D4D - Announcement in 1st post (Jan 4th 2017)

[DBThanatos]

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DBT ANNOUNCEMENT

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Hello everyone.

Sorry I havent been very active over here, but I've been focusing all my modding attention on my other project, and probably will continue that way for quite a while. Overall, I think I've given all I could give to D4D in terms of it's direction. It's no secret that my other project is very similar to this one; but it has completely different aims on many things, and that's the path I want to continue exploring. Because of that I've neglected D4D a lot, and due to some stuff that will be happening in RL in the upcoming year, I just know I wont have enough time to keep this particular "high-profile" mod updated or in a healthy state.

Considering all that, Im leaving this project, and it stays in the hands of the other devs. This doesnt mean much in terms of "what's gonna happen to the mod", since the team is quite capable of handling it and moving it forward.


I just wanted to make this little announcement to explain why this thread is getting locked, why I won't be giving updates myself about D4D in the future, and why it's gonna be kinda futile to report bugs / post suggestions for it to me.

As soon as the new D4D thread is created, it will be linked here so that whoever stumbles on this thread as it gets buried, they'll still have a handy link to find the newer version.

ModDB links will probably stay around for the 1.x and 2.x versions of the mod, but newer versions will most likely be hosted somewhere else and/or by someone else.

On a personal note, I want to thank everyone for playing this thing, and letting me know how much fun they've had with the mod, for the suggestions, complaints and even hate. You all got us to get the gameplay cacoward, and overall, it's been crazy!

And thanks to everyone who participated in contributing stuff to the mod! Heh, Im making it sound like the mod is dying or as if I was. It's neither. It's only an administration change

Once again, thanks everyone. Im glad I was able to participate in a project that had such crazy reach.

To the entire D4D Team: Rock on people!


-DBT

Moderator's Note: D4D can be found here, now.




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** Finally out **

Bringing weapons we loved from Doom4, and adapting monsters into a classic style, this is the result of about 6 months of hard work and the dedication of 3 people: DBThanatos, Major Cooke & Michaelis

We proudly bring Doom(4) for Doom.

Our own tribute to a fantastic game, that despite being awesome, left us wanting more! So, we ported it back to it's ancestor. And that's what we have here.



Version 2.0

What's new?

- More weapons: Now we bring the long awaited MP weapons: Repeater rifle, vortex rifle, and the completely new "hellshot": The Carrion Cannon!
- More upgrades: Sad because Some weapons didnt have upgrades? Well, be sad no more! Not only the new weapons have upgrades, we took care of the oldies too! Pistol, Static Rifle, Lightning gun, and even the BFG have upgrades now!
- Glory Kills: Long awaited! You can now do finisher moves on monsters! Go nuts
- Glory Kill Options: So you dont like them to stagger? you dont like the highlights? you dont like them being noisy? you dont like them being staggered for too long? You dont like glory kills at all? Well, go insane personalizing this stuff to your liking
- New powerups: Haste, Quad Damage, Regeneration, and even a Quad Money! Oh yes
- Suit upgrades: No need to have crazy argent cells and praetor tokens and all that. Just use your hard earned credits to enhance your armor suit to do all kinds of crazy stuff.
- Demon runes: Be the demon and kill everyone around you.
- Reworked upgrade menu: Less shiny. Much more useful.
- And too many other things to list. Find out yourself!

Remember, you must always rebind your keys! Lots of stuff have changed!

We brought a new toy to the game too: Proj2Music3Pk3

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This is a little program to create a Doom 2016 music randomizer to use with D4D. You must already own the OST.

Q: What is this?
A: It's a program to easily create a PK3 with Doom4 music that you can run along
D4D.

Q: Does it have the Doom 4 music?
A: No. You have to own the Doom OST already. This program includes NO MUSIC at all.

Q: How do I use it?
A: Okay, here's a step by step:
1. Unpack the .rar into a new folder.
2. Put all the OST tracks you want to be playing in game, inside the folder
"Please Put Your Music Here, Thank You!!!"
3. Run "2music3pk.exe"
4. Copy the generated d4dMusic.pk3 into your D4D folder.
5.a Run the "D4D DragAndDrop.bat"
5.b Add the d4dMusic.pk3 to your launcher or command line with which you launch
D4D normally.

Q: My antivirus blocked it / says it's suspicious / says it's got viruses!
A: Yes, many antiviruses will detect it as being potentially malicious. It's not.
We are not here to mess with players; no harmful code was added, but we take
no resposibility for the use of it.
If your antivirus will not let it run, you must deactivate it temporarily;
after the D4Dmus.pk3 has been made, you can reactivate your AV. As noted
in the header, DO NOT RUN THIS PROGRAM if you didn't get it from DBT's
modDB page.

Q: Is this for doom 1, doom 2, and will it work in custom mapsets?
A: It will run with anything you throw it in with. What this does, is to play
randomly one of the tracks you supplied into a map. Each map will play
a different track. If you have more tracks than maps, it will start
repeating songs.

Q: It wont run in my machine because I have a 32bit OS!
A: Sorry, it's for 64bit only ATM. We're looking how to get it for 32bit too!

Download link: http://www.moddb.com/mods/d4d-doom4-for ... j2music3pk

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** IMPORTANT INFO! **

USE GZDoom 2.2.0, NOT DEVBUILDS! THEY MESS UP STUFF!

This mod uses a whole bunch of custom options. It's highly recommended to install this is a fresh folder, since this mod is gonna work a lot with custom bindings which might not play along nicely with the regular bindings in other mods

HUGE LETTERS BECAUSE PEOPLE IGNORE THE DOCUMENTATION
Q. Can I run it with brutal doom?
A. No. "Brutal doom" and "Doom(4) for Doom" are both gameplay mods that cannot be stacked on top of each other. Same goes for any gameplay mod.
Nor should you add other gameplay mods, like monster randomizers or Qtilt. If you add custom monsters on top of this, you'll get almost no credits (currency), special effects (stun and whatnot) and special rewards. If you add Qtilt, footsteps and whatnot, it will break several of the D4D effects.

• YOU MUST BIND YOUR D4D KEYS: There's quite a few. Go under Options -> D4D mod options -> Customize Keybinds
• Remember you can always exit a demon morph at any time by pressing the "mod switch" key.
• For better view of the D4 reticles, disable your standard crosshair
• There's an entire file with information of what does each D4D option does. READ IT!
• You can switch to standard doom monsters instead of the custom D4D ones. Go to . Go to Options -> D4D mod options -> Monster type to change it
• This mod is NOT easy. Ultra violence is Ultra violence despite looking like it's in place of "Normal". The next skills are harder, for real. Dont come to complain "Nightmare is too hard"
• For the love of god. After buying a weapon mod, make sure to equip it!

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** Downloads **

In order to play D4D you need 3 things: The D4D mod. GZDoom 2.2. Your doom(1 or 2) ".wad" file.
USE GZDoom 2.2.0, NOT DEVBUILDS! THEY MESS UP STUFF!

• Download D4D v2.0.3 HERE. If it asks you to sign in to download, just select another mirror. We have no control over this.
• Download Gzdoom HERE
• Optional: Proj2Mus3pk; Create a music randomizer with your "Doom Original Game Soundtrack" to play D4's tunes while you kill in D4D. Donwload HERE

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• Phobos867's Add-ons for D4D
• D4DHF v02 - Nest Burglar Edition

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// Old D4D. V1.01.5
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Download D4D v1.01.5 HERE.

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** Changelog **

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V2.0.3 (11/03/16)
- Fixed Shotgunguy & Chaingunguy not dropping their weapons.
- Fixed ammo bar not reflecting the Carrion Cannon's ammo changes.
- Fixed some Carrion Cannon minor issues.
- Added warning for the demon runes.
- Added option to display demon HUD names when morphed.
- Improved chainsaw ammo meter (thanks Nightquaker!).

V2.0.2 (11/02/16)
- Added an option for Low Quality monster lazer effects to improve performance 
  if needed.
- Added option to adjust demon rune rarities.
- Rebalanced plasma rifle heat blast.
- Tweaked pinky demon charge animation / speed.
- Adjusted HUD effects for some powerups
- Carrion cannon effects are decreased significantly when HQEffWeapons is OFF
- Rebalanced Lightning gun
- Rebalanced demon runes
- SSG now has sound and visual indications of firing mode (single/double barrel)
- BFG ammo counter displays properly once it has been upgraded

v2.0.1 (11/01/16)

- Fixed D4D Baron of Hell not triggering E1M8 special on death
- Powerups have new overlays, fixing lag and bad offsets in GZDoom devbuilds.
- Added haste support to all weapons.
- Fixed glory kills breaking Pentagram of Protection.
- Carrion Cannon can now perform glory kills.
- Suit Armor Upgrades now allow armor shard dropping.
	- Upgrade 1: 
		+25 Max Armor
		Chainsaw Instakill allows dropping max 2 shards (50% chance)
	- Upgrade 2: 
		+25 Max Armor
		Chainsaw Instakill allows dropping max 4 shards (50% chance)
		Enemies will rarely drop a shard on death
	- Upgrade 3:
		+25 Max Armor
		Chainsaw Instakill adds 2 guaranteed shard drops

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** Credits **

Developers

• DBThanatos:
• Major Cooke:
• Michaelis

All weapon sprites

• Neccronixis

Additional assitance

• ZZYZX

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Neccronixis             : Creator of all the Doom 4 weapon sprites &
                          doomdoll pickup and animation.

DBThanatos              : Project idea and direction. Import, offseting, 
                          renaming all of Neccronixis' weapon sprites.
                          Edited all muzleflash sprites from the weapons.
                          Created base functional code of all weapons.
                          Doom4 sound ripping, conversion and processing. 
                          Created voxels for: ammo pickups, health pickups,
                          armor pickups, chaingun pickup and it's holograph
                          version, all holo system mod/upgrades and cursor.
                          Created sprites for all voxels DBT made.
                          Coding and adding all decals for monsters and
                          weapons. Coded all monsters. Titlemap. Menu
                          graphics and design. Implementation of DoomDoll
                          and grenade system. "Roach" monster recolor (which
                          was used as D4D imp). Game balance.
                          Resource gatherer and organizer.  
                          Final polishing of visual effects.

Major Cooke             : Design, creation and implementation of the "Holo
                          upgrade system". General overhaul of the weapon
                          code to enable "hold altfire to ready mod". Creator
                          of the BFG tracers and electric effects. Creator
                          of almost all particle effects, including bullet
                          tracers, pickup trails and just about every single
                          fancy particle system found in here. Finetunning
                          most of the DECORATE code. Deprecation of many
                          ACS based systems and ported them to DECORATE.
                          Implementation of "Double Double Trouble Trouble"
                          (double supershotgun) via overlays. Behavior and
                          visual effects of syphon grenade explosion. Coder
                          for spawned Holo-player. Developed and implemented
                          Half Life-like laser for Gauss Cannon, Static 
                          Rifle and many more. Created the Carrion Cannon.
                          General DECORATE & ZScript mastermind.

Michaelis               : Ripping, conversion and processing of graphics for
                          the Heads Up Display. Implementation of reticles
                          specific to each weapon, including the charging
                          animations. Rip/processing/implementation of blood
                          elements in the hud (along with cacodemon HUD hits).
                          Implementation of multi jump and ledge grabbing.
                          Added powerups and situation-aware crates.
                          General SBARINFO & ACS mastermind.

ZZYZX                   : Making shaders for glory kill effect, shaders for
                          holographic effect. Current internal dev working on
                          top secret stuff.

* Special Credits *

Roxas                   : Creator of the weapon voxels minus the "chaingun". 
                          Teaching me how to do voxels from scratch.

Xaser                   : Assistance to create the Titlemap. General advisor.
                          Fine tunning of weapon animations.

HorrorMovieGuy          : Doom 64 pinky with clasic doom's color pallete, glory
                          kill base system

The Zombie Killer       : Footsteps scripting system & sounds.

BeardedDoomGuy          : Creating the "Demon tears mug" image.

Zanieon                 : Bullet tracer model & texture, 1st iteration of baron
                          sounds. Baron of Hell and Hell Knight sprites.

Phobos867               : D4 imp sprite, modified from the "roach" monster and
                          cacodemon sprite
						  
MW-21                   : Sound contributions for Archvile and Arachnotron

* Other credits * 


Amuscaria               : Monster sprites for Arachnotron, Archvile, Hell
                          Mancubus, Baron of Hell, Pain Elemental. All from
                          Demon Eclipse.

Voxelbro                : Allmap, radsuit & berserk voxels

ScubaSteve              : First person Mancubus weapons

Mike12                  : First person Revenant cannons

id Software             : Quake 4 / Doom 2016 sounds and graphics

Flying Wild Hog         : Hard Reset Sounds

Activision              : Battlezone I & II Sounds

Monolith                : Sprite used for Baron of Hell hand

Blizzard                : Diablo II Sound (just one!)



* Beta Testers *

- 3xlneed
- BeardedDoomGuy
- Colossus
- Hellser
- iSpook
- JonnyTheWolf
- Matsilagi
- TheZombieKiller
- TiberiumSoul
- DoomKrakken
- Snivyus
- MW-21
- Hellstorm Archon
- TheZombieKiller


* For monsters from Realm667 *


- "Roach" (base sprite for imp)
Sprites vader
Sprite Edit: Ghastly_dragon, Mike12

- "Psychic soul" (lost soul replacement
Sprites: Id Software
Sprite Edit: Neoworm, Maelstrom

- "Blasterborg" (shotgun guy replacement)
Sprites: Id Software, 3D Realms
Sprite Edit: Neoworm

- "Rapid fire trooper" (zombieman replacement)
Sprites: Id Software
Sprite Edit: NMN, Tormentor667

My most sincere apologies if I'm forgetting someone. Let me know if I did, and I'll fix that right away!


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FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions

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Doom(4) for Doom / D4D
Frequently Asked Questions

Q. What is this?
A. "Doom(4) for Doom" (D4D) is a gameplay mod that brings the Doom 2016 weapons into the classic Doom maps via GZdoom. It also brings some similar monster minus the dynamic AI and mobility.

Q. What to expect?
A. The mod tries to bring the weapons as accurately as possible in looks, behavior and timings. However, we also took some liberties regarding some behaviors and balance. For example, the "Double Trouble" super shotgun, when ported in here became extremely overpowered, so we completely reworked it. Another instance is the "Gatling Rotator" mod for the chaingun, which makes it now fire explosive rounds.

Q. Does it include every single weapon in Doom4 including the multiplayer weapons?
A. Not every single one of them. All the single player weapons are there, and most of the multiplayer ones. Not the latest "the reaper" one, since that's just too new.

Q. Do the single player weapons have all the mods and upgrades?
A. Mods: yes. Upgrades: no.
In D4D all moddable weapons have their respective mods, but once acquired, they dont have "upgrades". All mods are in a fixed upgrade state compared to doom4. When you get "Micro Missiles" for the HAR, they will be "Bottomless" already. Another example, the "Lock on" Rocket Launcher mod, when acquired, will not have the multiple targets upgrade, instead, it stays the way it is when picked.
The Super Shotgun and the MP weapons, since they dont have mods, they do have a few upgrades you can buy to enhance it.

Q. Can I run it with brutal doom?
A. No. "Brutal doom" and "Doom(4) for Doom" are both gameplay mods that cannot be stacked on top of each other. Same goes for any gameplay mod.

Q. Can I run it with enhancement packs (high res textures, custom decorations, terrain packs)?
A. Most cases: yes. If the pack in question doesnt alter gameplay or alter monster looks/behaviour, it should run fine along D4D. However, if the pack defines it's custom monsters to add extra gore, effects, etc, it's very likely that it will end up messing D4D.

Q. Can I run this in Zandronum and/or multiplaer?
A. This mod is specifically designed for GZdoom since it uses really new features of the engine. If Zandronum catches with the GZDoom development, it could be playable in single player. Multiplayer is not currently supported and will probably glitch out if attempted.

Q. Does this mod have "ledge grabbing" and "glory kills"?
A. Yes.

Q. What about double jump?
A. It's there, but it's completely optional and can be turned on/off at any moment.

Q. Are the custom monsters a separate addon?
A. No. They are part of the core D4D. However, you can select the option to play with classic doom(2) monsters instead of D4D's. The classic monsters have zero changes regarding behaviour/damage/balance compared to the originals. They do, however, have slightly updated visual effects. Keep in mind that the classic Doom monsters tend to be easier to deal with than theor D4D counterparts.

Q. Are the skill levels untouched?
A. No. D4D has new skill levels. In general, it makes the game harder, and Ultra violence remains ultraviolence despite being higher up in the list of skills. The skills below that one are way harder and are not recommended for players that don't like challenges. Keep in mind however, that you can select easier skills or as mentioned above, use the classic doom monsters to play a difficulty combination that fits better you style.

Q. Do weapons have reload?
A. No. They didn't have reload in Doom4. They don't here.

Q. Will you add maps?
A. I cant map myself. But if anyone wants to give this a go, he/she will be welcome aboard!

[ZioMcCall]

Look good.Can't wait for the first version.

[osjclatchford]

nice. reminiscent of the doom3 weapons mod for zdoom... well its the same kinda thing aint it? love the implementation and the use of Neccronixis's spritework.
its visually a fair balance of the classic doom meets the hardcoreness of doom4... *edit* it is, however, sorely needing a gore mod with this... I'm no fan of brutal doom but its got to have a bit of goreno in there for the doom4yness factor...feel free to use the monstas8.pk3 from my oldskool mod as a base... I'll enjoy seeing it when its all done.


...this NEEDS to tried on btsx...

[Redead-ITA]

At least the guns looks more responsive than the New doom counterpart
wich means that your making the original devs look like it was barely well made
So Good work

[Accensus]

...this NEEDS to tried on btsx...

And CustomDoom on 5x multiplier for overkillus maximus. Maybe adjust speed mult, too. For the hell of it.

[osjclatchford]

...this NEEDS to tried on btsx...

And CustomDoom on 5x multiplier for overkillus maximus. Maybe adjust speed mult, too. For the hell of it.

read my mind lud...

[FaggoStorm]

THIS IS FUCKING AMAZING

GOD SHALL SMITE DOWN THE ONES THAT DO NOT FIND THIS AWSOME

[Jeimuzu73]

Looks promising, though I think there should be another hand holding the SSG.

[Accensus]

Yeah, but this makes it possible for - you probably guessed right - dual SShotgun carnage! Doesn't sound too Doom-like but I wouldn't mind seeing that implemented as an optional setting, heh. I think it could be controlled via CVAR, whether you'd pick up another SShotgun or only the ammo.

[BlueDragoon97]

This looks good, but you should take it a step (or two) further. What this needs is not just DOOM 4 weapons, but enemy sprites, music, and maybe even a map pack. Seriously, that would be 'devilishly clever' (*walks over to corner and assumes fetal position*).

[osjclatchford]

Yeah, but this makes it possible for - you probably guessed right - dual SShotgun carnage! Doesn't sound too Doom-like but I wouldn't mind seeing that implemented as an optional setting, heh. I think it could be controlled via CVAR, whether you'd pick up another SShotgun or only the ammo.

dual supers...its always so tempting. even as as add-on for the mod... trailblazer does it, descent into heresy does it. this should do it

[FaggoStorm]

This looks good, but you should take it a step (or two) further. What this needs is not just DOOM 4 weapons, but enemy sprites, music, and maybe even a map pack. Seriously, that would be 'devilishly clever' (*walks over to corner and assumes fetal position*).

NO BLOODY WAY

This would be better if you could play it with the maps you like. Also, new monsters could break a lot of mods that add new monsters.

I HATE WEAPON MODS THAT HAVE THEIR OWN LEVELS OR CUSTOM MONSTERS

[VGAce]

great! cant wait for this! im bored by doom4's maps but not the weapons
all hail combat shotgun

[DBThanatos]

Thanks for the comments guys!

Look good.Can't wait for the first version.

Well, there will be more than just this. So it might take a little while.

love the implementation and the use of Neccronixis's spritework.
its visually a fair balance of the classic doom meets the hardcoreness of doom4... *edit* it is, however, sorely needing a gore mod with this... I'm no fan of brutal doom but its got to have a bit of goreno in there for the doom4yness factor...feel free to use the monstas8.pk3 from my oldskool mod as a base... I'll enjoy seeing it when its all done.


...this NEEDS to tried on btsx...

Well, it will have improved gore. This is just a quick teaser of the WIP weapons. Many dont even have the alt fires implemented. Currently, only the pistol and shotgun have them. All the rest are missing. I will indeed add extra gore. Not BD levels of gore, but enough to satisfy my needs Can you possibly link me to your mod to check it out?

At least the guns looks more responsive than the New doom counterpart
wich means that your making the original devs look like it was barely well made
So Good work

I tried to respect the firing times of Doom4, but also balance them to doom. The sheer doom(1)guy speed makes the weapon feel so much faster overall.

...this NEEDS to tried on btsx...

And CustomDoom on 5x multiplier for overkillus maximus. Maybe adjust speed mult, too. For the hell of it.

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Oh man...

THIS IS FUCKING AMAZING

GOD SHALL SMITE DOWN THE ONES THAT DO NOT FIND THIS AWSOME

Heheh! loving the enthusiasm there

Looks promising, though I think there should be another hand holding the SSG.

Well, that's because the original spriteset that Neccronixis released had it like this. He recently (today i think) updated the sprites with the hand below. I might add it, but it means having to toy AGAIN with the offsets.

Yeah, but this makes it possible for - you probably guessed right - dual SShotgun carnage! Doesn't sound too Doom-like but I wouldn't mind seeing that implemented as an optional setting, heh. I think it could be controlled via CVAR, whether you'd pick up another SShotgun or only the ammo.

Now that's an interesting idea. It could make up for the lack of alt fires of this weapon.

This looks good, but you should take it a step (or two) further. What this needs is not just DOOM 4 weapons, but enemy sprites, music, and maybe even a map pack. Seriously, that would be 'devilishly clever' (*walks over to corner and assumes fetal position*).

As per my customs, I will indeed add some extra visual effects overall to the monsters and whatnot. Music, if only for the titlemap. Map pack... that's beyond me. I am not a mapper so I cant do this myself.

Now if someone wants to make a mapset for this... feel free to contact me

NO BLOODY WAY

This would be better if you could play it with the maps you like. Also, new monsters could break a lot of mods that add new monsters.

I HATE WEAPON MODS THAT HAVE THEIR OWN LEVELS OR CUSTOM MONSTERS

Well, if maps were to be added, they could easily be an optional package. Regarding the monsters, I cant promise I wont change the behaviors, to add a couple things here and there. Shouldnt be too crazy. I hope. No guarantees though.

great! cant wait for this! im bored by doom4's maps but not the weapons
all hail combat shotgun

I havent got bored of Doom4's maps. But i can definitely relate to the feeling of wanting to use the weapons in differents mapsets. Hence D4D

[Nems]

Ooooooo, color me interested! :>