new decorations and simple things

[jossiejojo]

I ve sussed out how to draw maps and put new textures in them...but I cant find guidance on creating or replacing (either will do) the things descrbed as obstacles or decorations. I basically want to make some trees for my game level.

I'm aware that (I think) you have to use the decorate function for them to work in zdoom but I cant find a newbie tutorial on this...any pointers please??

thanks

[Gez]

http://zdoom.org/wiki/DECORATE

List of DECORATE topics:

* DECORATE format specification
* Creating non-interactive decorations
* Creating new monsters or other complex items
* Creating new projectiles
* Creating new inventory items
* Creating new player classes
* Creating new weapons
etc.

[Kappes Buur]

A tree
http://files.drdteam.org/index.php/files/get/knQCrf38kQ/tree.7z

[jossiejojo]

I'll have a look at that tree in a second...

Should it be straightforward to change an existing graphic - say one of the trees in the doom wad - and to do this without having to change the
decorate code - assuming its the same size?

I say this because I tried this and it worked except that my new graphic didnt stay in one place - it seemed to follow the player as they ran about...

Thanks

[bytor]

The problem is the sprite offsets. Try giving it the same offset as the tree (or other decoration) you are replacing.

[jossiejojo]

Is that done within the decorate script editor or with the wad manager eg XWE? Thanks

[Gez]

Both are possible, but it's a lot simpler to set offset in Slumped/XWE than to use the offset keyword in DECORATE code.