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peach freak
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S1 Floor Raise Donut

I have NEVER, EVER seen this action used in any of the levels I've played. I hope the answer isn't obvious, but is this action any useful at all? What does it do?

Thanks a bunch.

08-30-09 18:00 #

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Lord_Z
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I believe this would be used if you had a ring of lava or slime around a pillar with a key or weapon on it. It makes the pillar lower and the ring of lava rise up to the height of the floor the player is on. I think it is used on E1M2 of Doom in the secret with the chainsaw.

08-30-09 18:33 #

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sparerib1968
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Lord_Z said:
I think it is used on E1M2 of Doom in the secret with the chainsaw.

That is correct. In Doom Builder it is action (9). I have also seen it used elsewhere, but only infrequently.

http://doomwiki.org/wiki/Linedef_type#Donuts
http://edge.sourceforge.net/edit_guide/doom_specs.htm

08-30-09 19:17 #

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Vermil
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It's a bit of a pity that more, what could essentially be described as, "scripted" actions like that wern't coded into the engine.

But the dounut actions underlying setup is probably quite simple with regards to what the engine has to work out. The variables required for almost anything else would have probably been far more complex.

Last edited by Vermil on 08-30-09 at 20:11

08-30-09 20:00 #

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Gez
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Lord_Z said:
I believe this would be used if you had a ring of lava or slime around a pillar with a key or weapon on it. It makes the pillar lower and the ring of lava rise up to the height of the floor the player is on. I think it is used on E1M2 of Doom in the secret with the chainsaw.

Also, E2M2.

08-30-09 20:03 #