Doom: The Golden Souls 3 - Important update at p.17, follow me on https://twitter.com/Batandy_ for project updates

[Batandy]

I think it would be cool to have switch between sprites and models for items that can be picked up,maybe it will add optimization

3D models are only cached once per model and do not affect performance that much.

[Mr Masker]

bruh i did the advice of playing it in Vulkan and it was like Doom 2016 vulkan all over again WHAT A DIFFERENCE

[Batandy]

this is completely unrelated but i'm curious as to what your philosophy on level design is when making these levels?

Sorry I’ve forgotten to answer this, I’m going for complete freedom of exploration and player-centric gameplay. With a bit of GS2 linearity sprinkled inbetween the sandbox areas.

[Randumb]

Great demo!

[Jarewill]

Just have beaten the second demo. Great stuff!

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The Trumpetbuss mk2 is great to use and accidentally killing myself with it is also funny.
The assault rifle also feels great to use, even without any special flashy altfire.
The shotgun feels like it's been buffed since the previous demo, as I was able to kill pinkies with a single-barrel shot most of the time.
The pistol I think could use a bit less charge up to the railgun attack. I found myself releasing the button too early.
The new long jump kick.... I just can't describe how I love this new attack! I just love dropkicks in any shape or form and finishing King Caco with it felt satisfying as all heck!
The long jump still felt kind of wonky to execute, but I think I got the hang of it again. I was just pressing jump too early, before the player was fully crouched.

The second map looks great! Too great even, as I could barely run it.
After removing the following three actors from the map, it ran smoothly:
GSSkyLantern, GSTorchStatue_Japan, GSIndoorLantern_Japan
I also set the light effects to "0", but left the dynamic lights on, as they didn't really change much.
Aside performance issues, the map looked and played great!
The boss fight was awesome too!

I got all the golden souls and big coins, but I haven't found all the trophies.
I found the Treasure Tech guy trophy and this one:

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I'm really not that knowledgable so can someone tell me from where this guy is?

I don't usually like 3D platformers, but this one is just amazing!
Well, as long as it won't make me platform on bamboos again.

[Captain J]

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I'm really not that knowledgable so can someone tell me from where this guy is?

He'd be Burglar from DrPyspy's Tomb Fetus!

[Jarewill]

He'd be Burglar from DrPyspy's Tomb Fetus!

Thanks for that Captain! That mod looks pretty interesting.

Also I've read back a page prior, and running map 2 on Vulkan does make it run better.
It still lagged a bit even with light effects disabled, but it was more manageable than before.

[Batandy]

Just have beaten the second demo. Great stuff!

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The Trumpetbuss mk2 is great to use and accidentally killing myself with it is also funny.
The assault rifle also feels great to use, even without any special flashy altfire.
The shotgun feels like it's been buffed since the previous demo, as I was able to kill pinkies with a single-barrel shot most of the time.
The pistol I think could use a bit less charge up to the railgun attack. I found myself releasing the button too early.
The new long jump kick.... I just can't describe how I love this new attack! I just love dropkicks in any shape or form and finishing King Caco with it felt satisfying as all heck!
The long jump still felt kind of wonky to execute, but I think I got the hang of it again. I was just pressing jump too early, before the player was fully crouched.

The second map looks great! Too great even, as I could barely run it.
After removing the following three actors from the map, it ran smoothly:
GSSkyLantern, GSTorchStatue_Japan, GSIndoorLantern_Japan
I also set the light effects to "0", but left the dynamic lights on, as they didn't really change much.
Aside performance issues, the map looked and played great!
The boss fight was awesome too!

I got all the golden souls and big coins, but I haven't found all the trophies.
I found the Treasure Tech guy trophy and this one:

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I'm really not that knowledgable so can someone tell me from where this guy is?

I don't usually like 3D platformers, but this one is just amazing!
Well, as long as it won't make me platform on bamboos again.

Thank you for playing and thanks for the feedback! If you wanna see more, I'd suggest you to go collect the remaining trophies...

[Jarewill]

Thank you for playing and thanks for the feedback! If you wanna see more, I'd suggest you to go collect the remaining trophies...

I wish I could, but they are just so darn well hidden!
I only "found" the two that were in plain sight on both maps and I could not find the others.
I am most likely just blind there though.

[Khodoque]

So, my thoughts from playing the demo:
- Melee is great but it seems it can really benefit from ground pound move, or something like that. I've often found myself in situations where I can't help but think "I wish I was able to ground pound". Lots of verticality means lots of opportunities to jump onto enemies.
- Shotgun is perfect.
- Map 2 looked so promising but, well, sub-30 FPS. I hope performance will improve before the final release.

[Mr Masker]

- Map 2 looked so promising but, well, sub-30 FPS. I hope performance will improve before the final release.

did you try loading the demo in Vulkan?

[Khodoque]

I think it was even worse by couple FPS in Vulcan.

[Batandy]

I will look into it, but I’m afraid I won’t be able to do anything without butchering certain sections of it, which is something that I don’t know if I’m willing to do.

[Batandy]

I've rolled a hotfix for the demo with a brand new particle effect for waterfalls, that's better looking AND drastically improved the performance in those areas!

Get it here:
https://batandy.itch.io/goldensouls3

(Save files are not compatible between versions)

[Captain J]

Again, it's very impressive. I think the quick fix actually did something! After turning off some fancy graphic options and turn on the vulkan, Serenity Shrine is not so sluggish anymore. I guess you need to lower the graphics for a better gameplay with foolproof speed.

And here's a little feedback: I think B. Ender, who guards the Trumpetbuss cage needs a dialogue if you have not enough big coins like that TFC imp clerk. He refuses to open the cage without saying anything. Informing-wise, some dialogue would be very helpful.