[Request] BD Kick Attack as individual wad.

[Average]

I have tried to do this but I don't have a clue. I'm not a mapper or a modder and I have no technical skill whatsoever.

What I'd like is an individual wad containing only the kick attack as used in Brutal Doom that I can autoload and assign to ZDoom's secondary attack in the controls menu. I would be eternally grateful if someone could kindly do this for me. I'm sure other players would find it useful too.

Thanks in hope.

[Mikk-]

I'm pretty sure the Brutal Doom kick is a part of every weapon. As in, you press a button and the current weapon jumps to the kick state. So you'd have to edit all of the vanilla doom weapons to incorporate it.

Either that or there's some method I'm unaware of.

[The Zombie Killer]

You'd also have to modify the monsters if you want them to react to the kick.

Either that or there's some method I'm unaware of.

Indeed there is

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// ACS
#library "kick"
#include "zcommon.acs"

// Defines

// Scripts
Script "Kick" (void)
{
	str weapon = GetWeapon();
	if (StrICmp(weapon, "KickWeapon"))
	{
		SetPlayerProperty(0, 1, PROP_INSTANTWEAPONSWITCH);
		GiveInventory("Kicking", 1);
		SetWeapon("KickWeapon");
		While (CheckInventory("Kicking"))
			Delay(1);
		SetWeapon(weapon);
		SetPlayerProperty(0, 0, PROP_INSTANTWEAPONSWITCH);
	}
}

// Functions

The "KickWeapon" weapon would just play the kick animation in its ready state, and take away the "Kicking" actor when it's done

[Mikk-]

What would this other method be then? The only way I could think of it would be using ACS and SetWeapon & PROP_INSTANTWEAPONSWITCH trickery

[The Zombie Killer]

Sneakily edited the method in, and yes, you're right. That's what it is.

[Mikk-]

Very clever. I like that. Probably 100x more intuitive than having every single weapon use the same chunk of code and A_JumpIfInventory calls in the ready state.

[Average]

Is that code for the kick attack as in kicking with your feet? I didn't mean the kick back of the weapons in BD but the actual kick attack along with the foot animation. I presume it would be just like a little weapon mod wad but containing only one weapon (the foot) and assigned to secondary attack in the ZDoom engine?

The code above may be simple to you guys but I can't even see where the animation fits in! I'm just an old fart who like to play Doom...

[The Zombie Killer]

@Average
That's not all of the required code, that's just the code to make the player begin kicking.
You wouldn't see where the animation fits in because it isn't in that part of the code

It works really well

Bind a key to "pukename kick"
So just type this in the console (WITH the quotes):
bind q "pukename kick"

[Average]

Thank you so, so much! That's exactly what I've been looking for. Now I can kick those pinkies in the nuts all day!

Again, thank you.

[The Zombie Killer]

No problem , if only Brutal Doom used a method similar to this for the kicking, but then again... Zandronum support. Ugh.

[Average]

Yeah, Zandronum. I kinda gave up on that a while ago. I wonder what stops (G)ZDoom just using the netcode from it as a base and get itself an online-multiplayer presence.

I've been playing with the kick all morning. It works wonderfully with Cosmetic Doom. Between the kick pk3, Cosmetic Doom, Contrast3.wad, firesky.pk3 and the PSXSM music wad I think I now have the perfect balance between traditional Doom and modern looks and gameplay.

Thanks again.

[wildweasel]

Yeah, Zandronum. I kinda gave up on that a while ago. I wonder what stops (G)ZDoom just using the netcode from it as a base and get itself an online-multiplayer presence.

From what I recall, it's not that easy, because Zan had to rewrite large chunks of the code for netcode-friendliness.

[Bitterman]

But I thought (G)ZDoom already had 8-player netplay? Unless it's really limited in terms of features.

[wildweasel]

Netplay, yes. Client/server netplay with in-game joining, no. Someone else would need to explain it further, though, as this is about the end of my knowledge on the subject.

[Average]

Yeah, it seems to be a bit of a black art. I've never understood why, nowadays, Doom requires dedicated 'open & online' versions. In the old days I got it, but now? Maybe the maintenance overheads are just too high... ?