Powerup Counter

[The Blue Panther]

(No icons, sorry)

I haven't found anywhere (or maybe I didn't look hard enough) showing how to do this in Skulltag, I suppose making a counter is easy enough... but somehow I ended up with a headache, I feel silly... anyways

For those still using Skulltag here's a powerup counter, feel free to use it, and/or tinker with it to make it more efficient

(I tested a wad that used one made in SBARINFO with Zandronum, and it gave me an error... so this for me is the only way, I could be wrong)

EDIT:
Here is Llewellyn's version of the code (Which I felt it was better):

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script 1 (void)
{
    /* It does initializes powerup, does powerup-- 
    which is the same as "powerup = powerup -1"
    and that the countdown has not ended. */
    for (int powerup = 60;powerup > -1; powerup--)
    {
    //This makes sure the player is still alive
    if (GetActorProperty (0, APROP_Health) < 0)
        terminate;
    if (CheckInventory("PowerupActive") > 1)
    {
        TakeInventory ("PowerupActive", 1);
        powerup = 60; //Restarts the timer!
    }
    SetFont("BIGFONT");
    SetHudSize(320, 240, 1);
    HudMessage(i:powerup; HUDMSG_PLAIN, 1, CR_WHITE, 308.0, 127.0, 2.0);
    //This prevents the delay by putting it at the end
    Delay(35);
    }
}

And attached example

https://www.dropbox.com/s/ninx4iet3up1u ... Example.7z

Just summon a "GenericPowerup" or a DoomSphere

[Llewellyn]

Well I helped, original with new comments:

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script 1 (void)
{
	int powerup = 60; 
	while ((powerup > -1) && (GetActorProperty (0, APROP_Health) > 0))
	{
		if (CheckInventory("PowerupActive") > 1)
		{
		TakeInventory ("PowerupActive", 1);
		restart; //This is unessecary also, 
		}	 //because the script is in a While(), 
			 //so its going to be looping already.
		SetFont("BIGFONT");
		SetHudSize(320, 240, 1);
		HudMessage(i:powerup; HUDMSG_PLAIN, 1, CR_WHITE, 308.0, 127.0, 2.0);
		powerup = powerup - 1;
		{ //These brackets are random and useless
		Delay(35);
		} //These brackets are random and useless
	}
terminate; //This is unesscary, once it hits the last bracket it automatically terminates.
}

How I would have done it:

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script 1 (void)
{
    /* It does initializes powerup, does powerup-- 
    which is the same as "powerup = powerup -1"
    and that the countdown has not ended. */
    for (int powerup = 60;powerup > -1; powerup--)
    {
	//This makes sure the player is still alive
	if (GetActorProperty (0, APROP_Health) < 0)
		terminate;
	if (CheckInventory("PowerupActive") > 1)
    {
		TakeInventory ("PowerupActive", 1);
		powerup = 60; //Restarts the timer!
    }
    SetFont("BIGFONT");
    SetHudSize(320, 240, 1);
    HudMessage(i:powerup; HUDMSG_PLAIN, 1, CR_WHITE, 308.0, 127.0, 2.0);
	//This prevents the delay by putting it at the end
    Delay(35);
	}
}

Excuse the editing, I wasn't sure what you were trying to do with this until I played the wad lol.

EDIT: Script 2 is so much more complicated than it needs to be, and is actually broken as the text and sound from the sphere wearing off is displayed whenever you die:

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script 2 (void)
{
    for (int powerup = 25; powerup > -1; powerup--)
    {
	//This makes sure the player is still alive
	if (GetActorProperty (0, APROP_Health) < 0)
	{
		FadeRange(190,0,0,0.7,0,0,0,0.0,0.5);
		terminate;
	}
	if (CheckInventory("doomActive") > 1)
    {
		TakeInventory ("doomActive", 1);
		powerup = 25; //Restarts the timer!
    }
	if (powerup < 4)
	{
		if (powerup == 3)
			{
			Print(s:"Doomsphere is wearing off...");
			LocalAmbientSound("QUADWearoff", 127);
			}
		FadeRange(190,0,0,0.7,0,0,0,0.0,0.5);
	}
    SetFont("BIGFONT");
    SetHudSize(320, 240, 1);
    HudMessage(i:doom; HUDMSG_PLAIN, 5, CR_RED, 308.0, 147.0, 2.0);
	//This prevents the delay by putting it at the end
    Delay(35);
	}
}

[The Blue Panther]

Script 2 is actually broken as the text and sound from the sphere wearing off is displayed whenever you die:
["more clean code"]

Oh, I screwed it up there... First version of the script had a bunch of whiles before and after the delay... and the player would terminate the script via his death state, It worked fine

I have no idea what you did but your doomsphere makes you like 70% vulnerable.

It doesn't matter, the point of the second script was the Hudmessage, sound and faderange fancyness

While it still doesn't prevent the delay, the code is now 100% better than before, I'll update the first post and the wad with it, thanks a lot!