Useless Pickups V4 (Updated 7/21/17)

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Useless Pickups V4 (Updated 7/21/17)

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Have you ever thought "Man, I sure do enjoy having all of these pickups by my side!" If so, this mod is NOT FOR YOU!

This mod does not remove any of the pickups from the game. In fact, you can still pick them up like in vanilla.
Instead, it simply makes them do absolutely nothing when you pick them up, rendering them useless.


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Take this Health Bonus for example. Normally, when you pick it up, you'd get yourself 1 health, right? Not anymore!

Now when you pick it up, you get this!
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(Note the lack of change in the health.)

Here is a list of all the items that are now rendered pointless by this mod:
Spoiler:
So what are you waiting for? Download Now!



Perhaps that's not enough for you... Fair enough. But wait until you see this!
All NEW in Version 4: The Useless Pickups Options Menu!
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With this newest update, you now have full control over how every pickup behaves in-game!
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As seen in the above image, you now have the choice to make ANY item either Useless, Useful, or Nothing!
The Useless setting is the good ol' items you've learned to love, the Useful setting spawns the vanilla items, and Nothing removes that item from the game.


So, if this sounds like the mod for you, then do yourself a favor and hit that download thingy already!
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Re: Useless Pickups

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Doomguy sure is doomed.

No pun intended.
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Re: Useless Pickups

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Maybe make the weapons have no bullets in them and only receive ammo from ammo pickups?
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Re: Useless Pickups

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The Berserk pack is still functional. Is this intentional or did you forget one? :twisted:
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Re: Useless Pickups

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Rachael wrote:The Berserk pack is still functional. Is this intentional or did you forget one? :twisted:
Whoops, knew I forgot something. :roll:

Here's a link to a version that includes the berserk pack.
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Re: Useless Pickups

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"Picked up a radiation suit. One size fits all? I don't think so."

"Picked up some Joo Janta 200 Super Chromatic Peril Sensitive Sunglasses, which will turn completely dark at any hint of danger." - combined with actual blindness.

"Picked up a map, but you don't want to spend hours folding it back up again."

"Partial Invisibility!....well, no one did say how partial it was. 0% seems reasonable, right?"

"Picked up some shells. Meh, can't hear the ocean. Do not want."

"Picked up some bullets, they seem to have been used already."

"Picked up some rockets, but you're no rocket scientist."

"Picked up some cells. They look nothing like what you see in biology books."

"You know, the whole 'Kurt Cobain's microphone' joke has been done to death, so I'm not even going to bother."

"You found a chainsaw, but there are no trees to cut down, and you're nowhere near Brooklyn."

"A chaingun. Well, I guess if I ever need to shoot a few chains, I'll be ready. Until then..."

"This looks nothing like a lawn chair."

"So this is what telephones were like back in the 80s. My grandfather told me all about those."

"Oh hey, my beef fajita with guacamole finally arrived...hey wait a minute here."
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IdiotBitz wrote:Image
I find this especially amusing given what I've been working on all day.
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Re: Useless Pickups

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"You got the BFG9000, but it has three triggers and you don't know which one to use"
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Vaecrius wrote:I find this especially amusing given what I've been working on all day.
And just like that I'm curled up trembling in abject terror at what new horrors Hideous Destructor has in store for me.

8-)
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"You picked up a tiny helmet. You don't know what you can use it for, but maybe it will fit nicely on your bedroom shelf?"

"You drunk some blue liquid. It seems it did nothing, but you will have to go to bathroom in a while".

"Picked up a Plasma Gun. How the heck you use that thing?"

"Picked up a...gun. Presumebly a gun, it has a big hole in one side."

"Picked up a blue armour. But you detest blue colour. No way you will put that on."

"You picked up a scary looking blue sphere. You tried to bite it. Seriously?"
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Re: Useless Pickups: Complete Edition

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I'm glad that you guys seem to enjoy this mod! I've now updated the first post to now include the brand new Complete Edition, which not only renders Health/Armor pointless, but also all Weapons, Ammo, and Powerups!

Get it here, if you're too lazy to scroll up.
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Re: Useless Pickups: Complete Edition

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"You got a chainsaw! Find some meat!... and gas?"
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shotfan wrote:"You got a chainsaw! Find some meat!... and gas?"
https://www.complaintsboard.com/messup/ ... worms.html
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Re: Useless Pickups: Complete Edition

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ever thought of having a toggler for what items you want to make useless in the mod? it could make for an interesting "hard type" experience, where e.g. only health and armor bonuses replenish either, or that you can pick up guns, but all ammo pickups are worthless etc.
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Re: Useless Pickups: Complete Edition

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Viscra Maelstrom wrote:ever thought of having a toggler for what items you want to make useless in the mod? it could make for an interesting "hard type" experience, where e.g. only health and armor bonuses replenish either, or that you can pick up guns, but all ammo pickups are worthless etc.
If only I knew how. :lol:
I am quite new to this whole DECORATE stuff, let alone adding custom menus. I am using this silly little mod as a way to teach myself how to use all this junk.
The day I figure out custom menus is the day I'll start making one for this mod.
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