Timebomb Platform Actor

[SickSadWorld]

So I've got this actor I'm trying to get to behave like a Time bomb platform from Megaman 4-6

(EDIT: These things)


I'm able to put it in a map and see the behavior as it is implemented but the problem is that I cannot seem to implement the proper actor behavior

I want it to jump to the death state only if the player touches it.. I've got +BUMPSPECIAL in there but that just activates the special

What ways can you detect if the player is touching/ standing on the actor?

Here is the wad with all the lumps in it. Right now it just looks like a static Item-1 (I'm just using the Item-1 as a placeholder)

http://wadhost.fathax.com/files/ladders_etc.zip

The map name is SSW03

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actor Timebomb 19155
{
height 4
radius 24
scale 2.5
+FORCEYBILLBOARD
+NOGRAVITY
-SHOOTABLE
+SOLID
+BUMPSPECIAL
States
{
Spawn:
ITEM ABABABABABABABABABABABABAB 3 // A_JumpIf(..playertouches?, "Death")
loop
Death:
NAPA A 0 A_Stop
NAPA A 0 A_PlaySoundEx("weapon/napalm", "Weapon")
NAPA A 0 A_ChangeFlag("NOGRAVITY",1)
NAPA D 0 A_Explode(60, 128, 0)
NAPA DEFGHIJKLMNOPQRS 2
stop
}
}

The comment shows where I'd like to check if the actor touches but I'm not sure this is even possible or the best way to implement this behavior. Any help is appreciated!

[CutmanMike]

Aah coding! You could try something like this, but the timebomb will still go off if you "touch" it from the sides.

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actor Timebomb 19155
{
height 4
radius 24
scale 2.5
+FORCEYBILLBOARD
+NOGRAVITY
-SHOOTABLE
+SOLID
+MISSILE // Actor is now a missile, so it dies when something touches it.
States
{
Spawn:
ITEM ABABABABABABABABABABABABAB 3
loop
Death:
ITEM A 0 A_ChangeFlag("NOGRAVITY",1) // missiles lose this flag when it dies
ITEM A 0 A_ChangeFlag("SOLID",1) // missiles lose this flag when it dies
// Countdown animation should probably go here
NAPA A 0 A_Stop
NAPA A 0 A_PlaySoundEx("weapon/napalm", "Weapon")
NAPA A 0 A_ChangeFlag("NOGRAVITY",1)
NAPA D 0 A_Explode(60, 128, 0)
NAPA DEFGHIJKLMNOPQRS 2
stop
}
}
Not 100% this will work first time but it should get you started

[SickSadWorld]

Thanks Mike!