LiveReverb - dynamic reverb for all Doom maps!

[Sunbeam]

This is LiveReverb, which gives dynamic reverb to all existing Doom maps!
Also works for Heretic and Hexen.

Requires GZDoom 3.0.0 or newer.





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BorderDoom: Doom with Borderlands gameplay elements
Deformed Doom: deform any Doom map!

[ValeriePalerie]

This is really impressive! How easy would it be to force the effect to ignore specific sounds/sources? For example the heartbeat noise in Hideous Destructor.

[Valken]

You don't know how happy I am! After playing PSX Doom TC and GEC's version, I wished normal doom would have allowed this! Thank you so much!!!

[Dr_Cosmobyte]

I'm a a sucker for reverb, this goes to my autoload forever.

[Caligari87]

This is really impressive! How easy would it be to force the effect to ignore specific sounds/sources? For example the heartbeat noise in Hideous Destructor.

Not possible to my knowledge. As far as I can tell, this works by spawning a SoundEnvironment thing at the player's location, based on distance checks performed by spawning a FastProjectile. Sound environments affect the entire sound effects processing chain.

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OP, I noticed you used ACS + DECORATE for this. While functional, I believe there's more possibilities here with ZScript. Would you be open to "upgrading" the code? Alternative, if you want to keep the ACS + DECORATE for backwards compat, would you mind if I re-implemented the same idea in ZScript? I've been thinking about this same thing for a long time but I don't want to step on any toes since you've done it first.

[ValeriePalerie]

Not possible to my knowledge. As far as I can tell, this works by spawning a SoundEnvironment thing at the player's location, based on distance checks performed by spawning a FastProjectile. Sound environments affect the entire sound effects processing chain.

Ah, bummer, good to know at least, thanks!

[Ribo Zurai]

This is really cool! I wonder if echoes could also be possible in incredible large, open enviroments?

[Sunbeam]

This is really impressive! How easy would it be to force the effect to ignore specific sounds/sources? For example the heartbeat noise in Hideous Destructor.

As Caligari87 said I also don't think this is possible. However I think there IS a way to make some sounds not be affected by "sound environments". Some things like HUD sounds (like chat messages) seem to be unaffected. I haven't looked into this, but maybe changing the way those sounds are defined might give you the wanted result.

You don't know how happy I am! After playing PSX Doom TC and GEC's version, I wished normal doom would have allowed this! Thank you so much!!!

Actually (G)ZDoom allowed this for quite some time. However mappers would have to set up their maps by hand, which probably not many people did. Also this would not have affected previously existing maps. That's why this mod is dynamic!

I'm a a sucker for reverb, this goes to my autoload forever.

Me too!

OP, I noticed you used ACS + DECORATE for this. While functional, I believe there's more possibilities here with ZScript. Would you be open to "upgrading" the code? Alternative, if you want to keep the ACS + DECORATE for backwards compat, would you mind if I re-implemented the same idea in ZScript? I've been thinking about this same thing for a long time but I don't want to step on any toes since you've done it first.

ZScript would probably allow for a cleaner implementation. However you are right, I tried to stay backwards compatible.
I can't stop you, can I? Go for it if you want.

This is really cool! I wonder if echoes could also be possible in incredible large, open enviroments?

There is reverb in outdoor areas. If you want different reverb effects you could either try to find other "sound environments" (some are predefined in GZDoom) or you could create completely new ones (which I avoided in this mod).

[A_D_M_E_R_A_L]

This is actually amazing. This goes into my autoload.

[Sunbeam]

Sounds good! I wouldn't mind some feedback once you tried it a bit.

[Doomguy914]

You guys are just about running out of immersion enhancing mods to tackle. I'm waiting for the real-life pain emulation hardware and software now.

[Dr_Cosmobyte]

Okay, so:

i DO BELIEVE (though it might need further testings), that this mod does not work with the midi-silencer hack, by Kinsie. I used to play it with so i wouldn't need to change my music volumes everytime.

[Kinsie]

This is really goddamn impressive, great job!

OP, I noticed you used ACS + DECORATE for this. While functional, I believe there's more possibilities here with ZScript. Would you be open to "upgrading" the code? Alternative, if you want to keep the ACS + DECORATE for backwards compat, would you mind if I re-implemented the same idea in ZScript? I've been thinking about this same thing for a long time but I don't want to step on any toes since you've done it first.

ZScript would probably allow for a cleaner implementation. However you are right, I tried to stay backwards compatible.
I can't stop you, can I? Go for it if you want.

You've actually done a pretty darn good job of stopping this, by not including the source code to the ACS script! Would it be possible for you to sneak that into the PK3 in an update? Thanks!

Okay, so:

i DO BELIEVE (though it might need further testings), that this mod does not work with the midi-silencer hack, by Kinsie. I used to play it with so i wouldn't need to change my music volumes everytime.

Works fine here. See if using the -nomusic command line parameter does the same thing for you.

[Sunbeam]

You guys are just about running out of immersion enhancing mods to tackle. I'm waiting for the real-life pain emulation hardware and software now.

Does that mean Doom has reached its "final form"?

This is really goddamn impressive, great job!

Thank you very much!

You've actually done a pretty darn good job of stopping this, by not including the source code to the ACS script! Would it be possible for you to sneak that into the PK3 in an update? Thanks!

Oh, I thought he might have already figured out everything by himself (by looking at the Decorate). Also I thought there were some quite capable ACS decompilers... But anyway, if there's interest I can provide the code. Here it is!
(A semi-clean version of the code)

[luisgph]

this mod its impressive, well is some simple scripts and with that is created something awesome thank you sunbeam: for getting this mods simple but awesome