[Windows Xp Tornado V1.2 2014 Iso
Laurice Whack
Three years later, The Wayfarer has been updated to v1.2! I've been tinkering with this update for a while to address bug reports and various little things that have bothered me about the episode. Most importantly, it fixes the badly bugged Lightbringer behavior caused in more recent versions of GZDoom. As a result, it is no longer compatible with ZDoom 2.8.1, but should work with any recent build of GZDoom. The other biggest change is better and more consistent balance for the lower difficulty settings. Here's a more complete list of changes:
-Added armor and sometimes health (and occasional monster placement tweaks) to skills 1-3 in conjunction with fully retesting each skill setting, with the goal of making each feel fully consistent and properly targeted toward an intended audience.
The Wayfarer is not your grandparents' Heretic. It includes a built-in gameplay mod that rebalances the game in ways that are mostly subtle but make the game a lot more engaging to play. Many enemy attacks are more dangerous, and most of the player's weapons are more powerful, allowing certain weapons to have more useful combat niches and eliminating the grindiness associated with vanilla Heretic's weapon/monster balance. The episode also features two new standard enemies, two new artifacts, a new weapon, plenty of custom decorations and textures, and more.
I'm a combat-oriented Doom player who has never enjoyed Heretic. Why should I play this?
The gameplay rebalance, as well as the new monsters and items, are designed to make the gameplay more challenging and allow me as a mapper to create more dynamic combat scenarios. The increased threat from monsters puts more pressure on the player to dodge and strategize effectively, and the more powerful weapons and new items allow you to play more aggressively. At the same time, Heretic's inventory management allows for an additional layer of strategy that Doom doesn't have.
I'm a more casual player who often finds modern Doom maps frustrating. Why should I play this?
Though The Wayfarer is more challenging than vanilla Heretic, it's still a more forgiving game than Doom. The challenge in Heretic is all about dodging and inventory management. There are no Arch-Viles. There is nothing equivalent to a Revenant, and no hitscanners (for now, at least). Though you may be faced with monster-dense combat at times, Heretic's inventory management and Tomed weapons give you lots of additional possibilities for dealing with those scenarios in a way that's quick and fun and doesn't involve meta-gaming with the BFG.
I'm a long-time fan of Heretic. What have you done to my precious game?
Not as much as you might think. The changes are mostly minor tweaks, with an eye for adjusting the game's balance rather than turning it into something totally different. Though I've drawn a lot of lessons about game balance from Doom, I love Heretic for the game it is and want to make sure it remains its own unique thing.
I like playing Tyson-style. Does Heretic melee combat still suck?
No! The Wayfarer introduces a new item that works like Doom's Berserk pack, making Tyson as viable a playstyle as it is in Doom, if not more so. The Staff has a longer melee range, and the berserked/Tomed Staff has a tighter, more reliable damage range than Doom's berserked fist. The Gauntlets are also a bit more powerful than before.
Do you have more plans for Heretic? Can I use your stuff?
Yes and yes! The Wayfarer is just the beginning of a long-term effort to expand Heretic in the same way that Doom 2 expanded on Doom. This includes a much larger bestiary, more new items, and so on. The rebalance has been designed to make mapping easier for me and greatly expand the possibilities for gameplay and level design, and hopefully it will be helpful for other people as well. Please feel free to use all or any part of the gameplay rebalance or any of the new monsters/items -- just give proper credit.
-The Staff uses custom animations by OSJC that make it feel more like a weapon and less like a cattle prod.
-The Tomed Staff is significantly more powerful and now hits ghosts.
-The Gauntlets are slightly more powerful and are more likely to stunlock enemies.
-The Elven Wand's shot is now a bit more powerful. Both the un-Tomed and Tomed versions of the Wand fire slightly faster.
-The Ethereal Crossbow has been beefed up to feel more like a true shotgun weapon instead of an unsatisfying projectile rifle with a couple of tiny damage bonuses. It now has four side bolts instead of two, and the side bolts do more damage. To compensate, the weapon is slower to refire. The Tomed version does slightly more damage as well.
-The Hellstaff does slightly more damage with each shot, and its projectiles are now heat-seeking.
-The Tomed Hellstaff's projectile rain lasts longer, and the rain projectiles no longer knock enemies back. This allows enemies to enter the storm, dramatically increasing the weapon's effectiveness. To compensate, the weapon now uses 10 ammo per shot instead of 5.
-The Tomed Phoenix Rod is more powerful, and its range has been increased somewhat. It also has less knockback when it hits enemies.
-Following RottKing's lead from Elf Gets Pissed, the Lightbringer has been added to the game as a replacement for the Firemace.
-(NEW ARTIFACT) Sigil of Power: provides the same weapon powerups as the Tome of Power, but activates immediately on pickup and lasts for 15 seconds instead of 40.
-(NEW ARTIFACT) Might of Tysonius: Instantly gives 25 health and increases the damage of the Staff as though it were Tomed for the duration of the level. (Note: this augmented Staff does not hit ghost enemies; Tyson players can still hit ghosts using the Wand, Gauntlets, or Tomed Staff.)
-(NEW MONSTER) Serpent Keeper: A powerful melee enemy that pursues the player relentlessly, randomly puts on bursts of extra speed, and lunges when it attacks.
-(NEW MONSTER) Lesser Chaos Serpent: A weaker version of D'Sparil's mount, but significantly more powerful than the Hexen variant. Randomly fires either a single volley of three fireballs or three sets of two in a Mancubus-like pattern.
-You can now carry a maximum of 25 Time Bombs of the Ancients, instead of the default max of 16. Time Bombs no longer count toward item percentage.
-Many enemy projectiles now do slightly more damage.
-The Weredragon has higher health (300 instead of 220) to help it function as more of a tank enemy. Its melee attack is now more powerful.
-The Ophidian has a bit less health.
-Some enemy ammo drops have been tweaked; some enemies are less likely to drop ammo pickups, and others give less ammo than before.
-The Disciple now drops the Sigil of Power instead of the Tome of Power.
-The brightness levels of various weapons have been customized/fixed. Most weapons use the set of custom brightmaps from Elf Gets Pissed. The Tomed Staff and Tomed Gauntlets are bright even when idle to reflect the electrical energy around them. All ammo pickups are now bright.
-The Chaos Device and Ring of Invulnerability are now bright, and the Morph Ovum uses custom brightmaps.
-The Weredragon's fireball and contrail are now bright, and the Weredragon lights up when firing. The Disciple lights up during its attack windup and death. The Sabreclaw and Iron Lich light up during death.
-The Sabreclaw, Weredragon, and Ophidian have slightly higher mass.
-Gargoyles and Fire Gargoyles will no longer infight with each other. Golems, Golem Ghosts, Nitrogolems, and Nitrogolem Ghosts will no longer infight with each other.
-Numerous edits have been made to sound effects courtesy of Xaser; some weapons sound more powerful, all enemy projectiles have impact sounds, and the overall sound "rolloff" range has been increased to be the same as Doom's, so the game no longer sounds weirdly quiet compared to Doom.
Great mapset, the scale and detailing reminds me of Sunder. But as great as this wad is I gotta say I'm not a big fan of the new gauntlets. Instead of a medieval chainsaw, now it works like a slightly faster staff (that can hit ghosts, but still)
I didn't enjoy Heretic much, most of all because of the crappy feeling weapons. Both graphics and sounds were shite imo. But what kept me going was the atmosphere and the look of the game, so this sounds great.
These pictures look really nice. I feel like I've committed a sin because I haven't tried out any of the other doom engine games besides the doom games! And how these look so far makes me want to play them right now! Really good screenshots!
I'm not sure what you mean. Could you explain what feels off about it? It still works like a chainsaw, except there are tiny amounts of extra damage interspersed with its animation frames so that it's more likely to stunlock enemies. If anything, it's even more of a chainsaw than before.
I just finished the first level and I like what I see, a lot. Heretic was always my favorite FPS as a kid in the 90s (more so than Doom, I always preferred Heretic's high fantasy setting). I'd love to see more great Heretic levels like that.
Played the first 4 maps, and I like it so far. I never played Heretic all that much, so it's a good opportuniy to give it a whirl. The interconnectivity is nice, although it confused me a bit from time to time (that's on me, though). The only time where I was really stumped was the end on E1M4, when at the end I didn't realize that the switch to lower the bars became available.
I really like the Sigil of Power, although it's placement (i.e. if you notice it's there in the first place) can make quite a difference, at least in the blind playthrough. In my playthrough (see below) this is quite noticable in the exit area of E1M2, where I don't see that it's there (and use my Tome of Power instead). Yes, it's in plain sight, but it's still easy to miss with the projectile fiesta in that area. I don't mean it as criticism, but more like an observation. I know that it's easy to wonder as the map's creator how the players can miss things like that ;)
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