Smooth Weapons Enhanced [v3.2.1]

[Abba Zabba]

Oh it might be that issue again. That one sprite replacement for HDs shotgun gave me the same issue when I loaded them with Control+Click (multiple files). Guess I'll use the launcher.

Oh, and relating to Doom guy's gloves: well, I remember reading somewhere that the doomguy removed them because he was getting "more personal". Gentlemanly Doomguy! But I can always just take the old Perk sprites and paste them over the fixes wad. Thanks!

[NightFright]

Minor update to the files.

Similar to what the Doom 2 Sprite Fixing Project did, I have removed the brownish pixels from the rear parts of the super shotgun barrel.

Furthermore, in the Black Gloves Edition I noticed some extra pixel on the left side of the super shotgun where there shouldn't be any. At the same time, the brown barrel shimmering should be back now (got lost when I turned the whole weapon image black and white to change glove color).

[Sp00kyFox]

hi nightfright, wanted to inform you that revenant100 updated his sprite fixing project which leads in the new version 1.3 to issues with your mod.
could you plz update it?

edit:
never mind, was an error on my side. works fine with v1.3

[Sp00kyFox]

I usually like to play megawads with the PistolStartEnforcer, but since this mod changes the names of the weapons it doesn't work properly. so I fixed that:
pk_PistolStartEnforcer.wad

[Nevander]

Sorry to bump, but I made some adjustment files a while back that you can load alongside this mod.

Changes Plasma Rifle to fire green like the Arachnotron:

pk_anim1_grnplas.wad

pk_anim2_grnplas.wad

Restores default dynamic light behavior on the new player actor (the GLDEFS weren't added to reflect the new player actor name):

pk_anim_glfix.wad

[NightFright]

I have just seen Nevander's post and took the time to implement his GLDEFS into both versions of the mod. Thanks a lot for this!

[Elie(T)Zerg]

Hmmm... one question... how i get permissions to view the files? i need to forming part of the modding?... well i ask beacuse i found the link on Doomworld, thinking its a direct link... well
Greetings

[Nevander]

Recently I sort of re-improved these again but mainly for my own personal use since I like things a little faster. I made the swap speeds twice as fast (except the Chainsaw), improved the responsiveness of the weapons when firing, adjusted some sprites, and I also redid the BFG using some even smoother animations from another WAD. Would it be ok if I posted them here?

[NightFright]

I wouldn't mind. Just go ahead.

[Voros]

I use this exact mod for enhanced weapon animations, when I don't feel using Smooth Doom. I'd love see a more enhanced version (that doesn't deviate from vanilla ofc).

[NightFright]

To be honest, I am not sure how to improve this even more... I guess the BFG animation wasn't exactly convincing and could be replaced if anybody has an idea how to make it better, but besides that...

[Voros]

I was talking about Nevander's modified version, which I would like to see.

[Nevander]

Alright, I'll post it up in a bit once I make sure there aren't any more changes I want to make. I've been using this a lot lately in place of the originals and I don't even care if it gives a tiny advantage due to increased speeds and responsiveness. I've played Doom the right way for over 20 years. Time to play it the way I want to with more comfortable weapons.

EDIT: Here ya go. Enjoy it, I hope I didn't change too much for it to be another improvement (but once again, I did this for me mostly). Also this does touch on point 3 on the OP under notes.

Download:
http://www.mediafire.com/file/8hahgwahj ... eapons.zip

Readme and Credits:

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SmoothWeapons: Improving the "Improving PerK's Smooth Animations Mod" Mod
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Introduction:

The point of this modification to an already awesome mini-mod is to mainly improve the
animations and behavior of the vanilla Doom guns yet again without touching anything
else in the game. After using the original WADs for a while, I eventually noticed that
they actually feel a bit clunky and uncomfortable by today's mod standards. That is
one reason, another reason is that I wanted my vanilla guns to feel more fluid and
faster during casual or serious play. So, we have this. There are some personal
touches and adjustments I made, but that is the point in a sense. I mostly made
this for myself so I could enjoy Doom's weapons in an even smoother way.

The mod contains several variants, so pick your poison. You get the choice of:

- Brown Gloves, Doom Palette (using MAPINFO)
- Brown Gloves, Doom Palette (using KEYCONF)
- Brown Gloves, Truecolor (using MAPINFO)
- Black Gloves, Doom Palette (using MAPINFO)
- Black Gloves, Doom Palette (using KEYCONF)
- Black Gloves, Truecolor (using MAPINFO)

The point of using MAPINFO, KEYCONF, and having Truecolor versions is because some
mods have their own palette and might completely destroy the Doom paletted versions.
A great example is skillsaw's amazing Ancient Aliens. I love playing that with the
black gloved version of this but only a truecolor version will work. The reason for
the KEYCONF version is for some mods like Unloved that use KEYCONF to change the
player class; the KEYCONF versions re-clear classes and re-add SmoothPlayer.

All versions already automatically include the dynamic light fix made for pk_anim.
These should also work flawlessly with any version of G/ZDoom that the originals
worked with since nothing was actually changed code wise to kill compatibility.


Main Changes from pk_anim1/2.wad:

- Player class renamed to SmoothPlayer
- All weapons prefixed with Smooth for the actor names
- All weapons (excluding the Chainsaw) raise and lower at double speed
- Improved the responsiveness and timings of the weapons when firing to feel less clunky
- Taking a Berserk pack will not auto switch to the Fists
- Fixed an issue with the flash frames of the Pistol being misaligned
- Reversed the flash frames of the Pistol to match with the Shotgun and Super Shotgun style
- New versions of the Shotgun flash frames (old versions still in the WAD as frames C and D)
- Adjusted the sprite of the Shotgun idle frame to remove the right hand from view
- Modified the sprites of the black gloved Shotgun to include the entire Shotgun stock
- Smoothed out the Super Shotgun reload even more to look much more fluid
- Changed a frame near the end of the Super Shotgun to improve the overall animation
- You can no longer fire the Super Shotgun a couple tics too early, cutting off the close sound
- Super Shotgun sounds now played on the AUTO channel so they don't cut each other off anymore
- Cleaned up the flash frames of the Super Shotgun to remove some unnecessary pixels
- Removed the "no auto fire safety catch" from the Rocket Launcher and BFG9000
- Moved the sprites of the Rocket Launcher up a little bit on screen to be more visible
- Completely rewritten BFG9000 code and new firing sprites to be more powerful and logical
- Also moved up the sprites of the BFG9000 to get a little more of it on screen


Credits:

Blox (improved gloved fists, shotgun/super shotgun frame tweaks, fixes for Z86 chaingun, extra plasma rifle frames & code)
Blue Shadow (plasma rifle tweaks)
IcyFreezy (black gloves from blakglov2.wad)
JoeyTD (pistol with arm)
Minigunner ("Polished Skull" shotgun muzzleflash)
NeuralStunner (PerK HUD fists with gloves)
Nevander (Dynamic light fix for player actor)
Per Kristian (creator of the original animations mod)
Z86 (smoother chainsaw, super shotgun frame fix, chaingun rotation/animation fix, original smooth BFG)
NightFright (for doing the improving the original mod mod)
Blastfrog (new Shotgun flash frame versions)
New BFG9000 concept and sprites from boom_enhanced1_17.wad
Nevander (for putting together this version and making these adjustments)

Thread on ZDoom Forums: viewtopic.php?f=43&t=32628

[NightFright]

Well, that looks pretty good after taking a quick look at everything! Maybe I'll consider using the mapinfo versions of these variations for a final release of the original mod. If that's OK with you, Nevander. Credits would be given, ofc!
The only thing you could undo for me before would be the double-speed lower/raise animations plus the change applied to the Berserk pack (no fists). I guess it'd be better to stay a bit closer to vanilla for the "official" edition.

[Armaetus]

Is there a left handed pistol version of the pistol there, Nevander? I'm not fond of the right handed pistol.