Tag 65535

[Fawfulfan]

I read on the Wiki that giving a linedef special a tag of 65535 will cause SRB2 to apply the effect to all sectors in the map. But I tried it with the Heat Wave Effect and it didn't do anything. Out of curiosity, which specials actually work with this effect?

 

[Monster Iestyn]

Did you not read that linedef's wiki page?

Due to a bug in the current version of SRB2, giving this linedef a tag of -1 doesn't work.

 

[MascaraSnake]

Congratulations on picking exactly the one linedef where it doesn't work. I made a bug report about that already, though. This most notably works woth colormaps, and probably with all the other lighting effects (600+) too. Otherwise, no idea. It doesn't make any sense with most effects.

 

[Chaotic Chao]

I never knew about that linedef tag...
Does it ever work?

 

[Fawfulfan]

This most notably works woth colormaps, and probably with all the other lighting effects (600+) too. Otherwise, no idea. It doesn't make any sense with most effects.

Does that answer your question?

 

[Chaotic Chao]

A little...
I don't get the -1 part.

 

[MascaraSnake]

You can either use the tag "-1" or "65535". Both are essentially the same.

 

[Chaotic Chao]

So the wiki page said -1 didn't work but it didn't say so for 65535.
Ok, I get it. Yay.

 

[MascaraSnake]

So the wiki page said -1 didn't work but it didn't say so for 65535.
Ok, I get it. Yay.

Uh, both don't work.

 

[Chaotic Chao]

...

Well that's not very smart.

 

[MascaraSnake]

It's a bug, what do you expect?

 

[Fawfulfan]

-1 and 65535 are the exact same tag, Chaotic Chao.

 

[Chaotic Chao]

-1 and 65535 are the exact same tag, Chaotic Chao.

I know, but I meant it wasn't smart that it doesn't say so for both of them. Just in case someone doesn't know.

 

[MascaraSnake]

I know, but I meant it wasn't smart that it doesn't say so for both of them. Just in case someone doesn't know.

If someone knows about tag -1, he usually knows that 65535 is the same. If he doesn't, he usually doesn't know about 65535 at all. The only reason you misunderstood it is because you never read the wiki article where those tags are explained.

 

[glaber]

Someone who is experience enough to know that both tags are one and the same would know, otherwise they would think that they are separate.

 

[Chaotic Chao]

If someone knows about tag -1, he usually knows that 65535 is the same. If he doesn't, he usually doesn't know about 65535 at all. The only reason you misunderstood it is because you never read the wiki article where those tags are explained.

Actually, I DID read the article while browsing the wiki for no reason...