Bullet-Eye - v0.11.6 - Frozen Wrath - 8/9/21 (4 Weapons?!)

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CHANGELOG:

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v0.11.6 - 8/9/21
=WEAPONS=
+GENERAL+
-Players can now carry 4 primary weapons. The back up Frost Snap weapon is now located on slot 5.
-Increased drop rate of elite weapons.
-Rebalanced fire element effects. Fire element embers now have a chance to spawn, rather than every time the fire element deals damage.
-Lowered Void instant kill effect chance.
-Added very slow and double growth rates. Some weapons already utilize the new rates.
+BLAZE STREAM+
-Clarified L2 effect text. The weapon has a chance to restore ammo into the magazine from the weapon's flames, not the Fire element burn effect.
-L2 now also increases range slightly.
+BLOODLETTER MAGNUM+
-Melee hits now have a sound and visual effects.
+CRASH COMET+
-Fixed issue causing ice spikes to not be released when destroying Ice Bulwarks. (Not sure if this was an issue in the stable release, but putting it here just in case)
+DECIMATOR+
-Picking up the weapon no longer grants 50 Power Ammo, and now only gives 8.
+DOGFIGHTER MISSILE+
-Lowered L3 explosion sounds.
+FROST SNAP+
-Increased damage radius of alt-fire powered shot.
+GALAXY SLICER+
-Moved weapon energy gauge in place of the magazine counter.
-Reduced swipe damage.
-Reduced damage of all energy waves and increased energy cost of small waves.
-Added melee exertion sounds, similar to Quick Strike.
+GRIND HALBERD+
-Moved weapon energy gauge in place of the magazine counter.
-Added melee exertion sounds, similar to Quick Strike.
+HYPER BURST+
-Increased accuracy.
+MAG SHURIKENS+
-Slightly increased damage of normal projectiles, and timing for bonus damage.
-Inreased projectile speed.
+METAL MONSTROSITY+
-Weapon has been slightly revamped.
+PLASMA SPIDERS+
-Plasma Spiders: Turret Enhancement equipment bonus is now compatible with the damage component of Deadeye Strikers (Gloves).
-Fixed Plasma Spiders not actually benefiting from Plasma Spiders Intensity or Support Tune Up equipment bonuses.
-Plasma Spiders pulse effect now requires 10 shots to trigger, but spiders now fire faster and the speed of their projectiles has been increased.
-Venom Strike equipment bonus was incorrectly also healing the player.
+REPEATERS+
-Ammo save chance increased slightly.
+RIOTOUS RIVETER+
-Increased accuracy slightly.
-Heated Rivets equipment bonus activates sooner.
+SPITFIRE+
-Now has the Fire element.
+STORM MINE+
-Fixed VM Abort related to L3.
+TRIPLE WYVERN+
-Built up pressure is no longer removed when switching weapons.
-Building pressure will no longer alert enemies.
+VAMPIRIC GAUNTLETS+
-No longer uses a magazine.
-Now heals to 14, up from 12. L2 now heals to 18, up from 16.
+VIPER WAVE+
-Reduced damage of L2 projectiles.
+WINGED REAVER+
-Increased amount of projectiles when triggered before enemy contact.
-Split projectiles no longer fly randomly, and instead fire out in a circular pattern.
-Increased main projectile damage.
-Increased split projectile damage before enemy contact as well as their radius to more easily hit enemies.
+BULLET-EYE+
-Reduced energy consumption and now fires an extra bullet. A full bar will now grant 8 seconds of fire, as opposed to 6.

=EQUIPMENT=
-Added new equipment bonuses.
-Increased drop rate of elite equipment items.
-Reduced rerolling cost to 5, down from 8.
-Equipment items found out in the world have a slightly higher chance to be L2. Those found in secret areas have an even better chance.
-Fixed Energizing Ammo (Accessory) description to clarify it returns ammo into a weapon's magazine, not that it grants primary ammo.
-Added sound when Hidden Ace (Accessory) triggers.
-Dread Troopers made into allies by the Dread Trooper Mail (Armor) now have an indicator stating which is an ally.
-Dread Trooper Mail (Armor) ally conversion chance reduced.
-Dread Trooper Mail (Armor) drop is now less common.
-It's not lore friendly, but Dread Troopers converted into allies by the Dread Trooper Mail (Armor) will now attack other Dread Troopers.

=ITEMS=
-Increased ammo drop rates, because not everyone plays with Dread Levels.
-Fixed locked chests not taking keys and VM Abort in co-op related to keys.
-Increased pick up radius of locked chest keys.
-Clarified what items Survivors grant.
-Shields/Energy Screens now give the player a longer period of invincibility after taking damage.
-Increased movement speed benefit from Speed Strike Orbs.
-Defense Strike Orbs now also grant extra invulnerability time after taking damage with or without shields.
-Increased drop rate on Old World Manuals from locked chests, as still not getting a single one halfway through a mapset is not good design.
-Increased Flash Guard Durability Upgrade value to 10, up from 5. Max amount increased to 150, up from 120.
-Increased Quick Melee Damage Upgrade value to 5, up from 3. Max amount increased to 100, up from 80.

=ENEMIES=
+CRUSHER+
-Reduced volume of Scrap Shield destruction.
+DREAD TROOPER+
-Reduced health bonus Dread Troopers receive from Dread Levels.
+MAG ROADER+
-Increased health.
-Fixed rare issue with Mag Roader's shots remaining when deflected with the Flash Guard or Quick Strike's parry.
+NEOSQUID+
-Fixed issue playing a certain sound when falling from a great distance after being launched from a Pain Elemental.
+RAD TERROR+
-Homing weapons no longer attempt to lock on to Rad Terrors that have not yet appeared.
+RIVETING GRENADIER+
-Fixed Riveting Grenadier's hologram some times not disappearing.

=MISC.=
-Fixed certain props being able to permanently disappear after heavy damage.
-Added support for liquids in Obsidian generated maps. This is in order for Rad Terrors to spawn on hurtfloors in said maps.
-Added mechanic where enemies are more likely to drop chests the more keys you have.
-Added additional help screens.
-Adjusted some locked chest spawns.
-Increased vending machine spawns for ammo.
-Fixed Equipment Status Panel displaying incorrect equipment repair costs.
-Modified some text colors for equipment bonuses to more easily differentiate between bonuses at a quick glance.
-Lowered volume of U.N. Squadron tracks.
-Added more vending machines and improved appearance of numbers on vending machine "messages".
-Added 5 new map music tracks.
-Added new options related to the HUD, such as Flash Guard meter size and Bullet-Eye Mode indicator position.
-Resized and repositioned Strike Orb indicators.
-Repositioned Equipment Paper Doll.
-Max Dread Level can now be set to 8.

v0.11.5b - 7/8/21
=EQUIPMENT=
-Fixed Tech Guard (Helmet) not working.
-Giga Crush (Armor) cooldown reduced to 4 minutes, down from 5.

=MISC.=
-Player is no longer affected by push back mechanics.

v0.11.5 7/7/21
=WEAPONS=
+GENERAL+
-Duplicate weapon pickups now grant a larger amount of experience. (Now 500 XP, was 150)
-Added 1 new elite POWER weapon.
-Adjusted price of POWER weapons.
-Fire element effects have been reworked.
-Changed appearance of dropped weapon powerups. The left colored bar indicates the weapon family, while the right side indicates level.
-Added weapon level up sound.
+BLAZE STREAM+
-L3 effect should now properly benefit from Blaze Stream Intensity equipment bonus.
+BLOODLETTER MAGNUM+
-Fixed Blood Bank and Blood Drive equipment bonus effects being swapped.
-Increased damage and radius of L2 area effect.
-Increased melee range at L3 when the weapon is empowered.
-Slightly reduced per shot damage granted from Blood Orbs.
+DOGFIGHTER MISSILE+
-Fixed L3 projectiles not being destroyed on contact with the environment.
+FROST SNAP+
-Slightly increased powered shot damage and explosion radius.
-Decreased projectile radius of powered shot in order to not hit corners as easily.
-Powered shot now deals its area damage at any time, rather than only when an enemy is hit.
-Frost Snap normal projectiles and powered projectiles had their speeds swapped. Normal shots now travel at a speed of 65, with powered shots at 45.
-Fixed player not having immunity to the Frost Snap. (Mainly for co-op)
+HUNTING LASER+
-Fixed L2 effect not working at L3, and the firerate bonus for the L3 drones can now stack and increase their firerate.
-Critical chance increased.
+GALAXY SLICER+
-Increased normal attack damage.
-Increased damage of final slash. Added new mechanics.
-Decreased swing speed in order for the new mechanics to be achieved more easily.
+GRIND HALBERD+
-Added new HUD graphics for Fiery Retribution indicator. An option has also been added to move this indicator towards the center of the screen for easier viewing.
-Increased Fiery Retribution damage.
+HYPER BURST+
-Slightly increased explosion radius.
+MAG SHURIKENS+
-Reduced timed bonus damage slightly.
+METAL MONSTROSITY+
-Increased damage.
-Increased magazine size to 25, up from 20.
+PLASMA SPIDERS+
-Changed alt-fire target sprite.
+RIOTOUS RIVETER+
-Increased grenade damage and radius, but increased fall off damage on further targets.
-Riotous Riveter's Heated Rivets equipment bonus is now affected by the Heat Wave equipment bonus.
+SCRAP LAUNCHER+
-Fixed chain instantly killing certain enemies when pulling them from below.
+SHOTWAVE+
-Increased damage.
+SPREAD SHOT+
-Reduced ammo usage, allowing the player to fire 25 times, up from 15.
-Increased damage slightly.
+STORM MINE+
-Fire rate increased as a result of the "loading" animation now only playing when firing has stopped. This animation can also be canceled in order to detonate mines more easily.
+TOXIC STORM+
-Fixed globules not spawning correctly when the main shot impacts walls.
-Reduced area damage, but increased damage of main projectile, damage of toxic globules, and radius for the area damage.
-L2 now also doubles duration of globules in addition to its previous effects.
+TRIPLE WYVERN+
-Increased damage.
+VOLLEY SHOT+
-Fixed effects not working.
+BULLET-EYE+
-Bullet-Eye Energy now decays at a much slower rate.
-High tier enemies now grant 3 Bullet-Eye Energy when slain, rather than 1.
-Reimplemented damage bonus on higher tier enemies.
-Increased drop rate of Weapon/Equipment Enhancers from kills during Bullet-Eye Mode.
-Modified weapon name tag to be colored red. (Mainly for War Trophies)
-Fixed player not having immunity to Bullet-Eye Mode damage. (Mainly for co-op)

=EQUIPMENT=
-Added 2 new equipment items. 1 shoulders, 1 accessory.
-Fixed Retaliation Pauldrons not damaging the source enemy.
-Increased Enduring Protector (Armor) Bullet-Eye Energy gain when taking damage to 4.
-Fixed Hologram Device (Accessory) projection bugs. Also increased damage and chance to appear.
-Increased drop chance of Strike Orbs with Orb Charm (Accessory).
-Fixed bug with Dread Trooper Mail (Armor) affecting total map kill count, making 100% kills impossible.
-Fixed typo in flavor text of Striker Mail (Armor)
-Increased range of Thundercrash Gauntlets (Gloves). Cooldown is now 3 seconds, down from 8.
-Onslaught Greathelm (Helmet) now has the 25% additional durability bonus that elite equipment items have.
-Deadeye Strikers (Gloves) has an additional effect.
-Changed name of Icy Bulwark equipment bonus to Frozen Guard.
-Experience Plus equipment bonus now increases XP gained by 12, up from 6.
-Tune Up equipment bonus (increased damage for all weapons of a specific family) increased to 12%, up from 8%.
-Intensity equipment bonus (increased damage for a specific weapon) increased to 25%, up from 20%.
-Elemental effect equipment bonus text color changed to teal to better differentiate between Intensity bonuses.
-Fixed Health Reserves equipment bonus granting 6 health instead of 3.
-Added 10 new equipment bonuses.

=ITEMS=
-Large Medi-Gem now grants 5 health, up from 4.
-Adjusted ammo lock box spawns.
-Adjusted ammo spawns.
-Adjusted equipment drops from enemies.
-Repurposed old Sub-Weapon Ammo sprites into Extra Bullet-Eye Energy items. These randomly drop from enemies and grant 5 Bullet-Eye Energy for a small pickup, and 15 for a large.
-Increased drop chance of Quick Melee/Flash Guard upgrades, and Old World Manuals from relevant locked chests.
-Increased drop chance of keys and equipment items from large item capsules.
-Survivor bonuses now grant some Weapon/Equipment Enhancers as well as more GP.
-Added Enhancer Containers, which are smaller versions of Enhancer Eggs. These can be found in secret areas or some times in place of Blursphere spawns.
-Adjusted score and GP values of certain score items.

=ENEMIES=
+GENERAL+
-Enemies that fire in a loop will no longer attempt to shoot at dead targets.
+LOBOLASHI+
-Reduced melee range.
+MAG ROADER+
-Properly loses its speed buff granted by a Lobolashi when entering its pain state.
+PHASE REAPER+
-Fixed bug where Phase Reapers could become temporarily immune to damage under certain conditions.
+RAD TERROR+
-Rad Terrors will spawn clones slightly less often, and reduced the health of clones by 40 HP.
-Rad Terrors should now become stuck far less often when spawned in maps.
-Fixed radioactive aura not dealing damage, and should also no longer continue to deal damage as the Rad Terror dies.

=MISC.=
-Added new map music tracks, and enabled 4 from Alisia Dragoon that were not available as an oversight. This now brings the total tracks to 405.
-Can now disable map traps.
-GP is now displayed on the HUD.
-Added option to display Weapon and Equipment Enhancers on the HUD.
-Buying a duplicate weapon grants 125 XP, up from 100.
-Weapon experience requirement increased from 4,500 to 5,000 for L2 and 12,000 to 15,000 for L3. However, experience given from enemy kills has been changed to give a random amount from 10-50 for low tier enemies, and 50-100 from high tier enemies. Previously, this was a static 10 (without Dread Level or equipment bonuses) from low tier enemies and 25 from high tier enemies.
-Updated Element/Growth help screen with new info for the reworked fire element and for two new elements, but currently only Void is in use.
-Simple vending machines have been added, which allow the spending of GP to gain the displayed item.
-Landmine traps are now affected by radius damage from the player. Previously, they were unaffected by any form of radius damage.
-Land Mine traps, Survivors, and items in secret rooms will no longer spawn outside the map boundaries.
-Landmine traps can now be pulled with certain effects (Such as the Crush Blast), causing them to become a makeshift rocket.
-Reduced the chance of weapon/equipment spawns in secret areas.
-Fixed directly giving weapons through the console resulting in a VM abort.
-Fixed equipment reroll selector not getting cancelled when switching status panel pages.
-Intermission (story) text has been centered.
-Added 1 new Status Panel sound set.
-Landmine Traps are slightly more visible.
-Fixed desync issue related to locked chests with co-op.

v0.11.4 - 5/25/21
=WEAPONS=
+POWER+
-Slightly increased Power weapon reload time. (As in, takes slightly longer now)
+DOGFIGHTER MISSILE+
-L3 effect now has a longer delay before triggering, in order for missiles to "taunt" enemies longer.
-Dogfighter Missile L3 charge effect has been given a limited duration so it does not charge indefinitely in some situations with the Flight Correction Module bonus.
+GALAXY SLICER+
-Increased swing speed.
-Fixed L2 effect triggering at L1.
+GRIND HALBERD+
-Slightly increased heat build up while moving.
+HYPER BURST+
-Increased fire rate.
+MAG SHURIKENS+
-Improved bonus damage timing.
+REPEATERS+
-Slightly reduced damage.
+RIOTOUS RIVETER+
-Increased spread slightly.
+SCATTER BOMBER
-Projectiles now have forced radius damage, dealing proper damage to bosses.
+SCRAP LAUNCHER+
-Reduced damage slightly.
+TRIPLE WYVERN+
-Increased damage.
+VIPER WAVE+
-Fixed L3 effect triggering on dead enemies and reduced number of visual effects.
+BULLET-EYE+
-Energy regeneration is increased when the player's health is low, with the fastest regeneration being 1 energy per second when at very low health levels.

=EQUIPMENT=
-Added 6 new equipment items, and 1 new elite equipment item. (7 total)
-Equipment item rerolling has been improved and players can now select individual bonuses to reroll, rather than changing all three bonuses at once. Press fire to initiate rerolling, then fire again after using the arrow keys to select which bonus you wish to replace. Alt-fire cancels the reroll selection.
-Added a sound which indicates when an equipment item is at 25% durability.
-Equipment items that affect a certain weapon family have been better color coded with a corresponding background in the Equipment Panel for easier readability.
-Fixed equipment repair costs not functioning correctly, and also reduced the costs.
-Increased damage bonus of Deadeye Strikers (Gloves).

=ITEMS=
-Flash Guard Durability Upgrade's icon is now blue to correctly match the icon used in the Weapon Status Panel.
-Locked weapon chests now also drop ammo for the corresponding weapon type.

=ENEMIES=
+GENERAL+
-Adjusted health and shield drops from enemies.
+DREAD TROOPER+
-Dread Troopers now have a chance to drop landmines after jumps on Dread Level 4+, rather than after every jump.
+MAG ROADER+
-Increased the range that a Mag Roader will fire at enemies.
+NEO SQUID+
-Now attempts to correct its movement when not in the player's line of sight in order to prevent itself from becoming stuck in pits or on ledges.
-Neo Squids will no longer attempt to infight with each other.

=MISC.=
-Elite items can now drop on Dread Level 0, but are extremely rare.
-The shop window cursor will now display the level of the currently selected weapon.
-Total amount of max health possible has been increased. This will turn the health bar blue when you have more than 50 max health.

v0.11.3 - 4/29/21
Highlights:
-Co-op is now possible. Remember that player colors are currently not supported.

New Features:
-New map tracks have been added.

Fixes:
-Crash Comet projectile radius decreased and firing angle/position adjusted in order to more easily avoid contact when closer to walls.
-Fixed issues on maps where the player's inventory was cleared and could cause VM Aborts under certain conditions.

Balance:
-Support weapons now have a higher weapon swap rate, in order to setup combos or other strategies easier.

v0.11.2 - 4/22/21
New Features:
-Weapon/Equipment Enhancers are no longer auto-gathered if the player is at the max amount.
-Added 1 new equipment item.

Fixes:
-Fixed Viper Wave L3 effect.

Balance:
-Land Mine Traps are now slightly more visible.
-Increased Repeaters firerate, and now has a higher ammo save chance compared to other RAPID weapons.

v0.11.1 - 4/14/21
New Features:
- Shuffle mode now also shuffles equipment items.

Fixes:
- Fixed Invading Swarmer infinite loop.
- Fixed Old World Manual Status Panel HUD position.

v0.11.0 - 4/14/21
=WEAPONS=
+GENERAL+
-Sub-Weapons have been removed and converted into either primary weapons or used in another form.
-Weapons now use ammo in addition to reloading and these mechanics are no longer optional. This was done for the sake of balance, and for opening up more possibilities for weapon and equipment effects.
-Weapon elements have been added. Fire deals damage over time, Ice creates a barrier when an enemy is frozen, Lightning deals damage to an adjacent target, and Poison causes enemies to deal less damage and prevent their special attacks from being used for a short time.
-SEEKER weapon family has been renamed to SUPPORT. Weapons that were previously of this type have been moved to the appropriate weapon families.
-RAPID weapons have had their magazine sizes doubled along with increased fire rates in most cases.
-POWER weapons now fire slightly slower than before, but their damage has been increased considerably.
-Weapon Capsule spawns are now randomized, meaning they are no longer based on original map placement of Doom II weapons, such as Chaingun spots solely spawning RAPID weapons.
A "Roulette" option can be chosen to make any weapon spawn from a capsule, but the drop is based on what color the capsule has landed on when destroyed.
-Added option to toggle reloading behavior: Auto or manual reloading when a magazine is empty.
-Enemies now only drop ammo for weapon types in your possession. Other types can still be found from other sources, such as capsules.
-Weapons now gain experience from kills, or picking up duplicates.
-Weapon levels gained are now permanent. (This does not carry over to other mapsets)
-The Weapon Gauge was made larger for easier viewing. This is the bar that appears near the magazine counter for weapons such as the Triple Wyvern and Grind Halberd.
-New weapons added: 3 POWER, 1 AREA, 2 RAPID, 3 TECH, 2 SUPPORT, 1 MELEE. (12 new weapons total)
+FROST SNAP+
-Damage has been increased due to removal of Sub-Weapons.
-Now has an alt-fire which deals slightly more damage, but with a lower rate of fire.
+BUSTER+
-Reverted back into AREA weapon.
-Changed L2 effect.
-Fixed a bug at L3 that fired the second level charge when only charged up to the first level.
+BLAZE STREAM+
-Fixed bug where a specific sound would not play when firing has stopped.
-Added damage over time effect from Fire element.
-Increased range.
+DOGFIGHTER MISSILE+
-Fixed L3 projectiles being capable of damaging you.
-Increased missile firing and turning speed.
-Adjusted damage and firing speed. In addition, also increases damage done to airborne targets.
-Weapon changed to SUPPORT, with effects changed to match.
+CRUSH BLAST+
-Mechanics changed, and the gravity effect of L3 was made into a baseline feature for the weapon.
+QUICK STRIKE+
-L2 and L3 effect revamped.
-Alt-fire now triggers Parry when no attacks have yet been made.
+HUNTING LASER+
-Now fires a burst of 5 lasers instead of 3.
-Now has additional weapon effects.
-Lasers will now seek targets at any time, rather than only when on screen.
-Weapon changed to RAPID.
+ASSASSIN VULCAN+
-Increased primary fire ammo consumption.
-L2 Stealth has been improved, and now causes enemies as well as homing projectiles to totally forget the player.
-Reduced L3 energy gained per enemy hit.
+STORM MINE+
-No longer auto detonates when in proximity of enemies, as the L2 and L3 effects were nullified in most cases by the feature.
-Fixed framerate issues when detonating multiple mines.
-Increased duration of mines before auto-detonation for both L2 and L3.
-Slightly increased damage from explosion.
-Reduced damage of direct impacts.
+REPEATERS+
-Increased firing and projectile speed.
+VIPER WAVE+
-No longer deals damage over time. Changed L3 effect.
-Increased firing speed.
-Reduced size of visual effects.
+SCRAP LAUNCHER+
-Added a short cooldown before an enemy can be stunned by subsequent chain hits.
-Improved spread.
+TRIPLE WYVERN+
-Added impact visual effects to projectiles.
+WINGED REAVER+
-Ammo is no longer consumed upon splitting the blades.
-Weapon no longer alerts enemies when thrown.
-Split blade movement speed has been reduced and flight pattern made less erratic in order to improve the ability to hit targets.
-Split damage has been increased slightly.
-No longer requires reloading.
+GRIND HALBERD+
-Heat can now be built up by moving in any direction, rather than only forward.
-Built up heat will no longer fully drain while attacking before the weapon is ignited.
-Increased duration of ignited weapon.
-Added damage over time effect from Fire element.
-Fiery Retribution is now activated with Alt-Fire and can now only be used while the weapon is ignited.
-Reduced damage of unheated strikes. Damage of ignited strikes has increased significantly.
-Fiery Retribution activation made more responsive, and an indicator will now display near the weapon gauge when it is ready to use.
+BULLET-EYE+
-Bullet-Eye Mode is now a quick burst attack that charges much faster. As a result, all music tracks that were originally for Bullet-Eye Mode have been moved to standard map tracks.
-Fixed a bug where kills with primary weapons did not grant Bullet-Eye energy.
-Weapon Enhancer drop chance from kills in Bullet-Eye Mode now decreases depending on the amount of players.
-Can now be activated at any time at 25% energy or above.
-Energy decays slowly when above 50% energy.

=EQUIPMENT=
-Equipment items now have durability. Equipment can be repaired with Equipment Enhancers, and will break and be lost if they reach a durability level of 0.
-Equipment items can now be dropped while in the Equipment Panel with a custom keybind set in the options menu.
-Equipment that previously affected Sub-Weapons have changed due to the removal of said feature.
-Added slots for shoulders, leg armor, belts, and accessories.
-New equipment items added: 1 armor, 3 leg armors, 4 belts, 5 shoulders, 1 gloves, 1 boots, 6 accessories. (19 equipment items total)
-Equipment can now gain bonuses that affect various elements. You can gain these bonuses in three ways: Picking up a duplicate equipment item, using Equipment Enhancers, or
finding an equipment item in a map that has preset bonuses.
-Sentry's Guard (Helmet) - Now has a chance to create a turret on destruction of an Item/Weapon Capsule with no requirements, but the duration of turrets has been reduced.
-Victory Armor (Armor): Increased requirement for bonus to 40, up from 25.
-Fixed missing pointer causing incorrect behavior of Victory Armor.
-Impact Chestguard (Armor): Reduced damage and radius of effect.
-Calibrated Grips (Gloves): Removed Bullet-Eye bonus.
-Energy Conversion Gloves (Gloves): Removed Bullet-Eye bonus and now grants shields when picking up Strike Orbs in addition to health.
-Dead Eye Strikers (Gloves): Revamped effect due to removal of Sub-Weapons.
-Hasty Treads (Boots): Movement speed bonus increased. Also has a new effect for added mobility.
-Hover Jets (Boots): Removed camera spring after the effect ends and reduced hover duration.
-Added Old World Manuals to certain locked chests. These reduce the cost of leveling and repairs of equipment by 1 per rank.

=ENEMIES=
+GENERAL+
-New Imp replacement, "Invading Swarmer", added.
-New Arachnotron replacement, "Mag Roader", added.
-New Baron of Hell replacement, "Lobolashi", added.
-New enemy, "Radioactive Terror", added.
-Swapped health values of Dread Visage and Phase Reaper.
-Bosses no longer drop L3 weapons, but now always drop an increased amount of Weapon and Equipment Enhancers.
+DREAD TROOPER+
-Will no longer fire when a target is out of sight.
-Dread Troopers can no longer open doors while they are patrolling, preventing them from opening up later areas in a map the player cannot yet access.
+RIVETING GRENADIER+
-Now has a melee attack.
+GARGANT+
-New ability "True Stealth".
-Increased threat of Berserk Mode.
+DREAD VISAGE+
-Visual effects now only appear when the player is closer to the enemy, in order to prevent framerate issues.
+ABERWRAITHER+
-Due to their spectral nature, projectiles from an Aberwraither now pierce shields.
-Visual effects now only appear when the player is closer to the enemy, in order to prevent framerate issues.
+WOLFENSTEIN SS+
-Fixed bug where enemy was invisible on spawn until becoming active.

=ABILITIES=
-Flash Guard and Quick Melee are now an overlay animation. This means they can be activated at any point during usage of a weapon.

=ITEMS=
-Weapon Enhancers no longer instantly level up a weapon, and will now instead grant a substantial boost to a current weapon's experience points.
-Weapon Enhancer cap has been increased to 255, up from 50.
-Equipment Enhancers have been added, and can be obtained from most sources where Weapon Enhancers can also be found. They can be used to repair and enhance equipment items to gain beneficial bonuses, such as increased max ammo capacity.
-Score items now double as crafting materials for the new crafting system. Be sure to pick them up!
-Bullet-Eye Emblem (BFG spawn item) was incorrectly spawning two at the same time. While picking up two of said item at the same time had no apparent effect, it was causing the visual effect of the item to appear brighter than intended.
-Bullet-Eye Emblem duration reduced to 10 seconds, down from 20 seconds.
-Fixed Survivor score bonus. They would only give 1 point when rescued, instead of 500 as intended.
-Survivors that appear in secret areas no longer count towards the item tally.
-L3 weapons no longer spawn in BFG locations.
-Added locked chests that require a key to open. Press USE on a chest to open it and reveal the contents within. Keys drop from enemies and you can acquire one from finding all items in a map.
-Ammo Boxes now have visuals to better indicate what a player should do with them.

=MISC.=
-Health and shield system changed to be similar to that of an arcade game. Health and shield power up values have been adjusted.
-Health has been changed to 25 units (50 at max health upgrades), and enemy damage has been altered to compensate. Taking damage grants a brief period of invulnerability.
-Health items dropped from enemies or capsules will now disappear after several seconds if not picked up.
-Shields are now limited to 6 units, and each hit taken removes 1 unit, regardless of how damaging the attack was.
-A proper explosive barrel replacement has been added.
-Player sprites for Valnos have been added. Player colors are currently not supported.
-The Status Panel pages can now be navigated with the arrow keys or brackets while open. An option can be set to match one's preference.
-Crafting page has been added. This will allow you to craft weapons you have previously found, provided you have the number of materials needed. Walking over a weapon with Equipment Lock enabled will also unlock said weapon.
-Equipment Panel will no longer freeze time, in order for multiplayer to work correctly.
-Equipment Panel weapon pros and cons text has been replaced with weapon attributes, such as damage and fire rate.
-Replaced all Mega Man X3 songs from the map track list, except for the opening stage theme. The songs were far too short (Under 1 minute) to be suitable for most maps. They have been replaced with Atomic Robo Kid tracks.
-Added new map tracks and replaced some older ones.
-Equipment page of the Status Panel has been redesigned.
-Added indicators on weapon slots to determine which weapon family a current weapon belongs to. Do not create naughty words with this feature.
-Added indicator to ammo counter frame to determine which ammo type is currently being used.
-Equipment Lock icon has been reduced to one graphic.
-Spawner code for secret sectors has been improved, and will now more reliably have special items in them.
-Player Defense and Damage Sliders have been removed.
-Arcade Mode, and True Arcade Mode have been removed.
-Score bonuses are no longer acquired on maps with 0 secrets, items, and/or monsters.
-Fixed a bug where dormant monsters would flash when damaged.
-DM Spawns option now only spawns enemies on map 5 onwards.
-New Coop Spawns option added. This will spawn your choice of items in coop spawns, from map 3 onwards.
-Fixed issues with maps containing voodoo dolls.

-...And a number of other small things I may have forgotten. It's been almost 2 years. I apologize!

DEVELOPMENT VERSION CHANGELOG: (Note that this changelog may be behind on updates compared to the actual development file itself. The log will also have changes added on until a stable release, instead of individual updates per dev update.)

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ver. DEV - 10/8/21
=WEAPONS=
+GENERAL+
-Lightning element now affects 3 targets, up from 1. Damage has also been lowered.
-Ice Bulwarks from the ice element can now be kicked with Quick Kick, which can be used to reposition them or damage enemies.
-Fixed issue with elite weapons remaining after pick up in co-op.
-Added small crowns on elite weapon pick ups to better inform the player that they are elite items.
-Weapons now once again have a small chance to drop from enemies.
+FROST SNAP+
-Intensity equipment bonus has been added. Now also benefits from RAPID Tune Up equipment bonus.
-Now benefits from Attack Strike Orbs.
-Now benefits from Demolisher's Legplates.
+BLOODLETTER MAGNUM+
-Melee attack is now affected by the Melee Tune Up equipment bonus, since it is already affected by the Siegebreaker Combat Boots as well.
-L3 empowered melee attack no longer causes the player to dash forward, and now instead increases melee range by a large amount.
+DECIMATOR+
-Added sounds for when the infinite ammo effect triggers and ends.
-Infinite ammo effect should no longer be heard globally in co-op.
+GRIND HALBERD+
-Wall impacts should no longer be heard globally in co-op.
+METAL MONSTROSITY+
-Fixed cooldown indicator position.
+REPEATERS+
-Weapon has been reworked.
+SCATTER BOMBER+
-Lowered damage of projectiles but now fires 4 orbs at a time, similar to how the Sub-Weapon version was.
+VAMPIRIC GAUNTLETS+
-Fixed not healing players if you have the equipment bonus that removes the healing limit.
+VOLLEY SHOT+
-Magazine size increased to 40 in order to launch 4 full volleys, instead of 3 and a half.
+BULLET-EYE+
-Kills in Bullet-Eye Mode now grant from 30 to 80 GP, up from 2 to 6.

=EQUIPMENT=
-Added "Alpha" equipment items. These have no unique effects, but allow for 5 equipment bonuses, as opposed to the standard 3 of regular equipment.
-Added 8 new equipment items. (+8 Alpha equipment items for a total of 16)
-Added 6 new equipment bonuses and individual weapon magazine capacity bonuses.
-Fixed Giga Crush (Armor) not working.
-Added indicator for when Giga Crush (Armor) is on cooldown, and reduced cooldown of Giga Crush effect to 3 minutes, down from 4.
-Lowered volume of Bomb Dispensers (Shoulders) effect.
-Onslaught Helmet now grants 5 seconds of benefits after picking up a Strike Orb, up from 3 seconds.
-Hasty Boots movement speed bonus increased considerably.
-Increased damage of Retaliation Pauldrons (Shoulders) effect, and now also causes resurrected enemies to take extra damage.
-Increased damage of Intense Flames equipment bonus.
-Added a "Repair All Equipment" keybind. Prioritizes more damaged items first.

=ABILITIES=
-Flash Guard deflect sound no longer plays at any distance.
-Players who are crouched can now be launched like a football after being kicked by other players.

=ITEMS=
-Weapon/Equipment Enhancers can now stack to 999.
-Weapon Enhancers now grant 100 XP for a weapon for a single use, and 500 XP for 5.
-Players can now press Reload on the Weapon Status Panel to use 20 Weapon Enhancers to grant a weapon 2000 XP.
-Health Augments now disappear after a short time, just like other health items.
-Keys (key cards/skull keys) are now shared. This works universally without replacing anything, so it should work with modded keys.
-Reduced penalty of Weapon/Equipment Enhancers dropping during Bullet-Eye Mode depending on number of players.
-Ammo drop rates are now increased depending on amount of players, but have also been reduced across the board.

=ENEMIES=
+CRUSHER+
-Now has a lower chance to launch shields and also incurs a cooldown when they do so. Reverts to former AI at Dread Level 8.
+CYCLOPTIC BRUTE+
-Fixed Cycloptic Brute dropping ammo less often compared to other high tier enemies.
+DREAD TROOPER+
-Movement speed is now lower and jumps are used less often. Reverts to former AI at Dread Level 8.
+LOBOLASHI+
-Fixed some enemies not removing the Lobolashi's Howl buff when entering their pain state.
+MAG ROADER+
-Changed projectile attacks, and now fires faster. It now mainly shoots smaller projectiles that rarely leave trails of flames, and now has a chance to fire the original larger projectile that leaves flames on impact.

=MISC.=
-Clearing map objectives now rewards some GP.
-Fixed keys not being taken when opening chests. Again.
-Players can now sell equipment items to vending machines by dropping an item near one and while Equipment Lock is on. The sell price depends on the item and also its level.
-Increased invincibility time after taking damage. This time is increased with shields.
-The current page of the Status Panel will now be saved and will open to said page when the panel is next opened.
-Swapped Equipment and Shop Status Panel pages. Now the order is: Weapons > Equipment > Shop > Collectibles.
-Using Weapon/Equipment Enhancers in the Status Panels will no longer alert enemies, and now also disables reloading.
-Fixed "Auto Reload On Empty Magazine" option not working.
-Renamed health bar frame HUD size CVar to be more logical. As a result, this change resets the option.
-Added player frames in co-op. This will allow you to see the health, shield, name, and position/direction of co-op partners. These can be disabled.
-Added ability to spy other players' inventory without co-op spy. If co-op health bars are enabled, looking at a player within approximately 2000 map units will display their weapons underneath their bars.
-If you have the Equipment Status Panel open, looking at a player would allow you to browse their equipment items. Input will be frozen until you can see your own inventory again, which can be done by looking away.
-Fixed skipping of Shop Status Panel in Shuffle Mode.
-An altered palette has been added in order to utilize player colors in co-op while not butchering the original player colors. This does not affect the player sprite when changing colors, but a small gem which hovers over players.

CONTROLS: (These keys must be set in the keybinds menu. You can view this information at any time by pressing F1.)
Fire: Fire selected primary weapon.
Alt-Fire: Use secondary weapon function, if available.
"Open Status Panel": View equipment and status information. Navigate the pages with either the arrow keys or brackets (depending on your preferred option). Pages that have a cursor can be navigated with the forward and backward keys, along with the strafe keys. Press the designated key again to close the panel.
"Activate Bullet-Eye Mode": Enter Bullet-Eye Mode. (Only when the Bullet-Eye Gauge is at least 25%). Will not stop firing until the gauge is empty.
"Use Flash Guard": Activates a barrier which can block and deflect shots back towards enemies.
"Use Quick Melee": Unleash a quick kick that can deal moderate damage and knock back enemies.
"Toggle Equipment Lock": Allows or prevents you from picking up weapons or equipment.
"Drop Equipment Item": While the Equipment Status Panel is open, press the designated key while the cursor is over the equipment item you wish to drop.
"Next Random Map Track": Randomly selects the next track to play during a map, if music is enabled.
"Show Track Info": Displays information on the current map track playing.

WEAPONS:
Bullet-Eye holds a variety of unique and wacky weapons, all with their own upgrades! Upgrading weapons is achieved through use of Weapon Enhancers, slaying enemies, or picking up a duplicate weapon. This will add experience to your currently selected weapon - and once the bar is full, a new level will be obtained! Remember, citizens, your previous weapon will be dropped upon picking up your new beat stick! You can hold up to three different weapons, and swapping a weapon is achieved by selecting the weapon you want to switch out. Don't forget to press your custom keybind for "Open Status Panel" to view information about your current weapons and equipment! You will never be harmed by your own weapons so blast away!

All primary weapons are categorized into one of 6 families. Each weapon family has its own strengths and weaknesses. There is no limit to how many weapons in one family you can hold, but in some situations, it may be best to balance out your arsenal!
- Green Weapon Capsule - High rate of fire with drawbacks being weaker firepower and lower accuracy.
- Red Weapon Capsule - High damage output, but small magazine size and longer reload time.
- Blue Weapon Capsule - Excellent for crowd control situations, but range is limited.
- Purple Weapon Capsule - Requires more involvement for optimal usage, but effective when mastered.
- Yellow Weapon Capsule - Arms focused on healing, utility, or to be used in conjunction with other weapons.
White Weapon Capsule - Shortest range weaponry, but no reloading or ammo requirements.

Here are just some of the weapons you can find in Bullet-Eye:

Spitfire - Fires as fast as you can pull the trigger. Fast reload speed.
Spread Shot - Fires a spread of projectiles in a burst. Every time a projectile hits an enemy, it is cloned into two more shots at an angle.
Buster - Fires at a medium range and explodes in place. Hold fire to charge the weapon and launch an empowered shot. Costs 5 ammo.
Blaze Stream - Emits a cone of powerful flames which deal damage over time, but lacks range.
Dogfighter Missile - Launches small homing missiles that fire at enemies and redirect fire to them instead of you. Deals extra damage to airborne enemies.
Crush Blast - Fires a powerful laser which pulls in enemies as it travels.
Scrap Launcher - Launches out scrap in a spread. Alt-fire launches a chain to pull in enemies.
Quick Strike - Unleash swift strikes upon enemies. Alt-Fire unleashes charge attacks - or a parry if not followed by a slash, which counters an attack and grants brief invulnerability.

EQUIPMENT:

Find over 60 pieces of armor from fallen enemies or other sources and carry them for beneficial effects, such as increasing Flash Guard's recharge rate, or increasing the duration and power of Strike Orbs!
-Equipment can be leveled up to 3 times, either via Equipment Enhancers or finding a duplicate in the world. Each time an equipment item is leveled, it gains an equipment bonus which affects a weapon, health, or other fun perks!
-Equipment suffers wear and tear, and must be repaired regularly with Equipment Enhancers or it will be lost when it breaks.

BULLET-EYE MODE:

Defeat enemies to gain energy! Once you have enough, the Bullet-Eye emblem will appear and upon pressing your designated keybind, your weapon will switch to a massive rapid firing weapon which can easily clear groups of enemies. Enemies slain in this mode restore health and have an increased chance to drop Weapon Enhancers and Equipment Enhancers as well. You will also gain all Strike Orbs when entering Bullet-Eye Mode! However, all energy beyond 50% will start to slowly decay until at 25%. Use it or lose it!



EQUIPMENT LOCK:

Tired of accidentally picking up a weapon you don't want? A helmet you would rather not grab is blocking your path in a narrow hallway? Then Equipment Lock is for you! Simply bind a key to the "Toggle Equipment Lock" located in the keybinds meni and all your troubles will vanish without a fight! (Today we celebrate - our Independence Day!) While Equipment Lock is active, you will not pick up any weapon or equipment unless it is of the same type currently in your possession, or if you currently do not own an item for that specific slot. You will know when the system is active when the diamond just above the ammo counter has a teeny tiny lock in it. If you change your mind and want to grab all the powerups you can attempt to carry, just hit the same key and it will be disabled!

DENIZENS OF BULLET-EYE:
- An item capsule you can destroy to provide either health or sub-weapon ammo. It also prioritizes health drops when you are at 30% health or below! Yup, it's a denizen.
- Weapon capsules that hold a primary weapon within. The color of the capsule equates to which weapon family is inside. Collect them all!* *Note: You cannot actually carry them all.
- Rescue survivors to get a health bonus, some Sub-Weapon Ammo, and Bullet-Eye Energy! Do you mind if they pay you in gum? Note: The Survivors are not just heads!
- Energy Screens block all damage done to you as long as the shield holds. You can also find Partial Energy Screens from some enemies that have half the capacity of normal Energy Screens. You're gonna need 'em!
SomeDoomMonstersHead.tga - SOME default Doom monsters! OH MAN!
- Strike Orbs are found out in the world, but most commonly can be found from defeated enemies. They temporarily boost either Attack (Red), Speed (Blue), or Defense (Green).
- Weapon Enhancers can instantly grant experience to your selected weapon when pressing "Fire" in the Weapon Status Panel. "Alt-Fire" will use 5 at a time! I wish I made that graphic! Curse you Star Fox 2!

RECOMMENDED MODS: Here, I will list mods from other users that I found pair well with Bullet-Eye. Use them to enhance the experience further!
DamNums - By Xaser - Adds floating combat text. Perfect for comparing damage between weapons.
Top HP Bars - By coldcite - Adds health bars above enemies. There are some irregularities, such as health bars jumping erratically for Riveting Bombadier holograms, but it should not affect gameplay.
Demon CounterStrike - By Laggy - Spawns enemies and items periodically throughout maps, keeping action up full time, and therefore, adding to the arcade aspect of Bullet-Eye.

CREDITS: See who/what helped to make Bullet-Eye possible!
https://gitlab.com/accensi/bullet-crew/bullet-eye/-/blob/master/Credits.txt


I am eager to hear your feedback. Thank you for your time!

[Mor'Ladim]

ENEMIES: (Some enemies in mirror are larger than they appear (in-game))

DREAD TROOPER (Zombieman)

The Dread'zuul's run-of-the-mill trooper. While they are not too much of a threat in small numbers, they can quickly become a problem if left unchecked. Falling back, dodging attacks, alerting other troopers to your presence, and patrolling the vicinity are just some of the more commonly employed tactics used by them. Luckily, they usually carry around extra provisions, providing you with quick aid should it be needed for more dangerous foes.

CRUSHER (Shotgunner)

A step up from the standard trooper. The Crushers utilize a scatter gun that fires in a small spread when a foe is in close range. The weapon can also fire a burst of more precise shots, for taking down targets from afar. Still, thankfully it won't take much more than a couple solid shots to put them down. Not thankfully, the scatter gun can also fire out a blockade of metal plates that makes it slightly more difficult to get the aforementioned solid shots.

RIVETING GRENADIER (Chaingunner)

These baddies have themselves a nice little set of near jet black armor to supplement some of their abilities. Completely unsurprisingly, they hit harder and are more difficult to bring down. However, your equipment is efficient at punching through their armor. Those grenades and rivet guns they wield seem like they were mass-produced on a discount, too. Don't take that as a reason to underestimate them, though. Rivets are rather diddly compared to bullets, but get a crew of them all focusing fire on you, and that's a whole lot of diddly. Get too close and they will be happy to show you a demonstration of how their chainsaw works.

INVADING SWARMER (Imp)

Wingless insectoids which slither about uncontrollably. Their movement patterns may cause shots directed towards them to easily miss, especially when they are at a great distance. Invading Swarmers get their name due to them usually being found in larger numbers compared to most other foes, and can quite easily overwhelm the unwary mercenary. They wield peculiar plasma guns which they fire methodically when in close range, but rapidly when dealing with targets from afar. However, once you see one glowing purple and emitting an odd noise, don't be so trigger happy! They will easily endure any pain taken and counter a shot with their own. Though, truthfully, this could lead to some advantageous strategies. Are you a strategist?

BOUNDER/BOUNDER ALPHA (Demon)

You've heard of the Dread'zuul before, but never paid them a lot of attention. Doomsday armageddon cults are a dime a dozen, after all. But somehow, somewhere, these guys seem to have gotten their hands on some actual genuine extra-dimensional beasts to supplement their ranks. You don't know where these are from, but they're certainly not from this realm. They're not too dangerous--sure, there's the teeth and jaws and everything, but that's pretty much all they can do. If anything, fighting them feels a little nostalgic, it's like hunting for game all over again. Very tough, fleshy, bitey game. The Alpha variety are much faster and have greater leaping abilities.

GARGANT (Spectre)

A behemoth of a creature, big, tall, and strong. Probably some kind of extra-dimensional bear or bull, with the intelligence to match. They don't seem to do much aside from charge and try to hack you up with their giant claws, but considering each of the claws are roughly the size of your entire leg, they do some damage. It seems all they have in the way of defenses are just some natural camouflage, which doesn't hold up too well under an assail of bullets. On the offensive side, they can go berserk when heavily damaged, which just makes them all the more happy to angrily charge at you. There's probably a lot to be said for the ecosystem of these strange creatures and the role they fill in the grand scheme of their natural world, but over here bullets tend to be the great equalizer.

DREAD VISAGE (Cacodemon)

Creepy, grinning floating heads that drift all over the place. They have big and sharp teeth, but the real pain is that they can shoot some kind of energy plasma out of their mouth at you. You're not entirely sure what part of the evolutionary chain includes "generate lasers out of nothing and fire it", but it's one you wish they'd skipped. They tend to be just as fragile as their more ground-based brethren, so a couple good bullets placed in sensitive areas should ground them for life. Which is good, really, since nothing with teeth that size should ever have been allowed off the ground.

PHASE REAPER (Revenant)

You're not much of a reading kind of person, but there was a horror story a while back that talked about dimensional shamblers that walked from one plane to another as easily as strolling down the street. Gave you the chills just thinking about it--you could be minding your own business and then out of nowhere there'd be these angry critters trying to chew on you. And, go bloody figure, here they are now. Are these guys even aligned with the Dread'zuul? Whoever's responsible for it, you need to give them a good punching. Simply put, you can't think of enough nasty words for these guys. With their constant movement and shifting, they're annoying to pin down, and they can throw lightning bolts that lock onto your position. They take a decent amount of punishment, too, so your beloved standby of "shoot it until it dies" might have finally found a snag.

MAG ROADER (Arachnotron)

These creatures know not only how to burn rubber, but also victims, quickly closing in on their targets to set them aflame. They seem to be fused with a circular frame, which is surrounded by all terrain treads. Atop said frame lies a cannon, which fires out dangerous napalm. This napalm not only remains in a set area for a while, but it can also spread and cause some serious area denial. Of course, getting too close to a Mag Roader means they will just slash at you with their arms, which are actually sharper than they appear. Apparently, when they were created in a research facility, no one could come up with a name for them, so they used one from another source. But what source could that be? Is it a creature more sinister looking than this?

CYCLOPTIC BRUTE (Mancubus)

You aren't sure if this is some lab-grown, engineered beast, or just a creature from the wild the Dread'zuul decided to merge with a whole bunch of machinery and turn into a fighting machine. It's armed with homing missiles, laser pulse blasts, and what appears to be a modified version of the Energy Claws, but has none of your skill, ability, or speed. It makes up for it with layers of titanium subdermal implants that are going to be a little difficult to punch through, though, which you admit would be pretty nice to have.

ABERWRAITHER (Hell Knight)

Is this a ghost? This brings forth all sorts of questions that you never really thought before. If there are ghosts, does that mean there's an afterlife? And if so, what kind of afterlife are we referring to? Is it the kind of afterlife where you have to believe in a god? Or are we talking more a general sort of karma-related afterlife where you need to live a good life to pass on? What about you? You're a bit of a rough-and-tumble person, but you'd like to think you've helped a lot of people. Well, either way, they're intangible and can't touch you. So that means they can't hurt you with their clammy little claws. Nice. On the other hand, they throw fire that explodes into more fire, and their attacks are of a spectral nature which pierce energy shields. Crap.

LOBOLASHI (Baron of Hell)

This monstrous canine-looking beast was actually commissioned by an unknown evil warlord. It is unclear if said warlord is affiliated with the Dread'zuul or not, but one thing is for sure, the Dread'zuul liked the beast so much, they added a few to their own ranks. However, there are rumors that the creation of the beast took longer than necessary to create, which caused quite the dispute. The Lobolashi was to be finished with a promised deadline of 3 months or so and delivered to the warlord. Unfortunately, the end result was achieved after one whole year, which is obviously beyond the three month deadline, but that is how things go when one makes a business deal with the Dread'zuul.

All business related drama aside, this appears to be a perfect specimen. Even when injured, it will relentlessly charge at its prey and chomp down with its powerful jaws. Is a target not too close? No problem! The Lobolashi can manifest some sort of energy from its eyes...mouth?...and fire it at foes with great haste. Surrounded by its allies? Release a howl which will enhance the movement capabilities for said allies! Be careful with this one.

RAD TERROR (Unique)

An odd being of radioactive nature - the Rad Terror can usually be found hidden underneath pools of dangerous waste and chemicals. A mortar is mounted on its back, but it is unclear if this is a weapon the Rad Terror happened to crawl over and is now merged with its body, or if it was somehow attached to it by something or someone. Considering they are dangerous to even be within the vicinity of, it is more likely the former idea. Their mobility is not a threat, as it can be compared to a snail's pace. This is by no means a pass to slack off, as its mortar has quite the range on it. Not only that, but it can duplicate itself multiple times if it is allowed to exist for too long - then those duplicates will spawn more duplicates! So do everyone a favor and erase it from existence.

[Mav3rick]

After play few levels... my points

º The hud seems to be out of place..

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I play with 4:3 on 800x600

º It will be better if there r diferent weapons to carry and no only pick up and lost there r many weapons that r way to weak to work and more if u have to kill something more than a zombie
º The suriken subweapon is cool but can past between colums, ej: the first red bars on the start of the second level
º The buster is cool but is way way too short is not worthy when a cyber can attack from way far
º The blaze stream is the weakes of all and with that short way short range is like a chainsaw
º The only i didnt get was the spread shot, the other were nice but the weapons with own sprite and number to switch to them will be even better
º The levek up system can be like pick up 3 spitfire and level up, pickup 6 and level up again it will be better to have to pick up few and not only one, weapons will be super strong in short time and more if u play a megawad
º The blaze stream fire sprite need a fix the fire is coming from lower on hand than the weapon

So far is cool but it need lot of tweak to work and more in open levels
Keep up the good work

[Crimsondrgn]

The Level 1 description for the chaser missile calls it the buster.

What resolution is the new HUD meant for?
640x480 works with UI scale 2, and 1280x960 works at UI scale 4.

Also kinda liked the look of the old HUD in the screenshots, any way to get that separate or get it as an option in the mod?

[Somagu]

Somehow I missed that this was a thing???

Stream of consciousness feedback before I pass out:
Could I ask that you not have spaces in the wad filename? Just a personal peeve of mine since otherwise I have to rename it every time I update it, given I don't use a launcher, and adding quotes to the command line parameters is ugly.

Spread shot looks and sounds weak, despite being roughly as powerful as a fully upgraded Buster (Which does actually look and sound appropriate, so good on that)

Could also use some more dramatic explosions in general, say for barrels.

Blaze Stream is way too damn weak! Looks weak, is weak. Takes way too long to even kill former humans unless you're touching them, which is a bit counterintuitive for weapons inspired by old one-hit platformers. Make it rip, make it do more DOT, do something besides what it already does.

Chasers are too strong. There's no downside to them despite doing as much or more damage than the same fully upgraded buster, spreadshot, which require you to be close range. I reckon it should

Spitfire and Buster seem more or less fine.

HUD could use some work on the whole scaling thing.

Might want to start with a subweapon considering how rarely I actually find the damn things.

[Mor'Ladim]

I am taking all the feedback in, AND I AM WORKING ON UPDATES THIS VERY MOMENT!

And all I can say is that Blaze Stream has been insulted by the feedback on it, and is now RED HOT with anger! Changes to the weapon are coming!

Hopefully I can fix the HUD scaling issue. It is my first time working with a custom HUD, so if I can't fix it then I will have to look at other options.

I was also thinking of adding a weapon experience system. Using this, you can gain experience for weapons for up to two levels, and once they are leveled, picking up a 'fresh' one will always retain its level, regardless of the fact if you picked up another weapon or not. I think adding in a system to carry more than one weapon would also be useful, but hopefully I can code it.

Also kinda liked the look of the old HUD in the screenshots, any way to get that separate or get it as an option in the mod?

The graphics for it are actually in the WAD, if you'd like to use them. As for an option in the mod to use it, perhaps I can use it for one of the HUD sizes instead of using the current one at each resize level.

Thank you for all the feedback!

EDIT: I made some updates! The changelog, can be found in the main post. I hope you all like them! In the next update, I plan to make a starting sub-weapon, and more main weapons. An accessory system will come in the future as well, and these will grant special abilities when held, such as one that makes Strike Orbs last longer, or another that triples the bonuses gained from Survivors.

[Somagu]

This is looking good! The Buster and Blaze Stream now both stand out as appropriately powerful for closer range weapons (I know you didn't do anything to the Buster, that's not my point), and the claw subweapon is also powerful enough to warrant being ammo-limited. The ripper itself might be a bit too powerful, actually. Mag Shurikens and the Chaser could stand to be a little bit more powerful than they are. Maybe a 20% increase or less. Spread Shot also feels much nicer to use now. The outstanding issue that I see currently is that aside from the claw, every weapon takes an unreasonably long time to kill anything stronger than a Hell Knight, basically. Maybe some kind of system like GMOTA where you have a seperate power gauge for temporary stronger EX-modes would be appropriate? That'd require a lot of effort, though.

[Mor'Ladim]

Since each weapon has its own damage type, I was able to adjust them for stronger enemies, and it seems to be working well. However, that would just be a band-aid fix in the long run, as custom enemies wouldn't be affected by said changes! I may just increase the damage across the board, since this IS a retro style mod, and enemies in SNES era games didn't last too long in most cases. Another solution could be to make the level 3 versions of all weapons gain a large damage boost, while the previous levels retain their current values.

I also increased the damage boost from the Attack Strike Orb, and I believe I should make all orbs more common from enemies.

Edit: Actually, I just thought of something I could do to help out a bit. Sort of...Let's see if I can pull it off and include it in today's update! (If it fits) I already have the graphics and code for it, since it was used in DUMP 3.

[Scripten]

That new HUD is gorgeous and super thematic. I appreciate it. Hope I get a chance to actually try the mod soon.

[Captain J]

Oooooh how retrospective! Let me play soon and bake some thoughts of mine!

[Mor'Ladim]

Pushed a small update!

11/22/16 (B)
-New title music!
-Adjusted damage for enemies individually using DamageFactor.
-Increased Energy Claw Sub-Weapon range.
-Increased health and sub-weapon ammo gains from items.
-Added Bullet-Eye Mode. Gather energy from kills to unleash a massive weapon! (Use the Zoom key when you see the Bullet-Eye Emblem)

I also did my first TRUE ACS script for Bullet-Eye mode. It's a simple script, but it works. I just hope I did it right, since I am very inexperienced with ACS.

Edit:

This is what happens when you press Reload now:

[Captain J]

So i played it now, it was one decent, nice and well, retrospective mod i ever played. Neat work! Also i haven't seen SNES style mod before, so hooray for that!

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- Style of the mod resembles SNES style, right? Then i wonder why Genesis musics plays in the mod...

- You know, some of the sound effects doesn't fitting with SNES style except Buster. I guess they still have high quality. Would be nice if you can take some sound effects from real SNES games or make the current sound effects more muffled.

- Every single projectile has no decal, is it intentional?

- It is weird that hands appears from nowhere without animation when i use the Sub-weapons. Intentional flaws for advantage?

- I hope sub-weapons gives you some ammo if you already got one of them.

- Now it's about Bullet-Eye. Gotta love this weapon! Except its shots are not so satisfying; Just leaves vanilla doom bulletpuff and nothing else. Perhaps Make the puff more powerful?

Also... I got this weapon from the cheat, so i want to ask this one thing shamefully; How can i get this weapon?

So that's about it. It's really interesting and can't wait for the update!

[Mor'Ladim]

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- Style of the mod resembles SNES style, right? Then i wonder why Genesis musics plays in the mod...

- You know, some of the sound effects doesn't fitting with SNES style except Buster. I guess they still have high quality. Would be nice if you can take some sound effects from real SNES games or make the current sound effects more muffled.

- Every single projectile has no decal, is it intentional?

- It is weird that hands appears from nowhere without animation when i use the Sub-weapons. Intentional flaws for advantage?

- I hope sub-weapons gives you some ammo if you already got one of them.

- Now it's about Bullet-Eye. Gotta love this weapon! Except its shots are not so satisfying; Just leaves vanilla doom bulletpuff and nothing else. Perhaps Make the puff more powerful?

Also... I got this weapon from the cheat, so i want to ask this one thing shamefully; How can i get this weapon?

1. The style of the mod is mostly SNES, but also the era of the Sega Genesis. It's also difficult to find good music when there isn't a site where they can be previewed easily, like Genesis music at Project2612. (As far as I know) If you have suggestions for a new title theme that sounds action-oriented, I'm open to them! I tried the title theme to Jim Power, but it just didn't have the same kick.
2. I plan to have a number of weapons in the mod, and using pure SNES sound effects would limit me greatly, as I would like each weapon to sound different. Not to mention ripping sounds from the SNES is a pain, and most 'rips' are just the samples used to make the sounds themselves! Otherwise, I would definitely use more. I AM trying to use them more often for other objects such as Item Capsules though!
3. I didn't add decals because I feel it would take away from the retro feel. And I am lazy. Maybe I will go back and change them later if I can find something fitting.
4. I fixed that just for you!
5. This is also fixed!
6. You can get that weapon by killing enemies to build up energy. Once you have enough, the Bullet-Eye emblem will appear. Once that happens, press the ZOOM key to activate Bullet-Eye mode!

Thank you for all the feedback!

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Finally got some new changes up! I wanted to add another weapon, but it will have to wait until the next update.

11/24/16
-New title pic!
-Chaser Missile homing made less aggressive. You now need to have an enemy closer to your crosshair to activate the homing.
-Picking up a Sub-Weapon will now grant some Sub-Weapon Ammo.
-New types of Weapon Powerup drops have been added. These will instantly grant a level 2 or three weapon. Bosses will always drop a level three weapon, while high tier enemies commonly drop L2 weapons, and uncommonly L3.
-Bosses will now always drop a number of health and Sub-Weapon Ammo items upon defeat.
-Slightly updated Weapon Powerup sprites.
-Energy Screen has been added. While under the effects of an Energy Screen, you will suffer no health damage until the shield is destroyed.
-Picking up a weapon you already have a level 3 version of will grant Bullet-Eye Energy.
-Max Health Up powerups will spawn in place of Megaspheres. They increase max health by 5.
-New Sub-Weapon 'Cross Mine'
-New Weapon 'Crush Blast'. Drops from high tier enemies and Weapon Capsules only.
-Chaser Missile now only drops from Weapon Capsules and high tier enemies.

A shot of the new weapon powerup types (as explained above):

[Captain J]

1. The style of the mod is mostly SNES, but also the era of the Sega Genesis. It's also difficult to find good music when there isn't a site where they can be previewed easily, like Genesis music at Project2612. (As far as I know) If you have suggestions for a new title theme that sounds action-oriented, I'm open to them! I tried the title theme to Jim Power, but it just didn't have the same kick.

Is official or custom SNES musics sounds good for you? Such as this one;

2. I plan to have a number of weapons in the mod, and using pure SNES sound effects would limit me greatly, as I would like each weapon to sound different. Not to mention ripping sounds from the SNES is a pain, and most 'rips' are just the samples used to make the sounds themselves! Otherwise, I would definitely use more. I AM trying to use them more often for other objects such as Item Capsules though!

Then making the current sound effects into low quality would be the answer. Since SNES games always had smooth and low quality sound effects.

3. I didn't add decals because I feel it would take away from the retro feel. And I am lazy. Maybe I will go back and change them later if I can find something fitting.

Oh, that's fine, just fine. Leave it as it is. I don't even know what kind of SNES games had such an effect on their maps, except cybernator.

6. You can get that weapon by killing enemies to build up energy. Once you have enough, the Bullet-Eye emblem will appear. Once that happens, press the ZOOM key to activate Bullet-Eye mode!

Now i see! But still it's not quite satisfying because again, vanilla bulletpuffs. I actually thought about some powerful effect for it, V-Gun from Wild Guns! It has one powerful and badass gatling gun you should check out!

Thank you for all the feedback!

You're welcome, thanks for understanding me!

[wildweasel]

This is a really cool concept, but I have a bug to report - entering Bullet-Eye mode doesn't work properly if "Switch Weapons on Pickup" is switched off in Player Setup. You can press the button to trigger it, but all it will do is give you all three Strike Orb powerups without changing your weapons, which you can do indefinitely...until you change primary weapons, at which point the weapon switches properly.

Now, I seem to recall that the ACS inventory function SetWeapon works in Decorate, though I might be wrong. Perhaps that's a better way to trigger the Bullet-Eye weapon swtich?