[SUBMISSION] Mind Elemental

Name: Mind Elemental
Difficulty: Medium
Connections: None
Summon: MindElemental
Melee: No
Distance: Projectile
Type: Demon
GLDEFs: Yes
Submitted: Ganbare-Lucifer

Mind Elemental Credits:
Decorate: Xaser, Ganbare-Lucifer
GLDEFs: Dreadopp, Ganbare-Lucifer
Sounds: Id Software
Sprites: Id Software
Sprite Edit: Assmaster, Ganbare-Lucifer
Psychic Soul Credits:
Decorate: Maelstrom
GLDEFs: Dreadopp
Sounds: Id Software, Monolith Games
Sprites: Id Software
Sprite Edit: Neoworm, Maelstrom, Ganbare-Lucifer

An Elemental that has been mouth-sealed due to its dangerous mind-damaging psychopathy, which is set loose once killed, releasing the annoying hitscanning Psychic Souls.



(The new Psychic Soul sprites are optional, you can update them if you like)

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1lfPKz5T7rmo3k1C4CEyMcdwnf77D_M4d/view?usp=drive_link

To be brutally honest, I don't think this could get much use, it's just a recolor of the Tortured Soul that acts just like the Psychic Soul with more health. I'll wait to see what other people has to say.
The Psychic Souls calls for a script that doesn't exist when it attacks.

Gothic wrote:

To be brutally honest, I don't think this could get much use, it's just a recolor of the Tortured Soul that acts just like the Psychic Soul with more health. I'll wait to see what other people has to say.
The Psychic Souls calls for a script that doesn't exist when it attacks.

Well, at least I will get to fix the script fix which was from the VDP Monster Randomizer

I feel like a Mind Elemental should "trick" the player's mind in some ways to make it unique.
For example you could make the player blind for a couple of seconds, make his vision to be distorted with A_Quake or something like that.

Giving a custom damage type would be nice too.

Also: why does he spawn the NullProjectile instead of using an actual hitscan attack?
You're giving that actor a 255 speed value which is insane, not to mention you're not even inheriting from FastProjectile

Kan3 wrote:

I feel like a Mind Elemental should "trick" the player's mind in some ways to make it unique.
For example you could make the player blind for a couple of seconds, make his vision to be distorted with A_Quake or something like that.

Giving a custom damage type would be nice too.

Also: why does he spawn the NullProjectile instead of using an actual hitscan attack?
You're giving that actor a 255 speed value which is insane, not to mention you're not even inheriting from FastProjectile

Can something like this work? I don't know much about coding, so this may give an error when booting Doom.

Well, it's missing several vital parts.

You need to let the projectile know who to give the screen-blending item, so you have to add something like the HITTRACER flag to the projectile and then point that in the A_GiveInventory function with AAPTR_TRACER.

About the item instead:
You don't need to remove the COUNTITEM flag (it's not there to begin with) and you have to call the functions to wish to use (in this case) within the Pickup state, not the Spawn nor the Death (the item won't be spawned and won't die).
Also, you're calling for A_SetBlend 4 times in a row with no delay, so they will just override one another instantly and only the last one will start.

You could make something like this: There's no need to remove it from the player's inventory because it won't be placed in there (if I read the wiki correctly)

Not a 100% fan of this process, because we're missing some checks, but it should work in DECORATE

Alrite, will put it on test.

Any update on this?

Testing send message?

It sent? Good.

I was unable to post because of the block again.

I'm polishing the last stuff.

Closing this due to lack of activity.
Also still not sold on it.