ACS Scripting an event where "dead" enemies are revived

[SMG_Man]

I'm making a map in UDMF, and I want to have a little graveyard with a bunch of dead zombies in it that when the player gets near, the ground shakes and they one by one get back up (like if an arch-vile resurrected them) and start going after the player. I feel like such an event should be possible to do, but I don't know what ACS functions to use specifically for reviving corpses.

[Kan3]

You just need Thing_Raise

[SMG_Man]

Ohohoho, perfect. Thanks B

[boris]

Note, however, that for Thing_Raise to work the actor has to have a "Raise" state. Generally only monsters (with a few exceptions) have that state. Dead monster actors (like DeadZombieMan) don't have that state, which means that you can't turn them into a monster with Thing_Raise. So you either have to place the normal monsters and kill them before using Thing_Raise on them, or create a new actor with a "Raise" state that starts "dead".

[Mordeth]

1 hour ago, boris said:

create a new actor with a "Raise" state that starts "dead".

 

This new actor needs to have its internal flags set to "dead". Merely being inert and having a Raise state isn't enough to get resurrrected. In GZDoom / EE that flag is "corpse".

[SMG_Man]

Since I had troubles making raisable corpses in DECORATE last time I tried, I was thinking I would just place the enemies I want on the map normally and have a script at the level's start run the "Thing_Destroy" special to kill them immediately. It's a little less elegant ig, but it should work right?

Edited October 15, 2021 by SMG_Man

[boris]

Just tried it out and it's pretty simple. I'm not too well versed in ZScript, so there might be a better way to do that:

 

class RaisableZombieMan : ZombieMan
{
    Default
    {
        +CORPSE
        -SHOOTABLE
        -SOLID
    }
    
    States
    {
        Spawn:
            POSS L -1;
            Stop;
        Raise:
            TNT1 A 0 { bCorpse = false; bShootable = true; bSolid = true; }
            Goto Super::Raise;
    }
}

 

Example:

raise.zip