Angelic Aviary v0.97.1: Life and Death (Updated 04/01/2022)

[CherubCorps]

Download v.0.97.1 here (Last updated 04/01/2022) (Only tested in GZdoom)
https://www.mediafire.com/file/flus1cvc ... 1.wad/file


Lite version (Should work with older versions of GZdoom): https://www.mediafire.com/file/93orp4sv ... e.wad/file

Old version
https://www.mediafire.com/file/t6vmymwx ... h.wad/file
https://www.mediafire.com/file/us6dbyeh ... 6.wad/file
https://www.mediafire.com/file/7th4wr0b ... 5.wad/file
https://www.mediafire.com/file/4md8bd46 ... 1.wad/file
https://www.mediafire.com/file/n6kg5k1t ... 1.wad/file

Angelic Aviary is an enemy replacement mod that pits Doomguy against the forces of heaven; beautiful angelic warriors bent upon freezing the earth solid and incorporating it into heaven. All enemies are custom made with new art, attacks, sounds and abilities. Enemies are balanced for vanilla gameplay, but the mod is compatible with almost all custom weapon mods and map packs.

Features

-Enemy replacement types for all enemies including SStroops and Commander Keen (Mastermind is WIP). All enemies have new attacks, abilities and behaviors.
-Highly balanced for vanilla gameplay
-Playable with most weapon mod and map packs
-Over 2500 custom frames of animation. Full 8 rotations for almost all enemies.
-Compatibility with almost all Doom/Heretic maps packs. This include maps that don't allow mods such as Golden souls 2 and Elementalism.
-Playable in both Doom and Heretic. Heretic angels have altered stats different from doom angels and have been rebalanced to better fit with Heretic maps and weapons. Gameplay is highly focused on using timebombs of the ancients which many angels drop on death.
-Lots and lots of Easter eggs, including hidden enemies only accessible with select map packs.

Gameplay

Appearances can be deceiving. Behind the cuteness and beauty of their physical forms lie the spirits of warriors who have fought off both hellspawn and man. Compared to demons, angels tend to be more aggressive and dangerous in mobs, but less spongy and easier in one-on-one fights. As the majority of the angels are fliers, they flock in large numbers and can easily surround and overwhelm a slow player.
Learning to prioritizing targets is fundamental, even more so compared to vanilla doom. Certain angels if not put down quickly can resurrect others, summon massive armies or fully charge up to unleash a massive flurry of bullets. Some angels will even require the player to think about when they're going to kill an enemy as killing certain enemies at the wrong time can led to severe consequences. Learning each angel's quirks and how she functions alone and in a flock is key to survival.

Note: Infinite height MUST be disabled!! They are alot of flying enemies!
I also recommend turning on freelook and disabling autoaim.
Only tested in GZdoom

The Aviary (Bestiary)

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Dolls
Demons and wicked souls captured by the angels are given the option to serve heaven by having their souls placed into angelic dolls. The doll acts as a prison, where the demon can do nothing but observe and bid its time. These dolls are then given to lonely children who show them love and compassion, something most demons never feel. Over time, the demon's soul learns empathy and love which purifies their soul. When the soul is purified enough, the doll is brought back to heaven and given limited mobility. In heaven, dolls preform most of the chores such as cooking and cleaning for the Cherubs. In battle, they are given human weapons as angels cannot wield firearms. When enough time passes and the demon's soul has been completely purified, they are reborn as Cherubs and allowed to live amongst the angels of heaven.

It should be noted that the dollification process is entirely voluntarily. Most demons choose this option as they believe they will be able to betray heaven when the opportunity presents itself. This never happens, and the angels use this to their advantage to increase their numbers. Every single demon soul put through the process eventually becomes purified and reborn as an angel.

Revolver Doll
(Replaces Zombieman)
"A clumsy angelic doll who has trouble wielding her gun."

Shotgun Duo
(Replaces Sergeant)
"So smol, it takes two dolls just to carry a shotgun. When the first doll dies, the second comes at you with a knife and a vengeance. A rocket will put them both out of commission."

Outer Sphere angels AKA: Smol Angels

Outer sphere angels make up the majority of the angelic host. Heaven exists solely make outer sphere angels happy with the inner sphere and sacrificial angels existing as their servants. As outer sphere angels are weak and often the prey to demons, these angels have powerful wings that give them the mobility to escape danger. In large arenas, they amass in great flocks and can be quite dangerous.

Cherub
(Replaces Imp)
"The lowest class of angel. Cherubs are fast fliers who glob balls of holy water at those in her way. What she lack in power, she makes up for in raw numbers."

Snowball
(Replaces Chaingunner)
"A chilly flier who can freeze dry her foes in seconds. While powerful for a smol angel, she is exceedingly frail and will fall with just a few shots.

Putto
(Replaces Lost soul)
"A wandering soul seeking redemption. Putto can sacrifice themselves to resurrect any doll, outer or inner sphere angel killed on the battlefield. Eliminating Putto should be a top priority."

Cardinal/Blackbird
(Replaces Pinky/Spectre)
"A very red angel who swipes at her opponents with bladed sleeves. Her stamina is quite poor and she must rest after attacking or flying for a period of time. In heretic, she will always drop a timebomb of the ancients.

Inner sphere angels AKA: "Big angels"

Inner sphere angels run the day-to-day operations of heaven. Unlike the outer sphere angels who are lazy and exist to play, inner sphere angels are hard working, strong and dedicated entirely to their work. As they rarely leave heaven, most of them have lost the ability to fly or have lost their wings entirely. Wielding powerful weapons and spells, Inner sphere angels must be approached with caution and can quickly end an unprepared soldier's life.

Kiss
(Replaces Cacodemon)
"Angelic snipers who float on pink clouds. These "Love angels" take a few seconds to aim, but their arrows always seek out an opponent's heart.

Aspect of Iris
(Replaces Revenant)
"A half-human, half angel hybrid, Aspects of Iris are among the most feared soldiers in the angelic host. Up close, she can form a rainbow blade from her chalice to cut down evil. At a distance, she can summon a heat-seeking butterfly that can be tricky to shake off.

Authority
(Replaces Hell Knight)
"Unyielding angels who are living embodiments of law and order. Authorities use their "Sword of Damocles" to carve the very air into a blade sharper than the sharpest of swords. Purely focusing on offense, the Authority is nimble and strong at the expense of armor and health.

Ophanim
(Replaces Arachnotron)
"An angel with 1000 eyes who sees past, present, and future. Her gaze can a rip a wicked soul to shreds and the more eyes she opens, the more unstoppable she becomes. There is no record of anyone seeing an Ophanim open all her eyes and living to tell the tale."

Principality
(Replaces Mancubus)
"Snobby, angelic wizards with an affinity for lightning. The Principality can channel electricity through her umbrella which she directs at her opponents in a multitude of patterns. Self proclaimed "nobility", She will take any opportunity to laugh and look down on you".

Joy Elemental
(Replaces pain elemental)
"An angelic musician who happens to be an instrument herself. Joy elementals wander the battlefield, playing songs that revive fallen dolls, smol and big angels. Her songs attract wandering putto who are more than grateful to help her with her task. Joy elementals make themselves known by their ringing and like putto, should always be a top priority.

3rd sphere angels AKA: Sacrificial Angels

The most powerful angels in heaven. Unlike the inner sphere angels, Sacrificial angels suffer greatly for heaven

Virtue Virgin
(Replaces Baron of Hell)

“Authorities who have undergone extensive purification rituals, metamorphizing them into angels of chastity. Virtue Virgins are amplified versions of their sisters who get quicker and stronger the more damage they take. A wise warrior should not engage this angel until her sisters are eliminated.

Dollmaykr
(Replaces Arch-Vile)
" Emotionless, unblinking, smol, the Dollmaykr is an elusive angel who uses the souls of the dead to power her army of dolls. While her body appears more doll-like than her toys, her wings are strong and let her fly in unpredictable patterns.

Crucified Seraph
(Replaces Cyberdemon)
"An immortal, ten-winged angel charged with the selfless task of absorbing and destroying the world's sin. The pain of this task has greatly weakened her to the point where she had to be crucified to her own wings just to keep standing. She channels this power into living fireballs that burn anything in their path to cinders."

Crusader Queen (Coming soon)
(Replaces Mastermind)

Red Egg
"Seraph's are unique among angels as when killed, they have the ability to arise from their own ashes. The ashes form into a giant red egg with a shell harder than stone. Within moments, the egg will begin to hatch and if not destroyed, the Seraph will be reborn, free of sin and stronger than ever."

Great Seraph
"Free of sin, the Seraph is able to wield her true power for a short time. She is the most power creature in all of heaven and killing her is near impossible in many situations. Break the red egg at all cost and avoid fighting her.

Rare birds
"It's said they are some angels that only appear in certain realms. Keep an eye out for these rare birds in map packs that focus on heaven. They are 7 hidden extra enemy types.
Spidermastermind replacement coming in Version 1.0

Arch-Angels

Willendorf: Arch-angel of life

The Destroying angel

"Video



Future plans (Version 1.0)
-Spider Mastermind replacement
-Polishing/balancing existing enemies and fixing code. Adding additional frames to incomplete sprites.
-Some angelic textures, props and custom art for cut scenes.
-Easter eggs when playing Angelic Aviary with specific mods.
Future roadmap (Version 2.0)
-Higher tiered versions of enemies (Lion-faced cherubs, etc)
-Unusual enemy replacements (Custom spectre enemy, Icon of Sin)
-Lore and enemy descriptions

Recommended Mods and Wads
Map packs: Angels thrive in maps with high amounts of verticality.
-Eviternity (Designed with this map pack in mind, especially level 27. Has rare birds)
-Ozonia (Many rare birds can be found in this map pack)
-Lost civilization (Lots of flock management)
-DBP 11: Lilywhite Lilith
-Akeldama (Good vanilla map pack for AA)
-1000 line def community project 3 (All rare birds can be encountered in this map pack).

Gameplay mods
-Combined arms (Hidden easter eggs)
-La Tailor Girl (Hidden easter eggs)
-Lithium (Full compatibility with this mod, need to download the working PK7 to play until the next new version is published.)
-SWWM (Hidden easter eggs)
-Final Doomer
-Heart of demons
-Guncaster (Use Guncaster Vincicated)

Other mods
-Nashgore (Adds a nice splat when fliers hit the ground)
-Corruption cards
-Legenddoomlite
-Champions

Please enjoy!

[Spaceman333]

I love the sound of this, excited to see the full roster once its done.

It would be cool if there was also a version of this mod that puts both forces of hell and heaven to fight together against the player.
Angels from this mod and vanilla doom demons randomly shuffled together, using the random spawner:

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actor HeavenHellSpawner : RandomSpawner replaces DoomImp
{
   DropItem "DoomImp"
   DropItem "AngelImp"
}

[shaodoomkahn]

ok it's doom but you can kill angels more then demons

[batos2]

You should create an angel with pigtails dyed light blue or purple who she hits you with her Kanabo while she throws it at you from a distance
(You should already know the reference)

An.........

[Machine-Reaper]

at least its better then shrine maidens

[CherubCorps]

You should create an angel with pigtails dyed light blue or purple who she hits you with her Kanabo while she throws it at you from a distance
(You should already know the reference

Pipiru piru piru pipiru pi! Such a great show.

at least its better then shrine maidens

It sure is.

[Untitled]

Hey, it's me, the guy of whom you once gave the early pre-forum beta to.

I took a look at the latest version, and I've discovered a few things you may want to check up on.

1. If I have one major complaint, balance-wise, it's that weaker monsters have a lot of HP for their slots. Here's the full list:
The zombieman replacement has 60 HP, 3x that of the monster it replaces.
The shotgunner replacement is a two-phase monster that has 60+40 HP, when the original has 30.
Cherubs, which replace the basic doom imp, has 125 HP, when the original has 60.
The chaingunner replacement has 100 HP, 30 more than what it replaces.
Cardinals have 200 HP, over the original pinky demon's 150.
The revenant replacement has 400 HP, over the original revenant's 300.
The Ophanium has 1000 HP, twice that of the arachnotron.

2. The second thing, is that in the replacement code, there's a few lines that look like this:

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ACTOR Cherub Replaces DoomImp 3001

If you are using the replaces keyword, the editor number is rendered unnecessary and can be safely removed.

3. Here's what the Blackbird's code should actually look like, by inheriting from the Cardinal rather than the original spectre:

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ACTOR Blackbird : Cardinal replaces Spectre
{
  +SHADOW
  RenderStyle OptFuzzy
  Alpha 0.5
  SeeSound "cardinal/sight"
  AttackSound "cardinal/melee"
  PainSound "cardinal/pain"
  DeathSound "cardinal/death"
  ActiveSound "cardinal/active"
  HitObituary "%o didn't spotted the Blackbird in time."
}

4. This is admittedly a stupidly minor nitpick, but many of the obituaries are missing periods at the end of them, e.g.

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Obituary "%o was shot by a Revolver Doll"

should be

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Obituary "%o was shot by a Revolver Doll."

EDIT:
5. For some reason, the Cherub's projectile replaces the DoomImpBall actor. There's no need to do this, as the Cherub fires its own projectile - it's not calling A_TroopAttack or anything like that.
6. The revenant replacement fires two types of projectiles, a slow ripper that deals 2 damage and a fast ripper that deals 1 damage. As weird as a it sounds, these values should be reversed - the faster one should do more damage. This is because, due to how rippers work, it will have less time to rip through a player, while the slow one takes longer to pass through - and deals damage the entire time it does so. Also, I think the speeds should just plain be faster - 4 (normal)/8 (fast) is very slow for a projectile; the revenant's original projectile is speed 10, for comparison.
7. Same projectiles, but the slow version of the butterfly seeker has this for it's spawn state:

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BFLY ABCD 2 Bright A_Tracer2

While the fast version has this:

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BFLY AABBCCDD 2 Bright A_Tracer

Which means that the slow version visually animates at twice the speed. It also calls A_Tracer2 instead of A_Tracer, meaning that it's a lot more aggressive in homing due to the differences between the two functions. Given the speed it flies at, this makes it pretty much unavoidable without cover, and makes the already deadly ripper property into a bit of an absurdly lethal death trap in the wrong maps.

[CherubCorps]

Thanks for looking over this. I noticed the increased hp when I was watching another person playtest the mod and it was so weird. Almost all the monsters had double their original HP. Then I realized I accidently uploaded the wrong version. I'm putting up a link to the correct version in the top. The normal hp values are the cherub with 80, revolver doll 30, shotgun doll 30, knife doll 15, snowball 80, putto 50, Kiss 300 (100 less than the caco), and the Iris and cardinals were the same as their vanilla base. The only one that was accurate is the Ophanim with 1000 hp due to the way it fights.

Thanks for the insight. There's still alot of balancing issues and things are likely to change (Especially as more angel types get added). I'm probably gonna change the ripper butterflies values as suggested.

Currently working on the hell knight's base sprite.

Fixed version (Also on the 1st post)
http://www.mediafire.com/file/i6gx3au8e ... 0.wad/file

[CherubCorps]

10/26/2020: Newest update http://www.mediafire.com/file/ffi2n9gkg ... a.wad/file

-New angel added: The Authority (Replaces the hell knight)

"Unyielding angels who are living embodiments of law and order. Authorities use their divine blade to carve the very air into a blade sharper than any sword. Purely focusing on offense, the Authority is nimble and strong at the price of having low armor and health. Demons have come regard Authority's as angelic berserkers. Authorities hate this comparison and prefer to think of themselves as "angelic brigadiers"."

Other changes

-Reduced the Cherub's HP from 80 to 70

[CherubCorps]

11/18/2020: Newest update: http://www.mediafire.com/file/6knrdbken ... a.wad/file

Changes
-New angel added: Virtue Virgin (Replaces the Baron of Hell)

“Authorities who have undergone extensive purification rituals, metamorphizing them into angels of chastity. Always bleeding, the Virtue Virgin's purity is marked by her white dress. Throughout eons of combat and endless bloodshed, the Virtue Virgin's dress has never becomes tarnished nor stained with blood."

-Ophanim projectiles added. When fully charged up, she launches thousands of bullets from her central eyes along with hitscanners from her small eyes. This was done to make it easier for the player to know the Ophanim is fully awake and to take cover.
-Ophanim takes longer to charge up and longer to wind down, giving the player more time to punish her.
-Shotgun duo, revolver doll, and knife doll no longer bleed. They're dolls so it make sense.
-Reduced Putto hp from 50 to 40.
-Now compatible with Doomgals

The Virtue Virgin is the 1st "Ancient Angel" added. She is both incredibly fast and powerful and must be approached with caution. There is a correct way to fight her but I might nerf her depending upon how much trouble she gives players. Her wings, sword, and headpiece will be altered in the future to look different. She may also fly at some point, but in her current state, flying breaks too many maps.

[CherubCorps]

Happy New Years! Major update: Version 0.6 is out! https://www.mediafire.com/file/tp444cea ... 6.wad/file

Changes
-New angel added: Principality (Replaces the Mancubus)

"Snobby, angelic wizards with complete control of lightning. Their umbrellas acts as a lightning rod which she uses to channel electricity at her opponents. In their previous existence, the principalities were noblewomen and they retain their stuck up, smug, personalities. They look down upon demons, humans, and even some of the other angels.

-Ophanim HP reduced from 1000 to 800. If quick, they can be killed before fully waking up.
-More sounds added to the Cherub, Aspect of Iris, and Kiss.
-Virtue Virgin is easier to stun-lock.

Only 4 more enemies remain. The arch-vile is next!

[Artman2004]

This would go great with Heart Of Demons: Baron.

[fakemai]

La Tailor Girl is the more natural fit, but in general more monster mods are appreciated considering how many there are for the player and especially ones that overpower them. This is an example I like a lot in theme as well.

[CherubCorps]

La Tailor girl is a natural fit, especially with Sewie as she's a demon killing angels (Which makes more sense than a demon killing demons). I didn't plan it, but since all the angels drop small amount of health on death (Clothing scraps in LTG), it's easier get back to a semi-clothed state after losing armor. Nothing is more miserable in that mod than not having any armor because you attack so slowly. Just be sure to mute Sewie's voice as it's quite grating.

The mod's only designed to alter enemies because I want the player to use the weapon/gameplay mods they like, even if they throw off the balance. Other good mods for AW include Doomgals, demonsteele, Naku-Naru, Supercharged or one of the many, many, many anime weapons mods. Legendoom is great, except I wish the empowered angels had a golden glow rather than a red glow. Corruption cards also works quite nicely. Again, some mods (Doomgals) will make the enemies too easy.

One of the key components of this mod is vanilla balance. With the exception of the cherub, all the angels have strengths and weaknesses compared to their vanilla counterparts. Most of the angels are easier in one-on-one fights, but more difficult in mobs. About 95% of custom maps I've tested are beatable with angels on vanilla.

[CherubCorps]

01/13/2021

Minor update, but alot of small tweeks including...

-Halos!!: All the angels (Not dolls or Putto) have a halo that floats above their head. As the angel takes damage, the halo will slowly fad out of existence. On bigger enemies, it will begin to flicker like a light bulb. Some of the sprite frames are a little off and there are some clipping issues, but those will be fixed by the next update.
-Increased the Authority's HP from 350 to 400 HP. She can still be killed with two SSG shots, but it takes better aiming to pull it off.
-Principality's may end her lightning volley with her secondary attack, making her harder to predict.
-Custom bullet death animations for the Authority and Virture Virgin's blade attacks.

Angelic Waifus V0.61: https://www.mediafire.com/file/m41zmugv ... 1.wad/file