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Primary purpose         : Gameplay Mod
Advanced engine required: GZDoom 3.1.0+
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Title                   : ARGENT
Filename                : xa-argen_1.0.0.pk3
Release date            : 05/19/2019
Version                 : 1.0.0
Author                  : Xaser Acheron
Email Address           : [redacted]
GitHub Repo             : https://github.com/XaserAcheron/argent
Discussion Thread       : https://forum.zdoom.org/viewtopic.php?f=43&t=52363

Description             : ARGENT is the streamlined Doom 4 Mod, bringing
                          Neccronixis's Doom 4 weapon sprites to life with
                          an old-school flair. It brings weapon mods,
                          smooth animations, delicious gibs, and a zillion
                          options to the table, all without straying too
                          far from the Classic Doom formula.

Additional Credits to   : Tons of people -- see Credits section below.
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* What is included *

New levels              : No
Sounds                  : Yes
Music                   : Yes
Graphics                : Yes
Dehacked/BEX Patch      : No
ZScript                 : Hell Yeah
Demos                   : No
Other                   : Sure
Other files required    : None

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* Play Information *

Game                    : Doom, Doom 2, Final Doom
Map #                   : N/A
Single Player           : Yes
Cooperative 2-4 Player  : Yes
Deathmatch 2-4 Player   : Yes
Other game styles       : Yes
Difficulty Settings     : N/A

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* Construction *

Base                    : Code from scratch. Resources by various folk.
Build Time              : An Infinity and a Half.
Editor(s) used          : SLADE 3, Paint Shop Pro 7, Git
May Not Run With...     : Old versions of GZDoom. If you get some sort of
                          random startup error, PLEASE upgrade your engine
                          first before posting about it in the thread.
                          Sanity is a finite resource.

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* Gameplay Notes *

ARGENT, in a nutshell, is a unique spin on the "Doom 4 in Doom" concept.
In contrast to the other big kids on the block (D4D & D4T), ARGENT aims
to be a bit more "old-school". It's got a sweet set of smoothly-animated
d44m weaponry, but it doesn't introducing a ton of game-changing mechanics.

Some key features:
- All weapons from Doom-Notfour's campaign, quasi-faithfully translated
  and balanced for use against Doom's classic bestiary*.
- Weapon Mods!
- New powerups! Quad, Haste, and Regen are all toggle-able in the menu.
- Equipment! Recharging grenades! Siphons/holograms... eventually! :P
- A custom gib system for maximum "splooshiness"
- Several tweak options for user customization, including the fabled
  "monsters always gib" setting.
- Gallons of polish (or litres if you prefer), particularly in the
  animation department.

[*...okay, I'll admit it -- you're a bit more powerful than
the standard Doomguy. But not gamebreakingly so.]

Note that there are a few things that the mod explicitly does NOT feature:
- Glory Kills
- 100% new-Doom accuracy
- Enemy sprites or behavior changes (gibs being the exception)
- Excessive Randomization
- Incremental weapon/stat upgrades or currency systems
- Belching lava

[For the last one, see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbGh9nedu80 --
this is clearly the most important missing feature ;]

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* Weapon Mods *

As listed above, weapon mods (in the Doom 4 sense, not just the ZDoom
sense) are a thing. To get one, pick up a Mod Kit (replaces Backpack)
and use it from your inventory to bring up the Mod Menu.

This isn't a "menu" in the traditional sense, rather, you navigate
it by _switching weapons_; it allows you to "purchase" mods for
whichever weapon you currently have selected (if applicable; the
SSG and pistol, for instance, have no mods).

Once you've decided on a mod, press Fire to "buy" the left one,
or Altfire to "buy" the right one; it will attached immediately.

When you have both mods for a weapon, press the "Reload" key (renamed
to "Switch Weapon Mod" in the ARGENT Options menu) to swap 'em.

When the Mod Menu is open, you can also purchase Equipment
(e.g. grenades) or a Backpack by pressing the "Switch Weapon Mod"
key to flip to the other page of the "shop". As before, use Fire or
Altfire to select one of the two.

Just like in Doom the Fourth itself, equipment "ammo" recharges after a
set amount of time, and you can "purchase" equipment more than once,
increasing the maximum amount you can carry (these recharge too, though
the rate of recharge isn't increased when you buy more). Want to
rain grenades? Just buy a whole bunch! Nothing could possibly go wrong! ;)

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* Options *

Check out the "ARGENT Options" menu (accessible from the main menu) for a
variety of user customizations. Here's a quick overview of the options:

BFG Style:
   Changes the BFG's behavior. There are two options:
 - "Classic": Classic Doom's  BFG9000 in all its glory. Works the same.
 - "Modern" : Emits tracers radially on impact, and zaps enemies with
              cracklin' green lightning when the projectile is in flight.

BFG Ammo Type:
 - "Cells": The BFG shares ammunition with the plasma gun. Classic shots
            use 40 cells; Modern shots use 80 since they're more powerful.
 - "BFG Cells": The BFG uses its own ammotype, which replaces Cell Packs.
                BFG Cell pickups will also grant a small amount of Cells.

Monsters Always Gib:
   Pretty self-explanatory. Give it a try -- you know you want to. ;)

Powerup Toggles:
   ARGENT inclues three new powerups (Quad Damage, Haste, and Regen),
   which can optionally replace a few of Doom's existing powerups.

HUD Style:
 - "Classic": Classic Doom's statusbar & ZDoom's fullscreen HUD. 'Nuff said.
 - "Modern" : A stylized version of Doom 4's HUD in a cool blue hue.

SSG Sprite Style:
   Selects between two sets of SSG sprites (both by Neccronixis):
   the original one used in earlier versions of ARGENT, or the newer,
   more D44M-accurate one. The weapon behaves identically either way.

Mod Controls:
   For ease of use, all of ARGENT's new-ish keybinds (and their neighbors)
   are presented here. This is mostly just a convenience thing, really.

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* Future Plans *

As a 1.0.0 release, there are still a few not-yet-done-but-planned things
(presuming the author doesn't get perpetually busy, which is likely), e.g.:
- Holograms n' Siphons -- Grenades are in, but that's not the end of it.
- Cool Crosshairs, complete with cooldown meters and all that jazz.
- Better Haste and Berserk powerups
- Misc tweaks and bugfixes (of course)
- An expansion pack featuring reinterpreted versions of the MP-exclusive
  weapons (e.g. static rifle and company)... with mods!

When will future releases happen? Who knows? :P

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* Credits *

Code and Shenanigans:
 - Xaser (I AM A XASER)

Sprites:
 - Neccronixis (badass nu-DOOM weapon sprite conversions)
 - PillowBlaster (powerups n' pickups)
 - Xaser (gibs, pistol charge, misc edits)
 - Rogue Entertainment (blood spray)
 - Amuscaria (plasma stun bomb projectile)
 - Minigunner (smooth explosion sprites)

Graphics:
 - Xaser (HUD, ARGENT logo hackup)

Sounds
 - id software (taken straight from the game, oh no)

Music
 - Kate Fox (MIDI awesomeness)
 - Mick Gordon (original composer; no audio directly ripped though)

Testing n' Bugreports
 - Flyingcomputer
 - Jimmy
 - Baratus
 - ravage
 - Princess Viscra Maelstrom
 - zrrion the insect
 - Atendega (the SSG-meister)
 - Cyanide
 - Ragequit

Misc:
 - some mobile phone background from somewhere I can't seem to locate
 (titlepic/interpic background) -- if anyone has any info on this one,
 lemme know!

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* Copyright / Permissions *

The SOURCE CODE for this mod is under the MIT License (full text below).
As such, authors MAY use code from this project as a base for modification
or reuse. Credit is always appreciated as a courtesy, of course.

For everything else, checkout the Credits section above. For "hey can I
use this resource?" questions, the usual quasi-fair-use excuses apply.
The Xaser-person will not gripe at you for yoinking misc. resources from
this mod, but holds no responsibility if anyone else does. :P

You MAY distribute this file, provided you include this text file, with no
modifications.  You may distribute this file in any electronic format (BBS,
Diskette, CD, actually-modern methods like the friggin' internet, etc) as
long as you include this file intact.

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* MIT License (applies to SOURCE CODE only) *

Copyright (c) 2017 Xaser Acheron

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
SOFTWARE.

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* Where to get the file that this text file describes *

https://static.angryscience.net/pub/doom/mods/argent/
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