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Kinsie wrote:Actually, while it's on my mind, how does the Bulky Helmet HUD handle widescreen?

Currently there is no widescreen support, but it is planned. Essentially the base sprite HUD will expand to fit the resolution, somewhat like this:



This is an old placeholder from early in the mod's development. Something I'd like to do is have the bottom two spaces keep their size consistent between resolutions, so there isn't a bunch of blank space in resolutions that aren't 4:3.

I'm currently experimenting with some additions to the character select screen. One of these additions include a face portrait for each character. One of the issues I have with it at the moment is that the inclusion screws up the layout of the screen, as the entire was was already full with each character's bio before, but now there really isn't any room for the bio. There is hardly even any room for the character's names anymore! A solution for this would be a new font, which I wouldn't mind setting up, and I'll probably end up going in that direction. I was planning on redesigning this menu to fit the aesthetic of the rest of the UI anyway. (please note that the face graphic is a placeholder, I had already been experimenting with faces before and the current one is just a recolor of a photo from google images, it won't be in the final release)



Another thing I'm experimenting with is hiding unobtained weapons on the HUD. It works really well, although there is an issue with Doom 1; since the Super Shotgun is unobtainable, there is always a gap between the Shotgun and the Chaingun. I'll have to move this section of the HUD to ACS and have it dynamically update according to what weapons you have, so that there are never any gaps under any circumstances.



I'd like to hear what you guys think of these additions, as I appreciate feedback!

What if you made the box where the name, bio, and picture differently and instead had the name with a break between first and last, then the picture to the right of that, then move the bio up underneath the name and picture.

So like this:

Fixed up a bit thanks to Nevander for the idea! Anyway looks good, i guess! But you might put more texts such as sex, bloodtype or height in the name room if possible, though. Also if you want more space for bio, i have nothing else to say but shorten down the portrait a bit.

And this mod's progress looks interesting and great. Can't wait to play this and share some feedback with you!

update is looking good i'm looking forward to playin it

For the SSG HUD issue; how about simply sharing a line with the normal shotgun? Similar to how the "3" in the final HUD lights up with you have either shotgun. Or have the SSG just use the bottom space, heh.

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Fixed up a bit thanks to Nevander for the idea! Anyway looks good, i guess! But you might put more texts such as sex, bloodtype or height in the name room if possible, though. Also if you want more space for bio, i have nothing else to say but shorten down the portrait a bit.

I like this! I hope you don't mind if I work off of this. As for the bio, I'm thinking of having the bio appear normally, and have the description of the character's abilities appear after you select the character, acting as a confirmation screen.

PhAyzoN wrote:For the SSG HUD issue; how about simply sharing a line with the normal shotgun? Similar to how the "3" in the final HUD lights up with you have either shotgun. Or have the SSG just use the bottom space, heh.

My only issue with that is that if you happen to miss any of the other weapons, there will still be the huge gap. I think I'll keep going with the ACS idea.

DrPyspy wrote:I like this! I hope you don't mind if I work off of this. As for the bio, I'm thinking of having the bio appear normally, and have the description of the character's abilities appear after you select the character, acting as a confirmation screen.

Hey, my pleasure! And can't wait for the result then!

Where the download link for is mod?

Regarding the SSG issue, how about you just make the weapon available in The Ultimate Doom? This would please the people like me who want it and those who do not want it can simply choose not to use it.

Rokim21 wrote:Where the download link for is mod?

The mod is not released yet, but the download link will be on the first page when it is released.

JohnnyTheWolf wrote:Regarding the SSG issue, how about you just make the weapon available in The Ultimate Doom? This would please the people like me who want it and those who do not want it can simply choose not to use it.

I feel that the appearance of the Super Shotgun would mess with the balance of the Ultimate Doom levels. In my opinion, the Super Shotgun's excessive power is balanced by the appearance of the stronger monsters in Doom 2, but it makes the monsters in Doom 1 feel like cannon fodder due to how quickly it disposes of them. I'd also have no idea where to have the SSG spawn...

DrPyspy wrote:I feel that the appearance of the Super Shotgun would mess with the balance of the Ultimate Doom levels. In my opinion, the Super Shotgun's excessive power is balanced by the appearance of the stronger monsters in Doom 2, but it makes the monsters in Doom 1 feel like cannon fodder due to how quickly it disposes of them. I'd also have no idea where to have the SSG spawn...

As I said, people are free not to use it. In a way, it could act as the Ultimate Doom's Unmaker.

Also, since Shotgunners drop their weapon upon death, the SSG could spawn in place of a regular shotgun already present in the level.

Re: the ssg HUD thing, you can use filters in your pk3 to load up a different version of the HUD for doom/doom 2. That say d1 doesn't have a gap where the ssg goes.

JohnnyTheWolf wrote:As I said, people are free not to use it. In a way, it could act as the Ultimate Doom's Unmaker.

Also, since Shotgunners drop their weapon upon death, the SSG could spawn in place of a regular shotgun already present in the level.

A lot of maps use the Former Humans before any Shotgunners appear though, and since the first couple levels of most wads have secret shotgun spawns, a lot of people would be getting the Super Shotgun before the normal Shotgun.

zrrion the insect wrote:Re: the ssg HUD thing, you can use filters in your pk3 to load up a different version of the HUD for doom/doom 2. That say d1 doesn't have a gap where the ssg goes.

To follow up on this, the transfer of the weapon list to ACS was successful! The list now reacts properly to absent weapons, removing any gaps.

I think the idea of this mod is fun, but I think removing the arcane looking treasure items goes against the entire point of the mod which if I havn't misunderstood things is to get the alpha stuff (of which those belong) into the game.