Lithium 1.7.0 Beta 2 (Feb. 23, 2025)

[Apokalyps117]

Is this supposed to be a pk7 file? Because even if I change it to a pk3 it still errors in SLADE

[Wivicer]

Is this supposed to be a pk7 file? Because even if I change it to a pk3 it still errors in SLADE

A pk7 is a renamed .7z file. SLADE can't open those.

So, to answer your question, yes, it is supposed to be a pk7. Just 7z it to a new folder if you want to look inside.

[Marrub]

Version 1.5 (Pegmatite) has been released! Download

There's a lot of new stuff here, but mainly: Cyber-Mage is now completely playable, and as for these two characters, the mod is complete.
Perhaps there's still more warriors yet to meet?
Anyway, thank you all again for playing.
This probably won't be the last release, but at the moment I am satisfied (unless everyone points a million fingers at something awful I forgot to fix, which is as likely as ever.)

Changes:

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From 1.5 beta to 1.5:
+ Added the remaining Methods:
] Blade, slot 1 - small slash, basic melee
] Feuer, slot 3 - fires out two fireballs
] Delear, slot 2 - fires out 16 projectiles in succession
] Romyetya, slot 4 - rapid slashing attacks
] Hulgyon, slot 5 - fires pillars of energy infront of you
] Hosh'danma, slot 6 - violently fires out a bunch of stars
] Cercle de la Mort, slot 7.
+ Added the remaining upgrades. Go figure those out yourself I'm tired.
+ Added the Shock Rifle, slot 3 Cyber-Mage weapon.
+ Added all the intermission screen stuff.
+ Added pickup sprites for Cyber-Mage.
+ Added sprites for the Ion Rifle.
+ Added new menus! All of them! Really, launch the game! THEY'RE COOL THANK YOU JIMMY
+ Added the Ghost GUI theme.
+ Added the Bassilla GUI theme (thanks, Shivers and Kurashiki!)
+ Added in-game changelog.
+ Added missing info pages.
+ Added new info pages.
+ Added the rest of Cyber-Mage's mail.
+ Added messages when defeating phantoms.
+ Added an animation when the SMG overheats.
+ Added an armor type indicator to Cyber-Mage's HUD.
+ Added more pickup sounds.
+ Added Cyber-Mage's Charge Fist sprites.
| Fixed death exits not deinitializing stuff properly.
| Made Star Shot take less mana.
| Fixed weird UDMF maps breaking things.
| Made air-sliding usable when the jet booster is uncharged.
| Improved the way rain audio is handled.
| Made item glow specific to class.
| Improved performance when using ZScript.
| Separated ammo/magazine counting on the HUD.
| Changed the log color for Cyber-Mage.
| Improved the way mail messages and environment settings are handled.
| Made the laser rifle trail prettier.
| Changed the way the Star Destroyer targets enemies, making it even more deadly.
| Fixed the log being positioned wrong for Cyber-Mage.
| Raised the base difficulty to 10.
| Slightly nerfed the Sniper Rifle.
| Made Barons never infight with Knights.
| Fixed some info pages never being unlocked.
| Increased the Missile Launcher's damage.
| Slightly changed the SMG's draw sound.
| Moved the TITLEMAP to the doom2 filter, so it won't make some games unplayable.
| Made rain effects better (thanks, Kate!)
| Fixed some ZScript event handler bugs.
| Optimized enemy barrier display, improving performance a ton on huge maps.
| Changed the font on settings menu headers.
| Fixed homing rockets having the wrong sprite when spawning.
| Made mana pickups rainbow-y.
| Fixed a bunch of errors in the boss code. Whoops.
| Made the Finalizer upgrade stronger.
| Made Finalizer deal damage on hit.
| Made Finalizer disintegrate enemies when killed.
| Fixed Hell Knight attack frames.
| Made the monster tracker allocate into a different adderess space. (This is faster.)
| Improved performance slightly in some trigonometry-heavy areas.
| Fixed CBI items being installable twice.
| Made damage bobbing a bit smoother.
| Made the enemy checker simpler and more robust.
| Fixed Delear taking too much Mana.
| Fixed shop weapons not being given correctly.
| Probably fixed some crashing. Probably.

[Someone64]

Holding the spell menu bind and moving the cursor moves your camera. Also, I think the spell menu bind should be a toggle instead of hold.

EDIT: Shotgun description says it holds 5 shots instead of 8. Also, I think it should be hold spell button and move mouse over icon while letting go of spell button to select instead of having to click. That would probably work much better.
EDIT2: The soul cleaver doesn't seem to be working... What should I be seeing when it takes effect? Does it work on 100% of enemies I kill?

[Yoshi348]

Found a HUGE bug; Revenants do not, in fact, work at all on Watch Me Die difficulty. The console spits out "Lith_XH_Revenant at (coords) has no frames" and they're just replaced with the ol' <!> mark. They work fine on the other difficulties, so it's just the extra-hard version.

GZDoom 3.1.0, stock Doom II Map06.

[Marrub]

Holding the spell menu bind and moving the cursor moves your camera. Also, I think the spell menu bind should be a toggle instead of hold.

Yeah, I can't fix that, sorry. Technical limitations. Also, you can select the slot 1 weapon to toggle it.

EDIT: Shotgun description says it holds 5 shots instead of 8.

Heh, whoops, I keep forgetting to change stuff when I change its capacity.

Also, I think it should be hold spell button and move mouse over icon while letting go of spell button to select instead of having to click. That would probably work much better.

I like that idea. Will go add that.

EDIT2: The soul cleaver doesn't seem to be working... What should I be seeing when it takes effect? Does it work on 100% of enemies I kill?

Whenever any enemy dies, it'll spawn a projectile. Works for me, did you make sure to actually activate it in the upgrades menu?

Found a HUGE bug; Revenants do not, in fact, work at all on Watch Me Die difficulty. The console spits out "Lith_XH_Revenant at (coords) has no frames" and they're just replaced with the ol' <!> mark. They work fine on the other difficulties, so it's just the extra-hard version.

GZDoom 3.1.0, stock Doom II Map06.

Hah, that didn't happen to me because the version of ZDoom I'm using blindly accepted this completely broken code. Fixed, thank you.

[Tekish]

There seems to be a weird bug on the class selection menu - if you try to use the mouse to select either class, only about a 100 pixel region in the center of each item will allow you to proceed. Otherwise, hovering the mouse elsewhere on either option results in the game not recognizing a menu selection.

GZDoom 3.1.0

[Dr_Cosmobyte]

Gzdoom 3.2 here, can confirm this too.

[Marrub]

There seems to be a weird bug on the class selection menu - if you try to use the mouse to select either class, only about a 100 pixel region in the center of each item will allow you to proceed. Otherwise, hovering the mouse elsewhere on either option results in the game not recognizing a menu selection.

GZDoom 3.1.0

Yep, can't fix that, I even confirmed that happening before release... I'll either have to remove the custom class selection or just tell people to use the arrow keys. :/

[NotSoHazy]

Can you please tell me actor names of "weapon modification device" and other required items for activating upgrades?

[Marrub]

Can you please tell me actor names of "weapon modification device" and other required items for activating upgrades?

The CBI upgrades are Lith_BossReward1 through Lith_BossReward6.

[NotSoHazy]

The CBI upgrades are Lith_BossReward1 through Lith_BossReward6.

Thanks mister

[chronoteeth]

dumb question, but i cant seem to see the weapon sprites? older or newer gzdoom version, no idea how to change that

[Marrub]

dumb question, but i cant seem to see the weapon sprites? older or newer gzdoom version, no idea how to change that

Is lith_weapons_alpha ("Weapon Opacity" in the menu) set to 0?

[Marrub]

Version 1.5.1 (Rubellite Pegmatite) has been released! Download

I completely lied in my last release, I noticed a million cracks in the walls all pointing fingers at the fact that I literally can't make a new character without a bunch of magic (which has now been casted) and the generally gigantic amount of things in my todo list, so I've fixed a lot of that.
The next update, 1.6, will contain features such as player levelling, new monster behaviour, and oh god that's a lot of stuff on my todo list maybe I shouldn't be promising all of this
also maybe a new guy who likes to stab things yes
SARABADA

Changes:

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From 1.5 to 1.5.1:
+ Added an auto-save setting.
+ Added an API, so external C code can access all of Lithium by LOADing lithmain.
+ Added indicators for upgrades that work with eachother.
+ Added a footstep sound setting.
+ Added a view tilt setting.
+ Added the Elec. Binding upgrade.
+ Added the Shock Charge upgrade.
+ Added the Stealth System upgrade.
+ Added an active (HUD) debug level (0x02/log_devh).
+ Added a new class selection screen.
+ Added a new skill selection screen.
+ Added a system for allowing Phantoms to spawn mid-level.
+ Added magic selection animations.
+ Added a world sprite for Hulgyon.
+ Added a magazine drop setting.
+ Added sprites for the CBI upgrades that had placeholder sprites.
| Improved the SPAS' reload animation (thanks, Shivers!)
| Improved the SMG's reload animation slightly
| Improved the Combat Rifle's reload animation slightly
| Fixed junk frames in Extra Hard enemies.
| Fixed death exits adding a bunch of junk to the upgrades menu.
| Fixed the "resurrect" cheat not working.
| Fixed the SPAS description listing the wrong capacity.
| Made Romyetya and Blade do more damage with Berserk.
| Changed the way magic selection works, closing the menu will select now.
| Moved source code out of the packaged file.
| Changed the compression from 7-zip to Zip, due to performance issues.
| Made the Ion Rifle allow switching while reloading.
| Buffed the SPAS.
| Reduced the ammo taken by the Pulse Charger.
| Made the Overloader upgrade un-scope when firing.
| Changed the settings menu slightly.
| Made Performance Rating more transparent for Cyber-Mage (as he doesn't use it.)
| Made dialogue/terminal text log to the console.
| Made Feuer not flash the screen when firing.
| Re-balanced Cyber-Mage's weapon upgrade prices.
| Fixed malignant null pointer dereferences.
| Rewrote James' defeat message.
- Removed the trail from Delear's world sprite.
- Removed Score Golf mode