HACX Widescreen Graphics WADs

[Rijam]

Edit: GZDoom now has their own WidePix graphics for HACX as of version 4.7.1

 

Hello! I have created widescreen graphics for HACX: Twitch 'n Kill's menus and Photon 'Zooka (Rocket Launcher). I have separated each part into their own WADs. I designed these graphics for HACX 1.2

 

HACX Widescreen Menu:

This WAD changes the TITLEPIC (title screen), INTERPIC (intermission screen), HELP (help screen), and CREDIT (credits screen) graphics to be in 21:9 aspect ratio. I tried to keep changes to the original images to a minimum. It also includes a widescreen status bar. This WAD will only work properly in source ports that support wide screen menu graphics.

Tested source ports: GZDoom (works), GLBoom+ (It loads but it is cut off and doesn't look correct, at least with the way I have my GLBoom+ set up)

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Widescreen Menu images

  

 

  

 

Status Bar

Download HACX Widescreen Menu: Dropbox

 

HACX Widescreen Photon 'Zooka:

This WAD extends the Photon 'Zooka (Rocket Launcher) graphics past a normal 16:9 aspect ratio. This WAD should work in any source port.

Tested source ports: GZDoom, GLBoom+

Spoiler

Photon 'Zooka comparison gifs

Original sprites  New extended sprites 

(Note: the sprites will look slightly different in game due to offsets and such.)

Download HACX Widescreen Photon 'Zooka: Dropbox

 

Let me know if there are any bugs or anything I could improve. I'm new to making Doom content and I hope I have done everything correct. Each WAD contains a WADINFO.txt file too.

I'm not sure if anyone even plays HACX. If you want to give HACX a try you can download it for free here: drnostromo.com

Edited December 29, 2021 by Rijam

[P41R47]

this is just awesome, pal!

magnificent work :D

I love HACX and i would love more content for it.

That zooka is marvelous indeed.

How about the cryogun? that one is also widescreen?

[Devalaous]

Thanks for this. With Hacx 2.0 'on hiatus' and 1.2 being somewhat forgotten, I wasnt sure if Hacx was going to get the widescreen treatment that most other IWADs are getting.

Edited May 6, 2021 by Devalaous

[Rijam]

12 minutes ago, P41R47 said:

this is just awesome, pal!

magnificent work :D

I love HACX and i would love more content for it.

That zooka is marvelous indeed.

How about the cryogun? that one is also widescreen?

Thank you!

The Cryogun is far enough to the left that it isn't cut off in 16:9 aspect ratio. The Stick (Plasma Rifle) also looks fine in 16:9. Everything is cut off in 21:9, though (even my new sprites).

 

12 minutes ago, Devalaous said:

Thanks for this. With Hacx 2.0 'on hiatus' and 1.2 being somewhat forgotten, I wasnt sure if Hacx was gonig to get the widescreen treatment that most other IWADs are getting.

I enjoyed playing through Hacx 1.2. Some of the design choices are a little dated by today's standards, but it is still a fun set of 21 levels. I was sad to see that the latest news for Hacx 2.0 was from 2012.

Edited May 6, 2021 by Rijam

[Devalaous]

Hmm, I cant get these working. Neither the widescreen assets or the RL replacement show up ingame. Im running latest GZDoom release with the 1.2 IWAD.

[TheMagicMushroomMan]

Doesn't seem to work for me, either. Wonderful job though!

[thestarrover]

Very good job! 

[Rijam]

11 hours ago, Devalaous said:

Hmm, I cant get these working. Neither the widescreen assets or the RL replacement show up ingame. Im running latest GZDoom release with the 1.2 IWAD.

 

10 hours ago, TheMagicMushroomMan said:

Doesn't seem to work for me, either. Wonderful job though!

 

Uh oh. Do you have any idea what is wrong? I tested both of my wads by launching with a batch file, with GZDoom's autoloading, and by dragging and dropping the wads onto the GZDoom exe and each method worked for me. I have GZDoom v4.5.0 which is the latest and I'm using the v1.2 IWAD. I noticed that the autoloading only works if you put them in [hacx.hacx1.Autoload] and not [hacx.hacx2.Autoload].

[DannyMan]

This is literally high standard stuff imo

[Devalaous]

On 5/7/2021 at 5:28 AM, Rijam said:

 

 

Uh oh. Do you have any idea what is wrong? I tested both of my wads by launching with a batch file, with GZDoom's autoloading, and by dragging and dropping the wads onto the GZDoom exe and each method worked for me. I have GZDoom v4.5.0 which is the latest and I'm using the v1.2 IWAD. I noticed that the autoloading only works if you put them in [hacx.hacx1.Autoload] and not [hacx.hacx2.Autoload].

 

Seems it was being loaded before the IWAD. Works fine now after tweaking Doom Launcher to load these as external wads, not part of the HACX folder itself.

 

Now we just need a Hacx Spritefix project, brightmaps, and presumably a soundtrack upgrade pack (would be interested to hear an Arachno soundfont version of it)

 

EDIT: Also a widescreen statusbar. I personally use Nightfright's fullscreen huds with the split hud for the game, but still!

Edited May 14, 2021 by Devalaous

[Rijam]

4 hours ago, Devalaous said:

 

Seems it was being loaded before the IWAD. Works fine now after tweaking Doom Launcher to load these as external wads, not part of the HACX folder itself.

 

Now we just need a Hacx Spritefix project, brightmaps, and presumably a soundtrack upgrade pack (would be interested to hear an Arachno soundfont version of it)

 

EDIT: Also a widescreen statusbar. I personally use Nightfright's fullscreen huds with the split hud for the game, but still!

 

There is already a video on YouTube of the full soundtrack with the Arachno soundfont:

 

 

A widescreen status bar is a good idea and doesn't sound that hard to do!

 

[Devalaous]

Huh. Shame its not downloadable like the other packs.

[princetontiger]

Isn't it widescreen already if we use GZDoom?

[Devalaous]

50 minutes ago, princetontiger said:

Isn't it widescreen already if we use GZDoom?

 

No, there are black bars on the sides besides the TITLEPIC is 4:3.

 

 

 

As you can see, the status bar and the weapon are not widescreen. This changes with these wads.

[OpenRift]

Well I'll be damned, you should go post this over here.

[Devalaous]

The GZDoom developers noticed this, and its convinced them to add Hacx support to 1.2. Wont be in 4.6.0, so your work will still be useful for a long time to come :p

[Rijam]

3 hours ago, Devalaous said:

The GZDoom developers noticed this, and its convinced them to add Hacx support to 1.2. Wont be in 4.6.0, so your work will still be useful for a long time to come :p

 

Oh sweet thank you for letting me know. I give Graf Zahl and the rest of the GZDoom team permission to use my widescreen graphics and sprites if they want.

[DannyMan]

The face in the status bar doesn't even bare any resemblance like the one from the title image, it's like Danny's drunk father.

[Rijam]

I have updated the widescreen menu wad with a widescreen status bar (16:9). Let me know if there are any problems of course.

 

Graphic:

 

In game appearance:

[Dwars]

I tried these assets in PrBoom+UM and Woof! The STBAR included needed to be converted to Doom format to work, but that should be an easy fix for your upload. Aside from that, I think it should run nicely with most other contemporary ports with widescreen support.

[Wadmodder Shalton]

Could you attempt to give the Cryogun, Uzi, Stick, Hoig Reznator & maybe the Kick weapons some similar Widescreen treatments like what the Photon 'Zooka has?

[Rijam]

On 7/8/2021 at 12:36 PM, Dwars said:

I tried these assets in PrBoom+UM and Woof! The STBAR included needed to be converted to Doom format to work, but that should be an easy fix for your upload. Aside from that, I think it should run nicely with most other contemporary ports with widescreen support.

Thanks, Dwars. Good to hear that it works with other ports. I fixed the STBAR, thank you for pointing that out.

 

On 7/8/2021 at 3:12 PM, Wadmodder Shalton said:

Could you attempt to give the Cryogun, Uzi, Stick, Hoig Reznator & maybe the Kick weapons some similar Widescreen treatments like what the Photon 'Zooka has?

All of the weapons, besides the original Photon 'Zooka, aren't cut off in 16:9; at least for me. (Ok, well, if you don't use the vanilla Doom Status Bar HUD then there is like 1 row of pixels cut off on the reset frame of the Stick at the bottom.)

If you play on 21:9, then the Cryogun, Stick, and even my new Photon 'Zooka sprites are cut off. The Kick, Hoig Reznator, and UZI all look good, though.

[Noiser]

Great job! The rocket launcher extension is perfect

Edited July 10, 2021 by Noiser