I think pain_target and pain_threshold excite me the most for a couple of reasons: it was an idea that came to me and after a bit of help from Qmaster, c0burn and others I was above to code it up myself based on exiting id1 code.

The second thing is that it allows you to fire a trigger when a monster reaches a certain amount of damage (in addition to when they die as usual).

So during play testing if you notice someone "cheesing" a Shambler or other monster encounter you can spawn in reinforcements or set off some other trigger to enhance the battle in the middle of the action. I'm looking forward to seeing what people come up with. 

That sounds interesting. I'm looking forward to test this in the map. Would be nice in an area with enemy waves. 

Just some silly thing. 

Cooler Master tie-in? 

Some months ago I started work on a mini episode, but then life got in the way. I thought I'd upload progress so far (a start map and one map) rather than leave it sitting on my hard disk.

The download is here:
http://www.mediafire.com/file/pwk2drpfbass3sa/e1ubi.zip/file

(requires quoth)

Here's a screenshot:
https://imgur.com/a/PPX315Q 

 

Good day mate.

I have a new map that needs some testing.

It is a void map with a city theme that has various paths to the end.

There is also a SUPER secret area. It is so secret it doesnt even count as a secret.

Here is the map:

http://www.quaketastic.com/files/single_player/maps/voidc_b1.zip

Here are some screenshots:

http://www.quaketastic.com/files/screen_shots/voidc_01.png
http://www.quaketastic.com/files/screen_shots/voidc_02.png
http://www.quaketastic.com/files/screen_shots/voidc_03.png

I await your feedback. 

...look pretty interesting. I'll be checking this out when I get home. 

5 minute preview of shib7, a 30+ minute map to be released in the second part of Ter Shibboleth.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocZRo7U4yU0 

Played your map for a bit. It needs a lot of balancing. Not enough ammo across the board so IMO unplayable.

Here's a partial run through with a few notes. The theme and layout are interesting and I do want to play it all the way thru. Not crazy about the custom textures. Some look good but the yellow ones are a bit too bright and over-used. I think if this was a base map it would work a bit better but you are using the city theme. 

Can't wait! 

The fact that there is not a lot of ammo is actually on porpuse and i was being a little experimental. I may have gone too far in few places.

I should probably rebalance the begining of the map, and maybe add some other changes. Or I could leave it how it is for the hard mode.

Also, when I was saying it was a city theme I didnt mean like quake style city, I meant like a (not that)real city. 

So you are "experimenting" with pissing off the player? Got it. ;) 

And minor changes.

Although the hard mode is still EXPERIMENTAL PAIN.

http://www.quaketastic.com/files/single_player/maps/voidc_b2.zip.

There is no SUPER secret. ;) 

Here it is

http://www.quaketastic.com/files/single_player/maps/voidc_b2.zip 

Gave your map a shot. To echo some of Dumptruck's comments, ammo is still a bit tight but I did finish the map. The art is definitely not standard Quake fare, but that's fine- I like maps that look like they're out of left field. The map is just open-ended enough to make me think I was breaking something at the start though, and I missed both secrets and only found them when noclipping afterwards- there were definitely some issues with lighting being too dark (to requiring using shells/nails to light the floor) and possibly the fog being too heavy as well. The finale on the rooftop was unexpected because I wasn't keeping track of monster count- I thought it was just a few waves but then the thing started taking up the sky and that was unexpected and pants-shitting so absolutely keep that setpiece.

Recorded a few partial to full demos with text comments here. 

Thanks Spud!

I will try to change what you told me. Also that part where it seemed like you where breaking the map was actually intentional.

And good to know you liked the ending. :) 

Since the beginning of this month i was working in this "special effects" mod. Right now i'm too busy with real-life stuff and i don't know when i'll be able to come back to it, so i'm releasing it today as a BETA (because there are more things that i still want to add):

http://www.mediafire.com/file/6dlj7wvuju4o045/tribalfx-001h.zip/file

It only works with Quakespasm-Spiked because it uses effect.info to change some effects. You can use it to play any map (that doesn't come with its own progs.dat, of course).

From the Readme:
TribalFX is a mod that doesn't change Quake's original gameplay. It just add some "special FX" to enhance the game's experience.

I started this little project making some changes in the effect.info file that i took from Arcane Dimensions Mod. So, if you played AD you will notice that i made some ajustments in the weapons's particles code. But some things can't be changed just with effect.info. That's why i jumped into the QuakeC world.

In this mod you will find the following features:

-Fish count bug is fixed (by C0burn)
-Fish can be gibbed (also by C0burn)
-Crucified zombies now bleed when you shoot them and if you hit them with an Axe you won't hear that weird "stone" sound anymore (but you still can't kill them because this would change the gameplay of some custom maps).
-The axe now makes a distinct sound when you hit enemies and triggers (like shootable buttons and secrets).
-The enemies now lose some meat chunks when you chop them with the axe.
-Chopping a Tarbaby with the Axe make him lose blue goo.
-I increased the number of blood-particles that shows up when you hit an enemy.
-Tarbabies now have blue particles when you shoot them.
-Tarbabies explosions now have blue gibs, leaving blue stains on the ground.
-The gibs create blood-splats instead of blood trails (like in AD, but i selected another stain to make it more evident and gory).
-The attack from the Scrags now leaves a green trail of spit on the ground.
-I changed Shambler's "casting" effect for a "thunder" cloud with 4 randomized new sounds (this also fixes the "shambler vanishing with rockets and grenades when casting lightning" bug)
-The lightning attack from the Lightning-gun and from Shamblers now makes a spark effect when something is hit by it.
-The Tarbaby explosion now have a blue effect.
-The Vore's attack explosions now have a purple effect.
-I changed the teleport effect to make it more cool.
-The explosions from rockets, grenages and exploding-boxes now have orange and yellow particles. And they don't have that old explosion-sprite anymore.

Please keep in mind that i am NOT a coder. I'm learning by changing things to see what happens. Usually my technique is the good old copy-and-paste and a lot of try-and-error.

To see the new effects you have to write in the console: r_particledesc effectinfo

Or you can just add this line on your autoexec.cfg:
"r_particledesc" "effectinfo"

Thanks :) 

Congrats on modding Quake. Downloaded!!! Usually my technique is the good old copy-and-paste and a lot of try-and-error. I hear you there. Keep at it - QuakeC is a blast. 

Thanks!

I'm especially proud of the Shambler's thunder. I think the blue explosion and the sound effect add much more fear and power to his attack :)

I hope you enjoy =D 

How you doin.

I added some cosmetic changes and tweaked some other gameplay things.

http://www.quaketastic.com/files/single_player/maps/voidc_b3.zip

Here, a screenshot:


http://www.quaketastic.com/files/screen_shots/voidc_04.png

: ) 

I wont even have a problem if Barnak plays it on AD, it is id1. 

Yep, I'll probably try it on AD, since I'm a moron of epic level.