How Do You Make Custom Monsters?

[Ghost_Ellis]

I'm trying to create a monster, and kind of learn as I go, but I don't really know how to code this.

I currently only have 3 of the great many sprites Ill need, but I'd like to make it so I can spawn my enemy,

even w just the 3 frames, so I can mess w everything, and add sprites as I make them.

Basically I just need to know what I'd need to put in DECORATE to make the enemy show in game.

[kalensar]

Heres the Doom Imp from ZDoom Wiki in the Decorate format. Heres the Wiki address at ZDoom for the Imp. https://zdoom.org/wiki/Classes:DoomImp

 

ACTOR DoomImp
{
  Health 60
  Radius 20
  Height 56
  Mass 100
  Speed 8
  PainChance 200
  Monster
  +FLOORCLIP
  SeeSound "imp/sight"
  PainSound "imp/pain"
  DeathSound "imp/death"
  ActiveSound "imp/active"
  HitObituary "$OB_IMPHIT"
  Obituary "$OB_IMP"
  States
  {
  Spawn:
    TROO AB 10 A_Look
    Loop
  See:
    TROO AABBCCDD 3 A_Chase
    Loop
  Melee:
  Missile:
    TROO EF 8 A_FaceTarget
    TROO G 6 A_TroopAttack
    Goto See
  Pain:
    TROO H 2
    TROO H 2 A_Pain
    Goto See
  Death:
    TROO I 8
    TROO J 8 A_Scream
    TROO K 6
    TROO L 6 A_NoBlocking
    TROO M -1
    Stop
  XDeath:
    TROO N 5
    TROO O 5 A_XScream
    TROO P 5
    TROO Q 5 A_NoBlocking
    TROO RST 5
    TROO U -1
    Stop
  Raise:
    TROO ML 8
    TROO KJI 6
    Goto See
  }
}

 

[Kappes Buur]

IF you want to make sprites for your custom monsters, then check out the posts for Hell-Forge, for example

 

 

or the other post

 

https://forum.zdoom.org/viewtopic.php?t=13397

 

Edited May 11, 2024 by Kappes Buur