January 2005
Knee Deep In ZDoom Coming Soon
While I was sleeping (or something) Nmn slapped an email into my email jobby. It seems that the Knee Deep in Zdoom project is approaching it's release and is planned to be finished in March. Here is what Nmn had to say about it all:Right now we have entered the final phases of celaning up any potential bugs (so our product remains perfectly flawless) and adjusting gameplay for the game not be a slaughter-but the greatest fight for Your live. A lot of maps are done, including the 10th Super Secret map (e1m10) which is very special in it's way. In works there is also an intro that uses Zdoom's newest feature-the titlemap-to show everything that happened on Phobos and Deimos before the lone marine, the hero, You entered the lost outpost overrun by demonic hordes. Check out Knee Deep In ZDoom that is on Wads In Progress.
The Doom Boardgame Site
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Category: Other DOOM Engine Games |
While I was looking for other news I noticed that there's a section to the Fantasy Flight Games site for Doom The BoardGame. If you never heard of this beast then here is some of the low-down on this Doomed jobby:In Doom: The Boardgame, demonic invaders have broken through from another dimension into the Union Aerospace Corporation’s Mars base. Marines have been deployed to the base to protect UAC personnel and destroy the invaders. Up to three players will take the roles of heavily armed and highly trained marines, while one player will control the legion of demonic invaders.In the game, the marine players explore the claustrophobic rooms and corridors of the Mars base, attacking monsters, picking up new weapons and equipment, and working together to complete specific mission objectives. It'll be interesting to see some reviews on this Doom The BoardGame dealie.
Source Engine vs Doom 3 Engine
Not much seems to be going on today but then again I was away until now and will be gone again soon. So anyways I noticed one of those comparison thinghys that looks at both Half-Life 2 and Doom 3 and compares the aspects of both game's engine cores.The main stereotype that the Doom 3 Engine suffers from, is that it can only render small, cramped inside corridors. This in fact is completely untrue, because the engine is quite capable of rendering big, detailed outside worlds. You will see the outside capabilities of the engine in Quake 4 and it will dramatically change people's perception on what the Doom 3 Engine can do. The Doom 3 engine is more suitable for inside environments though, because of its BSP (Binary Space Partitioning) system for optimizing the graphics engine. The Doom 3 Engine also supports larger textures, which in the future will allow the textures to look even better. The Source Engine is pretty much the opposite. It is more suited for outdoor environments and its inside environments don't look nearly as lifelike or detailed as Doom 3's. Both of these things are debatable and it is pretty much a toss-up for this category. So check on that Source vs Doom 3 engine article that's on DevMaster if your interested.
| Saturday, January 29, 2005 |
Thy Dark Mod Moveth
The Dark Mod site has moved to a new location and now has it's own domain name. So make sure to update your bookmarks if your interested in this cool Doom 3 mod / TC. If your unfamiliar with this mod then know that the team developing it, plan to design a world reminiscent of Thief in the Doom 3 engine. Go now!
WTF! Deathmatch & Under Neith
Anouther couple maps have been finished that were previously 'in progress' on Wads In Progress. Firstly DD_133 released a Doom 2, deathmatch level designed for Skull Tag that is called WTF! Deathmatch. Secondly there's a SargeBaldy release called Under Neith that is a Doom, single player level that requires a limit removing source port to play. So grab those maps and get into some weekend Doom stuffage.
| Thursday, January 27, 2005 |
Doom II: Unholy Alliance Announced
Azriel dropped us one of those email jobbys with the info that he recently started a new conversion for Doom II that's called Doom II: Unholy Alliance.It's a conversion for Doom II where the player must form an alliance with the Demons to fight against a new evil. It uses the port ZDoom and the monster recource pack for zdoom. So check out that Unholy Alliance site!
Doomcity (v2.83 bęta)
My ISP exploded sometime yesterday and I wasn't able to get online to do any addition news items that people sent along until now. Not that the internet was offline for me all this time but I've just been busy after that episode. Errrr, anyheep that Xerxes fellow says in an email that Doomcity (v2.83 bęta) is available on his website. Also he says this:DoomCity has been make for deathmatch game so they are any monster. Happy Big Deathmatch Game for all the Zdoom Multiplayer gamer. I think that means theres no monsters in DoomCity deathmatch and have fun in ZDoom you big hairy doom players. Check out Doomcity.
| Wednesday, January 26, 2005 |
The Demise Of D3: Hell On Earth
I'm a little late on this one but anyways Nemesis let me know in a PM that the Doom 3 mod, Hell On Earth went and canned itself. Due to various reasons they had to stop developing the project. Too bad anouther fine Doom 3 mod will never see the light of day. Have a look on the Hell On Earth site for more info. Also the guys in the forums are talking about it in this thread.
| Tuesday, January 25, 2005 |
Foreverhood & Mushrooms
Skadoomer sent in the news that he updated his Foreverhood site with a few screenshots featuring mushrooms as prefab map object rather than sprites. He also mentions that he's looking for help to assist in a few other departments, such as texture art, acs programming and possibly level design. If your interested in helping out then jump onto the Foreverhood site for the full meal deal.
Classic Doom 3 Alpha 0.25
Classic Doom 3 has been updated to the Alpha 0.25 Release. Here is the list of the latest fixes n' such:- Game now loads from Gui, no more need for "map e1m1" command.
- E1M1 bugs fixed.
- E1M3 bugs fixed.
- E1M4 bugs fixed.
- Chaingun ammo now correctly displayed.
- Crash on backpack pickup resolved.
- Resolved "low ammo" flashing error due to lack of reload in Cdoom.
- Altered weapon damage for pistol.
- Altered weapon damage for shotgun.
- Health stops at 100 for standard stimpacks and medikits.
So go check on Classic Doom 3. Thanks Nemesis for sending me the news.
Work Continues On The Dark Mod
The Dark Mod site was updated with the news of a working lightgem and work has started on the rope arrow for thier Thief clone, Doom 3 TC. Also they have some new environmental screenies posted up in thier Screenshots section.
Vae Victus Released
Dittohead released a single player & coop add-on for Doom II called Vae Victus which is a 7 level episode featuring new textures/flats and music. Dittohead says that in this wad are some of the bigger hell levels you've probably ever seen. So check out the Vae Victus site. For the download you can also jump onto the idgames archive.
| Saturday, January 22, 2005 |
GtkRadiant 1.5.0 beta - build 01-16
I missed this news but anyhow GtkRadiant updated last Sunday.the latest build of GtkRadiant 1.5.0 beta adds realtime Doom 3 lighting preview in the camera-view. Also, for those missing the features present in 1.4.x, this build adds texture pickup/apply with middle-button and resizing of patches with the 'QE' tool. Go grab GtkRadiant 1.5.0 beta - build 01-16 and also note that progress on 1.5 is slow due to a shortage of developers.
Simplicity & Hissy The Soul Collector
Two levels that were previously in progress have been finished. Over on Wads In Progress I spotted that DD_133 finished his map 2 weeks ago but only updated his map info on WIP recently. Anyhow the level is a Doom 2, deathmatch wad designed for Skulltag and is called Hissy The Soul Collector. The other released level is from the elusive Agent Spork and is a 3 map wad designed for ZDoom that is called Simplicity. Go downgrab those maps.
| Thursday, January 20, 2005 |
Resurrection Of Evil Interview With Tim Willits
computerandvideogames.com interviewed Tim Willits about the upcoming Resurrection Of Evil expansion to id Software's Doom 3. Here is a quote from the chit chat:Tim Willits: We've put in a lot of new demons, but we don't want to talk about too many of them at the moment. My favourites are a huge new creature called the Bruiser who's packing two chainguns for arms and is even bigger than a Hellknight, and a smaller imp-like creature called the Vulgar who's quick and deadly. By the way, for some reason he reveals the end boss. So if you don't want to know who or what that is exactly, go hide under the couch and cut the internet or something. Then again you can probably guess if you played Doom 3 already. Otherwise hit this page.
| Wednesday, January 19, 2005 |
Doomsday DED Help Done!
Xerxes sent in the news that the Doomsday DED Help! site is done and now all the functions are available and the lists are finished. So if your in need of editng DED files for Doomsday you might want to hit Doomsday DedHelp! that's hosted on Doomcity.
| Tuesday, January 18, 2005 |
Doom Internet Engine In The Works
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Category: DOOM Sourceports |
Maniac sent in the news that he and some other guys are working on what they're calling DIE (Doom-Internet-Engine) and he says it's not really what you'd call a source port and will be designed from scratch. Now the team is looking for help in the programming department so if you know any C# or C++ (C is acceptable), then maybe you can help them out.Allow me to go over the history of DIE so far, it all started with AZDOS (Advanced-ZDoom-Operating-System) until we decided to make it from scratch. It will include many things that ports do not. It will include things like MD2/MD3/MD5 models and will have dynamic lights to be put in maps and much more. If you have any suggestions or questions you can hop onto the DIE forums and do just that.
New Doom 3 TC's Area On Doom Wad Station
Sematary added a new section to his Doom Wad Station that is dedicated to Doom 3 Total Conversions. The goal of the page, according to Sematary is to have an area where Doomers can easily find Doom 3 TC's and works in progress for such projects. Have a viewing of that Doom 3 TC's page and if you happen to know of a TC for Doom 3 that isn't on the site, then be sure to email Sematary about it.
Last Man Standing In-Game Preview Video
Over on Doom 3 Files they have an ingame video preview from the Last Man Standing Coop mod. Check that out right here including three screenshots. Also check out the Last Man Standing site for more info on this mod.
| Saturday, January 15, 2005 |
Doom Zephyr Contest Starts
PumpkinSmasher updated Doom Zephyr with more info on that contest he's holding for Doom Zephyr. The contest has officially started and the winning map will now gain the map07 slot in his megawad. So if you want to sign up for this you should hit Doom Zephyr for more info.
Doom 3 Performance Results On Only Newz
Aliotroph? spotted some Doom 3 news on Only Newz where they have an article pasted online showing off thier Doom 3 Performance results after benchmarking a wadload of ATI and NVIDIA cards in various flavors. Check that out right here.
| Thursday, January 13, 2005 |
Doom Zephyr Contest
PumpkinSmasher updated Doom Zephyr with the info that he's going to hold a map editing contest for his Doom Zephyr project and the winning entry will get the map05 slot in his megawad. So if your interested head on over to Doom Zephyr and see what's going on.
Megasphere Gets New Coat Of Paint
The notorious Mr Rocket went and updated his Mr.Rocket's Megasphere site! I think he's still tweaking it out but so far it looks pretty good. Visit Mr.Rocket's Megasphere and grab some maps or just lurk around.
| Wednesday, January 12, 2005 |
The Knee Deep In ZDoom! Community Project
Nmn dropped me a message about a project called Knee-Deep in Zdoom. Instead of disecting his email I'll just let him explain the whole shebang in a quote:Imagine how Episode 1 would look if ID had the power of Zdoom back at 1992. Imagine if they could put almost endless details into their maps, ACS scripting, custom monsters, slopes, 3d floors, skyboxes, deep liquids, and all other nifty Zdoom effects. This dream is coming true. The project Knee-Deep in Zdoom has been in development since August 2004 and time is coming that we are preparing for relasement of the project. All maps from Episode 1 has been rebuilt based on the original levels. We-the best mappers of the Zdoom community-are doing our best. The levels have been expanded with new areas (including a special appearance of an old unreleased Alien Vendetta map!!). Huge amounts of architetectural eye candies and new gameplay features have been brought to them making them totally new levels. The fear spawned by the atmosphere greatly differs from the original episode 1-we don't want to recreate it's atmosphere, but improve it. A new Intermission system has been created that replaces the old aerial view on the Phobos Installation-marvel all the glory of the UAC base in full 3d, at day and night!! New textures, new challenging monsters, amazing episode 1 soundtrack, 2 new weapons that will help You survive the massacre. Relive the Nightmare, Relive Phobos. Now you know why I didn't want to try and reword all that. Haha, so now what you should do is go to Wads In Progress and check out the Knee-Deep in ZDoom Community Project
| Tuesday, January 11, 2005 |
New Stuff On Doom Wad Station
Sematary has been very busy adding stuff to the Doom Wad Station. First of all he added the Doom 3 Demo, which is a direct download from his server. He also added a comprehensive analysis of the bestiary which is designed for those unfamiliar with Doom/Doom2. Next is a Total conversion called Pinochestein (note the menus are in Spanish) that can be found in the TC area. Finally, but not least, Sematary says that Ray Schultz (aka Shitbag) released a new map called Yesterday. He says that the architecture is stunning and has to be seen to be believed. Hit the Doom Wad Station for all that stuff!
Latest Doom 3 Expansion Preview
Yahoo! Games Domain has thier preview for the Doom 3 expansion posted up.id Software has passed development of the expansion along to one of its Mesquite, Texas neighbors, Nerve Software. Nerve's founder, Brandon James, is a former id employee, and the companies remain close. Many of the team's members also have credits on American McGee's Alice, which made excellent use of an id graphics engine. Check out that Resurrection Of Evil preview.
Doom 3: Resurrection Of Evil Screenshots
Tiscali Games has the latest Doom 3: Resurrection Of Evil screenshots posted up. There's a couple there I've seen just recently but there's also a couple that I haven't seen before, though I'm trying in vain not to look at all this stuff.. That zombie in the radsuit looks neat. Anyways hit this page for those five screenies.
Edge Of Chaos Interview
Doom3.DE has an exclusive interview up with the Doom 3, mod team from Hexen: Edge of Chaos. You can check out that interview or even read the German version. For more info on the mod visit the Hexen: Edge Of Chaos site.
Doomsday 1.8.6 Released
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Category: Hosted Site | Ports/Mods |
Skyjake updated the Doomsday HQ site with the release of Doomsday 1.8.6 and new packages are available for all supported platforms. For the rest of what's up with the source port head on over to the Doomsday HQ. Thanks to Andrew Shepard and sLydE for sending in the news. Also you can check out this 1.8.6 Thread on the forums that contains more info and such.
| Saturday, January 8, 2005 |
Latest Stuff On WIP That Got Fin
It's Saturday and nothings going on... or so it seems. It's cold outside and I'm rooting around for some news or something. I ventured onto Wads In Progress just recently and two wads have been released since I last reported about stuff on WIP. blzut3 finished his Doom 2, 4 level pack for Legacy Deathmatch that is called Heresiarch Software Death Match Pack. Also hobomaster22 finished a Doom 2, Single Player map called Decadence . It says (UAC Base Thing) in the title on Wads In Progress but you can figure out wtf is going on without me rambling. Heh, also note this is the map that was reviewed on Doom Wad Station the other day. I'm going back to my book now...
Anouther Doom 3 Expansion Preview
IGN has thier version of a Doom 3: Resurrection of Evil preview posted online and they talk to Tim Willits and Matt Hooper about it all.But when it comes to environments, id is trying to up the ante a little bit. "Based on feedback and general comments about DOOM 3 people liked a lot of the later environments and ancient civilization areas that were a lot different from the base stuff, so we're starting the player off in these areas right away," explains Matt Hooper. "The first areas that you traverse through are the remnants of a really ornate ancient civilization and are part of the dig sites where the UAC was uncovering things." So go read that three page article on the Doom 3 expansion pack right here.
| Thursday, January 6, 2005 |
Resurrection Of Evil Preview
The dudes over at gamespy.com posted up a preview for Resurrection Of Evil, the upcoming Doom 3 mission pack that is being developed by Nerve Software along with id Software. They speak with id software about the expansion and here is a quote from some of the chit chat:The expansion picks up about two years after the end of DOOM 3. The UAC has covered up everything that happened on Mars (blaming it on a reactor malfunction), cancelled all operations and cleared out. However, their satellites are still orbiting the planet, and when a strange beacon signal is picked up, the decision is made to put together a team and send them down to investigate. And that's where the fun begins. So check out the complete article. I think that Vulgar looks pretty damned cool...
Some Doom Zephyr News
PumpkinSmasher updated Doom Zephyr with the info that he's brought back the editing section and has placed most of his update on his forum section. So hit Doom Zephyr for the basic info and then head into this thread. So Zephyr is still being worked on with the first 3 maps being complete and work continues on map04 plus map05 could end up a contest entry level.
| Wednesday, January 5, 2005 |
The Dark Mod Updates
The Dark Mod site was updated with the news that they've recruited a few new talented members and one of the new artists, KFMcCall, has already created some architectural drawings. Also they have a dozen models completed and in game and just waiting to be skinned. They're looking for another texture artist to help out as well. Check out The Dark Mod for all the latest info.
C++ Version Of Doom Legacy Coming Soon
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Category: Hosted Site | Ports/Mods |
Hurdler posted up on the Doom Legacy site that the team is close to releasing a new Doom Legacy version, based on the C++ source code. It'll take a few weeks before it's actually released and they also plan to release a final version of the old Legacy that is based on the C source code. This is definitely good news for all of us Legacy fans. So now we wait for the new Doom Legacy. Thanks to MR_ROCKET for posting about it in this thread from which I noticed the info in the first place.
Death Tormentation 3 & Hollow Minds Review
Paul Corfiatis says that just a few days ago he updated his 'new look' Doom site with a review of Kristian Aro's recently released Hollow Minds level, which is the first review on the site. Furthermore he also announced his next project which is called Death Tormention 3, an episode 4 replacement for Ultimate Doom that he and Kristian Aro are working on. Go forth all ye Doomers and visit Paul's Doom Page.
Doomsday 1.8.5 Released
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Category: Hosted Site | Ports/Mods |
sLydE provided the info that the Doomsday Engine has been updated to version 1.8.5, adding some cool stuff (I have idea what the cool stuff is exactly). If you want to downgrab the new version you'll need to jump onto the Sourceforge site. For more info on the port you can always visit the Doomsday HQ.
New Maps On Doom Wad Station
Sematary informed me that two new maps were released on Doom Wad Station. First up is Malediction, a Doom 2 level designed for ZDoom by Eric Buck. The other map is also designed for ZDoom, is created by HoboMaster and goes by the title Decadence. Hit the Doom Wad Station for the reviews and screenshots for both maps.
Teamkill Lives!
I got an email from Andrew of Teamkill and after a year of silence they have some news to share with everyone. After many moons (eight to nine years) the project is still being worked on and it's almost complete. He says that there's only two normal maps and one secret (joke) map left to do. Due to the olde page no longer being available and the new page not ready theres no new screenshots yet. Furthermore TeamKill has new members, a new webpage, and a new project. The new project, Scourge: Lunar Eclipse will be a 10 level, Doom 2, Jdoom wad.Right now, a few maps are already completed and more are being worked on. The project will use some of jDoom's cooler features, such as light mapping, particle effects, enhanced music, fog effects, enhanced textures, and XG specials, as well as some new monsters, while still striving to feel Doom-like. The projected release date is in early Februrary. For more info on the whole deal, hit the Teamkill site.
John Carmack Updates Blog
Both Aliotroph? and Phoebus pointed out to me that John Carmack updated his blog space on Armadillo Aerospace with some onfo about the delayed release of the Quake III source, some bits about Doom 3, id software's next game and what he calls random graphic thoughts. I get a pretty steady trickle of emails from people hoping for .plan file updates. There were two main factors involved in my not doing updates for a long time – a good chunk of my time and interest was sucked into Armadillo Aerospace, and the fact that the work I had been doing at Id for the last half of Doom 3 development was basically pretty damn boring. For the complete read go right here!
Updated Wads On Doom Slayer
Stubbsy updated his Doom Slayer site with the news that he's released, Inner Facility v1.6 and Hell's Stronghold v1.3 along with Go4it v2.2 so have a look on Doom Slayer for that stuff.
| Saturday, January 1, 2005 |
Halfway To Hell Needs Help
Unconscious dropped us a note that the Halfway To Hell team are currently looking for staff to help out with the project. They need a programmer, texture artist and a sprite artist. If you're interested in helping out on this ZDoom megawad then email them right here. Hit the Doom 3 Unlimited site for more info.
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