Boom features in Eureka on Ubuntu.

[neubejiita]

I am trying to use Eureka on Ubuntu to make a map and I can not find the Boom specials such as silent teleports. I told it to use Boom, but how do I use the extra specials and the generalized floors? Thanks.

[Kappes Buur]

Check https://soulsphere.org/projects/boomref/ and Eureka-1.27b\ports\boom.ugh.

If I remember correctly, there are 4 or 5 missing teleport specials.

 

Maybe they can simply be added.

[LoatharMDPhD]

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[andrewj]

2 hours ago, Kappes Buur said:

If I remember correctly, there are 4 or 5 missing teleport specials.

I dispute that, boomref.txt mentions 20 teleporter specials (16 new ones) and even Eureka 1.21 has all the new ones in boom.ugh

 

The Eureka names do not contain any mention if they are silent or not, which is perhaps what is confusing.  The line teleporters are always silent, of the others types 268-269 and 207-210 are silent.

 

For generalized linetypes, a "Gen" button in the LineDef panel appears when the port is Boom or Boom-compatible.  That button opens a dialog to set up a generalized special.

[Kappes Buur]

On 11/25/2023 at 7:39 PM, andrewj said:

The Eureka names do not contain any mention if they are silent or not, which is perhaps what is confusing.  The line teleporters are always silent, of the others types 268-269 and 207-210 are silent.

 

After having had a closer look at the linedef types for Teleporter 

I see all 20 types. So, yes, my memory threw a false positive.

 

 

Maybe the type designations could be enhanced as in UDB

 

 

just a suggestion.

Edited November 27, 2023 by Kappes Buur

[andrewj]

3 hours ago, Kappes Buur said:

Maybe the type designations could be enhanced as in UDB

Yeah, I think adding the "/silent" flag to the descriptions would make sense for Eureka.