Boom: forcing a pistol start

[Patrick]

I know this has been asked b4, but I can't seem to find the thread. Is it possible to make a map in Boom that forces a pistol start? If so, how would I go about it? (if someone can link that old thread, t'would be awesome)

[esselfortium]

Not directly, but you could make the previous map end by simultaneously killing the player and triggering a romero-head exit, a la the end of most of Scythe 2's episodes.

[boris]

Making a player die and then cross a W1 exit line works, too. Can be done by teleporting the player on a conveyor and kill him there.

[printz]

Or - though it does sound barbaric - separating the mod into several wads starting at MAP01.

[NoWits]

The only problem is they might press Use when they die, forcing them to play the level ALL OVER AGAIN.

Not nice.

You've got to make him teleport to a player 1 start which will telefrag him, but make that bit just before a W1 exit on a megafast conveyor belt.

[40oz]

I once made the player telefrag a barrel that killed him whilst propelling him across a W1 end level line.

[NoWits]

I've used Dehacked to make a thing that when the player telefrags, it ends the level. Coupled with an extra player1 start to make a voodoo doll, he kills himself and ends the level, thus starting him again with a pistol and a tiny chance of the person restarting the level beforehand.

[Erik]

How did you do that with dehacked? Is it doom2.exe v1.9 compatible and does it require much "resources" (frames, useful things etc) in dehacked?

[NoWits]

Well, I am not using the BFG so I dismantled all its frames, and I made the BFG shot into the thing - I made the death frame into one of the BFG frames and made the action "BrainDie" which ends the level.

[arrrgh]

Or you could steal some frames from the Pain Elemental resurrection sequence, which won't be seen anywhere. At least, it shouldn't.

[Erik]

Well, for my project, there will not be many frames to spare... But I think I can just use the romero head and change it to brainDie instantly when damaged. That will also free up some frames.

The doom2 final boss is crappy anyway imo.

[myk]

Erik said:
The doom2 final boss is crappy anyway imo.

I'd like to see a level 30 with multiple final bosses, each of which you can kill and count as monster kills. See here for some technical details on how to achieve this.