What are some good custom Texture packs, custom weapons or custom monsters you would reccomend for mappers?

[Cdijk21]

I've been looking for custom texture packs, monsters, and weapons to spice up my upcoming WADs. Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated. 

Edited May 20, 2023 by Cdijk21

[Walter confetti]

Some textures pack:

http://esselfortium.net/wasd/32in24-15_tex_v2.zip (CC4-TEX Essel 32in24 edit)

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JbvQgZ_CNbEbIbAN3BdK2haxc9OOqEB8/view (lostres)

https://doom2.net/bsp/espi_hctex_v1.zip (Hellcore)

https://www.dropbox.com/s/g1jekgx9smgyjww/jimmytex.wad?dl=0

[Andromeda]

Another cool texture pack:
https://www.doomworld.com/idgames/themes/TeamTNT/return/retres

[Naarok0fkor]

https://www.moddb.com/mods/gzdoom-launcher/downloads/naarok0fkors-walpurgis-frag-2023

[Dreamskull]

All the monsters I have listed are on realm 667. I Highly reccomend the Bruiser Demon, Pyro Demon, Avatar and Gatekeeper.

Youll find some reccomendations by other players in my thread there too.

In case youre wondering, the evil marine (my favorite) is a brutal doom variant of SS Wolfenstein (v20) and I dont know where youd find it otherwise.

 

The Bruiser Demon and the Pyro Demon are in the "Doom" section

The Avatar is in the "Heretic/Hexen" section

The Gatekeeper is in the "Other" section

 

All 4 could be classified as midboss types. I dont just link to them because I hope you'll come across something else too on the way.

 

Those 4 right there are top tier winner monsters.

Edited May 22, 2023 by Dreamskull

[Dreamskull]

Let me know what you think of them.

[Cdijk21]

2 hours ago, Dreamskull said:

Let me know what you think of them.

Do you have any WADs that feature the custom monsters you listed? I've never used them in my mapping or encountered them in a WAD I was playing. I like the concept, i'll look into these.

Edited May 24, 2023 by Cdijk21

[Dreamskull]

Sorry, I dont. I have my own map with a custom beastiary, but that wouldnt help you. I have no doubt theyll pass inspection. Keep in mind though, they arent just randomly slapped together. When you do test them, youll want to give yourself some space to move around during fight. I would have thought you had already tested them to be honest.

Edited May 24, 2023 by Dreamskull

[St. Mildly Annoyed]

Hope this is relevant enough, but the black panther+ stalker of Rodem for a surprise, and the guardian of hell for an actual boss battle.

[Juka]

if you want a nice gameplay changing mod for your map, I think Supercharge is an amazing option

[Dreamskull]

So how did this all work out for you?

[Cdijk21]

On 6/7/2023 at 12:21 PM, Dreamskull said:

So how did this all work out for you?

I'v been to busy to play much DOOM or make maps as of late. 

[RonLivingston]

If you like the Alphabet Texture, it can be a decent recommendation along with some textures by alien Vendetta, starting with the egyptian mural walls, the Lavafall is best along with the red sky from tnt

[kalensar]

I don't really recommend monsters or weapons for mappers. It's better to build for vanilla unless you want to make TC style game. Reason is it makes maps more friendly to other mods that add guns and monsters. It also lightens the load of writing about mod compatibility.