ThingCountName doesn't check dead monsters.

[apatuka]

Greetings, i'm making some maps with Doombuilder 2 and i got a problem when monsters with specifed TID are dead doesn't trigger the action, instead it trigers even if they are alive (looks like the ThingCountName is equal to 0).

 

I assigned TID 668 and 669 to each group of monsters, but it wont work, my map format is Doom in Hexen Format.

 

#include "zcommon.acs"

script 1 OPEN
{
    While(ThingCountName(T_NONE, 669) > 0)
        Delay(35);
    
  Door_Open(15, 64);
}

script 2 OPEN
{
    While(ThingCountName(T_NONE, 668) > 0)
   Delay(35);

 Floor_LowerByValue(18, 8, 64);
}

What i'm doing wrong ?

Thanks !

[Kappes Buur]

29 minutes ago, apatuka said:

What i'm doing wrong ?

Thanks !

Nothing.

 

From https://zdoom.org/wiki/ThingCountName

ThingCountName will not count dead monsters, even though their things still exist and can be used, for instance, by SpawnSpot.

Edited November 4, 2018 by Kappes Buur

[Worst]

If you want to count things regardless of their type, you should be using ThingCount instead. ThingCountName expects a class name string, so the T_NONE identifier shouldn't be used with it, as it maps to a number rather than a string.

 

//ThingCount    
While (ThingCount (T_NONE, 669) > 0)
	Delay(35);

//ThingCountName
While (ThingCountName ("BaronOfHell", 669) > 0)
	Delay(35);