Projectile Trap

Description

Add this to your DECORATE lump, and this will add a new thing that fires projectiles in the direction of the thing. It has 3 modes. It works using Thing Arguments.

• Arg0(Mode) - Determines the mode this thing is in. There are 3.
  • 1 - Fires a continuous stream of projectiles, non-stop.
  • 2 - Does the same, but will only fire when it can see a hostile target
  • 3 - Same as 2, but unlike the other modes, this one turns and fires directly at its target.
  • Anything else defaults to 1. This includes 0.
• Arg1(Type) - The SpawnID of the projectile. Note that it doesn't actually need to be a projectile. Could be useful as an ammo generator. Might spawn too much though.
• Arg2(Speed) - The speed at which the projectile is thrown. This is in units per 8 tics, so eight times the value of a projectile's Speed. For example, a PlasmaBall has a speed property of 25, so for the projectile trap to throw it at its normal speed, you would need to use a value of 200 (25*8).
• Arg3(Pitch) - The vertical speed for the projectile to fire at. 0 is horizontal, negative is down and positive is up.
• Arg4(FOV) - Used for determining whether to fire in modes 2 and 3. It's the trap's field of view.

To use it in your map:

• Add the definition to the DECORATE lump
• Add a thing of type 20005 to the map. You can change this if it gets in the way.
• Give it the correct facing and ZHeight, and set the arguments.

Other tips:

• You can change how fast it fires by editing the first State definition duration. On the line TNT1 A 5 A_LookEx... change the number. Higher numbers result in slower fire. DO NOT SET TO ZERO. This is the number of frames the delay lasts. 35 frames = 1 second. By default it fires at a rate of 5, or 7 rounds per second.
• You can disable it by setting the DORMANT flag and unsetting with a script.
• Set the friendly flag for modes 2 and 3 to make it only react to enemies.

The Definition

ACTOR TrapProjectileLauncher 20005
{ 
	Monster
	+STANDSTILL
	+NOBLOCKMAP
	+NOGRAVITY
	-SHOOTABLE
	States
	{
	Spawn:
		TNT1 A 5 A_LookEx (LOF_NOSOUNDCHECK, 0, 0, 0, 0, "SpawnSkip")
		Loop
	SpawnSkip:
	 	TNT1 A 5
		TNT1 A 0 A_JumpIf (args[0]==1, "Constant")
		TNT1 A 0 A_JumpIf (args[0]==2, "Automatic")
		TNT1 A 0 A_JumpIf (args[0]==3, "Smart")
       
	Constant: //First Function: Always Shoot
		TNT1 A 0 Thing_Projectile (0, args[1], (angle * 256 / 360)%256, args[2], args[3])
		TNT1 A 0
		Goto Spawn
       
	Automatic: //Second Function: Shoot when in sight
		TNT1 A 0 A_JumpIfTargetInLOS (2,args[4]*256)
		TNT1 A 0 A_Jump (256,2)
		TNT1 A 0 Thing_Projectile (0, args[1], (angle * 256 / 360)%256, args[2], args[3])
		TNT1 A 0
		Goto Spawn
	   
	Smart: //Third Function: Same as second, but can turn.
		TNT1 A 0 A_FaceTarget
		TNT1 A 0 A_JumpIfTargetInLOS (2,args[4]*256)
		TNT1 A 0 A_Jump (256,2)
		TNT1 A 0 Thing_Projectile (0, args[1], (angle * 256 / 360)%256, args[2], args[3])
		TNT1 A 0
		Goto Spawn
	}
}