Walpurgis 1.0A (For Doom/Heretic/Hexen) [FULL 1.0 Release]

[PresBarackbar]

I know Walp is not specifically compatible with monster mods now but it'd be cool if it could be used with Mellow Heretic. It works for the most part, the only thing Ive noticed is discs of repulsion turn into Disciple sprites

[eharper256]

Waiting to test new animal form.

I want offer to do the "bear" white paws, but Im busy with other drawings. Would you be interested in help here or you good?

There are no plans for me to add in extra animal forms right now, but I could add polar bear paws as alternate art for the Wolf Form if you want to make them and they're good. You will obviously be credited if I use them (like SallazarSpellcaster got credited for updating the Myrm's boot), but don't force yourself on my behalf.

I know Walp is not specifically compatible with monster mods now but it'd be cool if it could be used with Mellow Heretic. It works for the most part, the only thing Ive noticed is discs of repulsion turn into Disciple sprites

This would be because the sprites of the Disc use the prefix "DSCR" as a shortened 'DiscR'. Disciples normally use "WZRD" for 'Wizard' but I guess Mellow must have chosen to use the same "DSCR" for 'DiscipleR' for some reason?
In most of my newer sprites I've started making the sprites named in L33T to prevent obvious conflicts (lol) so I guess I could make it D5CR or D15C in the next update if @Lagi doesn't want to change it himself.

Alternatively you can also change it yourself in SLADE pretty easily; change the sprite name in Spawners.txt on this section:

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// Disc of Repulsion Upgrade: Much better than before!!
actor ArtiBlastRadiusW : ArtiBlastRadius replaces ArtiBlastRadius
{
	Inventory.PickupSound "Pickup/Gem"
	Inventory.PickupMessage "\c[white]A \c[gold]Disc of Force\c[white] from times of old..."
	Inventory.UseSound "SStaff"
	Inventory.InterHubAmount 20
	Inventory.MaxAmount 20
	States
	{
		Spawn:
			DSCR ABCDEFGH 4 Bright 
			Loop
		Use:
			FORD A 0 A_Blast(0,350,350,30,"BlastEffectNew","BlastRadius")
	}
}

^ Change the "DSCR" in the 'Spawn' section to something different in 4 letters. And then rename all the disc sprites in the /Sprites/Doom Compatibility/ directory to match your new names (keeping the A0 through H0 at the end) and save it. Done.

[Lagi]

In Mellow Heretic i changed the Disciple sprite names (to WIZR, WIZS), need to dl again should be fine

I need 2x set of alphabet so i use DSCP and DSCR (as next letter).

I was thinking about animal form:

• Druid cut her forearm with the amulet
• she start growing (hight view increase point by point)
• [sound] her pain scream change into wild beast roar, as her hands change into bear paws

[PresBarackbar]

Thanks Lagi! It works great now. Super fun to play Baratus and tear up the Heretic monsters!

[eharper256]

In Mellow Heretic i changed the Disciple sprite names (to WIZR, WIZS), need to dl again should be fine

I need 2x set of alphabet so i use DSCP and DSCR (as next letter).

Thanks Lagi! It works great now. Super fun to play Baratus and tear up the Heretic monsters!

Sweet, thanks for the update. I will still update it my end eventually as well just in the off chance.

I was thinking about animal form:

• Druid cut her forearm with the amulet
• she start growing (hight view increase point by point)
• [sound] her pain scream change into wild beast roar, as her hands change into bear paws

• Cutting herself for a transform is pretty edgy and would imply damage to HP, mind, which I wouldn't want as a penalty for using the transform.
• Growing height is something I wanted to do, but its not done to ensure Doom levels still work (in my original tests of getting 0.7 to work in Doom, I had to reduce all the default heights for the Hexen characters as Doomguy is a short-ass, and there are quite a few levels you end up having to crouch to get through basic doors!). I guess we could nudge the viewport up a couple of units, but its not very dramatic when I tried it.
• If you want to mux a new sound for her I can send you a link to her original voice pack if you like though.

[Lagi]

• Cutting herself for a transform is pretty edgy and would imply damage to HP, mind, which I wouldn't want as a penalty for using the transform.

this would be nice gameplay detail, -1 hp/transform (unless you switch quickly back to another weapon, and not chance to kill self)

[*]Growing height is something I wanted to do, but its not done to ensure Doom levels still work (in my original tests of getting 0.7 to work in Doom, I had to reduce all the default heights for the Hexen characters as Doomguy is a short-ass, and there are quite a few levels you end up having to crouch to get through basic doors!). I guess we could nudge the viewport up a couple of units, but its not very dramatic when I tried it.

this would be godlike gameplay feature! Having to crouch to go through the door! I already feel the size of the beast

plus i believe wolf move way faster when they not in bipedal position.

[*]If you want to mux a new sound for her I can send you a link to her original voice pack if you like though.[/list]

i sucks at music. more often than not I play games mute.
send it anyway, it can stay in PM.

oh oh ... and when you in animal form... "the ground tremble with every step"

[eharper256]

this would be godlike gameplay feature! Having to crouch to go through the door! I already feel the size of the beast
oh oh ... and when you in animal form... "the ground tremble with every step"

You're just quoting Heart of Demons: Baron features you like now, right?

i sucks at music. more often than not I play games mute.

That's honestly quite unfortunate; audio adds alot to an experience. I'm also completely lacking in rhythm and couldn't be musician if I tried, but I know how important it is to the experience, so I've done alot of Audacity work on Walpurgis to make things sound good.

[Blackgrowl]

Hey, I was wondering, and sorry if this was answered already some time ago if so, I've forgotten, but anyway...
Are universal kicks planned?

I know the Myrmidon has a kick as one of the three-punch combo attacks, but I still think having a dedicated key that makes you kick would be a great idea.
You can even make it unique for each class, for example;
Warrior can do "Drop Kick", which makes enemies get knocked down as well as a strong momentum. Also, his kicks deal more damage, he was trained for this! He ought to make enemies reach more than 4 metres.
Crusader can make a slower kick (leg plate armor is no joke) but has a high chance to stun the enemy (for perhaps 3 seconds?), next hit will remove that stun though. Knockback is normal, should be as high as 1 metre and as low as 0.2
Mage can do very low-damage dealing kung-fu-ish fast kicks, with a tiny chance for an elemental effect or at the very least freeze. Maybe a "combo kick" is better? Let's just say that he's also a Monk, or his kicks (legs) are magical, heh!
No idea for the druid though, sorry.

I'd love to see if you like this idea and can make it, I would be absolutely happy if so.

By the way, I love how update 0.91 is merely 0.91 despite being a rather big one

[Blackgrowl]

Hey, thought you might wanna know; Doom Commandos don't have a "randomizer" for their trails, vertically that is.

I consider this a bug because they now can't hit me when there is a tiny barrier they can easily get past, maybe it's good, because this is "tactical cover", but that's not what Doom is about and---I swear it's easy to avoid shooting that barrier even if you're a dumb old zombie.

Here's a picture:
https://imgur.com/a/f9I7nlL

[eharper256]

Hey, I was wondering, and sorry if this was answered already some time ago if so, I've forgotten, but anyway...
Are universal kicks planned?

I don't think its been mentioned before that I remember.

Its an iconic Brutal Doom feature that I enjoy for sure, but I'm not sure if it has a huge place in Hexen, at least not directly as the mighty foot.

I will certainly consider adding it for the Myrm, mind you, as you say, its quite relevant for him and he has a unique sprite that might as well be abused for it. It would have to go on the 'Zoom' button in GZDoom which is a bit odd, mind.

Whilst I love my Kung-Fu Wizards from the Fate Stay Night franchise as much as any anime nerd, Daedolon doesn't strike me as one of them. So if I added a similar feature to the Crusader, Magister and Druid, it would instead be a Shield-Bash, Force Blast, and Knife Throw respectively. Which could be cool, so I'll consider that.

By the way, I love how update 0.91 is merely 0.91 despite being a rather big one

Yeah, its funny you noticed that. Its because I'm running out of space between now and 1.0, which I want to be a mostly feature-complete version. Hahaha.

Hey, thought you might wanna know; Doom Commandos don't have a "randomizer" for their trails, vertically that is.

I consider this a bug because they now can't hit me when there is a tiny barrier they can easily get past, maybe it's good, because this is "tactical cover", but that's not what Doom is about and---I swear it's easy to avoid shooting that barrier even if you're a dumb old zombie.

Mmm, they don't, because it looks really weird if they do, with bullets coming from above and below their chaingun due to how projectiles work in Doom.

Its obviously not noticeable if you have a hitscan, but its very much so if you have tracers. If lots of people feel its a problem, I might have to see if the projectile itself can give itself some Z velocity randomisation in its first frame; though that will lead the shots to be really inaccurate at long range, which completely nerfs maps that abuse the old 'chaingunner turret' effect.

Which honestly I see as a positive because I hate them, but I didn't want to mess with the Doom menagerie balance that far either because its really easy to notice that kind of thing and completely warps the map makers intentions, sinister as they may be.

[Blackgrowl]

Hey, I was wondering, and sorry if this was answered already some time ago if so, I've forgotten, but anyway...
Are universal kicks planned?

I don't think its been mentioned before that I remember.

Its an iconic Brutal Doom feature that I enjoy for sure, but I'm not sure if it has a huge place in Hexen, at least not directly as the mighty foot.

I will certainly consider adding it for the Myrm, mind you, as you say, its quite relevant for him and he has a unique sprite that might as well be abused for it. It would have to go on the 'Zoom' button in GZDoom which is a bit odd, mind.

Whilst I love my Kung-Fu Wizards from the Fate Stay Night franchise as much as any anime nerd, Daedolon doesn't strike me as one of them. So if I added a similar feature to the Crusader, Magister and Druid, it would instead be a Shield-Bash, Force Blast, and Knife Throw respectively. Which could be cool, so I'll consider that.

Yeah! That's actually much, much better; instead of "universal kicks" it's "universal melees", all meant to deal less damage but also give a knockback and a special effect fit for every class. I like it.

Only problem I see is the Knife Throw, how is that gonna be a "deal less damage but push back" attack? Either way, it's still unique.
I don't think "The knives are blunt" is a good excuse if you were thinking about that, by the way

And no, it's not odd at all that it goes to GZDoom's "Zoom" button, that one is nearly always used as the "Quick Melee" button for many other WADs.

Mmm, they don't, because it looks really weird if they do, with bullets coming from above and below their chaingun due to how projectiles work in Doom.

Its obviously not noticeable if you have a hitscan, but its very much so if you have tracers. If lots of people feel its a problem, I might have to see if the projectile itself can give itself some Z velocity randomisation in its first frame; though that will lead the shots to be really inaccurate at long range, which completely nerfs maps that abuse the old 'chaingunner turret' effect.

Which honestly I see as a positive because I hate them, but I didn't want to mess with the Doom menagerie balance that far either because its really easy to notice that kind of thing and completely warps the map makers intentions, sinister as they may be.

I myself would consider to make that an option, but...I also hate options, especially too many options (Unless they are good/necessary, like GZDoom's itself, I do actually love how this source port has a variety of options)
You could probably make it so it only works on difficulty 4 and 5? I mean, when anybody plays Difficulty 4, especially 5, they're just begging for sadomasochist pain. I know I am. Nothing wrong with making it extra-difficult then, including a surprise.

But yeah, a poll would be better instead, if anything this must be a very rare "bug", I doubt many people noticed it, I might as well be the first and only.

[eharper256]

Only problem I see is the Knife Throw, how is that gonna be a "deal less damage but push back" attack? Either way, it's still unique.
I don't think "The knives are blunt" is a good excuse if you were thinking about that, by the way

I'd be more surprised if someone didn't reel backwards from a knife to the gut, honestly.

That said, this one would also change to a punch or kick whilst in wolf form, of course. It would be cool to have a temporary partial-transform for a wolf paw I suppose, but that would make the animation really long which is unsuitable for a quick melee.

[eharper256]

Here's the new help/hints screen!

There will also be a specific help page covering the classes features specifically. Let me know what you all think!

[Lagi]

I need to know how many keys i need to bind, so alt and reload. Not zoom f.ex. or user 3.

Info that walp is compatible with doom and heretic is valid for first timers.

Arrow 3 and 4 are too long. Lots of people might don't even speak English (yes when I was a kid I was playing heretic like that).

Arrow 5 is very good i need that info.

Last 2x arrows are not needed

[eharper256]

I need to know how many keys i need to bind, so alt and reload. Not zoom f.ex. or user 3.

Yeah, I'll add in alt-fire as well; though that is default-bound to RMB in GZDoom.

Info that walp is compatible with doom and heretic is valid for first timers.

Arrow 3 and 4 are too long. Lots of people might don't even speak English (yes when I was a kid I was playing heretic like that).

Less ruminating on my opinions then, haha.

Last 2x arrows are not needed

That one is for people who have never played a Hexen mod before but I guess its fairly redundant.

Its helpful to get opinions on this though; there are things I wouldn't otherwise think of; since I'm both the author and a native English speaker with an English degree (lol), so all thoughts about what would be helpful are appreciated.