Force Shield Monitor

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Thing type 403, Force Shield Monitor, is a monitor that gives the player the Force Shield upon its destruction. Unlike other shields, this shield protects the player from two hits. On the first hit, the shield will become lighter. On the second hit, it will disappear completely. When a player with this shield presses the Spin button in mid-jump, their momentum will reset completely, and they will fall in the direction gravity is facing while in a jump state. This ability is useful for careful, precise platforming.

While this monitor gives the player a Force Shield that lasts two hits, the amount of hits the shield will last can be extended past this number using either the action A_CustomPower, or linedef type 434.

Checking the Ambush flag turns this monitor into a Weak Random Monitor, out of which it may randomly respawn with a probability of 9.38%. Checking the Special flag turns it into a Strong Random Monitor, out of which it may randomly respawn with a probability of 18.75%.

This Monitor type also comes in a gold variation, Thing Type 433, Force Shield Monitor (Respawn), which will give the player the Force Shield once popped, before respawning after about 3 seconds. SRB2 itself does not use the Force Shield Monitor (Respawn), but it is still available for custom maps.

States – MT_FORCE_BOX
State	Sprite prefix	Frame	Duration (tics)	Action	Var 1	Var 2	Next state
S_FORCE_BOX	TVFO	A	2	none	0	0	S_BOX_FLICKER
S_BOX_FLICKER	MSTV	A	1	none	0	0	S_SPAWNSTATE
S_BOX_POP1	MSTV	B	4	A_MonitorPop	0	0	S_BOX_POP2
S_BOX_POP2	MSTV	B	-1	none	0	0	S_NULL

States – MT_FORCE_GOLDBOX
State	Sprite prefix	Frame	Duration (tics)	Action	Var 1	Var 2	Next state
S_FORCE_GOLDBOX	TVFO	B	2	none	0	0	S_GOLDBOX_FLICKER
S_GOLDBOX_FLICKER	XLTV	A	1	none	0	0	S_SPAWNSTATE
S_GOLDBOX_OFF1	XLTV	B	89	A_GoldMonitorPop	0	0	S_GOLDBOX_OFF2
S_GOLDBOX_OFF2	XLTV	C	4	A_PlayAttackSound	0	0	S_GOLDBOX_OFF3
S_GOLDBOX_OFF3	XLTV	D	4	none	0	0	S_GOLDBOX_OFF4
S_GOLDBOX_OFF4	XLTV	E	4	none	0	0	S_GOLDBOX_OFF5
S_GOLDBOX_OFF5	XLTV	F	2	none	0	0	S_GOLDBOX_OFF6
S_GOLDBOX_OFF6	XLTV	G	2	none	0	0	S_GOLDBOX_OFF7
S_GOLDBOX_OFF7	XLTV	G	0	A_GoldMonitorRestore	0	0	S_SPAWNSTATE

States – MT_BSHIELDICO
State	Sprite prefix	Frame	Duration (tics)	Action	Var 1	Var 2	Next state	Full brightness?	Translucency
S_BLTV3	BLTV	B	4	A_MonitorPop	0	0	S_BLTV4	No	0%
S_BLTV4	BLTV	C	4	none	0	0	S_BLTV5	No	0%
S_BLTV5	BLTV	D	4	none	0	0	S_BLTV6	No	0%
S_BLTV6	BLTV	E	4	none	0	0	S_BLTV7	No	0%
S_BLTV7	BLTV	B	18	A_ForceShield	0	0	S_NULL	No	0%

States – MT_BLUEORB
State	Sprite prefix	Frame	Duration (tics)	Action	Var 1	Var 2	Next state	Full brightness?	Translucency
S_FORC1	FORC	A	3	none	0	0	S_FORC2	No	50%
S_FORC2	FORC	B	3	none	0	0	S_FORC3	No	50%
S_FORC3	FORC	C	3	none	0	0	S_FORC4	No	50%
S_FORC4	FORC	D	3	none	0	0	S_FORC5	No	50%
S_FORC5	FORC	E	3	none	0	0	S_FORC6	No	50%
S_FORC6	FORC	F	3	none	0	0	S_FORC7	No	50%
S_FORC7	FORC	G	3	none	0	0	S_FORC8	No	50%
S_FORC8	FORC	H	3	none	0	0	S_FORC9	No	50%
S_FORC9	FORC	I	3	none	0	0	S_FORC10	No	50%
S_FORC10	FORC	J	3	none	0	0	S_FORC1	No	50%
S_FORC11	FORC	K	3	none	0	0	S_FORC12	No	50%
S_FORC12	FORC	L	3	none	0	0	S_FORC13	No	50%
S_FORC13	FORC	M	3	none	0	0	S_FORC14	No	50%
S_FORC14	FORC	N	3	none	0	0	S_FORC15	No	50%
S_FORC15	FORC	O	3	none	0	0	S_FORC16	No	50%
S_FORC16	FORC	P	3	none	0	0	S_FORC17	No	50%
S_FORC17	FORC	Q	3	none	0	0	S_FORC18	No	50%
S_FORC18	FORC	R	3	none	0	0	S_FORC19	No	50%
S_FORC19	FORC	S	3	none	0	0	S_FORC20	No	50%
S_FORC20	FORC	T	3	none	0	0	S_FORC11	No	50%

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