One of the other refactors I worked on was hoisting a very well-made set of VFX functions that create very believable looking laser beams. If you're unaware, these are the same laser beams that Ugly as Sin uses for its LLM device, with additional parameters and checks for added flexibility/extensibility. The first thing I wanted to try reimplementing with these new methods was my Laser Tripbombs which, like their Duke Nukem 3D counterpart, emit a laser beam that detonates upon being crossed. In Doom, rendering such a laser beam isn't exactly straightforward, however, the LLM has been doing this sort of thing already so why not make it reusable for other addons? This would also come with the benefit of having other addons that use it increase the consistency across the community content. I can already think of a few other things that could want something like this, including the SOCOM .45 pistol from Bangers & Mash that already has an attached laser that you can toggle. #Gaming #RetroGaming #Doom #BoomerShooters #HideousDestructor #DoomModding