MALICE REFINED BETA 1 file

Based on the unofficial patch found here: Moddb.com

Simply install as any other Quake mod. Ironwail or vkQuake are the recommended sourceports.
DO NOT install over an existing Malice installation, as PAK files will overwrite the loose files in this installation.

Changelog relative to unofficial patch

Gameplay, Fixes, and Presentation:

• game no longer changes player FOV

• shell casings wait upwards of 10x longer before despawning and have different physics underwater

• various enemies will now eject shell casings

• various hitscan weapons now have tracers, bulletholes, water splash effects, and underwater bubble trail effects

• fixed 'trigger in clipping list' crash

• scuba gear will no longer be picked up if your air level is already at 9

• enemy health scaling by skill removed and replaced with +10% faster think rate per skill level and various behavior changes

• both shotguns now don't consume double the expected number of shells, and spreads are biased towards the center

• explosive barrel health reduced from 120 to 40 to be actually worth shooting

• exploding barrels now bounce slightly before exploding like Doom

• fixed issues with various multimodel enemies having their upper halves disappear (may need more testing)

• fixed issue with the Uzi and Minigun always ejecting an extra casing when stopping firing

• ALL enemy idle frames now call AI functions (there were gaps before), negating the potential for awkward delays in reacting to the player

• "damn plant" commentary on shooting office plants now actually comes from the player instead of the plant (lol) and has a cooldown

• moveable crate adjustments

  • should be less likely to phase through other objects

  • can now be pushed up gentle inclines

  • can now ride on plats and trains if flat on them when activated

  • now use MDL models for proper lighting

• implemented the cutsceneonly footstep sound effect for the player during gameplay

  • added 2 slight variations that are randomly selected from

  • less volume the slower you're moving

• player run animation rate is based on movement speed

• reloading and pistol idle animations (in firstperson) are now no longer interrupted by jumping and other thirdperson animations

• loading a game now correctly sets all cvars that previously required the start of a new game

• modern always run settings should now work as expected

• fixed an issue with the player falling animation not playing, and increased its threshold from 300 vertical speed to 200

• parachute can now be manually deactived midair, but with a cooldown before it can be used again

• rats no longer count as monsters for the counter or AI activation

• implemented fix for vanilla Quake bug where fish count twice on the monster counter

• disco ball model adjusted to not be offcenter and now glows

• various hitscan weapons will now have visible bulletholes and tracers

• implemented unused ricochet sound with variations

• deathmatch spawning is more random instead of spawns just being checked sequentially

  • this comes with a hard limit of 128 deathmatch spawns per level

• rain now splashes on liquid

• dancer adjustments

  • bounding box reduced to a sensible size to prevent getting stuck

  • will turn to face a player who recently bumped into them

• siren adjustments

  • now have a skin change when activating

  • can now be broken when shot because they're fucking annoying

• monster_swat adjustments

  • weapon is now hitscan, but aim lags behind player movement

  • may now attempt to back away from the player if too close

• monster_banshee adjustments

  • health increased from 1300 to 2000

• monster_torcher adjustments

  • now fires a series of sprite flames instead of a single projectile

    • flames have predictable physics on surfaces and float upwards a bit before despawning

  • switched 'melee' and 'missile' attacks

• monster_turret adjustments

  • model modified to look like it should hang

  • now hangs from ceilings without help of clip brushes

  • hitbox adjusted to fit better

  • will swivel to face the player instead of aimbotting

  • new barrel spin and muzzle flash animation

• monster_hunter adjustments

  • run speed increased by 25% since it's the same animation as walking

  • footestep noises now play on the walking animation also

  • shooting animation has a chance to play from the opposite side

  • chance to start shooting per step increases with skill level

• monster_rider adjustments

  • burst attack fires more shots with increased skill level

  • burst attack is no longer attempted if the player is not in front

  • upper body has a slightly higher maximum turn angle per skill level

  • now attempts to lead shots

  • laser projectiles are slightly faster

  • health increased from 600 to 1000

• monster_probe adjustments

  • body model edited to have matching frames with turret model (prevents console warning)

  • will now attempt to circlestrafe when within 256 units of the target

• monster_bara adjustments

  • damage range slightly increased

  • will now attempt to keep distance from other enemies to prevents multiple fish from 'stacking' in one spot

• monster_merc adjustments

  • various 'fake' (audio only) attack frames now actually shoot

  • teleportation 'walking' has the potential to go a bit further

  • teleporting now has a cooldown to prevent it awkwardly chaining in place of shooting

  • on skill 2 or above, will now attempt to teleport to a location behind the player at the end of their teleport 'walk'

    • location is based on 'breadcrumb' entities the player AND merc babes occasionally leave behind

• monster_riot adjustments

  • lunge attack has slightly more range with increased skill level

  • on skill 2 or above, may now throw a 'flashbang' at the player while closing distance

    • this briefly makes the screen white, slows horizontal movement, and make a loud ringing noise

• hoverboard item adjustments

  • hovering over water should be *slightly* less awkward to navigate (fucking Quake 1 physics man)

  • jumping while hovering over water will now perform a normal jump first instead of the midair boost

• minisub vehicle adjustments

  • seperate health pool from the player

  • can now be destroyed, even while unoccupied

    • sends debris flying around

    • attached torpedos will float away and detonate on touch

  • ammo count now displays available torpedos

  • now bobs up and down on the surface of water

  • no longer sinks if exited underwater

  • enhanced torpedo think/tracking function

    • tracking now requires a target that is actually in front of the torpedo

    • homing is more gradual

• punisher weapon adjustments

  • no longer damages the firing player, and can be used to safely (fall damage aside) 'rocket' jump like the Vasquez bots do

  • projectile now uses the minlight effect

  • direct hit damage increased from 60 to 100

  • direct hits now knockback enemies considerably

• mortar weapon adjustments

  • flame entities now have a size of '0 0 0' but use MOVETYPE_BOUNCEMISSILE instead of MOVETYPE_BOUNCE

    • this gives them a larger hitbox vs the player and enemies and prevents them from glitching through walls

  • flames last slightly longer

  • explosion causes large bursting bubble underwater

  • projectile will exhibit different physics underwater

  • the occasional 'misfire' after shooting the weapon now prints "Misfire!" to the player to make it obvious that it's not a bug

• pistol weapon adjustments

  • fire a single hitscan instead of 6

  • small amount of spread with continued fire

• rocket launcher weapon adjustments

  • explosion causes a large bursting bubble underwater

  • rocket velocity decreases underwater

• air bubbles will vary in scale if playing on a source port that supports it

Development and Mapping:

• numerous QC compiler and developer mode console warnings fixed (still some lingering console warnings)

• FGD now includes various modern compiler settings (from Progs Dump 3)

• the following entities have been added or upgraded to their Violent Rumble / Progs Dump 3 equivalents:

  • misc_model

  • misc_sparks

  • func_newplat

  • func_rain (an upgraded version of the just 'rain' entity that is now hidden, but still in code for compatibility)

  • func_breakable (exploding_object now hidden, but still in code)

  • func_indexmodel (used by breakable to create inmap debris models)

  • func_explobox

  • func_particlefield

  • func_togglewall

  • func_counter

  • func_oncount

  • trigger_ladder

  • trigger_monsterface

  • trigger_look

• air_bubbles has the following new settings:

  • wait: time before bubbles despawn

  • speed: vertical velocity of bubbles

  • delay: time between spawning bubbles (this has a small random value added to it)

  • lip: turbulence multiplier

• fan_turbine now has a 'speed' multiplier setting

• sirens can be triggered

• new entity: fish_school

  • spawns an ambient, dynamic school of fish to swim around the level

  • 3 presets controlled by the 'style' key: bass, clownfish, and pufferfish

  • various other settings to control size, spawning, and behavior

• new enemy: monster_minisub

  • must be placed in water

  • fires torpedos, but they only lockon to a player if they're in a minisub

  • torpedo homing power increases with skill level

  • will revert to an idle state if targeted player has left water

  • upon taking over 50 damage from a single hit, has a chance to spin out of control briefly

  • will attempt to keep distance from other subs

  • will circle strafe the player if close enough and the player is visible, but will back away without firing if too close

  • on skill 2 or above, will actively attempt to dodge player torpedos

• new item: weapon_44

  • gives the player a second pistol, enabling a greater rate of fire and double the shots before needing to reload

Known Issues

• turrets in last level will act odd if the player has yet to jump down from the spawn point

• rocket launcher readying animation can still be interrupted by thirdperson animations (though does not affect gameplay)

• Ironwail has poor performance relative to vkQuake with many fish and/or bullet tracers active at once (may depend on hardware, needs testing)

• vkQuake may occasionally give a warning that the dual .44 pistol weaponmodel has an extremely large negative frame