Shades of Doom v3.0 - Off the chart (02/02/20)

[Cyanide]

Hey Cyanide, you can use sprites from Preacher, no problem. Sorry to answer here, apparently I can't reply inbox messages with this new account

Great! I'll make sure you're credited.

[Cyanide]

Well damn...

I just found out, that chaos mode does not respect the +AMBUSH flag, which might be why dljosef reported monster closets not working a while back. Since chaos mode is handled with ZScript, which I don't know how to code (Blue Shadow wrote the ZScript for this mod), I'm at a dead end. I have no idea of how to solve it. If anyone has an idea, please PM me. Chaos Mode seemed such an easy little thing to add, but causes a lot of problems for me. I know a lot of you guys love it, so I'm not gonna remove it. Unfortunatly I can't promise it will ever work correctly...

On a brighter note, I'm hard at work adding monsters to the mod. The next version will be the largest addition to the roster since the very first release. It will be a while though, since I have to remake the patches (and also add one or two).

[batos2]

Some enemies that are placed on the maps do not appear.

[Cyanide]

Some enemies that are placed on the maps do not appear.

I can't recreate this in the version I'm working on. So hopefully it's already fixed.

[batos2]

Coool!.

[HUGEGUTS]

This is exactly what I've been looking for! A randomizer that only changes enemies' appearance, without ruining the intended difficulty of mapsets. Also the idea of single replacement per map is really neat. At first I didn't really appreciate it and immediately turned on chaos mode, but in the end switched back. Chaos is just too messy, while default mode keeps it balanced.
Works fine with all weapon mods I play except for Doom Delta. Two main issues are bosses being instantly destroyed with BFG2704 and former humans not dropping souls. While first issue can be fixed very easily (there's intended to be 0.1 damage multiplier for bosses against bfg), the second one I didn't have much luck with. I can send my attempt at making patch if needed.

[Cyanide]

This is exactly what I've been looking for! A randomizer that only changes enemies' appearance, without ruining the intended difficulty of mapsets. Also the idea of single replacement per map is really neat. At first I didn't really appreciate it and immediately turned on chaos mode, but in the end switched back. Chaos is just too messy, while default mode keeps it balanced.
Works fine with all weapon mods I play except for Doom Delta. Two main issues are bosses being instantly destroyed with BFG2704 and former humans not dropping souls. While first issue can be fixed very easily (there's intended to be 0.1 damage multiplier for bosses against bfg), the second one I didn't have much luck with. I can send my attempt at making patch if needed.

Glad you like it.

Theres a link in the OP for a patch base along with some instructions if you want to give it a go. I'll take a look at Doom Delta myself.

[HUGEGUTS]

Yup, I did attempt to create a patch using your base a little earlier. Here, hope this helps: SoD_Delta
Added (hopefully) all needed damage resistances. Also made it so chaingunners always drop MachineGun, because otherwise you'd be able to get ChainGun too early. For souls there's mapeditor.zsc, which is exactly the same as DrPyspy's original code except for ~50 'if' operators for each of Shades' zombie class, lol. It's super dumb, I know, and sometimes dudes still don't drop souls for some reason.

[Cyanide]

Quick update. This project 'aint dead yet!

I've completed a new test-version of Shades of Doom. I'm in the process of testing it with the different patches. I've looked into making a Guncaster patch, which turns out to be quite an undertaking. But that doesn't really matter now, since THIS is a thing! As far as I can tell, it works with Shades of Doom, which makes it redundant to create my own patch.
I've put a lot of work into this, so I hope you guys like it.
Also, I'm testing the mod and streaming it on Twitch (on a very irregular schedule though). PM me for a link.
- Cyanide

[Whoah]

Good to hear from ya! Psyched for the next release

[AwakeOnPhobos]

Just came across this mod and I'm having an absolute blast with it. It makes playing vanilla wads feel a lot fresher again. A quick question: I know you said making toggles for all the monsters to add/remove them from the monster pool is too much work, but could you give me a hint as to how I could get rid of certain monsters manually by messing with the files? There are a few variations in there that just don't feel right to me.

Keep up the good work!

[Cyanide]

Just came across this mod and I'm having an absolute blast with it. It makes playing vanilla wads feel a lot fresher again. A quick question: I know you said making toggles for all the monsters to add/remove them from the monster pool is too much work, but could you give me a hint as to how I could get rid of certain monsters manually by messing with the files? There are a few variations in there that just don't feel right to me.

Keep up the good work!

Glad you like it!
I'd like to add the option to toggle individual monsters on and off. I just don't know how to code it. But a can absolutely make some sort of a guide to remove monsters in SLADE.

I can do this when version 2.0 is released.

[AwakeOnPhobos]

Awesome, I would really appreciate a small guide like that! Thanks for the quick reply.

[Cyanide]

That's it. It is done. Almost a year, and I'm finally done.
Version 2.0 is up. It's the biggest update to the mod so far. Is that enough monster variants?

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No. It's still not enough.

The download links have been updated, so go grab it from the OP!

Here's a changelog, which is also in the OP.

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Changelog 2.0

• General
  
  • Removed themes
  • Changed most variables to CVARS
  • Debugging mode replaced
  • Now displays rolled monsters in the console with names instead of numbers
  • Added option to display rolled monsters on screen at the start of a map
  • Remade folder structure for easier maintenance
• Compatibility
  
  • Changed all monster & projectile sprite names. This should hopefully avoid most sprite related conflicts with other mods
  • Remade all patches
  • Added a patch for Legendoom. This fixes several damage multiplying legendary effects, which didn’t work before
  • Added a patch for Doom RLA. This should fix several damage related issues
  • Updated QC:DE patch for v2.0
  • Monster replacers are no longer affected by time freeze. This fixes an issue when the player has a “Chronostrike” weapon while playing LegenDoom
  • Changed the name of the ZScript random spawner to avoid conflicts with other mods using Blue Shadow’s Scripted Spawner
  • Fixed an issue with Mancubi inheritance for all patches
• Monsters
  
  • Added 60 monsters:
    
    • 8 Zombies
      
      • Zombie Henchman
      • Railgun Zombie
      • Karasawa Zombie
      • Akimbo Zombie
      • Primal Zombie
      • Freezer Zombie
      • Masked Zombie
      • Dessert Warrior
    • 4 Sergeants
      
      • Primal Sergeant
      • Hooded Sergeant
      • Renegade
      • Sawed-Off Shotgun Guy
    • 4 Heavies
      
      • Masked Chaingunner
      • Acolyte
      • Gas Masked Chaingunner
      • Primal Chaingunner
    • 12 Imps (that’s a total of 50 Imp variables)
      
      • Cultist
      • Prowler
      • Horror
      • Juvenile Imp
      • Lesser Mutant
      • Soul Harvester
      • Primal Imp
      • Bird Imp (new version)
      • Jungle Imp
      • Plasma Imp
      • Quake Zombie
      • Unwilling
    • 7 Demons
      
      • Reaper
      • Knight
      • Former Scientist
      • Butcher
      • Crimson Disciple
      • Primal Demon
      • Primal Bull Demon
    • 4 Cacodemons
      
      • Watcher
      • Cacolantern
      • Chaos Wyvern
      • Horned Demon
    • 4 Hell Knights
      
      • Hellguard
      • Primal Hell Knight
      • Drone
      • Xeno Brute
    • 4 Barons of Hell
      
      • Paladin
      • Cyber Baron
      • Primal Baron
      • Phantom
    • 1 Arachnotron
      
      • Gamma Spider
    • 1 Revenant
      
      • Undead Berserker
    • 3 Mancubi
      
      • Lava Demon
      • Warforged
      • Cryocubus
    • 3 Arch-viles
      
      • Vetis
      • Primal Archvile
      • Torment
    • 1 Spider Mastermind
      
      • Primal Spider Mastermind
    • 4 Cyberdemon
      
      • Primal Cyberdemon
      • Korax
      • Shadow Beast
      • Mother Demon
  • Made changes to the following monsters:
    
    • Added and changed some sounds for all female zombies
    • Mage Gunner now fires railgun-type hitscans.
    • Bird Imp (old version) is now called Bird Imp Zombie
    • Watcher (old version) is now properly called Weakener
    • Vampyre is now called Nosferatu
    • Blot has been changed to Vampire
    • Diabloist is now properly called Diabolist
    • Changed Phantasm’s death animation to a more classic style
    • Various tweaks and fixes to many monsters
    • Fixed Defiler death animation
    • Fixed Pyro Demon death animation
    • Fixed Plasma Elemental not spawning the correct amount of Dead Souls when killed
    • Fixed an issue causing 2 different kinds of Cacodemons to spawn on the same map
    • Fixed Zombiemen, Sergeants & Heavies dropping more items than they should
    • Fixed projectile spawn height for all cyberdemon variants
  • Added a little easter egg
    
    • Credits and thanks go to PSTrooper
• Fixes
  
  • Fixed many wrong/missing credits
  • Removed a bunch of unused sprites
  • Corrected decorate for all monster corpse decorations
  • Fixed an issue with chaos mode, where the +AMBUSH flag wasn’t respected for Barons, Spiders, Fatsos, Masterminds and Cybers

As always, keep those bug reports flowing. I'm sure I've missed something somewhere.
Lastly, thanks for all the support! I'm celebrating my 30th birthday this Wednessday, so this is my gift to you.
- Cyanide

[Dr_Cosmobyte]

Oh yeah, 2019 is starting as one great year for doom mods!

Going to download this as soon as i am home!