A_KillMaster

A_KillMaster (string damagetype)

Called by monsters to kill the monster that spawned this one. Currently the only function that sets the necessary information is A_SpawnItemEx. Optionally, a damagetype parameter can be given. Note that damage inflicted by this codepointer is not affected by damage factors.

Monsters spawned with A_CustomMissile are not affected by this. A_CustomMissile was never designed to spawn monsters.

Examples

The following is a variant of the doom imp, a monster spawned by a different monster with the master/child flag. If it gets killed with an attack with the "Curse" damage type, its death state will trigger A_KillMaster, killing the monster who spawned it.

ACTOR SoldierImp : DoomImp
{
  States
  {
  Pain.Voodoo:
    TROO H 2 A_Pain
    TROO H 50
    Goto See
  Pain.Curse:
    TROO H 2 A_Pain
    TROO H 2 A_DamageSiblings(15)
    Goto See
  Death:
    TROO I 8 A_DamageMaster(-25)
    TROO J 8 A_Scream
    TROO K 6
    TROO L 6 A_NoBlocking
    TROO M -1
    Stop
  Death.Curse:
    TROO I 8 A_KillMaster
    TROO J 8 A_Scream
    TROO K 6
    TROO L 6 A_NoBlocking
    TROO M -1
    Stop
  }
}

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Children/Master/Siblings relationship codepointers
A_DamageChildren	A_DamageMaster	A_DamageSiblings
A_KillChildren	A_KillMaster	A_KillSiblings
A_RaiseChildren	A_RaiseMaster	A_RaiseSiblings
A_RemoveChildren	A_RemoveMaster	A_RemoveSiblings
Note: These functions only work with monsters.