ZDoom

Hellstorm Archon wrote:http://mts.richarddecosta.com/category/ ... s/monsters
I finally managed to find this guy's website after some time, and I'd like to share it. Although the link originally showed more monsters, these frankensprites are decent enough to provide ideas.

Valherran wrote:Can damn near insta-kill you if he rams you.

Valherran wrote:1 salvo from the pistol kills your shields.

Valherran wrote:He is actually more threatening than a Cyberdemon.

Valherran wrote:If you can modify his sprites so that you can shoot him anywhere in the body, except where he is holding the shield, that will balance him out. Also toning down his damage is a must, on a side note, the sprite enhancement I said above could also work with that grenadier too, as he also block way too much.

Only if you're already hurt, his charge can do a total of 60-90 damage (three ticks of 20-30 if you let him ram you for the entire duration).
He is liable to follow up with a shield bash after his charge, though, so you need to get away from him whenever he's charging. If he drove you into a corner with his charge he'll probably start bashing repeatedly.
It's supposed to function like the charge attack that a lot of videogame boss monsters have. I'm going give him a slight delay and make him telegraph this attack more clearly, though, so that the player has time to prepare and get out of the way.

I think that's fair. Compare to the original raptor shotgun grunt, one well-placed shot of his can take down your shields just as easily. Granted, raptor grunts are rarer.
I'll probably make the Warden spawn less often, I don't want to create too many situations where you're fighting more than one of them simultaneously.

I disagree. It could be that I feel this way because I designed him, and I know exactly how to kill him, but killing this guy is really just a matter of placing one powerful, well timed attack.
Your options for that include:
Powerfist, charged grenade (two clicks should be enough), raptor shotgun, autocannon, plasma rifle in shock mode, and the sniper rifle.
So you either resort to heavy weaponry, or if you don't have a heavy weapon yet, you always have access to the fist, and usually some grenades too.

Is there a way to do that for the sprite itself? I don't think spawning hitboxes like in Brutal Doom will work for the charge attack, and I'm not sure how to handle it when the Warden isn't facing you directly (when he's infighting and blocking something with his back to you).

Valherran wrote:His shield bash isn't very obvious either, might need a new attack animation for that.

Valherran wrote:Raptor Grunts only deal half damage to shield at point blank range.

Valherran wrote:Ok, maybe not the sprite, but maybe create an invisible small-arms fire proof shield that would appear directly in front of the shield and as the same shape? Same for the grenadier too.

Spoiler:

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- Added the Widowmaker.
- All "Badass" grunts (Includes the Grenadier, Warden, and Shocktrooper for now) have deeper voices now.
- Warden: Telegraphs charge attack more clearly and with a longer delay ("Closing in!").
- Warden: Reduced spawn frequency. (1 in 36)
- Warden: Reduced pistol and charge damage slightly, increased delay between shots by a few more ticks.
- Warden and Grenadier: Reduced block frequency.
- Grenadier: Reloads faster.
- Rapid-Fire Revenant, Shock Trooper, Grenadier and Plasma Grunt: Increased spawn frequency.
- Skull Wizard: Dramatically reduced spawn frequency (1 in 36 Kabro, never Hellknight.)
- Skull Wizard: Fireball spread attack has been made weaker.

The Stealth Grunt is always walking around and opening every door in the level, the opening doors part needs to be removed.

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- Widowmaker: Now checks to see if he has enough room to launch the triple seeking missiles, to prevent them from hitting the ceiling as soon as he fires them (this is done by comparing ceilingz and floorz). If he doesn't have enough room, he'll default to the autocannon.
- Widowmaker: Has been given the NODROPOFF flag, so he will no longer fall down ledges when he dodges back in melee range.
- Grenadier: Now correctly checks his distance before shooting - he won't fire if the target is so far that his grenades can't reach them.
- Skull Wizard: A slight overhaul to his attack damage, patterns and visuals (wide shots use hellknight sprites again).
- Shock Trooper: Now dodges around only when very close to the player. As a result he will generally begin firing sooner when encountered/after reloading.
- Dark Cacodemon: Will now attempt to turn invisible when his health is low.
- Dark Cacodemon: Now correctly bleeds red, like his sprite.

Mav3rick wrote:Bug: the grenadier drop box only give you one grenade instead of the standar

Mav3rick wrote:the warden just drop pistol ammo, so far no other items i have seem so far

   dropitem "golampistol" 100
   dropitem "pistol_ammo" 100
   dropitem "pistol_ammo" 100
   dropitem "shieldbooster" 80
   dropitem "healthstim" 80

Mav3rick wrote:skull wizard seeking missile can be deadly if there is no much room to avoid, probably reduce the damage 5% ~ 8%?