[3.4!] FINAL DOOMER +

[Boondorl]

Here's a fuller solution for my previous reply since I really should've just done that:

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Script "FDRail_GetRelativePitch" (void)
{
	// Ensure we're using the same puff the entire script
	int puffId = puffTID[PlayerNumber()]; 
	
	// Not sure if AttackZOffset here will properly scale with crouching; worth checking
	// Floor clipping may also be an issue
	int playerZ = GetActorZ(0) + FixedDiv(GetActorProperty(0, APROP_Height), 2.0) + GetActorProperty(0, APROP_AttackZOffset);
	int puffZ = GetActorZ(puffId);

	// puff.x - player.x; puff.y - player.y
	// This gets us a vector that points from the player to the puff, which is what we want
	int x = GetActorX(puffId) - GetActorX(0);
	int y = GetActorY(puffId) - GetActorY(0);

	// Some weird voodoo magic involving fixed numbers. I have my doubts about the efficiency of this.
	// That being said, it's compatible with old versions of GZDoom so I'll leave it as is. What it's basically
	// doing is sqrt(x^2 + y^2) but in a really fancy way.
	int angle = VectorAngle(x, y);
	int len;
	if(((angle+0.125) % 0.5) > 0.25)
		len = FixedDiv(y, sin(angle));
	 else
		len = FixedDiv(x, cos(angle));

	// Same concept as above with the x and y values
	int height = puffZ - playerZ;

	// Clean up
	Thing_Remove(puffId);

	// Getting the angle between the xy difference and z difference gives us the pitch, but
	// Doom works differently than you'd expect. In GZDoom negative pitches aim upward
	// while positive pitches aim downward. Since we're calculating the vector correctly, the result we
	// get will give us a positive pitch if the puff is above the player and vice versa. This means
	// instead of subtracting to find the difference we actually need to add them together.
	// If modern compat mode is on then we need to take the negative of the result. This is because
	// in newer versions of GZDoom when using the explicit pitch flag a negative value will correctly
	// aim upward and a positive value downward.
	int pitch = VectorAngle(len, height);
	int result = (pitch + GetActorPitch(0)) * 360;
	
	if(GetCvar("fd_forwardscompat") == 1)
		result *= -1;

	setResultValue(result);
}

I haven't tested it but I'm hoping this will fix any and all pitch problems. If someone is getting the opposite pitch, swap the toggle. One of them has to work since a number can only be positive or negative.

Edit: Come to think of it, I might be misremembering. It might've been that negative pitch values given to A_RailAttack aimed upwards in older versions while it aims downward in newer ones. If you find that the compat flag toggle is backwards with my above solution replace this line:

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int result = (pitch + GetActorPitch(0)) * 360;

with this:

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int result = -(pitch + GetActorPitch(0)) * 360;

[Zaratul]

Found a bug: when you shoot Hellbound minigun sometimes bullets are attaching to wall and not dissapearing, making constant noise. Bug appears with and without modern GZDoom compatibility.
Also i dont want to sound like a broken record but if You add mugshot above health and berserk indicator FD HUD will be perfect.

[Yholl]

Also i dont want to sound like a broken record but if You add mugshot above health and berserk indicator FD HUD will be perfect.

There already is a berserk indicator.

[elCreyo]

Which item visuals toggle is best for performance?

[SAmik37]

I don't know if anyone suggested this already. But what about idea to make also custom monsters?.. Keep them same but with re-skins (Or if you want you can make custom AI for them too), so monsters design fit to weapons-sets more. This can be kinda cool.

[merlin86]

I'm playing right now the new version and it's a blast.
TNT Revilution with the fire weapons guy (Whitemare?) and it's fun as hell.
I've tried the other new classes, too, and they're pretty good too.
This wad became a must have in my autoload of gzdoom configuration

My top 3 favourites are:
3) TNT Guy
2) Whitemare guy
1) Hellbound guy (the BFG replacement is really powerful )

[Yholl]

Which item visuals toggle is best for performance?

If you're playing singleplayer, the default or Generic are both equally good.
If you're playing multiplayer, Generic is the best.

Final Doomer's default dynamic setting creates item visuals according to what player classes are ingame, so in singleplayer it'll have the same impact as generic!

I don't know if anyone suggested this already. But what about idea to make also custom monsters?.. Keep them same but with re-skins (Or if you want you can make custom AI for them too), so monsters design fit to weapons-sets more. This can be kinda cool.

Monsters are a huge amount of work. For instance, the Spider Mastermind is about 52 sprites, and they're pretty big too.

[SpaceyStrife]

I don't know if anyone suggested this already. But what about idea to make also custom monsters?.. Keep them same but with re-skins (Or if you want you can make custom AI for them too), so monsters design fit to weapons-sets more. This can be kinda cool.

If you look around, you can find some good monster packs that fit pretty decently with Final Doomer. For example, Yholl's own DoomRL Monster Pack has a Technophobia setting that works well with BTSX Guy, Dark Doom Creatures works well with TNT Guy, and Legion of Bones is a good fit for Hellbound Guy. Ancient Aliens' map pack has its own custom monsters, and Plutonia Guy fits Avactor and its jungle-themed monsters like a glove.

[Smashhacker]

Anyone else wondering what other megawads could be used for new potential classes? I still think Perdition's Gate and Hell to Pay would be good candidates, especially in Hell to Pay's case since it had some weapon sprite changes that can be touched upon for inspiration.

[Tartlman]

Suggestion - different difficulty names for each class, being appropriate for each megwad. It's small, but I think it would add some nice flavor to the mod.

[Artman2004]

Ever thought of a Freedoom-based class?

[Metalworks41190]

Need a Sunlust class.

[Dark-Assassin]

I have some player ideas too.
Ones with a specific style in mind:

• Scythe: Something along the lines of demonic weapons. Perhaps something similar to Hell-Forged's weapon style.
• UTNT: Quake style weapons.

Ones I don't have an idea of a style:

• Deus Vault
• Hell Revealed
• Sunder
• Sunlust (as suggested above)
• Memento Mori

I also feels some variants of the original Doom Player would be nice.
Such as:

• Doom 3 Player (DSDoom3)
• Doom 4 Player (D4V)

[Zaratul]

Whitemare pack has fire weapons so Sunlust weapon set should be ice oriented? Btw Final Hexen and Final Heretic when?

[PRIMEVAL]

Give us all the Guys! Unholy Realms Guy, Reverie Guy, Karma Sutra Guy, Requiem Guy, Resurgence Guy, Vanguard Guy, Whispers of Satan Guy...