Doom: The Golden Souls 3 - Important update at p.17, follow me on https://twitter.com/Batandy_ for project updates

[Batandy]

Happy to announce the release of a new Golden Souls 3 demo, coming next week! (08/07/2020)
https://twitter.com/Batandy_/status/1289159762509062145

[Captain J]

Fairly short date. Understood and i will look forward into the demo!

[MajorFoley]

Oh boy i cannot wait

[Batandy]

The new demo is finally here! More maps, more weapons, more fun.
Are you ready?
Get it on itch.io : https://batandy.itch.io/goldensouls3

[MajorFoley]

Is the version required still 4.3.3? Wont launch getting unable to load shader parallax.

[Batandy]

Is the version required still 4.3.3? Wont launch getting unable to load shader parallax.

No, sorry, I forgot to update it.
In any case it's always best to use the most recent version.

[MajorFoley]

Is the version required still 4.3.3? Wont launch getting unable to load shader parallax.

No, sorry, I forgot to update it.
In any case it's always best to use the most recent version.

Yup ended up figuring that out
Played the new demo on stream new level looks amazing although i was getting big frame drops, not sure if it was because i was streaming or not but those frame drops were mostly happening outside with Vulkan and open GL. With specs like mine was a bit surprised considering im running a 3700x and a 1070 but hey

[Tartlman]

I tried the second demo! I really like what's been done with limbotropolis and i think the trumpetbuss is neat... however, i'm getting unplayable FPS on serenity shrine. I can only get 5-10 fps on it with 800x600 resolution, although i am using a rather old computer, so that might have something to do with it. Removing the lanterns with the console helped a bit, although disabling dynamic lights didn't... i'm not entirely sure what the massive lag is coming from.

[0.1]

I really enjoyed this demo but i think Serenity Shrine needs some optimizations, i was having quite a bit of lag but it was still playable.

[MajorFoley]

Glad i wasnt the only one who had the issue at least Was worried something was wrong with my rig.

[0.1]

this is completely unrelated but i'm curious as to what you're philosophy on level design is when making these levels?

[Mr Masker]

jusy beat the demo pretty much and it was very impressive! There was some cool scripted sections I found impressive and the new enemies and revealed returning enemies are a welcome addition. There was a good amount of lag in the new level though as others have mentioned so some optomisation would be nice. The trophies are cool too with some noticable refrences to other doom mods. Overall good stuff and I'm happy to see what comes next

[Captain J]

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- The intro is really perfect and pretty than the other prequels. I wonder if you're going to add F1 help screens as well? Might be helpful for the beginners.

- I just noticed that Ray Gun has a short, quiet sound delay before it gets fully charged.

- Just a minor visual thing, but weapon sway effect feels like it's stuttering when climbing up walls. I guess it was intentional?

- Let's talk about your bare fists: It feels weird and how do you say, "cheaty" when i can do a uppercut although the meter just almost, nearly charged. It did not play the ready sound, no. I can do a uppercut despite the meter is not completely charged. I guess there's a difference of damaging between the fully-charged uppercut and the one without it? The animations are same, though.

- If the training map at the beginning is not going to be removed in the final version, i would like to see some kind of dummy npc to practice with my fist, mostly for uppercutting. Granted, you can practise with the enemies in the real map, but i mean like, now! Because it's for training and is a showcase and all.

- Pinky's gibbing animation feels like much shorter than the average death animation. It's just really my thought, but here's the recommended animation to replace it!

- Again, did i mention this? Because i still can hear the vanilla weapon pickup sound effect. Ammo ones has custom one, though.

Also i do hear some remnants of vanilla doom sounds. For example: a cage that holds Trumpetbuss Mk. 2 plays it.

- The sequence of collecting a Golden Soul is majestic. But for some reason when i press windows key and head back to the desktop, the game un-pauses the music.

Also i hear a little chirp of the music before it get paused.

- So i got the Treasure guy and it's placed in the Limbotropolis. But there's no description about the trophies i collected. Maybe i'm wrong, but i'm sure i saw some preview pics about them description before...

- A player would scream if i get hit by a fireball or get in the lava, but not in the one from king caco's castle.

- Bosses have no health meter of their own. Would be very helpful to figure out how many shots they need to die, or when they will go to the rage mode.

- Automap showing Red coins' location is very helpful and nice. But i don't see any NPC talking about it, while they talk about the other tips.


- So are those imps trying to ambush me or just showing their ninja moves and then head off? Because they never land in front of me and fall down.

So i played the demo and... Yeah. I also had the same problem with the heavily dropping frame rate, especially at the Serenity Shrine.

Other than that, the demo's rich, and it's really good. Nice job! It was indeed worth playing it!

[Batandy]

I tried the second demo! I really like what's been done with limbotropolis and i think the trumpetbuss is neat... however, i'm getting unplayable FPS on serenity shrine. I can only get 5-10 fps on it with 800x600 resolution, although i am using a rather old computer, so that might have something to do with it. Removing the lanterns with the console helped a bit, although disabling dynamic lights didn't... i'm not entirely sure what the massive lag is coming from.

I really enjoyed this demo but i think Serenity Shrine needs some optimizations, i was having quite a bit of lag but it was still playable.

jusy beat the demo pretty much and it was very impressive! There was some cool scripted sections I found impressive and the new enemies and revealed returning enemies are a welcome addition. There was a good amount of lag in the new level though as others have mentioned so some optomisation would be nice. The trophies are cool too with some noticable refrences to other doom mods. Overall good stuff and I'm happy to see what comes next

These are the recommended requirements for optimal performance

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Minimum:

CPU: AMD FX 8320
GPU: Nvidia GTX 760
Ram: 8 GB DDR3

Recommended:

CPU: i7 6700k / Any Gen1 Ryzen and onwards
GPU: AMD RX 580 / Nvidia GTX 1060
Ram: 16 GB DDR3

That said, the mod's also being tested on weaker pcs (AMD Ryzen 5 3550H, an intel I3), with results around 30 fps for that level. I'd suggest you to disable the extra lights in Options/Golden Souls 3 Options and run the game in Vulkan (Especially if you're on AMD hardware)

Feedback Incoming!

Thank you very much

[GreenDoomguy1999]

I think it would be cool to have switch between sprites and models for items that can be picked up,maybe it will add optimization