Shadow armor

A shadow armor found inside an alcove in MAP18: Fortress: Stores.

The shadow armor is a powerup in Strife. It is Strife's equivalent to Doom's partial invisibility powerup. However, it does not protect the player like armor as the name implies.

Occasionally, acolytes have shadow armor, making them harder to see and hit. Rarely, other enemies also appear with the effect, including some stalkers and sentinels - this is controlled using bitflags in the THINGS lump.

You can hold a maximum of two. If a second shadow armor is activated while already using one, the player becomes completely invisible. In this state, the player's weapon is also rendered with an inverse colormap, similar to the invulnerability effect in Doom (however, the player is not invulnerable). Enemies will have even worse aim when firing at the player or other targets which have this doubled effect.

Data

Shadow armor data
Thing type	2024 (decimal), 7E8 (hex)
Enum	MT_INV_SHADOWARMOR (160)
Appears in	Strife demo Strife full version Strife Veteran Ed.
Radius	20
Height	16
Sprite	SHD1
Frames	4 [AAAA]
Class	Item Pickup
Flags	1 (decimal) 00000001 (hex)
Flags list	0: Can be picked up
Flags2 - VE	0 (decimal) 00000000 (hex)

Appearance statistics

In the IWAD the shadow armor is first encountered on these maps per skill level:

Single-player
Game	1-2	3	4-5
Strife	MAP08: Audience Chamber	MAP08: Audience Chamber	MAP08: Audience Chamber

Multiplayer
Game	1-2	3	4-5
Strife	MAP01: Sanctuary	MAP01: Sanctuary	MAP01: Sanctuary

The IWAD contains the following numbers of shadow armors per skill level:

Single-player
Game	1-2	3	4-5
Strife	12	12	12

Multiplayer
Game	1-2	3	4-5
Strife	67	67	68

See also

• Partial invisibility
• Shadowsphere