Hideous Destructor 4.10.0b

[panzersoldat]

Panzersoldat: Here it is: https://drive.google.com/open?id=10CGyf ... 6qe7kcwxgh

AZ: Yes, they're bigger now to match the relative sizes of the dot sight and the scope on the new HUD sprites. I like them this size - I can finally still put the dot over the target and recognize the shape they make inside the circle!

I still don't know what you're talking about wrt the hud thing. It's 10 tics like it was for a long time.
Anyway, I've made that customizable through the hd_hudusedelay cvar, try setting it to like 25 or something and let me know if that works.

Awesome. Thank you so much man! Really enjoying the mod. The changes are little but for what they are, they do change the Heretic experience to be a lot more fun, at least for me. Works really really well. if you could edit the Synthetic Deities topic page to include the new link for others to use, that would be nice. More people should give Heretic and Synthetic Deities a try.

[Matt]

To elaborate: Either I set up a buttload of spaghetti to rearrange all the various pieces to fit together with each scale, or require dozens of calculations every tic just to maintain this, or rely on more global sizing options that turn out to be totally impossible to use to achieve certain things (such as making the entire crosshair just a little smaller than it currently is rather than vastly smaller).

Maybe it's not as bad though...


EDIT: It's in. Set hd_xhscale to any number between 0.1 and 3.0 (default 1.0).

[Abba Zabba]

I appreciate you adding that, thank you. (strangely enough though, the default large size is starting to grow on me...though the auto mode for scope zoom would work best as a toggle rather than a hold, IMO)

Couple bugs: (one of which has been confirmed by two buds that AFAIK forgot to mention)

1: Enemy DERPs seem to crash the game (non-fatal, just the current level) when they are about to fire. I apologize, I forgot to get the offending code snippet from the crash.

2: Resurrected enemies seem to not target the player (or at least, attack) in a lot of the instances I've seen, in different maps. All res'd chaingunners have been peaceful (five or so) and a couple shotgunners as well; however, one seemed to become hostile/got res'd when I was teleported a fair distance away but was still within LoS of the tower's open room. Not sure what's going on here, it's really odd.

[Matt]

Fixed 1, have seen 2 from time to time but have never been able to replicate it intentionally so I'm leaving it for in case I happen to stumble on the offending code later.

[ArchXeno]

I've also noticed the passive enemy bug, but it mostly affects lost souls, brown pinkies and puttis on my end.

[Matt]

Thanks! The mention of lost souls helped me eliminate one possibility that would have implied a lot of headache...

EDIT: And any future such headaches will have to wait until after this NEW UPDATE!

So much shit it's gotta be spoilered to avoid clutter.

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• Fixed:
  • At long last, armour works against shotgun blasts again.
  • Soft crash on shotgun guy attacking nonexistent target.
  • More sensical RL action: if the tube is not already full, loading a HEAT will push any currently chambered regular rocket back into the tube.
  • BFG downward drift was not working in all situations where it ought.
  • Armour now keeps track of itself properly when stripped or dropped.
  • Consolidator would somehow mess up the backpack entry on 4.26mm ammo. No idea why, but patched.
  • Custom loadout now lets you have two pistols through setting one slot as pistol and setting an amount of 2+.
  • Added +dontgib to a bunch of things. No more losing precious items to doors!
  • ZM66 pickup sprite wasn't showing attached mag frame.
  • Broken *ERPs are now treated as their own items for encumbrance purposes.
  • Lives display now constantly updates as to catch changes to fraglimit.
  • Some jankiness in DERP direction. No longer relying on A_Chase for any movement at all. In other news, apparently CHF_DONTTURN does not imply CHF_NODIRECTIONTURN the lack of which will have the actor face east if they don't move.
  • 3.3.0's new sound error spam needed workarounds. Now all puffs and explosions check their position before continuing to spawn, and archviles simply warp 8192 units away after fading away and lie dormant for a while instead of running away indefinitely.
• Added:
  • Aim sensitivity reduction now happens whenever you are holding Use. It's still much easier to control while braced, however.
  • Alternate way of shooting both Slayer barrels at once: hold fire mode and tap either fire button.
  • New old cacodemon attacks! (kinda)
  • New tip system. Set hd_helptext to 1 or below to get rid of it (1 leaves the old helptext alone). Please read this carefully as the startup tips do not include any reference to this feature.
  • Golden punching bag on the range! (not down the range, that would be silly)
  • User3 now labeled as "rangefinder/mag manager/misc." in the HD controls menu.
  • Downtime battery charging (without BFG) is back! Must have at least 50 units' worth to do it.
  • Liberator scope now functions similarly to Boss.
  • Compass on full HUD.
  • New IED commands! New format is: ied <mode> <tag>
    • mode can be:
      • 1 = active (default)
      • 2 = passive
      • 999 = detonate
      • 123 = query
      • -x = set tag (e.g., "ied -1" sets the tag as 1)
    • Setting tags means setting the tag for the next IED you deploy.
      • As an alternative to ied -x, you can type iedtag x.
    • For all other commands, if you do not specify the tag or set it to 0, then all deployed IEDs will be affected by the command unless it is prohibited (e.g., IED within range of user when setting to active or detonate). If you specify a tag, the command is given only to your IEDs that have that tag.
    • If all you ever do with IEDs is deploy them, leave them on auto and forget about them, none of this will affect you.
  • New HERP commands! New format is: herp <mode> <tag> <direction>
    • mode can be:
      • 1 = active (default)
      • 2 = inactive
      • 3 = redirect
      • 123 = query
      • -x = set tag (same as IEDs, herptag command also included)
    • direction is a direction in degrees, counterclockwise (e.g., 90 turns it left, -90 right)
    • Again, this should not affect anyone who only deploys and picks up HERPs without further changes.
  • New DERP commands! New format is: derp <mode>
    • *mode can be:
      • 1 = turret: attack, do not move unless commanded
      • 2 = ambush: as turret but no attack either
      • 3 = patrol: wander around general area and attack
      • 4 = return: make a beeline back to the user
      • 5 = move: make a beeline to where you are looking
      • 6 = toggle turret and ambush
      • 123 = query
      • -x = set tag (same as HERPs, derptag command also included)
    • derpt, derptz, derpp and derpat all still work. derpa has also been added to mean ambush.
    • There is no longer a follow mode, nor will the DERP constantly wander towards your position. Please update your default DERP settings as all numbers have increased by 1.
    • You can also now carry up to 3 DERPs.
  • Forced delay against respawning after death in multiplayer, allowrespawn and grimdark, with an exception for console suicide.
  • Team spawnpoints for TDM! Type teamspawn 666 to set, teamspawn -1 to clear, teamspawn to get the coordinates of any currently set point.
  • Added armour to automap HUD.
  • New cvars:
    • hd_hudusedelay (default 12): sets how many tics you must hold the Use key to get the full inventory, compass, etc.
    • hd_xhscale (default 1.0): sets the size of your sight/crosshair/scope/reticle on your screen for better compatibility with narrower-screen aspect ratios.
    • hd_libfrontreticle (default false): if true, has your starting Liberator use a front reticle that scales with your magnification.
    • hd_libaltreticle (default false): if true, has your starting Liberator use a brighter centre target reticle instead of the same one as the Boss.
• Changed:
  • Armour is now only in two flavours, green and blue (formerly known as black). This has the following incidental changes:
    • DoomEdNum 23221 is now a ladder top instead of blue armour.
    • Custom loadout slots 19-20 now do nothing. Slot 3, formerly black armour, is now radiation suit, while the ladder has been moved to slot 7.
  • Redid the armour inventory system. You can now simply "drop HDArmourWorn" to strip off your armour.
  • You only lose your spiritual armour if you change to a different armour suit.
  • hd_helptext is now an integer rather than a bool. 0 is none, 1 is regular and 2 (default) includes the new startup tips.
  • Zombies now start with random loaded ammo, and SMG zombies drop slightly less.
  • Backpack now just uses the same values as encumbrance. Its encumbrance value is 62% of what it would be if it were on your person. I may change this figure.
  • The "ab" command is now done through an alias and an eventhandler.
  • You take much longer to bleed out your final few hitpoints.
  • Replaced a lot of custominventory functions with network events. There should be no noticeable difference.
    • Except that hd_dropone now has a number parameter giving lie to the "one" part. If you type hd_dropone 3 with the Thunder Buster you will drop 3 batteries!
  • Replaced some needless HDUPK intermediate actors and changed most ammo types to use HDAmmo instead of Ammo.
  • Mag manager is now your first recourse for dealing with partials.
    • If you don't have a working mag in there already, picking up or unloading a partial will move it there right away. Note that this will not necessarily save the best mag, so be careful!
    • If you use hd_dropone, you will drop the spares first, then the working mag, then the full.

[Tranthula]

New DERP commands! 5 = move: make a beeline to where you are looking

Dude yes!

[Somagu]

You remember that NVGs thing a few people mentioned from ages ago? I found out what it is! Turns out the movement on your goggles is very related to your framerate. If you have your framerate capped at 35 or 60, it looks fine, but as you go higher to 200 and beyond, you get the thing everyone else was talking about.

[Serathis]

I just finished Doom Recon. It is horrendous. If you want a good map for HD, try the Brutal Doom Starter Pack. It plays surprisingly well, in fact I would add it to the recommended map list.

[Bigger C]

Ouch. May I ask what you didn't like about DooM Recon?

[redlock]

HD is totally unlike any mod I've played and I love the concept.

With gzdoom g3.3.0 on OSX and HD 3.3.0, the ZM66's scope is black. Is there a dedicated key for removing the scope lid, a la Nethack or ADoM, or am I missing something else?

[Serathis]

Ouch. May I ask what you didn't like about DooM Recon?

The level is HUGE. It takes ages to traverse but during those travels, absolutly nothing happens. The combat encounters are fairly boring. There are no ammo or weapon pickups save for an SSG at the very end. The green nukage spill in the underground tunnel ate through my rad suit. There is a cyberdemon roaming on the map that you may randomly run into. Most of the rooms and buildings serve no function.

[Matt]

Redlock: No idea, and sounds at least as likely to be a GZDoom issue as an HD issue. Does it work in previous versions of HD on GZDoom 3.3.0? (or 3.3.1?)

Somagu: Thanks for finding it, though I'll never be able to test that!
.......actually no I can, it's completely tied to the framerate so it's almost twice as fast at 60fps as 35 -_-
This may require more inventory hackery unless someone has a way to update the HUD at a consistent 35fps.
EDIT: Done. Still want to know how I can force a certain update rate to the HUD though.

[phantombeta]

@Matt
You fixed it by moving it to DoEffect. There's no need for that. The BaseStatusbar class has a Tick virtual that you can override.

[Abba Zabba]

Not sure if anyone else mentioned it (had a bud confirm it, tho), but Lib casings (well, specifically, how the Liberator ejects them) are ejecting in a really strange fashion - they're collecting in their spawn point until you move yourself/your aim enough to free them. I don't know if they're getting stopped by a brace check actor or some other actor the player spawns, but it's kinda funny, if immersion breaking. A consistent way to build a huge pile is to keep a steady aim and fire in semi-auto.

Could the scope mode change the 'auto' option or add a toggle option like there was in the past? Pressing zoom not only requires another key press while I'm trying to focus on zooming in on something, but it also completely disables any ability to fire while scoped because fire and alt-fire adjust the scope's zoom level.