How to make a flame thrower in Vannila Doom

[SLOTH MARINE (CB)]

So in in Rowdy Rudy 1 and 2 and Ray Mohawk 2 there is a flamethrower weapon and monster and I was wondering how to make it

 

(if you don't know what I am talking about here are some screenshots)

 

[Doomkid]

So there are two "flame" objects in Doom, one is the Arch-Vile attack, but the other is the demon teleporter exit (only used on map30).

 

To get a flamethrower like the one in RM2:

 

Change the "plasma projectile" Thing to have a spawn state of 791, the first frame of the "demon teleport" flame.

Then, change the Death state to either 791, or 281 if you prefer the more "crackly" Arch-Vile flame animation.

Next, change the Alert and Death sounds to be 91 (the sound of crackling fire).

Set the speed anywhere between 25 and 35. Set the damage to be whatever you want - anything over 15 will be absurdly powerful.

 

This will replace your plasma gun with a flamethrower! As far as the sprite goes, feel free to use the sprite that comes with RM2, originally from Obituary by TiC, or you could use this old variant by Scuba Steve.

 

EDIT: This requires WhackEd4

Edited May 22, 2021 by Doomkid

[ReX]

Give a shout-out to @Doomkid and he'll tell you all you need to know about DeHacked/WHacked. Plus, he's the main guy who created the Rowdy Rudy games. So he will be able to directly answer your question.

[Bauul]

I've not played the wad, but I suspect this is done using Dehacked to swap out a projectile (likely the plasma rifle's) for the Archvile's flame attack sprites.  Give it gravity and a suitably fast fire rate, and you have yourself a functional flamethrower.  

 

 

[SLOTH MARINE (CB)]

3 minutes ago, Bauul said:

I've not played the wad, but I suspect this is done using Dehacked to swap out a projectile (likely the plasma rifle's) for the Archvile's flame attack sprites.  Give it gravity and a suitably fast fire rate, and you have yourself a functional flamethrower.  

 

 

I'll for sure try that

[SLOTH MARINE (CB)]

11 minutes ago, Doomkid said:

So there are two "flame" objects in Doom, one is the Arch-Vile attack, but the other is the demon teleporter exit (only used on map30).

 

To get a flamethrower like the one in RM2:

 

Change the "plasma projectile" Thing to have a spawn state of 791, the first frame of the "demon teleport" flame.

Then, change the Death state to either 791, or 281 if you prefer the more "crackly" Arch-Vile flame animation.

Next, change the Alert and Death sounds to be 91 (the sound of crackling fire).

Set the speed anywhere between 25 and 35. Set the damage to be whatever you want - anything over 15 will be absurdly powerful.

 

This will replace your plasma gun with a flamethrower! As far as the sprite goes, feel free to use the sprite that comes with RM2, originally from Obituary by TiC, or you could use this old variant by Scuba Steve.

 

EDIT: This requires WhackEd4

Thanks! (and I knew it needed whacked 4, I've been using it for a while now)