ZDoom

I'll start off with saying that Zero Tolerance is my all-time favourite weapons mod. Initially released in 2008, this mod absolutely blew me away. The unique weapons, interesting up-beat soundtrack and new additions & changes to the original DOOM forumla grabbed me instantly.

This mod aims to bring Zero Tolerance into the current year, with cutting edge ZDoom features, bug fixes and more!

Spoiler: Features & Fixes

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This mod features:-

• Redefined HUD in SBARINFO, including minimal HUD
• Dyanmic Lights for pretty much everything. Including default DOOM decorations
• Reloading re-bound to +RELOAD key
• Auto-reload option
• Auto-use QuickFifty pack option (and variable HP activation threshold)
• Zero Infinity vortex pullin
• Hitscan monster tweaks
• Redefined HUD in SBARINFO, including minimal HUD
• Dyanmic Lights for pretty much everything. Including default DOOM decorations
• Reloading re-bound to +RELOAD key
• Auto-reload option
• Auto-use QuickFifty pack option (and variable HP activation threshold)
• Zero Infinity vortex pullin
• Hitscan monster tweaks

This mod fixes:-

• Alternate monster spawning bumped monster counts therefore 100% kills was unnatainable
• All error messages in FONTDEFS & DECORATE are gone!
• Player could use QuickFifty packs when dead (lol?)
• Updates mod format to get rid of deprecated features such as HIRESTEX

Spoiler: Changes since previous version

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List of changes dated [17-03-2017]

• Updated Dynamic Light Definitions to include Light Attenuation
• Fixed boss death bug (unable to exit E1M8,E2M8,E3M8 & So on)
• Fixed Prometheus audio loop bug
• First weapon bright maps added (more to come, probably)
• MENUDEF updated to use AddOptionMenu for greater mod compatibility
• Some other stuff that was added over a year ago and has just sat in my /wip folder

previous changes in v1.1

• Flaregun only mode! Enabling this option lets you play through any mapset with only the trusty flaregun!
• You can select the starting level of your flaregun, do be warned that when you choose your level that's what you're stuck with! No upgrades
• To make things fair, in FG only mode, the FORCERADIUSDMG flag is enabled, so bosses won't be as much of a brick wall
• You can now enable classic reloading! With this option you can use +ALTFIRE to reload your weapon
• More balance tweaks! Sniper zombies now deal somewhat more fair damage & now have to 'reload' after each shot
• Fixed a bug where in re-balance mode the Combat Snipers shot had 0 range

Spoiler: Screenshots

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Latest version!
Download: zp-zerot-upgrade-17-03.pk3

It is recommended to use the latest devbuild devbuild

maybe is just my opinion but i think we need to wait before making a pool on a mod that is not yet playable and is about rebalancing

The poll is about changing the balance compared to the original mod, which this is based on.

Yeah, exactly. I mean re-balancing of the original weapons. Most notably, the Xan Rifle, which is the plasma rifle's replacement. It's not very strong and has a small magazine, but high ROF.

do whatever you see fit, as long as it remains fun to play.

This used to be one of my "gold standard" gun mods; it'd be awesome to see it again with the more esoteric bits of code tightened up. Especially that cool custom HUD.

I hope my tweaks and updates don't disappoint you, weasel!

I have to be on weasel's side with this one, this used to be my gold standard at one point - and still is (outside of Immoral Conduct). I have trust in you, Mikk-.

Don't fuck up.

Kudos for undertaking such a great task! 'Zero Tolerance' has been one of my reference mods too, so much that I've made a small patch for it ('rslzerox.zip' on IDGames - can't check for the link right now since it's blocked here). Provided that you view its implementation as appropriate, you might want to incorporate my own 'black hole effect' for 'Zero & Infinity' into your upcoming version...

rsl wrote:Provided that you view its implementation as appropriate, you might want to incorporate my own 'black hole effect' for 'Zero & Infinity' into your upcoming version...

I've played your fixed version before, I find your take on the black-hole effect quite interesting. However, I feel that what I have done to be somewhat more visceral.

Also I've started work on implementing dynamic lights, just to bring this mod a little closer to this decade brightmaps will follow shortly after!

Update: dynamic lights are (mostly) in!


there's one or two weapons left to do, in regards to lights but they won't take too long!

I dig this. A lot.
Would you consider adding new altfires to the weapons now that you're moving the reloads to the reload key?

Not really sure to be truthful. I hadn't even given it an ounce of thought. I'll get this out of the door first, before I make any drastic addtions such as that.

Speaking of which, there's just a little polishing here and there to be done! The HUD now works at 4:3, 16:9 & 16:10 resolutions!

EDIT: I've added another small feature, the Minimal HUD - like the regular hud, just with only the essentials!

Goddamn, the years in the OP made my head spin. ZT is eight-ish years old now. o_O

If there's anything that needs rebalancing, it's those damned hitscanners -- they kick my ass to hard every time I try and put the nostalgia goggles on. Though probably a bit of weapon tweaking is in order, especially since there's a ton of useful features now that didn't exist back then (SBARINFO, anyone?)

Also yay, Infinity is a proper black hole gun now.

Xaser wrote:Goddamn, the years in the OP made my head spin. ZT is eight-ish years old now. o_O

Here's the thing, on the CREDITS pic during the title screen it says "Zero Prophet - 2006". I'm assuming that's either a typo or when the development of the mod began. Not sure. But if that's the case that puts ZT at 10 years old.

Xaser wrote: If there's anything that needs rebalancing, it's those damned hitscanners -- they kick my ass to hard every time I try and put the nostalgia goggles on.

Yeah, especially the pistol zombies, they can make even MAP01 of DOOM II a pain. Then there's the combat snipers, they certainly sting a little. I'll probably tweak the enemy accuracy values a bit to make them fair for their rank.
Those will be CVAR controlled too, if I make any changes. I want to make anything I change controllable via CVAR, so if someone wants; they can have an authentic experience, or a revised more balanced experience.

Xaser wrote: Though probably a bit of weapon tweaking is in order, especially since there's a ton of useful features now that didn't exist back then (SBARINFO, anyone?)

What would you suggest? Especially in regards to SBARINFO.