ZDoom

Intro

This uses the new spotlight actors in GZDoom.

Preview: https://my.mixtape.moe/dfnlrl.m4v Click and your browser should just play.

Requirements

Needs a release from at least 2018-02-10.

Setup

Assign a key to toggle the flashlight in your controls menu right at the bottom of "customise controls".
Under options, you can select Flashlight and customise it. Options take affect next time it switches on.

Known Issues

There is some jitter in the changing of location and orientation of the spotlight. Using the target pointer of lights doesn't solve the jitter and is not suitable anyway as the light should emit from the actor's "shoulder". I'm not sure this will ever be fixed or can even be fixed given the way ZDoom updates actors. You can stop it right now by turning off rendering interpolation off but then you only get 35 FPS. Suggestions very welcome.

Releases

12 Feb, 2018



https://www.dropbox.com/s/kz4tp5nhog772 ... 2.pk7?dl=1

• You may now choose a location for the light to emit from.
• The light now reacts to crouching.
• Multiplayer now supported. Settings are shared.

10 Feb, 2018
https://www.dropbox.com/s/vbwsji4l6e85m ... 0.pk7?dl=1

License

Unlicense. (That means do what you want, no credit needed.)

Thank you. It's refreshing to have a real flashlight and not the rough approximation that Dark DooM offered. If there was any criticism I could offer, it would be that the spotlight doesn't lower when crouching. Not a big deal, though. I mean, who crouches in DOOM?

Real shadows in doom!

This is awesome! However, the flashlight is in a weird spot in relation to the player, a little to the right and up a bit from where you would expect.

Trusty McLegit wrote:This is awesome! However, the flashlight is in a weird spot in relation to the player, a little to the right and up a bit from where you would expect. *snip*

I think it's supposed to be a shoulder mounted flashlight ala the flashlight from Doom 3: BFG Edition. I could be wrong, tho...

For some reason loading this in GZDoom on a multiplayer game, the coop player spawns in a multiplayer location! The host does not see this, and we get out of sync.

It literally says that it's shoulder mounted in the first post.

New release. Please check release notes in OP.

I searched so long for a good flashlight, and tried to modify some myself, but they are either ugly or my framerate drops...

But your flashlight is really sweet!!!
You made me very happy, thanks!

I use it with Brutal Wolfenstein and changed it to a yellow/brown color so it looks like an older flashlight from the 40s

But it does not work with the latest Project Brutality Beta, Do you know, why?
Edit: works now, changed the load order.

Can you make a version compatible with the official stable gzdoom? Not all of us can use the unstable releases (ie. its little bit hard on linux than on windows).

That's not possible as this relies on a new feature currently only available in nightly builds. The upcoming 3.3 release should be able to support this mod, though.

ramon.dexter wrote:Can you make a version compatible with the official stable gzdoom? Not all of us can use the unstable releases (ie. its little bit hard on linux than on windows).

If you need a Linux binary, just ask me in Discord and I'll build one. It will require Ubuntu 16.04 or a system with a similar or more recent library set, though. (It might run on the latest Debian)

That being said, it takes all of 2 minutes even on the worst system to compile GZDoom for me. GCC is pretty fast.

Ok, I will just wait for the stable 3.3 then

SuaveSteve wrote:https://i.imgflip.com/24egfa.gif

Best screenshot.

and the sound of turning on and off can be added?