Skeletal Doom 1.07d

[dex909]

Ah I see, the file is accessible again for everyone without any permissions required. The file was accidentally set to restricted.

[MonoculusRift]

Hi! Just downloaded your mod, I think it's pretty cool, so I have a some feedback to give.

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The Good (stuff I like)
1. I like the ideas here. The weight and stamina systems seem cool, and I like the feel of the guns- they feel pretty strong to me.
2. The enemies are neat, I like how the dead ones come back into even more zombified forms.
3. The score system is an interesting addition, not something I would have guessed would be in here. A neat touch, nonetheless.
4. Partial mag reloading and consolidating on the ground is a bit unconventional, but I find it's interesting to go back and combine the magazines that are dropped on the ground into full ones in my inventory.
The Gripes (personal gripes/balance issues)
1. The pistol's secondary fire kick does more damage than the fists, which I'm not sure if it's intentional because it seems to diminish the purpose of switching to a dedicated melee in the first place, when the fists can do a minimum of 2 damage and a maximum of 20, but the kick does a minimum of 10 and a maximum of 30.
2. The pistol's durability feels incredibly low. It seems to be that I'll be able to shoot something like 50 shots before it breaks, and the pistols aren't incredibly common. I'm also unaware of a way to regain durability lost. With how much I'm shooting the thing, it feels like I break my gun really quickly- already at half durability by the end of map01, and imps seem to take at least 2 headshots from this thing. Not that I'm complaining about the damage, just trying to give feedback on how much I have to shoot this thing vs how much durability it has.
3. The ammo feels weirdly low-priority on the hud. It's in the corner, it's in a small, grey font. Maybe it would be better to swap the gun durability's place with it, and change the color, if you'd like of course.
The Gross (bug reports)
1. Weapon state 1 activates the grapple hook. I noticed something mentioned about the grapple hook supposed to be having a cooldown and only usable on the fist secondary fire, but the weapon state 1 key in weapons activates the grapple hook with 0 cooldown. Very fun to fly around with.
2. I can't figure out what's going on, but I can't equip the rocket launcher. It adds to my weight, but I can't equip it. I went into the code and it seems to be on slot 5. I can't drop it if I can't select it.
3. It seems the minigun's secondary fire doesn't take any durability.
4. All my ammo seems to get set to 1 when I transition levels.

Apologies for the alliteration

[dex909]

@MonoculusRift: Thanks for the detailed feedback! Good point with the pistol durability and I will try to squish the reported issues with the next version. I'll also try a new component to the mod as well, an idea I had some time ago but didn't implement yet, so we'll see if that will add even more "spice", as some people put it

[wisezombiekiller]

I don't know what happened, but I accidentally hit the reset button on gzdoom to set all settings back to default, and now i can't push corpses to loot them, the overlay on items doesn't show up, and i have to walk over them to pick them up instead of picking them up with the use key

[dex909]

Version 1.04c is out, adding the "Impending Doom" feature I originally planned but previously did not include in the public release. So I finished the mode and added it to the mod. Losing all your health will turn you into a skeletal version of yourself. Try to kill as many enemies as possible to regain your former life force by collecting the obols they drop, or finish the map in time Features the track "Then It Hit Me" by James Paddock.

@wisezombiekiller: The mod should work after a reset or with any fresh config file. You may have to setup a few buttons but the core modules do not require any specific settings to function. If you want an experience as close as possible to what I am showing in my screenshots or videos, feel free to use the included autoexec.cfg

@MonoculusRift: I've added the remaining reports to the list of known bugs as of 1.04c, it's just too late at night to fix more stuff right now but they will be ironed out soon enough

[Shatter-Thought[V-4]]

I had tried 1.04.a after removing the crit mod file from the main folder, I still got the error.

I tried 1.04C now, and it played without crashing with the VM execution bug.

I did have an odd bug where when I was moving against a zombieman corpse, and as a skeletal version began to arise, it seemed to disappear into the nether. The corpse was on top of a sector that had moved and sunk flush into the floor and was still.

I don't like the ammo for the pistol, it's a bit clunky when it pushes ammo out of your currently loaded pool when you pick up any mag with full or some ammunition, which is, bizarre and a little annoying.

[dex909]

I tried 1.04C now, and it played without crashing with the VM execution bug.

Good to hear, thanks for testing again

I did have an odd bug where when I was moving against a zombieman corpse, and as a skeletal version began to arise, it seemed to disappear into the nether. The corpse was on top of a sector that had moved and sunk flush into the floor and was still.

I came across this in a map as well, so far I thought this happens when the player is in the spot where the skeletal enemy spawns but it may also be related to something else indeed, hm.

I don't like the ammo for the pistol, it's a bit clunky when it pushes ammo out of your currently loaded pool when you pick up any mag with full or some ammunition, which is, bizarre and a little annoying.

I see what you mean, I made it so that the process happens by just picking up things (using the "use"/pickup key) instead of moving it to a specific menu or specific keys. Maybe I can streamline this a bit more.

[dex909]

Version 1.04f fixes durability not being deducted when using the chaingun altfire, selecting the rocket launcher/plasma rifle/BFG and the loss of ammo when travelling to other maps, have fun!

@MonoculusRift: the issues you mentioned should all be fixed now, except for the occasional skeletal enemy disappearing right after spawning

@Shatter-Thought[V-4]: version 1.04e adds a slightly more convenient mag pickup mechanism

Version 1.04f adds to the grapplig hook cooldown and raises the number of obols enemies will drop in ID mode

[MonoculusRift]

Hey, thanks for listening to feedback. The rocket launcher seems to be equippable now.. the only issue is that I can't equip the supershotgun. Not sure what's going on.
Also, I like the impending doom mode. Coins seem a bit overpowered in the amount of time you get though.

[dex909]

MonoculusRift: Sure thing! Version 1.04h is out which fixes the super shotgun as well, reduces obol bonus time to 3s and adds a fuel mechanic for the chainsaw, have fun

[Time_Streamer]

Really like the mod, but I found the HUD a bit cluttered and intrusive. IMHO, it should be anywhere but the center of the screen since it sits right above the weapon sprites. Is it possible to adapt the gzDoom alternate HUD with weight and weapon condition values?

[dex909]

Hey Time_Streamer, thanks for playing! Yes, I really like the mod being all centered, full of information and right above the weapon sprites. It's just part of how I wanted the hud to look. In fact I have a different mod where I went even further on that, but I restrained from doing this here But still, this is an integral part of how I want the information to be displayed. It would be possible to modify other huds with those values however, it just would be out of scope for the original mod. I am thinking about adding this information to the standard HUD(s) in a way, however. But can't make any estimated on if or when that will happen as of now, hmm.

Here's a video of what I did in another, unreleased project (notice how the HUD disappears when reloading) - I basically take cluttered and centered HUDs to the max, whenever I can

[Time_Streamer]

Well that one really feels different. I only see some standard stuff like ammo and hp, but I liked it. Maybe it's a good candidate for being part of a future improvement like a weapon upgrade feature?
Anyway, I'll stick to the centered HUD then. I do like to clearly see the weapon I'm holding, but that's OK. I'm enjoying the mod anyway

[dex909]

Thank you, Time_Streamer

[wisezombiekiller]

Version 1.04c is out, adding the "Impending Doom" feature I originally planned but previously did not include in the public release. So I finished the mode and added it to the mod. Losing all your health will turn you into a skeletal version of yourself. Try to kill as many enemies as possible to regain your former life force by collecting the obols they drop, or finish the map in time Features the track "Then It Hit Me" by James Paddock.

@wisezombiekiller: The mod should work after a reset or with any fresh config file. You may have to setup a few buttons but the core modules do not require any specific settings to function. If you want an experience as close as possible to what I am showing in my screenshots or videos, feel free to use the included autoexec.cfg

@MonoculusRift: I've added the remaining reports to the list of known bugs as of 1.04c, it's just too late at night to fix more stuff right now but they will be ironed out soon enough

The problem is, it was working fine before, and I got it to work again with a fresh install of gzdoom. Legitimately all I did was hit the reset button in the gzdoom in game options menu accidentally and now half of the mod doesn't work.