[17-03-17] ZERO TOLERANCE UPGRADE

[Mikk-]

I'll start off with saying that Zero Tolerance is my all-time favourite weapons mod. Initially released in 2008, this mod absolutely blew me away. The unique weapons, interesting up-beat soundtrack and new additions & changes to the original DOOM forumla grabbed me instantly.

This mod aims to bring Zero Tolerance into the current year, with cutting edge ZDoom features, bug fixes and more!

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This mod features:-

• Redefined HUD in SBARINFO, including minimal HUD
• Dyanmic Lights for pretty much everything. Including default DOOM decorations
• Reloading re-bound to +RELOAD key
• Auto-reload option
• Auto-use QuickFifty pack option (and variable HP activation threshold)
• Zero Infinity vortex pullin
• Hitscan monster tweaks
• Redefined HUD in SBARINFO, including minimal HUD
• Dyanmic Lights for pretty much everything. Including default DOOM decorations
• Reloading re-bound to +RELOAD key
• Auto-reload option
• Auto-use QuickFifty pack option (and variable HP activation threshold)
• Zero Infinity vortex pullin
• Hitscan monster tweaks

This mod fixes:-

• Alternate monster spawning bumped monster counts therefore 100% kills was unnatainable
• All error messages in FONTDEFS & DECORATE are gone!
• Player could use QuickFifty packs when dead (lol?)
• Updates mod format to get rid of deprecated features such as HIRESTEX

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List of changes dated [17-03-2017]

• Updated Dynamic Light Definitions to include Light Attenuation
• Fixed boss death bug (unable to exit E1M8,E2M8,E3M8 & So on)
• Fixed Prometheus audio loop bug
• First weapon bright maps added (more to come, probably)
• MENUDEF updated to use AddOptionMenu for greater mod compatibility
• Some other stuff that was added over a year ago and has just sat in my /wip folder

previous changes in v1.1

• Flaregun only mode! Enabling this option lets you play through any mapset with only the trusty flaregun!
• You can select the starting level of your flaregun, do be warned that when you choose your level that's what you're stuck with! No upgrades
• To make things fair, in FG only mode, the FORCERADIUSDMG flag is enabled, so bosses won't be as much of a brick wall
• You can now enable classic reloading! With this option you can use +ALTFIRE to reload your weapon
• More balance tweaks! Sniper zombies now deal somewhat more fair damage & now have to 'reload' after each shot
• Fixed a bug where in re-balance mode the Combat Snipers shot had 0 range

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Latest version!
Download: zp-zerot-upgrade-17-03.pk3

It is recommended to use the latest devbuild devbuild

[Redead-ITA]

maybe is just my opinion but i think we need to wait before making a pool on a mod that is not yet playable and is about rebalancing

[Somagu]

The poll is about changing the balance compared to the original mod, which this is based on.

[Mikk-]

Yeah, exactly. I mean re-balancing of the original weapons. Most notably, the Xan Rifle, which is the plasma rifle's replacement. It's not very strong and has a small magazine, but high ROF.

[StatisticalHourglass]

do whatever you see fit, as long as it remains fun to play.

[wildweasel]

This used to be one of my "gold standard" gun mods; it'd be awesome to see it again with the more esoteric bits of code tightened up. Especially that cool custom HUD.

[Mikk-]

I hope my tweaks and updates don't disappoint you, weasel!

[Hellser]

I have to be on weasel's side with this one, this used to be my gold standard at one point - and still is (outside of Immoral Conduct). I have trust in you, Mikk-.

Don't fuck up.

[rsl]

Kudos for undertaking such a great task! 'Zero Tolerance' has been one of my reference mods too, so much that I've made a small patch for it ('rslzerox.zip' on IDGames - can't check for the link right now since it's blocked here). Provided that you view its implementation as appropriate, you might want to incorporate my own 'black hole effect' for 'Zero & Infinity' into your upcoming version...

[Mikk-]

Provided that you view its implementation as appropriate, you might want to incorporate my own 'black hole effect' for 'Zero & Infinity' into your upcoming version...

I've played your fixed version before, I find your take on the black-hole effect quite interesting. However, I feel that what I have done to be somewhat more visceral.

Also I've started work on implementing dynamic lights, just to bring this mod a little closer to this decade brightmaps will follow shortly after!

[Mikk-]

Update: dynamic lights are (mostly) in!


there's one or two weapons left to do, in regards to lights but they won't take too long!

[TypeSaucy]

I dig this. A lot.
Would you consider adding new altfires to the weapons now that you're moving the reloads to the reload key?

[Mikk-]

Not really sure to be truthful. I hadn't even given it an ounce of thought. I'll get this out of the door first, before I make any drastic addtions such as that.

Speaking of which, there's just a little polishing here and there to be done! The HUD now works at 4:3, 16:9 & 16:10 resolutions!

EDIT: I've added another small feature, the Minimal HUD - like the regular hud, just with only the essentials!

[Xaser]

Goddamn, the years in the OP made my head spin. ZT is eight-ish years old now. o_O

If there's anything that needs rebalancing, it's those damned hitscanners -- they kick my ass to hard every time I try and put the nostalgia goggles on. Though probably a bit of weapon tweaking is in order, especially since there's a ton of useful features now that didn't exist back then (SBARINFO, anyone?)

Also yay, Infinity is a proper black hole gun now.

[Mikk-]

Goddamn, the years in the OP made my head spin. ZT is eight-ish years old now. o_O

Here's the thing, on the CREDITS pic during the title screen it says "Zero Prophet - 2006". I'm assuming that's either a typo or when the development of the mod began. Not sure. But if that's the case that puts ZT at 10 years old.

If there's anything that needs rebalancing, it's those damned hitscanners -- they kick my ass to hard every time I try and put the nostalgia goggles on.

Yeah, especially the pistol zombies, they can make even MAP01 of DOOM II a pain. Then there's the combat snipers, they certainly sting a little. I'll probably tweak the enemy accuracy values a bit to make them fair for their rank.
Those will be CVAR controlled too, if I make any changes. I want to make anything I change controllable via CVAR, so if someone wants; they can have an authentic experience, or a revised more balanced experience.

Though probably a bit of weapon tweaking is in order, especially since there's a ton of useful features now that didn't exist back then (SBARINFO, anyone?)

What would you suggest? Especially in regards to SBARINFO.