Tenative Eternity Engine Features
- new things known at this time:
Note: This list will get MUCH bigger, at least 7 new
boss characters are in the planning, including
the Lesser Demon, Minos, Plutus, Phlegyas,
Cerberus, Minotaurus, and Beelzebub. Chiron may
appear as an inert talking character in River of
Fate as well.
Inert objects such as torches, trees, moss, etc are
not currently listed here, they are available in the
custom editor configuration file in the appropriate menus.
There are a number of these items and they will be useful in
many different settings
*** = complete
Death Imp
An armored Imp who fires fast projectiles that
look like the Imp's fireballs from the Pre-Beta
and uses a weapon melee attack
Death Imp Fireball
Fired by the Death Imp -- look like red
arachnotron plasma, but burst into flames when
they hit their target
Succubus
Seductive female demon, will engage the player at
some point in the City of Dis level and attempt to
mesmerize him in a dialogue sequence, but when her
spell fails on him, she attacks using two missle
attacks commanding fire and ice respectively, and
will claw the marine at meleerange. Number of
frames is as yet unknown, will use all new sounds.
Succubus Fire Attack
The Succubus's tracer-based fire elemental
attack
Succubus Ice Attack
The Succubus's projectile-based ice elemental
attack
Flame Spectre
A demon of fire, will be particularily nasty
Pinhead
Only in Minos Space Station, uses one frame and
one sound effect -- basically an inert object that
makes a sound when he sees you.
Says "We have ETERNITY to know your flesh!!!"
Slop Barrel
A barrel which bursts and leaks out toxic waste
when shot, ala Aliens TC, but with bug fixed.
About 6 frames, uses dsslop sound.
Fuel Cell
Small ammo pick-up for flamethrower
Fuel Cell Pack
Large tank ammo pick-up for flamethrower
Flamethrower
A new weapon which is connected to an unseen fuel
tank, belches flames which burn the enemy
Flamethrower fire
The flames belched by the flamethrower...
Ambient SFX 1 - Wind ***
Makes wind sounds randomly when player is near
Ambient SFX 2 - Water ***
Player hears gurgling sound when near
Ambient SFX 3 - Waterfall ***
Makes rushing water sound
Ambient SFX 4 - Dripping ***
Makes dripping sound, suitable for caves
Ambient SFX 5 - Laughing ***
Occasionally makes "ho hah hah" sound
Swamp Sound Collage ***
Makes various animal sounds suitable for wetland-type
environments
Forest Sound Collage ***
Various animal sounds suitable for forest-type environments
Scientist (inert talking character)
Talks to player in MAP01 to set up story. A
wizened old guy with crazy hair in a white lab coat.
Dying Scientist
Same guy as before, but with a visceral wound.
Talks to you in MAP08 then dies.
Lesser Demon
Boss of MAP07, top of Tower of Babel. Will attack with a spit
attack that causes flames to leap up, and will fire an energy
projectile. Guarded by inert Cyberdemons holding menacing battleaxes.
Minotaurus ***
Boss of MAP28, Desert of Rage (seventh circle of hell)
Maulotaur ala Heretic, but much faster and meaner -- to be used only in
maps after MAP28, and with descretion, very strong enemy (8000 hp).
He uses fireball arrays, a floor fire attack, a charge attack, and a melee
hammer squash which lowers the player's view momentarily
- New Weapons
Flamethrower
belches flames that may or may not leave burning
fire on the target (this would be cool, sort of a
napalm effect)
Ankh of Demon's Bane
Highly tenative weapon, spawns a huge spinning
cross which uses a tracer effect to obliterate
enemies with a very strong hit
Crossbow
An ethereal crossbow, not unlike Heretic's
Evil Sceptre
A magic-shooting wand based on the Pre-Beta
Evil Sceptre item, a staff with a red skull on top
- Power-up Items
Iron Shield
An old metal battle shield. +30 armor
Warrior Shield
An iron warrior's shield. +50 armor
Dragon Helmet
tenative effects
- General Features
TerrainTypes ***
Allows for splashes in water sectors, frying in lava, etc.
Globally defined effects based on use of certain flats in
sectors. Effect is automatic, no special tags or settings
required.
MAPINFO lump ***
Handles assignment on level basis of lightning effect, music,
sky texture, and global colormap -- ASCII text script
syntax:
; this is a comment
map XX ; begins script for map XX
command_name value ; command_name must be valid among
; fadetable, musicnum, or skytexture
; Value must equate to valid lump, texture
; name, or music number. Any of these
; may follow, in any order, and none
; are required -- defaults will be used
; if keyword not found or map script
; not present in MAPINFO, or MAPINFO
; lump is not found in a loaded WAD
lightning ; boolean value, sets lightning to on
; if present
Global Colormaps ***
Allow a global colormap to be assigned to each level via
MAPINFO lump, syntax:
map XX
fadetable "colormap_name"
This is suitable for effects like fog and mist, colloid
weather conditions
General Music Assignment ***
Allows any map to use any music coded in executable
through MAPINFO lump, syntax:
map XX
musicnum XX ; musicnum must be valid number, refer to Quasar
Global Sky Assignment ***
Allows any suitable transparent texture to be substituted
in F_SKY1 flat through MAPINFO lump, must be a valid texture
in wad and must be "transparent". Will be flipped horizontally.
Assigned in MAPINFO lump, syntax:
map XX
skytexture texturename
Lightning
Enables synchronized lightning flashes and thunder in all F_SKY
sectors on a per level basis through MAPINFO lump, syntax:
map XX
lightning
Music Control Linedefs (tenative)
A set of walk-over linedefs which can start/stop/
change the music being played in a semi-aesthetic
manner
Character Dialogue, dialogue boxes
Semi-transparent blue box with white border placed
in lower center of screen over which
text is written, will need to refresh when the box
is filled (ie scroll up, or clear) -- dialog will
be activated when a talking character is approached
by the player
New intermission texts, divisions between mini-episodes
The story line needs to develop at points other
than where it does in DOOM II, so we will need
to add/remove intermissions, etc.