Doom 64: Retribution

[Nevander]

Or just not replace anything and be an additional weapon you can choose to use?

[scalliano]

There may or may not be new enemies, I only plan to add a Praetor Suit item which is for lore purposes only (will not affect player stats, that's what happens during DOOM 2016 remember?), and if I add any new weapons it would be the cut version of the Unmaker from that old screenshot. However, I will not make it behave like it does in BD64. We already have a laser gun, so instead it might be a Flamethrower or some other damage type not used yet.

I am also considering adding a Nailgun to the episode. I feel like a Nailgun would go really well in the theme of Doom 64, but once again it would only be used in this episode by default and you don't have to use it if you don't want to.

If you do decide to include some new monsters, all of the Absolution TC's enemies (bar the Outcast ones) have already been converted to DECORATE courtesy of Footman, along with D64-ified versions of all of the Skulltag enemies and weapons. If you can't find them out in the wild, PM me.

[Nevander]

Version 1.2 is now available! Rejoice in the fade spawns! Hopefully I didn't miss one but if I did please report it and I'll fix it and put out 1.2.1 asap.

Download here:
http://www.moddb.com/mods/doom-64-retri ... version-12

CHANGELOG:

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Version 1.2 (4/18/17) [current]
GENERAL:
- Added version number to startup window title
- Added the ability to always auto skip the story so far intro (option in Doom 64 Features Menu)
- Regular Imps and Nightmare Imps will infight again (thought they didn't infight before)
- Created actor classes for fake keys and more to be used for certain map effects
- Cyberdemon and Mother Demon death animations in cast call improved
- Lost Souls and Pain Elementals will now crush into nothing instead of gibs
- Cacodemon and Pain Elemental movement code improved as to not drift away
- Lowered Arachnotron pain chance from 128 to 96
MAPS:
- All maps are now textured display automap friendly
- All normal maps now have rough par times, subject to adjustment if needed
- Skybox sectors and other dummy sectors hidden from the automap in textured display
- Lost Soul spawn Z-height adjusted in maps they are on so they appear floating already
- Textures around switches in various maps cleaned up and properly aligned
- All monster spawns changed to fade-ins like the original instead of teleport fog
- MAP01 Staging Area: Fixed a bug which caused the floor near Chainsaw to scroll
- MAP23 Unholy Temple: Fixed an issue which caused a script not to run after taking yellow key
- MAP29 Outpost Omega: Fixed an issue which could cause the Unmaker's script to not run if picked up too fast
- MAP30 The Lair: Fixed an issue which could cause the blue key post to not lower back down if picked up too fast
- MAP32 Hectic: Changed early plasma ammo reward from cells to cell packs
- MAP32 Hectic: Green armor trap trigger lines no longer set to front side only
- Lightning and thunder effect on MAP11, MAP12 and MAP30 is now less aggressive; MAP14 unchanged
- Many other minor line fixes and texture adjustments on all maps

[tsukiyomaru0]

Could you consider making the maps into a separate file to be used with Gameplay Mods? I'm really digging it, but I kinda wanna use with D4T

[Mikk-]

viewtopic.php?f=19&t=55298#p978283 This seems to be right up your street

[tsukiyomaru0]

https://forum.zdoom.org/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=55298#p978283 This seems to be right up your street

Oh man, thank you!

[osjclatchford]

Version 1.2 is now available! Rejoice in the fade spawns! Hopefully I didn't miss one but if I did please report it and I'll fix it and put out 1.2.1 asap.

Download here:
http://www.moddb.com/mods/doom-64-retri ... version-12

CHANGELOG:

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Version 1.2 (4/18/17) [current]
GENERAL:
- Added version number to startup window title
- Added the ability to always auto skip the story so far intro (option in Doom 64 Features Menu)
- Regular Imps and Nightmare Imps will infight again (thought they didn't infight before)
- Created actor classes for fake keys and more to be used for certain map effects
- Cyberdemon and Mother Demon death animations in cast call improved
- Lost Souls and Pain Elementals will now crush into nothing instead of gibs
- Cacodemon and Pain Elemental movement code improved as to not drift away
- Lowered Arachnotron pain chance from 128 to 96
MAPS:
- All maps are now textured display automap friendly
- All normal maps now have rough par times, subject to adjustment if needed
- Skybox sectors and other dummy sectors hidden from the automap in textured display
- Lost Soul spawn Z-height adjusted in maps they are on so they appear floating already
- Textures around switches in various maps cleaned up and properly aligned
- All monster spawns changed to fade-ins like the original instead of teleport fog
- MAP01 Staging Area: Fixed a bug which caused the floor near Chainsaw to scroll
- MAP23 Unholy Temple: Fixed an issue which caused a script not to run after taking yellow key
- MAP29 Outpost Omega: Fixed an issue which could cause the Unmaker's script to not run if picked up too fast
- MAP30 The Lair: Fixed an issue which could cause the blue key post to not lower back down if picked up too fast
- MAP32 Hectic: Changed early plasma ammo reward from cells to cell packs
- MAP32 Hectic: Green armor trap trigger lines no longer set to front side only
- Lightning and thunder effect on MAP11, MAP12 and MAP30 is now less aggressive; MAP14 unchanged
- Many other minor line fixes and texture adjustments on all maps

This just keeps getting better by the minute... Thanks again...

[McConville]

Can anybody tell me the name of the song which is played in the trailer which is linked in the entry post? The title wasn't named in the description of the video.

[Nevander]

Lol did you click Show More? Anyway it's called Pure Evil by Like a Storm. I edited it into an instrumental. Kinda sloppy but that's why I made the trailer the way I did. Died on purpose when the scream comes in and fade to black suddenly when the end part comes.

[isaacpop23]

Another patch thing cause I can. Makes the chainsaw take precedence over the fists and removes the "No Auto-switch" quality.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B54Px ... VZJYVpNcVk

[Nevander]

The no auto switch has been removed for 1.3, but I plan to keep the order the same as it's been since 1.0 so this patch can still be used for that.

[Nevander]

So guys I am thinking of adding the reverb effects for 1.3 and just finished going through the originals in Doom Builder 64 to see what sectors get what type of reverb. I discovered that several maps don't even use the echo sounds effects at all, some being MAP01, 02, 04, 05, etc.

Should I add reverbs to these or keep it the way it was in the original and only make reverbs happen on the levels where it was in the original?

One thing though is I am going to have to find a good way to handle them since there are two types of reverbs in Doom 64, echo sounds and heavy echo sounds. Obviously picking a preset reverb isn't the hard part, the hard part is figuring out a way to switch between them in-level. I know the way the PSX Doom TC does it which is to constantly check to see if the player is under the sky or not, then change which sound environment things are activated. This works well until you have somewhere like the outside of Holding Area where there are all those beams over the player. I'm not sure if CheckActorCeilingTexture takes 3D floors above the player into account, but I will need to find a solution for that as well as switching to the heavy echo in the right places.

For that one I might be able to just place a sound environment thing in the general area and then find a line to separate the zone boundary. In fact, this might be feasible on all maps actually, since I think the majority of maps have lines in convenient places to where this will be easy. For maps like MAP16 where there are TONS of different ways to go, I would use PSX Doom TC's approach and just check for the player's current ceiling texture.

Thoughts?

In other news, I am still working on the new maps. Trying to come up with cool ideas. I want ot make every map grand and unique, with each one standing out on it's own and I really want to avoid boring areas and filler maps. Each map will get individual care and attention to make the episode really kick ass, so it will take time.

[MrRumbleRoses]

So guys I am thinking of adding the reverb effects for 1.3 and just finished going through the originals in Doom Builder 64 to see what sectors get what type of reverb. I discovered that several maps don't even use the echo sounds effects at all, some being MAP01, 02, 04, 05, etc.

Should I add reverbs to these or keep it the way it was in the original and only make reverbs happen on the levels where it was in the original?

One thing though is I am going to have to find a good way to handle them since there are two types of reverbs in Doom 64, echo sounds and heavy echo sounds. Obviously picking a preset reverb isn't the hard part, the hard part is figuring out a way to switch between them in-level. I know the way the PSX Doom TC does it which is to constantly check to see if the player is under the sky or not, then change which sound environment things are activated. This works well until you have somewhere like the outside of Holding Area where there are all those beams over the player. I'm not sure if CheckActorCeilingTexture takes 3D floors above the player into account, but I will need to find a solution for that as well as switching to the heavy echo in the right places.

For that one I might be able to just place a sound environment thing in the general area and then find a line to separate the zone boundary. In fact, this might be feasible on all maps actually, since I think the majority of maps have lines in convenient places to where this will be easy. For maps like MAP16 where there are TONS of different ways to go, I would use PSX Doom TC's approach and just check for the player's current ceiling texture.

Thoughts?

In other news, I am still working on the new maps. Trying to come up with cool ideas. I want ot make every map grand and unique, with each one standing out on it's own and I really want to avoid boring areas and filler maps. Each map will get individual care and attention to make the episode really kick ass, so it will take time.

that's fine by me. i do have 1 little request/suggestion though. this may take a page from Brutal Doom 64, but i did like how on there, it had the zombiemen & shotgunners have there own sprites. i know this was made to be sorta like the original game, but i hate how they have the same sprites. i think that, whether it's in the next update, or made as a patch by someone. i think having the pistol Zombiemen with actual pistols, and the Shotgunners having there own sprites like the did in Brutal Doom 64 would be a nice touch

[Chris]

So guys I am thinking of adding the reverb effects for 1.3 and just finished going through the originals in Doom Builder 64 to see what sectors get what type of reverb. I discovered that several maps don't even use the echo sounds effects at all, some being MAP01, 02, 04, 05, etc.

Should I add reverbs to these or keep it the way it was in the original and only make reverbs happen on the levels where it was in the original?

My preference would be to start by having it like it was in the original. Then a future enhancement could be an option to have more detailed reverb zones (i.e. use more of the presets instead of just the two basic ones, and use multiple presets per map).

One thing though is I am going to have to find a good way to handle them since there are two types of reverbs in Doom 64, echo sounds and heavy echo sounds. Obviously picking a preset reverb isn't the hard part, the hard part is figuring out a way to switch between them in-level. I know the way the PSX Doom TC does it which is to constantly check to see if the player is under the sky or not, then change which sound environment things are activated. This works well until you have somewhere like the outside of Holding Area where there are all those beams over the player. I'm not sure if CheckActorCeilingTexture takes 3D floors above the player into account, but I will need to find a solution for that as well as switching to the heavy echo in the right places.

IIRC, the PSX Doom TC also provided a sector tag to make a sky sector have reverb, and another tag to make a non-sky sector not have reverb. I don't know how Doom64 defines when to use which reverb though, so it's difficult to say whether that approach is appropriate or not. Is it set through triggers/line specials/scripts? Is it a sector property?

[Nevander]

The easiest way to handle that would be a simple sprite replacement WAD to load after loading the main mod file. Then the Zombiemen sprites get replaced and nothing else changes. Another but harder way would be to create another CVAR and use that to toggle them in-game.

EDIT: Before I got too far into doing the reverbs (I am up to MAP06), I came up with the idea to make the reverbs a toggleable option. I did this by checking a CVAR and if set to 1 (enable them) the script will activate all sound environment things (tagged 333). If it's set to 0, it does not activate them and instead removes them from the map. Since reverbs remain even after being activated, this means I had to set them to dormant so that all of them can either be turned on or removed by the toggler script. Note that turning them on mid-map will do nothing. A map restart will of course be required.

I did this because there is a reason why i never implemented reverbs until now, and it's that for some reason when sound environment things get activated, they cause some sounds to "pop" at the end of them. A good example that you can hear right now is in the PSX Doom TC. Load up E1M1 and change your screenblocks with + or - or whatever key you have set. Listen close, you'll hear a pop. Also happens when changing options. Shit gets annoying so I thought it would be a good idea to make them to be able to be disabled based on user preference. Any idea why this happens to begin with? Maybe there's a way to stop it. That, and not everyone might like reverbs. They are cool yea, but might get obnoxious after a while and the player might just want some peace and quiet while playing.

I also might possibly integrate another toggle option and CVAR for that pistol zombie thing mentioned above. Once again, will be a user choice.