Editing CI Messages?

[Zach7551]

I'm trying to edit the messages that appear at the top of the screen when you get killed by an enemy. (ex: "Player has been bit by a Demon.")

[m8f]

There are two ways to replace obituaries for existing monsters:
1. LANGUAGE lump. It will contain:

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[enu default]

OB_DEMONHIT = "%o was bit by a demon.";
OB_VILE = "%o was incinerated by an archvile.";

See gzdoom.pk3:LANGUAGE.enu for more obituaries.
This is a preferred way for GZDoom because this way is more mod-friendly.
Note that if you are using Freedoom, obituaries in LANGUAGE will be overwritten with Freedoom obituaries.

2. Dehacked.

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Patch File for DeHackEd v3.0
Doom version = 19
Patch format = 6

# SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause

# This is a magic comment recognized by Chocolate Doom, so that the
# BEX [STRINGS] section below will be parsed:
#
#   *allow-extended-strings*

OB_DEMONHIT=%o was bitten by a Flesh Worm.
OB_VILE=%o was incinerated by a Flame Bringer.

Note differences in syntax between LANGUAGE and Dehacked.
This is a more universal way, but this strings will overwrite any strings defined in LANGUAGE.

If you are designing your own monsters, add Obituary property to monster class.

Edit: by the way, what does "CI" mean?