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Hard Doom is a replacement/enhancement mod that replaces all monsters in Doom 2 with versions that are similar in role, but more dangerous. In general, Hard-Doom is geared towards players who want a more difficult, genuine survival experience, and it has a variety of visual effects that are more subtle and don't block your view of the action. Over the years since its initial release, it has been meticulously balanced and rebalanced, with new features and effects added to make this a great mod to play through the popular megawads with, without changing Doom's flavor or core gameplay.
The latest version now also now works between Zandronum and ZDoom.
1. Fixed a typo in the Minigunner's XDeath state. This should fix the bug where he can't drop a Minigun when gibbed.
2. Fixed the missing bullet decals on the Nazi Officer.
3. Made bullet casings fade out when fully submerged in water.
4. Adjusted the torch effect so it should always render when in view and never render when not in view.
5. Fixed fast monster support. Now enemies melee is fast and Demon's movement is fast.
<> Monsters <>
1. Changed the projectile pattern of the Daedabus.
2. Removed the dark red blood color from the Daedabus.
3. Lowered the scale slightly on the Daedabus projectiles to better fit the actual projectile size.
4. Adjusted the projectile trails on the Crackodemon.
5. Lowered the speed of the Crackodemon from 12 to 10.
6. Raised the spread of the Dual-Pistol Zombie's single shots from 9 to 11.25.
7. Made the A_FaceTargets on the Cyberfiend's lunge 4 tics shorter.
8. Raised the distance of the Cyberfiend's lunge slightly.
9. Adjusted the Demon/Spectre melee attacks. The bite now happens a little faster but the melee state still remains 18 tics.
10. Raised the speed of the Pyro Demon's fireshot projectiles from 15 to 16.
11. Raised the radius of the Pyro Demon's fireshot from 8 to 10.
12. Raised the max turn angle of the Pyro Demon's pyroblast from 2 to 4.
13. Halved the direct damage of the Pyro Demon's firebomb explosions and adjusted the explosion radius values (+/-16 from before).
14. Adjusted the Fusion Arachnotron's missile state and raised the projectile speed from 16 to 18.
15. Adjusted the Arachnotron MK3's missile state, projectile scale, trail, and spawn height slightly.
16. Removed a needless 5 tics at the start of the Dark Cyber and Spider's BFG10K attacks.
17. Changed the spread of the Dark Cyber's BFG10K. The first shot now has 0 spread and the other shots have (-3,3) (was -2,2).
18. The Dark Cyber now has a 15 tic delay between the last BFG10K shot and the first rocket instead of 6 tics.
19. Raised the Dual-Chaingunner's spread from 23.625 to 24.75.
20. Raised the Demolisher's chaingun spread from 22.5 to 24.75.
21. Reworked the Dark Spider's missile state. The BFG10k spread is now 0 for the first shot and (-4,4) for the others (was -2,2). It can now use the BFG10K two times in a row and alternate between chaingun and the BFG10K.
22. Made the A_FaceTargets on the Shadowviles wraith attack 20 tics instead of 24 tics.
23. Raised the speed of the Pyro Imp's projectiles from 12 to 14.
24. Raised the damage of the Hell's Fury baron ball projectiles from 8 to 10.
25. Adjusted the Hellfire Revenant's missiles. They will no longer collide with the ground when fired from a high height. They are also slightly less aggressive.
26. Lowered the radius of the Bruiser Demon's bruiserball from 16 to 14.
27. Lowered the explosion radius of the Bruiser Demon's floorhugger projectile from 128 to 112.
28. Fixed the B2 sprite of the Faceless Shotgunner.
29. Added new death frames to the Archon of Hell.
<> Weapons <>
1. Added Coop-MThru bullets. No more shooting teammates!
2. Swapped the weapon slot priorities of the Rocket Launcher and Grenade Launcher.
3. The Quad-Shotgun is now loaded when you first acquire it.
4. Lowered the drop rate of the Quad-Shotgun from 25% to 20%. This results in a 1% chance per ShotgunGuy spawn.
5. Added improved Quad-Shotgun sprites.
6. Added slight screen shake when alt-firing the Quad-Shotgun.
<> Other <>
1. Removed the CVar "sv_coopprojectiles". However Coop-MThru projectiles still remain.
2. Recoded the torch/flare effects. They should now behave online like they did in Zandronum 2.1 and prior. More frames for everyone! :)
Hard Doom Bestiary
Spoiler:
Hard Doom Bestiary - Written by: dljosef
Originals
Dual-Pistol Zombie
Health: 20
Attacks:
Dual Pistol Shots
-Shoots five shots from his pistols; a double shot, followed by three single shots
-Each bullet deals 5-15 damage per shot.
-25-75 damage should all five shots connect.
Info: This zombie is a great step up from the default zombieman...in terms of damage, anyway. He still goes down easily.
Faceless Shotgunner
Health: 30
Attacks:
Shotgun
-Shoots seven pellets for 4-12 damage per pellet
-Up to 84 damage at close range
Info: He is much more dangerous up close this time. Keep your distance, and snipe him when you can
Skull Chaingunner
Health: 70
Attacks:
Dual Chainguns
-Two pellets at the same rate of fire as a vanilla chaingunner
-Same 5-15 damage per bullet.
Info: Getting too close to this guy is suicide. Avoid his line of sight and snipe him.
Dark Imp
Health: 60
Attacks:
Dark Fireball
-4-36 Damage
-Slightly faster than a vanilla Doom imp's fireball
Blood Fireball
-6-48 damage
-Weaves a little
Slash
-6-60 damage up close
Info: They are not much stronger than normal imps, but be aware of the red fireballs.
Mauler Demon
Health: 150
Attacks:
Bite
-8-80 damage upon hit.
Info: Keep as far away from big groups of these guys if possible. SSG is your best bet here.
Lurker
Info: Same stats as Mauler Demon, but be aware of them in dark rooms.
Rictus
Health: 100
Attacks:
Fireball
-2-16 damage on a direct hit
-5 extra radius damage
-Can fire a few at a time
Kamikaze
-10-80 damage on direct hit
-Up to 32 splash damage over a fairly wide radius
-Only uses it if he's at 20 hp or lower
Info: Thought vanilla lost souls were annoying? Good news? they instead pelt you with fireballs, and save their charge attack as a last-ditch move. They Bad news? The suicide charge attack can very easily kill you without armor.
Agathodemon
Health: 400
Attacks:
Homing Fireballs
-4-36 damage per hit
-Fired in sets of two
Big Fireball
-8-64 damage per hit
-Fast, and has a trail accompanying it.
Bite
-20-120 damage
Info: The Agathodemon is a much tougher cacodemon in terms of firepower, even if his health hasn't changed. An SSG or a Quad Shotgun for up close is a must. Have groups infight with other enemies.
Archon of Hell
Health: 500
Attacks:
Claw swipe
-20-200 damage per hit
-Can chain into a one-two combo, followed by a double swipe
Fireballs
-8-64 damage per hit, faster than vanilla
-Fired in sets of three or a salvo of six
Comet
-10-80 damage on direct hit
-64 explosion damage
-Can easily one-shot players at 100 health without armor
Info: This guy is no joke, especially at close quarters. His fireball spreads can lead to infighting with other enemies, as well as his comets. A point-blank Quad Shotgun blast (from the alt-fire) can easily one-shot him.
Bruiser Demon
Health: 1000
Attacks:
Claw Swipe
-20-200 damage per hit
Bruiser Ball
-16-128 damage per hit
-Has a chance to throw a second one
Bruiser Spreadshot
-8-64 damage per ball
-Thrown in a spread of five
-has a chance to throw a second set
Explosive Fire Spreadshot
-15-120 damage per explosive fire, with up to an additional 48 radius damage.
-Unleashed in a set of three that fans out
-Hugs the ground, meaning it can still get you from chasms
-A nightmare to avoid in tight spaces; conversely, the attack becomes much less effective in a sufficiently wide-open area
Info: This guy will make you wish you were fighting the vanilla barons all over again. One upside, he isn't immune to splash damage.
Fusion Cannon Arachnotron
Health: 500
Attacks:
Fusion Cannon Shots
-5-40 damage per shot
-Can travel across the map quickly
-Fired constantly in a spread pattern
Info: He is quick to blanket his position in energy shots, meaning he can potentially be dealing lots of damage to his own allies, but the attack is still very tough to avoid. A point-blank quad shot alt-fire can really take him down quickly; rockets can also work nicely.
Pain Elemental
Health: 400
Attacks:
Summon Rictus
-Can summon rictus skulls.
Bite:
-10-100 damage per bite
Info: The pain elemental can not only summon rictus skulls, but he can also bite now if you are thinking of going melee. Can spawn three skulls upon death.
Revenant
Health: 300
Attacks:
Right Hook
-12-120 damage per punch
Tracing Rocket
-10-80 damage per rocket
-Fired in one or two sets of two
Info: This revenant, now having glowing red eyes and black "shorts" has decided to make use of his shoulder-mounted launchers. Hope you got significant firepower if you meet large groups of these guys.
Daedabus
Health: 600
Attacks:
Fireballs
-10-80 damage per fireball
-Fired in sets of three for the first two set, followed by the third set having five
-Tight spread makes dodging difficult
Info: Keeping your distance while plugging away at this monstrosity is a must, especially when dodging up close is very difficult. Don't even bother with melee for this guy.
Diabolist
Health: 700
Attacks:
Fire Pillar
-Same damage as a Vanilla Archvile
-Flame pillar now deals 1-2 damage per tick
Info: Don't bother with the old archie trick behind a pillar, as his flames can actually hurt you this time. Be thankful he has no other attacks.
Spider Demolisher
Health: 3000
Attacks:
Twin Super Chainguns
-5-15 damage per pellet
-Six pellets at a time
BFG Shot
-See BFG damage on the Doom Wiki
-Very high chance for instant kill on direct hit
-Secondary tracers only kick in if targets are within the demolisher's line of sight
-Can fire a second shot
Info: The spiderdemon had apparently gotten herself a massive upgrade in arsenal. Now she can use the BFG and twin chainguns against you. Try the BFG trick against her at your own risk.
Cyber Annihilator
Health: 4000
Attacks:
Rocket Salvo
-Same damage as a player's rocket
-Fired in three sets of two
Homing Rocket Salvo
-10-80 damage on a direct hit, plus up to 64 radius damage
-Fired in three sets of two
-Really fucking difficult to dodge
Info: And the cyberdemon had just gotten a more badass upgrade. Pray that you do not fight him in areas with little cover. Especially from his homing rockets.
Alt Variants
Sonic Railgun Zombie
Health: 20
Attacks
Sonic Railgun Light Shot
-3-6 damage per shot
-Rapid fire
-Very accurate
Sonic Railgun Charged Shot
-20-30 damage
-Fires when charged
-Very accurate
Info: He deals fairly good damage with his charged shots, which happen if you let him wander for too long. The regular shots aren't too noteworthy; if you floor him, he may drop the gun himself.
Rocket Zombie
Health: 25
Attacks
Rocket
-Same damage as a player rocket
-Can also damage himself with it
Info: This guy is very dangerous in spite of his low health. He's a high-priority target to take down, but he also isn't very bright. He doesn't care if his allies are in the way, meaning he is more of a danger to himself and his comrades than you, but eating a rocket to the face from a grunt is NOT a fun time to be had all the same.
Super Shotgun Zombie
Health: 30
Attacks
SSG Blast
-20 pellets adding up to 50-150 damage at close range
-Can one-shot at full health without armor
Info: Another very dangerous zombie variant. He somewhat frequently spawns among the shotgunners, and can make quick work of you at close range. Make him your high-priority target.
Quad Shotgun Zombie
Health: 38
Attacks
Single Shot
-Up to four shots for the same damage as the standard shotgunner
-Reloads after the fourth shot
Full Quad Blast
-40 pellets dealing up to 100-300 damage; can easily one-shot you without armor
-Only uses it when you're up close, and hadn't fired a single shot before then
-One use before reloading
Info: The most dangerous of the shotgunners, especially up close. He has a chance to drop a quad shotgun for your own use, should you drop him. He's most vulnerable when reloading.
Minigunner
Health: 70
Attacks
Minigun
-Same minigun bullet damage, but at twice the fire rate
Info: No less dangerous than the twin chaingunner, the minigunner can shred you just as quickly with his weapon. Should you kill him, he has a chance to drop his minigun.
Pyro Imp
Health: 60
Attacks:
Claw
-6-60 damage per swipe
Fireball
-4-36 damage on a direct hit, with an additional 10 radius damage
-Thrown in sets of three
Info: Not much harder than the dark imps, the pyro imps have a more likely tendency to kill off some of the weaker enemies.
Cyber Fiend
Health: 200
Attacks
Bite
-8-80 damage per bite
Charge
-6-60 damage per charge
-Has limited rage
Info: This demon has the rare chance to leap at you to try to take a bite out of your sorry face. SSG is still a good choice against him.
Visage
Health: 100
Attacks:
Charge Attack
-Charges if you're up close
-5-50 damage per hit
Frost Ball
-5-40 damage per hit
-Fairly fast
Info: This rare skull is much less dangerous than the rictus. It shatters upon death.
Necrodemon
Health: 400
Attacks:
Bite
-20-120 damage per bite
Poe Fireball
-6-48 damage per shot
-Fired in either a set of three or five
Poe Tracer
-8-64 damage per shot
-Homes in on you rather quickly
Info: At least this demon does not pull the gimmicky shadow clone trick the original poe demon did. Treat this like an upgraded Agathodemon
Cracko Demon
Health: 500
Attacks:
Bite
-20-120 damage per bite
Electroball
-8-64 damage per ball
-Fired in either a set of three or a spread of seven
Soul Missile
-15-120 damage on a direct hit, with up to 64 splash damage
-Also explodes into eight electroballs on impact
-Very fast
Info: This demon is not one to be taken lightly. Keep your distance from him, or try the point-blank quad shotgun alt-fire if you're feeling very confident you won't see his soul missile attack.
Hell's Fury
Health: 500
Attacks:
Claw
-20-200 damage per swing
Red Fireball
-10-80 damage per ball
-Fired in sets of three
Homing Skulls
-6-48 damage per skull
-Homing, but slow; fired in sets of three
Hell's Fury Skull
-See Rictus Kamikaze
-The demon's last-ditch move
Info: This guy isn't too noteworthy on his own, but his final "fuck you" move comes in the form of the rictus skull that is his head that will come flying at you the moment anyone finishes him off. It is every bit as dangerous as a rictus skull's kamikaze move. His other noteworthy attack is the homing skulls, which can be blocked by objects or walls.
Pyro Demon
Health: 1000
Attacks:
Claw
-20-200 damage per swipe
Fire Shot
-12-96 damage per shot, with up to an additional 32 splash damage
-Shot in sets of three
Pyroblast
-Massive explosion damage on a direct hit
-Pyroballs, for some reason, deal zero damage
Comet Rain
-Each comet does 5-40 damage with an additional 40 explosion damage on a direct hit
-Tends to miss foes often in wide-open areas
Info: This demon is as big a nightmare to fight as a bruiser demon. Be thankful he lacks the explosive teleportation (which his bestiary counterpart abused the hell out of) to come right into your face and take off a huge chunk of health and armor upon reappearing. (If not outright murdering you.)
Mk. III Arachnotron
Health: 500
Attacks:
Mk. III Shot:
-5-40 damage per shot
-Doubled in fire rate
-Travels really fast
Info: Although, thankfully, he lacks the spreadfire cannon, his twin plasma cannons make the vanilla arachnotron look like a regular chaingunner. Keep in cover before he starts firing. (Or use him against some of his allies.)
Ancient Apparition
Health: 400
Attacks:
Frost Breath
-3-24 damage per puff
-Can quickly add up at close range
Visage Spawn
-Spawns visage skulls
Info: Trade the melee attack for an ice breath, and you have a somewhat less painful version of the pain elemental. Beware the visage skulls, though.
Hellfire Revenant
Health: 300
Attacks:
Punch
-See Revenant
Hellfire Missile
-10-80 damage on a direct hit, plus up to 64 splash damage.
-Homing and fast
Info: This guy is a fair bit nastier than the regular revenant (who is a pain in the ass already), considering his rockets are faster and more damaging. He has the same health, therefore a quad shotty alt-fire up close can take him out quickly.
Mafibus
Health: 600
Attacks:
Fire Comets
-10-80 damage per comet
-Fired in sets of four, five, and six.
Info: This guy has a unique ability, making him fire an extra comet to his next set if you remain in his sight. Deal with him like you would a daedabus, but mind the extra comets.
Shadowvile
Health: 700
Attacks:
Shadowflame Pillar
-Same damage as the diabolist, down to the damaging fire
Wraith Barrage
-8-64 damage per wraith
-Homing
-Fired in a barrage of five
Info: Besides from the deadly wraith barrage attack, he acts the same way as the diabolist. He's also a bit harder to see.
Dark Demolisher
Health: 3000
Attacks:
Twin Super Chainguns
-See Spider Demolisher
Dark BFG10K Shot
-Up to 160 damage on a direct hit
-REALLY fast
-Fires up to six at a time
Info: This rare spider demolisher variant has the dreaded BFG10k weapon, which is almost impossible to dodge. Dont' even think about taking this baddie on in a close-range shotty battle. The dark demolisher will drop the bfg10k once she goes down.
Dark Cyberdemon
Health: 4000
Attacks:
Dark BFG10K Shot
-Same as the Dark Spidermastermind.
Dark Homing Rockets
-Same damage as a player's rocket, albeit fired in sets of three
-Really difficult to avoid.
Info: This cyberdemon is much deadlier, due to having the BFG10K and homing rockets. Pray that you do not meet him in enclosed areas; taking him down will grant you the same weapon the Dark Demolisher drops.
Secret Level-only enemies
SS Guard
Health: 50
Attacks:
Machinegun
-Same 5-15 damage per bullet
-Pauses shortly between every two shots
Info: Same kind of Wolfenstein SS chump as usual.
Officer
Health: 50
Attacks:
Pistol
-10-30 damage per shot
-Fairly accurate from midrange
Info: This guy is quick on the draw, and can put you down a little more easily than the SS guards.
Mutant
Health: 65
Attacks:
Chest-Mounted Pistol
-10-30 damage per shot
-Around the same rate of fire as the SS Guard, and won't stop firing
Info: This guy is a much more dangerous version of the SS Guard. Kill him as quickly as possible; groups of him can quickly put you down, if they don't shoot each other to death first.
Hangman
Health: 100
Attacks:
Hangman Ball
-4-36 damage per ball
Info: This guy only takes the place of commander keens. He's very rare in level sets anyway, so seeing him shouldn't be an issue. Killing him isn't much of a problem, either, if you got ammo.
sv_shotgunstart - Enable this to start with the Shotgun and 8 Shells. (Zandronum Only)
sv_ssgdrop - Enable this to make SSGers drop the SSG.
sv_smartaim 3 - Make sure to set this so BFG tracers won't hit other players.
niculinux wrote:Thank you very much. Is it fully copatible with other mods eg iwad pwad and eventually freedoom?
Mostly. It no longer uses setslot to declare weapons, which is fantastic. It does still need to use KEYCONF to clear and declare playerclasses, in order to maintain Zandronum compatibility, so it won't be compatible with other mods that use the current MAPINFO method.
niculinux wrote:Thank you very much. Is it fully copatible with other mods eg iwad pwad and eventually freedoom?
Mostly. It no longer uses setslot to declare weapons, which is fantastic. It does still need to use KEYCONF to clear and declare playerclasses, in order to maintain Zandronum compatibility, so it won't be compatible with other mods that use the current MAPINFO method.
Ok thanks...i'm really not into doom programming (i barely know how to turn on a pc) but seems very interesting. Possibly, gotta try out with latest freedoom version, 0.8. Thanks again!
Ok given a very very very quick try with freedoom 2 IWAD file, weapons seems to work but some shows up with the original freedoom sequence, like the regular shotgun:
niculinux wrote:Ok given a very very very quick try with freedoom 2 IWAD file, weapons seems to work but some shows up with the original freedoom sequence, like the regular shotgun:
This is because Freedoom is an iwad and Hard-Doom doesn't replace weapon sprites.
Also... I've created a little website for Hard-Doom which now contains the download links. Also I'm going to be releasing an update tomorrow to fix the small amount of bugs that exist in 6.3.2 as well as improving the Sonic Railgun, and the Hells Fury.
@Siberian Tiger - I have the latest developmental build now. However, I'm starting to save at certain points more often because the crashing still happens at random points.
Crashing aside, I noticed that making rictus skulls kamikaze can pretty easily work against the enemies given the right circumstances. (Having small blast radius sure as hell helps.)