Colander 1.5 (Slaughtertools) - Eternity Engine gameplay mod

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Colander (Colare) is a gampeplay mod for the Eternity Engine (DRDTeam builds advised. you can get the latest HERE)

 

1.5 out now! Get it here:

DOWNLOAD

 

The project started as a recreation of STRAIN's gameplay and feel, intended to be a scary, stressful experience without totally betraying the player. STRAIN has a lot of abnormalities which I like that come from it trying to be a "real sequel" to Doom. I expanded the scope to be more of an elaboration of STRAIN's ideas, turning into it's own beast with it's own gritty occult vibe. Almost all monsters and weapons are altered, some beyond recognition. All the tweaks and changes should compound to encourage a more Ultimate Doom playstyle; more movement, less camping corners and chokes with the SSG. UV is not-insignificantly harder than vanilla in the majority of cases, but your mileage may vary. Playtests are usually conducted with the Scythe series, BTSX and Plutonia.

 

Add-ons and small mutators are planned.

 

Come say hi in the #colare channel at [Secreta Lounge].  I'd like to hear from you if you've got any questions or suggestions, and you can get indev versions that are posted.

 

v1.5.3 changelog:

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v1.5.3; slaughtertools

altered the ssg's frame total; the default is 57 frames, 1.5.2 was 71 frames, 1.5.3's is now 63

the zombieman and chaingunner play sounds that include radio beeps. I have changed their sound tables so the sounds with long beeps play less frequently.

 

there may be some miscellaneous changes since v1.5.2 I do not remember.

 

CREDITS:

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shoutout to the freedoom beta 0.8 gib sound
shoutout to everybody in Secreta for the helpful advice and playtesting and
being a wonderful community.

Marrub - Original magnum code, testing, code help, idea filtering, sbar font,
new menu fonts, FIXING ALL THE CURSED TYPESETTING for the menus, AR sprite tweaks
ribbon - idea filtering, testing, code help, og chaingun edit, baron edit, art
advisory
PotetoBloke - Magnum and AR sprites, SSG reload edit + the base taken from
amuscaria's SSG used in Eriguns and JoeyTD's ssg loading sprites
The Man & Bungie - Magnum reload sounds, grenade launch sounds, AR firing sounds
TerminusEst13 - AR firing sound
Obsidian Entertainment - basis of the magnum firing sounds
Ryan_Cordell - Combat Shotgun sprites, super last minute AR sprite rework
Skelegant - idle and pickup sprites for combat shotgun and ssg
pistol sprites remake, plasma rifle fire touchup, status bar touchups
AR pickup touchups, new health bonus, stimpack and medikit sprites, being awesome
IMX - devourer and zombieman from demonicron
RNG Breadbug - bird imp sprites
midway - doom 64 chainsaw
zrrion the insect - rocket launcher sprites
drpyspy - ar17 sprites and pickup, zombieman replacement sprites, being awesome
zsec shotgunguy - credits from file
     Sprite Edit: Mark Quinn, Vegeta, Ghastly_dragon, MagicWazard
gifty - blood gfx
perkristan - fist sprites
valve software - player landing sound; mag7 firing sound edit for shotgun
the skulltag team - grenade sprites
blue vertigo/cardboard marty - base former human sounds
logan mtm - back of the new ssg based on quad ssg from legacy of suffering
sgt. shivers - being cool

 

Edited May 22, 2022 by _sink
changed header video with up-to-date footage

[Marisa the Magician]

good :3

[P41R47]

Would love to see a proper mapset with this mod implemented!
Just to have another motive to download and play Eternity Engine :)

[Archanhell]

I do not know why I thought on Coca Cola, but very good as far as I can see!

[TheNoob_Gamer]

An Eternity mod? Awesome!

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Colander is now out! 1.0 aka Interloper is here. Download here:

DOWNLOAD

Edited May 31, 2020 by _sink
whoops

[Marisa the Magician]

Congrats on release, cutie. :3

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yo, so colare has had a very very very minor revision regarding a few palette related issues. you can get it here. enjoy.

 

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some wacky portal tricks.

[MikeyScoots]

Hey this is pretty neat

[taufan99]

Not everyday that you see a mod for Eternity Engine. Liking what I see so far!

[Loud Silence]

Mod for Eternity Engine that supports both Doom and Doom II... what could be better? I have played with it some Ultimate Doom levels and liked very much.

[marco.nadal.75]

How do I use mods for Eternity Engine? I tried various methods such as extracting files and folders into same folder as Eternity.exe, putting it in its own folder \base\colare, starting with Eternity.exe -game colare, or Eternity.exe -edf colare, but nothing works. I checked the Eternity wiki and couldn't find anything either.

 

Someone please help.

 

Never mind, I just kept the files zipped, and used them like PWADs in Doom Explorer.

 

I combined Colander with Cubic Worlds (WIP) and it's a good challenge.

Always like to see some fresh assets.
I enjoy try some unique mods outside of Zandronum/GZDoom.

 

Admittedly, bit hard going back to software mode after playing on OpenGL/Vulkan. Maybe I'll connect my PC to a CRT for that retro feel. ;-)

Edited November 24, 2020 by marco.nadal.75
Problem solved

[taufan99]

37 minutes ago, marco.nadal.75 said:

Never mind, I just kept the files zipped, and used them like PWADs in Doom Explorer.

Alternatively, you can also save the zipped files inside a .pke file, which is similar to .pk3 files but specifically designed for EE.

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Colander 1.5 aka Slaughtertools is now out! Download here, changelog in OP:

DOWNLOAD

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very very small update. I was just playing and didnt like the shotgun sound anymore. so I changed it. I may have changed other stuff but its been like, a year, man. idr

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small update. i was playing and noticed that the shotgunners and chaingunners beep a lot, so I made them beep less. I found the ssg horrendously slow, so raised its firing speed by a few frames, made its animation a little more snappy.

[MauryMyers]

Great mod, I've been enjoying it a lot.

The regular shotgun and plasma rifle feels so good to heard, look and use. The rifle is fun to use with the alternate fire but looks odd tho.

Edited May 24, 2022 by MauryMyers

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57 minutes ago, MauryMyers said:

Great mod, I've been enjoying it a lot.

The regular shotgun and plasma rifle feels so good to heard, look and use. The rifle is fun to use with alternate fire but looks odd tho.

thank you so much!! the rifle I think is my fave weapon even if it looks a little odd w/ the altfire. just a little jank, as a treat

[MauryMyers]

Is part of the jank that the pinkys jump from the structures?

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On 6/6/2022 at 4:23 AM, MauryMyers said:

Is part of the jank that the pinkys jump from the structures?

It's a feature! iirc I also cursed the spectres in a really specific but probably unnoticeable way. Ideally when Aeon happens I'll be able to roll a few checks to make sure they dont get themselves stuck like they do now sometimes.