Bullet-Eye - v0.12.5b - 3/5/24 - Even More Improvements!

[Linz]

Oh one other thing


While it's neat that the Frost Snap can make vending machines invisible for a few so you can interact with stuff, you might wanna add some info that explains that it can do that

Will hopefully save you from headaches from people who didn't bother reading the changelog and complain about it I feel

Another thing, I found this...really bizarre thing where if you do a quick melee while charging the Buster you just go zooming. I have no idea if this is intended or not but it is kinda funny

(Maybe it has something to do with the Hasty Threads? I say maybe because this works while standing or airborne, while the Hasty Thread's effect only works if you're crouched)

Third thing: I had a thought, how about some special support for Corruption Cards? I had this thought where you can gain a GP multiplier or something depending on how debilitating the card you choose. I dunno if this is a good idea or not but it just came to me and I wanted to hear what you think

[Mor'Ladim]

While it's neat that the Frost Snap can make vending machines invisible for a few so you can interact with stuff, you might wanna add some info that explains that it can do that

Will hopefully save you from headaches from people who didn't bother reading the changelog and complain about it I feel

Yes there are a lot of things that need to be documented somewhere, but it keeps slipping my mind. I'll make a few more help screen pages to list some features so players don't have to read the changelog or the topic to get their info.

Another thing, I found this...really bizarre thing where if you do a quick melee while charging the Buster you just go zooming. I have no idea if this is intended or not but it is kinda funny

(Maybe it has something to do with the Hasty Threads? I say maybe because this works while standing or airborne, while the Hasty Thread's effect only works if you're crouched)

The Buster and Quick Melee combo is actually intentional and is a reference to the Shinespark from Super Metroid. It deals quit a bit of damage to enemies, but may be difficult to hit them with it. I did want to add more hidden functions like that on weapons (at least mainly Tech) but they would have to be fitting - then again they would not really be too hidden as there aren't many button combinations that could be used to hide them in the first place. Also, I am most likely going to change the Hasty Treads effect since it seems to be very unpopular.

Third thing: I had a thought, how about some special support for Corruption Cards? I had this thought where you can gain a GP multiplier or something depending on how debilitating the card you choose. I dunno if this is a good idea or not but it just came to me and I wanted to hear what you think

I'll see if it can be done, but otherwise at the moment Dread Level does effect some of the GP drops but mainly for chests. I'll have it affect more types of GP drops, as well as increasing the amount earned for now until Corruption Cards can possibly be supported.

Speaking of support, I did want to see if I could add in support for other monster packs, but I'm not sure how to go about it yet. That, and I am not sure if enough people play Bullet-Eye to warrant such an undertaking. I did see some comments a while back stating that the mod was better without the custom enemies it currently has, so that is one of the reasons I even had the idea!

[Linz]

If anything I feel like the Buster secret tech should be moved to alt fire because it really can ruin someone's muscle memory when they were going for a kick and ended up dashing by mistake

[Mor'Ladim]

If anything I feel like the Buster secret tech should be moved to alt fire because it really can ruin someone's muscle memory when they were going for a kick and ended up dashing by mistake

Well yes, I can do that now since alt-fire is no longer used for the now non-existent sub-weapons. The Buster does not have an alt-fire either so it should work out just fine!

In other news, I made updates to the enemy only mod and should be able to release it later today or tomorrow once I test it to ensure there are no irregularities or VM Aborts and such. Some of the AI won't be a 1:1 to the actual Bullet-Eye mod itself due to some of the code requiring specific actors to check in a proximity, but I've hopefully used viable substitutes.

I'll also need to release a new update with some minor fixes later. One issue would be a huge bug, but thankfully the conditions to get it to happen require some work (you need certain items and have to hope for a drop - then have to use Quick Melee on your Flash Guard while said item is equipped) that it should not interrupt standard gameplay. This should also be released tomorrow.

Thanks to all for playing!

[Linz]

Oh, another thing

Some sort of low armor durability warning (and one for when an equipment piece breaks for that matter) thing would be nice, cause again it feels really lowkey in what's supposed to be something you should actively keep an eye on

One time I didn't even notice one of my equipment pieces broke until I glanced at my durability and I went "Oh. When did that happen?"

[Mor'Ladim]

Oh, another thing

Some sort of low armor durability warning (and one for when an equipment piece breaks for that matter) thing would be nice, cause again it feels really lowkey in what's supposed to be something you should actively keep an eye on

One time I didn't even notice one of my equipment pieces broke until I glanced at my durability and I went "Oh. When did that happen?"

I agree that even the sounds aren't enough some times. I was thinking about adding a flashing red box around the equipment indicator on the HUD when a piece is low on durability. Also given that GP is much easier to come by these days, especially with the ability to sell equipment and weapons (really need to add that to the help screen), I can probably increase the cost of repairing - but I will also increase the max durability of items to give players more breathing room.

If playing with higher Dread Levels, the current durability values can be a problem for some of the items, such as arm shields which have the lowest durability, so I think a durability increase is in order in either case.

[Mor'Ladim]

Apologies for the double post, but version 2 of the enemy only mod has been released! Hopefully I caught all the bugs that came up, but everything seemed to be in working order as I did two days of testing/fixing.

It can be downloaded from the first post or here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/ymqttuhgjic97 ... 2.pk3?dl=1

As mentioned in the first post, these enemies now have XDeath states for compatibility with certain mods, but will still play out their regular Death state. That is to say, there are no different animations for XDeath states. The enemies are also highly aggressive, so it is not recommended to play with vanilla Doom or anything that would "power down" your character. Not all enemies are completed, but as of now, 14/18 are finished as opposed to the 8/18 in the previous version.

Please do let me know if any bugs pop up and I will fix them as soon as possible!

[Linz]

So another thing I wanna say

There's a key to switch to the next track, but not a key to revert to the map's default music, instead having to go into the options to do so


A little unintitive I feel, could do with a key like that

[Mor'Ladim]

So another thing I wanna say

There's a key to switch to the next track, but not a key to revert to the map's default music, instead having to go into the options to do so


A little unintitive I feel, could do with a key like that

Should be easy enough to add.

Also, my apologies to everyone! I did say I would have an update out a while ago with some fixes, but then I found even more issues that need to be fixed, plus I got carried away with some other changes such as converting every remaining DECORATE file into ZScript, balancing changes, and some improvements to a few weapons. I also added in a visual low durability warning rather than just solely using a sound effect! I'll try my best to have this out by the end of this month.

[Mor'Ladim]

Well I was supposed to update the mod a while ago, but ended up getting carried away with some changes. Thankfully it doesn't seem that anyone has run into that one VM Abort that occurs (which has been fixed in the dev version) so I guess it's not all bad.

I am not going to make any promises on when the next update is going to be released since I never seem to pull through on such deadlines, but I can at least say I am almost done with it. In fact, I just finished a pretty neat feature for it! It still needs some testing, but in the next version there will be some new options related to enemies:


As you can see, each individual enemy can be "disabled" and replaced with its vanilla Doom counterpart!


Going into detail:
(Doom - Modified) vanilla enemies allow all Bullet-Eye mechanics to work. These are mainly meant for players to use if they don't enjoy a particular Bullet-Eye enemy.
(Doom - Original) vanilla enemies are unmodified actors, allowing custom monster mods to work! However, do note that some Bullet-Eye mechanics such as certain weapons or equipment item functions will not work at all on said monsters.

Again, this feature needs some more testing since I literally just finished it a few minutes ago at the time of this writing, but several tests so far brought up no readily apparent issues, other than a few custom monsters not dealing damage with their attacks. This is most likely due to the "None' damage type being set to a low factor on the player so as not to be nearly one shot by certain enemies that utilize said damage type, such as DEHACKED enemies that fire explosive projectiles.

Other than that, I do hope to have this update out some time soon! It brings some slight weapon improvements and more quality of life changes, such as allowing the Quick Melee to attack enemies through the Flash Guard barrier!

Thanks for playing!

[Mor'Ladim]

Here we are with yet another annual (I swear a yearly release is not intentional) update.

One of the main changes in this update is the ability to swap between vanilla Doom enemies or modified vanilla enemies. As stated in my post above, this means that a player can switch to a modified vanilla Doom enemy if they don't like a certain B-E enemy, OR they can completely revert to an unmodified vanilla enemy. The unmodified counterparts will allow for other monster mods to be used, but please be aware that some B-E mechanics will not function at all.

Other than that, you will find the usual balance changes, quality of life updates, and overall helpful features that probably should have been added in earlier. There are more help screens too, but I feel like I forgot to mention a few things. However, it's definitely an improvement than before.

I did want to wait a little longer to release this update, but not only has it been too long already, but there are plans to change the HUD up quite a bit. I thought it would be best to give players one last chance to experience the HUD as it is now before it may be permanently changed. The reason for the change is due to the HUD already taking up a ton of space. Why, you can't even see the Vampiric Gauntlets in their idle state for example!

Also, with what has happened recently on the forums, don't worry, I do not intend to leave or move the mod elsewhere!

As bad as the situation was:
1. I do not have the luxury to move on to another site even if I wanted to, as the mod doesn't even have a large following to warrant it.
2. The last thing I want to do is inconvenience any users who ARE still playing this mod. I am not intending to insult anyone over their choice in this matter either!

I felt like I had more to say, in regards to this update but apparently not. I hope it's fun!

EDIT: It looks like the poll results did not reset for some reason? My apologies to the one person who did cast their vote, unless 16 people DID actually vote, but given the track record of previous polls and how long it took to reach such an amount, that is highly unlikely. Must be yet another bug with the board changes.

Changelog is posted here for easier viewing, but as always can normally be found in the main post!

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v0.12 - 4/26/23
=WEAPONS=
+GENERAL+
-Added 2 new MELEE weapons.
-Added combined weapon types to some existing weapons. Weapons with a sub-type also benefit from items or equipment bonuses that otherwise only affect one family.
-All melee weapons now utilize the "swipe" attack that weapons such as the Galaxy Slicer use.
-Picking up weapon duplicates now grants a static amount of XP for all weapons, rather than being based on the sell price.
-Sell price of elite weapons raised to 35k, up from ~5-9k.
-Fixed sound issue when the player has both the Hyper Burst and Redline.
+ASSASSIN VULCAN+
-Reduced lock on ammo usage per shot to 3, down from 4.
-Alt-fire now only uses 3 ammo, down from 5.
-Increased speed of lock on projectiles slightly.
-Reduced damage of lock on shots, but bonus damage gained per lock on increased.
+BLAZE STREAM+
-Magazine capacity reduced to 50, down from 60. However, it now drains ammo at a much slower rate.
-Now has an additional base effect that makes it more suitable for crowd control or attacking around corners.
-L2 effect triggers less often.
+BLOODLETTER MAGNUM+
-Equipment bonuses for this weapon should now only trigger while the player has said weapon.
-No longer deals random damage. It's base damage has also been reduced, but gains a higher bonus from Blood Orbs.
+BUSTER+
-Will now auto reload if fire is held while the magazine is empty. (Assuming the auto reload option is enabled)
-Buster Shinespark is now achieved via alt-fire rather than Quick Melee.
-Uncharged shots have a reduced damage radius but the damage has been slightly increased.
-Now has better firing sounds and slightly improved visual effects for the projectiles.
+CRASH COMET+
-Reduced amount of ice shards spawned for both L1 and L3.
-Slightly reduced shard damage.
-Shards now rebound off walls. Shards lose gravity after 2 wall bounces, which will then cause them to bounce along the floor.
+CRUSH BLAST+
-Can now fire its old impact shot with primary fire, or the more recent enemy pulling shot with alt-fire.
+DECIMATOR+
-L3 effect can now also be triggered in a lower duration form by casing hits at a 15% chance.
-Increased damage.
-Increased infinite ammo time to 3 seconds at L1, up from 2, and 4 seconds at L2, up from 3.
+DOGFIGHTER MISSILE+
-Reduced explosion sounds of L3 effect.
+FLAME BLOOM DARTS+
-Fixed some effects ignoring ammo check.
-Fixed weapon not being in general weapon drop list from enemies.
-Alt-fire no longer functions while the Status Panel is open.
+FROST SNAP+
-Added more visual firing feedback.
-Added option to disable infinite ammo on Frost Snap.
+GALAXY SLICER+
-Now an elite weapon.
-Slightly increased swing speed.
-Increased swing speed and sword beam damage slightly.
-Fixed not firing out the final slash beam while at full energy from L2 and up.
+GRIND HALBERD+
-Now has an increased swing speed while ignited.
+HUNTING LASER+
-Free shot chance for RAPID weapons has been converted to increased critical strike chance for the Hunting Laser.
-Improved some visual effects.
-Has a slightly lower burst delay, allowing it to fire faster.
-L2 mini lasers should now more reliably track enemies instead of revolving around them.
-Fixed L2 not fully benefiting from Deadeye Strikers (Gloves).
-L3 Options should now more reliably spawn in certain environments.
-L3 Options now fire alternately and also when an automatic reload occurs.
+HYPER BURST+
-L3 explosive orbs now deal more damage in a larger radius.
-L3 orbs can now only be destroyed with the Hyper Burst primary fire shot.
+METAL MONSTROSITY+
-Now has a shorter chain in order to better prevent it from disappearing in terrain. The chain also pushes away enemies.
-Now has the Void element. Growth has been changed to the Slow type to compensate.
+PLASMA SPIDERS+
-Shot damage increased.
+QUICK STRIKE+
-Parry is slightly faster.
-Increased damage of projectiles.
+REDLINE+
-Ammo cost increased to 3 per shot.
-Removed firerate bonus, but no longer has a magazine. Reload now zooms in. (Uses Sniper Cannon scope graphic for now)
-Fixed revving sounds playing a static sound rather than a varied pitch.
+REPEATERS+
-Reduced damage of L1 and L2 plasma stream.
-Reduced L3 effect bonus.
+SCATTER BOMBER+
-Now has an alt-fire which launches lower velocity shots.
-Bounce count has been increased. Damage has been adjusted slightly, mainly increasing damage more with each bounce.
-Shots should no longer get stuck in certain environments, which caused them to rapidly play their destruction sound and animation.
-Projectile tail modified to alleviate framerate issues when many were fired.
+SCRAP LAUNCHER+
-Fixed weapon causing too much damage due to using the incorrect damage property. (Leftover from Decorate)
-Added speed variance to projectiles.
+SHOTWAVE+
-L2 X shot now correctly checks for ammo.
+SNIPER CANNON+
-Level effects have been swapped.
+SPITFIRE+
-L2 alt-fire can now trigger the free shot effect, and also had its ammo cost fixed.
-L2 alt-fire no longer has semi-auto capabilities, but an equipment bonus was added to restore this behavior.
-Fixed some effects ignoring ammo check.
+SPREAD SHOT+
-Can now be switched or fired while playing its "recoil" animation.
+STINGER+
-HUD sprite now changes its "scope" color and plays a sound when the cover bonus effect is activated.
-Increased projectile speed.
-Fixed Stinger activating the cover bonus even when the weapon wasn't currently wielded.
-L3 weapon switch bonus now has a 5 second cooldown.
+STORM MINE+
-Can now be switched or fired while playing its "recoil" animation.
-Projectiles can now be detonated while in flight, rather than only while sticking on surfaces.
-Mines should now cause less framerate issues when 5+ are detonated.
+TOXIC STORM+
-Damage adjusted, with most of the damage being moved from the projectile to the splash damage component. Reduced globule damage.
+TRIPLE WYVERN+
-Weapon has been partially reworked.
-Fixed L2 reloading issue.
+VAMPIRIC GAUNTLETS+
-Added a new damage bonus that builds up when attacking enemies while at full healing energy. A visual indicator will appear when damage is at the maximum.
-Alt-fire (Heal) can now be held.
-Increased damage and range.
-Healing reduced to 2, down from 3, but now only uses 30 energy rather than 50. This means healing can be used 5 times rather than 3 at a full bar.
-Fixed weapon not healing with the last bit of energy, due to energy being checked after it was already depleted.
+VIPER WAVE+
-L3 effect now also has its damage increased depending on the amount of free shots triggered.
-L3 projectiles no longer have additive poison damage, as the damage over time could reach insane levels in a short span of time.
+VOLLEY SHOT+
-Fixed weapon not earning XP from kills.
+BULLET-EYE+
-Removed energy decay and can now only be activated at 100% energy. Energy rates have also been adjusted.
-Bullet-Eye Energy regen is now increased when health is low.
-Added an extra upgrade level from Bullet-Eye Emblems.
-Now causes vending machines to phase out, just like the Frost Snap.
-Made some changes to Bullet-Eye Mode visual effects to alleviate some framerate issues. These should be minor and mostly unnoticeable.

=EQUIPMENT=
-Added 5+ new normal, 2 elite, and 2 fusion equipment items.
-Added 9 new equipment bonuses.
-Added indicator to equipment paper doll frame when an item has low durability.
-Added indicators for elite and fusion equipment pick ups.
-Increased durability of gloves, boots, belts, and arm shields by 50 points.
-Alpha equipment items now cost less to reroll.
-Reduced upgrade cost of equipment from L2 and up.
-Adjusted equipment item drop rates.
-Increased equipment repair costs due to GP being more easily earned now.
-Equipment items sell for much more based on their equipment level.
-Sell price of elite equipment and weapons raised to 35k, up from 3k.
-Sell price of fusion equipment items raised to 25k, up from 3k.
-Fixed OnEnemyKilled not being called for equipment bonuses. This means equipment bonuses that provided something on a kill NEVER worked...
-Disabled all weapon specific damage equipment bonuses. These have been moved to inventory items. (Currently not tracked)
-More equipment bonuses are able to stack, such as some unique weapon bonuses.
-Equipment bonuses that can stack are now denoted by a blue plus (+), rather than "Stackable."
-Equipment bonus Item Scrounger renamed to Scrounger.
-Old Hasty Treads effect has been reimplemented as an equipment bonus.
-Rampage equipment bonus has had its effect chance increased.
-Increased damage value of X Tune Up equipment bonuses to 15%, up from 12%.
-Mag Extend equipment bonuses now affect all weapons in a family, rather than individually. However, the amount increased is a flat amount rather than unique for each weapon.
-Removed Blaze Stream "Fuel Efficient" equipment bonus as the effect is now baseline due to being an Area/Rapid weapon.
-Fixed 1 Fusion item not being in the drop list.
-Increased RAPID Mag Extend equipment bonus value to 10, up from 4.
-increased AREA Mag Extend equipment bonus to 7, up from 5.
-Accessory equipment items are now indestructible.
-All arm shields now have an effect in addition to their original damage reduction and block attributes. Some shields have been reworked or gained an additional ability along with their previous one.
-All weapon family specific equipment items now also have a small damage boost to weapons of that type in order to make the items more attractive.
-War Visor has a new effect. Original effect changed and moved to leg armor.
-Forged Helmet now only drops small Shield Capsules with a reduced chance.
-Tech Guard (Helmet): Reduced movement speed value provided by Speed Strike Orbs while equipped.
-Sentry's Guard (Helmet) will now always create a turret from an item or weapon capsule.
-Sensory Combat Helm: Reduced amount of healing provided.
-Adrenaline Visor attack speed bonus now lasts 4 seconds, up from 2.
-Towering Bazubands (Gloves) no longer grant a movement speed bonus on an overkill, and instead grant increased Bullet-Eye Energy regeneration.
-Spike Guards (Gloves) damage radius has been increased.
-Vital Gloves health bonus and chance to gain health from Bullet-Eye Mode kills increased.
-Energy Conversion Gloves now cause Attack and Speed Strike Orbs to grant 2 health, and Defense Strike Orbs to grant 1 Energy Screen layer.
-Hasty Treads (Boots) no longer grant a movement speed boost, but now reduce inventory item cooldowns by roughly 20%. This will not update on the HUD at the moment however, until an item is used.
-Hover Jets (Boots) effect lasts slightly longer.
-Siegebreaker Combat Boots are now a MELEE augmenter equipment item.
-Energizing Ammo (Accessory) now has an internal cooldown.
-Hidden Ace (Accessory) durability increased to match the durability value boost of elite items.
-Hidden Ace (Accessory) effect chance is now increased based on Dread Level.
-Recon Vest now has an additional effect.
-Dread Trooper Mail (Armor) has been added to the general elite item pool.
-Combat Armor: Fortress max damage taken value changed to 5, up from 3.
-Belt of the Ferocious Wolf duration increased to 5 seconds, up from 3.
-Inversion Belt effect slightly changed.
-Resourceful Belt is now an elite item.
-Assault Pauldrons will now only restore the first level charge for Repeaters.
-Reactive Shield stacking block effect increased to 3%, up from 2%.
-The Frozen Guard (Shield) has improved block sounds.
-Clarified Sniper Cannon: Scoped Doom equipment bonus to state it is a L3 bonus effect.
-Enemy attacks should now damage the player's Energy Screen while the Barrier Gauntlets are equipped at Dread Level 0.
-Fixed some Fusion equipment items not showing a red border when you already have their fused item.
-Fixed crashing issue with Belt of the Venomous Wolf.
-Fixed a fusion item being available from the equipment gacha.
-Fixed Belt of the Arctic/Toxic Wolf not showing their proper HUD icons.
-Fixed Belt of the Veterans allowing firing while in the status panel during Bullet-Eye Mode.
-Fixed Defender Ammo/Solar Striker Mail triggering too often.
-Fixed Total Destruction Helmet HUD counter showing Victory Armor counter graphic.
-Fixed Guard Visor not granting invincibility when Bullet-Eye Mode was active.
-Fixed Bomb Dispensers (Shoulders) bombs exploding twice.
-Fixed Towering Bazubands (Gloves) not showing the buff indicator when active.
-Fixed Icewrath War Boots not breaking item safes in one hit.
-Removed old code causing Hasty Treads to launch the player forward when crouching and initiating a quick melee attack.

=PLAYER/ABILITIES=
-Flash Guard frame now flashes red when energy is low. An option can be set to the preferred "red zone".
-Flash Guard now only reflects projectiles within a short time frame, but reflected attacks now deal major damage.
-Perfect Flash Guard Counter has been implemented and grants some Bullet-Eye Energy and score when successful. A visual effect and sound will be shown when it triggers.
-Quick Melee should now be able to pass through Flash Guard.
-Fixed Quick Melee dealing unintentional extra damage.
-Ice element freezes look nicer.
-Ice Bulwarks can no longer slide on walls, as it prevented impact damage towards enemies.
-Ice Bulwarks are now fully bright in dark areas. Their radius has also been reduced and were made slightly more transparent.
-Reduced damage of lightning element chain damage. This is to balance out the fact the element's damage can be stacked much higher now.
-Changed Void element instant kill sound effect to emit from the actual visual instead of enemies.

=ITEMS=
-Energy Screens once again have more than one layer removed if an attack is particularly damaging.
-Reimplemented Weapon Enhancers. These instantly grant 250 weapon XP per pick up.
-New tiny ammo items have been implemented. This will drop from enemies instead of the larger ammo types.
-Added 10+ new inventory items.
-Defense Strike Orb now reduces damage taken by 20%, down from 30%.
-Adjusted drop rate of elite items.
-Adjusted drop rates of ammo lock boxes.
-Ammo dropped from enemies is always picked up regardless of current ammo.
-Adjusted some ammo pick up amounts.
-Dropped ammo items now reduce in size as they decay.
-Ammo dropped from Ammo Lockboxes now decays.
-Collectible items now grant GP equal to their score bonus.
-Adjusted spawn chance of red treasure chests and they now always drop fusion equipment if the requirements are met.
-Fusion Chests can now be found very rarely where treasure chests usually spawn.
-The quality of chests dropped from enemies now improves depending on the Dread Level. Lower than 8 will drop the standard wooden chests, while anything higher will drop the red treasure chests.
-Green Item Safes can now be opened with one quick melee hit.
-Elite item crates have a new sprite.
-Enemies can now drop Fusion equipment rarely on Dread Level 12+
-Reduced ammo drops from enemies.
-Ammo items can no longer spawn vending machines.
-Survivors now only give +1 to Offense Item Power, rather than 2.
-Changed the way food inventory items work. They now heal a base amount, in addition to granting a healing over time effect. They now heal more overall, but at a staggered rate.
-Groundbreaker Bomb (inventory) cooldown increased to 8 seconds, up from 6.
-Fixed Haste Drink (inventory) pick up being invisible.
-Flash Serum (inventory) can no longer be used at full Flash Guard energy.
-Corrosive Throwing Blades (inventory) had its damage adjusted.
-Removed passive effects of the only two inventory items that had them.
-Removed special (invisible) chest "reveal" timer, as it wasn't working right and the chests are easy to find than originally intended these days anyway.
-Fixed not being able to pick up duplicate inventory items if at 8 unique items even if under the max capacity.
-Fixed bonus damage that offensive inventory items gained, which lead to some items dealing 950+ damage due to a miscalculation.
-Fixed Bullet-Eye Emblems continuously displaying the max capacity up message on new pick ups when already at the max upgrade level.

=ENEMIES=
+GENERAL+
-Individual enemies can now be switched to their vanilla counterparts or modified vanilla types. This allows players to use other enemy mods, but note that some B-E mechanics will not work.
-Added new unique enemy Monitaur. (Only spawns with special spawns enabled)
-Increased mass of high tier enemies. This means they can no longer be knocked back our pushed away as easily.
-Made some improvements to some enemy projectiles and effects to help alleviate framerate issues.
-XP and B-E Energy acquisitions from kills are now based on enemy health, rather than being a random set amount.
-Lowered some enemy damage sounds. (The general sounds that play when an enemy gets hit (Not pain sounds))
-Special enemy spawns (Avatar of Agony, Monitaur, etc.) is now an option that can be toggled.
-Corrected some enemy behavior when made into allies. Example: Friendly Phase Reapers kept trying to do the warp slash attack when the player was close.
-Fixed bug that prevented some enemies (friendly or not) from damaging each other with melee.
+ABERWRAITHER+
Ground Ravager attack has a slightly longer delay before the explosions trigger.
-Visual effects should no longer teleport.
+AVATAR OF AGONY+
-Fixed enemy not having a chance to dodge their own reflected shots due to incorrect code.
+BOUNDER+
-Fixed Bounders some times going invisible.
+CRUSHER+
-Fixed enemy using Scrap Shield too often when at low health.
-Adjusted Scrap Shield cooldown.
+DREAD TROOPER+
-Dread Trooper projectile speed has been reduced and they now have a slightly longer attack start up along with a new audio cue before firing.
+GARGANT+
-Fixed enemy not being affected by Lobolashi howls while stealthed.
+INVADING SWARMER+
-Now has less aggressive dodging, and waits for a short time after a dodge before initiating an action.
-Now have a visual and sound indication before they counter attack.
-Projectile spawn height increased to match the projectile spawn height of the Doom Imp.
-Fixed enemy some times not firing a shot while playing its firing animation.
+LOBOLASHI+
-Howl effect should now appear less pixelated.
-Can no longer howl if the player cannot be seen.
-Lobolashi deaths/"deaths" should now activate sectors sooner assuming they were used to activate 666 tagged sectors.
+MAG ROADER+
-Fixed shot impacts only appearing rarely due to special movement code that would destroy the projectile before it had a chance to spawn the effect.
-Reduced damage range of ground flames.
+NEO SQUID+
-Can no longer open doors.
+PHASE REAPER+
-Movement delay change has been reverted.
+RIVETING GRENADIER+
-Holograms now disappear when the enemy dies.
+SPIDER MASTERMIND+
-Fixed bug where enemy wasn't taking radius damage.

=MISC.=
-Options screen has been cleaned up.
-Dread Level can now be set to 20.
-Added 8 new map music tracks.
-A new override option has been added that only allows enemies with firearms/weapons to drop ammo.
-Special props have been reimplemented and can be toggled on or off with an option under Overrides. Default is off.
-Added an option to force reset keys, meant for certain mapsets.
-Added option to enable panel which displays map stats. (kills, items, secrets)
-Added new option to show (red) treasure chest markers on the map.
-Score earned from kills is increased depending on Dread Level and spawn health.
-Added more help screens.
-Fixed Flash Guard and Quick Melee upgrade vending machines moving away after purchasing an item.
-Fixed Health Vending Machine price not showing.
-Added more possible spawn points for vending machines. Vending machines were unintentionally made rare due to previous spawn changes.
-Vending Machines should hopefully no longer spawn from some items dropped from enemies.
-Repositioned Bullet-Eye emblem on HUD slightly so it is no longer touching the inventory item box.
-DECORATE no longer exists in the mod. Some weapons could still use code streamlining, but everything is now ZScript. (Other than ACS files)

[Mor'Ladim]

Here is a shot of the HUD rework! Keep in mind this is done on a new branch that is "overhauling" some things (more on that in a bit):



The changes are as follows:
- The health and shield bar was made much smaller, and when the player is low on health, the whole frame will flash red, rather than there being a glow behind said frame.
- The magazine counter font (green numbers to the right) was made smaller, and now also displays your total ammo reserves for that ammo type.
- The new weapon bar! It's much more compact, and the weapon type is displayed below each weapon icon as a colored bar. For example, in the screenshot, there is an Area, Rapid, Area, and Melee weapon in that order. The bar below is the new B-E Energy bar. The keys and equipment lock icons are also attached to this weapon bar instead of being separate entities!
- The panel with the colored bars on the bottom right corner is of course the ammo tally.

As for the aforementioned overhaul, I've seen some talk that the mod is all over the place (which I have been aware of and made mention of that fact several times in previous posts), but no one says exactly WHAT problems they have with the mod or WHY. Sure, this is something a mod author needs to figure out on their own, but it doesn't hurt to have somewhere to start. Personally, I saw nothing wrong with the mod, but I suppose that is because I enjoy progression or RPG elements in games. For instance, I can never go back and play a game like Sonic the Hedgehog for the Sega Genesis because the only form of progression in that game is made by clearing levels and not much else. But I do admit this is a bad way to develop a mod, where it seems like I don't consider the playerbase (even if untrue).

In any case, here are some changes being made to reduce the amount of mechanics in the mod:
- Equipment durability is gone. You can still upgrade gear (which is in talks of being removed also, but I am leaning towards no) and reroll the bonuses, but anything that affected durability or displayed it is gone.
- Weapon XP is gone. You once again level up a weapon by collecting a duplicate of it.
- Vending machines have been removed. There wasn't really a need for them when anything that they sell can be found out in the world.
- Enemy damage and health bonuses from Dread Levels has been reduced drastically. They will feel less like damage sponges and you can survive longer against them on a higher DL. Though, Dread Levels themselves may be removed or at least the total number reduced.
- You can now only carry one of each type of inventory item, with the total max of unique items still being 8. Some are still single use, but others have been made infinite use with a GP cost to activate them.
- Weapons are much more scarce, and now only spawn from high tier weapon spawns, such as the Super Shotgun and Plasma Rifle. Enemies can still drop their unique weapons however, such as the Dread Trooper's Stinger. To compensate, two roulette weapon capsules spawn right in front of the player on a game start.

I don't believe I missed anything in the overview. There may be more changes as this version is internally tested more, but I believe the adjustments made so far will make the mod feel less convoluted. I am not entirely sure if this will replace the existing version or if it will be a separate branch, meaning there will be two versions that are updated and players can download, but we will see when the time comes.

If players wish to test this version, it can be found here.

[Some_Kinda_Lucky]

Hello Mor! First time ever posting here, I just wanna start by saying that Bullet-Eye is easily one of my favorite Doom mods ever made, it's mix of fast paced arcade action with deep but not convoluted RPG mechanics makes for an addictive experience that'll never grow tiring. That being said after playing around with the Overhaul build for about an hour I was sadly disappointed with the changes that were made. First one being the removal of equipment durability, not having to worry about a beloved piece of gear being destroyed makes combat feel less high stakes and meaningful. Second is the removal of weapon XP, which (much like equipment durability) makes fights feel less impactful and removes a key part of the mod's addictive progression system, Third and lastly is the removal of vending machines, which served as nice little shortcuts to building a better loadout, being able to spend your hard earned GP to buy equipment, ammo, Quick melee and Flash guard upgrades and Old world manuals gave cash so much more meaning than it does in the Overhaul build, where (combined with not having to buy weapon XP and repair equipment) it feels way less useful overall. I also love the Dread Level system as it is in v0.12, if anything I hope you keep adding Dread Levels far past 20 so that players can truly customize how easy or hard their Bullet-Eye session is. Honestly every change made in the Overhaul build feels like a downgrade from how everything is in v0.12 except for the new HUD which is fantastic. This is all just one persons opinion of course and if you feel that the Overhaul is the best course for this mod than you should continue working on it, I will say that making two separate branches for the mod is probably the best option, have Bullet-Eye stay as the Run&Gun/RPG hybrid and make the Overhaul a separate experience called Bullet-Eye Arcade or something like that, then both sides will be happy. Whatever you end up doing, this'll always be one of the best mods Doom has to offer and I will always stick by it's side. I look forward to seeing it's future as it makes it's way to v1.0.

[Mor'Ladim]

Hello Mor! First time ever posting here, I just wanna start by saying that Bullet-Eye is easily one of my favorite Doom mods ever made, it's mix of fast paced arcade action with deep but not convoluted RPG mechanics makes for an addictive experience that'll never grow tiring. That being said after playing around with the Overhaul build for about an hour I was sadly disappointed with the changes that were made. First one being the removal of equipment durability, not having to worry about a beloved piece of gear being destroyed makes combat feel less high stakes and meaningful. Second is the removal of weapon XP, which (much like equipment durability) makes fights feel less impactful and removes a key part of the mod's addictive progression system, Third and lastly is the removal of vending machines, which served as nice little shortcuts to building a better loadout, being able to spend your hard earned GP to buy equipment, ammo, Quick melee and Flash guard upgrades and Old world manuals gave cash so much more meaning than it does in the Overhaul build, where (combined with not having to buy weapon XP and repair equipment) it feels way less useful overall. I also love the Dread Level system as it is in v0.12, if anything I hope you keep adding Dread Levels far past 20 so that players can truly customize how easy or hard their Bullet-Eye session is. Honestly every change made in the Overhaul build feels like a downgrade from how everything is in v0.12 except for the new HUD which is fantastic. This is all just one persons opinion of course and if you feel that the Overhaul is the best course for this mod than you should continue working on it, I will say that making two separate branches for the mod is probably the best option, have Bullet-Eye stay as the Run&Gun/RPG hybrid and make the Overhaul a separate experience called Bullet-Eye Arcade or something like that, then both sides will be happy. Whatever you end up doing, this'll always be one of the best mods Doom has to offer and I will always stick by it's side. I look forward to seeing it's future as it makes it's way to v1.0.

Thank you for the feedback! Again, I personally don't see anything wrong with it myself since that is the type of gameplay I like (and not everyone has the same tastes), but I want to at least meet halfway with reviewing the mechanics and features of the mod. The overhaul branch is still in its early stages so there are quite a few things that need to be changed, or even reimplemented, but in a better state.

One of the intentions I had with the mod was to add "evergreen" content, so that you can go back and play mapsets with new features and weaponry as updates rolled out. Sure, you can always replay a mapset with any mod, but personally I have always been fascinated by seeing how newer content interacts with older content. For example, how would things work in an FPS game's base game maps with weapons found in an expansion pack for said game? Unfortunately, I've learned in this community that a lot of players prefer simplicity, which explains why the run of the mill weapon mods are far more popular. I for one could never see how a game could be much fun when you are using a shotgun 80% of the time with a one and done arsenal that will NEVER change.

I just hope the people who didn't like the mod as it was before actually intend to give the new version a shot, otherwise this effort is all for nothing.

[Mor'Ladim]

Apologies for the double post, but here is a message from Ace that I am sure will explain things better than I did:

Hey, Ace here (co-dev, sorta). I wanna say something with regards to the overhaul and why most of the recent commits have been "removed X", which I'm sure makes a lot of people go "ouchie oof". Bullet-Eye has had a feature creep problem for a while now, partly because it's Mor's testbed and he wants his ideas to come true, along with people's suggestions not getting evaluated properly, and partly because programming go brrrr so I end up implementing all of it when he asks. Most of this was half-assed features meant to solve problems created by other features, which in turn creates even more issues. This kind of snowballed into a mess of mechanics that did not necessarily play well together.

So the idea of removing most things is to bring the mod to a "baseline" level of features - things close to the mod's core design principles. Once that's done, the second phase is to see what's flawed in those and fix it, but within the confines of said design principles. Too many times the symptom had been treated instead of the cause, which is kind of how we ended up with weapon durability, equipment durability, currency inflation worse than Venezuela's, and generally all sorts of crap that made the mod feel more like a Diablo clone with a bad case of Borderlands than ye olde arcade shooter.

The overhaul branch means to correct all that. Some features like dread level may be reimplemented in the future, but with different effects that are more in line with the already-balanced mod. In short, please have patience, we're not gonna stop when the mod is barebones. In fact, that's when the real work begins. But it will take a while.

I do want to add that part of the problem with said feature creep is because if I see an idea I like in a game, I also want something similar in Bullet-Eye, which of course is really, REALLY bad design philosophy. For example, the previously locked chests idea was pulled from Enter the Gungeon. The idea of equipment bonuses was inspired by both a Diablo 1 mod called "The Hell 2", and Shadow Warrior 2's gems system. I've actually stopped asking for help with new major features recently because I did realize that it was probably getting to be too much adding all these new systems in, so I was going to just stick with what I had.

I hope those that are still with us will have some patience to see where we take the mod!