Your Name: Lieutenant John Doom. Your Mission:

[Xanirus]

Well for whatever reason I could'nt see that tag earlier, now I see it. I might of spelled it wrong when during a text search. But yeah, it's actually already added. Makes sense since they already don't hurt each other.

[Devianteist]

Been a while since I've been in this thread, but I'd like to say that BDJ has really shapen up to be quite a refresher. I wonder where ol' Johnny has gone?

[Ribo Zurai]

Why on earth can I hear the burning barrels from all over the level?

[phantombeta]

@Ribo Zurai
Do you have the sound system option set to OpenAL?
Not sure if it was fixed, so that's probably the problem...

[Ribo Zurai]

I will be damned, that solved it. Thanks!

[Doomguy141]

Shaping up too be awesome but I have noticed only one thing strange in the new version. The water explosion particles are gone. when a missile strikes the water it does not erupting into a fountain of water.

[ArtVandelay]

It's been awhile since we have heard anything from Johnny. Sooo... I thought I would post my personal-use version of BDJ20 since it addresses some of the complaints and requests I've seen in this thread. I am new to DOOM editing and the changes here were accomplished through trial and error and a basic understanding of how software generally works. I am very sure there are unused and redundant resources and code bloating the filesize but everything seems to be in working order. This isn't an original mod and shouldn't even be considered a Brutal spin-off. It's just a tweak to someone else's hard work. I'm sharing this as something to play until the REAL BDJ20 arrives!

I'm uploading my personal-use SmoothDoomJ as well.

Download BDJZ and SmoothDoomJZ here! - LAST UPDATED 07/25/2015

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I've made so many little tweaks here and there that I'm struggling to remember them all! Ummm...

Gore Stuff:

-Integrated brutalv20.pk3 gore (This has been a tedious process!)
-Removed growing blood pools (I found them ugly and distracting. They often hung out over floors and looked stupid.)
-Removed 2D blood sprites (This was a modeldef issue. I updated modeldef.txt and deleted the sprites.)
-Fixed ragdoll bug (Zombies were previously ALWAYS "ragdolled" when headshot with the shotgun. Death variety is now back.)
-Fixed disappearing Commando bug (The SSG previously made the Commando vanish instead of properly gibbing him.)
-Removed Player wounded blood dripping thing (That drip sound following you around is sooo annoying.)

World Stuff:

-Removed voxels and associated menudefs (I'm sorry! I just don't like them.)
-Restored missing dynamic lights (Even with voxels disabled via Johnny's menudef, some dynamic lights were broken. The lamp posts at the beginning of E1M1 are an example. Everything should be bright and shiny now!)
-Removed teleport pentagrams (Just like the growing blood pools,they often hung out over floors and looked stupid. Dey gone.)
-Restored water splashes (I literally did this like 5 minutes ago. I didn't even realize they were missing until Doomguy141's post!)

UI Stuff:

-Removed Johnny's intro (I am unworthy!!!)
-Removed NC HUD, enemy health bars, and associated menudefs (Again, I'M SORRY! I simply prefer the default HUD. Custom UI elements like BTSX's keys should work as well.)
-Added grenade counter to the status bar and ZDoom fullscreen HUD (This was straight up ripped from Johnny's GRENADESstandalone.pk3. I only changed some positioning.)

Gameplay Stuff:

-Restored original difficulties
-Demon Rune also gives SoulSphere health
-Troops are a little more generous with grenades (I like grenades sooo... yeah.)
-Restored BlurSphere (captured marines... meh...)
-Radio always works (I was going to reduce the uses per backpack to 1 to balance this out... BUT! Spawning 5 of Johnny's talkative chatterboxes is too lolsy to remove. I love his sample selection.)
-Removed cooldown from berserk alt-fire (Spam it!)
-Removed Imp leap attack (I hate this attack. It is annoying and I hate it. It's gone. SORRY!)
-Revenant takes increased shotgun damage, similar to the Cacodemon (Point blank SSG blasts should result in a good old fashioned gibbing.)

Sound Stuff:

-Updated SNDINFO (Gore sounds squishier, but not quite as obnoxiously squishy as in brutalv20.pk3.)
-Changed Johnny's pistol fire to the old BDJ sound (I just like it better. Mo' punch.)
-Changed "Secret Found" sound to Trailblazer's (It's the best secret sound ever. Need I remind you that I am merely sharing my personal-use build of BDJ20?! I in no way claim any kind of creative integrity.)
-Added a new confirmation sound to the radio (I mean Kansas...)

Misc. Stuff:

-Fixed slappy Revenants (Adding +DONTHURTSPECIES, which is really +DONTHARMCLASS, did the trick. Thanks for the lead Rowsol!)
-Removed Q-Tilt (It makes mouselook feel wonky sometimes. I'm not a fan. SORRY AGAIN!)
-Changed shotgun, SSG, and rocket launcher item sprites to better match the weapon sprites (as per Doomguy141's request)
-Converted all DOOM graphics to PNG (WADs using custom palettes like BTSX should be fully compatible now. Well... better anyway. I keep a separate build for the BTSX specific FLAT issues. )

I probably forgot some things. I've been chipping away at this for awhile. If anything is broken or annoying or just seems weird LET ME KNOW!

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Only a few changes here...

-Fixed rocket launcher explosion (This had the inadvertent effect of making the grenade explosions look more DOOM-ish. This was actually an idea of Johnny's and I think it looks great. Happy accidents..!)
-Removed pk_doom_sfx (I prefer the vanilla sounds with SmoothDoom.)
-Added grenade counter to ZDoom fullscreen HUD (This is from GRENADESstandalone.pk3 again!)
-Converted all DOOM graphics to PNG (For custom palettes blah blah blah...)

Some extra menudefs have been added to SmoothDoom since the last time SmoothDoomJ was updated. I have included an older version of SmoothDoom, the version for which SmoothDoomJ was designed, in the linked folder. The SmoothDoom provided has had all DOOM graphics converted to PNG. It will play well with custom palettes and all that great stuff... mostly. "Fancy Torches" refuses to cooperate with BTSX and I'm just not that into fixing it.

There are some remaining issues I have noticed. Dismembered heads are unaffected by Johnny's melee attacks. I don't care enough about this feature to hunt through DECORATE I don't actually understand to fix it. If you really want to move heads around just shoot them.

The other issue is one that plagues ALL versions of Brutal DOOM which leads me to believe it is something that's out of my league but I would love to see fixed. Cyberdemon teleports for some reason are broken in certain circumstances. MAP05 of BTSX E1 and E2M8 of The Classic Episode are two examples, the latter of which actually breaks the level. It may be part of a deeper in-fighting issue. I've had Cyberdemons and monsters start in-fighting before I ever approached them in some maps. I'm stumped. If anyone has any ideas I'd love to hear them.

Please PM me all requests and complaints! (instead of posting here) This is Johnny's thread after all.

[Doomguy141]

Sweet thanks for fixes any chance we will see a improved chainsaw I mean I like the one we have now but I would like it too act the same way as the brutal Doom one where you can feel like your cutting into the demons I don't feel much of any kind of cutting going on with this one.

[Doomguy141]

Just another minor thing the combat shotgun and SSG sprites when found should be updated too show the weapon you holding in your hand you see a wood finished shot gun but when you pick it up it has a chrome finish any chance the pick ups could also be given the chrome finish as well.

[ArtVandelay]

Sweet thanks for fixes any chance we will see a improved chainsaw I mean I like the one we have now but I would like it too act the same way as the brutal Doom one where you can feel like your cutting into the demons I don't feel much of any kind of cutting going on with this one.

I actually love Johnny's chainsaw. NO DICE!

Just another minor thing the combat shotgun and SSG sprites when found should be updated too show the weapon you holding in your hand you see a wood finished shot gun but when you pick it up it has a chrome finish any chance the pick ups could also be given the chrome finish as well.

This I can do. In fact, I already did! Check the download!

If you run into any other bugs or annoyances let me know!

[Doomguy141]

Sweet and with regards too the chainsaw its just its secondary attack which does not feel like I am cutting into the creatures feels like a invisi wall. Perhaps you could add a little shake and make it so you can cut demons limbs orr or in half and make it feel like when you holding down the chainsaw you grinding through them its secondary attack is lacking compared too the primary one. Another bug combat radio has unlimited call ins not sure if you changed that or a bug but even after 5 tries I can still call in marines. And no water slash SFX for when bullets it water or when you walking through it.

[ArtVandelay]

Sweet and with regards too the chainsaw its just its secondary attack which does not feel like I am cutting into the creatures feels like a invisi wall. Perhaps you could add a little shake and make it so you can cut demons limbs orr or in half and make it feel like when you holding down the chainsaw you grinding through them its secondary attack is lacking compared too the primary one. Another bug combat radio has unlimited call ins not sure if you changed that or a bug but even after 5 tries I can still call in marines. And no water slash SFX for when bullets it water or when you walking through it.

Yeaaahhh... You're overestimating my abilities/patience. I'm not much of a chainsaw user but Johnny's chainsaw in particular has a great primary attack. It's good for the occasional buzz buzz. Changing the secondary attack would be a laborious task for a skrub like me. What I'm trying to say is... Nawww duuude...

Good call on the radio bug. (eh heh) That definitely wasn't working as intended. When I removed the chance for call failure I must have gotten a little happy with the delete key. It has been fixed and is ready for download. Since you convinced me to change the shotty and SSG item sprites to match the weapon sprites I decided to do the same for the rocket launcher. I'm assuming the inappropriate launcher sprite is a leftover from when BDJ was based on Sperglord.

Other than the radio fix and the launcher sprite, you'll notice the dead-guy-decorations are now less obnoxious with their incessant squish squash splish splash!

About the water splashes... What version of GZDoom are you using? My game shows all water splashes including splashes from bullets and player movement. Get on that latest SVN build and holla at me.

[SamuraiSTALIN]

Hey, Art! Get your own damn thread!

Actually, seriously you should make your own thread, please.

[Xanirus]

Anyone have an update on how to fix the revenant thing? The +DONTHARMSPECIES thing is there, but I don't know if this was only added so at least we get the satisfaction of killing them in the meantime till it get's really fixed, or if it's supposed to fix them not attacking each other anymore, because they're still wailing at each other.

EDIT: Nevermind. The flag that was added (as it came in when I downloaded the latest version) only had it on a different actor of REVENANT.DEC, not the actual Revenant actor himself. So I added it there as well. No wonder.

[Doomguy141]

No no the effects of the water the sounds of when bullets hit the water or when you run over it there is no sound being played. And I will leave the chain saw too Johnny maybe he can make the secondary attack feel more..grinding.