Hi guys.

Well, after too much time of mapping, scripting, etc... I finally decided jump into the new Decorate dimension and also colaborate in this fantastic web . So, after some hours of hard work I created this little fire mage for Heretic. Not a difficult monster to defeat and since Heretic doesnt have monsters like chaingunners, arachnotrons... I mean, monsters that attacks you repeatly I think it will be something new.

It has 2 different attacks:
- A big fire ball that can bounce in walls, ceiling and floor.
- The "chaingun mode", it attacks you with a weak hitscan fire attack.

To summon it just type: firemage

New link: http://www.mediafire.com/?dtvfaddp29jucdk

Dont be too abrasive with critics but be honest.

It seems a very basic enemy, which isn't a bad thing, of course.

The projectile he fires could do without the bouncing attribute; it feels as if it was tossed in randomly. His pain sound is very comical, to say the least. His "hitscan" attack is not actually a hitscan attack; it's a projectile with a very high speed that almost resembles a hitscan attack. If you want to give him a proper hitscan attack, A_CustomBulletAttack is what you'd want to use, instead.

Oh and you might want to change the name of the FireBall projectile, since that name is already taken by Hexen.

Not a bad start, I suppose, into the world of monster modding.

Thanks for the feedback BlueShadow,

since it is a basic monster like the undead warrior I didnt want to give him any too powerful/special movements, just a little trick with that bounce fireball but looks like that isnt the best attack for him .

Those are the changes that I´ve done:
- Removed the bounce property of his fireball (also changed the code for it).
- Increased the frame duration of his movement to 4 tics (it was 3 before).
- Changed his pain sound.
- Changed the "hitscan" attack to a real one.
- Renamed the "FireBall" to "FireBallShot".

Link: http://www.mediafire.com/?dtvfaddp29jucdk (also updated the link of the first post).

Is there something more that needs to be done?

Blue Shadow already covered most of the points I would have covered. I don't really mind the bounce attribute of the fireball, though I agree that it doesn't really seem like a vital addition. I don't have a strong opinion on keeping it or not. I actually like the idea of him having a hitscan attack; some people complain about that sort of thing in Heretic, but if the player is allowed to use hitscan attacks, why not monsters, too?

I like that he uses the Corvus sprite as a base, but I would consider giving him a more dramatic color scheme. As a "fire" mage, I would sort of expect his outfit to be more fire-colored; say, orange or red. If you want his cloak to remain gray, perhaps his wand crystal could be orange or red instead.

Oh, and I noted that his fireball projectile doesn't actually have a damagetype of "fire". That would be a nice touch to have, especially for Heretic/Hexen which have unique fire deaths for the player. Similarly, you could add a damagetype of "fire" to his "FireShot" puff actor so that his hitscan attack counts as fire, too. (It looks like his original "hitscan" attack did have a fire property while it was still a projectile, but the new version doesn't.)

Maybe something like this?

If you're trying to keep it with the "Heretic spirit", and you don't want your project to look like it is merely a Doom clone with different theme, then I guess yes, it is of some sort of significance. However, if that stuff is of no concern to you, then you can go about it the way you like. People can still complain, of course, but you still have the last word on it.

Also, if you look at it, Doom doesn't have inventory system like Heretic or Hexen. It doesn't have ACS. It doesn't have ambient sounds, etc. And yet, there are lots of Doom-oriented projects that make use of these non-Doomy features.

Too much (bright) red everywhere. Unfortunately I don't have an idea on a good color scheme that would fit this guy and his theme, at the moment. Maybe MagicWazard or somebody else does.

Agreed. To me, half the fun of modding is to use features that simply didn't exist in the original game. If some people don't like the content that's offered to take advantage of these features, they can choose not to use it.

Hmm, I would suggest changing his chestpiece/boots/gloves color to something different than his cape. He needs a bit of contrast in key areas so there isn't too much continuous usage of the same color. Maybe use a deep orange for his chest and boots, and keep his cape about the same for now. Or you could even choose to put back some of the original gray color. Or mix-and-match; like for example, red cape, orange chestpiece, gray boots & gloves. (I would definitely make a test frame to see how it looks before you go and make the whole sprite set, especially since there's a few different ways you could combine the colors.)

Well, after some tries I think that this one is the best frame that I recolored. Only rhe cape will be red, and the rest will stay the same (orange gives a silly look to the mage, or maybe Im just being a dumbass at recoloring ).

I think that looks pretty good. It gives a nice contrast between body and cape. The red and the black both match the theme well enough. Orange is kind of a tough color to use, so I wouldn't lose any sleep over it if you can't find a satisfactory way to work it in. That's my opinion, at least.

I also like the current one. The gold looks orange from a distance anyway, and the red and orange covered all over fire-based enemies is cliched and cheesy. Perhaps you could make the eyes orange, that would bring the face out a little.