[WIP] (Early Prototype) Doomguy vs. Icon of Sin

[Josh771]

Warning: This is currently not well balanced. Not at all. It needs refinement and is missing features.

I figured it was about time to perhaps get a thread for this thing up and running.

So, the quick description of this mod would be something like Doom meets Left 4 Dead Versus / Team Fortress 2 / Counter Strike / Dungeon Keeper, but that might be a confusing and rather unimpressive description so I'll be a little more verbose.

The "Doomguy vs. Icon of Sin" gamemode is an idea that was spawned in an IRC channel (I can't remember who all was a part of it -- I know you were there, Seryder, help me remember! ) and which I immediately began to work on.

Basically, it will work like this when it's finished:

• There are two teams: the UAC, and the Legions of Hell.
• There are 3 on-foot player classes per team and 1 special class for the Legions: the Icon of Sin.
• The UAC's goal will possibly be to take control of a key point or to destroy the Icon of Sin. (Not implemented yet.)
• The Legion's goal will be to take control of a key point or exhaust the UAC's resources. (Not implemented yet.)
• At the start of each map, there is a "blackout" phase during which only the Icon of Sin can act. It lasts up to 3 minutes and is derived from the map's PAR time.
• This is because the Icon of Sin places monsters on the map, which begins devoid of all monsters except bosses.
• There should only be one Icon of Sin, if I can enforce it somehow. (Not implemented yet.)
• The Icon of Sin receives spawning points at the outset based on the monsters that were originally present in the map.
• The Icon of Sin receives spawning points for every UAC player killed.
• The Icon of Sin also receives some points for each of its spawns that dies.
• UAC marines receive credits for every monster killed. (Not implemented yet.)
• UAC marines use these credits to purchase better gear on the field, a la Counter-Strike. (Not implemented yet.)

In the current prototype version, there is no victory condition, so basically it would be UAC trying to complete each map and the Legions of Hell doing their best to prevent them. A sort of simple coop-versus mode.

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Peacekeeper - Big, slow-moving one-man army toting a chaingun and boasting natural resistance to damage. He spawns into the battlefield well armored and fully loaded, and he fires the chaingun slightly faster and for less ammunition than his fellow marines.

Medic - A balanced class, most closely resembling the classic Doom marine, he spawns onto the field with a pistol and a chainsaw. He carries medical supplies (slot 2) which he can dispense for himself or his fellow marines: Primary Fire drops a stimpack and Alt Fire drops a medikit.

Runner - Nimble on his feet but prone to injury, the runner is a scout class that specializes in shotguns. He fires them more quickly and accurately than his fellow marines. The runner is also capable of passing incoming projectiles when he runs at full speed.

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Warlord - A smaller version of the Baron, able to fire deadly projectiles (Primary Fire) and to crush nearby foes in melee combat (Alt Fire). He spawns with 500 health.

Shaman - A smaller version of the Archvile, the Shaman can shower an area in flames (Primary Fire) or use his own life force to spawn resurrecting spirits (Alt Fire) that are able to raise a single dead monster. He spawns with 350 health.

Demonspawn - A miniature demon that can fit into tight spaces and dash around at high speeds. He's a hard target to hit, and his bites restore his own life force. He spawns with 75 health.

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Peacekeeper's sprites are from DoomRL Arsenal's Marine class, used with permission from Yholl -- I'll find out who made them and give them some proper credit here.

All other UAC marine sprites (and the Peacekeeper's horribly mismatched crouching sprites) are from MarineSkinsV7.wad uploaded by Ghastly_Dragon. I suppose I should find out who made the particular skins I'm using (pistol, chaingun, shotgun) and credit them here as well.

Various sprites and ACS/Decorate by SidDoyle.

I need a list of folks that have been feeding me ideas for this. So far, there's this:

• Kyle873 - Runner's ability to pass through projectiles
• Seryder, Sgt. Shivers - Various discussion of gameplay and design

This will need balancing, balancing, and more balancing. I am not on a very friendly internet connection when it comes to real-time gaming, so I can't realistically partake in any test rounds unless I bring my computer out to a friend's place -- which does actually happen on occasion. That pretty much leaves me with only feedback (or even videos) to tweak this and make it more enjoyable.

Requires latest SVN build to run. Not compatible with Zandronum.
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Note: There are presently no enforced rules regarding "teams" or player class selection. The mod is designed to be run in deathmatch games, although coop of 3 UAC marines against 1 Icon of Sin is a viable way to play as well. Technically, you could have everyone playing as the Icon of Sin right now, but I don't think you'd find it very enjoyable that way.

My next order of business now will probably be to try and get the UAC credits system in place -- that, and I need to scrounge up some proper sprite credits for everything.

[Unholypimpin]

Is this for zandronum? also I get this error when trying to launch the wad in either zdoom,zandronum or gzdoom.

Script error, "ios_gamemode.pk3:actors/tally.txt" line 7:
Invalid state parameter acs_namedexecutealways

[Josh771]

This is not Zandronum compatible, which I understand is a little counter-intuitive for multiplayer-themed mods. As for it failing to run in zdoom and gzdoom, I totally forgot to mention that it needs the latest SVN build to run. I'll modify the OP and make that a little bit clearer.

I'd like to make this Zandronum compatible, but there are several action functions (and probably ACS functions) I've used which Zandronum most definitely does not have, since they're not even in the most recent stable release of GZDoom (and, as I understand it, Zandronum tends to lag behind ZDoom by about a century, which is rather unfortunate given its ease of use for multiplayer matchmaking).

[Unholypimpin]

Well idk how to get the latest SVN build, i'm using the most recent update which is 2.7.1.

[Blue Shadow]

From here.