Weapons of Saturn

[Lippeth]

A lightweight weapon mod for GZDoom. Adds altfires, reloading, and all the things we love to hate about modern gaming.



Future updates are very unlikely unless compatibility completely breaks.

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[OUTDATED] Last Updated October 19, 2018

Classic Revival HUD Updated January 01, 2015

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UPDATE: Added an assault rifle that the zombie guys randomly drop. In order to keep things balanced, they're now a little better at shooting rifles.

UPDATE 10/7/2013: Smoke effects have been added, the shotgun and rifle can be zoomed in for better accuracy, and I've tried to add a laser sight on the zoomed in rifle, but it's so buggy that I may end up taking it out.

10/10/2013: Fixed laster sight on rifle, added smoke to plasmaballs, balanced damage on chaingun and plasma gun.

10/11/2013: Added new reload animation to pistol, and new Nazis for Doom 2's secret levels.

10/12/2013: Adjusted speed/balance issues for shotgun, minigun and rocket launcher.

10/14/2013: Rifle now throws 9mm casings to reflect it's ammo type, Invulnerability sphere turns screen gold instead of inverse as a cheap way to mask anti-aliasing issues, at least until I fix some of the sprites.

10/16/2013: Added single fire to double barreled shotgun.

10/18/2013: Added brand new rocket launcher.

11/02/2013: Cosmetic changes to rocket launcher and BFG.

11/07/2013: Added a kick attack as secondary fire to the fist and pistol.

11/15/2013: Added secondary attacks to Plasma rifle and rocket launcher.

11/22/2013: Changed the way the pistol, rifle, Mp40, and shotgun reload thanks to Patriot1776.

11/26/2013: Fixed an issue with grenade launcher, changed the sound of chaingun's windup and wind down.

01/04/2014: I don't even remember what I did this time. The 1911 is back but is cheat only, The shotgun sports a few revised sounds. The MP40 now ejects casings from the correct side, and I've edited the explosive barrel sprites to look like green slime is combusting, along with adding a few sprites thanks to zrrion the insect.

05/11/2014: Updated rifle, cleaned up a few sounds.

05/31/2014: Cleaned up pistol reloading sprites.

07/02/2014: Changed armor bonus sprites, experimented with secondary fire for the chaingun, added tracers to launcher, renamed weapon tags.

07/07/2014: Changed 1911 flash frames to add consistency.

07/29/2014: Changed 1911, general clean up.

08/04/2014: Added secondary attack to chainsaw.

08/12/2014: Re-balanced weapons, moved 1911 to slot 2 and rifle to slot 4. Increased rifle damage and gave its own ammo type. Added secondary attack to BFG(still testing), tightened pistol grouping, added new rocket launcher explosion sprites from Demon Eclipse.

08/25/2014: Removed Keyconf due to redundancy and deprecation. Removed Decaldef due to lack of implementation.

11/02/2014: Refined BFG, increased pistol damage slightly.

11/03/2014: Refined BFG reload animation, added frames to rocket launcher.

12/25/2014: Removed caution tape from plasma rifle sprites, added rocket drum to Saturn V pickup sprite, cleaned up riot gun reloading frames, changed rotary cannon's ammo capacity from 600 to 400,
increased 1911 damage.

12/26/2014: Fixed up the minigun sprites all fancy like. Rotary plasma has also been refined.

01/01/2015: Raised projectile shots from the Saturn V and pulse rifle to be more vanilla map compatible, fixed flickering laser dot on combat rifle.

02/11/2015: Added frames to pistol reload animation, removed hammer device from riot gun, removed 1911

08/09/2015: Added select animations to all weapons, chain saw causes damage to enemies when selected. Added new sounds for health bonus, pistol, riot gun, coach gun, and rotary cannon.

10/31/2015: Nova Rifle secondary fire now shoots something of a plasma rocket, exploding on impact causing splash damage to enemies. Titan projectile sprites now compatible with different color palettes. Added pickup sound to Cell Packs. Secret sound now randomized between two bell sounds.

07/09/2016: Fixed 'poorly coded' flags for chaingun and plasma rifle. Rebalanced damage output and firing frames for chaingun and riot gun, updated and cleaned up weapon sound effects for rifle, riot gun and coach gun.
Updated muzzle flash for all weapons.

07/15/2016: Added menu options for smoke effects, bullet casings and Zombiemen attack styles
Slower fire rate for riot gun with ability to shoot faster with well timed shots
Faster reloading for riot gun with more responsive interruption
Added Zoomfactor to all weapons for recoil effect
Added spark effects to bulletpuffs
1911 is back again. Again.

08/02/2016: Classic shotgun reload animation available in the options menu
New pickup sprites for 1911 and Maschine Rifle
Increased damage for chaingun and decreased damage for Maschine rifle for balance
Added weapon bobbing to minimize frame jumps between running and firing animations

02/23/2017: Added menu options to disable reload function for individual weapons
Updated Coach Gun sprites

09/21/2017: Decreased ammo count from pickups to compensate for ammo inventory

10/31/2017: Conformed menu options to GZDoom 2.3.1

05/08/2018: Re-added MP40 with new graphics and animations. Random pickup with Backpack
Decreased Nova Rifle damage from 20 to 10, and radius damage from 128 to 80

05/09/2018: Fixed infinite reload bug for riotgun. Y'welcome.
Added ADS sound effect to maschine rifle

05/12/2018: Fixed Coach Gun sprite anomaly


10/16/2018: Added secondary fire to MP40. Now a chance to pick up either MP40 or 1911 from Backpack
Increased 1911 damage from 16 to 18 and removed chance to pick up instead of clip

06/15/2020: Reworked knuckles to work better with berserk pack. Kick for pistols also works with berserk.
Named all scripts for better compatibility
Reworked Saturn V graphics
Reworked flash states for better looking gunfire in the dark
Fixed bug that causes MP40 altfire to skip frames

10/02/2020: Fixed Saturn V 6-turn bug (I think)
Aligned Maschine Rifle laser to crosshair
Added option for classic armor bonus
Added message to recommend leaving reload options on for pistol and MP40 due to a bug I'm still working out

10/10/2020: Fixed MP40 altfire glitch with no reloads
Fixed Saturn V no reload bug
Added Xaser's synthfire to riot gun and maschine rifle. Now you must hold to aim instead of toggling.
Added decaldef and decal animations
Titan decal now appears only after second burst

03/16/2021: Added fuel mechanic for chainsaw
Reduced file size by 2MB
Various optimization fixes

05/23/2021: Removed fuel mechanic for chainsaw and adjusted damage output
Reverted to original shotgun pickup amount

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I know the number of weapon mods using the exact same, run-o-the-mill resources is on the higher side, and I'm not claiming to unleash anything groundbreaking with this small project. If I've violated anything, someone let me know so I can make it right.

I started out by combining sprites, sounds and code from wads like Beautiful Doom, Brutal Doom, Realm667 and a handful of Weasel's mods (as well as some coding from Ed the Bat), and while some aspects are almost verbatim to the source material, I've hopefully added enough tweaks, bends and breaks to make something new that you might have fun with. My goal was to give a little more punch to vanilla style gameplay. Nothing massive, just an edge. I've spent countless hours refining everything to keep the sight, sound and gameplay as balanced as possible. So if any part of this could be improved, let me know.

[wildweasel]

Not bad, actually. My only real complaints here are that the minigun doesn't feel especially powerful (maybe 1 extra point of damage and a beefier sound), and the ejected shotgun shells are quite massive and could be scaled down some.

[Ed the Bat]

Slowly yet surely, my influence spreads!

Seriously though, I'm always flattered when I can make an impact with someone.

[Gothic]

Interesting mod, also I liked that rocket launcher

[Lippeth]

My argument to the size of ejected shells would be that they normally look to small in most mods and I tried to make them more realistically relative to the size of shells loaded in, the size of the shells you pick up from the floor, and the size of the guns they're coming out of. But if after considering all that they still look too big, then they're too big. It's hard to tell this from that after looking at a screen for too long.

Good points on the minigun. I'm still trying to balance it with the vanilla chaingun. I want to keep the same damage over time while increasing the rate of fire, ammo used and pinning power. And by using so much ammo I needed to give it more ammo, but ultimately even it out to compare with the original.

My biggest question is: is a mod like this even worth anyone's time? Or is this sort of thing so trivial that it would be better kept for private use by its author? My hope is that it at least expands resources by a fraction to help improve other projects.

[cortlong50]

My argument to the size of ejected shells would be that they normally look to small in most mods and I tried to make them more realistically relative to the size of shells loaded in, the size of the shells you pick up from the floor, and the size of the guns they're coming out of. But if after considering all that they still look too big, then they're too big. It's hard to tell this from that after looking at a screen for too long.

Good points on the minigun. I'm still trying to balance it with the vanilla chaingun. I want to keep the same damage over time while increasing the rate of fire, ammo used and pinning power. And by using so much ammo I needed to give it more ammo, but ultimately even it out to compare with the original.

My biggest question is: is a mod like this even worth anyone's time? Or is this sort of thing so trivial that it would be better kept for private use by its author? My hope is that it at least expands resources by a fraction to help improve other projects.

listen bud. im diggin it. im always looking for weapon packs because my game is perfect, i just want moer weapons to throw into the mix (im not backspacing for that fucked up more). thats what im working on too. its not gonna change the entire community...but if youre looking to just put something out and have a good time put it out, someone might enjoy it...some people might not. make it how you like and drop it on the community and see what happens. ya dig?

[cortlong50]

and hell yeah im downloading this.

[Lippeth]

Well, sweet then. I've updated the link to add exactly ONE point of damage from the minigun, which actually feels a bit nicer. Exactly ONE nicer. Instead of the bullets going from 2, 4, 2, 4, 2 plus a tracer that does 1 to 2 points, it fires straight threes across the board with the tracer unchanged. I also attempted to give the fire sound more of a presence with subtle undertones.

[CynicalIdealist]

Since Back to Saturn X happens to be my all time favorite mapset, I am extremely looking forward to trying this mod out. Downloading it right now!

[Lippeth]

I've added a HUD to the main post for no reason other than I've been wanting to make one that looks like the old stat bar with an open space in the middle so you can see your weapons more clearly, as well as have a spot for secondary ammo.

[DoomRater]

That fist is.... SATISFYING. Something about its sound effect.

[cortlong50]

That fist is.... SATISFYING. Something about its sound effect.

i know how you feel.

[SyntherAugustus]

Hey look my BTSX HUD design (Sort of). I do like how the secondary ammo is on top though.

[Lippeth]

Hey look my BTSX HUD design (Sort of). I do like how the secondary ammo is on top though.

I actually started by making a version of your HUD with a secondary ammo counter to use with weapon mods, and that inspired me to make a classic style HUD based on your work. I've never made one before, so I had to use your coding as a base to work from. If I have un-rulefully used any resources that I'm not supposed to use, or my level of rip-offery is distasteful, let me know and I'll make adjustments or remove it completely. The key light graphics and ammo fonts are mainly what I'm referring to.

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That fist is.... SATISFYING. Something about its sound effect.

Thanks! I didn't do much to change it, but I did add a low pitched metal 'dink' sound to the existing Beautiful Doom punch sound to give it more of a brass knuckley effect.

[Woolie Wool]

I'd suggest changing the ammo font to the Doom font rather than the BTSX font because the BTSX font looks very out of place with the Doom graphics.