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January 2003
| Thursday, January 30, 2003 |
Carmack Talks Graphics
John Carmack has updated his Webdog .Plan and talks about Nvidia's NV30 and ATI's R300. Here is the first bit:At the moment, the NV30 is slightly faster on most scenes in Doom than the R300, but I can still find some scenes where the R300 pulls a little bit ahead. The issue is complicated because of the different ways the cards can choose to run the game. There is not really anything on the game itself but there is plenty on the technical side. So check it out here.
Shiney New Team Kill
Team Kill has updated with a new site design. Ike says that its a bit basic but that will change. KILL v2.1 has now been released as he forgot some stuff in the last version. The real piece of news though is that E2M9 is now included. Read more at Team Kill.
| Wednesday, January 29, 2003 |
Deep Doings
SB Software, home of Deepsea has updated bringing the popular Doom editor up to version 11.73. There is also a note to 11.71 & 11.72 registered users which is as follows: The Sapphire worm affected my updating and posting ability. I will be updating everyone with 11.73 as soon as possible. Check out SB Software, home of Deepsea.
Doom Depot 64
The Doom Depot has updated with an exclusive interview with the level designers of original Doom 64. It's twenty five questions long so you might want to put the kettle on.
SOM's Legacy
SOM's Place updated a few days ago with news that the Legacy section is now up. He has revised the linedef codes page to include all the 3d floor types andthe docs on the 282 linedef revamp. You can expect to see the eternity page next but this will take a while.
| Saturday, January 25, 2003 |
Doomarena Vaults
While Snooping into the darkest corners of my hard drive I came across two maps that I had made before DoomarenA. These are now available even though they are not that good. There is also a screenshot for the upcoming Spone 3. Check it all out at DoomarenA.
Update: I also forgot to mention they need Zdoom to run.
Blue Megaman Or Pink Megaman?
After a month's hiatus, with no news and virtual DOOM inactivity, Our Pal Doomus Dudas has finally made a small update on his Megawad site, for all you DOOM mongrels who actually have an interest in what he's doing with his Vilecore Upgrade.
Community Wad Latest
Newdoom Community Project has been updated by Doom Dude. There are 13 maps listed with there progress listed in percent. There are also screenshots available for some of the maps which is well worth a look. Check it all out at the Newdoom Community Project homepage.
| Thursday, January 23, 2003 |
Black Magic Rocket
Mr Rocket has released a two new maps called Black Magic. It's a Deathmatch level for use with legacy and contains lots of colored coronal lighting. Mr Rocket says that map02 is the same as map01 but feels a bit different. You'll have to get it to see what he is on about. There is also a bit of a problem when playing which is explained here: There is a slight issue with the wad due to the way legacy fraggle script is handled with multiplayer , after the client connects to the server , the server host must restart the map in order to make the coronals look right to the client.. , e.g. type map map01 and press enter in the console after the all clients have connected and are in game.. You can get it from Mr Rocket' Homepage.
TVR By DSF
The Doom Speed Runners Forum has released a demopack for the TVR Revolution! megawad. It features 32 demos by Compet-n regulars and there is also a webpage HERE.
| Wednesday, January 22, 2003 |
Baldy's RTC-3057 Demo Review
Sarge Baldy's Hardass Doom Reviews has posted a review of the RTC-3057 Demo. Here is a Snippet The first map in an extremely advanced and highly detailed ZDoom mod that has taken a long ass time to make has finally been released. The detail in this map is the best I've ever seen. Most of it could probably be overlooked, as this level strives more to be perfect than to be flashy. Read the rest of this over at Sarge Baldy's Hardass Doom Reviews.
Spoilt For Editors
On top of the update by Deepsea there has also been an update to the ZDoom pages telling us that Zeth is now up to version 4.17. Here are a list of the changes from 4.16:· Updated specialz.cfg file.
· Asks you for the IWAD's location if the one specified in the game's cfg is wrong.
· Suggests you edit or delete zeth.ini if it has an error.
· New misc menu options to find first free line ID and poly ID. I also must point out that 4.16 was only released a few days ago. Get it at ZDoom.
| Tuesday, January 21, 2003 |
Deep 11.7 |
There has been a new release of Deep which, as you may have already gathered, brings it up to version 11.7. Here is a list of the highlights· Expand your mind - HUGE level support: up to 64k linedefs, 64k sidedefs and 64k vertices
· New ZDOOM only options to write no NODES, REJECT or BLOCKMAP data. For HUGE levels this makes a tremendous difference in file size. ZDOOM will automatically create the nodes. The others lumps are not required for ZDOOM.
· New method to show selected or active lines. Easier on the eyes and easier to see what’s active. You can choose solid or dashed active lines. You can choose a different color for hovering colors vs selected colors. Set in F5 options.
· New DeePBSP with huge level support (if > 32k SSEGS use the new option below for ZDOOM)
· New ZDOOM only options to write no NODES, REJECT or BLOCKMAP data. For HUGE levels this makes a tremendous difference in file size. ZDOOM will automatically create the nodes. The others lumps are not required for ZDOOM.
· WIN2000 sector editing typo fixed that caused a crash in Win2000 for ZDOOM Hexen formatted levels.
· Added support for Legacy with BOOM enabled
· Added support for ZDOOM HERETIC HEXEN format support. There is a complete list available and you can find this plus download links for the shareware version at SB Software, home of Deepsea.
New Year Arena
DoomarenA has updated for the first time this year and there is plenty to shout about. There is a screenshot from one of the Newdoom Community Project maps that I am working on. This is an early shot so there is little detail at the moment. There is also news on Spone 3 which is also in the pipeline.
Online Doom Adventures
We recieved an email from someone called Brad Butler about some Doom stuff he had been working on. There are no wads here but more like little stories. Anyway there are three episodes to look at and you can find them Here.
| Thursday, January 16, 2003 |
Dented Development
Ike has apologized for the lack of updates and posted the latest installment of whats happening to Kill. E3M2 has been tweaked again as there were a few issues that were in need of attention. E3M3 is coming along with the ground work being layed down. It takes place in the only human outpost left in Hell and there is not much it left. screenshots of both E3M3, and E3M2 are available for viewing. Read the rest of the update and take a look at those screenshots at Team Kill. By the way, Team Kill has moved, so don't forget to update your bookmarks.
NBOD Clan Recruits
There is a new clan in town called New Boys Of Doom. There are currently looking for new members to join and have also recently updated there site. So if you wish to take a look or join up get along to New Boys Of Doom and become one.
| Saturday, January 11, 2003 |
Recess Shots Of Unnamed Level
Chris has posted 8 screenshots up at The Doomers Recess of his latest project for Doom II which is in production but unamed. The level is going to be very dim lighted, well polulated and strictly green, grey, orange and brown coloured. Generally a mix between Flay The Obscene -The Third and any of the original city themed Doom II levels in design and gameplay.
Compet-n
Compet-n has updated with a review of last years goings on. There is also news that Alien Vendetta is now part of COMPET-N as a PWAD for everyone to play on. There are some AV demos already available as Anders packed up the older demos which will work on the new version.
A Place Of Doom
I do not visit this site as much as I used to the reason being that it has only just updated after one year, one month and one day. Kurt Kesler says that he is still around and has begun work on a couple maps for Skulltag. He has also tested the new zdoomgl on kzdoom8. Get yourself along to A Place of Doom for what could be the only time this year!
| Wednesday, January 8, 2003 |
All Doom Music
Doom Depot has updated with a Doom Music section. This has every piece of Doom music from every version of Doom. FirebrandX provided the final 32x Doom tracks needed and the Jaguar intermission tracks were found on another site.
2k2 Releases
The Doomers Recess has made the first update to its pages in 2003. This is to announce a list compiled by Chris of what he thinks are the best 2002 releases. There are many that you will recognize and perhaps one or two that you won't. Browse the list at The Doomers Recess.
| Saturday, January 4, 2003 |
Ling Calls It A Day
Andrew Stine, the founding webmaster of Doomworld, has decided to call it a day, after five years at the helm. The site was opened on March 13th, 1998, but its beginning is rooted earlier than that. For more on this, click here.
Underworld
The Underworld has updated the drawings gallery with three new pics. These are of Mancubus, Winged Demon and Grim Reaper. You'll find the thumbnail links for these on the bottom row of the gallery.
| Wednesday, January 1, 2003 |
X-Box Wolf
According to XBox Developer.net a project has been started to put Wolfenstien 3d onto the X-Box. The project as yet has no homepage but if you would like to help with this information can be got by clicking the link above.
Zoow
Zoow: Alien Dimension! announces that you now have three death sequences instead of just the one. This is available in v.1.0.2. Also don't forget to download the the new sound packet and new monster packet.
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