Bullet-Eye - v0.12.6b - 7/10/24 - Non-Hefty Update

[Some_Kinda_Lucky]

I've tried to download the latest version via the "Download" link but instead of Version 0.12.2 it's just giving me Version 0.12. Not sure if I'm clicking the wrong link or if something's wrong with it.

[Mor'Ladim]

I've tried to download the latest version via the "Download" link but instead of Version 0.12.2 it's just giving me Version 0.12. Not sure if I'm clicking the wrong link or if something's wrong with it.

Oh boy. Thanks for letting me know! That means people were downloading a static version this whole time instead of the always up to date version, assuming they didn't grab it directly from the Git link. It should be fixed now!

[Some_Kinda_Lucky]

Yup it's fixed now! Got to play around a little and so far so good on almost all the changes and additions, my only fault with the update so far is the reworked Spitfire, I get the idea behind the slow moving bullets but it makes the weapon feel more in line with the support family than the rapid family, which I more associate with fast firing, fast flying projectiles rather than something you set up and use alongside another weapon, but maybe I'll turn around on it if I use it more. Still a really good update overall and a good excuse to finally switch over to the overhaul build permanently.

[Mor'Ladim]

Yup it's fixed now! Got to play around a little and so far so good on almost all the changes and additions, my only fault with the update so far is the reworked Spitfire, I get the idea behind the slow moving bullets but it makes the weapon feel more in line with the support family than the rapid family, which I more associate with fast firing, fast flying projectiles rather than something you set up and use alongside another weapon, but maybe I'll turn around on it if I use it more. Still a really good update overall and a good excuse to finally switch over to the overhaul build permanently.

Oh, my apologies. It seems that was a leftover from some testing I was doing. I could have sworn I reverted it when I was done, because I remember seeing fast bullets afterwards before I pushed my changes! I fixed it! Again, sorry about that!

[Some_Kinda_Lucky]

No problem! Now that's it's fixed I can say I like the rework, makes it feel more unique than it did before. Sorry to keep blowing up this thread with posts but i've noticed one more bug, the GP bonus for getting all kills, items and secrets is not working, the message shows up but it's not giving me any bonus cash.

[Mor'Ladim]

No problem! Now that's it's fixed I can say I like the rework, makes it feel more unique than it did before. Sorry to keep blowing up this thread with posts but i've noticed one more bug, the GP bonus for getting all kills, items and secrets is not working, the message shows up but it's not giving me any bonus cash.

You're fine, don't worry! This thread rarely sees action, so I am sure people won't mind. As for the no GP bonus after clearing map objectives, that is intentional. You can get that to trigger again if you have a certain equipment item, however. It was changed due to how easy it was to acquire GP considering most people would be trying to clear objectives anyway. The only reason the message still says it grants GP is due to the code being in ACS. Unfortunately, modifying ACS files can easily cause saves to become null, so I wanted to prevent that from happening to people that were playing a map in progress.

I will change it later, along with the footstep noise code to NOT be ACS to prevent such issues from happening in the future. I just wanted to wait a bit to give people a chance to finish up anything they were doing. Of course I will post a warning about it before I do so.

[Some_Kinda_Lucky]

Hey Mor! Got a quick question for you, how do you level up elite weapons? I assume it's the same way as every other weapon but given how rare elites are I can't imagine getting multiple pickups for the same super rare drop.

[Mor'Ladim]

Hey Mor! Got a quick question for you, how do you level up elite weapons? I assume it's the same way as every other weapon but given how rare elites are I can't imagine getting multiple pickups for the same super rare drop.

At the moment, the only way to do so is to acquire another one. Though, I either want to add Weapon Enhancers back in, or make it so once you acquire an elite item it will be added to the general drop pool for that run. So for example, if you get the Galaxy Slicer, any melee weapon capsule can drop it from then on. Hopefully that change can be done sooner rather than later, as I know elites are very hard to come by, which is why I am also making some changes so the drop chance is less harsh.

[Some_Kinda_Lucky]

Gotcha, I feel like adding the elite weapon to the common rotation upon getting one is probably the easiest choice, though admittedly i don't remember how the weapon enhancers worked but i assume they were just normal inventory items, if so than bringing them back would probably be easier.

[Mor'Ladim]

Gotcha, I feel like adding the elite weapon to the common rotation upon getting one is probably the easiest choice, though admittedly i don't remember how the weapon enhancers worked but i assume they were just normal inventory items, if so than bringing them back would probably be easier.

Well thanks to Accensus the "once you acquire an elite item it will be added to the general drop pool for that run" part is already a reality! Thankfully elite equipment can be leveled with GP, so there is no need to implement such a system for those. I still need to do more test runs to see how elite drops are, but for now, here are the changes that were made to the mod recently:

Do note that an ACS file was changed, so current saves will not work! Please finish any playthrough before downloading any changes if you don't want to lose progress.

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-Some ACS files changed. CURRENT SAVES WILL NOT WORK!
-Elite weapons can spawn from regular weapon capsules once they are acquired for the first time.
-Adjusted movement speed of Dread Visage in order for it to not get trapped in certain mapsets.
-Added mechanic to help special spawn enemies get unstuck.
-Added 3 new inventory items.
-Added new enemy "Brutalizer".
-An option to spawn up to 2 weapon capsules has been added under Override options.
-Roulette Weapon Capsules shift types slower.
-Temporarily disabled Triple Wyvern until rework is complete.
-Fixed Hyper Burst L3 not working.
-Grind Halberd now builds heat at L2 wall/floor strikes instead of outright igniting the blade, unless already ignited.
-Reduced rate at which L2 Grind Halberd fire trail deals damage.
-Reduced damage of Winged Reaver split projectiles.
-Toxic Storm has a new L3 effect.
-Improved Toxic Storm visual effects.
-Storm Mine: Enhanced Sensors bonus changed to have a larger detection radius instead of requiring the enemy to be on top of a mine.
-Storm Mine projectiles can now stick to enemies.
-Combat Armor: Thorn has the increased thorns effect also while at 20% health or below instead of just during Bullet-Eye Mode.
-Bomb Dispensers (Shoulders) now using percentage based health rather than a flat 10 health to determine when bombs launch.
-Fixed Retaliation Pauldrons not working. The duration of its effects were also boosted slightly.
-Adjusted amount of ammo gained from pickups.
-Adjusted rate that elite items drop.
-Reduced amount of damage enemies take from their own shots when deflected with Flash Guard (or are the same enemy type) by about half.
-Monitaur no longer ends its kamikaze attack when colliding with a wall. It was intentional, but basically non-threatening as it would more often than not run into a wall and explode instead of near the player.
-Removed obsolete health item.
-Health/Armor Bonus spots now once again spawn small score items, since score now influences certain aspects of the mod as opposed to before.
-The player now has slight air control while jumping.
-Inventory items should no longer be crushed and lost from doors and etc.
-Tek Spell: Energy to Gold is no longer unlimited use, and requirements have changed. Amount of GP given has been increased.
-Inventory items can now be sold.
-Recursive Barrier changed to grant 1 layer of Energy Screens, down from 2.
-Improved the firing speed bonus Blitz Sight (Helm) grants to Rapid Sub-Type weapons.
-Sustaining Greaves now activates its cooldown after taking damage 3 times.
-Fire Bomblet Belt drops extra bombs after landing. Also reduced spread and increased rate slightly at which they launch.
-Heavy Plate Dreadseekers now also amplifies the effects/power of the items it helps to drop.
-Fixed Shield Capsule S spawns on Armor Bonus spots using the decaying type.
-Bullet-Eye Energy per kill is decreased as maps are completed. This will add more difficulty in the later maps.
-Increased Galaxy Slicer damage slightly and it now always fires a small beam on the third hit.

[Some_Kinda_Lucky]

Damn, wasn't expecting you to drop a new update so soon but I'll take it!
-I'm so happy you made it to where elite weapons are added to the regular rotation when you acquire one, that makes it so much easier to level them up.
-New inventory items are always a plus, and being able to sell them makes getting GP so much easier.
-I love the new enemy, adds a fun new dynamic to the melee centric baddies
-The pain elemental replacement (I forgot the poor guy's name) is acting weird now, he just zooms around without attacking and he clips into the walls a lot
-whenever you jump and hold any movement key you accelerate super fast now which can make precise jumps kinda hard to do
-I think this is just the Wad I'm currently playing (Dark Encounters) but energy screens aren't absorbing damage (I tried Doom 2, Back to Saturn X episode 1 and the mod testing map and the screens work just fine on those Wads)
Besides those 3 little hiccups listed at the bottom this is another great update!

[Mor'Ladim]

-The pain elemental replacement (I forgot the poor guy's name) is acting weird now, he just zooms around without attacking and he clips into the walls a lot
-whenever you jump and hold any movement key you accelerate super fast now which can make precise jumps kinda hard to do
-I think this is just the Wad I'm currently playing (Dark Encounters) but energy screens aren't absorbing damage (I tried Doom 2, Back to Saturn X episode 1 and the mod testing map and the screens work just fine on those Wads)
Besides those 3 little hiccups listed at the bottom this is another great update!

-There was a slight issue with its unstuck code, but I fixed it now!
-That was related to air control that was recently added. I toned it down a little, but do let me know if it's still an issue. I could possibly make it an option as well for those who do not wish to have any air control.
-I'll have to test this myself, but I can't currently think of anything that would be causing that issue.

Thanks for the feedback! And yes, any updates I do will immediately be pushed to the main branch. I just don't want to spam the thread with every single update I do, so I wait until I have a bigger batch of changes to post about. I am glad you are enjoying the mod!

[Delinquent]

I got a VM abort while playing on GZDoom 4.11.3. It happened while I was trying to reroll effects on an item. I've attached a screenshot of the abort, hopefully you don't need the "Zabor" part or whatever that is, because the screenshot of that is too big for ZDoom to handle.

[Delinquent]

I got a VM abort while playing on GZDoom 4.11.3. It happened while I was trying to reroll effects on an item. I've attached a screenshot of the abort, hopefully you don't need the "Zabor" part or whatever that is, because the screenshot of that is too big for ZDoom to handle.

And another VM Abort, same one but with an additional "tried to read from address zero" line that repeated itself, a lot. This time I added an effect to an item and I guess I got the unlucky one. Once I finish with this map pack I'll change back to 4.10 and see if that's the problem.

[Mor'Ladim]

I got a VM abort while playing on GZDoom 4.11.3. It happened while I was trying to reroll effects on an item. I've attached a screenshot of the abort, hopefully you don't need the "Zabor" part or whatever that is, because the screenshot of that is too big for ZDoom to handle.

And another VM Abort, same one but with an additional "tried to read from address zero" line that repeated itself, a lot. This time I added an effect to an item and I guess I got the unlucky one. Once I finish with this map pack I'll change back to 4.10 and see if that's the problem.

It's fixed. Sorry about that. It was my fault because I fixed the error on my end, but wanted to wait until I had a more substantial update to push. Definitely not the best idea.

Here is the changelog! The entries in blue are the newly added updates with this push. The others were the undocumented changes made in previous updates during the last few months:

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v0.12.3 - 2/3/24
=WEAPONS=
+GENERAL+
-Added 1 new weapon. 1 AREA (Enemy drop)
-Scaled down dynamic damage on weapons.
-The RAPID weapon free shot sound effect volume can now be adjusted under Weapon options.
+BLAZE STREAM+
-Flame range has been reduced.
-Changed L2 effect and altered ammo consumption.
+FLAME BLOOM DARTS+
-Increased projectile damage slightly, decreased radius of projectile, and added an additional burst when an enemy is slain.
+FRENZY RAVAGERS+
-Increased damage slightly.
+HUNTING LASER+
-Visual effect has been applied to critical hits.
+HYPER BURST+
-L3 orbs can now only be triggered by direct shots and not explosions.
+METAL MONSTROSITY+
-Increased damage slightly and reduced ammo usage. Now pulls in enemies when the fear is triggered.
+QUICK STRIKE+
-Reduced damage slightly.
+RIOTOUS RIVETER+
-Now has a slightly updated appearance.
+SCATTER BOMBER+
-Reduced damage of Scatter Bomber, but the shots are no longer destroyed on enemy impact, which was previously an L3 feature.
+SCRAP LAUNCHER+
-Fixed L3 being accessible at L1.
-Increased Scrap Launcher projectile count by 2.
-Received a slight rework.
+SPREAD SHOT+
-Slightly increased damage and improved split projectile so that they hit targets more often than not.
+TOXIC STORM+
-L3 spread chance reduced and also fixed the multiply effect.
+BULLET-EYE+
-Fixed VM Abort related to Status Panel and Bullet-Eye Mode.
-Reduced damage done by Bullet-Eye Mode to high tier enemies.

=EQUIPMENT=
-Equipment items are now color coded to signify their tier level. D = White, C = Green, B = Yellow, A = Blue, S = Red.
-Added new equipment bonuses.
-Barrier Gauntlets explosion resistance no longer requires an Energy Screen to function, and now also resists some fire damage.
-Iron Jaw Helm of Massacre sound now only plays when closer to an enemy, and it has been given a visual effect.
-Reduced damage resist of The Howling Guard (Shield), but slightly increased block chance to compensate.
-The Howling Guard (Shield) now has a short cooldown before the fear can trigger again when taking damage. It will still always fear on a block.
-Icewrath War Boots effect changed.
-Orb Charm (Accessory) effect improved.
-Bomb Dispensers (Shoulders) now trigger their effect when at 20% health, up from 10%.
-Essence Stealer equipment bonus now grants 1 health per kill, down from 2.
-Separated Scrounger equipment bonus into GP/Ammo Scrounger. (Will ruin saves due to obsolete bonus, if a player currently has the bonus in their save)
-Made the Luck Plus equipment bonus affect more items - mainly from containers.
-Fixed Electrocutioner "Electric Justice" equipment bonus not working.
-Fixed bug with Frost Snap: Frozen Wrath equipment bonus being permanently active in a map once the 1 health requirement has been reached.
-Fixed Surplus (Ammo capacity) equipment bonuses using the incorrect text.
-Fixed text of element related equipment bonuses.

=PLAYER/ABILITIES/HUD=
-Added Stat Sheet icon to display total equipment bonus amounts the player has when hovered over.
-Fixed bug where Treasure Level would be acquired from deflected shot kills.

=ITEMS=
-Added new inventory items.
-Wood chests no longer evolve, and can be opened immediately. They now contain nearly the same loot as red chests, but at lower rates and reduced amounts. The evolve mechanic will return later in the form of an equipment item.
-Increased push back of Groundbreaker Bomb (inventory item).
-Eating food items for the first time will now increase your max health by 10% of the item's base max healing value, or another bonus depending on the item.
-Reduced damage and radius of Spark Mine, but it now triggers only while an enemy is near, making it more of a semi-permanent trap until it runs out of charges.
-Increased range of magnetize effect on score items.
-GP should no longer be crushed and lost from doors and etc.
-Crystallized health/shields are now magnetized towards the player like score items.
-War Spoils now grant a Treasure Level.
-Made large ammo pick ups spawn on large ammo spots. Why was this removed?
-Elite items sell for slightly less, but now also spawn 2 Elite Signets when sold.
-Opening Weapon Capsules no longer grants a Treasure Level.
-Fixed reusable inventory items not playing their activation sound.
-Fixed Wild Tonic restoring 10 less possible max health than displayed.
-Fixed Blight Tonic not benefiting from Offensive Item Power.
-Fixed Refreshing Flask granting 5 extra max health simply while carrying it. This was a carry over from and older concept.

=ENEMIES=
+GENERAL+
-Special spawn enemies can now pass through other enemies. This should eliminate the need for "unstuck" mechanics and should mostly prevent them from getting stuck in the first place.
-Adjusted attack/projectile speed for some enemies.
-Damage done by mid and high tier enemies has been increased by 1 point in most cases.
-Adjusted GP drops from enemies.
-Enemies that are stunned should no longer enter their pain state, which cancelled the stun.
-Increased duration of stuns in general for enemies. Bosses still receive a reduced duration.
+BRUTALIZER+
-Will now react to damage taken if it has not yet see a player. Once it sees a player, it will revert to its original pain immunity.

=MISC.=
-Added new map music tracks.
-Treasure Level no longer fluctuates, but the value needed for certain drops has been increased.
-Added new Map Options to reduce certain spawns for added difficulty, such as weapons.
-Adjusted kill requirement to gain 1 Treasure Level.