Operation: Arctic Wolf Revisited (v. 4.2)

[CeeJay]

A potential feature suggestion for future versions of EC would be an AMBIENT special for DDFSFX and a new sound slider in the options dedicated to sounds with that special. Call it Ambient or Environmental Sounds.

[hawkwind]

@brick

Are you using v4 ? Earlier I was using an earlier version which, for me, was just unplayable. I too died very quickly at the start. What a difference v4 is. I now find the start quite easy, easier even than the original.

@CeeJay

Please do not make it any easier.

@dasho

The sound is perfect now. Better all round I think. Even the subtle Ambients can now be heard. Good Job.

Edited January 21, 2023 by hawkwind

[brick]

28 minutes ago, hawkwind said:

@brick

Are you using v4 ? Earlier I was using an earlier version which, for me, was just unplayable. I too died very quickly at the start. What a difference v4 is. I now find the start quite easy, easier even than the original.

Yeah it was V4, I even re-downloaded it the day that I tested and posted to make sure i had the right version. I was playing and comparing the easiest difficulty in both cases and Revisited is definitely harder, all the P38-wielding nazis (which is most of them on easy) are replaced with the MP40 ones, which are 2 tiers higher according to the original's documentation. Anyway I'm still going to agree about not changing the difficulty, since I seem to be the only one who's complained about this. And, well, I can always go and change the EDF myself if it comes to that :P

[CeeJay]

Version 4.1 released. Hoping to be the final version.

 

Features level fixes by hawkwind, see included changelog.txt for list of changes.

 

DL: https://www.mediafire.com/file/17vx125ixtnkjxc/Arctre_41.zip/file

[Lobo]

Oh sweet!

[camper]

I've been running AWR with FreeDM.wad and haven't noticed anything out of the ordinary, like on mismatches texture or sprites. It seems that the Arctic wolf is quite autonomous in terms of resources. Then I decided to run with Minimalist IWAD: 

Spoiler

 

Thank you for the great pleasure of the game, passed in one breath.

[CeeJay]

Thank you. Glad you enjoyed it.

 

What about the minimalist IWAD? The mod was designed with a DOOM 2 IWAD in mind, if it happens to work with it anything else that would be what you call a happy accident. Any IWAD it would not work with is down to it not being designed for it and therefor not supported.

[CeeJay]

Too easy for you, the mod felt like a walk in the park?

 

Try this one on for size: https://www.mediafire.com/file/amog0hswl2wj39d/Arctre41_hard_edition.zip/file

 

A seperate "hard edition" of the mod where enemies do more damage, are more accurate and drop less ammo.

 

The first map becomes espcecially brutal, but once you get past it it is still difficult but not unfair. Good luck.

[CeeJay]

Version 4.2 released.

 

Changes:

 

Scuba Gear now activates/deactivates automatically (no more need to toggle it manually)
Flamethrower will not function underwater
Scuba Gears lasting time decreased from 80 to 60 seconds
Players lung capacity decreased (how long you can hold your breath underwater)
Skill level strings added primarilly for save/load screens
Ammo balancing

Other odds and ends

 

"hard edition" removed but will be added if people actually want it.

Edited January 2 by CeeJay