Spellcross ARENA (+32 Monster Pack) - V1.04 - Last Version!

[StatisticalHourglass]

I just tried this out, The enemies are really cool, wouldn't mind seeing a mapset with these guys as antagonists.

[Blackgaze]

I just tried this out, The enemies are really cool, wouldn't mind seeing a mapset with these guys as antagonists.

I almost did 1 map based on a level from Spellcross. But it wasn't worth creating all the textures and props for something that won't be used. At least the monsters have a chance.
I'm going to try and fix that bug in the Forest Arena that sometimes causes monsters to spawn in 1 place and maybe improve Slizoids while i'm there (v1.01)

Any more people to try this wad is very much welcomed. Please give it a try if you like new monsters.

-EDIT- I've noticed "Adjust Spirit Clipping" is needed for OPENGL otherwise the monsters look weird. Are there any downsides to not having this as "never" to prevent this problem? My goal was not to force people to change their settings unless it was part of the wad.

[Blackgaze]

Spellcross Arena V1.01 Is now Out!
Download here:

https://www.mediafire.com/?90zy7618d7s0914

Notes:

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V1.01 Patchnotes

Monster Balance

- Slizoid chance to duplicate improved from 8 to 18 via movement.
- Slizoids cannot duplicate by attacking anymore
- Slizoid prime now spawns two additional Slizoids instead of one.
- Slizoids can only spawn a maximum of 2 Slizoids, then they will die after the third one spawned. Slizoid-prime's 2 starting duplicates do not count.
- Reduced Mri's attack AOE range from 96 to 80
- Ghost's health reduced from 90 to 85.
- Conjurer's Missile damage reduced from 4 to 2
- Conjurer's Missile now deals 10 AoE damage in a 96 radius..
- Conjurer's cannot infight with other Conjurers
- Magotar (air) drop rate of Magotar (ground) increased

Map Changes

- Fixed forest-arena RNG spawner getting stuck at bottom-left corner (additional trees in bottom-left corner of the Forest Arena)
- Added 4x Pillars in top-arena.
- Added Switches to bottom arena to exit teleporters
- Added additional ammo for top arena (extended top)
- Shorter entrance to Forest Arena (for new Random Spawners)
- Added a step around the middle arena

General Fixes

- Fixed General Alexander's death sequence not being removed in multiplayer (Doomguy skin)
- Fixed Magotar (air) sometimes not spawning Magotar (ground) in multiplayer.
- Semi-Fixed Hell Rider and Demon (Spellcross) teleporting visual mistakes on multiplayer servers (This still has not been fixed in cases of attacks through blocked line of sight).
- Fixed a Hell Rider and Demon quick-movement bug.
- Fixed Mechanical Mammoth's attack explosion not being visible on Multiplayer.
- Fixed Mri's attack explosion not being visible on Multiplayer
- Fixed Kamikaze Bird movement stuttering on multiplayer.
- Improved spawning system for Mechanical Tower's Orcs, Conjurer's Kamikaze Birds, Nekromancer's Undead, Magician's Demons (Spellcross), Fortress of Terror's Anti-Tank Orcs and Magotar's (air) Magotar (ground).
- Cleaned up HellRider/Demon teleporting code in DECORATE.
- Added Big Blood corpse for Demon (Spellcross)
- Added Blood corpse for Hell Rider.

RNG system

- Magotars (air), Harpies, Balloons, Kamikaze Birds (non-summoned), Black Angels and Dragons spawn at a random height distance (arena-purposes only)
- Split "Random Monster" choice into three new options:

"Chaos Random Choice"
Spawns 1 Random Monster of any difficulty.
"Fixed Random Choice"
Spawns 1 Random Monster of higher chance easier difficulty.
"Veteran Random Choice"
Spawns 1 Random Monster of higher chance harder difficulty.

- War-Orc random chance increased by 2
- Demon (Spellcross) random chance increased by 1
- Magician random chance increased by 1
- Mri random chance increased by 1
- Harpy random chance increased by 1
- Dark Elf random chance increased by 1
- Golem random chance increased by 1
- Mechanical Tower random chance increased by 1
- Arrow Thrower random chance increased by 1
- Ballista random chance increased by 1
- Ka-Orc random chance increased by 1

Other

- Updated read-me file
- Updated various DECORATE notes.
- There is a Sound-Bug from Sonic Cannon and Harpy's attack that has not been fixed
- Hell Rider and Demon (Spellcross) will require additional work to fix Teleport bug on multiplayer.

Although shared elsewhere and hosted online, I like to hear what people think from here. And i'm curious if anyone has any intentions to use any of these monsters for their own projects.

[Blackgaze]

After 6 months I'm back, and my last return also.

Spellcross Version 1.03 is out, and intended to be my last version, and 1.04 will be minor fixes if needed (including a current unfixable sound bug, and reduced Music File sizes if requested)

https://www.mediafire.com/?da7ac1msf76rywv

V1.02 never officially got posted, as V1.03 was already in the works many months ago, but this was left for so long since receive much feedback, and I have moved on to other things. This patch was needed as it fixed the major multiplayer bugs involving the teleporting monsters, and cleaned up a few other things along the way.

I hope for one last time for some people to make use of these, and I may even host the wad online from time to time. But for those who did have a look, you have my thanks and I leave you with the last of the updates. Any future extensions have been cancelled.

Enjoy V1.03! let me know what you think.