how can I learn to edit brutal doom and add some features Thread - Brutal Doom mod for Doom

Hi everyone

first I like to thank all who have taken part in creating brutal doom . it is the best game ever .

I am new to this mod . maybe 1 month . and I have spent many hours on this great game . I like to know what language is brutal doom written in . I have opened the Pk3 file with slade , but I don't know exactly what language is used for this mod .

for example consider this part taken from player.txt which is about rolling , which i couldn't understand what language is used for writing it .

RollRight:
NULL A 0 A_TakeInventory("RollLeft", 1)
NULL A 0 A_TakeInventory("RollRight", 1)
NULL A 0 A_ChangeFlag ("NOPAIN", 1)

NULL A 0 ACS_ExecuteAlways(400, 0, 0, 0, 0)//Start Camera//Start Camera
NULL A 0 ThrustThing(angle*256/360+192,20,0,0)//Thrust Right
TNT1 AAAA 1 A_SpawnItemEx("PROLSpriteE", 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, SXF_TRANSFERTRANSLATION)
TNT1 AAAA 1 A_SpawnItemEx("PROLSpriteD", 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, SXF_TRANSFERTRANSLATION)
TNT1 AAAA 1 A_SpawnItemEx("PROLSpriteC", 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, SXF_TRANSFERTRANSLATION)
TNT1 AAAA 1 A_SpawnItemEx("PROLSpriteB", 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, SXF_TRANSFERTRANSLATION)
TNT1 AAAA 1 A_SpawnItemEx("PROLSpriteA", 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, SXF_TRANSFERTRANSLATION)
MARN A 0 ACS_ExecuteAlways(402, 0, 0, 0, 0)//Disable Camera.
NULL A 0 A_JumpIfInventory("GoFatality", 1, "FatalityChecker")
NULL A 0 A_TakeInventory("RollLeft", 1)
NULL A 0 A_TakeInventory("RollRight", 1)
NULL A 0 A_JumpIfInventory("GoSpecial", 1, "SpecialChecker")
MARN A 4

and I also like to know if there is any tutorials available for those who want to learn to mod and edit brutal doom . if so where can I find them ?

thanks everyone

Hi.

There are basicly two different codes that modern doom mods use.
The one that you have copied - Decorate. And the other one is ACS (Action Code Script) for making more advanced stuff or map-specific programming. ACS pretty much resembles C-code imo. I suggest you wait with that one until you really need it, and keep with Decorate until you get the hang on things.

There's a lot of tutorials out there.
Good places to start:
Gunlabs.blogspot.com
Zdoom.org - scroll down to "DECORATE-related"
Zdoom.org

Zdoom.org is a great website to find what different stuff works. You could probably learn all you need to know about Doom modding from just that website alone.

Good luck!

Edited by: Tomtefar1988