Fill Missing Obituaries in Hexen, Heretic and Strife

[Joseph Hicks]

I've noticed that neither Heretic, Hexen nor Strife have obituaries (except for the normal monster-related deaths). I don't remember if the original games had them (never played against other people with the respective original engines ).

Here is a list of strings ready to be implemented:

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// Heretic weapons -----------------------

OB_STAFF = "%o was beaten to death by %k.";
OB_STAFFPWR = "%o was rammed by %k's energy-powered stick.";

OB_GAUNTLETS = "%o was shocked by %k's gauntlets.";
OB_GAUNTLETSPWR = "%o had his life drained by %k's powered gauntlets.";

OB_GOLDWAND = "%o was tickled by %k's golden wand.";
OB_GOLDWANDPWR = "%o was tickled by %k's powered golden wand.";

OB_CROSSBOW = "%o was pierced by %k's ethereal arrows.";
OB_CROSSBOWPWR = "%o was pierced by %k's powered ethereal arrows.";

OB_BLASTER = "%o got blasted by %k's dragonclaw."// Dragonclaw;
OB_BLASTERPWR = "%o was bombarded by %k's dragonclaw.";

OB_HELLSTAFF = "%o was engulfed in hell plasma by %k.";
OB_HELLSTAFFPWR = "%o was caught by %k's rain of doom.";

OB_PHOENIXROD = "%o was blasted by %k's phoenix rod.";
OB_PHOENIXRODPWR = "%o got torched by %k's powered phoenix rod.";
OB_PHOENIXRODSUICIDE = "%o embraced his own phoenix.";

OB_MACE = "%o was bombarded by %k's firemace.";
OB_MACEPWR = "%o was crushed by %k's huge firemace ball.";

// Hexen weapons -------------------------

// Fighter

OB_MWEAPFIST = "%o was smashed by %k's huge gauntlets.";

OB_MWEAPAXE = "%o was diced by %k's axe."

OB_MWEAPHAMMER = "%o was destroyed by %k's hammer of retribution.";
OB_MWEAPHAMMERALT = "%o was mauled by %k's hammer of retribution.";

OB_QUIETUS = "%o was silenced by %k's quietus.";

// Cleric

OB_CLERICMACE = "o% was punished by %k's mace of contrition.";

OB_SERPENTSTAFF = "%o was poisoned by %k's serpent staff.";
OB_SERPENTSTAFFALT = "%o was sucked dry by %k's serpent staff.";

OB_CLERICFIRE = "%o was fried by %k's fire storm.";

OB_WRAITHVERGE = "%o was torn apart by %k's wraiths.";

// Mage

OB_MAGEWAND = "%o was sniped by %k.";

OB_FREEZESHARDS = "%o was caught by %k's frost shards.";
OB_FREEZETOUCH = "%o was frozen by %k.";

OB_ARCOFDEATH = "%o was electrified by %k's arc of death.";

OB_BLOODSCOURGE = "%o couldn't escape from %k's bloodscourge.";

// Strife weapons -------------------------

OB_PUNCHDAGGER = "%o was swiftly stabbed by %k.";

OB_STRIFECROSSBOW1 = "%o was shocked by %k's energy bolts.";
OB_STRIFECROSSBOW2 = "%o was sniped by %k and his poison bolts.";

OB_ASSAULTGUN = "%o got stuffed with lead by %k.";

OB_MINIMISSLE = "%o was caught by %k's minimissiles.";
OB_MINIMISSLESPLASH = "%o almost dodged %k's minimissiles.";
OB_MINIMISSLESUICIDE = "%o got careless with %h explosives.";

OB_NORMALGRENADE = "%o was destroyed by %k's grenades.";
OB_FIREGRENADE = "%o was incinerated by %k's phosphorous grenades.";
OB_MINIMISSLESUICIDE = "%o got careless with %h explosives.";

OB_FLAMETHROWER = "%o was incinerated by %k's flamethrower.";

OB_MAULER = "%o was disintegrated by %k's mauler.";
OB_MAULERDRAIN = "%o went too far with %h mauler.";
OB_MAULERDRAIN2 = "%o got killed by %h own mauler.";

OB_SIGIL = "%o fell before %k's sigil.";
OB_SIGILDRAIN = "%o succumbed to the sigil.";

I'm not forcing anyone to use my strings, it's just an option. Fragging and receiving "%o died." all the time is kind of annoying.

[wildweasel]

On that note, I wonder why the current monster obituaries use the "internal" names for the monsters (clink) instead of the names in the manual (sabreclaw).

[Deathlike2]

My only guess is that most people haven't played those games in DM, and I don't recall if even the original Doom had DM specific messages.

[InsanityBringer]

No doom engine game actually ever had obituary messages

[Ichor]

I remember this old thread, which had quite a few ideas.

[Rachael]

I support this. It will benefit the multiplayer child ports.

[Graf Zahl]

On that note, I wonder why the current monster obituaries use the "internal" names for the monsters (clink) instead of the names in the manual (sabreclaw).

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OB_CLINK = "%o was slashed by a sabreclaw.";

[Joseph Hicks]

I remember this old thread, which had quite a few ideas.

There're some good ideas there.

I did some research on that thread, and selected a few good ones (IMO):

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"%o was ripped into tiny bits by %k's powered-up Dragon Claw."
"%k's powered-up Hellstaff rained death and destruction on %o."

"%o was poked to death by %k." (staff)
"%k will put %o's life points to good use." (gauntlets + tome)
"%k rained on %o's picnic." (hellstaff + tome)
"%k can now read %o's mind because it's smeared all over the place. (firemace + tome)
"%o was humiliated by %k." (chicken)

%k zapped %o with his arc of death. (arc of death)
%k left a nice little present for %o. (flechette)

"%o has had an...accident, thanks to %k" (punch dagger)
"%o is missing his face thanks to %k's missile" (missile, direct hit)
"%o was blown to smithereens by %k's bouncing orbs of doom" (grenade launcher)

We still need some item-related kills (fighter's and cleric's flechette, heretic's bomb of the ancients, chicken, pig, etc)

EDIT: Came up with a few item strings:

"%o took a deep breath inside %k's poison cloud." (cleric's flechette)
"%o found one of %k's flechette grenades." (fighter's)
"%o thought that %k's flechette was an item." (mage's)
"%o couldn't stop laughing at %k's pig form." (pig)
"%o was pecked to death by %k." (chicken) <----- modification of InsanityBringer's