darkdoomz

A adjustable, zscripted clone of SidDoyle/Josh771's DarkDoom

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Project maintained by caligari87 Hosted on GitHub Pages — Theme by mattgraham

DarkDoomZ

This simple mutator/add-on re-implements the concept behind SidDoyle’s Dark Doom, using ZScript. Basically, makes Doom darker by reducing the light levels across all sectors in the map.

A settings menu is provided to adjust the effect. The following settings are available:

Main Settings

• Mode - Several adjustment modes are available:
  • Subtract - Simply subtracts from the light level. This mimics DarkDoom’s method.
  • Compress - Applies a linear range commpression, so the light levels don’t bottom out as quickly.
  • Clamp - Clamps the maximum brightness level without lowering darker sectors.
  • Crush - Darkens darker sectors more on an exponential curve, adding contrast.
  • DarkDoom - Three additional modes to emulate classic DarkDoom. These override the preset darkening settings.
• Preset - Eight pre-set lighting levels in 32-unit increments.

Advanced Settings

• Pre-Gain - Adjust the level brightness before applying adjustments.
• Post-Gain - Adjust the level brightness after applying adjustments.
• Min. Lightlevel - Enforces a minimum light level regardless of other settings.
• Sky Sectors - Adjust how much effect is applied to sectors with a sky.
  • 0.0 = No effect (sky sectors are not adjusted)
  • 0.5 = Half (sky sectors get half adjustment of other sectors)
  • 1.0 = Full effect (sky sectors are adjusted like all other sectors)
• Sector Effects - Enables or disables sector light effects (flicker, pulse, etc). Requires a restart of the map.

Fog Settings

• Fog Mode - Alias to GZDoom’s built-in light fade setting.
• Fog Density - Overrides the default light fade intensity. Can make maps really dark at a distance even in brighter areas.

Flashlight Settings

• Quality
  • Simple - Single spot light using the average spread/intensity of the fancy lights.
  • Fancy - Two spot lights to simulate both focused beam and light spill.
• Type - Preset light styles. The brighter options may negatively affect performance.
  • Incandescent - Dim warm bulb with a wide beam and little spill.
  • Halogen - Moderately bright, focused beam with large spill.
  • LED - Very bright focused beam, very wide shallow spill
  • Red Filter - Dim, nightvision-preserving light, same spread as the halogen.
• Position - Where the light is relative to the player and how it moves.
  • Handheld - Loose springy following style, from below the viewpoint.
  • Left / Right Shoulder - Tighter following, offset to the side of the viewpoint.
  • Helmet - Very tight following, above viewpoint
• Toggle Key - Customizable hotkey to enable/disable the flashlight.