Metroid: Dreadnought v1 - The Galaxy is Doomed

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I offer this without any context or explanation.

ARE
THOSE
Beam Combos?!

(omgwtfhowisthispossibledammittermhowdoyoumakeimpossiblethingshappen)

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omg wtf how is this possible dammit term how do you make impossible things happen

EDIT: you know it occurs to me that just about anything+plasma is gonna broken as all hell

[Ijon Tichy]

if it helps explain anything, red is the beam that got selected

I'm bad at color codes

[Tango]

custom enemies would really be great. obviously a huge undertaking sprite-wise, but I feel that monsters would need a huge upgrade to really take advantage of the kind of gameplay the mod is capable of. more interesting/frequent projectile patterns, more enemy movement, more variety, etc etc. I suppose someone could at least for the time being take some other custom monsters (from the realm and the like) and give em an upgrade

[Valherran]

It would be cool to see Armstrong Houston as a playable character.
http://img4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb2010 ... ouston.png

[Xyplex]

Very cool Mod

[TerminusEst13]

ARE THOSE Beam Combos?!
(omgwtfhowisthispossibledammittermhowdoyoumakeimpossiblethingshappen)

Well, to be fair, I can't entirely take credit for the sweet HUD, that's more ijon's doing.

custom enemies would really be great. obviously a huge undertaking sprite-wise, but I feel that monsters would need a huge upgrade to really take advantage of the kind of gameplay the mod is capable of. more interesting/frequent projectile patterns, more enemy movement, more variety, etc etc. I suppose someone could at least for the time being take some other custom monsters (from the realm and the like) and give em an upgrade

I would really rather not use Realm667 monsters, as those have really been done to death in enemy replacements.
I already have a write-up of enemy replacements, ordering, and behavior, but the question now is just doing sprites for them.

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Zombieman: Grey Zebesian Trooper (The typical 2D Space Pirate troopers. Mostly wanders and occaisionally shoots)
Sergeant: Green Zebesian Trooper (Shoots more often, knows how to dodge)
Commando: Red Zebesian Trooper (Agile fucker who constantly shoots and jumps and dodges)

Imp: Urtragian Trooper (The Metroid Prime Space Pirate troopers. Basic melee with a scythe arm and basic energy gun attack)
Demon: Zoomer (Little spiky critters that scoot around and poke you with their spines)
Spectre: Desgeega (Bigger two-legged critters with spikes on their legs that hop around at you and try to bite you)
Lost Soul: Kihunter (An aerial bug-like critter that tries to fly close to Samus and spit acid at her. Very inaccurate and practically pathetic outside melee range, but moves quickly and swarms)
Cacodemon: Aerotrooper (Urtragian Pirate trooper with a jetpack and dual guns, fires away happily)
Hell Knight: Super Zebesian (A specially-trained group of Zebesian pirates, yellow in color and with power armor. Their blaster attacks are relentless, and they also apparently know kung fu for close-range encounters)
Baron of Hell: Pirate Commando (A specially-trained group of Urtragian pirates designed to "hunt the Hunter", these come with an energy shield, a grenade launcher, and an energy scythe for ripping through shielding and armor)

Arachnotron: Anguish-Class Sentry Drone (Mechanized turret with rapid-fire artillery capabilities)
Revenant: Gloom-Class Sentry Drone (Mechanized turret with long-range artillery capabilities)
Mancubus: Torment-Class Sentry Drone (Mechanized shield/tank hybrid with a single turret that lobs explosive artillery)
Pain Elemental: Metroid (Fast annoying piece of shit that dives over at you and starts sucking you dry to regenerate its health)
Archvile: Pirate Commanders (The most annoying piece of shit. Elite Urtragian pirates that are equipped with specialized armor, a personal cloaking device, a mighty energy cannon, and the ability to summon lesser units by its side)

Spider Mastermind: Armageddon-Class Sentry Drone (A gigantic war machine outfitted with chainguns, a rocket launcher, and an energy shield)
Cyberdemon: Omega Pirate (A bio-weapon built like a skyscraper and as powerful as a tank)

Wolfenstein SS: UAC Space Marines? Revenants? Redesigned Doom imps?

...and of course Ridley for some other special encounter yet to be determined.

18 enemies total--I can figure out the Wolfenstein SS enemy later, so that leaves 17.
Out of those 17 enemies, I have sprites for the Zebesian troopers/Zoomers, so that would take care of the Demon/Zombiemen/Sergeant/Commando, and with a little editing the Hell Knight as well.
I also have placeholder/temporary sprites for the Desgeega/Metroid/Kihunter, though they could use polishing in the future, so that sort of takes care of the Lost Soul/Pain Elemental/Spectre for now.
That leaves only nine enemies remaining--the Imp, Cacodemon, Baron of Hell, Arachnotron, Revenant, Mancubus, Archvile, Spider Mastermind, and Cyberdemon.

It would be cool to see Armstrong Houston as a playable character.
http://img4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb2010 ... ouston.png

Ahahaha, yeah, it'd be nice to see the American Metroid comics get some love. Either with Houston or Brannigan, either of them would be cool to play around with.

Very cool Mod

Thank you!

[TheBeardedJedi]

Terminus, I wanted to ask if there is a way to eliminate randomized damage in your mod. It's only for personal recreation (I despise random number generators). I can enclose numbers in parentheses like I did in other mods, but enemies such as barons still take randomized damage from things such as explosions in Metroid Dreadnought. Does your ACS have a randomized damage formula somewhere?

That said, this is one of my favorite mods, nice work!

[TehRealSalt]

Since the SS is normally used as a joke monster, what about a Baby Metroid? It tries to attack you, but does pitiful damage. Or it follows you, causing no harm; it doesn't matter. :V

[twinkieman93]

Mr. Katarn, explosions in Doom don't do random damage. It's determined based on the distance of the actor from the center of the blast. Any variance you're seeing is not the explosion's fault, it's the projectile's impact damage.

[TheBeardedJedi]

Thanks. Hmm, I wonder why this code isn't working, then:

ACTOR PowerMissile
{
Radius 12
Height 8
Speed 40
Damage (0)
Projectile
-FORCERADIUSDMG
DeathSound "missile/hit"
Obituary "%k blew %o up."
DamageType "Missile"
Decal Scorch
States
{
Spawn:
PMSL A 1 Bright A_SpawnItemEx("MissileTrail",0,0,1,0,0,0,0,160)
Loop
Death:
TNT1 A 0
TNT1 A 0 A_Scream
TNT1 AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA 0 A_SpawnItemEx("MissileTrail",random(-100,100)/100.00,random(-100,100)/100.00,random(-100,100)/100.00,random(-200,200)/100.00,random(-200,200)/100.00,random(-200,200)/100.00,random(-180,180),160,128)
TNT1 AA 0 A_SpawnItemEx("MissileExplosionSmall",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,160)
TNT1 A 0 A_SpawnItemEx("MissileExplosionLarge",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,160)
TNT1 A 8 Bright A_Explode (200,150,0,0,150)
TNT1 B 6
TNT1 C 4
TNT1 A 0
Stop
}
}

It's designed to make the explosion deal full damage from a direct hit, but the damage still varies every time. I wonder if there is some small detail I overlooked

[Cryomundus]

Well, there's the damage dealt by the rocket itself and the damage dealt by the resulting explosion. There's also the fact that explosions push actors, which can vary the damage that's dealt.

[XutaWoo]

If you're doing that for Zand, it doesn't work because it doesn't have those parameters yet.

[Captain J]

Since the SS is normally used as a joke monster, what about a Baby Metroid? It tries to attack you, but does pitiful damage. Or it follows you, causing no harm; it doesn't matter. :V

or, 8 bit-pixelized monsters. it would be reasonable if we wants to throwback to the past.

[tsukiyomaru0]

Since the SS is normally used as a joke monster, what about a Baby Metroid? It tries to attack you, but does pitiful damage. Or it follows you, causing no harm; it doesn't matter. :V

or, 8 bit-pixelized monsters. it would be reasonable if we wants to throwback to the past.

Correction: LETHAL joke monster. If I recall correctly, SS Soldiers have 100% accuracy no matter where you are.

[Yholl]

Correction: LETHAL joke monster. If I recall correctly, SS Soldiers have 100% accuracy no matter where you are.

If by 100% accurate, you mean as inaccurate as a slow firing chaingunner, then yes.
such lethal very not actually hitting you much wow