Vanilla Essence 4.3: 320x200p support! More bugfixes.

[Pixel Eater]

even though the mod ini entry for the rocket reverb remains set to "True" for some reason

Ah shoot is does too. It must be because it's a custom Cvar, I don't think I can fix that
Maybe for the next version (hopefully with a manual restore button) I'll place it on the top level for faster access.

[NightFright]

Well, I actually converted the ACS from the rocket sound "fix" to DECORATE code and just run it manually on demand from within a pk3 file (as something like "vanilla_rocket.pk3"):

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actor VanillaRocket : Rocket replaces Rocket
{
	States
	{
	Death:
		MISL B 8 Bright A_Explode
		MISL C 6 Bright
		MISL D 4 Bright
      TNT1 A 0 A_StopSound(CHAN_VOICE)
		Stop
	}
}

[NightFright]

I have compiled a list of flags that should be set. I think the mod does not cover all of them still, e.g. the amount of messages displayed at the same time (con_notifylines). Maybe you can compare with what you do in your mod and add any missing stuff. Guess all the GL entries can be safely ignored if you set the renderer to software, which should be done, anyway.

---

// GlobalSettings
autoloadlights "false"
autoloadbrightmaps "false"
cl_capfps "true"
con_notifylines "1"
nomonsterinterpolation "true"
r_blendmethod "false"
r_dynlights "false"
snd_hrtf "0"
telezoom "false"
vid_rendermode "0"
vid_scalemode "3"
vid_vsync "false"

// Doom.ConsoleVariables
cl_bloodsplats "false"
cl_bloodtype "0"
cl_doautoaim "true"
cl_maxdecals "0"
cl_missiledecals "false"
cl_pufftype "0"
cl_rockettrails "0"
cl_showsecretmessage "false"
compatmode "2"
con_scale "2"
con_scaletext "2"
hud_althudscale "2"
hud_scale "2"
msg1color "6"
msg2color "6"
msgmidcolor "6"
r_skymode "0"
r_vanillatrans "1"
screenblocks "10"
show_obituaries "false"
st_scale "-1"
transsouls "1"

// Doom.LocalServerInfo
compatflags2 "11"
compatflags "-1172751401"

There is also a minor mistake in MENUDEF (which doesn't have any consequences, though). This line

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Option "Reverbless Rockets", "vaness_shortrocket", VanillaOn

should be

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Option "Reverbless Rockets", "vaness_shortrocket", "VanillaOn"

Unfortunately, adding the quotation marks doesn't fix the rocket reverb variable reset when choosing "Auto" and quitting the game.

[Pixel Eater]

Hiya NightFright. Thanks for pointing this stuff out! It's currently crunch time for the Spooktober mapping project so I'll have a proper look at it after Halloween when my brain can refocus

[Pixel Eater]

Sorry about the wait- hopefully version 4 makes up for it. It's fully togglable and can be bound to a key now (I like F5).
Thanks to everyone who has contributed and hope you all enjoy the rest of your holidays

[BROS_ETT_311]

This is astounding, all vanilla...no chocolate(doom)! I personally think this should be integrated into the standard GZDoom options with how convenient this mod is. Just one thing I've noticed, however, is that this seems to "break" the flashlight mod by SuaveSteve viewtopic.php?f=43&t=59429. Then again, it might be an issue with the flashlight mod since Merser's sprite addon seems to cause the same malfunction as well. Either way your work is amazing (I use autochthonic on a regular basis), keep it up!

[m8f]

That's because dynamic lighting is disabled in vanilla. You can turn it on in Vanilla Essence options: Lighting -> GL Dynamic Lights -> On, SW Dynamic Lights -> On.

[BROS_ETT_311]

That's because dynamic lighting is disabled in vanilla.

Ah, damn! I knew that...rookie mistake . Thanks for pointing that out, I forgot about that setting. Previous statement redacted then, the mod is indeed perfect.

[NightFright]

When using "Toggle Vanilla" in Doom, the automap is using Raven mode. I am sure there's something that can be done to prevent this from happening, right? (Unless it's because this is GZDoom default and there's no way to detect which game you are currently running, since it should set the proper automap mode for Doom, Heretic/Hexen and Strife.)

[m8f]

Another suggestion: maybe a retro shader (like the ones linked in this comment) will be a suitable addition to Vanilla Essence. It's for the users that prefer crispy pixelated look. It became more relevant since 320x200 resolution is no longer available in GZDoom 4.0.0.

[Pixel Eater]

@Nightfright: Thanks, I'll take a look at that. I think menus can tell which game is current, might be useful?

@ M8f: Wow that's crazy! No 320x200... well this mod definitely needs that. Wonder what other changes have been happening

[NightFright]

If I am honest, my minimum resolution I can stand in the game is 640x400 - the rest looks far too pixelated to me. For me, that's "Crispy Doom" look. However, I guess there are enough people out there who want to go 100% vanilla all the way. It's a bit sad that GZDoom doesn't allow that any more.

[Pixel Eater]

If I am honest, my minimum resolution I can stand in the game is 640x400 - the rest looks far too pixelated to me. For me, that's "Crispy Doom" look. However, I guess there are enough people out there who want to go 100% vanilla all the way. It's a bit sad that GZDoom doesn't allow that any more.

I think with the imminent release of Sigil a lot of people are going to want to play it the nostalgic way too. I've made sure to include 400p in the version I've just uploaded though and even allowed up to 720 just in case.
Seeing that shaders are now a part of this mod I've added a couple of other treats to allow for console emulations as well

PS... the automap thing was just a typo I made

[m8f]

Am I the only one who gets the error messages:

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VM execution aborted: tried to read from address zero. In function parameter "self"
Called from CVar.GetBool at gzdoom.pk3:zscript/base.zs, line 362

with Vanilla Essence 4.1?

Edit: GZDoom 4.1.1.

Edit Edit: What I found:

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class VanEssHandler : StaticEventHandler
{
    override void WorldTick() { f(); } // this works fine
    override void UiTick()    { f(); } // this doesn't work

    ui void f() { CVar.GetCVar("ve_lowres", players[consolePlayer]).GetInt(); }
}

Apparently, Cvar.GetCVar() in UI context always returns null in my case.

This can be circumvented by reading cvars in WorldTick:

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class VanEssHandler : StaticEventHandler
{
    override void WorldTick() { myVar = CVar.GetCVar("ve_lowres", players[consolePlayer]).GetInt(); }
    override void UiTick()    { bool localVar = myVar; }

    private bool myVar;
}

Also, recently I learned that Cvar reading can be greatly optimized with the use of "transient" keyword.

[Pixel Eater]

Ooh problems

Just updated my GZDoom to 4.1.1 from 4.1 to see if I can get the same errors and mine's still working like a breeze sadly

I don't fully understand what you're suggesting but when I switch both UiTick()s to WorldTick() nothing else breaks. I removed references to an unused cvar as well. How does this fare?:

Vanilla Essence 4.1a.pk3

Also using that transient technique, I like

Edit: Alternatively does this work? It turns out the above one didn't reflect changes to the resolution options until the menu closed.

Vanilla Essence 4.1b.pk3