PRBoom+ Resetting Weapons & HP On Death.

[consent]

Hey! I've recently got PRBoom+, but it seems that anytime I gain some sort of weapon progression and upon death, I'll lose all my weapons. This also includes my HP, it'll reset to 100 with no armor. I've tried to look into settings to turn this off but I can't find anything, does anybody have a way to turn this feature off.

[Alper002]

This isn't a feature, it's how the original game behaved!

99% of maps are designed to be beatable from this reset inventory state(also known as a pistol start) so it's not a complete death sentence to have it happen.

The only thing you can do to circumvent this is to save at the start of a map and reloading whenever you die.

 

Edited February 9, 2021 by Alper002

[consent]

2 minutes ago, Alper002 said:

This isn't a feature, it's how the original game behaved!

99% of maps are designed to be beatable from this reset inventory state(also known as a pistol start) so it's not a complete death sentence to have it happen.

The only thing you can do to circumvent this is to save at the start of a map and reloading whenever you die.

 

I've forgotten a lot since I first played DOOM on DOS. I guess I've been too spoiled with GZDoom automatically saving my weapons.

[BoxY]

welcome to the real game >;)

Edited February 9, 2021 by BoxY

[Juza]

99% of the time, a map's definitive experience is designed to be played from this blank slate.

[maxmanium]

Technically all GZDoom is doing is auto-loading your latest compatible save. That does seem like it would be a nice (toggleable) feature.

[HAK3180]

6 minutes ago, maxmanium said:

Technically all GZDoom is doing is auto-loading your latest compatible save.

 

...which, by default, is an autosave at the beginning of map. So it makes sense to conclude the game is "supposed" to prevent pistol start.