Droplets - Updated 11/10/2018!
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- Crudux Cruo
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Re: Droplets - Updated 11/26/2016
Congrats and happy birthday!
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Re: Droplets - Updated 11/26/2016
Playing actually with 23th november archive release, and I must say I LOVE IT!!!
Glad a lot you found the way to transfer the blood pool colours. This is now an absolute work-of-art addon!
Very, very nice work man, and also happy birthday to you!
Glad a lot you found the way to transfer the blood pool colours. This is now an absolute work-of-art addon!
Very, very nice work man, and also happy birthday to you!
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Re: Droplets - Updated 11/26/2016
I think this mod would be even more awesome if it had an option to make all the blood red, cause the blood of certain enemy types in some mods tends to paint the floor with rainbow-coloured diarrhea.
And yeah, happy birthday to you!
And yeah, happy birthday to you!
Re: Droplets - Updated 11/26/2016
The Return of the best blood mods has returned and I LOVED It! I Enjoyed playing with it.
- Also happy Birthday!
- Also happy Birthday!
Re: Droplets - Updated 11/28/2016
Just released Droplets: Red Edition! It has all basic functionality plus wall decals from individual droplets; the only catch is that the blood is never translated. So, if you play a game or mod that uses only red blood, try Red Edition for slightly improved support. This isn't a compatibility release, so any mods that use their own blood and gore systems - especially different color bloods - will still need direct compatibility releases.
Re: Droplets - Updated 11/29/2016
Update today! I've reintroduced the old behavior from Droplets v12 where blood would fly away from bullet impacts, but it's still WIP and might not work entirely correctly. So far, tests with hitscan weapons show it to be fairly reliable, and there are aspects of the Doom engine (like rectangular hitboxes) that prevent me from getting a perfect angle from attacker to victim.
I've also eliminated the "Gib Factor" option, as it is no longer necessary to inform Droplets how much damage a monster must take to gib. I have rewritten relevant portions of ACS and DECORATE to employ GetGibHealth(), so now it's just a matter of turning "Spawn Gibs" on or off.
I'm contemplating adding a scripted - possibly DECORATE, actually - blood dripping system for freshly injured actors so they'll leave spotty trails of blood. I'd like some feedback on the idea before I go ahead with it; could maybe make it optional.
Also, these newest changes apply only to the Standard and Red Editions; compatibility releases have fallen behind, I must admit. I'll see about getting HD compatibility up to date, as well as maybe working on some new compatibility releases.
@someone64: Sorry for ignoring your request for so long, but I was still refining features of Droplets in general. I just downloaded the latest GMOTA and will investigate a possible compatibility release for it after I've updated the others.
I've also eliminated the "Gib Factor" option, as it is no longer necessary to inform Droplets how much damage a monster must take to gib. I have rewritten relevant portions of ACS and DECORATE to employ GetGibHealth(), so now it's just a matter of turning "Spawn Gibs" on or off.
I'm contemplating adding a scripted - possibly DECORATE, actually - blood dripping system for freshly injured actors so they'll leave spotty trails of blood. I'd like some feedback on the idea before I go ahead with it; could maybe make it optional.
Also, these newest changes apply only to the Standard and Red Editions; compatibility releases have fallen behind, I must admit. I'll see about getting HD compatibility up to date, as well as maybe working on some new compatibility releases.
@someone64: Sorry for ignoring your request for so long, but I was still refining features of Droplets in general. I just downloaded the latest GMOTA and will investigate a possible compatibility release for it after I've updated the others.
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Re: Droplets - Updated 11/28/2016
Hell yeah! Just checked the red edition in HXRTC Project and Colourful Hell — works just fine. No more floors painted like a twister mat!SidDoyle wrote:Just released Droplets: Red Edition! It has all basic functionality plus wall decals from individual droplets; the only catch is that the blood is never translated. So, if you play a game or mod that uses only red blood, try Red Edition for slightly improved support. This isn't a compatibility release, so any mods that use their own blood and gore systems - especially different color bloods - will still need direct compatibility releases.
Some of the wall splashes are still coloured blue/yellow/green/purple/etc though, but that's not a big deal, especially considering that this isn't a compatibility release.
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Re: Droplets - Updated 11/29/2016
Heh, it's fine. It's not like you were ever obliged to do compatibility patches anyway.
Also, I think blood dripping would look nice if it was more of very lightly spurting and came from the part you most recently shot on the enemy. Also, I have a feeling blood sounds could get annoying (the current sounds feel a little odd already to be honest) if you shoot a large crowd of monsters without killing them and there would just be an incessant torrent of dripping noises.
Also, I think blood dripping would look nice if it was more of very lightly spurting and came from the part you most recently shot on the enemy. Also, I have a feeling blood sounds could get annoying (the current sounds feel a little odd already to be honest) if you shoot a large crowd of monsters without killing them and there would just be an incessant torrent of dripping noises.
Re: Droplets - Updated 11/29/2016
Yes, but I sort of implied that I would investigate it and I'd like to keep my word, however precarious it may have seemed when I said it.Someone64 wrote:Heh, it's fine. It's not like you were ever obliged to do compatibility patches anyway.
Perhaps I should make blood splatter silent; it's already quite attenuated, but I could scrap it altogether as the player should rarely hear it as is. Even when you can hear it, it doesn't sound quite right. I started using splat sounds from Rise of the Triad, but they don't really work as well as I'd hoped.Someone64 wrote:Also, I think blood dripping would look nice if it was more of very lightly spurting and came from the part you most recently shot on the enemy. Also, I have a feeling blood sounds could get annoying (the current sounds feel a little odd already to be honest) if you shoot a large crowd of monsters without killing them and there would just be an incessant torrent of dripping noises.
Hmm, I might be able to use user variables and A_Warp to make the drips keep their position relevant to the place shot - maybe even track monster angle and use a bit o' trig to keep it juuust right.
Re: Droplets - Updated 11/29/2016
I think a higher quality sort of wet slapping sound would work better than the sound of meat which is currently what it sounds like.
- Crudux Cruo
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Re: Droplets - Updated 11/29/2016
heres a thing i did, if you want to use it. i'm running droplets with colourful hell.
Re: Droplets - Updated 11/29/2016
Oh my. Thanks! I think I'll stick that on the OP to replace that terribly out-of-date one. Doesn't hurt to showcase each other's work.
EDIT: So, watching your video, I must admit I share your gripes:
Either way, nice showcase of Droplets. The issue with the splatters appearing from behind sprites is a long-standing issue with GZDoom and transparency; I personally use Droplets with full opacity to eliminate that problem.
EDIT: So, watching your video, I must admit I share your gripes:
- 1 • I will have to create compatibility for pretty much any mod that uses MENUDEF, unless there are new features for merging menus of which I am unaware.
2 • Wall splatters really should be uniform. I'm toying with the idea of implementing some wall splatters the same way as I've done floor splatters, but they won't use decals and will likely stick out at corners. The ideal solution here would be a flag that allows projectiles to transfer their translation to their decal, but that solution doesn't exist.
Either way, nice showcase of Droplets. The issue with the splatters appearing from behind sprites is a long-standing issue with GZDoom and transparency; I personally use Droplets with full opacity to eliminate that problem.
- Crudux Cruo
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Re: Droplets - Updated 11/29/2016
i think i'll do that! glad you like the video! also, so my video isn't showing prominently, you may want to put an image before it. the way zdoom forum code works is it shows the first image.
here is an interesting image i found and resized for you that i think describes your mod perfectly
here is an interesting image i found and resized for you that i think describes your mod perfectly
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Re: Droplets - Updated 11/29/2016
Wow, updated from v13 to v15 in just few days! Gonna try the newest version at once...
Please keep the good work SidDoyle!
Please keep the good work SidDoyle!
Re: Droplets - Updated 11/29/2016
Well, it's not like v15 really means "version 15.0", it's more like the 15th significant release. If I were to reversion it, I'd probably call this something like "3.0"