Embers Of Armageddon

[OverDriver05]

Is Embers of Armageddon compatible with Delta Touch?

[Alamo985]

Is Embers of Armageddon compatible with Delta Touch?

As a both PC Doomer and Delta Touch Doomer, it's worked well with some setting tweaks.

[DymitrKharitonov]

Okay

[Linz]

You won't be finding your answers here unfortunately

[DoomKrakken]

Hello guys, sorry for not reporting here for the longest time.

Mod's not dead, but I got plenty of stuff happening behind the scenes. Mod links are gonna take a while to upload since I need to find a new place to host my pictures (since something changed between ModDB and the ZDoom Forums making it impossible to save changes, meaning I can't properly update ANYTHING). From there, I'll also need to restructure my download link infrastructure to better streamline download availability.

Just letting you guys know there's more to come in the near future. I hope I can deploy it soon!

Stay tuned, Slayers!

[Nimlouth]

Hey, first of all let me tell you that this is just NUTS! It's so good! My gf saw me playtesting this and told me "Hey, you managed to make DOOM run on that potato PC!" and then stared in disbelief as she realised it was not ACTUAL DOOM 2016 haha. Super great work.

Now, I have a few suggestions/requests/things to say about the mod.

I've been experimenting in SLADE to make D4V "compatible" with EoA. Mostly I just want the monsters as I think they are perfect for EoA (sprites and visuals and also behaviour). I deleted the custom weapons and power ups in the Decorate file of D4V so they don't conflict with EoA, but that's just dirty editing and I was wondering if making a "standalone D4V monsters" addon would be too difficult. Maybe they can be edited a little bit further to match EoA's balance too? I'm aware someone ported the D4T monsters to EoA but they are not quite as good/consistent as the D4V ones for my tastes.

Also, I tend to play on really low screen resolution scales because of the performance boost and dat tasty chunky pixelation retro feeling and I noticed that the UI also scales down, making it just a bit too clunky to use since it's made for high res. Would it be possible to, idk, make (or edit) a custom HUD addon that's more pixel-friendly?

Take everything I request here as a "I'm willing to make these things myself if someone guides me on how-to", I know you have your hands full and tbh I'm sooooo happy with the current state of EoA, just wanted to give my input <3

Thanks for all of the awesomeness!

Also here's a little vid demo showcasing D4V + EoA in Valian Vaccinated that I recorded on my potato PC haha.

https://youtu.be/Sztp-4AGgrA

[DoomKrakken]

Nice to meet you, Nimlouth.

HELL YES, I just updated the images on the front page with new ones that'll stand the test of time! So now I can properly update the front page as I please!

Either way, there's a new update for EOA available (a HUGE one, coding-wise... changes a LOT of things concerning optimization)!

Links on the front page have been updated!

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===== v1.9 =====
- Standard rockets fired by the Rocket Launcher now have a full damage radius equal to twice their radius (previously 0).
- Increased deployed Mobile Turret projectile spread to 3, horizontally and vertically (previously 1, horizontally and vertically).
- Hazard Protection's fire damage reduction now only applies to environmentally-sourced fire damage (previously environmentally and monster-sourced).
- Lock-On Burst rockets now have an angular turn threshold of 45 (previously 60).
- Created an essentials utility that can be edited by an inventory item in each monster's inventory, which defines custom weakpoints, stagger/GK stats, and other utilities.
- Renamed EOA_Thinker to EOA_Essentials.
- Monsters now spawn a head hitbox in the top 2/11 of the actor with a radius equal to 4/7 of their own radius and 2/11 of their height (while their "ProjectilePassHeight" property is lowered by 2/11 [this behavior can be disabled in EOA Settings]).
- Shifted stagger/stun/Glory Kill functionalities to the EOA_Essentials item.
- Monsters that have the NOKILLSCRIPTS flag will not drop items upon death.
- Siege Mode's Outer Beam and Heat Blast damage effects are now flagged as explosive damage.
- Fixed an issue with players being able to mantle a ledge right after launching into a Glory Kill.
- Added the ALLOWTHRUFLAGS and THRUGHOST flags to EOA_NullPuff2.
- Lock-On Burst no longer locks onto monsters possessing the SHADOW flag.
- Added a check to the Explosive Shot grenade to include EOA_WeakPoint for constituting a valid target to launch cluster bombs.
- The Slayer now performs a dash toward an enemy he's aiming at whenever performing a melee attack from the ground.
- Converted all DECORATE actors to ZScript.
- Transferred all weapon-specific ZScript functions from the base weapon class and player pawn to their respective weapons.
- Updated deprecated action functions to their proper respective replacements.
- Transferred Micro Missile mastery challenge tracking code from the Slayer to the Heavy Assault Rifle.
- Prefixed various custom action functions with "EOA_".
- Fixed an issue with the Incendiary Rounds Mastery Challenge being able to be completed without the Gatling Rotator being equipped.
- All weapons (especially semi-automatic weapons) can now fire upon raising even if the Fire button was held down prior.
- The Chainsaw now causes monsters to play their Pain sound only once, upon the player entering into a Chainsaw Glory Kill (previously had monsters constantly play it while getting chainsawed).
- Fixed an issue with the Chainsaw failing to clear the NOTARGET flag after performing a Chainsaw Glory Kill.
- Fixed an issue with the Berserk Fists failing to clear the NOTARGET flag after performing a Glory Kill.
- Fixed an issue with the Super Shotgun being able to fire if holding down the Fire key while pressing/releasing the Alt-Fire key.
- Cached CVars for better performance.
- Overhauled Rune system to use integer constants instead of strings, for better performance.
- Renamed EOA_MediStim to EOA_SmallHealth.
- Renamed EOA_MediKit to EOA_MediumHealth.
- Renamed EOA_MediPack to EOA_LargeHealth.
- "EOA_SpawnNoiseMaker"/"EOA_SpawnPersistentNoiseMaker"/"EOA_DestroyPersistentNoiseMaker" now play a sound directly on the caller instead of spawning a warping actor to play the sound.
- Overhauled temp item movement.  Temp items now arc and NOCLIP while in flight, and no longer perform sight checks to determine movement.
- Temp item speed changed to 25 (previously 20).
- Temp item vacuum speed bonuses changed to 12.5 (previously 20).
- Transferred all functionality from the Slayer's Ammo Overlay to the EOA_Ammo base class.
- Micro Missile homing range increased to 128 (previously 96).
- Fixed an issue with Micro Missiles not latching onto a wall if fired at the wall point-blank.
- Condensed code for the Siege Mode projectile's trails to utilize iteration.
- Fixed Berserk Death From Above leg overlays to be in the correct position.
- Fixed an issue with the Heavy Assault Rifle not zooming out if selecting another weapon while zooming in (thank you, Fat Tony!).
- Transferred Gutamatics libraries to the Gutamatics folder.
- Sorted various classes to their own files under the Items folder or under previously existing files outside of Base.txt.
- Overhauled weapon spawners for code cleanup.
- Distributed weapon mastery messages among their respective mastery challenge tokens.
- Distributed GetSpeedFactor overrides among their respective weapons.
- The Slayer now moves at full speed while the Mobile Turret is deployed, but will still move at half speed while the Mobile Turret fires.
- Removed all present shaders and shader code.
- Removed all DECORATE files.
- Updated ZScript to version 4.5.
- Changed all strings in the SavageryArray to names.
- Transferred Savagery Mastery array to the Savagery Rune (previously held by the Doom Slayer).
- The Slayer is now able to throw punches while utilizing alt-fire functions.
- Overhauled Homing Rocket homing code.  Homing rockets fired from a Lock-On Burst now have a slow initial turning angle/pitch, but also become more precise the longer they remain in the air.
- Lock targets for Lock-On Burst homing rockets are now always centered on the victim's position plus 75% of the victim's height (previously wherever the lock target spawned on the victim).
- The Gauss Cannon now plays its standard firing sound in addition to the Precision Bolt's firing sound when firing the Precision Bolt.
- Reduced angle check iterations for GetLedgeOffset to 8 45-degree intervals (previously 360 1-degree intervals... thank you Cherno!).
- Micro Missile pod now instantly closes upon tossing a grenade.
- Overhauled Secret Finder system.
- Gauss/Add gets played at full volume (previously half).
- Fixed an issue with Gauss/Cycle failing to play if scoping out from the Precision Bolt scope too soon.
- Increased Precision Bolt projectile's base damage to 120 (previously 100).
- Updated sprites for the Chaingun's blue muzzleflashes in EOA Assets (thank you, BerserkerNoir!).  [EOA Assets download is optional.]
- Removed obsolete Chaingun sprites from EOA Assets.  [EOA Assets download is optional.]
- Overhauled stun/stagger systems.
- Staggered/stunned monsters have their Speed set to 0 until unstaggered/unstunned or killed.
- Changed standard Rocket Launcher rocket speed to 20 (previously 30).
- Changed Lock-On Burst homing rocket speed to 36 (previously 60).
- Rockets fired from the Rocket Launcher now spawn a smoke actor that disappears twice as fast as the Frag Grenade's smoke.
- Fixed an issue with "Death From Above" Glory Kills counting towards completion of the Chiropractor challenge.
- Heat Blast damage now deals 140 max damage and 240 max damage with the Expanded Threshold upgrade (previously 150 max damage and 300 max damage with the Expanded Threshold upgrade).
- Increased HeatBlastChargeCounter max amount to 140 + 100 with Expanded Threshold (previously 30 + 30 with Expanded Threshold).
- Replaced EOA_PlasmaBall translation with a desaturated translation.
- Added a check for Level.Time not being 0 to all weapons' respective Ready state sequences to bypass a strange level loading crash in GZDoom 4.5.0 (this will likely be removed when a subsequent version of GZDoom fixes this issue).
- Added code to ensure proper removal of tokens for specific weapons should said weapons suddenly be rendered inactive (for example, an instant switch to a weapon of class EOA_InteractWeapon).
- Added "MarkPrecacheSounds" overrides to each instance of EOA_InteractWeapon and their respective interactable items.
- CGN/Rotor and CGN/Spin now play on the same channel (6) and are automatically stopped if ChaingunSpinCounter is not present in the player's inventory.
- Removed all calls to "EOA_SpawnPersistentNoiseMaker" in the Chaingun that stopped the 6th and 7th local channels on the Chaingun outside of its DoEffect override.
- Transferred Chaingun-specific code in the LedgeMantle state sequence for EOA_Weapon to a custom LedgeMantle state sequence for the Chaingun.
- Implemented an overdue update for Glory Kill checking in the Chainsaw's Zoom state sequence.
- Removed checks for [Chainsaw]GloryKillCounter in the Challenge Event Handler's QueueGloryKills function.
- Fixed a bug that triggered Saving Throw's slow-motion effect whenever the player died with the Saving Throw rune equipped while having no Saving Throws.
- Changed all calls for "A_StopSound" in powerups'/runes' OnDestroy overrides to use one call to "A_StopAllSounds".
- Deleted ZScript/Base/OldFastProjectile.txt.
- Removed extraneous parentheses in a multitude of GetClassName comparisons.
- Overhauled Chainsaw Glory Kill detection system to use information output by the EOA_Essentials thinker to determine how much fuel to consume when chainsawing a monster.
- Created a menu option for disabling custom weakpoints and opting for the old system (targeting the top fraction of a monster's hitbox to score a headshot).
- Overhauled PowerStaggered to handle staggering, recovery, and the Intimacy Is Best rune's damage protection.
- Progression for the Intimacy Is Best rune upgrade challenge is now applied whenever any monster gets staggered by anything.  Any players with Intimacy Is Best I equipped will recieve a point whenever this happens.
- The ticking sound played whenever progress is made on a challenge is now handled by their respective counters and play a sound directly on the player (previously executed an ACS script within code blocks that also incremented the challenge count).
- Changed "EOA_HeatBlast" to use "CheckIfCloser" for the distance check in its actor vetting (previously "Distance3D").
- Changed "EOA_HeatBlast" to use "AbsAngle" for the angle check in its actor vetting (previously "DeltaAngle").
- Removed call to "A_FaceTarget" from "EOA_HeatBlast".
- Removed target reassignment from "EOA_HeatBlast".
- Changed "EOA_HeatBlast" to utilize a BlockThingsIterator to handle actor vetting (previously a ThinkerIterator).
- Changed the Siege Mode projectile to use "CheckIfCloser" for the distance check in its actor vetting (previously "Distance3D").
- Changed the Siege Mode projectile to use "AbsAngle" for the angle check in its actor vetting (previously "DeltaAngle").
- Removed target reassignment from the Siege Mode projectile.
- Changed the Siege Mode projectile to utilize a BlockThingsIterator to handle actor vetting (previously a ThinkerIterator).
- Changed the EMG Pistol's Charged Energy Shot's base damage to 16 + 4 (with Increased Power) (previously 20).
- Changed the EMG Pistol's Charged Energy Shot's max damage to 80 + 48 (with Increased Power) (previously 80 + 80 with Increased Power).
- Updated "EOA_CheckGloryKill" to use "CheckIfCloser" for its distance check (previously "Distance3D").
- Fixed an issue with non-default ripper projectiles dealing damage twice to monsters if fired point blank.
- Accommodated for line normals in "EOA_ExplodeMissile" to have projectile puffs spawn in the correct place (should work about 99% of the time with those pillars).
- Overhauled all EOA_Projectile classes to correctly spawn effects.
- Changed EOA_Projectile's "EEffectsStepsMode" property to "EFXStepMode_Accurate" for more accurate trail spawning placement (previously "EFXStepMode_FastProj").
- Changed calls from "Distance3D" to "CheckIfCloser" in "EOA_FireBullets".
- Changed max range for "A_SprayDecal" in ChaingunSlug to 5 (previously 1).
- Fixed a bug with multiple invalid sound position/velocity errors being puked to the console whenever firing a Charged Burst point blank at a wall.
- Removed calls to "Super.Tick()" in various Thinker classes.
- Micro Missiles now spray a Scorch decal on walls upon detonation via "A_SprayDecal".
- EOA_Berserk will not store the current ReadyWeapon of the player if the weapon is an EOA_InteractWeapon.
- BFG Ammo now randomly plays any of its three rotation sounds while idle (previously selected only one and looped it ad nauseam).
- Added the "SKYEXPLODE" flag to EOA_Projectile with a generic "Death.Sky" state sequence that calls "A_StopAllSounds".
- Overhauled "EOA_SpawnCustomDynamicLight".  It now calls the static "SpawnCustomDynamicLight" function in EOA_ActorExtensions and supports better light behaviors.
- Removed "EOA_SpawnCustomDynamicLight" from EOA_ExplosiveBarrelFX.  It now directly calls the static "SpawnCustomDynamicLight" function.
- Reduced the light radius of EOA_ExplosionBarrelExplosionFX to 128 (previously 204).
- Monsters firing the enemy plasma ball projectiles now play PLR/Enemy/Fire on slot CHAN_WEAPON (previously CHAN_BODY).
- Most projectile puffs now spawn dynamic lights (previously handled by the projectiles themselves).
- Fixed a crash with EOA_InteractWeapon's "ReselectWeapon" pointer becoming null upon EOA_BerserkFist being removed from the player's inventory upon PowerBerserk's expiration (if EOA_BerserkFist was set to be the "ReselectWeapon" pointer).
- Dynamic lights spawned by ArgentCellWeapon are now handled via an overlay.
- Fixed an issue with the hands in the tearing animation for the Berserk Fists being improperly positioned if launched into immediately after performing a "Death From Above" Glory Kill.
- Removed all calls to "SetPlayerProperty" that dealt with instant weapon switching.
- All calls to "A_Raise" in all weapons now loop on a 0-tic delay.
- Changed all calls to "A_Raise" to use their default arguments (previously passed 60 as its RaiseSpeed).
- Changed all tracer projectiles to have a minimum radius and height of 0.5 and 1, respectively.
- Changed all puffs spawned by tracer projectiles to have a minimum radius and height of 0.1.
- Added a delay counter to the mantling animation to prevent it from retriggering early.
- Changed code pertaining to the maximum amount of armor the player can pick up to retrieve the base default value via "GetDefaultByType".
- Fixed an issue with temp armor shards homing in on the Slayer and armor-related challenges not triggering correctly if he had picked up a non-EOA_Armor-derived armor item that had a bigger MaxSaveAmount than EOA_Armor and had less armor than the non-EOA_Armor-derived armor item came with but more armor than EOA_Armor's current "TrueMaxSaveAmount".

[DoomKrakken]

Critical hotfix inbound:

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===== v1.9.1 (Hotfix) =====
- Removed an erroneous change from the changelog.
- Switched the "Radius1" and "Radius2" arguments in calls to "SpawnCustomDynamicLight" in the ExternalPayloadExplosion class.
- Added a null-check to "EOA_HeatBlast".

[64palm]

are you have a version can run on gzdoom 3.8.5 ??

[DoomKrakken]

Not for the longest time, no.

If the newer GZDoom versions aren't doing it for you, try using the latest LZDoom instead.

[YasuoProjectX]

Another problem while playing EOA with Sunder Map

Using RMB with HAR Tactical Scope (w/ fully upgrade) cause crashes the game.

Crash Report:

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VM execution aborted: tried to read from address zero.
Called from EOA_Weakpoint.damageMobj at EOA Code.pk3:zscript/eoa/essentials.txt,line 140
Called from EOA_Projectile.HandleCollision at EOA Code.pk3:zscript/eoa/fastprojectile.txt,line 951
Called from EOA_Projectile.HandleMovement at EOA Code.pk3:zscript/eoa/fastprojectile.txt,line 768
Called from EOA_Projectile.FastProjTrick at EOA Code.pk3:zscript/eoa/fastprojectile.txt,line 503
Called from EOA_Projectile.Tick at EOA Code.pk3:zscript/eoa/fastprojectile.txt,line 468

I think its same crashes as HAR Micro Missile before and now its Tactical Scope.

[ClessxAlghazanth]

Hi

Are the links on the first post the latest version of EoA ? (the version on moddb is a different size)

And I wonder if there's a option to turn on manual reloading ?

And lastly , would it be possible to use monster-only mods alongside with EoA ?

Thanks and best regards

[DoomKrakken]

Another problem while playing EOA with Sunder Map

Using RMB with HAR Tactical Scope (w/ fully upgrade) cause crashes the game.

Crash Report:

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VM execution aborted: tried to read from address zero.
Called from EOA_Weakpoint.damageMobj at EOA Code.pk3:zscript/eoa/essentials.txt,line 140
Called from EOA_Projectile.HandleCollision at EOA Code.pk3:zscript/eoa/fastprojectile.txt,line 951
Called from EOA_Projectile.HandleMovement at EOA Code.pk3:zscript/eoa/fastprojectile.txt,line 768
Called from EOA_Projectile.FastProjTrick at EOA Code.pk3:zscript/eoa/fastprojectile.txt,line 503
Called from EOA_Projectile.Tick at EOA Code.pk3:zscript/eoa/fastprojectile.txt,line 468

I think its same crashes as HAR Micro Missile before and now its Tactical Scope.

Lemme guess... you were using custom monsters?

Hi

Are the links on the first post the latest version of EoA ? (the version on moddb is a different size)

And I wonder if there's a option to turn on manual reloading ?

And lastly , would it be possible to use monster-only mods alongside with EoA ?

Thanks and best regards

I haven't updated this thread in the longest time. I've released new versions and hadn't had the time to properly update everything everywhere due to IRL shite.

Hopefully I'll get around to that stuff soon.

[doomzie]

Thanks for making such a great mod. Loving it.

If you don't mind though, I have a question about a specific issue with EOA that I just can't figure out. Unlike vanilla levels or other mods, whenever I play EOA the player always falls back to the pistol when the weapon he is firing is empty, despite having a full roster of weapons with fully stocked ammo. This is obviously handicapping my play.

Would you be able to assess what may be causing this problem? At first I thought it might be a gzdoom setting, but I've digged through it all and can't find anything that leads to this.

I know you have a Discord, but I'm unable to access that platform, so I really have to ask here.

I'd love to solve this on my own (I tried), but I don't know if it's the EOA code or anything else. I have not seen this issue reported anywhere. I've tried all versions, including up to the 1.9.3 hotfix.

No, I'm not using any other mods, fyi.

Thanks in advance for any feedback you may have.

Have a good day.

update 14/08:
So, I've been digging as deep as possible for someone new like me, and meanwhile the EOA code is a tiny little bit more clear to me. I've managed to more or less see which pieces of code are involved (in "EOA Code.pk3"). With the help of the Wiki, I know a little bit now about DECORATE functions like A_WeaponReady and A_SelectWeapon. I'm trying to learn as much as I can about ZScript to understand the code of the weapons, especially what's in the Select: and Deselect: states for the weapon actors and their base actor class ("EOA_Weapon"). I've checked if SWF_SELECTPRIORITY is 1 and I've added a ton of Console.Printf statements to understand the flow and so on. I'm however still struggling with everything. I just cannot find which statement is actually causing the A_SelectWeapon to result in the Pistol when my gun is empty. It always goes from <gun> DESELECT STATE to <Pistol> SELECT STATE.

I see there is also a " EOA_InteractWeapon : EOA_Weapon" class involved, and this is where I'm really not understanding what is happening with Invoker.ReselectWeapon and Invoker.ActualReselectWeapon statement.

Anyhow, I'm not really expecting a reply anymore from you or anytime soon as I heard on recent EOA Youtube videos that you're stopping? Not sure if I understood that correctly, if so what a shame :-/.

Perhaps somebody else would be so kind to help me out with this?

My problem is basically: gun is empty (0 ammo on HUD), left mouse click to fire empty gun, pistol is shown, instead of highest prio weapon with ammo > 0. Only happens with EOA (actually also with EOA Eternal).

[DoomKrakken]

Thanks for making such a great mod. Loving it.

If you don't mind though, I have a question about a specific issue with EOA that I just can't figure out. Unlike vanilla levels or other mods, whenever I play EOA the player always falls back to the pistol when the weapon he is firing is empty, despite having a full roster of weapons with fully stocked ammo. This is obviously handicapping my play.

Would you be able to assess what may be causing this problem? At first I thought it might be a gzdoom setting, but I've digged through it all and can't find anything that leads to this.

The long and short of this is that I've not set up a different weapon that'd be more suitable for this situation. It defaults to the pistol, and I've not determined if it should always go to another weapon or if it should switch to the next weapon.

I hope this answers your question.