General Doom Engine Based Game Discussion

[OtakuAlex]

I didn't see a thread for talking about other games based off the Doom Engine around here, and since I love all the games made on it (aside from Chex Quest), I just had to make this.

Talk about anything that runs on the Doom engine, this means Doom, Doom II, Heretic, Hexen, Strife, Chex Quest, and any mods for those games

I'll start off the discussion by mentioning a Doom II mod called "Doom the Mercenaries", it basically gives Doom II gameplay similar to that of RE4 and gives it new sprites for these gameplay changes.

You can get it here: https://mega.co.nz/#!pIEXiBYT!S4AcMGeln2-l_p6g77WtaCfJk_klIvsP0POMhehC1BU

or...

Here: http://static.best-ever.org/wads/doomthemercenaries.pk3

[Laggy Blazko]

LOL @ those TPS and their awkward movements... Oh well, if it was made y Doomero it's probably well done, heheh.
That reminds me, did he finish his Mortal Kombat WAD? (I would check now but I'm going to sleep)

[Knux]

I should go finish that Titan Fighter run of Hexen. Last time I was playing, I beat the Heresiarch and saved the game before going to the secret level of the hub and moving on to chapter 4.

I've found that the game was hard only at first, until THANK GOODNESS I FOUND THAT HAMMER. Chaos Serpents on the hardest difficulty are suicide to face with melee combat if not done correctly, or swarmed. Or spotted from afar. Damn that shit.

[OtakuAlex]

I should go finish that Titan Fighter run of Hexen. Last time I was playing, I beat the Heresiarch and saved the game before going to the secret level of the hub and moving on to chapter 4.

I've found that the game was hard only at first, until THANK GOODNESS I FOUND THAT HAMMER. Chaos Serpents on the hardest difficulty are suicide to face with melee combat if not done correctly, or swarmed. Or spotted from afar. Damn that shit.

Well, good luck with that. I might do a Titan run, too. BTW, know any good Hexen mods that work with Zandronum

[Beed28]

BTW, know any good Hexen mods that work with Zandronum

Samsara's quite good, it's built with Zandronum in mind and it works with Hexen. Ever wanted to play as Doomguy in Hexen? Or Duke Nukem? Or even the Ranger from Quake? Now's your chance.

[Laggy Blazko]

Term also made a "ranger" class (not quakeguy) for hexen, which is a guy with medieval looking guns.
http://forum.zdoom.org/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=30386
Oh, yeah, and I feel like Hexen is a walk in the park unless it's on the hardest difficulty, except for those goddarn traps and puzzles.
(Screw that 4th hub).

[Knux]

All hail the pit trap switch and the crusher bed. Korax has no life.  

[Gummywormz]

Wrath of Cronos adds new classes and more rpg-like elements such as skills, levels, and stats.

[OtakuAlex]

Wrath of Cronos adds new classes and more rpg-like elements such as skills, levels, and stats.

That sounds like somethin' I would greatly enjoy, I will try it right now.

[Knux]

Something from two months ago that I never posted.

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An Ettin and a Wendigo went at it and killed each other at the same time. Too bad I didn't arrive in time to screenshot the Wendigo's exploding carcass!

[OtakuAlex]

Something from two months ago that I never posted.

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An Ettin and a Wendigo went at it and killed each other at the same time. Too bad I didn't arrive in time to screenshot the Wendigo's exploding carcass!

That's pretty cool, I had something like that happened to me in Doom 2 once. A Pinkie and an Imp killed each other and I just watched them do so. BTW, for some reason Hexen has been buggy for me lately, when I do single player, I get killed by absolutely nothing upon spawning, however, this doesn't seem to happen on servers. Does anyone know how to fix the insta-death spawn problem?

[Knux]

Whoa, first time I hear of that bug. Which version of Hexen are you running? Though it may not have anything to do with that.

If all else fails, try googling a solution. I looked on the Zdoom wiki, but nada.

[OtakuAlex]

Whoa, first time I hear of that bug. Which version of Hexen are you running? Though it may not have anything to do with that.

If all else fails, try googling a solution. I looked on the Zdoom wiki, but nada.

I'm actually not sure what version I'm using.......I didn't even know 90's games had versions, unless you mean special editions and such.
Also, the bug didn't appear until recently, so I don't think it's my .wad either way. I tried backing up the .wad, replacing my Zandronum settings file, launching through alternative ways, but I always get the same results, insta-death spawning.

[Beed28]

Is there anything in the Skins folder that could be interfearing? That's why I keep a seperate Zandronum "install" from the one I use MM8BDM for, for when playing Doom, Heretic, Hexen, Strife, etc.

[OtakuAlex]

Is there anything in the Skins folder that could be interfearing? That's why I keep a seperate Zandronum "install" from the one I use MM8BDM for, for when playing Doom, Heretic, Hexen, Strife, etc.

I do have a lot of skins, so possibly. And speaking of skins, I think the MM8BDM community should make a wad/pk3 with a bunch of commonly used skins for us to use instead of loading seperate files (just them being seperate files has caused problems since I collect so many skins), much like the Zandronum Skin Pack.

Oh well, at least Heretic still works fine, it only seems to be Hexen that's given me trouble. So, any cool Heretic mods?