Re: Shades of Doom v1.2 - More, more, more!!! (05/20/18)
Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2019 2:22 pm
by Cyanide
Darch wrote:Hey Cyanide, you can use sprites from Preacher, no problem. Sorry to answer here, apparently I can't reply inbox messages with this new account
Great! I'll make sure you're credited.
Re: Shades of Doom v1.2 - More, more, more!!! (05/20/18)
Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2019 2:36 pm
by Cyanide
Well damn...
I just found out, that chaos mode does not respect the +AMBUSH flag, which might be why dljosef reported monster closets not working a while back. Since chaos mode is handled with ZScript, which I don't know how to code (Blue Shadow wrote the ZScript for this mod), I'm at a dead end. I have no idea of how to solve it. If anyone has an idea, please PM me. Chaos Mode seemed such an easy little thing to add, but causes a lot of problems for me. I know a lot of you guys love it, so I'm not gonna remove it. Unfortunatly I can't promise it will ever work correctly...
On a brighter note, I'm hard at work adding monsters to the mod. The next version will be the largest addition to the roster since the very first release. It will be a while though, since I have to remake the patches (and also add one or two).
Re: Shades of Doom v1.2 - More, more, more!!! (05/20/18)
Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2019 11:12 pm
by batos2
Some enemies that are placed on the maps do not appear.
Re: Shades of Doom v1.2 - More, more, more!!! (05/20/18)
Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2019 10:28 am
by Cyanide
batos2 wrote:Some enemies that are placed on the maps do not appear.
I can't recreate this in the version I'm working on. So hopefully it's already fixed.
Re: Shades of Doom v1.2 - More, more, more!!! (05/20/18)
Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2019 6:54 pm
by batos2
Coool!.
Re: Shades of Doom v1.2 - More, more, more!!! (05/20/18)
Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2019 7:37 am
by HUGEGUTS
This is exactly what I've been looking for! A randomizer that only changes enemies' appearance, without ruining the intended difficulty of mapsets. Also the idea of single replacement per map is really neat. At first I didn't really appreciate it and immediately turned on chaos mode, but in the end switched back. Chaos is just too messy, while default mode keeps it balanced.
Works fine with all weapon mods I play except for Doom Delta. Two main issues are bosses being instantly destroyed with BFG2704 and former humans not dropping souls. While first issue can be fixed very easily (there's intended to be 0.1 damage multiplier for bosses against bfg), the second one I didn't have much luck with. I can send my attempt at making patch if needed.
Re: Shades of Doom v1.2 - More, more, more!!! (05/20/18)
Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2019 11:56 am
by Cyanide
HUGEGUTS wrote:This is exactly what I've been looking for! A randomizer that only changes enemies' appearance, without ruining the intended difficulty of mapsets. Also the idea of single replacement per map is really neat. At first I didn't really appreciate it and immediately turned on chaos mode, but in the end switched back. Chaos is just too messy, while default mode keeps it balanced.
Works fine with all weapon mods I play except for Doom Delta. Two main issues are bosses being instantly destroyed with BFG2704 and former humans not dropping souls. While first issue can be fixed very easily (there's intended to be 0.1 damage multiplier for bosses against bfg), the second one I didn't have much luck with. I can send my attempt at making patch if needed.
Glad you like it.
Theres a link in the OP for a patch base along with some instructions if you want to give it a go. I'll take a look at Doom Delta myself.
Re: Shades of Doom v1.2 - More, more, more!!! (05/20/18)
Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2019 3:55 pm
by HUGEGUTS
Yup, I did attempt to create a patch using your base a little earlier. Here, hope this helps: SoD_Delta
Added (hopefully) all needed damage resistances. Also made it so chaingunners always drop MachineGun, because otherwise you'd be able to get ChainGun too early. For souls there's mapeditor.zsc, which is exactly the same as DrPyspy's original code except for ~50 'if' operators for each of Shades' zombie class, lol. It's super dumb, I know, and sometimes dudes still don't drop souls for some reason.
Re: Shades of Doom v1.2 - More, more, more!!! (05/20/18)
Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2019 2:01 pm
by Cyanide
Quick update. This project 'aint dead yet!
I've completed a new test-version of Shades of Doom. I'm in the process of testing it with the different patches. I've looked into making a Guncaster patch, which turns out to be quite an undertaking. But that doesn't really matter now, since THIS is a thing! As far as I can tell, it works with Shades of Doom, which makes it redundant to create my own patch.
I've put a lot of work into this, so I hope you guys like it.
Also, I'm testing the mod and streaming it on Twitch (on a very irregular schedule though). PM me for a link.
- Cyanide
Re: Shades of Doom v1.2 - More, more, more!!! (05/20/18)
Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2019 12:11 am
by Whoah
Good to hear from ya! Psyched for the next release
Re: Shades of Doom v1.2 - More, more, more!!! (05/20/18)
Posted: Sat Mar 09, 2019 11:18 am
by AwakeOnPhobos
Just came across this mod and I'm having an absolute blast with it. It makes playing vanilla wads feel a lot fresher again. A quick question: I know you said making toggles for all the monsters to add/remove them from the monster pool is too much work, but could you give me a hint as to how I could get rid of certain monsters manually by messing with the files? There are a few variations in there that just don't feel right to me.
Keep up the good work!
Re: Shades of Doom v1.2 - More, more, more!!! (05/20/18)
Posted: Sat Mar 09, 2019 1:15 pm
by Cyanide
AwakeOnPhobos wrote:Just came across this mod and I'm having an absolute blast with it. It makes playing vanilla wads feel a lot fresher again. A quick question: I know you said making toggles for all the monsters to add/remove them from the monster pool is too much work, but could you give me a hint as to how I could get rid of certain monsters manually by messing with the files? There are a few variations in there that just don't feel right to me.
Keep up the good work!
Glad you like it!
I'd like to add the option to toggle individual monsters on and off. I just don't know how to code it. But a can absolutely make some sort of a guide to remove monsters in SLADE.
I can do this when version 2.0 is released.
Re: Shades of Doom v1.2 - More, more, more!!! (05/20/18)
Posted: Sat Mar 09, 2019 1:21 pm
by AwakeOnPhobos
Awesome, I would really appreciate a small guide like that! Thanks for the quick reply.
Re: Shades of Doom v2.0 - The Spice of Life (03/11/19)
Posted: Mon Mar 11, 2019 8:18 am
by Cyanide
That's it. It is done. Almost a year, and I'm finally done.
Version 2.0 is up. It's the biggest update to the mod so far. Is that enough monster variants?
Spoiler:
No. It's still not enough.
The download links have been updated, so go grab it from the OP!
Here's a changelog, which is also in the OP.
Spoiler:
Changelog 2.0
General
Removed themes
Changed most variables to CVARS
Debugging mode replaced
Now displays rolled monsters in the console with names instead of numbers
Added option to display rolled monsters on screen at the start of a map
Remade folder structure for easier maintenance
Compatibility
Changed all monster & projectile sprite names. This should hopefully avoid most sprite related conflicts with other mods
Remade all patches
Added a patch for Legendoom. This fixes several damage multiplying legendary effects, which didn’t work before
Added a patch for Doom RLA. This should fix several damage related issues
Updated QC:DE patch for v2.0
Monster replacers are no longer affected by time freeze. This fixes an issue when the player has a “Chronostrike” weapon while playing LegenDoom
Changed the name of the ZScript random spawner to avoid conflicts with other mods using Blue Shadow’s Scripted Spawner
Fixed an issue with Mancubi inheritance for all patches
Monsters
Added 60 monsters:
8 Zombies
Zombie Henchman
Railgun Zombie
Karasawa Zombie
Akimbo Zombie
Primal Zombie
Freezer Zombie
Masked Zombie
Dessert Warrior
4 Sergeants
Primal Sergeant
Hooded Sergeant
Renegade
Sawed-Off Shotgun Guy
4 Heavies
Masked Chaingunner
Acolyte
Gas Masked Chaingunner
Primal Chaingunner
12 Imps (that’s a total of 50 Imp variables)
Cultist
Prowler
Horror
Juvenile Imp
Lesser Mutant
Soul Harvester
Primal Imp
Bird Imp (new version)
Jungle Imp
Plasma Imp
Quake Zombie
Unwilling
7 Demons
Reaper
Knight
Former Scientist
Butcher
Crimson Disciple
Primal Demon
Primal Bull Demon
4 Cacodemons
Watcher
Cacolantern
Chaos Wyvern
Horned Demon
4 Hell Knights
Hellguard
Primal Hell Knight
Drone
Xeno Brute
4 Barons of Hell
Paladin
Cyber Baron
Primal Baron
Phantom
1 Arachnotron
Gamma Spider
1 Revenant
Undead Berserker
3 Mancubi
Lava Demon
Warforged
Cryocubus
3 Arch-viles
Vetis
Primal Archvile
Torment
1 Spider Mastermind
Primal Spider Mastermind
4 Cyberdemon
Primal Cyberdemon
Korax
Shadow Beast
Mother Demon
Made changes to the following monsters:
Added and changed some sounds for all female zombies
Mage Gunner now fires railgun-type hitscans.
Bird Imp (old version) is now called Bird Imp Zombie
Watcher (old version) is now properly called Weakener
Vampyre is now called Nosferatu
Blot has been changed to Vampire
Diabloist is now properly called Diabolist
Changed Phantasm’s death animation to a more classic style
Various tweaks and fixes to many monsters
Fixed Defiler death animation
Fixed Pyro Demon death animation
Fixed Plasma Elemental not spawning the correct amount of Dead Souls when killed
Fixed an issue causing 2 different kinds of Cacodemons to spawn on the same map
Fixed Zombiemen, Sergeants & Heavies dropping more items than they should
Fixed projectile spawn height for all cyberdemon variants
Added a little easter egg
Credits and thanks go to PSTrooper
Fixes
Fixed many wrong/missing credits
Removed a bunch of unused sprites
Corrected decorate for all monster corpse decorations
Fixed an issue with chaos mode, where the +AMBUSH flag wasn’t respected for Barons, Spiders, Fatsos, Masterminds and Cybers
As always, keep those bug reports flowing. I'm sure I've missed something somewhere.
Lastly, thanks for all the support! I'm celebrating my 30th birthday this Wednessday, so this is my gift to you.
- Cyanide
Re: Shades of Doom v2.0 - The Spice of Life (03/11/19)
Posted: Mon Mar 11, 2019 10:37 am
by Dr_Cosmobyte
Oh yeah, 2019 is starting as one great year for doom mods!