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[SOLVED]Can't import custom monsters

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Problem is FIXED! Yay!


Ok, so I watched the 2 video tutorials out there about importing custom monsters. They say that you have to put a number on the end, the type number, in order for the monsters to work. Well, when I try importing any custom monster at all, they are replace with a big fat exclamation mark and in the console it says "unknown type XXXXX". I posted this problem in the video's comment section, but seeing it's from two years ago, I probably won't be getting any replies.


UPDATE:
Here is my wad for dissection
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BzyMN5S2kRTHXzlxdzd0aHFoeFE/edit?usp=sharing
Feel free to play through it...I mean...I've worked on it alot...

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Wait, you are opening monstername.wad with something like XWE and putting the number (say for example 5757) in the DECORATE code right?

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Yes, if they don't have one already. I also tried making my own decorate file which inherits from the Pinky Demon with an id of 15000. That didn't work either.

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X54321 said:

Yes, if they don't have one already. I also tried making my own decorate file which inherits from the Pinky Demon with an id of 15000. That didn't work either.

I don't think you can use numbers that high. I'm pretty sure it has to be only four digits or less, but I've never tried anything higher so I'm not sure. It would help if you posted the DECORATE code so we could get a better understanding of your problem.

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Well, the list of monster id's of every in doom (combined with the monsters in hexen, heretic, ect) ended at about 14300 or something. So I don't think they are overriding anything.

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X54321 said:

Well, the list of monster id's of every in doom (combined with the monsters in hexen, heretic, ect) ended at about 14300 or something. So I don't think they are overriding anything.

Are you making a Doom map or a Doom 2 map?

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I'm making a Doom 2 mod, and I have new information.

Ok, so I tried setting the id number really high, (32040 instead of 32000, which was already taken) and still nothing. I also tried leaving the monster files in the external WAD and just including it as a resource, which basically did nothing different.

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X54321 said:

I'm making a Doom 2 mod, and I have new information.

Ok, so I tried setting the id number really high, (32040 instead of 32000, which was already taken) and still nothing. I also tried leaving the monster files in the external WAD and just including it as a resource, which basically did nothing different.

Like I said, post the DECORATE code, you must be doing something wrong. If you are interested, here is the tutorial I used when I was learning how to add custom monsters.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrMdK-_sW6Q

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Well, the current monster I'm using for testing is this giant bat:

ACTOR GiantBatSleep 12358
{
Health 25
Radius 16
Height 32
Mass 50
Speed 6
damagefactor "giantbat", 0
Monster
+FLOAT
+NOGRAVITY
+SPAWNCEILING
+DONTHURTSPECIES
+NODAMAGETHRUST
+BLOODLESSIMPACT
+NOTARGET
Obituary "%o was bitten by a bat."
SeeSound "Bat/Sight"
ActiveSound "Bat/Active"
DeathSound "Bat/Death"

States
{
Spawn:
BATH A 10 A_LookEx (0, 0, 192, 256)
Loop
Idle:
BATH BBCCDDEEDDCCBB 1 A_Look
Loop

See:
BATH B 1 A_Chase
BATH B 0 A_ChangeFlag (SPAWNCEILING, 0)
BATH B 0 A_SpawnItem ("BatDamage")
BATH B 0 A_JumpIf (floorz < 64, "FlyUp1")
See2:
BATH B 1 A_Chase
BATH B 0 A_JumpIf (floorz < 64, "FlyUp2")
See3:
BATH C 1 A_Chase
BATH B 0 A_SpawnItem ("BatDamage")
BATH C 0 A_JumpIf (floorz < 64, "FlyUp3")
See4:
BATH C 1 A_Chase
BATH C 0 A_JumpIf (floorz < 64, "FlyUp4")
See5:
BATH D 1 A_Chase
BATH B 0 A_SpawnItem ("BatDamage")
BATH D 0 A_JumpIf (floorz < 64, "FlyUp5")
See6:
BATH D 1 A_Chase
BATH D 0 A_JumpIf (floorz < 64, "FlyUp6")
See7:
BATH E 1 A_Chase
BATH B 0 A_SpawnItem ("BatDamage")
BATH E 0 A_JumpIf (floorz < 64, "FlyUp7")
See8:
BATH E 1 A_Chase
BATH E 0 A_JumpIf (floorz < 64, "FlyUp8")
See9:
BATH D 1 A_Chase
BATH B 0 A_SpawnItem ("BatDamage")
BATH D 0 A_JumpIf (floorz < 64, "FlyUp9")
See10:
BATH D 1 A_Chase
BATH D 0 A_JumpIf (floorz < 64, "FlyUp10")
See11:
BATH C 1 A_Chase
BATH B 0 A_SpawnItem ("BatDamage")
BATH C 0 A_JumpIf (floorz < 64, "FlyUp11")
See12:
BATH C 1 A_Chase
BATH C 0 A_JumpIf (floorz < 64, "FlyUp12")
goto See

FlyUp1:
BATH B 0 ThrustThingZ (0, 4, 0, 1)
goto See2
FlyUp2:
BATH B 0 ThrustThingZ (0, 4, 0, 1)
goto See3
FlyUp3:
BATH B 0 ThrustThingZ (0, 4, 0, 1)
goto See4
FlyUp4:
BATH B 0 ThrustThingZ (0, 4, 0, 1)
goto See5
FlyUp5:
BATH B 0 ThrustThingZ (0, 4, 0, 1)
goto See6
FlyUp6:
BATH B 0 ThrustThingZ (0, 4, 0, 1)
goto See7
FlyUp7:
BATH B 0 ThrustThingZ (0, 4, 0, 1)
goto See8
FlyUp8:
BATH B 0 ThrustThingZ (0, 4, 0, 1)
goto See9
FlyUp9:
BATH B 0 ThrustThingZ (0, 4, 0, 1)
goto See10
FlyUp10:
BATH B 0 ThrustThingZ (0, 4, 0, 1)
goto See11
FlyUp11:
BATH B 0 ThrustThingZ (0, 4, 0, 1)
goto See12
FlyUp12:
BATH B 0 ThrustThingZ (0, 4, 0, 1)
goto See

Death:
BATH F 3 A_ScreamAndUnblock
Fall:
BATH GGGHHHIIIJJJ 1 A_CheckFloor ("Splat")
Fall2:
BATH K 1 A_CheckFloor ("Splat")
Loop
Splat:
BATH L 1 A_Stop
BATH L 0 A_PlaySound ("Bat/Splat")
BATH L -1
Stop
}
}

ACTOR GiantBat 12359
{
Health 25
Radius 16
Height 32
Mass 50
Speed 6
damagefactor "giantbat", 0
Monster
+FLOAT
+NOGRAVITY
+DONTHURTSPECIES
+NODAMAGETHRUST
+BLOODLESSIMPACT
+NOTARGET
Obituary "%o was bitten by a bat."
SeeSound "Bat/Sight"
ActiveSound "Bat/Active"
DeathSound "Bat/Death"

States
{
Spawn:
BATH BBCCDDEEDDCCBB 1 A_Look
Loop

See:
BATH B 1 A_Chase
BATH B 0 A_SpawnItem ("BatDamage")
BATH B 0 A_JumpIf (floorz < 64, "FlyUp1")
See2:
BATH B 1 A_Chase
BATH B 0 A_JumpIf (floorz < 64, "FlyUp2")
See3:
BATH C 1 A_Chase
BATH B 0 A_SpawnItem ("BatDamage")
BATH C 0 A_JumpIf (floorz < 64, "FlyUp3")
See4:
BATH C 1 A_Chase
BATH C 0 A_JumpIf (floorz < 64, "FlyUp4")
See5:
BATH D 1 A_Chase
BATH B 0 A_SpawnItem ("BatDamage")
BATH D 0 A_JumpIf (floorz < 64, "FlyUp5")
See6:
BATH D 1 A_Chase
BATH D 0 A_JumpIf (floorz < 64, "FlyUp6")
See7:
BATH E 1 A_Chase
BATH B 0 A_SpawnItem ("BatDamage")
BATH E 0 A_JumpIf (floorz < 64, "FlyUp7")
See8:
BATH E 1 A_Chase
BATH E 0 A_JumpIf (floorz < 64, "FlyUp8")
See9:
BATH D 1 A_Chase
BATH B 0 A_SpawnItem ("BatDamage")
BATH D 0 A_JumpIf (floorz < 64, "FlyUp9")
See10:
BATH D 1 A_Chase
BATH D 0 A_JumpIf (floorz < 64, "FlyUp10")
See11:
BATH C 1 A_Chase
BATH B 0 A_SpawnItem ("BatDamage")
BATH C 0 A_JumpIf (floorz < 64, "FlyUp11")
See12:
BATH C 1 A_Chase
BATH C 0 A_JumpIf (floorz < 64, "FlyUp12")
goto See

FlyUp1:
BATH B 0 ThrustThingZ (0, 4, 0, 1)
goto See2
FlyUp2:
BATH B 0 ThrustThingZ (0, 4, 0, 1)
goto See3
FlyUp3:
BATH B 0 ThrustThingZ (0, 4, 0, 1)
goto See4
FlyUp4:
BATH B 0 ThrustThingZ (0, 4, 0, 1)
goto See5
FlyUp5:
BATH B 0 ThrustThingZ (0, 4, 0, 1)
goto See6
FlyUp6:
BATH B 0 ThrustThingZ (0, 4, 0, 1)
goto See7
FlyUp7:
BATH B 0 ThrustThingZ (0, 4, 0, 1)
goto See8
FlyUp8:
BATH B 0 ThrustThingZ (0, 4, 0, 1)
goto See9
FlyUp9:
BATH B 0 ThrustThingZ (0, 4, 0, 1)
goto See10
FlyUp10:
BATH B 0 ThrustThingZ (0, 4, 0, 1)
goto See11
FlyUp11:
BATH B 0 ThrustThingZ (0, 4, 0, 1)
goto See12
FlyUp12:
BATH B 0 ThrustThingZ (0, 4, 0, 1)
goto See

Death:
BATH F 3 A_ScreamAndUnblock
Fall:
BATH GGGHHHIIIJJJ 1 A_CheckFloor ("Splat")
Fall2:
BATH K 1 A_CheckFloor ("Splat")
Loop
Splat:
BATH L 1 A_Stop
BATH L 0 A_PlaySound ("Bat/Splat")
BATH L -1
Stop
}
}

actor BatDamage
{
Radius 2
Height 2
Speed 0
damagetype "giantbat"
Projectile
+NODAMAGETHRUST
+BLOODLESSIMPACT
States
{
Spawn:
TNT1 A 1
TNT1 A 1 A_Explode ((2), 40, 0)
stop
}
}

I'd try using a different monster, but the clone of an existing monster with lower health I was trying to make didn't work either.
BTW, I don't know if it matters, but I'm using Zdoom(doom-in-hexen format), and it didn't work with doom-in-doom format either.

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Going to ask a stupid question; do you have S_START and S_END markers in your WAD with all the sprite lumps in between?

Because it sounds like you don't.

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If the custom monster wad hasn't been merged with your map wad, add it to the Map Options resource list so it's loaded when testing.

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Well, I tried your thing but it has the same results. I even tried creating a new WAD to test it. Is it something to do with the doom-in-hexen format? I don't know. Maybe later I'll send a link to my wad for dissection.

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It worked fine for me.
http://tinypic.com/r/24enxhd/5

EDIT: By the way, I liked your WAD. Just fix some of the doors, and maybe add a bit more ammo. Also, I bet you'll be changing this, but on like map03 I think, text randomly appeared that said "Hello World!" I'm looking forward to the finished project.

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Well, It said Hello World because I was trying to test a print script, but nothing showed up for some reason. The engine I am using is Zdoom(doom-in-hexen format). I am not sure what is going on here.

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SOLUTION! I tried it with skulltag, and all of my problems are instantly fixed. BUT, there's one problem, I don't like skulltag. These coordinates are always showing on the screen (Im sure theres a way to turn it off) and the FOV alterations and all that fancy stuff makes it feel like a *shudder* MODERN GAME! So I'm going to try reinstalling zdoom and see if that helps.

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X54321 said:

These coordinates are always showing on the screen

When I was playing the coordinates were showing but they went away after awhile. I was using ZDoom.

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OK, So I redownloaded zdoom and all that other stuff, only to find it wasn't that different than skulltag accept for the fact I was able to tweak more settings to make it look more like the real doom. I guess I was just using the wrong engine the whole time.

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