Bullet-Eye (SNES/Retro Style Mod) v0.9.7 - v1 Enemy Mod!

[Mor'Ladim]

So good, it was voted #1 mod three days in a row!
Below is a video snapshot of their genuine reaction while playing Bullet-Eye!


VIDEOS

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BEST PLAYED ON GZDOOM 3.3.0 OR BETTER!

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!

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

DOWNLOAD ENEMY ONLY MOD
Use this if you would like to use the enemies of Bullet-Eye with another gameplay mod. Note: Only 8/18 monsters finished. More will be added as they are completed. Don't forget to set up your preferences in the options menu to change some enemy behavior or aggressiveness. These enemies do not have XDeath states.

DOWNLOAD DEVELOPMENT VERSION
Note: This version will constantly be updated and is not an official release. It may also be unstable, so use it at your own risk! Think of it as a beta version, where you can try out new changes before they are released in an official update. If you wish to report bugs for this version, be sure to make a note in your post that you are using the development file.

CHANGELOG:

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v0.9.7 - 5/2/18
=WEAPONS=
+GENERAL+
-Some weapon projectiles have been given enhanced visual effects.
-Limit of max primary weapon slots has increased to 3.
-Weapons have been separated into categories, each with their own strengths and weaknesses.
-Different Weapon Capsules based on the categories have been added, and placed in areas where they would fit. For example, Chaingun spawns create Rapid Weapon Capsules.
+SPITFIRE+
-Fixed L3 projectile impact sounds playing regardless of player's distance.
+SPREAD SHOT+
-Reduced spread for all levels and decreased per shot damage slightly.
-Now fires 5 projectiles at all levels, rather than at L2 and up.
-Increased firing speed.
-Fixed weapon not being affected by firing speed bonuses.
-L3 effect changed to L2. L3 has new effect.
+BUSTER+
-Increased damage and radius.
+BLAZE STREAM+
-Adjusted damage values to be lower on high tier enemies.
-Increased damage radius.
-Increased projectile spread.
-Increased fire rate and travel duration of L2 effect.
+CRUSH BLAST+
-Fixed sounds cutting out when player jumped after firing.
-Increased power and decreased firing speed.
+SCRAP LAUNCHER+
-Increased power and decreased firing speed.
-Increased projectile speed.
+QUICK STRIKE+
-Weapon has been revamped. It is now a melee weapon normally, but can unleash ranged attacks when leveled.
+HUNTING LASER+
-L3 effect swapped to L2. L3 has new effect.
+RAPID VULCAN+
-Decreased damage.
-Increased projectile speed.
+STORM GRENADE+
-Increased damage radius.
-Reduced firing speed.
-Changed mechanics of L2 effect to alleviate framerate issues.
+VOLLEY SHOT+
-Increased damage radius.
-Decreased damage.
-Increased projectile spread.
-Reduced sound volume of L2 effect.
+VIPER WAVE+
-Decreased damage.
-Increased firing speed.
+REPEATER+
-Decreased main projectile damage.
-Increased damage and radius of L2/L3 effects.
+TRIPLE WYVERN+
-Decreased firing speed.
-Updated appearance.
-L3 rebound shot travel speed decreased in order for hits to be easier.
+WINGED REAVER+
-Adjusted base projectile damage values to be higher on all enemies.
-Reduced split blade damage.
-L2 effect damage increased.
-Now has a small window to split after contact with an enemy. This releases 2 less projectiles and they are weaker, but still effective.
-Splitting is now done with Alt-Fire, rather than with Flash Guard.
-L3 effect changed.
+BULLET-EYE+
-Increased health gains from kills.
-Due to Sub-Weapons being able to grant Bullet-Eye Energy on hits, energy from kills has been reduced from 2 to 1.
-New Bullet-Eye Mode tracks have been added.
-Energy gains from picking up duplicate weapons reduced to 5 (was 8). An option has been added to change the amount of additional energy gained, up to a max of 10 extra energy. (For a total of 15)

=SUB-WEAPONS=
+CROSS MINE+
-Reduced height collision detection for projectiles in order for them to be spawnable when the mine is thrown at ceilings.
+FLAME BLOOM DARTS+
-Fixed bug where a L3 Cross Mine would fire instead of Flame Bloom Darts while the War Visor was equipped.
-Due to the nature of the Sub-Weapon, Bullet-Eye Energy gains from direct dart hits have been increased.

=ABILITIES=
-Quick Kick now causes enemies to take damage on wall impact or enemy collision.

=EQUIPMENT=
-New glove item added.
-Equipment slot for Boots has been added. There is currently only one boot item.
-Lowered effect chance of Dual Layered Mail.
-Due to the nature of the weapon system revamp, Scavenger's Leather Gloves no longer drop an extra weapon from capsules. Chance to drop L2 weapons unaffected.
-War Visor now also reduces Sub-Weapon ammo usage.

=ENEMIES=
+GENERAL+
-New enemy "Phase Reaper" (Revenant replacement) added.
-New enemy "Aberwraither" (Hell Knight replacement) added.
-Enemies now only drop Sub-Weapons, and Primary Weapons have been removed from their drop tables. An option can be enabled to restore this behavior.
-Modified melee behavior of some enemies, so that they land more hits than not, compared to the default Doom II behavior.
-Added options to control the rate at which special attacks of enemies occur.
+RIVETING BOMBADIER+
-Now plays a sound before throwing a grenade, and the time before a throw has been slightly increased.
-Now immune to shots by spawned holograms.
+DREAD VISAGE+
-Visual effects spawned by actor will now properly not spawn unless in LOS.

=ITEMS=
-Added new Energy Screen Repair items that can be found in Item Capsules. These can only be obtained while in possession of an Energy Screen, and they restore shields by 10
for a small powerup, and 20 for a large.
-Increased spawn rate of Item Capsules slightly, mainly to make the Sentry's Guard Helm see more active use.

=MISC.=
-Replaced Chaos Modes with Arcade Modes. This skill allows one to respawn after death, but you lose one level for all weapons each time you die.
-Footstep sounds have been enhanced.
-New map music tracks have been added.
-2 new Game Over tracks have been added.
-Added option to control what spawns in place of Deathmatch start points.
-Added option to select which Bullet-Eye track plays during Bullet-Eye Mode.
-Added option to return to old weapon drop behavior from enemies.
-Added Damage and Defense slider options.
-Added short descriptions of weapons to status panel window.
-Score is now kept upon death from a death exit or other similar situations.

DEVELOPMENT VERSION CHANGELOG:

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ver. DEV - 10/9/18 (Changelog may not be updated as often as file itself.)
=WEAPONS=
+GENERAL+
-Fixed issues with mapsets that enforce pistol starts granting extra weapon levels on a map start.
-New POWER weapon Shotwave added.
+RAPID+
-Increased damage of all Rapid weapons slightly, but added spread.
+POWER+
-Increased damage of all power weapons.
+SPITFIRE+
-Base firing speed increased.
-Semi-automatic fire is more responsive.
+SPREAD SHOT+
-Fixed bug where L3 effect was usable at L1/L2 after dying in Arcade modes.
-Increased damage of L3 shifted stream shot type. Spread type reminds unchanged.
+BLAZE STREAM+
-Slightly reduced damage and range.
+SCRAP LAUNCHER+
-Fixed slot 3 status panel issues.
+QUICK STRIKE+
-Changed sounds and added new hitsparks.
-Reduced damage slightly.
+VOLLEY SHOT+
-Fixed slot 3 status panel issues.
+REPEATER+
-Increased projectile speed.
-Changed projectile graphic.
+TRIPLE WYVERN+
-L3 rebounding shots now deal bonus damage.
+WINGED REAVER+
-Fixed bug where the split mechanic would attempt to trigger despite no blades being active when at L2 or above.
-Fixed bug where split could not occur after hitting an enemy during the L2 effect for Slot 2 and 3.
+BULLET-EYE+
-Now restores health when activated. Early deactivation drains more energy to compensate.
-Increased damage slightly.
-Now fires missiles in addition to its normal behavior.

=SUB-WEAPONS=
+FLAME BLOOM DARTS+
-Lowered projectile damage in order to setup combos easier, rather than killing a weaker enemy outright and not triggering the effect.

=EQUIPMENT=
-Equipment item activation mechanics now tied to ACS/ZScript rather than the player. This means, for example, the Victory Armor will now grant its bonus as soon as 25 kills are reached,
rather than having to stop firing to receive its benefits.
-Vital Gloves changed slightly, as healing when activating Bullet-Eye is now baseline. The gloves now grant bonus health, and increased health from kills.
-Reduced power of Forged Helmet.
-Recon Vest bonus increased to 20 seconds, up from 15.
-Victory Armor bonus requirement reduced to 25, down from 40.
-Lowered Impact Chestguard damage slightly, but greatly increased range.
-Riskbreaker Armor damage radius reduced to 180, down from 200.
-Sensory Combat Helmet effect revamped, as the effect was too similar to the Impact Chestguard's effect when activating Bullet-Eye.
-Fixed bug switching from Backlash Gauntlets to Dead Eye Strikers.

=ENEMIES=
+GENERAL+
-New enemy "Dread Trooper" (Zombieman replacement) added.
+RIVETING GRENADIER+
-Changed name from Riveting Bombadier to Riveting Grenadier, as it is more accurate, and there was a typo in the name. (Should have been Bombardier, not Bombadier)
-Hologram's shot count increased to 6, up from 4.
+PHASE REAPER+
-Reduced pain time for Phase Reaper, as it was abnormally high compared to other enemies.
-New ability, 'Phase Out' added.
+ABERWRAITHER+
-Fixed framerate issues related to smoke FX when the enemy cannot be seen.
+SPIDER MASTERMIND+
-Equipment now has two chances to drop from the boss.
+CYBERDEMON+
-Fixed bug where no weapon or max health up item would drop.
-Equipment now has two chances to drop from the boss.

=ABILITIES=
-Successful Flash Guard deflects no longer spawn a Health Augment. You will now earn 2 Sub-Weapon Ammo and 2 Bullet-Eye Energy for each successful block.
-Reduced Quick Kick damage.
-Additonal improvements to Flash Guard and Quick Kick response time.
-Double jumping is now possible.

=ITEMS=
-Energy Screen and Shield Capsule pick up sprites changed from green to blue, to match the shield bar.
-Energy Screen Repair items were some times not working as intended, and thus, have been renamed to 'Shield Capsule S' for the small pickup, and 'Shield Capsule L' for the
large. They now grant a small amount of shields any time they are picked up, as opposed to only being obtainable while in possession of an Energy Screen.
-A new item which spawns in BFG areas has been added. It will grant full and infinite Bullet-Eye Energy for 20 seconds. L3 weapons will continue to spawn in BFG areas
alongside this new powerup.

=MISC.=
-Added Shuffle Mode. In this mode, your weapons change to a random set every minute by default. The rate at which weapons change can be adjusted in the options menu.
-Many new options added.
-Added new map music tracks and switched out some less upbeat ones.
-Entering the Equipment Screen will stop all actions from enemies and the player, allowing one to view info for as long as needed without fear of taking damage from enemies,
but will not stop damaging floors or moving map geometry.
-Fixed options for disabling custom map music.
-Flavor text for equipment in the Equipment Screen has been added once again.
-Shield amount remaining will now be shown in cyan numbers on the HUD under health.
-Changed appearance of status panel windows.

CONTROLS: (You can view this information at any time by pressing F1.)
Fire: Fire selected primary weapon.
Alt-Fire: Fire Sub-Weapon.
Reload: View equipment and status information. Press Reload again when the panel is open will head to the next page. Press Alt-Fire while the status screen is open to instantly close it.
Zoom: Enter Bullet-Eye Mode. (Only when the Bullet-Eye Gauge is full). Press again to cancel. Canceling early will consume 15 energy.
UserKey1/Weapon State 1: Toggle Equipment Lock.
UserKey2/Weapon State 2: Flash Guard. Use to block/deflect projectiles.
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.
* - Custom key can be set to randomly select a different map music track.



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! 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 Reload to view information about your current weapons/sub-weapon, and equipment! You will never be harmed by your own weapons and they require no ammo to fire, so blast away!

All primary weapons are categorized into one of 5 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 - Weak but fast firing. Good for run and gun situations.
- Red Weapon Capsule - Strong but slow to recover from fire. Effective at dealing with powerful targets.
- Blue Weapon Capsule - Deals damage in an area, but usually lacks range. Excellent for crowd control.
- Purple Weapon Capsule - Difficult to use, but effective when mastered.
- Yellow Weapon Capsule - Seeks enemies, but cannot gain Bullet-Eye Energy on kills. Excellent for long range or aerial targets.

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

Spitfire - Standard weapon with semi-automatic fire ability.
Spread Shot - Lower firerate than other RAPID weapons, but has added spread for crowd control.
Buster - Dependable, rapid area damage that can easily control groups.
Blaze Stream - Devastating firepower, offset by its short range.
Chaser Missile - Sacrifices power to track targets with ease.
Crush Blast - Slow projectile speed in return for dealing slight AREA damage.
Scrap Launcher - Effective in close range combat.
Quick Strike - Short range weapon that becomes more versatile as it levels.

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

Below are some Sub-Weapons that can be found:
- Mag Shurikens - Fires a stream of three shurikens.
- Energy Claws - Slash at opponents.
- Cross Mine - Fires energy blasts in 4 directions.
- Scatter Bombs - Throw a cluster of bombs.


EQUIPMENT:

Find helmets, gloves, boots, and armor from fallen enemies or in other places and carry them for beneficial effects, such as increasing the maximum Bullet-Eye Energy capacity, 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 which can easily clear groups of enemies. Enemies slain in this mode restore health as well, so it can be useful for emergencies. You will also gain all Strike Orbs when entering Bullet-Eye Mode! You can exit out of Bullet-Eye mode by pressing the Zoom key once again, but you will lose 15 Bullet-Eye Energy upon doing so.




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 weapons 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. 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 add 1 level to your currently 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!

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! (Full list in credits.txt)

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Items:
Survivor sprites - Interplay - Descent series
Item/Weapon Capsules - Mor'ladim
Max Health Up - Mor'ladim
All Equipment Item Sprites - Mor'ladim
Weapon Powerup Level Labels - Battle Garrega
Konami - Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (Money Bag Score Items)
Eclipse Software - Tyrian (Screen/Partial Energy Screen/Score Item Coins & Gems)
Nintendo - Starfox 2 (Weapon Enhancer)
Capcom - Strider 2 (Impact Chestguard FX)

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

Font:
Ola Bjorling / Jimmy / Cage (Enlightening Font - ESFONTAA)
Jimmy (Solid Snake Small - SMALLFNT)
Jimmy / Memento Mori 2 team (Menentwo Mori Big - DBIGFONT)

Weapons:
Mor'ladim - Spitfire, Spread Shot, Buster, Blaze Stream, Repeater, Weapon Powerups, Sub-Weapon Powerups,
Spitfire/Spread Shot/Chaser Missile/Rapid Vulcan projectiles, Storm Grenade electric ring, Riveting Bombadier rivets/Winged Reaver weapon/projectile.

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/Repeater/Sentry's Guard Turret 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 Series (Quick Strike/Repeater Puff/Riveting Bombadier Grenade)
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)
Eradictor - Hunting Laser HUD Sprite
Data East - Night Slashers (Repeater L3 Projectile)
Raizing - Battle Garegga (Menu "Skull" Replacement, edits by Mor'ladim)
? - Alien Storm (Riveting Bombadier)
? - ? (Riveting Bombadier Grenade Explosion (Taken from AEoD))
? - ? (Winged Reaver Wall Hit Spark (Taken from http://www.monkeypro.net/resources.php))

RNG Breadbag - Rapid Vulcan HUD Sprite/Scrap Launcher Barrels (Edits)
zzrion the insect - Scrap Launcher HUD Sprite Base
Jared Deberjerak/chronoteeth - Storm Grenade HUD Sprite (Upper section)
Eriance - Storm Grenade HUD Sprite (Lower section)
? - Masterhand Sheet (Quick Kick Sprites)

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)

-=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)
Capcom - Resident Evil 5 (Cycloptic Brute Melee Charge/Footstep Supplement Sounds)
Square-Enix - Brave Fencer Musashi (Medigem Get/Sub-Weapon (Ammo) Get)
Square-Enix - Final Fantasy 6 (Menu sounds)
Square-Enix - Illusion of Gaia (Enemy Death Explosion) - Ripped by Combine_Kegan
Sega - Phantasy Star Online (Spread Shot weapon sounds, Spitfire ricochet sounds/Buster Extra Explosion/Storm Grenade L2 Ring/Quick Strike Fire (Mixed))
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)/Player Jump & Pain Sounds/Crusher Sounds)
Blizzard - World of Warcraft (Riveting Bombadier Sounds/Quick Strike Melee Hit/Metal/Gravel Footstep Sounds & Supplement Sounds)
Nintendo - Metroid Prime (Chaser Missile Cluster Bomb Impact/Spread Shot Sounds/Crush Blast Sounds/Crush Blast Weapon Switch)
Nintendo - Metroid Prime (Dread Visage SFX)
Konami - R-Type Tactics (Riveting Bombadier Grenade Explosion)
Uber Entertainment - Monday Night Combat (Mag Shuriken Sounds/Rapid Vulcan Crit Impact/Volley Shot Rotate/Volley Shot Bomb Whistle/Footstep 2/
Many of the weapon switch sounds/Crusher Firing Sounds)
Gas Powered Games - Dungeon Siege II (Hunting Laser Fire/Storm Grenade Impact/Weapon Enhancer/Repeater Shot (Mixed)/Repeater L3 Shot/
Cycloptic Brute Sounds/Bounder Sounds/Blaze Stream L2)
Bethesda - Fallout 4 (Volley Shot Fire/Spitfire L3 Ricochet/Rapid Vulcan Weapon Switch (Mixed))
Lucas Arts - Star Wars: Bounty Hunter (Repeater Shot (Mixed)/Repeater L3 Explosion/Weapon Switch)
id Software - Quake 2 (Cycloptic Brute Tank Sound)
SNK - Metal Slug Series (Survivor Pickup (Mixed))
Koei Tecmo - Dynasty Warriors 8 (Player Death sound)
? - Demons Rise 2 (Mobile) (Flash Guard Reflect/Footstep sounds)
? - Fate (Mobile) (Max Health Up/Rapid Vulcan Weapon Switch (Mixed)/Quick Strike Fire (Mixed))
? - Alien Shooter (Dread Visage Death)
? - Fatal Zero Action (Triple Wyvern Fire (Mixed))
? - Impact Racing (Equipment Window Open/Close)
2k Games - Borderlands 2 (Flame Bloom Darts Sounds)
Score Item Pickup (Capcom - Knights of the Round, ? - Fatal Action Zero, ? - Arctic Thunder, Konami - Castlevania: Circle of the Moon/Bloodlines/
Harmony of Dissonance)
People Can Fly - Painkiller (Footstep Supplement Sounds (WALKCHA*)
Free Radical Design - TimeSplitters 2 (Crush Blast Load (mixed))
Eighting/Bandai Namco - Kamen Rider Battride War (Crush Blast Load (mixed))

revo764 - (Rapid Vulcan Weapon Switch (Mixed))
TerminusEst13 - Footstep Sounds

-=Enemies=-
Dread Visage - Gloom Deluxe, rip by Kinsie/Edits by Mor'Ladim
Bounder/Bounder Alpha - Shadowcaster - Raven Software
Cycloptic Brute/Gargant - Eradicator - Accolade
Crusher - Id Software, Raven Software, Velocity Inc, Pandut
Riveting Bombadier - Alpha Storm - TAG

-=Title Elements=-

SNK - Metal Slug 5 (Dread Silhouette)
Square-Enix - Final Fantasy 6 (Moon)
Lucas Arts - Star Wars: Droid Works (Menu Sounds)

General Music:
D_DM2INT - "Nightmare ~Lagnarok~" - Vapor Trail (Genesis) - Data East (Hiroaki Yoshida, Tatsuya Kiuchi)
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)

Coding/Coding Help/Other User Help:
TerminusEst13 - Would not have done so many of the ACS tech without his help! Thanks! He also did all the flavor text for the Equipment items!
Blue Shadow - Code for Talisman Realm667 item, used for the Dual Layered Mail armor.
insightguy - Suggestions on making the weapon swap coding more efficient.

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?