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IN THIS MOD:
-(Almost) every weapon from Amid Evil replicated somewhat accurately in Doom!
-An extra weapon thrown in for the absolute hell of it!
-Heavy use of Raven Software sprites & sounds, a Baratus mod staple!
-Amusingly offbrand weapon names, since this mod isn't about perfect accuracy.
b3: The Accuracy Update - 11 March 2020
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General
+New Soul Mode system! Activate with Altfire at full soul capacity!
+Altfire when below 100 souls displays a fail message.
+Added full Heretic compatibility!
+New status bar and Fullscreen HUD!
+New health pickup sprites!
+New weapon raise sounds!
~Widescreen friendly sprites for Sword and Axe
~Ammo types now display in GZDoom's Alternative HUD
~Blurspheres are replaced with Huge Souls that give 50
~Heretic Tomes of Power are replaced with Huge Souls
~Soul Mode lasts 30 secs, decreased from Heretic's 40
~Some projectile offsets corrected
Axe
+Axe soulfire 2 tics faster
+Axe swing speed/damage tweaked
~Axe pulls in enemies from a short range
~Picking up Berserk switches to the Axe
~Berserk will quadruple Axe damage for the duration of the level
Soul Leech
+Attacks puff on actors
-Damage decreased
-Range decreased to 64
+Attack animation shortened from 5 to 4 tics
-Normal fire no longer has lifesteal
-Lifesteal effect only occurs in Soul Mode
~Leech smallpuffs on walls, largepuffs on enemies
Azure Wand
~New Sprites by neoworm. Thanks!
+New firing sound
+Projectiles home in - forgot that last version, oops!
~WaterWand/AzureWand naming confusion fixed
Ether Sword
+Fire rate increased
+Damage slightly increased
~Projectiles are spaced further apart
-Fires one less projectile
~Smaller pickup sprite
Arc Trident
~New sprite by neoworm. Thanks again!
+Projectiles are angled towards the center for increased accuracy
+Damage increased considerably
+Stunlocks enemies more effectively
~Projectile puff size increased
+Arc Soulfire ammo use reduced
+Arc soulfire dmg increased*
~Arc puff looks nicer
Astral Core
+New original pickup and HUD sprite!
+Proj emits shockwave effect on death
~Proj effects tweaked to have more niceness
~Proj offsets tweaked, rocket trails display correctly
Shatter Star
+Damage increased slightly
+New impact sound
-New sprites by neoworm, edited by myself. Again, thanks!
+Star Soulfire is rips enemies, now absolutely devastating
Infinitum
+New original pickup and HUD sprite!
+New sounds!
~Fully palletised for Doom and Heretic
-it fires a little slower, but what can ya do?
Did you find the new monster replacement?
b2: (18-02-20)
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General
+New enemy replacement added.
~Weapon bob changed.
~Green mana will occasionally spawn in place of purple mana
Azure Wand
~Animation tweaked
~Proj size decreased
+Windup animation decreased by 1 tic
Ether Sword
+Proj radius decreased
+Hitspark added to proj
Arc Trident
+Damage increased
Astral Core
~Planets randomly cycle in colour
Shatter Star
~Name change
~Visual overhaul. projectiles are teal coloured and stick in walls
~Hitspark added to proj
+Proj radius decreased, meaning less shots wasted in tight spaces
+Primary fire animation decreased by 2 tics
Infinitum
+It's purple now!
(I may not know exactly how to tackle this weapon and I'm just putting it off)
b1: (17-02-20)
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Initial release.
The special effects are very good and satisfying. And all the weapons are fairly powerful as well. But like i said on the server, i wish it gets graphical improvement like replacing all weapons to something fitting and accurate. Other than that, pretty decent mod!
Thanks! I suppose the mod is let down somewhat by not having accurate sprites for each of the weapons, but I don't know of any AE sprite rips that exist yet. Making my own sprite rips or creating custom sprites unique to the mod would be doable, but time-consuming. My general modding process is rather slow and gradual.
Stand by for a version update (because I always find stuff to tweak things shortly after putting out a release).
Almost every weapon has been tightened up, especially the Star of Torment equivalent. Impaling monsters never felt so good! Added a few small touches and quality of life changes.
Ether Sword
+Proj radius decreased
+Hitspark added to proj
Arc Trident
+Damage increased
Astral Core
~Planets randomly cycle in colour
Shatter Star
~Name change
~Visual overhaul. projectiles are teal coloured and stick in walls
~Hitspark added to proj
+Proj radius decreased, meaning less shots wasted in tight spaces
+Primary fire animation decreased by 2 tics
Infinitum
+It's purple now!
(I may not know exactly how to tackle this weapon and I'm just putting it off)
modified staff from Rise of the Triad modified for Heretic palette. Can be good replacement for Azure staff.
and somewhat recolored trident for Voltride
Hey, I love the way this is going right now. Just a few things.
1.) Check the originals. I do like the way Amid Evil weapons work, but try to check the originals because the weapons dont seem to function as closely as i would have hoped.
2.) Consider sprite rip.
3.) Consider making this for heretic instead.
I mean, this can still use some polish here and there, and definitely needs some tweaks to work well with doom.
I agree with Crudux Cruo, this needs to have at least Heretic compatibility and also that some weapons are missing core mechanics.
Staff needs to home on enemies, that's what makes it specific and useful.
And Voltride have the overkill mechanic with the chain lightning. It will probably need some Zscript magic, but I believe it's doable in GZDooM.
WHOA! Thanks so much for these resources neoworm! I almost want to put these into the mod right away!
Thank you for the feedback Crudux Cruo, I'll mess around in AE and get a better feel for the weapons. Some inaccuracies are there just to balance the weapons with Doom's general game feel. For example, the Ether Sword doesn't pierce because ripper damage is very hard to scale back and it's powerful enough as a single-shotgun tier weapon, for Doom's gameplay anyway. Some changes like Voltride's overkill ability seems a bit advanced for my current modding skill.
As for getting it working with Heretic, multi-IWAD compatibility is something I haven't tried before, but I'll certainly be willing to have a go.
