Factotum [16/10/19] Survival

[Dr_Cosmobyte]

I know what you might be thinking. Factotum already jumped the shark, there's nothing new to offer, or at least, nothing remarkable.

But, after giving some very casual editings here and there, i kinda made a interesting take on Factotum, and it would be dickish of my part NOT to share with you. Some might even like more than the actual game.

The proposal is this: No Winchester Plasma Cannon, 5.56mm machineguns (M4A1 and K3) respectively occupy Plasma Rifle and BFG9000 spots, ammo and repair parts drops are slightly edited to stand some linearity, repair parts are slightly harder to get and your pistol is slightly more resistant.

MAIN GAME IS NOT BEING SUBSTITUTED AND WASN'T UPDATED YET, ONLY ARRANGE MODE IS UP TO DATE, thanks.

As a homage to Resident Evil, i called it Arrange Mode. Here's some informative changelog, along with the link (both games can be downloaded at main page too):

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+ Deleted a unused sound
- Small decorate renaming
+ New K3 Repair parts sprite
+ New explosion sounds
+ Added a new ACS to the K3 overheating by Willikuer, now the weapon coolsdown by it's own and don't need to be selected.
- New Hexen spawning definitions.
+ New Overheat bar graphics by YukesVonFaust.
+ Some changes in the HUD.

Download Factotum: Arrange Mode
http://www.mediafire.com/file/jooe7cboj ... 918%5D.pk3

Feedback and suggestions are appreciated!!!

[AvzinElkein]

Sounds like a difficulty increase to me.

[Dr_Cosmobyte]

Sounds like a difficulty increase to me.

It sure is! And I do have plans to increase it even further! Arrange Mode is going to serve as a experimental build while the vanilla game remains untouched. (Not to mean the pistol kit being too easy to obtain on arrange, darn it)

Expect some news tonight

[Dr_Cosmobyte]

...annnnnd i slept =p

Sorry, i went out for some drinks and then had to work the other day. But Arrange mode is pretty much done for now unless some fixing needed. And i think you guys will enjoy this small update, since it kinda polishes things a little more.

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- Changed all weapon sounds, mixing Fallout 3/NV and Resident Evil 4 for a rock solid feeling on weapons, and to give that Shut up and Bleed taste.
- Now the weapon displays a small message when jamming aside the usual animation, to avoid confusing players and forcing them to reload.
- Added names in tags for basically all items. For those who like to play with "Use to Pickup".
- Decreased chance of dropping repair parts for the pistol because it was still very easy.
- Fixed M4A1 and Daewoo K3 displaying wrong slot icons for repair parts.
- Limited weapon parts down to one each on inventory.
- Changed inventory counter color from red to grey.
- Decreased reload time for the SPAS
- Deleted some unused files.

Grab the latest Arrange Mode here, or in the first page:
http://www.mediafire.com/file/42iaaf1d2 ... 918%5D.pk3

Have fun!

[StroggVorbis]

Haven't checked the original yet, but I'm playing through Hexen with Factotum: Arrange Mode. The Daewoo K3 never appears ingame, because the assembled Quietus is not placed in any map, only its parts. AFAIK it doesn't even have a pickup sprite. And if I understood correctly, the QuietusDrop actor is used to make a player drop all the weapon parts in his possession upon death.

Suggestion: The Daewoo K3 could replace F-/C-/ or MWeaponPiece3. They all first appear in the first map of the 3rd hub, so this would be the first occasion in the game where each class could assemble their ultimate weapon. It doesn't matter which one you choose, because FTPlayer has no Player.SpawnClass set, which is "Any" by default. Normally in Hexen, thing and monster placement is not only related to the chosen skill level, but also the player class.

[YukesVonFaust]

This is a nice update so far! liking the Arrange Mode.

also, a suggestion: maybe the chainsaw slot could be for the Crossbow?

[Dr_Cosmobyte]

@DabbingSquidward

That's something VERY important to know! Sorry if i just assumed the pieces wrong, i will do as suggested (not to mention, i want to cap down the ammo boxes).

@YukesVonFaust

Don't worry about the crossbow buddy! It will make it's debut on the second game, which will be started as soon as i come back to Ultra-Crispy...

By the way, how do the new sounds feel, guys? Do they feel better in game, or the vanilla sounds are enough? I asked because i started to rip some more Parasite Eve 2 sounds just for the record, and they feel nice in the game too.

[StroggVorbis]

Suggestion about ammo box cap: Remove backpack from the Mana1/2/3 randomspawner and have it as Krater of Might/ArtiManaBoost replacement instead. Also, if that helps, I play Hexen and Deathkings with a minimod that disables Script 255 on every map (Enemy Respawning) so this gives me an incentive to 100% every map and not have to rush as I don't have to worry about running out of supplies.

[Dr_Cosmobyte]

Thanks bud. I was testing some ammo quantities in Doom and Hexen and i think lowering the 9mm clip from 15 to 10, the 9mm box from 45 to 30, the 5.56mm magazine from 20 to 15, and the 5.56mm crate from 60 to 45,

Not only makes things look linear, it also prevents players to max out their ammo too easily, and it forces them to think every shot.

So i think I'll try that, as well as some experiments with grenade throwing. I'll work things tonight.

[StroggVorbis]

Slightly off-topic: I thought about "importing" Doomguy and/or Corvus into Hexen myself. The question is, how far should I go? Hexen's monsters have relatively high health, so they would appear bullet-spongey when paired with Doom's & Heretic's arsenal. I could replace them with the beastiary of their respective game, but variety might be a problem. On the other hand, it would make for a general gameplay/weapon/monster-mod compatible base. Hexen and Doom have 9 weapons total, but Heretic has one less. One way to account for this is to grab the Ethereal Super Crossbow from R667 or have one weapon spawn drop Tomes of Power, the latter would be more fitting with the world of Heretic & Hexen. The last but not least thing off the top of my head, I noticed that while Factotum, High Noon Drifter & Flakes Doom all have Hexen support, they all use Doom's armor system instead of the one in Hexen, which is kinda odd. AFAIK all it takes is to add a Player.HexenArmor property to the player class definition and 5 values after it that must all be divisable by 5. The first number is the base Armor class and the rest is for each piece of armor.

P.S. Sorry for being out of the game for a while. While I occasionally lurked on the forums, I was burnt out some, then real life and vocational school got in the way

[Dr_Cosmobyte]

Yeah, sometimes real life can be a real barrier on inspiration to me as well; I did this new update with lots of pauses and different versions of Factotum i have at home. So i couldn't note down a precise changelog. I hope this doesn't gets players to go mad, i know i should update the main file as well, but, i am having fun with this.

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- 9mm and 5.56 ammunition had their quantities per pickup nerfed a bit:
9mm: 10/30
5.56mm: 15/45
It seems sadistic, but it actually makes gameplay less tedious. Try it out.

- Added a new system of "throwing power" to the grenade, after so many months! Won't work with the altfire.
- Some small changes in sounds
- Some small changes in menu graphics
- Fixed Hexen drops for the Daewoo K3
- Backpack now spawns in Krater of Might spots only (Hexen)
- Player starts with 45 reserve bullets instead of 50 (45= 3 clips)

And something i might have forgot.

http://www.mediafire.com/file/et2ipyac6 ... 918%5D.pk3

As always, feedback is highly appreciated. Have fun!

[erni945]

Interesting game mode in Factotum, I think a good idea idea if someone during the game wanted to experience the survival climate even more, but I think that the version with a plasma gun should be after all because some maps can be completely unplayable without this weapon and this has reduced the game a lot . Yes, do you think this arrange mode is a good idea but do you plan to develop that version yet?,and one more thing, thanks for the add-on of new weapon sounds, it makes the game a lot easier and gives you a sense of power in weapons

[Gideon020]

Kinda wish there was some Resident Evil music to go with this...

[Dr_Cosmobyte]

@erni945

I will update the main version too! I am just going to make some adjustments. I have more things to show up

@Gideon020

I really would do that if possible, but Resident Evil OST's are still up to sale, so it would be kinda... against the law in the forum. There are the Kriegsland patches, though.

[YukesVonFaust]

welp... there's one error in the hexen spawners:

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ACTOR FKCWP1 : RandomSpawner replaces CWeapFlame		{DropItem "FKShogtun"}

should be:

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ACTOR FKCWP1 : RandomSpawner replaces CWeapFlame		{DropItem "FKShotgun"}