GZDoom: Dynamic lights not working on pick up-items with altered Dehacked.

[t.v.]

i am experimenting with Dynamic lights and came across something strange.

 

When I change the name, or any other property in Dehacked, of a pick up item: its Dynamic light doesn't work anymore in GZDoom (version 4.10.0.0).

Strangely it does work in Zandronum.
I am working on a GLDEFS entry and got everything to work except these.

Other things [non pick up and monsters] are fine.

I made test-WAD, attached to this post.
All items have the same purple light bound to them.
The Items on the left have unaltered Dehacked.
The Items on the right have altered Dehacked:
Rocket Launcher and rocket: name changed in Dehacked,
Plasmarifle and cells: frame set to full bright,
BFG and cell-pack: both

 

Why doesn't the dynamic light work on Dehacked-altered pick up items?

This would help with total/ partial conversions :-).

gldefs-pickups.zip

 

How it looks in GZDoom:

In Zandronum:

Edited October 3, 2023 by t.v.

[Graf Zahl]

Pickup items changed with Dehacked get a new special actor assigned that simulates the sprite-based pickup behavior. Apparently the light doesn't get transferred. Strange that this never got mentioned before.

 

 

[Graf Zahl]

https://github.com/ZDoom/gzdoom/issues/2198

 

for future reference.

[t.v.]

Thanks for the quick reply!

So if I understand correctly, there currently isn't a way to get this to work in GZDoom.

I can live with that, I just want to know so I can stop trying :-)

[Graf Zahl]

The current version can't do it. It should be fixed for the next release.

 

[t.v.]

Ok thanks!

[Graf Zahl]

It's fixed now.