Turok EX Modding Guide

Scripts kActor kPuppet

player's physical actor

related classes:

• ScriptObjectPlayer – script object associated with kPuppet
• kPlayer – meta object for managing player state

Methods

float& ViewHeight()

player view height, relative to player's location

automatically moves back toward default over time

float LandingViewOffset()

player view height offset caused by hitting the ground

float& RecoilPitch()

player view pitch offset, in radians

automatically moves back toward 0 over time

uint& PlayerFlags()

bit field of player state flags:

• PF_NOCLIP – noclip is enabled
• PF_FLY – fly mode is enabled
• PF_DEAD
• PF_GOD – god mode or invincibility is enabled
  (spiritual invincibility does not affect this flag)
• PF_JUMPING – it's the first few frames of a jump, and the jump button is still pressed
• PF_HASJUMPED – in the air from jumping (not from walking off a ledge)
• PF_INWARPAREA – player is in a teleport sector (but not necessarily teleporting)
• PF_CLIMBTHRUST – player is moving up a climbable surface
  (includes pause at the end before the next motion)
• PF_NOAIRFRICTION
• PF_CRAWLING – in a crawl space, like the small passages in the catacombs
• PF_PREVENTDEATHCAM –

  when the player dies, do not fall to ground, lose life, or respawn/end game

  normal death procedure can be resumed with kPlayLoop::HandlePlayerDeath()

• PF_FIREDPROJECTILE
• 4096 – bottomless pit death cutscene

void QuietNoiseAlert()

void LoudNoiseAlert()