[v1.1] The False Angel - Fight Like Hell ... with Style!

[D3athStalker]

ModDB page
GZDoom v4.14+ Patch

(This is where I will be uploading the download links, gameplay pictures and videos)

The False Angel is a gameplay mod that is heavily influenced by fast-paced FPS games like Doom Eternal and stylish-action games like Devil May Cry. This mod puts you in the shoes of Victoria Noire, a rogue Nephilim, which is the title of the humans that get abducted by Maykrs and be granted unimaginable power and eternal life, at the cost of giving up their own free will and becoming their puppets.

This gameplay mod offers:
- Multiple combat styles that you can cycle between whenever you want.
- An extremely versatile arsenal with multiple primary and secondary firemodes.
- Each firearm having a secondary ammunition type.
- A pair of equally versatile melee weapons.
- An angelic form, called Seraphic State, which not only gives damage boost and resistance, but also changes the mechanics of some of the abilities and firemodes.
- Compatibility with monster mods.
- An in-game mod guide that explains every single detail of the mod.

Before you start playing the mod:
- Bind the essential buttons!
- Read the introduction section of the mod guide.

Recommended monster mods:
- Brutal Doom monsters
- Enhanced Vanilla Project monsters
- Complex Doom monsters
- Colourful Hell monsters

This list is incomplete and meant to be a quick summary, you can find the details about the following gameplay elements in the mod guide section.

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ROGUE STYLE
This style revolves around agility and deception.

(Tap) Style Button 1 - Dash
(Tap) Style Button 2 - Blink
(Midair) Crouch - Blink Down
(Hold and Release) Style Button 1 - Fade
(Hold and Release) Style Button 2 - Quicksilver


ASSASSIN STYLE
This style revolves around melee and close quarters combat.

Primary Fire - Assassin Fire
(Press) Style Button 1 - Alternate Melee Attack
(Tap) Style Button 2 - Execution
(Hold and Release) Style Button 2 - Trance


MARKSMAN STYLE
This style revolves around medium and long range combat.

Primary Fire - Marksman Fire
(Scoped weapon) - Alt Fire - Zoom
(Press) Style Button 1 - Infrared Vision
(Tap) Style Button 2 - Combustion
(Hold and Release) Style Button 2 - Prolificacy

GUARDIAN STYLE
This style revolves around defense and counterattacks.

Passive - Aegis Gauge
(Hold) Style Button 1 - Block Stance
(Press) Style Button 2 - Unleash
(Right before an attack connects) Style Button 1 - Perfect Block
(Right before an attack connects) Style Button 2 - Perfect Unleash
(during Block) Style Button 2 - Aegis Barrier
(during Block) Melee Button - Vengeance
(during Block) Seraphic State Button - Untouchable

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"VIRTUE AND VICE" REVOLVERS

Victoria's custom revolvers. They support multiple caliber types. They're also your starting weapon.

Regular Fire - Bang Bang
Marksman Fire - Reflector
Assassin Fire - Double Action

Ammo Type #1 - Intermediate Rounds
Alt Fire #1 - Kinetic Shot

Ammo Type #2 - Nitro Express Rounds
Alt Fire #2 - Lock and Load

"JUDGMENT" LEVER-ACTION SHOTGUN

A vintage style lever-action shotgun.

Regular Fire - Boomstick
Marksman Fire - Dual Wield
Assassin Fire - Full Auto

Ammo Type #1 - Buckshot Shells
Alt Fire #1 - Thumper

Ammo Type #2 - Flechette Shells
Alt Fire #2 - Sniper Shot


"GEMINI" HEAVY PUMP-ACTION SHOTGUN

A double barreled pump-action shotgun.

Regular Fire - Twin Barrels
Marksman Fire - One-Two
Assassin Fire - Overload

Ammo Type #1 - Flare Shells
Alt Fire #1 - Wire Snatch

Ammo Type #2 - Black Napalm Shells
Alt Fire #2 - Ultra-Violet


"ROYALSTORM" ASSAULT RIFLE

A triple-barreled heavy assault rifle engineered specifically for sustained firepower.

Regular Fire - Steady Fire
Marksman Fire - Triple Threat
Assassin Fire - Iron Curtain

Ammo Type #1 - Full Metal Jacket Rounds
Alt Fire #1 - Cyclone

Ammo Type #2 - Thunderbolt Rounds
Alt Fire #2 - Static Shock


"VALENTINE" ASSAULT CANNON

Multi-purpose low-powered railgun that shoots special stake-shaped, rocket-propelled crystal rounds loaded with grenades, which are labeled as "thorns".

Regular Fire - Bondage
Marksman Fire - Polecat
Assassin Fire - Temptation

Ammo Type #1 - High Explosive Rounds
Alt Fire #1 - Ecstacy

Ammo Type #2 - Armor Piercing Rounds
Alt Fire #2 - Euphoria


"AURORA" HYBRID ENERGY GUN

Aurora is one of the cutting-edge weapons that came from the Sun-Moon project. It is a hybrid energy weapon that contains both a thermal generator and a cryogenic generator.

Regular Fire - Plasma Burst
Marksman Fire - Australis
Assassin Fire - Borealis

Ammo Type #1 - Pyroengine
Alt Fire #1 - Flashbang

Ammo Type #2 - Cryoengine
Alt Fire #2 - Crystal


"ASTRAEUS" RAYCASTER

Astraeus is a heavy raygun that shoots extremely deadly rays. It is a high precision gun that requires good aiming for best use.

Regular Fire - Fission
Marksman Fire - Star Shaft
Assassin Fire - Supernova

Ammo Type #1 - Photonic Engine
Alt Fire #1 - Lightbringer

Ammo Type #2 - Synchrotronic Engine
Alt Fire #2 - Coronal Burst


"CINDER AND GLACIER" LIGHTSABERS

A pair of Sun-Moon energy swords. Cinder is powered by a pyroengine, dealing fire debuff on hit; while Glacier is powered by a cryoengine, dealing ice debuff on hit. Your starting melee weapon.

(mash) Melee - Cinder and Glacier string
Back, Back, Melee - Prism
Forward, Forward, Melee - Blistering Blizzard
Crouch + Melee - Rising Beacon
Alt Melee - Cross-Up
Forward, Forward, Alt Melee - Vortex
Back, Back, Alt Melee - Round Trip


"WYVERN" BLAZING CHAINSWORD

A heavy sword with two blades and a chainsaw in-between. The weapon can also be revved to increase the torque of the saw blades and make it spew fire.

(mash) Melee - Wyvern string
(hold) Melee - Saw
Back, Back, Melee - Guillotine
Forward, Forward, Melee - Heat Wave
Crouch + Melee - Rising Dragon
Alt Melee - Sword Rev
(after any attack) Alt Melee - Instant Rev
Forward, Forward, (hold) Alt Melee - Red Reaper
Back, Back, Alt Melee - Fire Tornado

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SERAPHIC STATE
Unleash your angel form and grant yourself a variety of buffs by unleashing the mana you have managed to accumulate.

Its buffs include:
Speed Boost
Damage Boost
Damage Resistance
Health Regeneration
Ability Enhancements
Weapon Enhancements
Triple Jump

[Captain J]

Oh wow. Holy smokes. This gameplay mod is the best thing i've ever played this year! The animations, settings, weapon sprites, sound effects and visuals are all beautiful.

Let alone the protag having akimbo revolver and a freakin' Chainsword is very cool, but Meat and Potatoes of this mod being in my opinion, would be making your own killing style. It provides a CRAPTON of offense options like alt-fire, ammo type, temp-berserk weapon style, sword types and etc. You just can beat the levels with any kind of style you'd like to make, increasing the replay value.

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- Marksman style on Judgement Shotgun wields double. But when i press Alt-Fire, the left gun disappears, only firing one nade.

Plus its no ammo animation shows her third arm for a sec

- Marksman style on Vice and Virtue Revolvers makes you wield only Virtue? The white one. But when you press Alt-Fire, it changes into Vice for a second, graphically.

- Assassin style on Vice and Virtue Revolvers act the same, but with Vice, the black one? Anyways when you activate Seraphic state and then press Alt-Fire, the animation flickers a bit.

- I wish Aurora Energy gun's Glaciers melt real fast on Pyroengine's flames because when the battle's over, they mostly block the passage and doesn't do nothin'.

- I've noticed something while going through Underhalls. The items quota always stands at 56% despite beating multiple times.

Heck, even in Entryway the Items couldn't reach 100% quota. Something's got that important item tag, i'm sure of it.

- Backpack still remains as a vanilla one. Also for some reason doesn't extend the ammo capacity.

And lastly, it makes me think if Bayonetta was FPS, also in Doom. It exceeds my satisfactions and i thank ya for the excellent mod that deserves Cacoward of the year.

[Carrotear]

Some of the effects tanks my framerate but this mod is so cool that I barely care.

[D3athStalker]

Thanks for the kind comments, it means a lot to me.

- Marksman style on Judgement Shotgun wields double. But when i press Alt-Fire, the left gun disappears, only firing one nade.

Yeah the alt-fires were planned to be made with only one weapon. I might make a dual-wield version of it later (although I'm probably gonna make Sniper Shot single wield only due to having to use the scope).

Plus its no ammo animation shows her third arm for a sec

- Marksman style on Vice and Virtue Revolvers makes you wield only Virtue? The white one. But when you press Alt-Fire, it changes into Vice for a second, graphically.

- Assassin style on Vice and Virtue Revolvers act the same, but with Vice, the black one? Anyways when you activate Seraphic state and then press Alt-Fire, the animation flickers a bit.

Yeah, I need to work on alt fire anims in general, some of them have kinda weird anims in general.
And Yeah, Marksman and Assassin styles for the revolvers allow you to wield them separately and they are different mechanically compared to wielding both of them.

- I wish Aurora Energy gun's Glaciers melt real fast on Pyroengine's flames because when the battle's over, they mostly block the passage and doesn't do nothin'.

Are you talking about the Crystal wall? You can explode them with Combustion (Marksman style ability) or Flashbang (Aurora's Pyroengine alt fire).

- I've noticed something while going through Underhalls. The items quota always stands at 56% despite beating multiple times.

Heck, even in Entryway the Items couldn't reach 100% quota. Something's got that important item tag, i'm sure of it.

Hmm, I never really paid attention to item counts, I always tend to skip it. But I'll check it out.

- Backpack still remains as a vanilla one. Also for some reason doesn't extend the ammo capacity.

True, honestly I haven't decided what to do with the ammo capacity of this mod yet.

Some of the effects tanks my framerate but this mod is so cool that I barely care.

Which ones are those again? I haven't really focused on the optimization of the effects that much, so I will try to make the heaviest effects much lighter for a future update.

[Zonky]

yo this is really fuckin good! Love the weapon animations and gameplay styles, my brain is too tiny to comprehend some stuff but I'll get the hang of it eventually lmao

[CanisLaticanis]

Okay this is impressive but holy moly it lags my laptop like mad. Serephic state in particular tanks my framerate something fierce, and maybe also have an option to remove the particle smoke from firing weapons and the Wyvern's attacks? The Aurora also lags like crazy, much more than the plasma rifle from Doom Incarnate for some reason.

Speaking of oddities, the mod guide images/text get cut off on my screen - my screen is 1080p but I'm playing windowed, so it's admittedly a weird aspect ratio.

[Carrotear]

Mainly the smoke effects.

[Dr_Cosmobyte]

Congratulations on the release, friend!

I still haven't tried it on LZDoom, but this is already a hit from the very start. Great job.

[Captain J]

Some of the effects tanks my framerate but this mod is so cool that I barely care.

Which ones are those again? I haven't really focused on the optimization of the effects that much, so I will try to make the heaviest effects much lighter for a future update.

Speaking of, Aurora Energy gun did drop the framerate each time i fired it for seconds. Otherwise, the mod runs just fine.

[Jeimuzu73]

Wow, downloading this took nearly half a gig...and it was worth it. First impressions are great, played with the Sun Damage Oden enemies mod.
The many combat styles and ammo types do give the weapons versatility, though I just stick to one style most of the time.
Backpack pickups remain unchanged though. Maybe a fitting replacement for an ammo cap increase would be nice.
Vic herself looks like the love child between Samus and Dante, not that I would actually ship the two together. Inb4 someone makes some..."fascinating" fanart of her.

[Snake]

I love this, epic work, so many ways to kill enemies, awesome styles, awesome gameplay. Now this mod in my collection of favorite doom mods!

[QuakedoomNukem Cz]

Another fantastic gameplay mod from you. I have not played any DMC games yet, but I have seen a fair bit of footage to understand what they are about and how they work.

But what I can tell you is that there might be a strange bug with Wyvern, when using the Assassin Style:

[CanisLaticanis]

So I pushed through the laggy stuff - it runs okay enough that it's not too painful - and I have to say: this is absolutely brilliant. If this doesn't get a Cacoward I will be very disappointed with the awards team.

Some comments in no particular order:

• Holy crap the animations are smooth as butter and delightfully satisfying. I think the only other time I've seen animations this good was Project MSX.
• The fact that every weapon has a multitude of firing modes (between standard/marksman/assassin fire and the two ammo types) makes for a lot of options in a small number of weapons.
• Sound effects are properly beefy in all the right ways, though the Royalstorm sounds a bit more... pop-y than I'd like? It's got a bit of a high pitch at the end of the firing sound. Might just be me, though!
• Thoughts on the Backpack: maybe it increases some ammo types by different amounts, or increases the amount of ammo in pickups?
• The 'Ultra-violet' grenades and 'Crystal' icewall are nice, but I wish there were more ways to trigger them than using Combustion - they feel like they'd be ripe for other combos. Valentine explosions maybe?
• Revving the Wyvern seems to have oddly tight timing. Would be nice if it was a bit easier, or maybe an option to just hold alt-melee. (Not talking about instant rev though, that's fine.)
• Rogue Style's dash doesn't seem to play nice with ZMovement modes that allow for better air control, specifically Build/Dusk/Painkiller.
• Sometimes using blink doesn't seem to actually teleport? It makes the particle effect show up on both ends but goes nowhere.

... welp, I was writing this and faffing around in Beyond Reality when I managed to get a Very Fatal Error out of GZDoom. I've attached the crash report; it encountered an access violation when I fired the Aurora's secondary fire out into the skybox.

[D3athStalker]

Okay this is impressive but holy moly it lags my laptop like mad. Serephic state in particular tanks my framerate something fierce, and maybe also have an option to remove the particle smoke from firing weapons and the Wyvern's attacks? The Aurora also lags like crazy, much more than the plasma rifle from Doom Incarnate for some reason.

Speaking of oddities, the mod guide images/text get cut off on my screen - my screen is 1080p but I'm playing windowed, so it's admittedly a weird aspect ratio.

Mainly the smoke effects.

Got it, togglable smoke is gonna be one of the main priorities of the following update, then.

Also I don't know how I'll be able to fix the guide images other than making them smaller, although I don't want to make them any smaller, otherwise they'd be unplayable at that point. I'll probably add a separate pdf file for the mod guide pages.

Congratulations on the release, friend!

I still haven't tried it on LZDoom, but this is already a hit from the very start. Great job.

I don't think it's compatible with LZDoom, most likely due to some of the ZScript stuff.

Another fantastic gameplay mod from you. I have not played any DMC games yet, but I have seen a fair bit of footage to understand what they are about and how they work.

But what I can tell you is that there might be a strange bug with Wyvern, when using the Assassin Style:

Uhh, I can't exactly see the bug in this video. Could you elaborate what's happening?

So I pushed through the laggy stuff - it runs okay enough that it's not too painful - and I have to say: this is absolutely brilliant. If this doesn't get a Cacoward I will be very disappointed with the awards team.

Some comments in no particular order:

• Holy crap the animations are smooth as butter and delightfully satisfying. I think the only other time I've seen animations this good was Project MSX.
• The fact that every weapon has a multitude of firing modes (between standard/marksman/assassin fire and the two ammo types) makes for a lot of options in a small number of weapons.
• Sound effects are properly beefy in all the right ways, though the Royalstorm sounds a bit more... pop-y than I'd like? It's got a bit of a high pitch at the end of the firing sound. Might just be me, though!
• Thoughts on the Backpack: maybe it increases some ammo types by different amounts, or increases the amount of ammo in pickups?
• The 'Ultra-violet' grenades and 'Crystal' icewall are nice, but I wish there were more ways to trigger them than using Combustion - they feel like they'd be ripe for other combos. Valentine explosions maybe?
• Revving the Wyvern seems to have oddly tight timing. Would be nice if it was a bit easier, or maybe an option to just hold alt-melee. (Not talking about instant rev though, that's fine.)
• Rogue Style's dash doesn't seem to play nice with ZMovement modes that allow for better air control, specifically Build/Dusk/Painkiller.
• Sometimes using blink doesn't seem to actually teleport? It makes the particle effect show up on both ends but goes nowhere.

... welp, I was writing this and faffing around in Beyond Reality when I managed to get a Very Fatal Error out of GZDoom. I've attached the crash report; it encountered an access violation when I fired the Aurora's secondary fire out into the skybox.

- I'm still thinking of the future fate of the backpack and the overall ammo capacity of the mod. I will most certainly make a proper backpack replacement after that.
- Good point. Crystal wall can be destroyed with Flashbang as well, but Combustion is the only method for destroying Ultra-Violet grenades at the moment.
- Wyvern's rev in my opinion is fair at the moment, if not even forgiving (compared to Nero's max-act from DMC4 and 5).
- Yeah, it's made with Quake movement in mind, since it doesn't really work with Dusk movement. I haven't really tried the other movements.
- True, Blink is kind of janky at the moment code-wise. I don't know why it sometimes doesn't work. But I will try to fix it for the future update.

[QuakedoomNukem Cz]

It's the rapid charging of the Wyvern and quick recharging. You can see the keyboard input in the health bar (I messed up the transparency), but I have my Melee set to F and the secondary style button on V and when you press the two at the same time when you have a charge, it goes apeshit.