Voxels?

[Chris]

- Set any rotation speed desired, simply use a negative number to rotate the opposite direction.

That should probably go into the DECORATE actor definition, since it's actor logic (all it's doing is incrementing/decrementing the actor's facing angle over time). No reason it shouldn't work with a sprite that has the appropriate rotations defined, of a GZDoom model.

[DooMAD]

If anyone wants to chip in with actually drawing these things then please let me know. Here's all the items that are either finished or in progress, so feel free to claim any items not listed below:

Ghostpilot:
Soulsphere
Health Potion
Rocket Projectile
Bulk Cell
Box of Shells
Red Key Card
Yellow Key Card
Blue Key Card

DooMAD:
Medkit
Stimpack
Red Skull Key
Ammo Box
Small Cells
Plasma Rifle
Chaingun
Box of Rockets
Berzerk Kit
Candle
Rocket Launcher
Barrel

Monfriez:
Lamp
Light Amp Goggles

DooMGoaT:
Shotgun
Super Shotgun


//EDIT: VICTORY!

[Project Shadowcat]

Suddenly I thought, what if the weapons spun like in most 3D shooters? Especially Blood, for one. And of course make that an option.

[NeuralStunner]

Suddenly I thought, what if the weapons spun like in most 3D shooters? Especially Blood, for one. And of course make that an option.

Considering the implementation, I think that'll be largely up to modders. Though I wouldn't mind an "enable voxel rotation" toggle in Options.

[esselfortium]

One issue I can imagine with maps that weren't created with voxels in mind is that you're going to have a ton of pickups that face walls or other illogical directions. I remember hearing complaints about areas in KDiZD where armor bonuses weren't facing you and they just looked like rocks or something. There's going to be a lot of that unless you just make absolutely everything spin around constantly for no reason.

[NeuralStunner]

I imagine that maps made specifically for a mod that used voxels could handle it well enough. Currently I use Angle 0 for all items where angle is meaningless; I'm quite willing to use varied angles if I haved angled sprites, and it'd be the same for Voxels.

[Snarboo]

It should definitely be up to the modder to align the voxels properly or simply have them spin in place, yeah.

[phi108]

Actors could be hacked to face the player the first time they see them, so items will be seen facing the spot where you entered the room. Quite a hack.

[Nash]

EDuke32 has this "maphack" system that makes it possible to modify the angles of the actors without actually overwriting the original maps. I wonder if such a system is possible in the ZDoom engine.

[NeuralStunner]

EDuke32 has this "maphack" system that makes it possible to modify the angles of the actors without actually overwriting the original maps. I wonder if such a system is possible in the ZDoom engine.

I have considered requesting the ability to load additive Things lumps on existing maps, but didn't think there'd be enough demand to make it worthwhile, if even possible.

[phi108]

I've always wondered why the doom engine didn't allow you to just specify a new THINGS lump, or other lumps for a map, which would make all those IWAD level randomizations OK to distribute. A lump setup with just:

"
MAP01
THINGS
"

I guess ID never expected these specific maphacks.

EDIT: What Neural said.

[Gez]

It is one of my many projects to one day eventually write a "maphack" system for ZDoom, which would allow to add or redefine map elements. (Probably using a variant of UDMF.)

[NeuralStunner]

I know I would use it.

[DavidPH]

Is it too early to be posting crash reports with voxels (because they totally crash ZDoom for me)?

[Exl]

Is it too early to be posting crash reports with voxels (because they totally crash ZDoom for me)?

Way, way too early. Try not to look up or down, or let voxels get out of view to prevent most crashing.