[The Original] Conan the Barbarian (Crappy preview released)

[SallazarSpellcaster]

Having breakage in stages could go along with Mr. Weasel's idea of having "durability" taken off the weapon, and that could affect its overall damage as well. For example, having a worn weapon with 2 durability (as an example) do much less damage than a new weapon (10). Plus, it'd make the player actually use the drop weapon function in order to drop the worn one and replace it with a new one, because seriously, who ever uses that function?

That was the idea, further referencing the movie and particularly its opening theme (Anvil of Crom). Indeed, giving it a requirement such as that would further the need to pick up items and manage them appropriately so as to not run out at a crucial moment.

[Crudux Cruo]

A long time ago i did a witchaven weapons mod, which unfortunately is lost forever (unless someone for some reason has a copy of it). if there is any way i can help, i am somewhat of a sprite artist and i can create or alter sprites, and i am a huge huge fan of all things medieval. PM me if you need anything at all, and i would be happy to help, in my spare time.

[Valherran]

I hope the weapon and attack animations are very fluent like some of the other MODs I have seen, it's hard to go back to simplicity.

[TheMightyHeracross]

I'd love to do some coding for this.

[DoomRater]

Here's how I would have done a durability system:
a weapon has a certain amount of durability points where it will not break. Once you burn through those, the chance of it breaking on a use goes up a notch, with the more times you get through a certain number of durability the higher the chance of it breaking. But obviously the weapon will be losing damage at this point, as well as the game flat out telling you somehow the weapon is worn and should be repaired.

Edit: Honestly I'd do this same sort of thing for a firearms mod at some point.... the difference is that it would jam moreso than just break outright, though I'd still have that as the "double unfortunate" option.

[ThomsonI]

Once I get the replacement for the Doom enemies coded in, I'll upload the beta here. My work shifts this and last week are kinda rough*, so I'm not going to get much done until I'm off Monday.

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My days are pretty much:
-wake up at noon so I won't fall asleep during my shift
-take over the counter pain killers for last night's work, and consume as much protein, carbs, and caffiene as possible
-work a register for a few hours (being an introvert in an area where most of my customers' mental healthcare amounts to daytime talk shows, televangelism, and beer; this is mentally draining)
-drag a safe on busted wheels around so a manager can close the registers
-bring in all the carts (using a hooked rope instead of a broken machine)
-go home at 1 am
-stay up until 3 or 4 am eating whatever leftovers I can find and drinking just enough vodka so I can sleep undisturbed until noon.

As a result, I don't have much awake free time before I go to work (those two or three hours after work I'm only awake enough to read comics). On the upside, I'm losing fat on a steady diet of over portioned fast food; I can know darn well I could easily hospitalize any of the drop outs/retirees/soccer moms who threaten to "cut mah ayuz" if any of them ever prove stupid enough to draw a weapon on me, and I can medicinally dose vodka well enough to use as a proper pain reliever and sleep aid without risking a hangover.

I'd love to do some coding for this.

I've got the base for the physical weapons done, and would like to get a base on the enemies done, but after that, I think I'll know enough about Decorate to be open to partnership on additional weapons and enemies.

I hope the weapon and attack animations are very fluent like some of the other MODs I have seen, it's hard to go back to simplicity.

At the moment, they're about as fluid as vanilla Doom. In time, they may become as fluid as Hexen, but I don't know that I'm ever going to make things as fluid as Brutal Doom or comparable mods.

A long time ago i did a witchaven weapons mod, which unfortunately is lost forever (unless someone for some reason has a copy of it). if there is any way i can help, i am somewhat of a sprite artist and i can create or alter sprites, and i am a huge huge fan of all things medieval. PM me if you need anything at all, and i would be happy to help, in my spare time.

I've got enough of a base on sprites to know what my strength and weaknesses are there, I suppose I'm open to partnership on this sort of thing now. I already have a slightly out-of-date project thread (the weapons have been cleaned up more) that you're welcome to join in on.

[Crudux Cruo]

I use GIMP for everything I do, its alot like photoshop and a hell of a lot more powerful than paint.net for alot of things, i recommend giving it a looksie if you're looking for a good image editing program.

as for your sprite thread, i'll see if i can touch up on some stuff here or there

[TheMightyHeracross]

I thought GIMP was too user unfriendly IMHO.

[Crudux Cruo]

I thought GIMP was too user unfriendly IMHO.

Paint.net is more intuitive in its GUI and controls, but gimp has a lot more tools, and the algorithms are more refined; its sort of like working with 3dstudio max vs Mia (if you do 3d art). its sort of a personal preference thing. I used 3dstudio max because it was more powerful than Mia, although Mia was a lot more strait forward for sure, I eventually got used to working with it and it became more natural.

I wouldn't be able to do half as well artistically without this program.

[Marnetmar]

Do we get any AUUUGRRGH ARRRUUGH NUURURRRGHGHH Schwarzenegger pain screams with this?

[ThomsonI]

Do we get any AUUUGRRGH ARRRUUGH NUURURRRGHGHH Schwarzenegger pain screams with this?

Not implemented ATM, but will look into it.

[ThomsonI]

Not dead yet, just wrapping up the graphics, and some polishing on coding. I've also got the coding for the weapons re-planned for better balance, and should have a beta out sometime before Christmas. The graphics will be widescreen friendly, and more weapons will be included. More previews may be seen in the resource thread

Akiro is now delayed and will not be included in the beta, but for good reason: he (and other casters) will be using a somewhat unique casting system (at least unique to Doom) where players select a combination of symbols for charms, syllables for chants, or movements for gestures to cast a spell. The player will be able to partially prepare multiple spells (one of each kind), and will be able to consult spellbooks to gain different bits of knowledge.

In his place, though, Malak the thief should probably be in the beta or the first update of the beta.

[Arch]

Lookin forward this beta! If I could make a suggestion, maybe it would be nice to have a custom medieval texture pack instead of Doom stock textures. That should not be hard to find, but I could help with it in any case.

[ThomsonI]

I haven't even started on the levels, I was just using the already existing wad Rylayeh to have something to take screencaps in. Whenever I get around to doing levels, it'll be a mix of Doom, Daggerfall, Heretic, and Hexen.

[SallazarSpellcaster]

Akiro is now delayed and will not be included in the beta, but for good reason: he (and other casters) will be using a somewhat unique casting system (at least unique to Doom) where players select a combination of symbols for charms, syllables for chants, or movements for gestures to cast a spell. The player will be able to partially prepare multiple spells (one of each kind), and will be able to consult spellbooks to gain different bits of knowledge.

Is this system going to be similar to the one found in Amulets and Armor?

It's a DOS game that has been released as freeware, and spellcasters find Runes, 9 of them, from which they must select 3 or 4 in the right order in order to cast spells.