ZDoom

Finally figured I'd upload this. A mutator that changes Doom to play more like an old '90s platformer - visible projectiles, coarse-grained health bars that count hits instead of damage, greatly increased vertical mobility and bullet-hell opposition. Enjoy.

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Description             : An arcadey "irrealism" mod.
			  Everything takes one hit off your health bar
			  and you're momentarily invulnerable while hurt.
			  Monster attacks are redone with this in mind.
			  All hitscans are replaced with projectiles.
			  You jump higher and shoot faster.
			  Weapons have more instant feedback - hence the title.
			  Generally things are easier but still challenging.

			  Special weapon behaviour:
			   Pistol is always pinpoint precise.
			   Super shotgun launches you backwards.
			   Chaingun slows you down.
			   Rocket launcher altfire detonates your rockets.
			   Plasma rifle altfire shoots a very fast burst.
			   BFG launches its tracer attack first, then lobs the ball.

			  Make sure you enable jump, crouch and mouselook!

No screenshots because seriously the entire mod can be downloaded like 10 times for the bandwidth of one truecolour screenshot

This really fun I espically like the visible projectiles effect (Can I borrow the code for it?) For extra lolz play it in a slaughtermap

Sure, though ww-terror and Brutal Doom likely have much better effects.

Cool. Any map recommendations? As much as I liked Parkmore and Parkour I didn't have any maps that would really benefit from them.

Well, after playing it seems pretty balanced, and pretty fun. going to play Hell revealed with it and and some more thoughts then.
EDIT: more thoughts, when playing on any map with lots of enemies this go to hell pretty quickly, and the inability to shoot after being hit makes it even more difficult to survive, let alone win. All in all- 10/10 good job!

This is fantastic.

Do you have some screenshots? I am just curious and currently at work, that's why I ask.

Project_Hellbane wrote:Well, after playing it seems pretty balanced, and pretty fun. going to play Hell revealed with it and and some more thoughts then.
EDIT: more thoughts, when playing on any map with lots of enemies this go to hell pretty quickly, and the inability to shoot after being hit makes it even more difficult to survive, let alone win. All in all- 10/10 good job!

Yeah. Unless I'm mistaken, old classic games that have you temporarily invincible after being struck still allow you to attack.

My only real complaint here is the hitstunning, as Hellbane has mentioned. Many levels become a lot harder if you can't just shove your way through a hail of monsters.

MetroidJunkie wrote:

Project_Hellbane wrote:Well, after playing it seems pretty balanced, and pretty fun. going to play Hell revealed with it and and some more thoughts then.
EDIT: more thoughts, when playing on any map with lots of enemies this go to hell pretty quickly, and the inability to shoot after being hit makes it even more difficult to survive, let alone win. All in all- 10/10 good job!

Yeah. Unless I'm mistaken, old classic games that have you temporarily invincible after being struck still allow you to attack.

Not necessarily. It depends on the game.

I like the idea of this classic arcade style. Nice touch on the health system.

Possible Issues and Suggestions Below:

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I did notice two things:
- The health/armor bonuses slide towards you, right? Well, they don't always work. I'm not sure why, but thought I would point it out.
- You can quick weapon switch from the super shotgun during its reload to another weapon, then switch back. Basically, you can shoot the super shotgun really fast if handled correctly. I'm not sure if this is intentional, due to the "speedy" nature of this game, but I thought I'd point it out nonetheless.

And may I suggest:
- Adding the MM8BDM jump system, so you can change the height of your jump based on how long the button is held. I think it would add to the arcade/old-school feel.

That's all I can think of for now. Great work. Very cool idea, and fun to play.

Does depend on game if I recall - Megaman doesn't even let you move while you're hit.

My real inspiration, though, is shmups where when you get hit and die there's often a moment where your plane's coming back onto the screen, it's flashing and nothing can hit it but the shooting has also stopped. I just removed the dying part.

As for this mod's own needs, my experience playing this on Oblige is that you take forever to run out of health in MIS!, so I prefer to prevent attacks as at least some incentive to avoid getting hit. (and it only seems fair that if they can't hit you you can't hit them...)

Thanks for the suggestions/bug warnings, Ral! Will take a look once I have more energy during a night of not having come back from work at 11:30...

You can quick weapon switch from the super shotgun during its reload to another weapon, then switch back. Basically, you can shoot the super shotgun really fast if handled correctly. I'm not sure if this is intentional, due to the "speedy" nature of this game, but I thought I'd point it out nonetheless.

It's definitely not intentional but I am unable to reproduce this and I don't see anything in the code that should give this result. Can you tell me exactly what you're doing?

Make sure the rockets' splash damage doesn't affect the player cuz that's how arcade games work.

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You can quick weapon switch from the super shotgun during its reload to another weapon, then switch back. Basically, you can shoot the super shotgun really fast if handled correctly. I'm not sure if this is intentional, due to the "speedy" nature of this game, but I thought I'd point it out nonetheless.

It's definitely not intentional but I am unable to reproduce this and I don't see anything in the code that should give this result. Can you tell me exactly what you're doing?

Well, I just shoot the super shotgun and before it goes to the recoil/reload I switch to my pistol (Press 2), then back to my super shotgun (Press 3) and shoot again. Then repeat. I can actually do the trick rather well, so it's odd that you can't reproduce it.

EDIT: On my Mac ZDoom, I cannot replicate this glitch. I'm not sure why my PC ZDoom can. Let me make sure my SVN is up to date and I'll get back to you.