick: zdoom.org/wiki/Category:Scrolling_specials
Hey Chubz, I would like to ask you this: Is it possible to have just the spike trap alone? If not, bummer. If so, will there be a link to it? (That would be nice.)
@@Chubzdoomer Is there a way to have the spike trap alone as a wad? That's what I was trying to say. I kind of asked the question incorrectly, sorry about that.
@@zxspectrumv7.157 Ah, I get what you're saying now! Here's a WAD containing just the Spike Trap itself: www.mediafire.com/file/3cc3k5s7eawb0dg/Spike+Trap.wad/file
I don't use Slade much myself, outside of very basic things (like throwing in a MAPINFO lump and editing it, or even SNDINFO if I'm using a custom sound). I don't even know anything about its built-in map editor, but I've heard some people like to use it.
Well I don't think I will be using it much. Just tried to install on Mac and Windows 10. Crashed on Mac didn't even start up and had a very buggy display problem on Windows. I will stick with Ultimate Doom Builder.
Sounds like you made a typo! Make sure you type everything exactly as shown. Pay close attention to characters like semicolons (you can't afford to miss so much as one), and upper-vs-lowercase letters.
@@STREAMERZEE What does the error message say? Also, could you paste your entire script here? (Preferably everything you've typed in the Script Editor, from top to bottom.)
I just started level designing in DOOM - and I love watching and following your tutorials!
They are so detailed and well-explained.
Thank you Chubz, you're the best Doom Builder tutor on YT!
Spike Trap kills the shit outta Doomguy.
Chubz: "When you touch it, it sort of hurts!"
Good tutorial, though! And a moving, spiky hazard like that _is_ pretty novel for Doom maps, so it would be cool to see more things like those.
I tried to get something like this working about a year ago and never figured it out - seems I figured out the interpolation points but not the Actor Mover object! Thanks for another wonderful guide.
I've been following your scripting series, i have my wad file which is a small map full of the exercises you show. These are great tutorials. Looking forward to exploring the usage of 3d (quake format) models inside GZDoom in the future.
God bless you chubz for your continued commitment to creating these awesome tutorials, thank you
Your enemy "bladed column" is really Prince of Persia STYLE!
it's from ROTT
THANK GOD for this tutorial chubz! i was literally thinking on how to do actual cutscenes that involves more than just panning the camera or something like that, and this will come in handy for some ideas about cutscenes that i had in mind.
Welcome Back, Kotter!
This reminds me of the Serious Sam monster-travel markers from the Serious Sam Editor.
Excellent ! I wanted to use it in a mod but abandoned the idea, cause I didn't succeed in making a monster patroling. Thank you so much !
A Patrol Point would be a whole lot better for patrolling monsters. If you move a monster using this method, it won't be able to break away from the path and attack once it sees you. This is more for locking something onto a path the entire time.
@@Chubzdoomer Thank you for this precious information ! 👍
Neat! I've seen the feature but I never took the time to explore it.
exactly what i wanted, thanks chubz!
Off topic but I used to make levels with the level editor for TimeSplitters 2. Using that definitely helped me understand Doom Builder a lot better.
A moving spike trap! Nice!
I remember trying to use actor movers for certain sequences in Brutal Wolfenstein but ended up just relying on doing something on decorate to get the same effect as i couldn't for the life of me understand how to properly set them up.
Yeah, they aren't very well documented IMO. It doesn't help that almost no one ever seems to use them!
@@Chubzdoomer Also i didn't even know you could set up looped patrols with this. I used the "Patrol Point" function for the titlemap of BW but they are super janky as the actors tend to not properly follow it,so i had to rely in putting some blocking linedefs around the intended path. Which led me to not use 'em at all in playable levels.
Monster patrol next, maybe? Pls)
Thanks for the video! Like you've said in another comment, not a very well documented feature.
Could you do a video on how to make things like that spike trap? Seems like a really unique mechanic to Doom.
The Spike Trap itself could probably be done a whole lot better. I'm not great at making custom actors so I just fudged it. All it really is is an immobile prop that just so happens to be calling A_Explode every few frames of its animation. I made the explosion radius teeny-tiny so that it only affects other actors that are more or less right up against it.
Love you tutorials, could you make a series about custom weapons? What I found on the net looks a little bit too convoluted for me.
I don't know much about custom weapons myself, so I'll have to try and learn more about the process one of these days. Most of what I do tends to revolve around mapping/scripting.
Can you do a video series on using Slade3?
Well, Chubz, I've got some good news and I got some bad news. Which one would you like to hear first? I would like to know, if you don't mind.
Give me both of em at once, like a SSG blast!
@@Chubzdoomer The good news is that I got the wad.
The bad news? Well, I tried it... but sadly the Spike Trap didn't appear like it was supposed to. =(
Any ideas, Chubz? Just let me know.
Added update: Like I always say: "Every problem has to have a solution somewhere. But whether you are part of the solution, or part of the problem is what really matters the most."
thank you chubz. i owe you a burger
Double with cheese, please!
CHUBZ! can you make a tutorial on how to make light texture glow?
I'm honestly not sure how to do that myself! I never work much with custom textures.
@@Chubzdoomer ah. I have seen gameplay things where people have this glow that is just ON THE TEXTURES. I don't know how it's done and considering you are basically the best doom tutorial guy I know I figured I would ask. Thanks anyway though!
hey chubz, you know how to make it so the actor plays its walking animation while it's moving?
I'm sure there's a workaround for it, but it wouldn't be easy since when an actor is moved via an Actor Mover, it automatically becomes dormant. You could always just use Patrol Points and have a monster travel via those, although those are less reliable than an Actor Mover when it comes to the path taken (monsters don't always walk a perfect line from point to point, and can deviate in strange ways).
Here's an old tutorial on them:
ua-cam.com/video/ToXw_k-N4PY/v-deo.html
I also used them for my Cacodemon near the end of this Moving Cameras tutorial:
ua-cam.com/video/nwpW8M8BbtQ/v-deo.html
@@Chubzdoomer thanks a bunch, man! i'll try to figure something out
Can I set up an actor mover to move an interpolation point, and so change the path in real time? I can imagine this being an interesting way of creating more complex movement.
I'd never even considered that.. very good question! I'll have to test it out as soon as I get the chance.
@@Chubzdoomer By the time you read this you may have tested it yourself, but I set up a quick test and it does work.
SLADE wasn't showing me the connection between the second actor mover and the first interpolation point of the second path in the editor for some reason, but when I ran the map it worked as expected.
do you know any websites or softwares that are great for downloading music/sound effects to cram into slade... and also how tf do i use slade for audio 💀 lmao
For sound effects I mostly use ZapSplat and FreeSound. When it comes to music... no idea, really. I don't mess around with music much.
As far as audio in Slade, it really just depends on what you're doing. If you're adding a song for a level, you just throw the MP3 inside your WAD and that's all. For sound effects, you'll often need to include their definitions inside a SNDINFO lump. Here's more info on the Wiki:
zdoom.org/wiki/SNDINFO
hey ive been working on a wad for a couple months. but im just wondering, how do you make sliding testures?
If you're talking about textures that scroll in a certain direction, then one of these actions should do the trick:
zdoom.org/wiki/Category:Scrolling_specials
@@Chubzdoomer thanks chubz
Hey Chubz, I would like to ask you this: Is it possible to have just the spike trap alone? If not, bummer. If so, will there be a link to it? (That would be nice.)
I'm not 100% sure what you mean, but the Spike Trap is in the example WAD in the description!
@@Chubzdoomer Is there a way to have the spike trap alone as a wad? That's what I was trying to say. I kind of asked the question incorrectly, sorry about that.
@@zxspectrumv7.157 Ah, I get what you're saying now! Here's a WAD containing just the Spike Trap itself:
www.mediafire.com/file/3cc3k5s7eawb0dg/Spike+Trap.wad/file
@@Chubzdoomer Thank you very much, Chubz. You are a lifesaver.
hey chubz, could you check your Doomworld? 🙏
Can you do a Slade3 tutorial series?
I don't use Slade much myself, outside of very basic things (like throwing in a MAPINFO lump and editing it, or even SNDINFO if I'm using a custom sound). I don't even know anything about its built-in map editor, but I've heard some people like to use it.
Well I don't think I will be using it much. Just tried to install on Mac and Windows 10. Crashed on Mac didn't even start up and had a very buggy display problem on Windows. I will stick with Ultimate Doom Builder.
my code has error for some reason i did excactly what you said
Sounds like you made a typo! Make sure you type everything exactly as shown. Pay close attention to characters like semicolons (you can't afford to miss so much as one), and upper-vs-lowercase letters.
@@Chubzdoomer I checked it’s the exact same as urs
@@STREAMERZEE What does the error message say? Also, could you paste your entire script here? (Preferably everything you've typed in the Script Editor, from top to bottom.)