Embers Of Armageddon mod for Doom

This version overhauls PLENTY of stuff and paves the way for some super-advanced stuff I have planned for the years to come!

Changelog:

Splr wrote: ===== 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".