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A Nice GZDoom Flashlight
11 years ago
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I don't know about you, but I've personally had a heck of a time finding some decent flashlight mods for Doom, but I finally found one. It's part of the Sneaky Doom package (which you can find the forum page for here), but more specifically the "Dark Doom" add-on pack.
Download the Dark Doom pack with flashlight here.
Just run dd_flashlight.pk3 (or dd_flashlight_low.pk3 if you've got an older computer) when you start up GZDoom, then once the game starts, go to Options, Customize Controls. At the very bottom, you'll see an entry for Dark Doom. Bind your preferred flashlight key to Toggle Flashlight and you're ready to go.
I tried it with the (overall good but obnoxiously dark) Pleiades levelset, and it made a world of difference. See for yourself!
Screenshot of the flashlight in action in Pleiades.
The left screenshot shows how that area normally looks; the right screenshot has that exact same view with the flashlight on. It's not bright enough to break the game and doesn't cover your peripheral vision very well so you still need to be wary in the dark, but it sure beats the crap out of stumbling into walls while shrouded enemies wail on you with cheap shots. Plus the dim blue illumination is a little creepy in its own right. And it never runs out of power and you can use it with any weapon.
So give it a try! Add it under your [Doom.Autoload] path in your zdoom-[username].ini file and have it ready any time the going gets tough (and dark).
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victoriaviper
Download the Dark Doom pack with flashlight here.
Just run dd_flashlight.pk3 (or dd_flashlight_low.pk3 if you've got an older computer) when you start up GZDoom, then once the game starts, go to Options, Customize Controls. At the very bottom, you'll see an entry for Dark Doom. Bind your preferred flashlight key to Toggle Flashlight and you're ready to go.
I tried it with the (overall good but obnoxiously dark) Pleiades levelset, and it made a world of difference. See for yourself!
Screenshot of the flashlight in action in Pleiades.
The left screenshot shows how that area normally looks; the right screenshot has that exact same view with the flashlight on. It's not bright enough to break the game and doesn't cover your peripheral vision very well so you still need to be wary in the dark, but it sure beats the crap out of stumbling into walls while shrouded enemies wail on you with cheap shots. Plus the dim blue illumination is a little creepy in its own right. And it never runs out of power and you can use it with any weapon.
So give it a try! Add it under your [Doom.Autoload] path in your zdoom-[username].ini file and have it ready any time the going gets tough (and dark).
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victoriaviper
I remember someone made a mod for doom adding the Doom3 flashlight and weapons, but remember specifically the flashlight never worked well.
I should try this out sometime. Makes me wonder if I can get this to work with Hexen and Hexercise.
But yeah, most of the Doom flashlight mods are terrible, and simply apply an invisible weapon muzzle flash on an infinite loop, which turns up the brightness a shade on the whole screen. It's extremely crude. This actually works like a real flashlight, and is fantastic for WADs where the designers got a little carried away with low lighting.