Scripting • requesting help or insight on a monster with a separate tail that reacts with the body

Code:

actor lerdappendage{scale .1radius 4height 8+FLOORCLIP-solidstates{spawn:lrct c 0 nodelay {A_SetInventory  ("attack", 0);A_SetInventory  ("pain", 0);}goto spunspun:lret aabbccdd 3 {if (Checkinventory("move", 0)){ A_Warp(AAPTR_master, -12, 0, 0, 0, WARPF_NOCHECKPOSITION);return state(0);}                         else                            { return state ("look");                            }                         }//{//A_Warp(AAPTR_master, -24, 0, 0, 0, WARPF_NOCHECKPOSITION);//A_JumpIfInventory("move", 1, "look");//obviously THIS doesn't worklooplook:lrct abcdefgh 3 {if (Checkinventory("dosomethinger", 0)){ A_Warp(AAPTR_master, -12, 0, 0, 0, WARPF_NOCHECKPOSITION);return state(0);}                         else                            { return state ("whatnext");                            }                         }whatnext:lrtt a 0 A_SetInventory  ("dosomethinger", 0)fnyp a 0 A_JumpIfInventory("attack", 1, "attacking") fnyp a 0 A_JumpIfInventory("attack", 2, "energing") fnyp a 0 A_JumpIfInventory("pain", 1, "paining1") fnyp a 0 A_JumpIfInventory("pain", 2, "paining2") lrtt a 8 //11-5-2024 the game got struck in an apparent infinite loop before i added this 8 frame nonsense since none of the inventory checks were finding anything, but it shouldn't be possible to get here without being given inventoryattacking:lrtt abcdefghijkl 3 {if (Checkinventory("dosomethinger", 0)){ A_Warp(AAPTR_master, -12, 0, 0, 0, WARPF_NOCHECKPOSITION);return state(0);}                         else                            { return state ("whatnext");                            }                         } goto spawnenerging:lret abcd 3 {if (Checkinventory("dosomethinger", 0)){ A_Warp(AAPTR_master, -12, 0, 0, 0, WARPF_NOCHECKPOSITION);return state(0);}                         else                            { return state ("whatnext");                            }                         }looppaining1:lrpt a 0 A_SetInventory  ("pain", 0)lrpt aaabbbcccccc 1 {if (Checkinventory("dosomethinger", 0)){ A_Warp(AAPTR_master, -12, 0, 0, 0, WARPF_NOCHECKPOSITION);return state(0);}                         else                            { return state ("whatnext");                            }                         }goto spawnpaining2:lrpt a 0 A_SetInventory  ("pain", 0)lrpt cccbbbaaaaaa 1{if (Checkinventory("dosomethinger", 0)){ A_Warp(AAPTR_master, -12, 0, 0, 0, WARPF_NOCHECKPOSITION);return state(0);}                         else                            { return state ("whatnext");                            }                         }goto spawn}}actor dosomethinger : custominventory{//does it actually need anything defined?radius 1height 1}actor attack : dosomethinger{}actor pain : dosomethinger{}actor move : dosomethinger{}ACTOR Lerd 6006{spawnid 174bloodcolor 00a000seesound "skeleton/sight"activesound "skeleton/active"painsound "skeleton/pain"deathsound "skeleton/death"attacksound "skeleton/attack"translation "lerd1"     Health 200     Radius 20     Height 56     Mass 500     Speed 6     Scale .1     Painchance 80     MONSTER+floorclip     Obituary "%o got beat"     Missileheight 30     Missiletype lerdshot2     States{     Spawn:   LRcl a 0 nodelay {A_SpawnItemEx ("lerdappendage", 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,SXF_SETMASTER);A_SpawnItemEx ("lerdmiddleappendage1", -1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,SXF_SETMASTER);//A_SpawnItemEx ("lerdmiddleappendage2", -2, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,SXF_SETMASTER);}  //LRjp a 10 A_Look          Lrat abcb 8 A_Look          goto spawn+1     See: lrcl a 0 { A_GiveToChildren("move", 1);}  saw:          LRcl Abcdefgh 3 A_Chase          loop     Missile: lrcl a 0  { A_GiveToChildren("dosomethinger", 1);A_GiveToChildren("attack", 1);} //{A_RemoveChildren (true, RMVF_MISC,"lerdappendage");  //A_RemoveChildren (true, RMVF_MISC,"lerdmiddleappendage1"); //A_RemoveChildren (true, RMVF_MISC,"lerdmiddleappendage2");}  Lrat abc 3 A_FaceTarget          Lrat defgh 3 BRIGHT A_FaceTarget      Lrat i 1 BRIGHT A_CustomMissile ("lerdshot2", 30, 0, 0)          Lrat i 1 BRIGHT A_CustomMissile ("lerdshot3", 30, 0, 0)          Lrat i 1 BRIGHT A_CustomMissile ("lerdshot4", 30, 0, 0)            Lrat jk 3  Lrat l 3 A_SpawnItemEx ("lerdattackbit", Random (0, 1), 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, SXF_TRANSFERTRANSLATION)          GoTo See     Pain: ectr A 0 A_Jump(256, "pain1", "pain2") pain1:  lrcl a 0  { A_GiveToChildren("dosomethinger", 1);A_GiveToChildren("pain", 1);} lrpa abc 3 lrpa c 3  A_Pain          GoTo See   pain2: lrcl a 0  { A_GiveToChildren("dosomethinger", 1);A_GiveToChildren("pain", 2);} lrpa cba 3 lrpa a 3  A_Pain goto saw    //////there is a bunch of old melee and death code from when it was a single piece monster with differently named frames beyond this point since I have not finished implementing them all