Classes:BossEye


This is an invisible actor that periodically fires the SpawnShot actor, more commonly known as the "Boss Cube," as part of the boss on Doom 2's MAP30. Each cube will fly to a random location on the map (determined by a series of BossTarget actors placed in the map) and spawn an enemy at random.

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  2. In fact, it's not just useless, it's actually harmful as it can cause problems.
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Boss cube shooter
Actor type Monster Game
DoomEd Number 89 Class Name BossEye


Classes: BossEye

DECORATE definition

 
ACTOR BossEye
{
  Height 32
  +NOBLOCKMAP
  +NOSECTOR
  States
  {
  Spawn:
    SSWV A 10 A_Look
    Loop
  See:
    SSWV A 181 A_BrainAwake
    SSWV A 150 A_BrainSpit  // See SpawnShot
    Wait
  }
}

Customization

You can customize which actors are spawned by inheriting from the BossEye actor and providing a list of actors using the DropItem property. For example, this code will create a new shooter that will spawn one of five custom monsters:

actor CustomEye : BossEye
{
  DropItem "UberZombie"
  DropItem "NaziCommando"
  DropItem "Trite"
  DropItem "D3Imp"
  DropItem "Chicken"
}

Like for RandomSpawner, the second optional parameter of DropItem can be used to weigh the list, however the first optional parameter has no effect. The following example accurately replicates the odds of the normal BossEye:

actor ICantBelieveItsNotBossEye : BossEye
{
  DropItem "DoomImp" 		255 50
  DropItem "Demon"		255 40
  DropItem "Spectre"		255 30
  DropItem "PainElemental"	255 10
  DropItem "Cacodemon"		255 30
  DropItem "Archvile"		255  2
  DropItem "Revenant"		255 10
  DropItem "Arachnotron"	255 20
  DropItem "Fatso"		255 30
  DropItem "HellKnight"		255 24
  DropItem "BaronOfHell"	255 10
}
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