[December Man]

The aim of this mod is to enhance DN3D visuals, audio quality, add QoL changes and fix some bugs. Mods like Duke Plus or Nuclear Showdown, while great, interfere with mentioned balance in a significant way and HRP style packs (adding high resolution textures etc. to old games) never resonated with me - I always preferred the graphics quality closer to the original. This is the reason I made Cosmetic Duke.

Primary resources / inspirations:
HQ Sound Effects by Per Kristian Risvik
Duke Nukem 3D PSX Sound Effects by Marphy Black
Nuclear Showdown by Jblade35
Widescreen status bar by Fox
3D classic skyboxes by Fox
Duke Nukem 3D Megaton Edition
Duke Nukem 3D World Tour

Primary helpers:
Trooper Dan
Jblade35
Mblackwell
Hendricks266


Major change!
Changed how the entire system of files works: there is a 1_CosmDuke.zip file which is the base Cosmetic Duke mod. All of the other mods become compatible by putting 1_CosmDuke.zip into the Autoload folder along with an appropriate 2_xxx_patch.zip file. With this method the files are much smaller and it's easier for me change / update stuff within them. eDuke32 will spill out warnings about duplicates when launching, but this will not affect the game.


Version 1.8

Spoiler

Major change!
Changed how the entire system of files works: there is a 1_CosmDuke.zip file which is the base Cosmetic Duke mod. All of the other mods become compatible by putting 1_CosmDuke.zip into the Autoload folder along with an appropriate 2_xxx_patch.zip file. With this method the files are much smaller and it's easier for me change / update stuff within them. eDuke32 will spill out warnings about duplicates when launching, but this will not affect the game.

Ammo counters:
Removed all of the additional ammo counters (Shrinker/Expander etc.). I recreated the Status Bar Weapons section via code and replaced the max Shrinker/Expander ammo count with the current Expander ammo count. This also includes Freezethrower/Incinerator ammo for World Tour. Furthermore, I broadened the Status Bar Weapons section in the addons to make the increased ammo counts fit inside.
In addition, the pistol mag counter is now smaller and integrated (kind of) into the Status Bar. The old mag window is still present in the minimal HUD option.

Sound changes:
- added additional headshot sounds
- changed Boots' pickup sound
- changed Shotgun ammo pickup sound (all versions)
- changed RPG firing sound
- replaced bonus.voc with remix by Brandon Blume
- replaced the skidcr1.voc (car crash) sound with the original HQ version found on Stockmusic.com
- replaced the dogwhine.voc sound with the original HQ version found on Stockmusic.com
- replaced the enlarge.voc sound with an HQ version
- whistle.ogg now has the Duke Talk parameter set i.e. it will not overlap with other Duke Talk (this change is primarily for mods and user maps)
- barmusic.wav now loops correctly
- 2bwild.wav now loops correctly
- fixed footstep sounds not working correctly on flat sprites
- lowered the volume of some footstep sounds

Other changes:
- added another, slightly different, Octabrain death animation
- added animated computer screens from Alien Armageddon
- added HQ versions of inventory items to the inventory selection menu
- replaced the HD Status Bar with the Total Meltdown TC HD Status Bar by Fox (looks cooler)
- glowing red Breath Meter looks better
- Assault Tropper's headshot animation is more bloody now
- added a message after picking up Shotguns dropped by Pig Cops
- fixed the additional death animations triggering on flying Assault Troopers
- fixed the floating destroyed hydro plant sprite (original game bug)
- fixed Night Vision Goggles not working correctly once after using them for the first time (UI fix)
- removed the new waterfall animation from all versions, since it looked really bad on many maps when placed horizontally, and vertically it did not match well with the regular water animations
- removed the smoke from casings

Addon specific changes:
- BDP: The Gate: used the 3D classic blue skybox from Caribbean: Life's a Beach for E2L2: Himalayan Hell
- BDP: The Gate: created the skybox for E4L6: Overlords using the 3D classic sunset skybox as base
- Caribbean: Life's a Beach: added fixed frames for Beach Chair Babe by Phredreeke
- Caribbean: Life's a Beach: added new Protozoid Slimer and Battlelord sprites by Fantinaikos (did not add Enforcers, since they are replaced by Inflatable Dragons in Caribbean)
- Caribbean: Life's a Beach: changed Water Shotgun firing sound
- Caribbean: Life's a Beach: reduced the Expander's max ammo to 0, since you cannot find Expander ammo within the campaign and if you spawn it, you cannot pick it up; furthermore, the Expander itself deals no damage if you use cheats to get ammo for it
- Caribbean: Life's a Beach: removed most of the HQ Duke Talk since it clashes with the remaining LQ Duke Talk files
- Murder: The EDF Conspiracy: created an HQ version of the title, loading and end of level screens
- Nuclear Winter: added new Duke, Protozoid Slimer and Octabrain sprites by Fantinaikos (did not add the Battlelord, since Battlelords in Nuclear Winter do not work i.e. they do not have the code)
- Nuclear Winter: added Assault Trooper frame fix by F!re-Fly
- Nuclear Winter: fixed up and improved a bit all of the sprites of the Frosted Battle Mobile (Pig Cop Tank)
- Nuclear Winter: fixed falling Duke animation overlapping with the TV stripper (original expansion bug); had to move the TV stripper animations to do so, and thus had to fix E2L1 separately
- Nuclear Winter: fixed the Pig Cop and Sobbot (Santa Claws) coding so you can play user maps with the expansion, however the enemy count in level stats in the main episode will become skewed (you will start with enemies already killed and the overall number of enemies on the level will be increased)
- Pray Your Prayers: changed the Amputated Shambler's Hand ammo pickup sound
- Secrets of the Acropolis: fixed crash on boot
- World Tour: removed the Incinerator replacement code as the Incinerator works now
- World Tour: Fireflies and the Cycloid Incinerator shoot the Incinerator once again
- World Tour: added an Incinerator ammo pickup sound
- World Tour: added fixed Incinerator pickup sprite by fgsfds

Links:

Cosmetic Duke:
http://www.mediafire...smDuke.zip/file

Cosmetic Duke Caribbean:
http://www.mediafire..._patch.zip/file

Cosmetic Duke Nuclear Winter:
http://www.mediafire..._patch.zip/file

Duke it Out in DC:
http://www.mediafire..._patch.zip/file

World Tour:
http://www.mediafire..._patch.zip/file


BDP The Gate, Secrets of the Acropolis, 25th Century Duke, Murder: the EDF Conspiracy and Pray Your Prayers compatible with Cosmetic Duke:

BDP: The Gate:
http://www.mediafire..._patch.zip/file

Secrets of the Acropolis
http://www.mediafire..._patch.zip/file

25th Century Duke
http://www.mediafire..._patch.zip/file

Murder: The EDF Conspiracy
http://www.mediafire..._patch.zip/file

Pray Your Prayers
http://www.mediafire..._patch.zip/file

Legacy Quality Duke Talk:
(normal version) http://www.mediafire..._patch.zip/file
(louder version) http://www.mediafire..._patch.zip/file

Screenshots:

Spoiler

Have fun!

[SonicB00M]

Could you explain how to use it with World Tour? I have put both 1_CosmDuke.zip and 2_CosmDuke_WT_patch.zip into the autoload folder and enabled 'autoload' in eDuke, but the mod doesn't load. Just the regular eDuke32 with the stopgap. I am using r9257 of eDuke.

[December Man]

The instructions are in a readme txt in the World Tour zip file.

Installation:
1. Remove the following files from your World Tour folder:

GAME.CON
DEFS.CON
EPISODE5BOSS.CON

and also the following files, assuming you installed the package required to enable World Tour on eDuke32:

E32WT.DEF
E32WT_CODE.CON

Otherwise Cosmetic Duke will not work properly.

2. Put both 1_CosmDuke.zip and 2_CosmDuke_WT_patch.zip into the Autoload folder at the same time

Done

[December Man]

I apologize, I haven't updated the readmes . Do not delete EPISODE5BOSS.CON! Everything else is fine in the above instructions.

[SonicB00M]

It doesn't seem to work. Did a fresh install of World Tour, put eDuke into the same folder, applied the stopgag, put both of your files into autoload and deleted the four files from the root folder. eDuke now hangs on that screen.

EDIT: Nevermind! I just rebooted my system and now it's working. Really enjoying your mod!!

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[SonicB00M]

Hm, seems I cannot save in Episode 2 and 3 (first levels at least). eDuke crashes, here is the log entry:

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E3L1: RAW MEAT
CONLOGVAR: L=11855 y (Global) =197
CONLOGVAR: L=11855 y (Global) =197
CONLOGVAR: L=11855 y (Global) =195
CONLOGVAR: L=11855 y (Global) =195
CONLOGVAR: L=11855 y (Global) =193
CONLOGVAR: L=11855 y (Global) =193
CONLOGVAR: L=11855 y (Global) =189
CONLOGVAR: L=11855 y (Global) =189
CONLOGVAR: L=11855 y (Global) =184
CONLOGVAR: L=11855 y (Global) =184
DEVASTATOR WEAPON
CHAINGUN CANNON!
Wrote eduke32.cfg
Wrote settings.cfg
couldn't find savegame label

[Danukem]

Interesting! I saw that "couldn't find savegame label" crash for the first time myself yesterday in my own WGR Demon Throne release. It really hurt, too! We still don't know what caused it but I found a line of code to change that made the crash stop, for now.

[Doom64hunter]

SonicB00M, on 15 October 2020 - 04:03 PM, said:

Hm, seems I cannot save in Episode 2 and 3 (first levels at least). eDuke crashes, here is the log entry:

Which eduke32 revision was this? Cosmetic Duke does not include a binary.

Edit: by the way, comments should not be put on the same line as `definegamefuncname` as the game will confuse it as part of the new name.

definegamefuncname 36 Reload // rename it, so it'll appear as Reload in the control settings menu 

[SonicB00M]

r9257

[Doom64hunter]

SonicB00M, on 15 October 2020 - 11:07 PM, said:

r9257

Can you use the debug build of the most recent revision on synthesis and post the crashlog that should appear in the folder? That would be a great help because this is likely an engine problem, and I personally can't reproduce it.

[December Man]

SonicB00M, on 15 October 2020 - 12:58 PM, said:

EDIT: Nevermind! I just rebooted my system and now it's working. Really enjoying your mod!!

Funny thing is, I had the same problem yesterday. I thought I screwed up something with my mod, but nope. A fresh WT reinstall worked.
I'm glad you enjoy it!

SonicB00M, on 15 October 2020 - 04:03 PM, said:

Hm, seems I cannot save in Episode 2 and 3 (first levels at least). eDuke crashes, here is the log entry:

Doom64hunter, on 15 October 2020 - 11:03 PM, said:

Which eduke32 revision was this? Cosmetic Duke does not include a binary.

I had issues with saving/loading on the newest eDuke32 versions as well. Forgot to mention it in the eDuke32 bug thread. I'm using an older version, r8942 from May 2020, and it works without issues.

Doom64hunter, on 15 October 2020 - 11:03 PM, said:

Edit: by the way, comments should not be put on the same line as `definegamefuncname` as the game will confuse it as part of the new name.

definegamefuncname 36 Reload // rename it, so it'll appear as Reload in the control settings menu 

Noted, though I never experienced any problems with it.

[SonicB00M]

Doom64hunter, on 16 October 2020 - 12:09 AM, said:

Can you use the debug build of the most recent revision on synthesis and post the crashlog that should appear in the folder? That would be a great help because this is likely an engine problem, and I personally can't reproduce it.

I've attached the log file. I also got this runtime error when saving.

r8942 works fine, thanks December Man! Although this version suffers from some frame pacing issues, it is still highly enjoyable!

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[The Battlelord]

December Man, on 16 October 2020 - 01:53 AM, said:

definegamefuncname 36 Reload // rename it, so it'll appear as Reload in the control settings menu 

Noted, though I never experienced any problems with it.

Is this related to the pistol? Because i've noticed that the pistol reload animation kick in everytime that a new level start (or when you switch to it one time during the new level).

BTW, nice improvments!

[December Man]

The Battlelord, on 17 October 2020 - 12:14 PM, said:

Is this related to the pistol? Because i've noticed that the pistol reload animation kick in everytime that a new level start (or when you switch to it one time during the new level).

BTW, nice improvments!

Yes, it's related to the pistol and the reload animation is intended to be that way, as it was a way to have Duke reload the pistol each time a new level started: this behavior was in the original code if you had the pistol selected at the start. With the reload-at-any-time mechanic this stopped working, so this workaround had to be used.

[Riccardoman]

The addon I was searching for! now the skyboxes work as intended even with the vacation episode. Thank you so much!

I love all the improvements except the audio ones.. I tried editing manually the con files but I really don't know where to start
Could you upload a version without the HQ audio?

[KillerBudgie]

This mod would be a lot better if it had compatibility with the Duke Hard episode.

[Echelon5]

Any way to play this with Duke Hard?

[SolivaN]

this only work with EDuke32?

i've intented this for BuildGDX but nothing happens.

and with Raze show this error:

Compiling: 'game.con'.
  * ERROR!(cosmdefs.con, line 23) Keyword expected, got 'riteshadow'.
  * ERROR!(cosmdefs.con, line 23) Keyword expected, got 'NDGUNSHELL'.
  * ERROR!(cosmdefs.con, line 24) Keyword expected, got 'riteshadow'.
  * ERROR!(cosmdefs.con, line 24) Keyword expected, got 'OTSHELL'.
  * ERROR!(cosmdefs.con, line 25) Keyword expected, got 'riteshadow'.
  * ERROR!(cosmdefs.con, line 25) Keyword expected, got 'FLESHELL'.
  * ERROR!(cosmdefs.con, line 26) Keyword expected, got 'riteshadow'.
  * ERROR!(cosmdefs.con, line 26) Keyword expected, got 'STOLMAG'.

[Phredreeke]

Anything with custom CON code will most likely not work on any port other than EDuke32

[SolivaN]

Phredreeke, on 06 August 2021 - 06:28 PM, said:

Anything with custom CON code will most likely not work on any port other than EDuke32

is very sad to see that

[Phredreeke]

If you want something in a similar niche for Raze you can try my ERP, it shares some of Cosmetic's features (skyboxes, widescreen weapon sprites, Marphy's PSX sounds) while adding the voxel pack and upscaled graphics

[SolivaN]

Phredreeke, on 08 August 2021 - 10:10 AM, said:

If you want something in a similar niche for Raze you can try my ERP, it shares some of Cosmetic's features (skyboxes, widescreen weapon sprites, Marphy's PSX sounds) while adding the voxel pack and upscaled graphics

Because you have mentioned that the only solution is to use EDuke32, I've been working around with all the mods that I want with this port.
I'll test Raze with your MOD too. But now I've another problem.

Here in this video:


I've found two errors between 2 mods:

• Enhanced Resource Pack
  
• Cosmetic Duke Nukem

• The head shots showup a weird texture, from the last stage of the first episode if I rembember right.
  
• The second error is with the HUD shotgun, it disappear with no sense.
  
• I've figure out that the file duke3d.def have some relation between Cosmetic Duke and Enhanced Resource Pack.

I hope this can be resolved, with the combination of this two MODs DN3D looks and feels impressive.

Duke Enhanced Resource Pack Team:
https://www.moddb.co...k-first-release

Cosmetic Duke version 1.8:
https://forums.duke4...rsion-18-is-up/
http://www.mediafire...smDuke.zip/file

[Phredreeke]

Duke3D.def exist in the root folder of the ERP to ensure it has priority over any other copy of the file. If you rename it as you do in the video it will instead load whatever other copy of the file it finds.

The errors in the video is because you're loading Cosmetic Duke CON files with the ERP's def files. The CON files references tiles which are not defined by the ERP.

In general, mixing mods in EDuke32 is not supported, this is partly why the ERP exists in the first place. You could attempt renaming the Duke3D.def in Cosmetic Duke to something else and then include that in the ERP Duke3D.def. But any such modifications would not be supported by me or December man.

[SolivaN]

Phredreeke, on 09 August 2021 - 12:32 AM, said:

Duke3D.def exist in the root folder of the ERP to ensure it has priority over any other copy of the file. If you rename it as you do in the video it will instead load whatever other copy of the file it finds.

The errors in the video is because you're loading Cosmetic Duke CON files with the ERP's def files. The CON files references tiles which are not defined by the ERP.

In general, mixing mods in EDuke32 is not supported, this is partly why the ERP exists in the first place. You could attempt renaming the Duke3D.def in Cosmetic Duke to something else and then include that in the ERP Duke3D.def. But any such modifications would not be supported by me or December man.

ok

[Datura]

Hey there!

First of all, let me thank you for your work! Your mod has been a constant companion ever since version 1.2!

I've just reinstalled eduke32 today, the latest 64 bits release at this time (eduke32_win64_20211112-9793-d90812371.7z) and I of course downloaded your mod right after (v1.8).

I am however encountering a weird bug where, when I put 1_CosmDuke.zip in the autoload folder, I'm getting absolutely no Duke Talk at all.

No one-liners, no reactions, no grunts or pain sounds,... nothing! Same result when I try to add the 3_CosmDuke__LegacyDT_patch to it.

I'm getting Duke Talk when using no mods, or other mods like the PSX sound pack v1.11, the widefix v1.42 and SC-55 music pack v4.02...

I tried changing the sampling rate to every possible value, same with the number of voices, tried with the polymer and polymost renderers...nothing seems to help.

I'm using the official duke3d.grp from the Megaton Edition if that matters. I've also attached a copy of my eduke32.log. There are lots of "sound xxx already defined" lines, which I'm not getting when using the aforementioned three mods.

Thanks a lot for any help you might be able to offer!

[EDIT]: It is worth noting that the other content, like new graphics, pistol ammo count & reload, headshots, "secret found" sound, etc. are working just fine

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[LeoD]

Datura, on 13 November 2021 - 02:18 PM, said:

I am however encountering a weird bug where, when I put 1_CosmDuke.zip in the autoload folder, I'm getting absolutely no Duke Talk at all.

Issue confirmed. All of the log warnings are to be expected from the used set of CON files, so your installation/configuration should be OK. An older eduke32.exe (r9269) I've tried has DukeTalk, so there is either a bug/breaking change in recent executables, or they reveal a shortcoming of Cosmetic Duke's CON code.

[EDIT:] Problems starts at EDuke32 r9772-6812b7447 : "Duke3d: sound fixes".

[Danukem]

Seeing a lot of this in the log:

Quote

Line 803, getflorzofslope: invalid sector -1

Note that in recent versions of Eduke32, errors will cause code execution to abort from whatever actor, subroutine or event it is currently in, whereas in older versions, the code would just keep on executing unless the error was fatal.

This may be relevant because if those invalid sector errors are in the player actor, that could stop the Duke talk from happening since it would abort the player code at the error point. Personally I have been opposed to this change because it can break mods over small errors (for example, a simple mistake like referencing an invalid quote number), and if the mod author isn't around to fix it the mod is essentially trashed in all versions going forward.

I don't think that's the real cause here, however, since as LeoD pointed out the breakage starts very recently.

[Datura]

LeoD, on 14 November 2021 - 12:16 AM, said:

Issue confirmed. All of the log warnings are to be expected from the used set of CON files, so your installation/configuration should be OK. An older eduke32.exe (r9269) I've tried has DukeTalk, so there is either a bug/breaking change in recent executables, or they reveal a shortcoming of Cosmetic Duke's CON code.

[EDIT:] Problems starts at EDuke32 r9772-6812b7447 : "Duke3d: sound fixes".

Thank you for your reply and the testing you've done

I can indeed confirm that Duke Talk works just fine up to rev 9768 and doesn't anymore in subsequent releases.

And I'm still getting a ton of "Line 803, getflorzofslope: invalid sector -1" errors in my log btw, so it definitely isn't the cause of the breakage.

[Jimmy]

Danukem, on 14 November 2021 - 10:42 AM, said:

Note that in recent versions of Eduke32, errors will cause code execution to abort from whatever actor, subroutine or event it is currently in, whereas in older versions, the code would just keep on executing unless the error was fatal.

This may be relevant because if those invalid sector errors are in the player actor, that could stop the Duke talk from happening since it would abort the player code at the error point. Personally I have been opposed to this change because it can break mods over small errors (for example, a simple mistake like referencing an invalid quote number), and if the mod author isn't around to fix it the mod is essentially trashed in all versions going forward.

Even the original game has errors in programming.

[Doom64hunter]

I analyzed the problem here a while ago: https://voidpoint.io...32/-/issues/215

I managed to create a minimal zip consisting of 2 sound files to reproduce the issue. Unfortunately, I don't really understand what's going wrong here.