Q4LFM-DE: Updated 1.05 (06-29-17, please redownload)

[4thcharacter]

I gave most of the enemies their own Obituary/Hitobituary messages. For HitObituary, I also set the damage type of the enemies' melee attacks from "normal" to melee for them to appear.

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Guard (Blaster)
"A Strogg guard pelted %o to death with his mere blaster."

Guard (Machine-Gun)
"%o got overwhelmed by a Strogg guard."

Guard (Shotgun)
"%o was shotgunned by a Strogg guard."

Tactical Transfer (Hyperblaster)
"A Tactical Transfer barraged %o with plasma bolts."

Tactical Transfer (Railgun)
"A Strogg Tactical Transfer assassinated %o with a railgun."

Failed Transfer
"%o let a brain-dead failed transfer best %h."

Slimy Transfer

Obituary "%o was melted by a Slimy Transfer with his acidic-vomit."
Hit Obituary: "A Slimy Transfer somehow killed %o with a headbutt."

Berserker

Obituary: "A berserker gave %o a shock therapy."
Hit Obituary: "%o was bludgeoned by a Berserker."

Grunt

Obituary "%o got lots of holes thanks to a Grunt's hidden machine gun."
Hit Obituary "%o was whacked right in the face by a Strogg Grunt."

Gladiator

Obituary: "%o now knows how ruthless the Strogg Gladiators are."
Hit Obituary: "%o would never get in a CQC against a Gladiator next time."

Iron Maiden

Obituary: "%o found out that Strogg women don't play around."
Hit Obituary: "%o tried to hit on an Iron Maiden."

Light Tank
Obituary: "%o met a cyber-dude with plenty of guns."
Hit Obituary: "%o got battered by a Light Tank."

Roller

"%o was gunned down recklessly by a Strogg roller."

Harvester

Obituary: "%o got reduced into a bloody pulp by a Strogg Harvester"
Hit Obituary: "%o will now be turned into stroyent."


Strogg Voss

Obituary: "%o should have fled instead of trying to follow Voss's request."
Hit Obituary: "%o was brutally impaled by the stroggified Voss."

Makron
 "%o was purely intimidated by the dreaded Makron."

Makron (2nd phase)
"%o can't fully obliterate the Makron."

Repair bot
"%o was given severe bruises by a repair bot."

Scientist

Obituary: "%o volunteered as a test-subject to a Scientist's new concoctions."
Hit Obituary: "%o got mutilations all over from a Strogg Scientist."

Hornet
"%o let h%self be harassed by a Strogg Hornet."

Teleport Dropper
"%o saw that even Strogg animals are out for anyone's blood."

Hope anyone likes it.

[NullWire]

http://i.imgur.com/yceuVmZ.png

Bruh

[JohnnyTheWolf]

What is it?

[NullWire]

The last weapon of Q4 this mod needs, the Napalm Launcher from the multiplayer.

[DBThanatos]

A wild v1.04 appeared!


It's been a while since I've done anything to this version of the mod. There's a 2.0 in the far horizon, but thats technically a different mod. This, however, is a "small" update to the version that was released last year. This version focuses in making the game a bit more approachable regarding balance and several visual aspects of the game.

However it also brings the damage numbers as seen in D4T's Deathmatch, into Q4LFM-DE.

For the people asking for the napalm launcher, thats something that will not be happening anytime soon, if at all. Sorry about that, but I didnt find any good reason to bring it. A future update might do something kinda about it, but no promises ATM.

Below is the list of all the changes (i think i might've missed some, but these are the most relevant ones).

Have fun, and don't forget to report bugs or post suggestions

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V1.0.4

Gameplay
-Adjusted height/radius for several monsters
-Removed special "chase mechanic" on roller monster, which was getting it stuck constantly
-Heavily nerfed Gladiator (arachnotron) projectile damage
-Nerfed LightTank (baron) projectiles
-Nerfed accuracy of hitscan monsters (akin to what it is in vanilla doom)
-Berserker (hell knight) lightning attack is less accurate now
-Buffed Machinegun to make it *not* useless, but ammo capacity was decreased to compensate
-Decreased ammo amount of small bullet pickup
-Gladiator shield now spawns higher, so it's easier to hit the monster directly by aiming at the feet
-Machinegun Guard is more common than Roller now 
-Invulnerability spots spawn only invul now (it also spawned quad damage)
-Quad damage now spawns sometimes in place of the invis sphere along with "damage protection"
-Slightly nerfed shotgun accuracy in SP
-HB upgrade changed to "Faster more accurate shots" (bounce shots were too messy)
-Grenades made faster
-Pistol charge function moved to AltFire
-Pistol auto-refires if you hold primary fire

Visual
-Added damage numbers in deathmatch
-Monsters made visually bigger for easier spotting and general aesthetic
-SlimyTransfer (imp) projectile made much more visible
-Upgrades will now display a HUD message/description when picked the first time (much like D4T's)
-Running while having a weapon scoped no longer bobs the scope sprite
-Added visual effect for when you hit the gladiator's shield
-Increased 3rd person player visual size, to better match the actual height of the actor (was too small)
-Added tracer models to hitscan weapons and monsters
-Grenade HQ trail is a bit less smokey
-Improved gore system "physics"
-RepairBot (lost soul replacement) are always bright for visibility

Fixes
-Fixed DM and non upgraded machinegun scope being perfecly accurate (were never meant to be, code bug made it that way)
-Fixed DM weapons not being bright
-Fixed player not being always bright in DM
-Fixed Markon forgetting who was his target when 1st phase was destroyed

Misc
-Reformatted brightmap definitions, to work in zandronum
-Added new sound for SlimyTransfer (imp) vomit impact
-Gore system now obeys corpse queue (much like D4T's)
-Added obituaries to all monsters (kudos to "4thcharacter" for providing almost all of them)

[JohnnyTheWolf]

What do you currently have in mind for 2.0?

[Captain J]

Now with pretty particles and lights, i see! good to see this mod on track.

[DBThanatos]

What do you currently have in mind for 2.0?

Will be revealed in due time.

Now with pretty particles and lights, i see! good to see this mod on track.

Well, I wanted to play something different, and I make sure i like to play the mods i make, even "old ones". It just needed some touches up

Anyway, I just had to release another update, small one at that, because i completely missed the fact that the mod was not working properly in mapsets that had any ACS (no AeonDM? hell nah!!)


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V1.05

Fixes
-Fixed Q4LFMDE not working properly with mapsets that had any ACS in them
-Fixed scoped MG showing firing smoke (that's only for non-scoped)
-Fixed DM grenades not playing explosion sound in Zandronum

Misc
-Added crash sound to pistol alt fire
-Improved trail for pistol alt fire

[Korell]

Just played the Zaero wad with this gameplay mod and it was great, as Zaero is based on Quake 2 with Q2 textures and sounds. It's a shame that Zaero only ever had the first episode (3 large maps) completed, though, and the other three episodes never got made.

[4thcharacter]

The mod's much more shiny now! It's a shame that the Napalm Launcher wasn't added. If there's no reasons to add it, is it because it's just Grenade Launcher that leaves flames? Maybe you could make the Napalm Launcher much more different than the original since you've deviated on some weapons working already. I was thinking of making the napalm shots fly straight and slow now, and if it hits a wall it just bounces and falls down to the ground. If it hits a monster or a non-solid object it explodes. And increase the damage for it to become useful in SP but maybe not so much in MP.

Also, is the Nailgun staying on scope even after it was deselected intended? It's been also like that in the previous version, and I made my own personal fix on it. I know what I did forgot the exact details.

[ShockwaveS08]

I can't seem to remember how to get the SreenSize10 HUD (the one with weapon icons, ammo per weapon, and upgrade status) working on ScreenSize11 (true fullscreen; only ammo, health, and armor are shown). If anyone could whip up an SBARINFO for me, it would be much appreciated;

As a suggestion for DBThanatos, why not make the Weapon Bar a toggle like in D4T?

And perhaps the "incom9ng transmission fr0m Rhino Squad" widget in the real Q4 could be repurposed to show Kills, Items, and Secrets. as well as add an option to play the mod with the orange Strogg HUD, which only happens to CPL. Matthew Kane at a major plot point in Q4?