Custom Addon Collection for Wrath of Cronos

[Exibius]

A collection of addons that I made in my spare time to enhance my experience playing Wrath of Cronos. I decided to combine everything into a single post since a majority of these only change a little aspect of the mod.

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All original credit goes to IronTusk for their Diablo3D mod which the original system, code, and idea is based on, and Activision Blizzard for the assets used.

Being a huge fan of the Wrath of Cronos mod by Thetis, I discovered IronTusk made a mod that had Wrath of Cronos integrated into itself called Diablo3D. One of my favorite systems of that mod was the fact that Diablo 2-style runes and gems could drop from monsters which helped fix the biggest gripe I had with the mod - the lack of stat points. What this little handy system does is it gives the mod another sense of depth and character growth by giving little rewards when the runes or gems are picked up, with low-level runes like El giving only a single boost to the strength stat, with high level runes like Zod giving a whopping 15 extra stat points to allocate. There are also gems that drop that give you a buff to a certain damage type. I kept most of the original code intact other than a couple typos and obvious bugs or inconsistencies I noticed (such as skull gem being the only damage type that didn't buff one of the Wrath of Cronos damage types, which now buffs shadow, and some of them not correctly buffing the damage at all) and a couple other minor things.

I originally made this for myself but figured others could benefit for this, as well. The plus side of this is that it's universal since it's using zscript event handlers for monsters so you can use this with any game or monster pack / randomizer. Technically, you could even use this without Wrath of Cronos since the rune drops also give armor. I kept everything else the same (including the pickup text) for that little bonus to mystery; it's up to you to figure out what each gem or rune does when picked up. And don't worry, there's no negative bonuses in this; all the extra drops just give a certain stat, stat points, potions, armor, and mana. The stat points you get are permanent as well; if you use a reset scroll, all those extra points are also banked free to distribute however you like. This should help make character building a lot more diverse by being able to spread points around more than you normally could without this addon. Extra loot is always nice too.

I kept the drop weights the default so the very high-level runes should only drop like once or twice in a game if you're lucky for something a little bit extra that seamlessly integrates into the mod without becoming seriously overpowered (unless you actually play a character for that long, which in itself should be its own reward) and the only quirk I found is if you get a direct boost to a stat point, your actual character's stats won't change to reflect that until map change. Preferably load this after all the other necessary Wrath of Cronos files.

Have fun.

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Download: woc_v3gemandruneaddon.pk3

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Changes the original Wrath of Cronos shield the cleric uses to the one used in the Heretic + Hexen re-release, including updated sounds.

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Download: woc_rereleaseshield.pk3

[-Ghost-]

Nice, looks like a great addition! I'm always happy to get more loot/RPG mechanics. Where do we get the most up to date version of Wrath of Cronos anyway though, or addons for it?

[Exibius]

All the original files can still be found on https://allfearthesentinel.com/ under "WADs" by searching "woc" as the keyword. That includes all the files on this thread: viewtopic.php?t=35846 which are v3a main, nothexen patch, heretic patch, doom patch, strife patch, moc patch all under their original file names. A user kindly reuploaded the lite version on page 70 of that thread, as well. Also includes the mysterious 3.1.4 update which fixed bugs and made changes to things such as poison damage dealing over time. You just have to make sure to download and run the right files.

Since I brought the mod back into light and was asked about addons, just going to give a quick shoutout to most of the content I know of that currently uses Wrath of Cronos as a base:

Hexen: Cult of Despair => viewtopic.php?t=65993 (Great campaign, beautiful maps.)
Diablo 3D => viewtopic.php?t=59198 (Basically Diablo in the doom engine, the base system this addon is from. Atmospheric, and really feels like you're playing the Diablo games in first person. Also brings over monster damage type resistances and immunities and such.)
Hexen: Land of the Serpent Riders => https://www.doomworld.com/forum/topic/1 ... -complete/ (Custom campaign for zandronum; won't work with my addon since it uses zscript but last time I played it was an amazing experience.)
ElPoder's Unofficial "Hard" Wrath of Cronos https://www.moddb.com/mods/wrath-of-cro ... al-version (Wrath of Cronos but with a ton of mechanical changes. Last time I checked this adds skill cooldowns and a ton of other things to make the mod harder. Might not be everyone's cup of tea for those looking for a more casual original experience but appreciate their work nonetheless.)

The other files that I can think of that are being hosted are from the original doom monster replacer, which has received a ton of fixes and patches and additions. I believe all the stuff on the replacer in itself is up to like 7 different files last time I checked. I also made a quick mock-up of this addon for use on Zandronum using those specific monsters but it's a little rough; might upload that as well if I get to fixing it. For posterity's sake, I decided to run this with Doom, Heretic, Hexen, and Strife, and I've had drops with no issues so far with this little minimod. Drops right now are meant to be rare but they're insanely scarce; might boost it up a little if I feel like it needs it. Code probably isn't the cleanest, but it works.

EDIT: I updated the main post with another addon I decided to make, which replaces the default cleric shield and sounds with the one from the Heretic + Hexen re-release. With that in mind, I decided to consolidate anything I make into a single post and changed the title to reflect that.