Smooth Doom [WIP 2.0 TEST? WOWIE ZOWIE]

[Gifty]

It's certainly an interesting take on smooth animations, and it's more complete than the previous takes. I feel like it skews the difficulty a bit, though; projectiles like the Imp's, Hellknight's and Baron's all seem to move faster, enemies themselves move faster, and attack animations also come out quicker. To the point that while chainsawing an Imp to death, they may get in one quick slash inbetween the hits, or they may spam more fireballs than before that are particularly harder to dodge in close-quarters. Was this all to match up with the sped-up animations?

Yeah, this isn't intended to be a gameplay-altering mod but due to my own incompetence a couple of the animations don't quite match up. I'm working on fixing those and by the next update they should all be rectified.

[scissorman11785]

Gotta say; though it's rough and incomplete, this is pretty close to the ideal Doom wad I've been looking for for a while. An upgrade of the vanilla-Doom experience that doesn't alter the core of the game. I only have three complaints: the enemies move and attack too fast, the zombiemen lack lightmaps, and the double barrel shotgun is soundless when playing Doom 1. Aside from that, I can't wait for the next update.

[PRIMEVAL]

Well... you ARE playing Doom 1 which doesn't feature the SSG, so... xD

[scissorman11785]

Oh yeah. I guess it doesn't matter since I usually play with the console fx wad where the SSG has sound even in Doom 1. I noticed that the rocket explosions are flashier, do you think it's possible to do the same with the exploding barrels? When a barrel goes off next to a zombie, the explosion just looks weak compared to the shower of gore it causes. Also, I think the death animations of the lost soul, Cyber-demon and Spider-demon could benefit from some extra gore and explosion fx. Lastly, I think the blood splatters that land on the ground are too high-res. There's nothing wrong with them, they just look a little out of place. Those are my only complaints about this otherwise awesome mod.

[Gifty]

I've actually been fiddling with the explosions lately because I don't generally agree with Sarge's sensibility regarding effects. I was actually planning to remove all that extra explosion stuff because I always thought it looked goofy, but if you guys liked it then maybe I could do an addon that puts it back in for rocket and barrel explosions. Also remind me to do a bullet casings mutator for ETPC.

EDIT: Thought you guys would enjoy this. It looks super sexy in-game.

[Gifty]

Big update! All loose-end rotations are taken care of now, and the zombieman gibbing is endlessly entertaining. See the changelog for a full debrief!

I'm thinking pretty soon here there'll be enough new stuff that it'll be time for a new trailer. WITH MORE SURF ROCK.

[Captain J]

now that's an amazing gibbing animation! and i wonder about how cyberdemon and spider mastermind's explosion looks like in your future update!

[Yutrzenika]

Is it at all possible to give the cacodemons, barons, knights, etc, their correct blood colors?

[0bsidian]

Is it at all possible to give the cacodemons, barons, knights, etc, their correct blood colors?

Those can be altered easily in DECORATE, but considering Gifty is more focused on the animations themselves I'm guessing it won't appear in this.

*Waits for Gifty to contradict statement*

[Arthropod supremacy]

I played a couple of maps with this and it really adds a lot to the game. I'm wondering if you're planning to release a version with only the enhanced versions of the original animations though. The custom animations and effects are nice, but I think I would prefer a more subtle version.

[Gifty]

I played a couple of maps with this and it really adds a lot to the game. I'm wondering if you're planning to release a version with only the enhanced versions of the original animations though. The custom animations and effects are nice, but I think I would prefer a more subtle version.

I totally intend to provide different flavors of the mod pretty soon here, I'm just trying to find a way that won't fragment the mod too much and confuse people. I like Brutal Doom's mutator system, but at the same time, I don't want people to have to juggle fifteen different files to get the experience they want, so I'm not sure how this'll work out.

Quick status update: within the week, all non-boss monsters will be completed! There's going to be a groovy new video, it'll be just like a real mod and everything! At that point I'll shift focus to the extra stuff (fluff animations, refinements etc.) and inevitably the bosses, which will surely take some doing. I have no idea how long that'll take.

Oh yeah, and re: blood colors, that is something I'd like to do, I just haven't yet because I don't really have the know-how. But expect developments in that area.

[Alexandra]

I am astounded by how quickly you are flying through all this work. It's almost supernatural.

[acidhoez]

any plans on hexen/heretic/strife? enjoying the way this looks so far.

[Gifty]

any plans on hexen/heretic/strife? enjoying the way this looks so far.

It's crossed my mind, definitely possible!

[NiGHTMARE]

Have you guys considering doing smooth animations for the animated textures?