Hideous Destructor | Doom Raider 2020 | No Failure Run | Part 2 FINALE
11Fun story about the final boss here, HDest's bleeding mechanics would actually make the game crash if I shot the archvile guardian with anything other than energy weapons. Wasn't sure what was happening, but the console mentioned that it had to do with having address zero, so I suspect the boss' phase changing shenaniganery wasn't playing nice with HDest's bleeding system.
The fix was surprisingly simple, add a no bleeding flag to the enemy. It makes the boss harder to beat since I can't just rely on bleeding to finish it off, but atleast it made for a better spectacle than the usual me one-shotting custom bosses with a grenade launcher.
You might've noticed that I was carrying a zerk pack all the way at the beginning of the run. That was necessary 'cause the mapper is one heck of a mean jerk and had enemies pepper the path where you have to run away from a boulder. As one can imagine, kinda hard to do when you don't move as fast as vanilla and enemies are more deadlier. Also, once the boulder reaches the edge of the corridor, the pathway would be blocked by an invisible wall, so in the event that I somehow survive getting rolled over, I'd still would be softlocked permanently if I don't make it to the other side before the boulder does.
There is a powerup in the middle of the map that I replaced with a Doom berserk drop, but as you'll notice in the last part, it was a HEAT rocket instead. HDest's spawning likes to meme on me at times. The loadout carry was for precaution, and it paid off. Had to use it a bit early 'cause I got spooked in the guardian fight and didn't wanna lose a perfectly good 40 minute run, but I got through the last chase at the nick of time before the zerk ran out.
Mods Used:
Doom Sound Bulb: https://www.doomworld.com/forum/topic/110822-doom-sound-bulb-hd-sounds-that-stay-true-to-the-original/
Doom Raider 2020: https://www.doomworld.com/forum/topic/114677-doom-raider-2020/
Hideous Destructor: https://forum.zdoom.org/viewtopic.php?f=43&t=12973
DUCK: https://forum.zdoom.org/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=53671
Doom 4 Vanilla: https://forum.zdoom.org/viewtopic.php?t=66119
Personal HDest Addons: https://forum.zdoom.org/viewtopic.php?f=43&t=53251
Nash's Gore: https://forum.zdoom.org/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=62641
Nash's Decals: https://forum.zdoom.org/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=69770
Nash's Gore BLUDTYPE Compat Patch: https://forum.zdoom.org/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=69485
HDest Ugly as Sin: https://forum.zdoom.org/viewtopic.php?f=43&t=61009