[Danukem]

 FistMarine, on 25 July 2016 - 10:17 AM, said:

Speaking of pistol, could you restore the laser pistol to the old 8-bit art? I dislike the current model because it looks ugly and when an assault captain drops it and you pick it up for first time, game freezes for 3 seconds (the model is loading in that time), plus I liked the sprite version a lot more. Same goes to the Battlelord chaingun, I liked the sprite version a lot more, though the model version isn't too bad I guess. In my opinion it makes more sense if these would show up as models only when you run the HRP. I would also prefer if the laser pistol model was reverted to the old one made by Gambini from earlier versions of DukePlus. I liked that one a lot more than the current one.

It's reasonable to want a separate def file that loads when not using the HRP. Unfortunately, I can't see a way of doing it right now that won't cause a lot of users to fuck things up and then complain about it.

The sticking point is that I want DukePlus to be able to run normally (i.e. using HRP content and models) without using a .bat file to start it. Right now it does that because I have "setdefname dukeplus.def" at the top of DUKEPLUS.CON. And it knows to use DUKEPLUS.CON because that is included by EDUKE.CON, which will always override other parameters and load if present. I tried making a .bat that uses a different CON to start (with a different associated def file), but the presence of EDUKE.CON overrides the parameter I give it. And if I remove EDUKE.CON, then I think I would need two separate .bat files (one for HRP and one for no-HRP), which I want to avoid.

To make a long story short, your best option right now is simply to make your own personal edit of dukeplus.def in which you comment out the model definitions for the laser gun and the battlelord minigun. That will do exactly what you want.

[Jamesfff]

Clean install has been done, no unnecessary files present, and bugs are still there. Oh, and the fence sprite wasn't transparent as it should have been. (screenshot and log file attached.)

 LeoD, on 24 July 2016 - 05:10 PM, said:

Update EDuke32 and retry.
[EDIT] Although all CON files appear to be correct (in size), the existence of this file:

Using group file "DukePlus/DUKEPLUS_RESOURCES.zip".

indicates that there's some very old shit lying around. Did you really do a clean install?

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Attached File(s)

•  eduke32.log (6.4K)
  Number of downloads: 334

[Danukem]

It sucks that you are having those problems, and I wish I knew how to help. The standard fence sprites/models are something that DukePlus does not touch in any way, and never has. Those other problems you listed earlier are also not ones that I am familiar with, although they do involve DukePlus assets. Because of the fence issue, I am inclined to think that your problems may lie in a graphics card/driver compatiblity issue. However, I am no expert in this area.

EDIT:

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OpenGL information
Intel Intel® HD Graphics 4000 4.0.0

Yeah I'm thinking it's the graphics driver....

EDIT2: And just to verify, you are using the latest DukePlus downloaded from THIS page, right?

[LeoD]

 Jamesfff, on 25 July 2016 - 04:59 PM, said:

Clean install has been done, no unnecessary files present, and bugs are still there. Oh, and the fence sprite wasn't transparent as it should have been. (screenshot and log file attached.)

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EDuke32 2.0.0devel r5700 (64-bit) C++ build
Compiled Apr 12 2016 21:22:40

 LeoD, on 24 July 2016 - 05:10 PM, said:

Update EDuke32

[Danukem]

Also if he's not using the latest EDuke32, then that means he most likely isn't using the latest DukePlus either, since the latest DukePlus comes with the latest Eduke32....

[LeoD]

 Trooper Dan, on 25 July 2016 - 06:07 PM, said:

Also if he's not using the latest EDuke32, then that means he most likely isn't using the latest DukePlus either, since the latest DukePlus comes with the latest Eduke32....

But the CON files appear to be correct.
Where does that parameter

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-conversion 20130105

come from, btw.? Jamesfff, you should check the link or batch file you're using to start DukePlus.

[FistMarine]

 Trooper Dan, on 25 July 2016 - 01:01 PM, said:

It's reasonable to want a separate def file that loads when not using the HRP. Unfortunately, I can't see a way of doing it right now that won't cause a lot of users to fuck things up and then complain about it.

The sticking point is that I want DukePlus to be able to run normally (i.e. using HRP content and models) without using a .bat file to start it. Right now it does that because I have "setdefname dukeplus.def" at the top of DUKEPLUS.CON. And it knows to use DUKEPLUS.CON because that is included by EDUKE.CON, which will always override other parameters and load if present. I tried making a .bat that uses a different CON to start (with a different associated def file), but the presence of EDUKE.CON overrides the parameter I give it. And if I remove EDUKE.CON, then I think I would need two separate .bat files (one for HRP and one for no-HRP), which I want to avoid.

To make a long story short, your best option right now is simply to make your own personal edit of dukeplus.def in which you comment out the model definitions for the laser gun and the battlelord minigun. That will do exactly what you want.

OK I guess I will have to edit the def file for now. Maybe in next version you could add an option to the DukePlus menu to toggle between the sprites and models for these 2 weapons? I think that would be the best option at the moment.

[Danukem]

 FistMarine, on 26 July 2016 - 06:57 AM, said:

OK I guess I will have to edit the def file for now. Maybe in next version you could add an option to the DukePlus menu to toggle between the sprites and models for these 2 weapons? I think that would be the best option at the moment.

The menu I made is very dumb with hardcoded numbers for menu item positions and no scrolling. It's hard to add new items, especially when the window gets full, and I hate to do it just for two things like that. This is a good example of why I stopped developing DukePlus...it was time for me to move on to other projects and do things better. The most I will do is supply an alternative def file with some simple instructions on how to rename it and use it and how to comment things out. Remember, after this release, I will only support the Polymer/PolymerNG version and I'm not going to mess around with trying to simultaneously support 8-bit art and HD.

[Jamesfff]

 LeoD, on 25 July 2016 - 06:14 PM, said:

But the CON files appear to be correct.
Where does that parameter

come from, btw.? Jamesfff, you should check the link or batch file you're using to start DukePlus.

I do not remember what it was now that had me using that parameter, but updating EDuke32 solved the HUD weapons glithches. The graphics glitch with the fencing is still there, though. It wasn't there with prior versions of EDuke32 though, and I only noticed it after updating DukePlus.

[FistMarine]

 Trooper Dan, on 26 July 2016 - 01:10 PM, said:

The menu I made is very dumb with hardcoded numbers for menu item positions and no scrolling. It's hard to add new items, especially when the window gets full, and I hate to do it just for two things like that. This is a good example of why I stopped developing DukePlus...it was time for me to move on to other projects and do things better. The most I will do is supply an alternative def file with some simple instructions on how to rename it and use it and how to comment things out. Remember, after this release, I will only support the Polymer/PolymerNG version and I'm not going to mess around with trying to simultaneously support 8-bit art and HD.

Well, commenting things out of the def file isn't difficult because I can easily comment out the model definitions for the laser pistol and battlelord minigun. However I would like to have two def files supplied by default (one normal and other with models commented out) just to help newbies out there who prefer the old 8-bit art and don't know how to edit the files. And with that, people can choose between the HRP and 8-bit versions of these weapons without having to edit the file themselves. Isn't that a better idea? And for menu idea earlier, I don't think it would have hurt to have an additional option in DukePlus Weapon Options menu called "Models for Laser Pistol and Battlelord Minigun" or something like that.

[Danukem]

 FistMarine, on 26 July 2016 - 11:44 PM, said:

However I would like to have two def files supplied by default (one normal and other with models commented out) just to help newbies out there who prefer the old 8-bit art. And with that, people can choose between the HRP and 8-bit versions of these weapons without having to edit the file themselves.

Already done, will be included with next upload.

[FistMarine]

Cool thanks! And about newbies, I meant people who are less experienced and don't know how to access or edit files, I should have clarified that. I will edit the post above.

[Lightning_Hunter]

Has anyone noticed that footprints no longer glow with night vision goggles? For example, there is supposed to be glowing footprints in "Rabid Transit" near the message that says "Telltale footprints", but they no longer show up at all. I'm not sure if this is an issue with Duke Plus, Eduke32, or the HRP. Also, I thought cracks in walls were supposed to glow as well.

[Danukem]

I'm pretty sure that's an HRP thing.

[Duke of Hazzard]

This mod is absolutely fantastic!

I only have a couple issues with it:

1) I wonder whether it'd be too hard to make the new guns use arm models that match the ones in the HRP more closely? The difference is not much but it creates some inconsistency which would be best to avoid. The arms in the Duke Plus guns seem more yellowish and less poly than those from the HRP.
2) I would prefer it if the Shrinker and Devastator's secondary modes worked like the Freezer... Instead of selective fire, make the Alt Fire command actually fire the secondary mode. Would make for faster gameplay. But then the mind blast would probably need another animation.
3) Packaging. Is it possible to zip all those new monster and sound files?

Other than that, I'm having a lot of fun with this mod. It really is a Brutal Doom equivalent for Duke. Pig Cops are quite dangerous with it! I love the Cruizer shotgun as well, the model is great and the gun packs a punch compared to the standard one, lol.

[FistMarine]

I also wanted to suggest to make the alt-mode of Shrinker and Devastator into alt-fire just like the rest weapons.

Anyways Trooper Dan, did you consider my suggestions from few months ago to get included in next upcoming update? For instance I would really like to see some more recently released DP levels added into the DukePlus Hallway, as well as unused first From Base to Base map. I know the reason why this one remains unused is because the second FBTB map replaced the first when was initially added in older versions. IMO it wasn't a good idea because the second FBTB map is sequel to the first one and story-wise, it doesn't make sense to jump directly into the second map without having played the first. It doesn't hurt to have both included.

[Danukem]

The current version of DP on my Fissile Materials site is not supposed to be the last. I was going to do another update for PolymerNG, but then that got stalled, so I have been working on other projects. Since the last DP update, I did a major update on Attrition, then I started working on the Halloween mod. That will hopefully be finished soon, and then I plan to update Duke Forces in time for Rogue One to come out. So that means I probably won't touch DP again until 2017.

Duke of Hazzard, on 24 October 2016 - 04:40 AM, said:

1) I wonder whether it'd be too hard to make the new guns use arm models that match the ones in the HRP more closely? The difference is not much but it creates some inconsistency which would be best to avoid. The arms in the Duke Plus guns seem more yellowish and less poly than those from the HRP.

I could adjust the color on the skins but I have no idea how to make new arm models.

Duke of Hazzard, on 24 October 2016 - 04:40 AM, said:

2) I would prefer it if the Shrinker and Devastator's secondary modes worked like the Freezer... Instead of selective fire, make the Alt Fire command actually fire the secondary mode. Would make for faster gameplay. But then the mind blast would probably need another animation.

Yeah, I think I did it that way because it seemed easier at the time. LIke so many things in a big old project, this has ended up in the "if it ain't broke don't fix it" category.

Duke of Hazzard, on 24 October 2016 - 04:40 AM, said:

3) Packaging. Is it possible to zip all those new monster and sound files?

Why? The overall package is already zipped, what would be the benefit of that?

Duke of Hazzard, on 24 October 2016 - 04:40 AM, said:

Other than that, I'm having a lot of fun with this mod. It really is a Brutal Doom equivalent for Duke. Pig Cops are quite dangerous with it! I love the Cruizer shotgun as well, the model is great and the gun packs a punch compared to the standard one, lol.

Thank you, but I don't see it as very similar to Brutal Doom. It's a mod that gives mappers and the player a ton of options.

[TheDragonLiner]

FistMarine, on 24 October 2016 - 05:10 AM, said:

I also wanted to suggest to make the alt-mode of Shrinker and Devastator into alt-fire just like the rest weapons.

Anyways Trooper Dan, did you consider my suggestions from few months ago to get included in next upcoming update? For instance I would really like to see some more recently released DP levels added into the DukePlus Hallway, as well as unused first From Base to Base map. I know the reason why this one remains unused is because the second FBTB map replaced the first when was initially added in older versions. IMO it wasn't a good idea because the second FBTB map is sequel to the first one and story-wise, it doesn't make sense to jump directly into the second map without having played the first. It doesn't hurt to have both included.

Isn't the first FBTB map already in the mod ?
I remember it was accessible through the UserMap menu, though I played it only once because the insane amount of enemies made my PC kneel before their might even without HRP >_>

[Duke of Hazzard]

Trooper Dan, on 24 October 2016 - 10:49 AM, said:

I could adjust the color on the skins but I have no idea how to make new arm models.

Yeah, this is something that would require third-party support (the remodelling). Sadly I'm no 3D artist either.

Trooper Dan, on 24 October 2016 - 10:49 AM, said:

Yeah, I think I did it that way because it seemed easier at the time. LIke so many things in a big old project, this has ended up in the "if it ain't broke don't fix it" category.

In a way it's easier because it tells the player the current mode, but when rapidly switching through weapons it's probably better to have alt fires always readily available without overlap with the regular fires, as mistakes can be fatal in DP, haha.

Trooper Dan, on 24 October 2016 - 10:49 AM, said:

Why? The overall package is already zipped, what would be the benefit of that?

I think only a little better organized since it's less files in the folder. The idea would be to make it like the HRP. I actually did not use the standard install because I wanted to use the latest EDuke32 build with it, without realizing that it's probably better to unzip Duke Plus and then overwrite the EDuke32 build in it with the latest.

Trooper Dan, on 24 October 2016 - 10:49 AM, said:

Thank you, but I don't see it as very similar to Brutal Doom. It's a mod that gives mappers and the player a ton of options.

You're right, I think they're similar only in how they enhance gameplay, but each does their own thing. I don't map so I can't use the mapping features, but these already set it apart from Brutal Doom.

My favorite thing about Duke Plus, though, is how everything is done in real time. If I want to change anything on the fly, I can just press the Duke Plus menu key, adjust something and done. No restarting of maps nor the executable.

[FistMarine]

TheDragonLiner, on 24 October 2016 - 11:36 AM, said:

Isn't the first FBTB map already in the mod ?
I remember it was accessible through the UserMap menu, though I played it only once because the insane amount of enemies made my PC kneel before their might even without HRP >_>

Yes it is included in the mod but since the early 2.0 versions, it's only accessible through User Map menu like you said. It's not accessible through the Hallway and that's why I suggested it to be included in the Hallway many times before but looks like my request got ignored once again.

I would also like some new recent DP maps to be included in an upcoming update, I feel like it's time for an update that adds a new map. Such as this one: http://www.scent-88....M/map1/map1.php

It doesn't seem to have a name but could be called "Hollywood Holocaust Plus" or something like that, since it's a remake of E1L1.

EDIT: I found 2 more bugs:

1) If you shrink a Mini Overlord and try to step on him, he can still damage you as if he was normal sized. The Mini Cycloid Emperor doesn't have this bug but I know this bug was also in older versions of Attrition and was fixed at another point, you could take a look at Attrition code and import the Shrunken Mini Overlord damage fix from there.

2) Freezing yourself while riding a bike is really weird. You get shattered into pieces while still at 1 HP instead of being frozen. I know it would be hard to code frozen Duke on bike but I still found it weird.

Also about earlier bug reports from the previous page, the mini rocket IS a bug in latest version of DukePlus. In previous version you fired normal sized rockets, now the RPG rocket is as small as a Devastator rocket. It has nothing to do with lights being removed, the rocket is smaller than the smoke spawned.

And about the Duke "standing in air" bug from previous page which happened when you crashed into a slope, now it's worse because what you fixed made it a lot more worse. If I crash, I can't move and I'm completely stuck in this "Duke on bike" pose, all I can do is move up and down, I can't move forward/backward or strafe left/right to revert to normal Duke behavior, so I am forced to restart map.

[Danukem]

Hey I have been contacted about a bug -- if you set monsters to random, it is possible to get invincible giant cycloids to spawn. This was a result of integrating the DNE code with DP (since DNE has a boss like that).

The attached CON file should fix it. I am attaching it here first rather than calling this an update since an update should have more to it, and also I want to make sure it works ok.

Attached File(s)

•  DUKEPLUS.rar (70.74K)
  Number of downloads: 348

[Tha Big Daddy C-Master]

Seems good so far. I'll let you know if there are any odd occurrences.

[Tha Big Daddy C-Master]

Just found one in red light district at the bar, so it appears they do still show up sometimes.

[FistMarine]

Trooper Dan, on 18 January 2017 - 09:11 PM, said:

Hey I have been contacted about a bug -- if you set monsters to random, it is possible to get invincible giant cycloids to spawn. This was a result of integrating the DNE code with DP (since DNE has a boss like that).

The attached CON file should fix it. I am attaching it here first rather than calling this an update since an update should have more to it, and also I want to make sure it works ok.

What about the bugs I reported some time ago in both PM and in this topic? Have you looked to fix them as well? I know that this invincible Cycloid is a much higher priority than my bug reports (although I remember reporting a similar issue regarding the invincible Cycloid in one of the DP maps) but I would appreciate if you look upon all the bug reports so far. Thanks for understanding and for creating this mod, it's one of my favorites.

Tha Big Daddy C-Master, on 20 January 2017 - 03:13 AM, said:

Just found one in red light district at the bar, so it appears they do still show up sometimes.

Did you start a new game after applying the fixed CON file? I'm asking because if you load the previous saved game where you saved with the old CON file, then the issue will still appear after applying the fix and loading the save file. However if you start a new game after applying the fix, the issue will no longer occur.

[Danukem]

RunningDuke, the reason I posted the (attempted) invicible cycloid fix was I thought I knew exactly what line of code to fix. Most other bugs are harder to track down, and I'm not modding right now.

[Tha Big Daddy C-Master]

RunningDuke, on 20 January 2017 - 06:36 AM, said:

What about the bugs I reported some time ago in both PM and in this topic? Have you looked to fix them as well? I know that this invincible Cycloid is a much higher priority than my bug reports (although I remember reporting a similar issue regarding the invincible Cycloid in one of the DP maps) but I would appreciate if you look upon all the bug reports so far. Thanks for understanding and for creating this mod, it's one of my favorites.


Did you start a new game after applying the fixed CON file? I'm asking because if you load the previous saved game where you saved with the old CON file, then the issue will still appear after applying the fix and loading the save file. However if you start a new game after applying the fix, the issue will no longer occur.

Yes I did. Let me try another game just to be sure and make sure.

I did tons of runs in Faces of Death and saw nothing but I'll do another game run just to test.

[FistMarine]

Trooper Dan, on 20 January 2017 - 11:51 AM, said:

RunningDuke, the reason I posted the (attempted) invicible cycloid fix was I thought I knew exactly what line of code to fix. Most other bugs are harder to track down, and I'm not modding right now.

Ah, sorry then.

Tha Big Daddy C-Master, on 20 January 2017 - 12:47 PM, said:

Yes I did. Let me try another game just to be sure and make sure.

I did tons of runs in Faces of Death and saw nothing but I'll do another game run just to test.

OK, that's good to know.

[Tha Big Daddy C-Master]

Just did a Faces of Death run and it happened. The mini emperor turned into a huge one right in front of me. So it still does happen on occasion.

Just letting you know.

[Danukem]

Tha Big Daddy C-Master, on 20 January 2017 - 01:45 PM, said:

Just did a Faces of Death run and it happened. The mini emperor turned into a huge one right in front of me. So it still does happen on occasion.

Just letting you know.

Since none of the original maps contain mini-emperors, I can only assume that it was a different enemy who got replaced by one, then it turned giant when the flags were applied.

I think I found the residual problem. Try the attached CON and it will hopefully fix the issue.

Attached File(s)

•  DUKEPLUS.rar (70.75K)
  Number of downloads: 394

[Tha Big Daddy C-Master]

It seems good so far. Like last time if something comes up I'll let you know.

I'm curious. I know you aren't currently modding but is there a way to make the objects transparent when using the gravity gun? I like it a lot but it blocks my view with the larger items.

Is there a simple code change that would do that?

Thanks.