A firestorm at the ready against a
Stalker.
The firestorm being used in a pre-release screenshot.
The firestorm is the Cleric's third weapon from Hexen. It is a spell which launches a streak of flame directly ahead of the player. If it comes into contact with a monster it will explode and spawn a small ring of flames that rotate around the point of impact, which will detonate upon contact with an obstacle or wall, heavily damaging the target and any other monsters within a short radius. The spell uses four green mana per shot.
The firestorm has a maximum range (1024 map units) at which the jet of fire fizzles out if it does not encounter an enemy or other shootable object. It is also of greatly reduced effectiveness against the centaur and slaughtaur as they will usually block using their shields upon being struck by the initial jet, before the secondary and most damaging effect of the weapon occurs.
| Firestorm data
|
| Thing type |
8009 (decimal), 1F49 (hex)
|
| Enum |
MT_CW_FLAME (240)
|
| Appears in |
Hexen/DDC expansion
|
| Radius |
20
|
| Height |
16
|
| Class |
Weapon
Pickup
|
| Flags |
513 (decimal)
00000201 (hex)
|
| Flags list |
0: Can be picked up
9: No gravity
|
| Flags2 |
0 (decimal)
00000000 (hex)
|
| Spawns |
MT_CFLAME_MISSILE
|
|
| Weapon attributes
|
| Weapon slot |
3
|
| Included mana |
25 green (37 on skills 1 & 5)
|
| Mana use |
4 green
|
| Shots per minute |
95.5
|
| State |
Sprite |
Frames
|
| Before pickup |
WCFM |
8 [ABCDEFGH]
|
| Wielded |
CFLM |
12 [AAAABBBBCCCC]
|
| Firing |
CFLM |
9 [ADDEFEGGA]
|
| Refiring |
CFLM |
8 [ADDEFEGG]
|
|
| Ranged attack
|
| Type |
Projectile
|
| Enum |
MT_CFLAME_MISSILE (245)
|
| Velocity |
200 map units per tic
(7000 map units per second)
|
| Damage |
8–64 (direct hit)
0–128 (blast radius)
8–192 (direct hit + blast radius)
|
| Radius |
14
|
| Height |
8
|
| Sprite |
CFFX
|
| Frames |
15 [AAABCDEFGHIJKLM] (in flight)
14 [AABCDEFGHIJKLM] (impact)
|
| Sound |
STRIKE3 (firing)
STRIKE1 (impact, hit)
|
| Flags |
67088 (decimal)
00010610 (hex)
|
| Flags list |
4: No blocklinks (Inert)
9: No gravity
10: Drops off ledges
16: Projectile
|
| Flags2 |
19988608 (decimal)
01310080 (hex)
|
| Flags2 list |
7: No teleport
16: Fire damage
20: No vissprite
21: Projectile can impact
24: Activates projectile cross line
|
| Spawns |
MT_CIRCLEFLAME (circle flame)
MT_CFLAMEFLOOR (flame trail)
|
|
| Circle flame
|
| Type |
Projectile
|
| Enum |
MT_CIRCLEFLAME (244)
|
| Velocity |
0
|
| Damage |
2–16 (direct hit)
0–20 (blast radius)
2–36 (direct hit + blast radius)
|
| Radius |
6
|
| Height |
16
|
| Sprite |
CFCF
|
| Frames |
16 [ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOP] (burning)
10 [QRSTUVWXYZ] (exploding)
|
| Sound |
FIREDHIT (impact)
|
| Flags |
67088 (decimal)
00010610 (hex)
|
| Flags list |
4: No blocklinks (Inert)
9: No gravity
10: Drops off ledges
16: Projectile
|
| Flags2 |
65664 (decimal)
00010080 (hex)
|
| Flags2 list |
7: No teleport
16: Fire damage
|
|
| Flame trail
|
| Enum |
MT_CFLAMEFLOOR (241)
|
| Radius |
20
|
| Height |
16
|
| Sprite |
CFFX
|
| Frames |
3 [NOP]
|
| Sound |
-
|
| Flags |
528 (decimal)
00000210 (hex)
|
| Flags list |
4: No blocklinks (Inert)
9: No gravity
|
| Flags2 |
0 (decimal)
00000000 (hex)
|
|
Appearance statistics[edit]
In the IWADs the firestorm is first encountered on these maps per skill level:
|
|
| Cooperative
|
| Game / Hub |
1-2 |
3 |
4-5
|
| Hub 1: Seven Portals |
- |
- |
-
|
| Hub 2: Shadow Wood |
Hub 2: Shadow Wood (map) |
Hub 2: Shadow Wood (map) |
Hub 2: Shadow Wood (map)
|
| Hub 3: Heresiarch's Seminary |
Hub 3: Heresiarch's Seminary (map) |
Hub 3: Heresiarch's Seminary (map) |
Hub 3: Heresiarch's Seminary (map)
|
| Hub 4: Castle of Grief |
Hub 4: Castle of Grief (map) |
Hub 4: Castle of Grief (map) |
Hub 4: Castle of Grief (map)
|
| Hub 5: Necropolis |
Hub 5: Necropolis (map) |
Hub 5: Necropolis (map) |
Hub 5: Necropolis (map)
|
| Expansion Hub 1: Blight |
Hub 1: Sump |
Hub 1: Sump |
Hub 1: Sump
|
| Expansion Hub 2: Constable's Gate |
Hub 2: Armory |
Hub 2: Armory |
Hub 2: Armory
|
| Expansion Hub 3: Nave |
- |
- |
-
|
| Expansion Hub 4: Transit |
Hub 4: Over N Under |
Hub 4: Over N Under |
Hub 4: Over N Under
|
|
The IWADs contain the following numbers of firestorms per skill level:
|
|
| Cooperative
|
| Game / Hub |
1-2 |
3 |
4-5
|
| Hub 1: Seven Portals |
0 |
0 |
0
|
| Hub 2: Shadow Wood |
1 |
1 |
1
|
| Hub 3: Heresiarch's Seminary |
3 |
3 |
3
|
| Hub 4: Castle of Grief |
3 |
3 |
3
|
| Hub 5: Necropolis |
1 |
1 |
1
|
| Hexen |
8 |
8 |
8
|
| Expansion Hub 1: Blight |
1 |
1 |
1
|
| Expansion Hub 2: Constable's Gate |
1 |
1 |
1
|
| Expansion Hub 3: Nave |
0 |
0 |
0
|
| Expansion Hub 4: Transit |
5 |
5 |
5
|
| Deathkings of the Dark Citadel |
7 |
7 |
7
|
|
- The firestorm is one of two weapons that cannot be spawned in Hexen's ACS, the other being the Arc of Death.
