[Release] SD3TII (no updates 01/03/12)

[DBThanatos]

Who says the looks doesn't matter?


Video by DiegoMula


What is this?
SuperDoom3: Take II is a mod for the mod "Super Doom 3" by DOOMERO-21.
SuperDoom3: Take II (SD3TII for short) basically enhances the visual effects of the original mod. The original mod have some beautiful rips of the monsters and weapons graphics, unfortunately, the visual fx weren't (IMO) polished enough.

However, SD3TII not only focuses on visuals, but also addresses several issues I found inconvenient in the original mod, while trying to find a balance between Doom3 behavior and Classic Doom2 gameplay.
This being a "mod of the mod", is an small file; you still need to have DOOMERO-21's original mod in order to play this one.

What changed?
The list is actually quite long. However, this is a quick summary of the main changes:
-New explosion effects
-Visual effects of all monsters attacks and several weapons enhanced.
-New disintegration effects for monsters's deaths.
-New (doom3 esque) blood effects.
-Code of the monsters cleaned and optimized where possible.
-Player speed restored to Doom's regular, due to issues on maps where player speed is needed.
-Projectiles of the monsters can be now diverted or destroyed (depending the monster) by shooting at them with any weapon (following doom3's behavior).
-Improved holding sequence of the grenades and BFG to be more responsive when player releases it.
-BFG charges now at a very similar speed to Doom3's.
-Changed Flahslight and SoulCube function to pull out the last weapon used if the key is pressed again when the flashlight/cube is selected.
-Flashlight's light is cast now with hitscan rather than projectiles, to make it instantaneous.

Screenshots:

---

Gameplay Demonstration:

---

SD3TII + TVR!.wad (maps)

Yes, it looks dark, that's my personal settings.


Video of a newer version: SD3TII + TNT.wad (maps)



Gameplay test video (Memento Mori II)



Another gameplay test video (Memento Mori II)

Comparing to original mod:

---

This video shows some small differences from the original to Take II. Straight from the video details:

Sometimes little details can affect the feeling of the game. Such details can be overlooked, but if you pay close attention, you might be able to see them.

In this case, I took the liberty to show two little aspects of the mod that changed, and somehow improve the feeling in the mod.

The first is the footsteps & bobbing animation. The original mod had a quirky system that caused the footsteps and bobbing animation to play even when you're going too slow. Example, when you tap the movement key (hence the "tap movement" annotations) and yet, both, the animation and the sounds are being played. You barely moved, yet the sounds were played as if you were full-speed. In the comparison you should be able to notice that when you tap the movement key, no sound nor animation will play, because you simply dont have enough speed for that. When you release the movement key, after loosing certain speed, it will stop playing the animation and sounds. Also, depending if you're walking or running is the frequency of the footsteps.

The second comparison is the recoil effect. In the original mod, the recoil from firing a gun was an horizontal shake on the screen, and that was just for a couple weapons. As you can see, in the SD3TII version, even the pistol shakes the screen vertically, and the other weapons' recoil is far more noticeable. This makes you believe a little bit more that you're firing a weapon and that you can feel it.

Now, the 3rd comparision was just for the sake of it. Many effects were changed in Take II, but here you can see the difference for a grenade, a rocket and a BFG blast (the plasmagun didnt change that much, really).

Downloads

First, make sure you have the original Super Doom 3 mod. It was released some time ago and you can find it >>>HERE<<<

The mod "SuperDoom3: Take II" can be found >>>HERE<<<


Extra note

SD3TII, being a mod of the original mod, and requiring the original files in order to work, is still tied to all the memory allocation problems of the original, and as a matter of fact, this mod makes the game even more demanding. SD3TII was tested with a Pentium 4 (2.8Mhz), 3gb RAM (in a win7 OS) and a cheap Nvidia 8400gs (low profile) at 800x600 without performance problems. If you have better equipment, you should have no issues. If not, then you might want to tweak settings to get better performance.

Still, as in dec 24th 2010, an almost complete remake of the original files is being done, to help a bit on the allocation issues, as well as unifying TakeII with the main files. This is to clean the code and get rid of otherwise irremovable bugs. This means that it'll be a huge download, but at the end will be worth.

This overhaul and reorganization of the main files should be completed in the upcoming week, since by now is almost complete, and is just a matter of testing everything is still working as expected. So, you might be interested in coming back to get those files, and to not depend on mostly skulltag oriented files (the original mod was for ST) anymore.




Make sure to check the readme files for more information of the mod's mechanics and recommended settings.

Love, hate. Is all welcome.



Have fun and happy holidays!

-DBT

[printz]

Cool. Shouldn't the doors make Doom 3 sounds too?

[CrystalWolf]

EDIT: whoops I'm a retard

[wildweasel]

Yet another rip mod... We really need more of these. Really, we do.

You might want to talk to the original author about that, then, not the guy that's making a mod based on his mod.

[Per-Scan]

Looking good. And if anyone can pull this off it's you . Can't wait.

[Davidos]

Okay, that just looks freakin' awesome.

O.o I mean, really, what the hell?

I didn't know TVR! (That's the map right?) could be that atmospheric with the music n lights dimmed...

[DOOMERO-21]

looks great, i have a question well i noticed the gzdoom not support the change of the skin of the player when you change a weapon (but supported by skulltag) is really cool that feature is more real, well about this, the take II could be supported by skulltag or use some specific features of gzdoom??

[Salad Viking]

Oh cool, this does a lot of things I did to my version. Use some brightmaps instead of full-bright sprites, though. And if you have some modeling software, I would suggest trying to get the real models in there instead of sprites. The music in that video is mega-cool, by the way

[DOOMERO-21]

Oh cool, this does a lot of things I did to my version. Use some brightmaps instead of full-bright sprites, though. And if you have some modeling software, I would suggest trying to get the real models in there instead of sprites. The music in that video is mega-cool, by the way

well yeah 3d models are cool but cant be viewed on software.....

[Spleen]

Honestly, if you're worried about looks, I would worry about texture alignment before adding in any special effects. Look at the panel on the left of your first screenshot.

[DOOMERO-21]

Honestly, if you're worried about looks, I would worry about texture alignment before adding in any special effects. Look at the panel on the left of your first screenshot.

that is the hi res texture pack for skulltag and gzdoom, doesnt form part of the mod.

[Spleen]

Honestly, if you're worried about looks, I would worry about texture alignment before adding in any special effects. Look at the panel on the left of your first screenshot.

that is the hi res texture pack for skulltag and gzdoom, doesnt form part of the mod.

Ah. Well, if this mod will include maps, it will be much more awesome.

[DOOMERO-21]

Honestly, if you're worried about looks, I would worry about texture alignment before adding in any special effects. Look at the panel on the left of your first screenshot.

that is the hi res texture pack for skulltag and gzdoom, doesnt form part of the mod.

Ah. Well, if this mod will include maps, it will be much more awesome.

yeah i know, i am not good making maps honestly, the problem is my patient ..... if somebody could make doom 3 style maps like another mod for superd3mod will be very good...well but someday i need to make maps for that, the superd3mod is the volume 4.5, i promised the next version, the volume 5 called "revenge of evil" will contain maps, mission, and more monsters...but for that i will start the next year.....but this mod for my mod is really cool actualy is more like doom3 honestly, DB Thanatos i making a great work......

[printz]

well yeah 3d models are cool but cant be viewed on software.....

I don't think this mod should be for software ZDoom. It would be nice if this way someone would introduce ragdolls in GZDoom.

[wildweasel]

ragdolls in GZDoom.

NO. Ragdolls are cool but that's where I draw the line for Doom.