Monster Triggers

[thedemonsarecoming]

How can I make it so that when ceratin monsters are killed in an area, a door opens up? Im using ZDooM and WadAuthor.

[Cyb]

If you want only one action to occur upon a certain monster's death you just simply set his thing special. Double click the thing in wauth and a menu will pop up (I'm sure you know this already). Under the thing type there's a little pull down menu with a bunch of specials listed. Select Door_Open and fill in the fields accordinly (I believe it's (tag, speed, lock) for Door_Open).

If you want to have multiple actions occur when the monster dies (ie, a door opens, some health spawns and the player gets flung 128 units, all at the same time), then instead of Door_Open, use ACS_Execute which will execute a script you specify when the monster dies (the fields for ACS_Execute are (script, map, arg0, arg1, arg2), most likely you won't need any aside from the first though, map0 would be the current map).

Hope that helps.

[The Ultimate DooMer]

If you want a door to open when you kill one monster, attach this special to the monster in the thing properties box:

Door_Open (tag, speed)

If you want a door to open when you kill a group of monsters, give them all a tag and set up this script:

script 1 (void)

{
print (s:"kill everything to open the door");
while (thingcount (0, tag))
{
delay(35);
}
Door_Open (tag, speed);
}

Make sure you activate the script when you enter the room. (you don't need the print message, I just put it there for effect)

[thedemonsarecoming]

Do I set the sector linedefs to normal, since I dont want the player to be able to open it without killing the monsters?

[Erik]

thedemonsarecoming said:

Do I set the sector linedefs to normal, since I dont want the player to be able to open it without killing the monsters?

yes.

[thedemonsarecoming]

When I set the linedefs to normal, the door starts open. What should I set it to?

[thedemonsarecoming]

Also, can I use a script to turn off monster infighting, or does the user have to do that?