Bullet-Eye (SNES/Retro Style Mod) v0.9.5 - Stop & Swap

[Mor'Ladim]

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BEST PLAYED ON QZDOOM OR GZDOOM! ZDoom MAY also work, but I would not recommend it, as this mod will utilize true color support. IT WILL LOOK UGLY ON ZDOOM, SO DON'T DO IT! Please.

Hello, sir or madam. Do you long for the days of old where the console wars focused on things like pixel graphics, and something about megabits and chips of the 8 to 16 to 32 variety? Well then look no further! Throw away all those toasters you put on your head claiming to be the answer to virtual reality! Dispose of those 'games' that could pass off as modern art pieces with their 16 different shades of brown! (and gray, but not 50) From here on out, you get to play the games...ON A CARTRIDGE! You HAVE seen the games, right?

You: *duuuh huh huh*

Wrong answer. SHOW 'EM!

BULLET-EYE! An arcade/SNES style adventure! through worlds I just made up on the spot, or on the toilet!

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Be sure to read the controls below or press F1 during gameplay to view them. You can also select 'Manual' from the main menu.

CHANGELOG:

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v0.9.5 - 9/15/17
=WEAPONS=
+GENERAL+
-Removed special slot two powerups. Changing your second weapon can now be done by switching to your current slot two weapon before picking up a powerup.
-Picking up a new weapon will now automatically switch to that weapon's currently selected weapon slot.
-You can now only carry one of each weapon. Attempting to replace a slot two weapon with a Spitfire, for example, when one is already held will now add a level to whichever slot it is currently in.
-Weapons flow better into other abilities, such as using a Sub-Weapon or the Flash Guard.
+SPREAD SHOT+
-HUD weapon sprite slightly changed.
-Fire rate increased. (again) Damage reduced slightly to compensate.
-Slightly reduced spread for all levels.
+BLAZE STREAM+
-Reduced amount of special damage actors spawned from flames to alleviate potential FPS issues.
+CHASER MISSILE+
-Damage increased slightly.
+HUNTING LASER+
-L2 lasers released from capsules now have homing capabilities.
-L3 effect damage reduced.
+STORM GRENADE+
-New weapon sprite.
-L2 effect changed.
-Damage reduced slightly.
-L3 effect creates more projectiles on impact.

=SUB WEAPONS=
-Sub-Weapons now have a higher chance to cause enemies to flinch. The Energy Claws retain a 100% flinch rate.
-Scatter Bombs now always grant Bullet-Eye Energy on successful enemy hits.
-Scatter Bombs can now bounce on liquids.
-Energy Claws now grant Bullet Eye Energy on successful enemy hits.

=EQUIPMENT=
-Fixed bug where Barrier Gauntlets effect was retained after switching to another glove item.
-Fixed bug where Guard Visor would not activate.

=ENEMIES=
+GENERAL+
-New Shotgun Zombie replacement, "Crusher" added.
-Added CVar options for Bounders and Gargants.
+RIVETING BOMBADIER+
-Reduced grenade damage.
+BOUNDER+
-Increased melee damage.
-Fixed See sound not playing.
+CYCLOPTIC BRUTE+
-Increased melee damage.

=MISC.=
-Flash Guard can be activated faster, and now has a larger radius.
-Added new CVar options.
-Quick Kick ability added. It can be used by pressing UserKey 4. Intended to knock back close range enemies, the kick is quite powerful on its own.
-Increased radius of score mode items.
-Enemies can now drop Sub-Weapons.

v0.9.4b - 8/18/17
=WEAPONS=
+BLAZE STREAM+
-Fixed bug where the L2 effect would be permanently active on the slot 2 Blaze Stream
+SCRAP LAUNCHER+
-L3 effect fires more scrap at two additional angles.
+BULLET-EYE+
-Fixed critical bug that would cause the game to freeze when using certain equipment after activating Bullet-Eye.

=MISC.=
-Fixed enemies not triggering specials, such as on Dead Simple.

v0.9.4 - 8/17/17
=WEAPONS=
+GENERAL+
-Some weapons given more fluid firing animations.
-Adjusted DamageFactor values for some weapons on all enemies.
+SPITFIRE+
-Reduced damage, but increased the responsiveness of the semi-auto fire.
+SPREAD SHOT+
-Increased damage.
+BLAZE STREAM+
-Flames now fire out in a cone instead of a single line, and projectile graphics have been changed. Damage reduced to compensate.
-L2 effect changed.
-L3 fireball launched after firing ends is now smaller, moves faster, and fires out less fireballs.
+SCRAP LAUNCHER+
-Projectile speed slightly increased.
+RAPID VULCAN+
-New critical hit graphic added.
+VOLLEY SHOT+
-Reduced sound usage on L3 floor projectiles so as not to slightly distort other sounds.
+REPEATER+
-Reduced damage of L2 and L3 projectiles and effects.
+BULLET-EYE+
-Now grants a short grace period when activating, granting invincibility during the spin up animation.

=SUB WEAPONS=
-Sub-Weapons now grant Bullet-Eye Energy on an enemy hit. Some have a lower chance, such as the Scatter Bombs, due to multiple projectiles being fired out.
-Ammo usage for some Sub-Weapons increased slightly.

=ENEMIES=
+GENERAL+
-New Chaingunner replacement, "Riveting Bombadier" added.
-New Demon replacement, "Bounder" added.
-New Spectre replacement, "Gargant" added.
-Lost Souls made more aggressive, but health and damage have been reduced.
+DREAD VISAGE+
-Projectile damage reduced.
-New attack gained, "Strafing Run".
+CYCLOPTIC BRUTE+
-Fires an additional plasma projectile and the projectiles now also have a slight spread.
-Homing Missile speed increased and damage slightly adjusted, but the missiles can now be shot down.

=EQUIPMENT=
-Dual Layered Mail has been fixed to work on any map. Before, it only worked on the map you acquired it on.
-Dual Layered Mail now plays a sound when you take damage while the effect has triggered.
-Vital Gloves now grant 50 bonus health when Bullet-Eye Mode is activated, in addition to its current effect.
-Tech Guard now adds a new Strike Orb's duration to your remaining current duration, in addition to its current effect.
-Forged Helmet now grants 2 units of weak shields upon an enemy kill, in addition to its current effect.

=ITEMS=
-Max Health Up Orbs now always drop from bosses, but grant 3 points of max health instead of 5.
-Weapon Enhancer drop chance slightly increased.

=MISC.=
-Chaos Mode returns.

v0.9.3b - 7/15/17
=WEAPONS=
+GENERAL+
-Fixed enemies not dropping all Slot 2 versions of weapons.

+TRIPLE WYVERN+
-Fixed Slot 2 version not firing L3 projectiles.

=EQUIPMENT=
-Fixed text offsets for a number of items on the Equipment Info Panel.

=MISC.=
-Added option to reset weapons upon each map start. Equipment is retained.

v0.9.3 - 7/12/17
=WEAPONS=
+GENERAL+
-Placeholder 2 weapon carry system added. There are now weapon powerups marked with a II. Obtaining these will switch out your slot 2 weapon.
-Weapon powerup levels are now additive. Previously, picking up a L2 powerup while holding a L1 would not bring you up to L3.
+SPITFIRE+
-Damage slightly increased.
+SPREAD SHOT+
-Firing speed and damage increased.
-L3 effect replaced with new effect.
+CHASER MISSILE+
-Firing speed increased.
+CRUSH BLAST+
-L2 has new additional effect.
+HUNTING LASER+
-L2 has new additional effect.
+STORM GRENADE+
-L2 has new additional effect.
+VOLLEY SHOT+
-L2 has new additional effect.
+TRIPLE WYVERN+
-L3 has new effect.
-Fixed bug related to going from a L1 Triple Wyvern to L1 Repeater.
+BULLET-EYE MODE+
-New Bullet-Eye Mode tracks added.
-Added piercing attack in addition to the regular hitscan. This should bring Bullet Eye back up to the idea that it should be the best weapon available in your arsenal.

=SUB WEAPONS=
+GENERAL+
-Picking up a duplicate Sub-Weapon when at L3 will now grant Bullet-Eye Energy, as intended.

=ENEMIES=
-Cycloptic Brute speed, firing speed, and health slightly increased.

=EQUIPMENT=
-2 new Armor equipment items added.
-Riskbreaker Armor effect range slightly increased.
-Impact Chestguard damage and effect range increased.
-Sentry's Guard ammo requirement reduced to 8, down from 10.
-Enduring Protector effect occurrence slightly increased.

=ITEMS=
-Survivor bonuses increased for the standard pickup as well as the Recon Vest affected version.

=MISC.=
-Some HUD elements repositioned or changed in response to the weapon carry limit changes.
-All enemies can now drop any L1 weapon, regardless of their difficulty, but the chance for higher grade weapons is lower. Due to this change,
Weapon Capsules can drop any L1 weapon just as before, but now with an equal chance for all types to appear.
-Powerups can no longer be crushed and lost from lowering ceilings.
-Basic Score Mode added. Enable it from the options menu.
-Some pickup messages given detailed info in order to be more newcomer friendly.
-F1 Help screen added.

v0.9.2 - 6/22/17
=WEAPONS=
+GENERAL+
-Weapon swap speed increased.
-Weapon projectiles can now activate hitscan only linedefs.
+SPITFIRE+
-Damage reduced slightly.
+BUSTER+
-L3 mini Buster shots now leave damaging trails during travel.
+TRIPLE WYVERN+
-The center shot now always fires with no spread. In addition, the other burst shots fire an additional projectile.
+BULLET-EYE MODE+
-New Bullet-Eye Mode tracks added.

=SUB WEAPONS=
+ENERGY CLAW+
-Revamped and deals more damage.

=ENEMIES=
-Non-damaging explosive effects added for some enemy deaths.

=MISC.=
-Fixed critical bug related to Riskbreaker Armor and Cycloptic Brutes.
-Item Capsules now drop 2 items by default. Scavenger's Leather Gloves increases this to 3.

v0.9.1 - 6/3/17
=WEAPONS=
+BUSTER+
-Increased radius of L2 effect.
+SCRAP LAUNCHER+
-Reduced overall damage.
+QUICKSTRIKE+
-Damage reduced slightly.
+HUNTING LASER+
-Increased overall damage slightly.
+REPEATER+
-Increased damage of L3 and L2 effects and main projectile. L2 was missing +FORCERADISDMG flag.
+TRIPLE WYVERN+
-Increased damage slightly, and reduced spread.

=EQUIPMENT=
-Riskbreaker Armor now deals less damage, but occurs more often.
-War Visor drop has been re-enabled.

=ENEMIES=
-Added Mancubus replacement.
-Enemies now flash red when entering their pain state.

=MISC.=
-The player now starts with the Mag Shurikens Sub-Weapon.


5/26/17
=WEAPONS=
+REPEATER+
-Damage and fire rate reduced. L3 large shots now deals more damage.
+BULLET-EYE MODE+
-Damage has been increased further.
=EQUIPMENT=
-Riskbreaker Armor can now trigger while firing.
=ENEMIES=
-Enemies no longer drop the same weapon type they are using. For example, Zombiemen no longer drop Spitfire weapons.
=MISC.=
-Fixed incorrect UI offsets for 16:9 and 16:10 aspect ratios.

5/25/17
=WEAPONS=
+SPITFIRE+
-Spitfire has received a revamp, and is now also capable of semi-automatic fire, in addition to its current auto fire.
+SPREAD SHOT+
-L2 has additional effect, and L3 changed completely. No longer deals damage over time.
+BUSTER+
-Main projectile & L3 extra projectile range increased.
-Projectile now has slightly enhanced visual effect, and the weapon uses an additional firing sound.
-Subtle changes to weapon graphic.
+BLAZE STREAM+
-Surrounding flame effect moved to L2. L3 has a new effect.
-Modified weapon graphic further.
+SCRAP LAUNCHER+
-Spread reduced for all levels, damage increased slightly, and L3 moved to L2. L3 has a new effect.
-New weapon graphic and firing sound.
+QUICK STRIKE+
-L3 effect changed. It also now only affects the next 8 shots, rather than 10.
+HUNTING LASER+
-Damage slightly decreased and now respects pitch.
+RAPID VULCAN+
-L3 effect moved to L2, and L3 now has a new effect.
-Overall damage reduced slightly.
+CHASER MISSILE+
-Fixed Chaser Missile projectile sprite not appearing.
-Fixed L3 not firing a second cluster missile. It would instead fire a normal missile.
-Added additional effect to L2.
-Slightly increased explosion radius.
-New weapon graphic.
+VOLLEY SHOT+
-L3 floor and ceiling projectile damage increased slightly.
=SUB WEAPONS=
+ENERGY CLAW+
-L3 energy wave damage increased.
+CROSS MINE+
-Has a new sound and visual effect for its initial explosion. The explosion radius has also been increased.
-L1 & L2 projectiles now use the +RIPPER flag. L3 does not, but damage increased to compensate.
+SCATTER BOMBS+
-L3 flame projectiles now drop faster.
+BULLET-EYE MODE+
-Damage has been increased.
-20 new Bullet-Eye Mode tracks added.
-The Bullet-Eye emblem will no longer display at any time while Bullet-Eye Mode is active.
+GENERAL WEAPON CHANGES+
-Added new weapons: 'Viper Wave', 'Repeater', 'Triple Wyvern'
-Fixed naughty super fast firing bug under certain conditions. Very naughty.
-Firing speed for primary weapons increased across the board.
=EQUIPMENT=
-Drop rates of equipment have been increased slightly.
-War Visor effect moved to glove slot. Due to this change, the War Visor has a new effect.
-Indicators added for Recon Vest and Riskbreaker Armor.
-Relentless Headguard Bullet-Eye Energy capacity bonus reduced to 50. Previously doubled capacity. (100)
-Scavenger's Leather Gloves improved.
=ENEMIES=
-Fixed bug where Lost Souls were accidentaly made more aggressive.
-Added KILL scripts, for semi-compatibility with custom monsters.
-Cacodemon replacement has been added.
-Enemies that used hitscan attacks previously will now fire projectiles. For example, Zombiemen will fire Spitfire projectiles, and will also
have an increased chance to drop that weapon. Spider Mastermind unaffected at the moment.
=MISC=
-Successful Flash Guard counters now spawn a Health Augment. The window for a successful counter has been increased.
-Strike Orb item pickup visual effects enhanced.
-Max Health Up Orbs now grant bonus health up to 200, similar to a Mega Sphere.
-Added menu option to disable custom Bullet-Eye music in order for better compatibility with music mods or maps that utilize music changes.
-Footstep sounds have been added.
-Added widescreen support for 16:9 and 16:10 aspect ratios.

2/15/17
-Fixed some issues with picking up certain pieces of gear.
-Lowered Bullet-Eye Mode weapon firing sound slightly.
-Text positions adjusted for equipment items to display more information. Some equipment pieces had their text changed slightly or have additional information.
-Weapon Enhancers gained with Energy Conversion Gloves now grant 20 Bullet-Eye Energy (Was 15), and 40 while Bullet-Eye Mode is active.
-Added new equipment.
-Forged Helmet sprite altered slightly.
-Scatter Bombs throwing range increased.
-Bullet-Eye Energy gained from picking up a powerup when already at L3 increased to 8. (Was 4)
-Increased Spread Shot damage slightly.
-Increased damage and radius of Storm Grenade projectiles.
-Changed skill levels and added new ones.
-Altered radius of some bigger enemies to help prevent issues where an enemy could get stuck in the Chaos Mode skill level.
-Barrier Gauntlets now defend against some Fire damage from Archviles.
-Fixed graphical bugs with some weapons.
-Added new tracks to the Bullet-Eye Mode pool.
-Fixed critical bug with Riskbreaker Armor and Chaingun Zombies. The game would crash when they entered their firing state while the armor was in use.
-Added Lost Soul support for Riskbreaker Armor.
-A few more weapons have been given new (temporary) HUD sprites.
-Added Volley Shot weapon.
-Added a new ability "Flash Guard". Pressing UserKey2 will allow you to create a short duration barrier that deflects projectiles back at an attacker.
-Made Bullet-Eye Mode activation more responsive.

1/11/17
-Spread Shot weapon graphic further polished.
-Added Blaze Stream HUD sprites.
-Scatter Bombs L3 damage and L2/L3 bounce count increased.
-Riskbreaker Armor now forces the pain state on enemies when it deals damage. Its damage and range was slightly boosted as well.
-Added Partial Energy Screen item to provide more survivability, and more use for certain pieces of equipment. This can only be found from enemies.
-Added 3 new pieces of gear. 1 helmet, 1 armor, 1 gloves.
-Weapon Enhancers now grant Sub-Weapon levels when your main weapon is already at max level.
-Added low health warning on the health bar when at 30% health or below.

1/4/17
-Decreased radius of L3 Crush Blast effect.
-Reduced Blaze Stream damage slightly.
-Fixed some bugs with Sub-Weapon pickups.
-Added new gear items.
-Changed Mancubus, Cyberdemon, and Revenant projectiles to deal the "Explosive" damage type to affect a certain piece of gear.

12/28/16
-Increased Rapid Vulcan damage and L3 effect chance.
-Increased Scatter Bombs L3 effect damage.
-Added some new menu sounds.
-Fixed Strike Orb indicators not showing while having a Tech Guard.
-Weapon Enhancer powerup added. Collecting this will instantly add one level to your current weapon.
-Fixed some bugs with sub weapon powerups not granting the correct level.
-Increased Quick Strike base firing speed slightly.
-Blaze Stream projectile mechanics changed. It will now always deal its full damage, making this weapon more powerful overall.
-Increased damage of electric bolts from the L3 Storm Grenade projectile.
-Item powerups given the same radius as vanilla items for compatibility with maps that place items in small alcoves and etc.
-Item/Weapon Capsules no longer solid in order to allow enemies to pass through.
-Made first pass at updating some weapon HUD sprites. The Spread Shot and Buster currently have new sprites.
-Added 2 new Bullet-Eye Mode tracks to the pool.

12/22/16
-Fixed ACS problems and cleaned up code.
-Added music when the player dies.
-Fixed fall-through when switching from Spitfire L3 to any other L2 weapon. It would give a L3 instead.
-Decreased the amount of shields Energy Screens provide. The Forged Helmet bonus provides close to the previous amount.
-New weapons, 'Rapid Vulcan', 'Storm Grenade'.
-New Sub-Weapon, 'Scatter Bombs'
-Bullet-Eye Mode now selects from one of three songs.
-Fixed bug where switching to another weapon while firing with Blaze Stream would cause the attack sound to persist.

12/14/16
-Equipment lock system added. Enable/Disable it using UserKey1. When enabled, you will not pick up any new weapons or equipment until it is disabled, but will still pick up weapons you already own.
-Increased invincibility from Guard Visor to 10 seconds. (was 8 sec.)
-Tech Guard helmet now increases power of Strike Orbs, in addition to its duration increase bonus.
-Strike Orbs made less common.
-Decreased Crush Blast L3 enemy pull slightly.
-Weapon and Sub-Weapon Powerups given FLOATBOB flag, and swirl effects have been removed. Helmets will still use the effect.
-Added Forged Helmet.
-Added numerical values beside health and Sub-Weapon ammo bars.
-Decreased volume of Chaser Missile explosions.
-Fixed Medigems not healing above 100, even if the player had one or more Max Health Up powerups.

12/11/16
-Fixed some weapon powerup bugs, giving the wrong weapon or weapon level.
-Increased Blaze Stream projectile speed.
-Increased damage and firing/projectile speed of Quick Strike slightly.
-Made combat more responsive, such as allowing you to fire in Bullet-Eye Mode while the weapon is spinning down or being able to use Sub-Weapons after firing a main weapon faster.
-Fixed bug where you can gain an infinite amount of Sub-Weapon ammo by picking up a different sub-weapon and switching back to the previous repeatedly.

12/8/16
-Decreased amount of ammo gained from Sub-Weapon Ammo.
-Increased health gained from health items.
-Fixed bug where the War Visor helmet would not carry its benefit to other levels.
-Added Survivor bonuses to more item spawns.
-New effects added to weapon/sub-weapon power ups and helmets to make them easier to find through corpses or debris.
-Weapon Swap system added to Sub-Weapons. Picking up a different Sub-Weapon will drop your current one, allowing it to be picked up again.
-Helmet Swap system added.
-New helmet "Guard Visor"
-Added STEPMISSILE flag to Hunting Laser to make it slightly easier to hit enemies on platforms.

12/7/16
-New weapons, "Quick Strike" and "Hunting Laser" have been added.
-Added flight sound to Mag Shurikens sub-weapon.
-Added slash graphical effect to Energy Claw sub-weapon.
-Energy Claw and Cross Mine sub-weapons have been slightly revamped, moving older abilities to different levels, with some being replaced with new ones.
-Energy Claw basic strikes now hits multiple times in one swipe for a better chance at hitting an enemy.
-Energy Claw Sub-Weapon ammo usage reduced to 5 (was 6), and Cross Mine reduced to 6 (was 8).
-Bullet-Eye Mode can now be canceled upon pressing the Zoom key, and doing so will cause you to lose 20 Bullet-Eye Energy. (In order to prevent Strike Orb gain spam)
-Added the beginnings of the equipment system. At the moment, you can collect one of three different helmets and gain permanent enhancements, as long as you have one. They will be drops from stronger enemies, and spawn in place of Blur Spheres.

11/30/16
-L3 Buster extra shots now explode faster and had their damage increased slightly.
-Health Augments have been given the BRIGHT flag.
-Strike Orbs made more common from enemies.
-You will now drop your previous weapon when picking up a new one. It can be obtained again and levels will be retained. Sub-Weapons to use this system soon!
-Energy Screen shield amount reduced to 150. (Was 300)
-New weapon "Scrap Launcher".

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 two 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.
-Fixed a bug where you could not auto-switch to Bullet-Eye Mode if you had "Switch Weapons on Pickup" off.
-You can no longer switch out of Bullet-Eye Mode. This was done to prevent accidental weapon switching, causing you to lose Bullet-Eye Mode until you gather enough energy again.

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)
-New Equipment info window. Press Reload to see your current weapon setup.

11/22/16
-Blaze Stream has been insulted by your feedback, and is now RED HOT with anger! Blaze Stream improved.
-Spread Shot effects and sounds improved.
-Chaser Missiles damage reduced, fire rate increased.
-Increased Sub-Weapon appearance rate.
-Increased Mag Shuriken Sub-Weapon damage.
-New Sub-Weapon, 'Energy Claw'.
-Drops from enemies made slightly more common, with stronger enemies dropping them more often.
-Added more sources for Sub-Weapons and Survivors.
-Added a UI element for keys. You had nowhere to store them before!
-Fixed the Attack Strike Orb to increase damage for 'Blaze Stream' & 'Chaser Missile'.

11/21/16
-New title!
-Sub-Weapons can now gain upgrades.
-Sub-Weapons now use 'ammo'.
-Increased speed of L2/L3 extra Spitfire projectiles.
-Slightly increased Spitfire damage. You shouldn't feel powerless if you happen to grab a L1 Spitfire.
-Spread Shot spread tightened for L1.
-Spread Shot projectile speed increased.
-Buster L2 Explosion range increased.
-Added Weapon Capsules. Similar to Item Capsules, but only hold weapons and sub-weapons. Found in place of weapons.
-Added new HUD.
-Added new weapons 'Blaze Stream' & 'Chaser Missile'.

CONTROLS: (You can view this information at any time by pressing F1.)
Fire: Fire selected primary weapon.
Alt-Fire: Fire Sub-Weapon.
Reload: View weapon and equipment information. Press Reload again when the panel is open to head to the next page. Pressing it a third time closes it.
Zoom: Enter Bullet-Eye Mode. (Only when the Bullet-Eye Gauge is full). Press again to cancel.
UserKey1/Weapon State 1: Toggle Equipment Lock.
UserKey2/Weapon State 2: Flash Guard. Use to deflect projectiles back at attackers.
UserKey4/Weapon State 4: Activate Quick Kick. Use for a quick melee attack to knock back enemies too close for comfort, or as a finisher on low health or weaker enemies.



WEAPONS:
Bullet-Eye holds a variety of unique and wacky weapons, all with their own upgrades! To upgrade a weapon, simply pick up another of the same type, and the system will do the rest of the work. But remember, citizens, your previous weapon will be dropped upon picking up your new beat stick! Don't forget to press Reload to view information about your current weapon/sub-weapon, and equipment! You will never be harmed by your own weapons and they require no ammo to fire, so blast away!

Here are the current weapons you can find in Bullet-Eye:

Spitfire - Fires a single shot. Also has semi-automatic capabilities.
L2 - Shots burst into smaller projectiles on impact and ricochet several times.
L3 - FLARE BURST - Projectiles grow in power after rebounding.
Spread Shot - Fires a fan of three projectiles.
L2 - Fires 5 projectiles with increased speed.
L3 - EMERALD STORM - Releases projectiles from the sides of an enemy when hit.
Buster - Shoots out at a medium range and explodes in place.
L2 - Causes a large explosion once the main projectile dissipates.
L3 - MATTER BREAKER - Causes 4 smaller burst shots to fire out after the initial explosion.
Blaze Stream - Fires out short range streams of flames.
L2 - Become surrounded by flames.
L3 - FLAME GUARD - Hurl a large fire ball after firing ends.
Chaser Missile - Launches small homing missiles.
L2 - Fires two missiles and increases the radius at which full splash damage is dealt.
L3 - HIVE MISSILES - Missiles release a cluster of bombs on impact.
Crush Blast - Fires a powerful laser.
L2 - Increases the radius of the blast and a second, smaller explosion detonates after a short time.
L3 - GRAVITY CANNON - Explosion pulls in enemies.
Scrap Launcher - Launches out scrap in a spread. (Not auto aimed)
L2 - Pierces through enemies and reduces spread.
L3 - STEEL BLASTER - Fires extra scrap horizontally at a certain distance.
Quick Strike - Fires a fast shot.
L2 - Has a chance to fire twice in quick succession.
L3 - SWIFT SLICER - Connecting 6 shots causes your next 8 shots to fire a volley of slicers.
Hunting Laser - Fires homing lasers at targets.
L2 - Increases laser speed and destroying an Item or Weapon Capsule releases several beams.
L3 - HYDRA LASER - Projectiles burst into smaller lasers if they hit a target.
Rapid Vulcan - Fires in bursts of 5.
L2 - Enables critical strikes.
L3 - ASSASSIN GATLING - A burst of shots are released in random directions upon dealing a critical strike. Some of these shots can chain.
Storm Grenade - Launch an electrified explosive. (Not auto aimed)
L2 - Increases range and a trail of electricity is connected to the grenade.
L3 - THUNDER BOMB - Impact now releases bolts of electricity.
Volley Shot - Launches bomblets in an arc. (Not auto aimed)
L2 - Causes larger explosions and fires two additional bouncing bombs.
L3 - HAVOC RAISER - Bombs release different projectiles depending on the surface they have detonated on.
Viper Wave - Fires weaving plasma shots.
L2 - Additional spiraling shots are fired.
L3 - COBRA HELIX - Shots deal rapid damage over time. Subsequent shots on an enemy will increase the effect.
Repeater - Fire two energy pistols rapidly.
L2 - Fires a stream of explosive plasma when firing ends.
L3 - MULTI-STRIKERS - Fires large energy blasts when firing begins.
Triple Wyvern - Fires a powerful triple burst, but has a high spread. (Not auto aimed)
L2 - Increases burst count by 1 and knocks back enemies.
L3 - ROARING WYVERN - Shots return towards you after impact.

SUB-WEAPONS:
SHOOT YOUR SUB-WEAPONS! Use alt-fire, you BIG DUMMEH! With Sub-Weapons, you can gain Bullet-Eye Energy from successful hits on enemies, and they also have an increased chance to cause enemies to flinch.

- Mag Shurikens - Fires a stream of three shurikens.
L2 - Fire out an extra shuriken at no additional ammo cost.
L3 - PHOTON SLICERS - Deals bonus damage after impact.
- Energy Claws - Slash at opponents.
L2 - Increases slash count to 5, and the final slash releases a wave of energy.
L3 - FORCE TALONS - Each slash now releases a wave of energy.
- Cross Mine - Fires energy blasts in 4 directions.
L2 - Fires 8 projectiles.
L3 - STING MINE - If a projectile does not hit an enemy, it will rebound and attempt to home in on one.
- Scatter Bombs - Throw a cluster of bombs.
L2 - Bombs now bounce before destruction.
L3 - FIRE STARTERS - Rises after impact to rain down fire.


EQUIPMENT:

Find helmets, gloves, and armor from fallen enemies or in place of Blur Spheres and carry them for beneficial effects, such as increasing Bullet-Eye Energy gains from kills, or increasing the duration and power of Strike Orbs!


BULLET-EYE MODE:

Defeat enemies to gain energy! Once you have enough, the Bullet-Eye emblem will appear and upon pressing the Zoom key, your weapon will switch to a massive rapid firing weapon. You will also gain all Strike Orbs! You can exit out of Bullet-Eye mode by pressing the Zoom key once again. You will lose 15 Bullet-Eye Energy upon doing so, however!


EQUIPMENT LOCK:

Tired of accidentally picking up a weapon you don't want? A sub-weapon you would rather not grab is blocking your path in a narrow hallway? Then Equipment Lock is for you! Simply press UserKey1/WeaponState1 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, sub-weapon, or equipment unless it is of the same type currently in your possession. You will know when the system is active when your weapon and sub-weapon have teeny tiny locks on them. 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. Yup, it's a denizen.
- A weapon capsule that holds L1 versions of all weapons in Bullet-Eye. 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 in place of certain items, but most commonly can be found from defeated enemies. They temporarily boost either Attack (Red), Defense (Green), or Speed (Blue).
- Weapon Enhancers add 1 level to your current selected weapon. Think of it as a wildcard for when you just can't find another powerup for the weapon you are holding. I wish I made that graphic! Curse you Star Fox 2!

Why is the mod named Bullet-Eye? I thought it sounded neat. I was trying to think of a name and I took a good 30+ minutes using combinations of words that included Gun, Blaze, Force, Soldier, EVERYTHING, etc.! And then I Googled each combination to see if it has been done or if it was a mainstream game. YUP! ALMOST EVERYTHING WAS! Then I just settled for Bullet-Eye, which I forgot if anything else used that...ANYWAY, I liked it and went with it. Then I later thought it may seem similar to GoldenEye...GOOOOOOOSH! Oh well. It also sounds like bullseye.

CREDITS: See who/what helped to make Bullet-Eye possible!

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Items:
Survivor sprites - Interplay - Descent series
Item/Weapon Capsules - Mor'ladim
Max Health Up - Mor'ladim
All Equipment Sprites - Mor'ladim
Weapon Powerup Level Labels - Battle Garrega
Energy Screen/Partial Energy Screen - Tyrian
Weapon Enhancer - Nintendo - Starfox 2
Impact Chestguard FX - Capcom - Strider 2


UI:
Mor'ladim
Square-Enix - Chrono Trigger - Key Bar Borders

Font:
Ola Björling / Jimmy / Cage (Enlightening Font)

Weapons:
Mor'ladim - Spitfire, Spread Shot, Buster, Blaze Stream, Repeater HUD sprites, Weapon Powerups, Sub-Weapon Powerups,
Spitfire/Spread Shot/Chaser Missile/Rapid Vulcan projectiles, Storm Grenade electric ring sprites.

3D Realms - Shadow Warrior (Mag Shuriken Sub-Weapon HUD sprites & projectiles)
Konami - Gradius: Rebirth (Buster Spark FX)
Konami - Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (Buster Center FX/Hunting Laser FX)
Konami - Vandal Hearts (Scrap Launcher Projectiles)
Konami - Jikkyou Oshaberi Parodius ~forever with me~ (Rapid Vulcan Impact)
Konami - Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia (Scatter Bomb Flare Drop)
Konami - Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance (Storm Grenade L3 Bolt Projectiles, slight edit by Mor'ladim)
Capcom - Demon's Crest (Buster Projectile)
Capcom - King of the Dragons (Blaze Stream Ground Flare/Volley Shot L3 Floor Explosion)
Capcom - Magic Sword (Blaze Stream Fire Segments)
Capcom - Strider 2 (PSX) (Crush Blast Explosion Effects/Cross Mine Burst FX/Repeater L3 Explosion)
Capcom - Mega Man X2 (Scatter Bomb Explosion)
Capcom - Demon's Crest (Scatter Bomb Flare FX & Embers)
SNK - Metal Slug X (Quick Strike Puff)
SNK - Magician Lord (Storm Grenade "Star" Explosion)
Square-Enix - Secret of Mana (L3 Chaser Missile Cluster Explosion FX)
id Software - Quake 4 (General Glow FX for a number of weapons)
Eclipse Software - Tyrian (Storm Grenade Projectile)
? - Cult mod (according to Spellbinder weapon on Realm667) (Quick Strike Projectile)
? - Legend of the Monster Hunter (Buster Extra Explosion)
Hard Doom (Chaser Missile Smoke Trail)
PatchCon: Defend the Library! (Chaser Missile L3 Cluster Projectiles)
Necrodome - Volley Shot HUD Sprite (Edited)
RNG Breadbag - Rapid Vulcan HUD Sprite/Scrap Launcher Barrels (Edits)
zzrion the insect - Scrap Launcher HUD Sprite Base
Eradictor - Hunting Laser HUD Sprite
Data East - Night Slashers (Repeater L3 Projectile)


Iron Annihilator (Bullet Eye Mode)
- Sprites: Mor'ladim (gun, missiles, explosions), Aeons of Death (glow/tracers), torridGristle (muzzleflash)
- Sounds: Mor'ladim, Monday Night Combat

Other:
Konami - Contra Hard Corps. (General Explosion sprites)
? - ? (Weapon/Sub-Weapon/Equipment Spiral FX) (Now unused) (http://www.monkeypro.net/resources.php)

-=Sounds=-
Many of these sounds provided by The Sounds Resource. (https://www.sounds-resource.com)
Capcom - Dino Crisis 2 (Chaser Missile Sounds/Volley Shot Explode)
Capcom - Mega Man X4 (Health Augment Get/Buster Weapon Sounds/Mag Shurikens L3 Hit)
Capcom - Mega Man X6 (Weapon Power Up Get/Cross Mine Burst)
Capcom - Ultimate Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 (Player Land/Scrap Launcher Mixed Sound)
Square-Enix - Brave Fencer Musashi (Medigem Get/Sub-Weapon (Ammo) Get)
Square-Enix - Final Fantasy 6 (Menu sounds)
Sega - Phantasy Star Online (Spread Shot weapon sounds, Spitfire ricochet sounds/Buster Extra Explosion)
Sega - House of the Dead 2 (Survivor Get)
Sega - Phantasy Star Online (Storm Grenade Lightning)
Namco - Splatterhouse 2 (Intermission Tally Sounds)
Namco - Soul Calibur II - Necrid Sounds (Edited) (Dread Visage Death SFX)
Blizzard - Hearthstone (Strike Orb Get)
Blizzard - Heroes of the Storm (Triple Wyvern Fire (Mixed))
Nintendo - Metroid Prime (Chaser Missile Cluster Bomb Impact/Spread Shot Sounds/Crush Blast Sounds)
Nintendo - Metroid Prime (Dread Visage SFX)
Uber Entertainment - Monday Night Combat (Mag Shuriken Sounds/Rapid Vulcan Crit Impact/Volley Shot Rotate/Volley Shot Bomb Whistle/Footstep 2)
Gas Powered Games - Dungeon Siege II (Hunting Laser Fire/Storm Grenade Impact/Weapon Enhancer/Repeater Shot (Mixed)/Repeater L3 Shot)
Bethesda - Fallout 4 (Volley Shot Fire/Spitfire L3 Ricochet)
Lucas Arts - Star Wars: Bounty Hunter (Repeater Shot (Mixed)/Repeater L3 Explosion)
? - Demons Rise 2 (Mobile) (Flash Guard Reflect/Footstep sounds)
? - Fate (Mobile) - Max Health Up
? - Alien Shooter (Dread Visage Death)
? - Fatal Zero Action (Triple Wyvern Fire (Mixed))

-=Enemies=-
Dread Visage - Gloom Deluxe, rip by Kinsie/Edits by Mor'Ladim


Music:
D_DM2INT - "Intermission" - Alien 3 (Genesis): Level Complete
D_DM2TTL - "Title Theme (No Intro)" - Jungle Strike - Brian Schmidt
D_READ_M - "Mutant's Forest" - Jim Power - The Lost Dimension in 3D - Chris Hulsbeck
BULTEYE1 - "Unknown (Sound Code 0B)" - Jungle Strike - Brian Schmidt
BULTEYE2 - "Castomira - Dragon" - Arcus Odyssey - Motoi Sakuraba
BULTEYE3 - "Title Theme" - Desert Strike
BULTEYE4 - "Final Stage" - Strike Gunner S.T.G - Athena
BULTEYE5 - "Stage 7" - Rendering Ranger - Rainbow Arts
BULTEYE6 - "Runner/AD2025" - Alien Soldier - Kazuo Hanzawa
BULTEYE7 - "Scene 5 - The End of Red Skull, Red Skull (Part 2)" - Captain America and the Avengers - Data East
BULTEYE8 - "The Hard Corps" - Contra Hard Corps - Konami
BULTEYE9 - "JB303" - Contra Hard Corps - Konami
BULTEY10 - "A Spirit of Bushi" - Contra Hard Corps - Konami
BULTEY11 - "GTR Attack!" - Contra Hard Corps - Konami
BULTEY12 - "Last Springsteen" - Contra Hard Corps - Konami
BULTEY13 - "Stage 1, Missions 1, 2" - Metal Head - Sega (Teruhiko Nakagawa)
BULTEY14 - "Stage 3, Missions 1, 2" - Metal Head - Sega (Jun Senoue)
BULTEY15 - "Stage 2, Missions 1, 2" - Metal Head - Sega (Jun Senoue)
BULTEY16 - "Stage 2, Mission 3" - Metal Head - Sega (Teruhiko Nakagawa)
BULTEY17 - "Ground-to-Ground Mode" - Task Force Harrier EX - Taeco (Tenpei Sato, Kazunori Hideya)
BULTEY18 - "Unused Song" - Task Force Harrier EX - Taeco (Tenpei Sato, Kazunori Hideya)
BULTEY19 - "M.U.S.H.A." - Fullmetal Fighter - Compile/Seismic Software (Toshiaki Sakoda)
BULTEY20 - "Stage 3" - The Earth Defend - ? (Yamin Xu)
BULTEY21 - "Evil Destroyer" - Thunder Force IV - Technosoft (Takeshi Yoshida)
BULTEY22 - "Attack Sharply" - Thunder Force IV - Technosoft (Takeshi Yoshida)
BULTEY23 - "Simmer Down" - Thunder Force IV - Technosoft (Takeshi Yoshida)
BULTEY24 - "Strike Out" - Thunder Force IV - Technosoft (Takeshi Yoshida)
BULTEY25 - "Stranger" - Thunder Force IV - Technosoft (Takeshi Yoshida)
BULTEY26 - "Metal Squad" - Thunder Force IV - Technosoft (Toshiharu Yamanishi)
BULTEY27 - "War Like Requiem" - Thunder Force IV - Technosoft (Takeshi Yoshida)
BULTEY28 - "Stand Up Against Myself (Staff Roll)" - Thunder Force IV - Technosoft (Toshiharu Yamanishi)
BULTEY29 - "Omake 2" - Thunder Force IV - Technosoft (Takeshi Yoshida)
BULTEY30 - "Omake 5" - Thunder Force IV - Technosoft (Toshiharu Yamanishi)
BULTEY31 - "Omake 6" - Thunder Force IV - Technosoft (Toshiharu Yamanishi)
BULTEY32 - "A Ray of Hope" Thunder Force II - Technosoft (Tomomi Otani)
GAMEOVR1 - "Game Over, Name Entry" - Altered Beast - Sega

Coding Help:

TerminusEst13 - Would not have done so many of the ACS tech without his help! Thanks!

OLD INFO:

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BUT SERIOUSLY:
This is a heavy WIP project that I wanted to post early to get some feedback while I work on my submission for the '20 Monsters Challenge' project. Now the demo is REALLY short and doesn't have all the basic features I'd want to include, but I hope you enjoy it! I want to capture the SNES feel certain games of that era had. In fact, some of the content here, such as the weapons and item capsules were actually part of a 2D platformer I was working on! I'd never finish that, so I thought, why not use them here?

FUTURE PLANS & FEATURES:
- Tons of unique weapon powerups to utilize, all with their own upgrades! Make enemies run with the Chaser Missiles! Be rewarded with precision shooting using the Chainer! Bite down on crime with the Iron Jaws!
- Unmarked secrets! No secret will be marked on the automap! Get that true feel for old school games, with all the mysteries that come with it! But don't go trying to move that truck, there's nothing under it.
- SNES & Genesis music only for the main levels! It's time to get RETRO!

MAYBE:
- Sub-Weapons will have their own levels.
- A permanent armor system. Either find different pieces for a number of slots or make one slot, such as a helmet, that alters damage reduction and adds a special effect. The special effects could also be used in an accessory system.
- Custom enemies. I would like to do this, but it would be very time consuming, as I would want to replace ALL enemies.
- Carry 2-3 weapons at once.

NOTES:
All weapons in the demo currently use one weapon sprite. I would either like to change each to their own unique graphic, or simply use a system similar to Contra Doom, except make the pistol in my mod to something more fitting. But how long until someone gets bored of looking at the same thing?! I may reset main weapons on each stage as well, to encourage players to try out new weapons, and not just stick to one throughout the majority of the game. Levels will not follow a specific theme. For example, one could take place in some futuristic base, and the next will be some medieval castle! The HUD is going to change and what is displayed in the screens is just a placeholder.

THERE ARE GOING TO BE SOME BIG CHANGES AROUND HERE:
The project has slightly changed! For now, I will just focus on presenting it as a 'weapon' mod. That means it will not include the planned mapset. However, once I complete the basic groundwork of the mod, THEN I will start working on the maps. The good news is that you can play it with any mapset you prefer!

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

[Mor'Ladim]

New changes up! Help me test 'em, if you will! Definitely more to come soon. Being on vacation helps!

I will also update the screenshots in a bit to reflect the HUD changes.

[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?