So a long time I ago I played the mod while it was in it's earliest stages and I was wondering how is it 's development progressing or was it cancelled?

Hey guys,

Just wondering if there were any killer tc or big campaign mods that are fun to play through? I'm running gzdoom and want to get inro some big mods, rpgs preferably.

Each time I revisit this game I play all three classes through. I find cleric to be the easiest but I like the weapons of the other classes more. Sure wraithverge is toasted but I barely ever get to see a guy blow up in front of me as I do with bloodscourge or quietus. Speaking of quietus I think some people vastly underrate it. It's not as flashy but it's basically a shotgun which when combined with the fighter's speed and armor can be stupid useful. Being said I think I like the mage most overall. Coolest weapons in my opinion. His 2nd and 4th weapon require some skill to maximize effect but they're great and fun to use

Holy crap - This game is amazing!

I'm a big console player and growing up the only PC games I can remember were Doom, Duke Nukem, Quarantine, Wolfenstein, and Rise of the Triad.

Recently I have been playing around with GZDOOM playing Doom 1, 2, and the others, with the brutal doom mod which is awesome.

Then I found after I installed Hexen Beyond Heretic on STEAM that it plays in GZDOOM with all modern graphics/controls.

Holy crap. This game is beyond amazing, like truly ahead of it's time. If I played this as a kid back then I'd have shit my pants.

The puzzles, level design, it's amazing. I just finished the 7 portals or whatever level, opening all those gates, holy shit it took me a while.

Q1 - What else have I missed from the 90s that I could play with modern graphics/controls like this?

Q2- Once I'm done with Hexen, what's the best way to play Hexen 2? And whats Heretic? little confused of the series and the playing order.

Just wondering. If it does, thanks.

Hi,

I am trying to play Hexen II on my PC in my living room with a 360 controller. To some this may sound like blasphemy, but I want to play it on my couch with a wireless controller, so not looking for mouse and keyboard.

So I am using the Hammer of Thyrion source port and I have set up, (at least I think), they joystick in the Autoexec.cfg file with the following values found here: https://uhexen2.sourceforge.net/

joy_axisside	Axis for left/right movement		0
joy_axisforward	Axis for forward/backward movement	1
joy_axisyaw	Axis for looking left/right		2
joy_axispitch	Axis for looking up/down		3
joy_axisup	Axis for up/down movement.	-1 (none)

It does not work the way I thought it should. The movement forward and back seem to work fine, but the second joystick doesn't seem to control the up/down movement like I thought it should.

Should these value be set in the Autoexec.cfg file, I tried setting them in the console but it acted like it didn't know what "joy_axisside" was.

I try googling for the answer but didn't seem to find any help. Has anyone had luck setting up Hexen II with a 360 controller and could help me out. Thanks.

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Especially certain tracks, like Barbican, have been in my favourites forever since I grabbed them directly from the CD

I've only played this on N64. I'm getting a PC soon for 95/98/XP gaming and planned on playing this through zdoom. I've heard there are differences in map soundtracks? Better or worse between 64 port and PC?

Bright crucible on titan is rough. Got my wings of wrath to help cause in-fighting but I gotta say. Between fast yetis and crucible the fighter has it rough. The rest of the hubs I feel he gets through quite handily until necropolis

Just finished my arch mage playthrough. I've played all classes what should I pick between the two? Great replayability

Couldn't help thinking about how well would this adaptation of the games do in comic format...

I'd have to say Darkmere for the music and setting and Gibbet for the difficulty and atmosphere. In general the 2nd and 4th hubs are my favorites in terms of gameplay and atmosphere. What do you guys think what are your favorites and why

I'm playing it now on PC with a controller and I'm completely locked. Do you have to unlock transformations? It seems like I'm soflocked no matter where I go I need an ability I don't have or something and there's nowhere else to explore. Maybe I suck but this game is frustrating me beyond belief.

Finally finished Hexen for the first time and, except for looking up the map one key was in, did so without a guide. I really want to like this game, but the switch hunting is extremely tedious. But onto Hexen 2 now. I already know I’ll be playing as the Paladin on my first play through, so any other advice? I’ve heard quite a few people say the puzzles and switch hunting in this game are worse than Hexen. Is that true? I’d like to be able to get through this game without a guide too.

Can’t help but wonder about how good would it be to see this series shown on TV or the Silver Screen.

https://www.nexusmods.com/hexenbeyondheretic/mods/4

all items cannot be carried over to the next hub
all items that can be picked up count toward the item% statistic, except Fletchette and Disc of Repulsion
quartz flask can no longer be picked up
fighter has 4AC innate, cleric has 2AC innate, mage has 0AC innate
armor and shield gives always 4AC, helm and pendant gives always 2AC
mana gain reduced to 10 per single mana color, 20 for weapon pickup, maxmana is 600
Mystic Urn heals 50
Krater of Might gives 150 mana of each colour
Boots of Speed no damage over lava, instead of giving double run speed
Disc of Repulsion now deals more damage, killing a monster when it hits a wall (because mass of almost everyone has been increased to 20x)
Banishment Device boosted, projectiles forming a nova
Porkalator boosted, more projectiles forming a wall
Mystic Ambit Incant has changed: now heals 50 hitpoints if life is 50 or less, gives 150 mana of each colour if at least a mana colour is 300 or less, adds 4ac otherwise as long as ac is not already at maximum
tier 4 weapons consume less mana of each colour
fighter fletchette speed has been boosted
cleric slot 1 mace now is "vampiric" giving back 1 hitpoint each time it hits a monster or a player
cleric slot 2 serpent staff now gives poison to monsters and players, 5 cumulative damage each second for 4 seconds... the short range life-drain mode now also forces a painstate stun on the target
cleric slot 3 firestorm now shoots 2 projectiles (they occupy the same position in space, so it looks like one but damage is doubled and the circle of flame graphic effect is more evident)
cleric slot 4 ghosts have life reduced to 80%
cleric fletchette now creates a wider area of poison gas
mage slot 1 weapon has the projectile moving at half speed (which boosts the effective damage) and reduced half in size (to avoid damaging 2 monsters in a line, it is still useful to damage monsters in a column)
mage slot 2 ice weapon now shatters ice corpses (both close and long range), melee range is the same as warrior axe, the weapon shoots faster (reduced idle time)
mage slot 3 lightning weapon now the projectile travels longer (+25%) and reduced half in size (to avoid getting stuck against an obstacle)
mage slot 4 lose seeker, gain bounce 7, dies against non boss monsters dealing no extra damage, at death each projectile spawns 3 more projectiles (this happens only to the first 3 projectiles)
mage fletchette now deals double damage and explodes 4 frames earlier
all monsters hitpoints are reduced to 80%, except heresiarch and korax hitpoints kept to 100%
block time of centaur and centaur leader is reduced by 20%
green projectile of brown chaos demon is now seeker
green projectile of stalker deals extra poison damage
every player class boss can now be morphed
heresiarch will now cast more often, move faster and his shield will linger for less seconds
korax will now use 2 scripts at once
barrels are now explosive barrels
poison dart now deal poison damage that has effect on monsters and players 5dmg every second for 4s
lava deals damage faster

Hi Hexen community,

I'm wondering if there is a generally accepted "best default" way to play Hexen these days--or any of your personal favorites--that preferably adds modern quality of life (mouselook, key binds, maybe a touch of minor perks) while still keeping the experience fairly default, or "plays like you remember it."

My understanding is that Zdoom is compatible, so perhaps this is the answer, but before revisiting one of my old favorites for three playthroughs was hoping to get the community's take on the best way to enjoy these days (aside from watching enemies crumble into ice shards or be torn apart by raging spirits).

Thank you all in advance!

Just getting into these games for the first time and I'm trying to figure out information on how to play multiplayer through GzDoom. Seems like I can connect directly into a Deathmatch server or make one of my own but I can't find an address for actively hosted servers.

Do any of these exist? Surely there must be some people still playing and enjoying this game online.

Is anyone familiar on whether there's a multiplayer scene at all in 2023 or is it completely dead?

Imagine they brought HeXeN back (which is looking possible), what would you like to see in the reboot?

Personally I'd like to see it be a remake of the Serpent Rider trilogy with a degree of open worldedness (somewhere between Rage and Skyrim, so not too open and empty) with potion crafting and the like.

Hi All, I just came back to this game after like 25 years, and started playing as mage on the “Enchanter” difficulty, one below the default normal. I’m not very far into the game, just took my first red portal, but it seems quite easy so far. Should I have gone with a higher difficulty? Or does it get harder? I’m the kind of person who plays games on normal the first time through, so I can enjoy the game/story, but it also does seem too easy at the moment. Any thoughts/recommendations? The game does play nicely on N64 too, the only difficult part is looking up/down, the controls are pretty poor for this. So if this ends up being a regularly used mechanic (it’s not so far and my weapon seems to auto aim to flying creatures), then maybe I don’t want to change my setting

I'll preface this with, I'm playing the vanilla game (1.03) on a period correct machine. Anyways, tl;dr I keep jumping through the crystal arch and getting the power to destroy the crystal golem, only be told when I go back to the golem that he's immune to my attacks. I tried reverting to an earlier save and turned on god and powered thru the puzzles in the castle area, got back to the golem and was able to kill him, so I just reverted back to that old save and played through proper again, only to get back to the golem again and be told he's immune again. Is this a known softlock and can I do something to avoid it? This game seems a step down in some ways from Hexen 1 but I'd still like to beat it and finish out the serpent rider trilogy.