December 2006
| Sunday, December 31, 2006 |
To Hell With Cheaters....
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by
Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 10:31 AM |
Category: DOOM |
Those players who like to cheat when playing online better watch out if they're into playing ZDaemon because they're not pulling any punches and will post your name on the verified cheaters list for all to see.
| Saturday, December 30, 2006 |
PRBoom Plus 2.4.8.1 Released
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Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 8:28 PM |
Category: DOOM |
I received a message from entryway that PrBoom-Plus 2.4.8.1 was released. Check out the Changelog for the full list of changes and get the download off of sourceforge.
Vavoom v1.22.1
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Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 8:52 AM |
Category: DOOM |
Vavoom v1.18 was the last version that I mentioned on here (just checked) and that was awhile ago. The port has since been updated a few times and recently v1.22.1 has seen the light of day.This is mainly a bug-fixing release. New features in this release are support for JPEG format textures, support for HI_START/HI_END and HIRESTEX script defined high resolution textures, proper support for enhanced music and skybox replacements of normal skies and support for custom episode definitions. Hit the Vavoom site and get the port down-grabbed.
| Friday, December 29, 2006 |
Make It Till I Get A Beer
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Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 7:50 AM |
Category: DOOM |
I was just checkin out some Doom 3 Files and noticed that you can now grab the Ressurection of Evil 'gameplay' mod Make it to Morning off the site. Well I gotta run and get the hell off the internets again and when I get back I'm having a beer! You guys should maybe check out that mod...
| Thursday, December 28, 2006 |
Toxic Darkness
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Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 10:34 AM |
Category: DOOM |
Time to take anouther visit to Wads In Progress due to the fact that Malcolm released a singleplayer level he calls Toxic Darkness that's designed for GZDoom and is made in the style of E1 levels.
| Wednesday, December 27, 2006 |
13 Years & 4 Slots To Go
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Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 9:12 AM |
Category: DOOM |
Apparently the 13 Years of Doom tribute wad danimetal is spearheading has four slots left (if you want to help speak up asap) and he's decided that the project should start a couple of days after New Years Eve... Check out more info about the project in the sign up thread that contains all the known rules and such. Go go go!
| Tuesday, December 26, 2006 |
Skulltag v0.97b & Editing Package Is Out!
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Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 9:10 AM |
Category: DOOM |
This morning I decided to hit the Skull Tag site and noticed that Skulltag v0.97b was released on the 22nd with 35 new maps, 4 new game modes and a new renderer. The full list of features is listed on the news page. However that's not all as Carnevil posted on Christmas Eve that the Skulltag v0.97b Editing Package is out, which includes a new version of ACC, ACS definitions for Doom Builder, and a config file that has all of Skulltag v0.97b's new item definitions! So yeah, check all that stuff out.
| Monday, December 25, 2006 |
OMG Christmas!!!
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Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 7:04 AM |
Category: DOOM |
zomg! Hay MERRY CHRISTMAS everybody! Hope everything is going great with all you crazy Doomers, your friends and families too! (drinks anouther import beer). Anyhow if you're in need of some Doom levels to play during the holidays, then hit Wads In Progress and check out these maps: Noob Project 3: Out in the cold is a singleplayer wad by Lupinx_ressurected that's made for ZDoom. Next on the list is a Boom compatible level by iori that has the title Songs of the Damned. Last but not least as far as levels go we have Triple challenge by Surreily that is also made for ZDoom and is in a singleplayer flavor. That's it folks! Take care!
| Sunday, December 24, 2006 |
Return From Oblivion Getting Closer!
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Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 9:39 AM |
Category: DOOM |
I spotted this morning that ReX posted an update on Doom Nexus yesterday and he reports that his 3 maps for the Return From Oblivion project that is being designed by Team TNT is complete.Overcoming seemingly insurmountable obstacles (such as running up against WadAuthor's limits, and my own innate lethargy), I have finally completed a journey that I started almost 3 years ago. It's unbelievable that I have taken so long to complete this small set of 3 maps, but those are the facts. Now it's a matter of making sure the other TeamTNT members finish their stuff off, combining it all into a wad, and releasing it. End of January, maybe? We'll see. Furthermore ReX posted some new screenshots of the maps... just scroll to the bottom for the new stuff. Well one thing is for sure... this is at least one thing to look forward to in the New Year. <°)))><
| Saturday, December 23, 2006 |
New Version Of Don's Challenge TC
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Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 8:54 AM |
Category: DOOM |
Due to a visit to WildWeasel's Doom Armory I noticed that WildWeasel mentioned that Cory Whittle released an updated version of his Don's Challenge TC for EDGE on his website.This is a demo of the "engine" used for the Don's Challenge trilogy. It has all weapons and enemies from DC1, as well as the effects and shared resources from parts 2 and 3. It is playable in any Doom or Doom2 iwad or pwad. It also includes a separate demo level, but it is only a showcase, not part of the finished product. Here is the linkage to the Edge site.
| Friday, December 22, 2006 |
Update On Fear Of God
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Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 7:58 AM |
Category: DOOM |
Acyclitor posted a small blurb on his Fear Of God site, which leads one to this thread on DWS that reveals information and screenshots of maps he's been working on. This all includes info on Built Upon Sin II, Stone Of The Crater and a Unnamed Episode.... so go check that stuff out.
| Thursday, December 21, 2006 |
John Romero On Video Games As Art
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Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 11:44 AM |
Category: General |
Aliotroph? sent me a message that links to Slashdot where they posted an article called The Many and Varied Games We Play which includes several links, including this one: John Romero On Videogames As Art.Basically, you have all these artists creating one giant thing. I don't know why you wouldn't call it art. So there you go, something different to gawk at for a few secs...
| Wednesday, December 20, 2006 |
Singleplayer Level: Emergence
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Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 12:00 AM |
Category: DOOM |
StYl3 uploaded his Doom 3, singleplayer map that goes by the title Emergence to the Map Factory. So check that out if you need some Doom 3 stuffs.
| Tuesday, December 19, 2006 |
Doom 2: The Series Episode 00 Machinima
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Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 3:04 PM |
Category: General |
Rellik_jmd dropped me one of those PM dealies that he put together a mockery of id's second Doom3 trailer.... here is the explanation in his own words:The hilarious first and only episode of the landmark Doom 2 series! Created entirely inside the Doom Legacy engine, this machinima film may be the last "true" machinima film ever made! Heh. In order to figure out just what was possible with the Doom Legacy engine, I started putting together a mockery of id's second Doom3 trailer (watch it here at Gamers Hell) but it soon took on a life of it's own. It was never meant to be anything more than a test-run but ended up being a complete film about the events that started it all. Anyway, watch enjoy. See for yourself how it all began... Direct link to the .wmv file is right here.
| Monday, December 18, 2006 |
ZDaemon Exp Point Transfers
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Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 12:31 PM |
Category: DOOM |
There is a small news jobby on ZDaemon concerning experience point transfers. Starting in January accounts will no longer be renamed and points won't be transferred. If you join a clan or switch clans you'll have to register a new name. More info on the ZDaemon page.
| Sunday, December 17, 2006 |
13 Years of Doom Needs Help
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Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 9:53 AM |
Category: DOOM |
danimetal is putting together a 13 Years of Doom project and is looking for help from the Doom mapping community. Hit this thread on our forums for all the info and such on what he has planned.To celebrate the 13th birthday of Doom I´ve thought of a little project we could undertake that would result in a Doom2 Map13 (or Doom e1m3)... Our little community tribute to the game. 12 slots are in need of filling. Are you game or just a lurker?
| Saturday, December 16, 2006 |
Will You Vote For Doom 3 Mods?
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Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 9:25 AM |
Category: DOOM |
Over on Mod DB they have posted up the 2006 Top 100 mods and will announce the top 5 mods once all the votes are in. Voters can pick 3 of thier favorite mods out of the extensive list. There is three mods in the Doom 3 category that include Into Cerberon, Last Man Standing Coop and Recall To Hell. The mods are listed here if you happen to be interested in casting your vote.
| Friday, December 15, 2006 |
Into Sandy's City
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by
Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 8:08 AM |
Category: DOOM |
If you put a hit on Wads In Progress you'll notice that Paul Corfiatis released a singleplayer wad for Doom 2 that is called Into Sandy's City.Into Sandy's City is a 9 episode for Doom2 that is quite average by design. This is by no means a serious attempt. Some of you will like it, and others will hate it. So there you go. Take a look at Wads In Progress and grab that Into Sandy's City episode.
| Thursday, December 14, 2006 |
Hidden Email, Crouching Remasters
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Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 12:56 PM |
Category: General |
I was just cleaning out my email due to my inbox being full of spam, press release info, newsletters, strange requests and one news item that got lost in the pile of 500. So instead of ignoring it and walking away whistling, I'll post here that I messed up and Tolwyn sent me a email a couple months ago (sorry Tolwyn :p) that he released the Memento Mori II Disc 1 RemastersThis is basically a remaster of the MP3.com material released in the early 1930s. Wait. 1990s. Whatever. ;) Check that out right here.
| Wednesday, December 13, 2006 |
ZDaemon Launcher Update & Bugfix
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Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 3:23 PM |
Category: DOOM |
There is a new ZDaemon launcher update and bugfix release.- favorites and filters,unicode support on the launcher
- unicode support, auto-reconnect, auto-away, and a million other things in zrc
- minor bug fixes to address problems with 1.08.03
More info on the ZDaemon site.
| Tuesday, December 12, 2006 |
Doom Turned 13 & The Caco's Are Out
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Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 10:29 AM |
Category: DOOM |
Well Doom's birthday has come and gone (Dec 10th) and it wasn't till the 11th that I realised that Doom had turned 13 and that was due to Zack posting a thread about it on our forums. Meanwhile and more recently DooMad made it known in our NDCP section which can be seen right here that our Newdoom community made megawad received a Caco Award. So if you haven't noticed yet, Scuba Steve has put together the 13th Annual Cacowards. Congrats to everybody who won this year. So check that out, there's some wads that you may have overlooked this year that require playing.
| Monday, December 11, 2006 |
Spiffcave Goes Boom
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Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 9:36 AM |
Category: DOOM |
I was just eating some snacks when I hit The Spiffcave and the lights went out, there was a tremor and a large BOOM noise. Not sure what happened, but apparently I was wrong somehow and DomRem and Tango go to Vegas won't be out in the next week and Tango was actually talking about a wad called Gyrotechnics.
| Sunday, December 10, 2006 |
Updated Recoloured Doom Textures On The Afterglow
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Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 9:28 PM |
Category: DOOM |
Just noticed a small update on The Afterglow where Derek posted that he added Nick Baker's updated version of Recoloured Doom which can be found on the textures page. Derek also mentions that he's still working on his singleplayer project, which will be his final Doom related release. I guess we'll have to wait to see when that gets finished.
| Saturday, December 9, 2006 |
Doom Wad Station's 50th and 51st Reviews
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Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 3:05 PM |
Category: DOOM |
Bob Larkin sent me an email that reveals that Doom Wad Station has had it's 50th review for the year in the form of a Doom 2 map called Ectopia.Well, it's been a good year for Doom2 mapping. Sure, there's been alot of crap to wade through (as usual) but we have also seen some really nice work and some in between. Amongst it all, we at Doom Wad Station have managed to review 50+ Doom2 maps that were good enough to bother with. That's on top of the Doom3 reviews, Quake 4 reviews, Castle Wolfenstein reviews and everything else that we've been working on this year. It's been a good year for Doom and for id Software communities. :-) Also there's a review by Jive for a Doom level that is called Ada.
Getty More Spiffy Than Ever?
Posted
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Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 8:09 AM |
Category: DOOM |
Tango posted again over on the Spiffcave and that the DomRem & Tango go to Vegas wad may be released in a week or so, considering that work seems to be getting done. More info over there. I gotta run now and get the hell offline. Hope everybody has a good weekend.
| Thursday, December 7, 2006 |
Doom Roguelike 0.9.8.5 For Linux & FreeBSD!
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Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 11:06 PM |
Category: General |
According to Doom The Roguelike site, the project is now available for Linux and FreeBSD.DoomRL (Doom, the Roguelike) is a fast and furious coffee-break Roguelike game, that is heavily inspired by the popular FPS game Doom by ID Software. Yeah Doom The Roguelike.
| Wednesday, December 6, 2006 |
The Techwars & Scimitar Levels
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by
Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 3:04 PM |
Category: DOOM |
I was just visiting Wads In Progress and apparently Moti released a Doom 2, singleplayer level called The Techwars and cycloid finsihed his 20 level singleplayer, Doom 2 episode that goes by the name Scimitar. So check that stuff out or something.
| Tuesday, December 5, 2006 |
Update On The Dark Mod
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by
Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 3:03 PM |
Category: DOOM |
I just thought to check on The Dark Mod site after not visiting for what seems like ages and apparently they updated a few days ago with the news that the team is still making progress. The update includes info on a mansion map, unique arrow designs (includes screenie) and info on AI. That's all on The Dark Mod so check it out.
Dungeon Doom II In Alpha Testing
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Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 8:37 PM |
Category: DOOM |
It snowed a crapstorm here today and I'm just glad the damned power didn't go out. Wet snow bad. Ummmm anyhow, I was just checkin out some Doom 3 Files and noticed that Dungeon Doom II is in the alpha testing stage. You can check out some screenshots right here.
Newdoom Community Project 2 Gets Deadline Extended
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by
Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 7:52 PM |
Category: DOOM |
Apparently the deadline for the NDCP II megawad has been pushed forward to January 1st now that the team has decided to give itself some xtra time as you can read right here on our forums. So if you happen to be on the NDCP mapping team, you might want to get 'stuck in' and get that map done. Good luck and lets hope PumpkinSmasher is alright since he seems to have gone over the wall.
| Saturday, December 2, 2006 |
The Last Revenger Review
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Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 5:22 PM |
Category: DOOM |
Over on Doom Wad Station Blue Paladin wrote a review for a new megawad that goes by the name The Last Revenger, which contains 32 levels for Doom 2.The author is Russian and he apparently changed all the menus to read in Russian so players will need some time to get used to that. As far as I know Doom Wad Station is the only site on the planet at this moment that has this megawad so people can check out the review and download it here: Go forth and read that review for The Last Revenger.
Singleplayer Map Forlorn
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Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 2:12 PM |
Category: DOOM |
I guess I wasn't paying any attention when it was revealed that Sarge Baldy released a singleplayer level called Forlorn that is made for Doom 2. Now might be a good time to check that out if you haven't already. Thanks to /idgames for the downgab of that map.
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