ArmyOfOZ [modern/human monster replacer]

[DeeDeeOZ]

Army Of Oz is my attempt at a simple modern military monster replacer for Doom.

A small South American country previously unimportant in the grand scheme of
things has made a recent discovery of new extremely valuable resources.
This has attracted the attention of a shady investor with deals too good to be
true. The president unwise in the ways of the world took the deal and by the time
things started looking fishy it was already too late. The entire country was now
completely in the control of one power hungry madman, his elite hired mercenaries
and a huge army of conscripts/militia/thugs and soldiers all at his beck and call.

And now he's the president, what schemes will they commit next?
who will stop them? ...you?


This is pretty much a all(mostly) human only monster replacer that should work
with pretty much any weapon only gameplay mod. There is a whole bunch of cool
weapon packs but very few human only monster replacers so until I get of my ass
and finish all my goon sprites why not take on the Army of Oz.

IMPORTANT NOTES.
couple of important things about mod.
-all enemies are ground based (sorry no drones, choppers) I understand this slightly
breaks compatibility with some stuff. but most of the replacements still work well
and honestly, I think it just feels better.
-all enemies shoot projectiles, tracers/rockets etc. no hitscan, so strafe away.
-melee enemies hurt, they might not seem like much of a threat but they can wear you
down fast so be careful.
-my shotguns shoot slugs, single hard hitting shots that hurt alot, lower tier shotgunners
have worse accuracy and damage then better trained ones.
-sound quality is not the best (really not my area) and I was determined to use
a certain sounds set which was already low quality. Best I can do sorry.

REQUIRED SCREENSHOT SECTION.

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war rooster on czbox

arachnocide on compendium/neodoom

payback weapons on lost_civilization

THE ENEMY LIST.

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Conscripts (appears on zombie/imp and shotgun spawns)
-the lowest of the low, poor trained, ill equipped. the rifles they use are trash
but you could probably salvage the ammo.
Militia (replaces zombieman)
-simple low level recruits with a pistol, little threat


Army Guards (replaces Imp)
-Soldier with a pistol tasked with guarding low risk targets.


Militia smgs (replaces shotgunguy)
-better equipped militia with smgs, more firepower but still weak


Merc guards (replaces Wolfenstein SS)
-mercs with smgs and low armor, used mostly as a security force


Bruisers (replaces Demon)
-amped up muscle bound enforcers used to bully people into submission,
some are just knife happy soldiers. Dangerous up close.


Merc blackops (replaces Spectre)
-hired professional killers, sneaky and use silenced pistols, some come
with silenced smgs.


Army soldiers (replaces Chaingunners)
-general army soldiers with Kalashnikov's, they have good firepower but still
go down fairly easy.


Chargers (replaces lost souls)
-militia armed with shotguns, they like to turn up in tight/dark spaces to
ruin your day. some of them are bigger boys with Double Barrel Shotguns.


Army Veterans (replaces Cacodemon)
-better trained army soldiers, better armor and still use AK's. some of them
also like to use shotguns for close range support.


Commandos (replaces revenant)
Paratroopers
-veteran special forces with hard hitting FAL battle rifles and silly hats.
These guys actually know what they are doing, tough bastards who with medical
treatment seem to keep getting back up from any injury.
Medics
-accompany paratroopers and give medical aid when needed. they also use FAL rifles
but less aggressively, able to bring paratroops back to the fight.
Snipers
-great marksman paratroopers armed with sniper rifles, they have solid accuracy
and hit hard no matter the range.


Elites (replace Hellknights)
Elite merc
-professional hired killers and veterans of many conflicts, they come with solid
armor and well maintained M4 platform rifles, they are here to kill you and they
will try. some also favor shotguns which they know how to use very well.
Elite sniper
-Deadly accurate snipers who rarely miss, they have learnt to quietly wait for
targets to come to them and finish them off.


Mounted HMG (replaces Arachnatron)
-heavy, loud outdated machineguns mounted on swivel poles. they provide a storm
of gunfire from a stationary position. there is a chance they might spawn on a jeep.


AT rocketeer (replaces Mancubus)
-shoulder mounted rocket launchers carried by veteran soldiers trained in their use
very dangerous, there is a chance they might spawn on a jeep.


Badass Mercs (replaces Baron of Hell)
-the baddest of the bad, high level professional killers clad in armor and guns and
tactically aware to hunt you down and end you. there is also big guys who while
not as smart make up for it in size and brutality.


Army Commanders (replaces Pain Elemental)
-big strong leaders promoted for their love of violence, they come at you with
dual wielded desert eagles, and never back down.


Amazon Bodyguards (replaces Archvile)
-the presidents elite loyal all woman bodyguard, fast, fit and lethal. armed with
machine pistols they will whittle you down fast, they also have solid medical training
and are capable of bring each other back into the fight.


Brute Grenadier/Cannon Tank (replaces CyberDemon)
-big men with big guns, armed with rotary grenade launchers and more armor then
most light vehicles, will take some killing to put down. Sometimes the enemy will
just send a tank after you instead for good measure.


Brute Gunner/minigun Tank (replaces Spidermastermind)
-also big men with big guns, this time they come with rotary miniguns and will
shred you to pieces with a torrent of bullets. And again they will sometimes be
replaced by a minigun armed tank to add some fun to your day.

Edit*
RECOMENDED MODS TO PLAY WITH
Mr. Anderson viewtopic.php?t=71487&hilit=mr+anderson
War Rooster viewtopic.php?t=75855&hilit=war+rooster
Nightshift viewtopic.php?t=68043&hilit=nightshift
-or anything else by Dr_Cosmobyte
the Trailblazer viewtopic.php?t=47494&hilit=trailblazer
Ashes Afterglow Weapons viewtopic.php?t=69612&hilit=ashes+afterglow+weapons
StalkerWeapons viewtopic.php?t=73409
-or anything else by RastaManGames
SpecialWeapons viewtopic.php?f=43&t=54460
Shameless self plug!!
Payback Weapons and Charactersviewtopic.php?p=1216162#p1216162

Play it on Lost_Civiliaztion/FinalNeoDoom_diet or the Hellfromearth levels only and you wont
be disappointed. (will put a favorite list in bit later)

DOWNLOAD THIS HERE
https://www.dropbox.com/s/gtfqrpv4n0ru9 ... 2.zip?dl=0
And a tiny addon that replaces corpses with modern ones to run with this, kept it separate
incase it breaks compatibility with some stuff.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/jiwzbdyi6zpbx ... s.wad?dl=0

Current WIP version of ArmyOfOz with flying enemies/new enemies slightly adjusted enemy stats.
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/pnbco0ez ... pj637&dl=0
(the pain elemental-attack helicopters currently have broken hitboxes due to their size VS original enemy, will possibly just replace them
with more jetpackers if they bother people to much) besides that is pretty much done.

CREDITS/THANKS.

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Full credits list included inside file in credits.txt should be up to date and
accurate, but if you think its not let me know and I will fix it asap.

I want to specially thank WildWeasel for letting me use his tracers in this again.
They are my favorite projectile tracers and I feel this would be lesser without them.

I also want to give a big thank you to RastaManGames for originally getting me to
sprite the modern soldiers that serve as the base to most of the enemies in this.
And also for being really cool about me re-using/sharing them.

and finally for those budding modders out there here is most of the sprites from this
cut into frames but before they were recolored (so you can use color translation)for use
in anything you would like, no permission necessary but please include credits with them
(also in file) for anything you use.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/92dambhgkoyqa ... p.zip?dl=0

[DELTAtheDboi005]

Some will be perfect for the UDM enemies in my mod! credit? absolutely!

I'll also check the mod itself out when I have time as well

[DeeDeeOZ]

minor bump. Edited main page with some mods that work well with this.
was going to tinker with this a little more and was wondering if anyone who's played it had some feedback ideas.
-most likely going to add raise states to veteran soldiers (helmet guys) to increase their threat level and maybe make medics able to revive each other.
-I already have Xdeaths and non blood deaths I can add in (and custom fire deaths I could add), main reason they are not used already is due to the power of some weapon mods you get guys being gibbed by 9mm pistols which while funny is just not very realistic.
-more enemy variants ?

[Gothlieb2]

Hello,

Thanks for sharing. I have also seen the same remarks in relation to enemies that are ground based and firing projectiles.

[DeeDeeOZ]

Thanks for sharing. I have also seen the same remarks in relation to enemies that are ground based and firing projectiles.

Thanks for playing it. Just for clarification, you mean the ground based and projectiles work good.
if not could probably change to drones if people really want.
Again, thanks for feedback.

[armymen12002003]

This was good just gave this a run through with vrack 1 and the world is not enough guns btw any chance of some the baddies throwing flashbangs and frag grenades?

[DELTAtheDboi005]

btw any chance of some the baddies throwing flashbangs and frag grenades?

Can absolutely second this, P L E A S E make this a thing...

[TheNightATK300]

btw any chance of some the baddies throwing flashbangs and frag grenades?

Can absolutely second this, P L E A S E make this a thing...

Flashbangs are gonna get annoying for a while, especially on maps on high monster counts without cover.

[DELTAtheDboi005]

Flashbangs are gonna get annoying for a while, especially on maps on high monster counts without cover.

That is, if a bunch of cvars control how long the flashbang lasts, the intensity of the flashbang, how many flashbangs can be thrown, and the rarity of the flashbang attack... Theoretically making the flashbang stuff more annoying or less annoying depending on the person's preferred experience. ngl, might try and code how that would work now that I think about it...

[DeeDeeOZ]

This was good just gave this a run through with vrack 1 and the world is not enough guns btw any chance of some the baddies throwing flashbangs and frag grenades?

Thanks for the feedback, always good to get some. Also Thanks for playing
this sounds like a good idea. but I would probably make it a rare chance and limited to certain enemies/limited ranges.
possibly rare flashbangs for black ops(spectres) and rare grenades for veteran soldiers(cacodemons) could be good.
-as stated, the flashbangs might get annoying if overused, but spectres usually spawn in tight spaces so makes more sense
-grenades mean that they will blow each other/themselves up, or have to set them to be immune to the damage which might feel slightly silly.
will see what I can make work. Again Cheers for playing and Feedback.

[armymen12002003]

No problem man can't wait to see what else you have in store for this.

[TheNightATK300]

This was good just gave this a run through with vrack 1 and the world is not enough guns btw any chance of some the baddies throwing flashbangs and frag grenades?

Thanks for the feedback, always good to get some. Also Thanks for playing
this sounds like a good idea. but I would probably make it a rare chance and limited to certain enemies/limited ranges.
possibly rare flashbangs for black ops(spectres) and rare grenades for veteran soldiers(cacodemons) could be good.
-as stated, the flashbangs might get annoying if overused, but spectres usually spawn in tight spaces so makes more sense
-grenades mean that they will blow each other/themselves up, or have to set them to be immune to the damage which might feel slightly silly.
will see what I can make work. Again Cheers for playing and Feedback.

Make sure it doesn't go into a blind-fest. Make the player immune to the last flashbang for 5 - 10 seconds when they get hit by one, and make the flashbang's effects weaker when the player is far away from it.

[armymen12002003]

One more thing any chance of having some of the replace the friendly scripted marines?

[Dr_Cosmobyte]

Just seen this:

War Rooster [...]
Nightshift [...]
-or anything else by Dr_Cosmobyte

Thanks a lot for the mention! Really awesome!

[DELTAtheDboi005]

One more thing any chance of having some of the replace the friendly scripted marines?

Ayyyyy, that could actually be great for anyone wishing to put this in a dedicated map set.