The Monstrous Weapons mod

[yum13241]

Do you want a mod that adds a bit more viability to more weapons? Do you want a sniper chaingun? Do you want the pistol to be useful? Do you feel that the SSG is too slow? Do you want an auto shotgun? Do you want a railgun? Do you want the old BFG attack back? If you answered YES to any of these questions, then this is the mod for you!

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What this mod does:

Well, it's a weapons mod. What else did you expect?


NOTE: May or may not be as updated as the in PK3 docs.

Changes to weapons:

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Fist: Nothing changed.

Chainsaw: Nothing changed.

Pistol: The pistol is now 100% accurate, and the alt fire does more damage, but spreads
Uses 3 ammo (it fires 3 shots, which do 8 damage, and spread vertically and horizontally 5.5 degrees [or was it 5.6?]).

Shotgun: The shotgun now has 2 modes: auto mode (primary fire) and pump mode (altfire). The auto mode WILL slurp up your ammo! Auto fire uses 2 shells,
pump fire uses one.

SSG: Made reload faster, so it can be viable in this mod.

Chaingun: The Chaingun is now 100% accurate.

Rocket Launcher: Altfire shoots grenades.

Plasma gun: removed recoil for primary fire, alt fire shoots a rail. Altfire uses 10 cells.

BFG9000: Altfire is the press release beta BFG2704 attack. (In case you don't
know, the BFG2704 in the press release beta shot 80 red and green balls. It was
removed for "looking like christmas" and lagging PCs at the time). I added it
back, this time as an altfire! Altfire uses 40 cells.

Note: I did not actually ask people and see what they asked the most often, just questions I think i'll get.
FAQ WARNING: Very long.

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Q: I'm confused about the license, can you help me undertstand?

A: So basically you can do whatever the hell you want to, but you can't change
the license of this work, you are free to learn from and reuse my code, and you
MUST give credit. The mod is share-alike. You MUST change the name of the
software (including in say, GAMEINFO), and add the original author to CREDITS.
The license is also COPYLEFT, meaning that if you create a fork (spinoff), you
MUST keep in under this license. See LICENSE for more details.


Q: HELP! I need compat with Freedoom/Chex Quest!

A: For Freedoom, the mod works out of the box, but can be a bit alientating.
In order for it to NOT use Doom weapon names, just change somethings in
DEHACKED.

Replace:
TAG_CHAINGUN = Precise Chaingun
TAG_PLASMARIFLE = Plasma Gun
GOTCHAINGUN = You got the precise chaingun!
GOTLAUNCHER = You got the explosive launcher!
TAG_ROCKETLAUNCHER = Explosive Launcher

With:
TAG_CHAINGUN = Precise Minigun
TAG_PLASMARIFLE = Polaric Energy Cannon
GOTCHAINGUN = You got the precise minigun!
GOTLAUNCHER = You got the explosive launcher!
TAG_ROCKETLAUNCHER = Missile Launcher

OR just prefix a # to these entries. You could also delete the dehacked lump al-
together.

You are also gonna have to change the obituaries if you don't want alienation.
(They are in the DECORATE lump).

Other than some weapon name discrepancies, this mod works fine in Freedoom.

---------------------------------CHEX QUEST 3----------------------------------

For Chex Quest, you are gonna have to muck around in DECORATE.
For example, if you pick up the rapid zorcher in e1m2, you can't switch from it.
I THINK it's a simple change from "weapon replaces shotgun" to
"weapon replaces largezorcher". Same goes for the other weapons. Yeah, I
understand some people won't want to do this. Fine.

For BOTH games, rename ALL the sound effects you don't want to use to smth like,
say, instead of DSRADIO (if you don't like the DWANGO 5 chat sound), rename
it to, say CSRADIO. Or anything other than DSRADIO really. If you
DO manage to get CQ3 working, rename DSSHOTGN to anything, like
CSSHOTGN, so it doesn't sound like DooM 64.

Heretic, HeXen, and Strife are OUT OF THE SCOPE of THIS mod. I'm surprised if
they work.



Q: How can I contact you?
A: You can reach me thru email, (anarchyforall123@gmail.com), the ZDoom forums,
(yum13241), and Discord (yum13241#8226), from least preferable to most
preferable.


Q: Does the no warranty clause mean I can't ask for help?
A: No. It just means I'm not responsible if your computer explodes, divides
by 0, or anything happens to your PC.

Changelog:

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v1.1

Addded TDBots compat and changed STARTUP5. Also added the changelog in this PK3 for the first time.

v1.0

Initial public release.

LICENSE:

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DO WHAT THE HELL YOU WANT TO PUBLIC LICENSE
Version 1, December 2021

Copyright (C) 2021 yum13241 <anarchyforall123@gmail.com>

Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim or modified
copies of this license document, and changing it is allowed as long
as the name is changed.

DO WHAT THE HELL YOU WANT TO PUBLIC LICENSE
TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR COPYING, DISTRIBUTION AND MODIFICATION

0. You just DO WHAT THE HELL YOU WANT TO, but if you create a derivative work,
you MUST change the name and give credit to the original creator
(in this case, yum13241).

1. You are NOT allowed to further restrict the license. In essence, it is
share-alike. In other words, this project MUST REMAIN under the WTHPL. You
are, allowed to make changes to the license, if you only use the license.

2. If you distribute a verbatim copy of this mod, you MUST keep everything
intact. Otherwise it is a derivative work and you must give credit to the
original creator and keep the license intact.

3. You are only allowed to modify the license if you use it in a different
work.

4. Any project using this license must have its source code free to see,
learn from, and modify. In other words, the project must be open source.

5. If you make a new version of this license, you cannot call yours the WTHPL.

6. You CANNOT claim a derivative work as the original, or misrepresent
the origins, or ANYTHING.

7. This mod is free software. It comes without any warranty, to
* the extent permitted by applicable law. You can redistribute it
* and/or modify it under the terms of the Do What The Hell You Want
* To Public License, Version 1, as published by yum13241.

Note: There are 2 versions, one for *ZDoom, the other is for Zandronum bc their DECORATE parser is old AF.

*ZDoom and Zandronum versions are in the same folder, download the one(s) you need. Launch it like you would with any other mod. The Zandronum version has known bugs, one being that grenades behave differently (no grenade jumping) and that the pistol animation is screwed up.


Naturally, the *ZDoom version has a higher priority when it comes to bug fixing and such.

DOWNLOAD: https://mega.nz/folder/aBoCFA4Q#_rJgDkHjOIe2cuN9cPb89w

[dasho]

If your license needs a question in the FAQ, you should abandon it and either actually use the WTFPL that you based this on or an already existing and well-written open-source license.

[Kinsie]

If your license needs a question in the FAQ, you should abandon it and either actually use the WTFPL that you based this on or an already existing and well-written open-source license.

Furthermore, if the FAQ for your code license is longer than the list of changes and features the mod brings, you should consider whether you're putting your effort in the right place.

[yum13241]

If your license needs a question in the FAQ, you should abandon it and either actually use the WTFPL that you based this on or an already existing and well-written open-source license.

Furthermore, if the FAQ for your code license is longer than the list of changes and features the mod brings, you should consider whether you're putting your effort in the right place.

Just look at the GPL. Look at how long it is compared to my license.

[yum13241]

NEW UPDATE!

Release version 1.1 is out, it's relatively minor, containing only TDBots compat and changing the STARTUP5 string.

[yum13241]

Silent update. Redownload the mod, the change is so small that it doesn't justify bumping the version number.

The only change is adding missing credits. Same download link, and you might see a folder titled "ARCHIVE". I put old versions there, even pre pk3 format versions (aka betas). No versions other than the latest are supported!