Weapons Mod

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Revolver from Powerslave

Original Napalm Launcher from the Blood Alpha

Blood Weapons Mod Trailer on YouTube

Blood - Weapons Mod 3.0 on YouTube

Blood - Weapons Mod 4.0 on YouTube

^{"Just like the name states, it's a modification for Blood which allows using custom weapons. From revolvers to new bloody shotguns! Of course since Blood's modding is limited, the mod only allows replacing current weapons, but aren't you bored playing the same weapons for years? Maybe you want to play fun mode by installing Triple DZ or maybe Hardcore mode by choosing PowerSlaver revolver? The choice is yours! DosBox is recommended to play this mod, but BloodGDX supports this mod too, since GDX uses BLOOD.RFF and SOUND.RFF. Sadly, some hacks will not work since GDX does not use Blood.exe. Nevertheless it's possible to use custom weapons too." — NoOne}

The Weapons Mod is one of the only true game-play modifications made for the original Blood, originally starting out as a feature for the Alone in the Dark fan add-on. It initially mostly replaced weapons with their Blood Alpha versions, save for the Tommy Gun which got replaced with the Riot Shotgun from Shadow Warrior and the inclusion of the twin pistols from PowerSlave (Exhumed) over the Tommy Gun.

It was released on November 17, 2012, and features an batch file to allow for the installation of each particular weapon (noting that the alpha and riot shotguns are mutually exclusive). It was packaged with Final Alone in the Dark.

The mod was later reissued as a version 1.2. It changed the double revolver into a single revolver, as well as other slight tweaks to their characteristics. Version 1.3 added tweaks to the Life Leech. A version 2.0 was later released on September 16, 2016 that brought the roster up to 12. Version 3.0 was released on September 6, 2017, with increasing assistance by Paweł Dzierżanowski (aka Dzierzan), bringing the roster up to 18. Version 4.0 was released on April 24, 2018 and raised it to 22, with version 4.3 released on April 21, 2019 and adding another two for 24 weapons total. Not all of them can be used simultaneously, as many reside in the same slots. One of the replacement sawed-off shotguns uses a sprite for the double barrel in early versions of Freedoom.

All versions were made by NoOne (aka Dimon), and a version is included with his New Alone in the Dark modification, as well as the semi-official version 1.3 of Bloody Pulp Fiction. It presently has limited compatibility with BloodGDX, NBlood, and Fresh Supply, due to its reliance on functions of the original executable. A version 3.5 was uploaded onto the ModDB page for these users on May 3, 2018.

The latest version for DOSBox at the moment of writing (v 4.3) will override the aspect ratio settings specified in the emulator's config file, always forcing the letterbox screen proportions. This presents a problem for people who prefer to play in 'square pixel' mode (aspect=false in DOSBox Staging, or aspect=true, aspect_ratio=-1:-1 in DOSBox-X). However, the author presented a workaround:

Go to WPNMOD40\INTF and open the file INIT.BAT with Notepad. Now the following lines should be either commented out or removed:

Z:\CONFIG -set "render autofit=false">>%wmlog%
Z:\CONFIG -set "render aspect=true">>%wmlog%

The Extra Crispy mod provides similar functionality, and more, for Fresh Supply.

New Weapons And Features[edit]

Silver pitchforks (Does more hits and damage).
Retail sawed-off with new animation.
"Holy Death" double sawed-offs (New sawed off, always akimbo).
Life Leech (Type 2) (Better fire balance).
Napalm Launcher from Alpha.
Sawed-off from Alpha (changed characteristics).
Beast Claws from Alpha (changed characteristics).
Riot Shotgun from Shadow Warrior (changed characteristics).
Aerosol from Alpha.
Dynamite (Bundle, Proximity and Remote) from Alpha.
Revolver from Power Slave (changed characteristics).
Pump action shotgun (edited Redneck Rampage scattergun)
Life Leech (Type 1) (changed characteristics, faster and more balanced).
Axe (handle from the excalibat in ROTT)
Wrath Heart (Shadow Warrior beta and retail mix)
Lupara (single- barrelled sawed-off)
Colt MI12
Tesla Coil

In addition, the mod packs in these extra features:

renaming vanilla weapons and items for weapons you installed,
DSCA system which allows you to know which characteristics of certain weapon were changed (See more information in GetInfo option),
all-new, much faster, way to install selected weapons,
presets manager that allows to load and save selected weapons,
compatibility with every addon even with custom content,
most of old weapons significantly reworked,
BMOUSE support,
extended configuration of main BAT file.