Three parts make a whole... (zdoom hexen Question)

Is it possible in zdoom to make a monster drop a ready made 'big' hexen weapon (ie sword, Bloodscorge or holy staff)? I don't mean the parts, I mean the whole thing as one item.

Captain Red said:

Is it possible in zdoom to make a monster drop a ready made 'big' hexen weapon (ie sword, Bloodscorge or holy staff)? I don't mean the parts, I mean the whole thing as one item.

No. That's because there is no one item. These weapons don't have complete sprites and logically no means to place them as a single item.

Of course you could create a sprite and define a DECORATE item that then calls an ACS script which gives the weapon to the player.

Or perhaps have the monster drop all the parts of it?

Graf Zahl said:
Of course you could create a sprite and define a DECORATE item that then calls an ACS script which gives the weapon to the player.

Good idea, but a bit impractical for what I'm trying to do.

kristus said:
Or perhaps have the monster drop all the parts of it?

That's the plan. But it looks a little tacky (IMO)

Thanks anyway.

kristus said:

Or perhaps have the monster drop all the parts of it?

There's a better option. ZDoom contains items which drop all parts of such a weapon. They are called QuietusDrop, WraithvergeDrop and BloodscourgeDrop and take proper care that they don't end up at the exact same position.