Pity Shield Monitor

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Thing type 401, Pity Shield Monitor, is a monitor that gives the player the Pity Shield upon its destruction. The Pity Shield protects the player from one hit and has no other properties. SRB2 itself does not use the Pity Shield Monitor. Pity Shields are only awarded directly to weaker players and players who have just spawned in Match mode (see Match > Pity Shield for more details). However, the monitor is still available for custom maps.

Checking the Ambush flag turns this monitor into a Weak Random Monitor. Checking the Special flag turns it into a Strong Random Monitor. Both are however not recommended, because neither WRMs nor SRMs spawn Pity Shield Monitors.

This Monitor type also comes in a gold variation, Thing Type 431, Pity Shield Monitor (Respawn), which will give the player the Pity Shield once popped, before respawning after about 3 seconds. SRB2 itself does not use the Pity Shield Monitor (Respawn), but it is still available for custom maps.

States – MT_PITY_BOX
State	Sprite prefix	Frame	Duration (tics)	Action	Var 1	Var 2	Next state
S_PITY_BOX	GRTV	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_PITY_GOLDBOX
State	Sprite prefix	Frame	Duration (tics)	Action	Var 1	Var 2	Next state
S_PITY_GOLDBOX	GRTV	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_PITY_ICON
State	Sprite prefix	Frame	Duration (tics)	Action	Var 1	Var 2	Next state
S_PITY_ICON1	TVPI	FF_ANIMATE|C	18	none	3	4	S_PITY_ICON2
S_PITY_ICON2	TVPI	C	18	A_GiveShield	SH_PITY	0	S_NULL

States – MT_PITY_ORB
State	Sprite prefix	Frame	Duration (tics)	Action	Var 1	Var 2	Next state
S_PITY1	PITY	FF_TRANS30|A	2	none	0	0	S_PITY2
S_PITY2	PITY	FF_TRANS30|B	2	none	0	0	S_PITY3
S_PITY3	PITY	FF_TRANS30|C	2	none	0	0	S_PITY4
S_PITY4	PITY	FF_TRANS30|D	2	none	0	0	S_PITY5
S_PITY5	PITY	FF_TRANS30|E	2	none	0	0	S_PITY6
S_PITY6	PITY	FF_TRANS30|F	2	none	0	0	S_PITY7
S_PITY7	PITY	FF_TRANS30|G	2	none	0	0	S_PITY8
S_PITY8	PITY	FF_TRANS30|H	2	none	0	0	S_PITY9
S_PITY9	PITY	FF_TRANS30|I	2	none	0	0	S_PITY10
S_PITY10	PITY	FF_TRANS30|J	2	none	0	0	S_PITY11
S_PITY11	PITY	FF_TRANS30|K	2	none	0	0	S_PITY12
S_PITY12	PITY	FF_TRANS30|L	2	none	0	0	S_PITY1

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