DoomRL Arsenal - [1.1.5] [MP-B7.3]

[Machine-Reaper]

Also as of right now will the monsters pack be updated along as well or just the arsenel?

You betcha. I'm actually working on it right now! Well, not right now, as I'm currently typing this message, BUT YOU GET THE DRIFT
Marrub and I teamed up to deploy a new Difficulty for people to play on - ADAPTIVE!
In this mode, the nasty enemy variants will become more and more common as you progress through the game, starting at UV-similar levels, and ending up at Armageddon. We currently have the first iteration of it working ingame, now we gotta fix it up and fine tune it and stuff.

And yeah, a whole bunch of new monsters, revamped monsters and other things await you in the next update.

Oh my!
You have just made my wish come true~ your the cake!
Also are monsters capabale of giving any form of drops suchs as unique items etc?
Cause in my recent game at a second map I encountered an Armageddon chaingun dude variant and he dropped an teleportation device that does all three functions and has no limit of useage.

[Yholl]

Also are monsters capabale of giving any form of drops suchs as unique items etc?
Cause in my recent game at a second map I encountered an Armageddon chaingun dude variant and he dropped an teleportation device that does all three functions and has no limit of useage.

Nah, enemies have specific drops, and generally only zombies.
Former Shocktroopers occaisonally drop a random Phase Device, so there is a tiny chance that you could get the Experimental Phase Device from them.

[4thcharacter]

I'm already having plenty of thoughts with the new game mode.

[Redead-ITA]

Yep, for ease of balancing the difficulty I've added two CVars, which will have menu options as well.
The first is DRLA_adaptive_random_multiplier, which increases the speed at which enemies ramp up in difficulty.
The second is DRLA_adaptive_random_exponent, which decreases the ramp for which harder enemies are picked.
These seem similar, but think of an exponential curve (which it is.) The first makes the curve higher, and the second makes it curve lower.

... Shit, that still sounds like the same thing. Fuck English. I'M SURE SOMEONE WILL GET IT.

I think i can make help on understanding

Explanation

[Marrub]

No.

Unfortunately, I don't know how to graph this, so here's pseudocode that decides the enemy's level:

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   danger = {value between 0 and 50, based on level, among other things}
   
	// Calculate the difficulty level to use.
	// Exponentation is used for the random value to make it curve more fairly.
	rand = DRLA_adaptive_random_multiplier * random(0.01, 1.0) ^ DRLA_adaptive_random_exponent
   
   
	// A reverse exponent is used to make it curve more unfairly later on.
	min = danger / 50 * random(0.0, 1.0)
	mul = random(min ^ DRLA_adaptive_random_multiplier_exponent, 1.0)
   
	// The danger level is then mutated with this information.
	dangermod = (danger + rand) * mul
   
   // Then we spawn the monster with that information.
   if dangermod is less than DRLA_adaptive_uv_spawn_level,
      spawn a UV monster
   
   if dangermod is less than DRLA_adaptive_nightmare_spawn_level,
      if random(0.0, 1.0) is less than DRLA_adaptive_cybernetic_threshold,
         spawn a Nightmare monster
      
      otherwise,
         spawn a Technophobia monster
   
   if dangermod is more than or equal to DRLA_adaptive_nightmare_spawn_level,
      spawn an Armageddon monster

[Tranthula]

That honestly makes sense. This update is gonna be great

[Machine-Reaper]

I don't know if this can help you guys but here is an Modification made of Brutal Doom called Project Brutality Mutators.
http://www.moddb.com/mods/brutal-doom/a ... -mutators1
It contains Progression based Spawning in which Monsters of higher tiers automatically spawn in later levels and weaker monster spawning earlier levels, this also works with item/weapons etc.
you can probably get an idea on how you can make a system where Monsters spawn according to the number of levels or at Random (every map is pistol start) where more powerful monster will spawn near exit of level etc. (All of this is explained with pretty fancy images in this Description box and I also played it a long ago before RLA and it was pretty good)

[austen1000]

Will anything need to be done to update Doom RPG to be compatiable with the upcoming version of DoomRL? If so, I might take a crack at updating the master branch on Github to be compatiable.

[kadu522]

I think Doom RPG is already compact with the next vergion of doomRLA since it was comented internaly.

[austen1000]

I think Doom RPG is already compact with the next vergion of doomRLA since it was comented internaly.

How recent is this internal comment?

[Intificial]

The new difficulty type is something I've been really desiring to put a proper challenge to the potential arsenal you can acquire in the late game but make sure the early game isn't too bloodthirsty, especially on some easier megawads for instance.

I don't know if this can help you guys but here is an Modification made of Brutal Doom called Project Brutality Mutators.
http://www.moddb.com/mods/brutal-doom/a ... -mutators1
It contains Progression based Spawning in which Monsters of higher tiers automatically spawn in later levels and weaker monster spawning earlier levels, this also works with item/weapons etc.
you can probably get an idea on how you can make a system where Monsters spawn according to the number of levels or at Random (every map is pistol start) where more powerful monster will spawn near exit of level etc. (All of this is explained with pretty fancy images in this Description box and I also played it a long ago before RLA and it was pretty good)

Don't worry, I think they've got it down in terms of code for the new difficulty.

[4thcharacter]

Since someone linked Project Brutality again Yholl and co. would probably get distracted for the day thanks to stolen assets.

[Yholl]

I don't know if this can help you guys but here is an Modification made of Brutal Doom called Project Brutality Mutators.

We already finished ages ago, but thanks for trying to help.
Although I would point out that looking in that thing would most likely kill me stone dead, so I'm not going near it.

Since someone linked Project Brutality again Yholl and co. would probably get distracted for the day thanks to stolen assets.

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Actually, someone very kindly got in touch with the devs and convinced them to stop using the stolen stuff a while ago! I'm extremely grateful to them.
Well, I assume the devs did. I haven't actually looked, heh.

How recent is this internal comment?

It's been setup for new DRLA for quite some time, and it shoooooooooould still match up when it's done. But yes, if you want to try your hand at messing around with it, go nuts! Just remember that DoomRPG is an eldritch deity of pure infinite scriptering.

[Churrupez]

Bugs: Elephant Gun doesn't have the Technician "deals 10% more damage" in the "class perks" page (or maybe the bonus is not actually applied, i don't know for sure).

Also, Assault Uzi doesn't say it haves a Sharpshooter bonus for Scout, even though it does the extra damage with him.

[Machine-Reaper]

Balancing issues:

Defense Drone Launcher: A level long Drone for only 10 rockets and it allows you to make an Overmind flinch? Its over-kill, I just need nothing but 3 defense drones and my fists todo the talking now (Should probably cost 50 rockets).
Tactical Assemebler: Forget Health emplacement, oh and Floor is no longer lava!