How to make a default player character in a TC?

[Triangle Box Studio]

I'm trying to attempt making a TC for the first time, but I cannot figure out how to make the player character! How would I go about that?

[Rifleman]

First you need to define your new actor in DECORATE or ZSCRIPT. You just inherit from PlayerPawn class or from a class already inheriting from it(DoomPlayer for example).

 

When you have it, in MAPINFO lump you need to add a section like this:

 

Gameinfo
 {
    PlayerClasses = "yourclassname"
 }

[SMG_Man]

If you're doing this in (G)ZDoom, this is what you do:

 

1. Define a new player thing in DECORATE or ZSCRIPT.

 

 

You can inherit from any of the default player types that ZDoom supports if you don't want to make it entirely from scratch, but note that the starting items ARE NEVER INHERITED - you will have to include them in the definition, even if you want to use the standard fist/pistol/50 bullets that Doom has.

 

2. After defining this new player thing, create a MAPINFO lump (if you haven't already) and include this bit of text:

 

 

By only providing one player class here (your new one) there won't be a class selection screen or anything, and your new player class will be the default.

 

Hope this helps!

Edited May 29, 2022 by SMG_Man

[rouge_means_red]

You could use this standalone template as a starting point, it's what I did for my TC

[Triangle Box Studio]

Thanks, I'll try these and see what happens! This helps a lot.