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October 2004
Freedoom Seeks Project Admin(s)
Jon sent us word that he is looking for interested people to take over responsibility for maintaining the Freedoom project. Here is what he has to say about it all:The freedoom project is a relatively mature project to replace all the copyright-protected content in DOOM so that a GPL port can be played without owning a copy of the original doom.
The IWAD we are developing is very near completion and compatible with the Debian Free Software Guidelines - (DFSG) - the de-facto standard for 'free as in free speech'.
Presently there are a number of people who actively discuss the project on our messageboards, however myself and master maintainer Fraggle have very little time to devote to the project.
New blood would be responsible for the promotion and direction of the project. So if you want to help Jon out, let him know about it. Also you can check out the discussion and also read up on Debian Free Software.
| Saturday, October 30, 2004 |
Sapphire Scar Doom 3 Mod Interview #2
Doom3Extreme has posted an interview with Gleemonex and ColdKodiak of the Doom 3 Mod, Sapphire Scar making this the 2nd interview with the mod team. Here is a slice of the interview: Doom3Xtreme: As far as the location goes, where will most of the action take place? The space elevator sounds interesting but so does running across the surface of Europa!
Gleemonex: Most of the action is going to take place within the 6 stations of the installation: two under Europa's ice crust, one on the surface, and three aloft on the space elevator itself. Additionally, we are currently considering missions that include surface walks, spacewalks, and maybe a swim or two :) Go read the full interview and if your interested you can also check out the first interview.
Todd Hollenshead Checks Out The Tats
Todd Hollenshead updated his .plan file on the Webdog site. It seems that Todd received some cool tattoo entries after he announced he wanted to see peoples id software related tatoo's the other week in an unofficial contest announcement.I'm also going to try and post all of the pictures sent in on our website. So if you send one in, please let me know if it's okay to go ahead and post it at the site for everyone to see. It's okay if you don't want the pic posted for the sake of privacy (or any other reason) and you're still eligible to win. I wish I would have thought about that when I posted this originally, since now I have to ask everyone who sent a photo in if it's cool with them if I put the pic up on the website :( Of course, some of them will have to be censored. But luckily for me it's been only the women who get ink in naughty places >:) So if you have a id software related tattoo in a naughty place or some other region you should show it off to Todd. So hit Todd's .plan file and get his email addy (its listed in his file) if you're Keen on showing your tats.
New World 2 Review
Ismaele updated his Outpost Of Doom II with the news that he reviewed New World 2 making it the 31st review on the site. Also note that he's looking for a few good level-designers who can continue his work on Dimensional Gate: Not Another Doom. So if your a good mapper then hit Outpost Of Doom II and seek out the About me section for contacting Ismaele.
| Thursday, October 28, 2004 |
Doom 3 Gets Hotwire Reviewed
Inside Hotwire 3D has thier redition of a Doom 3 review pasted onto thier site. Here is a shot from the review: Eventually, the graphics do serve their purpose and you're left with the gameplay which makes the FPS genre. That is, every gun only has one usage. e.g.. If you're spoiled by Half-Life's or Unreal Tournament primary and secondary actions, don't be shocked. The guns do serve their purpose but I found myself just using the shotgun, despite all the more powerful guns in the game. Ok, go read the whole ˝ page review.
| Wednesday, October 27, 2004 |
Deathmatch Is Smashing!
PumpkinSmasher updated Doom Zephyr with the info that he's released SMASHDM and that stands for The Smashing Deathmatch Wad which consists of three maps. So if you want to check it out you'll have to prey upon his levels page.
| Tuesday, October 26, 2004 |
The Megawad Gets Updated
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Category: Hosted Site | Personal Projects |
I updated my own personal webspace that's hosted here on Newdoom just a few minutes ago with some basic info about what I'm doing plus theres 2 in-editor screenshots of map 20 (Forsaken Mines) from Vilecore and Vilecore II.... which shows the difference between the old version and the new version of the map (still in progress). So if your interested go and hit The Megawad and have a small but snazzy read.
DOOM 3: Resurrection of Evil Expansion Announced
Yahoo! Finance has the scoop on the Doom 3 Expansion!SANTA MONICA, Calif., Oct. 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- id Software(TM) and Activision, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI - News) will unleash an all-new assault on humanity with DOOM 3: Resurrection of Evil(TM), the official expansion pack to the fastest selling PC first- person action game ever in the U.S., according to NPD Techworld. Co-developed by Nerve Software and id Software, DOOM 3: Resurrection of Evil continues the terrifying and intense action of the already classic DOOM 3, which Maxim and Computer Gaming World awarded "five out of five stars" and the Associated Press called "one of the scariest games ever made." Through the discovery of a timeless and evil artifact you now hold the powers of Hell in your hands, and the demons have come to hunt you down and take it back. Following the events of DOOM 3 and featuring new locations, characters and weapons, including the return of the double-barreled shotgun, DOOM 3: Resurrection of Evil expands the terrifying action that fans and critics have been raving about. The title will require the full retail version of DOOM 3, and has not yet been rated by the ESRB. So there you go, id Software along with Nerve Software will develop DOOM 3: Resurrection of Evil and you can read the rest of the details right here.
Doomsday 1.8.3 Released
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Category: Hosted Site | Ports/Mods |
GeeDougg dropped me a message that the Doomsday HQ has updated. The Doomsday sorce port has been updated to version 1.8.3 which is for maintenance and has some small fixes and such. So hit the Doomsday HQ and get that downloaded.
Mindlessgames Reviews Doom 3
Well it took me awhile to get my version of a Doom 3 review finished and now it's all set for reading. Here is a clip from the review:id Software's version of Hell is definitely one of the best Hells ever designed in a video game so far. It just looks damned amazing and having Hellknights and Imps on your case while hoofing it around the fire and brimstone is well worth getting Doom 3 for. Seeing Hell in a screenshot really doesn't do it justice. Hell seeing any part of Doom 3 in a screenshot is a pale example compared to the real thing. The review is on Mindlessgames and can be found within the reviews section of the site. Of course you can click on the Doom 3 Review linkage and go right to it. So go ahead and read the entire seven pages! By the way thanks to Phoebus for posting it up.
More NDCP Screenshots
The dude (DoomedAce) that is working on the 29th map for the NewDoom Community Project went ahead and sent in three new screenshots for everybody to gawk at. So yeah go look at those new Oblivion Awaits shots right on the Levels page. Also note that just after doing the news ReX slipped in some screenies of his La Casa del Diablo (map24) so now we have a set of six new screenshots.
| Saturday, October 23, 2004 |
The Gallery
Andrew Loly says that he has 3 new Doom II Deathmatch levels (The Gallery, Saturn and The Faculty) and 3 new Deathmatch skins (thing(floating torso), jazz(big mouth creature), chyd(floating cyberdemon head) all set for downloading. So if you want to check that out you'll have to hit this this page and scroll down to where it says gallery.zip and theres no screenshots to check out so don't look for any.
The Sigma Core
Quaker-X dropped us a line to let everybody know that he has just released his latest level of which is entitled The Sigma Core. It is a single player level featuring interesting gameplay scenarios and unique visuals. So go ahead and jump into the The Rocket Depot and pick up a copy of that Doom 3 map and check out the two available screenshots.
ZDoom 2.0.91 Released
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Category: DOOM Sourceports |
Once more we have news about the ZDoom source port which has just been updated to version 2.0.91 and you can grab that on this page here... just grab that 91.cab file. This latest version fixes a crash in the sewers of Strife and some other bug fixes. Hit ZDoom and check it out.
| Thursday, October 21, 2004 |
ZDoom 2.0.90 With Full Strife Support
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Category: DOOM Sourceports |
According to Ninja_of_Doom who sent in the news, the source port ZDoom has been updated to version 2.0.90 of which now includes full Strife support and if you want it you'll have to go to downloads and downgrab the 90.cab file. He says he tried it and it runs great...
Doom3[CC] Releases Second Transcription
Doom3[CC] has released the 2nd transcription for Level 2 - Mars City Underground online. Here is a quote off thier site: There are now several transcriptions at the checking and proofreading stage and awaiting html conversion. As you can imagine, this is quite a time consuming process, but we're working as hard as we can to get the transcriptions online as soon as possible. In addition, now that the SDK has been released, we are making significant progress on the full closed caption modification. Check out the Doom3[CC] site for more info on the closed caption mod.
| Wednesday, October 20, 2004 |
Holy HandGrenades Its Hellcore!
Somehow inbetween working on a Doom 3 & Painkiller review, doing news updates on 3 gaming sites, moderating various forums, making maps for HeXen II, Doom 3 and Doom 2 plus replaying Rune & Blade Of Darkness, trying to finish Dungeon Siege (mission pack) and updating two sites and whatnot I totally missed that the Doom 2 Megawad Hellcore got released back on September 26 and by this time DarkFyre and Fusion are working on fixing any port specific errors found in the wad. So if your interested and haven't noticed yet, then get over to the Hellcore site.
| Tuesday, October 19, 2004 |
New Desecrated Shots On NDCP Site
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Category: Hosted Site | Ports/Mods |
The dude that is working on the first map (entry level) for the NewDoom Community Project went ahead and updated with three new screenshots replacing the olde ones that were a bit outdated. So yeah go look at those three new Desecrated Paths shots right on the Levels.
Vavoom 1.15.3 Released
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Category: DOOM Sourceports |
The source port we all know as Vavoom was upgraded to version 1.15.3 which features even more improved Strife support. Don't just stick around here, go get Vavoom! Thanks to Ninja_of_Doom for pointing this out to me.
Todd Wants To See Your Tats
Todd Hollenshead posted in his .plan file that he wants to see your tats! This is an unofficial contest idea: Secondly, the subject of id-related tatoos came up during some water cooler talk last week. I've seen some pretty amazing ink on some folks: a guy has the Quake II invulnerability powerup tatooed across his back (shoulder to shoulder); the "stuck car mudwrestle girl" with the Quake 3 logo at the bottom of her back; a girl with interlocking Q-Q2-Q3A logos on the back of her neck; a guy with an ankle-to-knee Quake II logo, and there are several others. I know there must be a ton out there that no one here even knows about, but we think they're pretty cool, and might even be worth having a contest to get people to send us pics of their tats.
So, here's the deal: email me a genuine id-related tatoo photo of you or someone you know who has one. It's probably best to take a couple different pics if you can. Whoever has the best legitimate tatoo, judged in my sole discretion (with maybe some help from the team) will get one free copy of DOOM 3 + strategy guide + new "Making Of DOOM 3" book and I'll sign the game box for you. Now, I'm not trying to encourage people to go out and get a tatoo - this is supposed to be for those who already have one. If we get enough cool entries, the idea is that we'll compile and frame all the photos and put them in a big frame to hang on the wall here at id. That's a pretty good consolation prize if you don't get the game/guide/book. So if you have a current id related tatoo then give Todd an email which you can find in his .plan file plus some other info including the fact that some retailers will be selling Doom 3 for $39.99 this week.
New Screenshots On NDCP Site
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Category: Hosted Site | Ports/Mods |
The NewDoom Community Project site was updated with twelve new screenshots for maps 09, 11, 19 and 27. The new shots can be found on the Levels page which can be found right here so go have a peek at those. If your new around here the NDCP is a Doom Community megawad that is being designed for Doom 2.
| Saturday, October 16, 2004 |
Doom 3 On Xbox Soon
After poking around the net I spotted that Game Informer has a small blurb on the fact that the Xbox version of Doom 3 is nearing completion.Game Informer Online got a chance to chat a bit with Vicarious Visions' CEO Karthik Bala today wherein he dropped a casual bomb on us by slipping us the news that Doom 3 for the Xbox is "almost done." So that's good news for all the Doom 3 hungry Xboxers out there.
Doom 3 SDK Released!
Thanks to Blues News reporting that within Robert Duffy's .plan file, he announced that the Doom 3 SDK (software developers kit) was released. The SDK can be downloaded from id.sdk so if your into making Doom 3 mods I suggest you go get that asap. Also note the site has some info on everthing from ragdoll physics to the PDA editor.
| Thursday, October 14, 2004 |
Doom 3 Water Tutorial
Theres a Doom 3 Water tutorial on Doom 3 Files that will show you how to create your own swimming pool using DOOMEdit. You can check that out right here.
| Wednesday, October 13, 2004 |
Dalgor's Dante Review
I haven't visited Doom Wad Station in awhile so I jumped on there to see if anything is going on. Well it seems that Blue Paladin went and reviewed Dalgor's Dante map02 a Doom2 map by Hardy Davis that is designed to run on ZDoom. You can check that out right here.
| Tuesday, October 12, 2004 |
Doom Zephyr Site Updated
PumpkinSmasher updated Doom Zephyr with some info about his NewDoom Community Project map and an Egyptian themed level called Temple Of The Undead. The Temple map can be found on his level pages so go to Doom Zephyr and check it out.
The Halloween Wad!
Kirby dropped us a line that the he and some of the ZDoom Forum guys are working on a Halloween wad and you can check that out right here. Sounds kinds spooky if you ask me and should be interesting if they can get it done by this Halloween or maybe the next. By the way if your interested in helping out with the ZHalloween wad be sure to let those guys know....
Void Of Mercy Gets Axed
sLydE has decided to stop working on his Void Of Mercy project (a.k.a jDoom Zero Tolerance TC).Freeing myself from this project gives me time to work on Stroz.net, as well as work, school and my family. Eventually I'll get back into some other project, but probably won't announce it until it's nearly done. That will at least eliminate hype and expectations that so many projects (Doom or otherwise) end up gathering before they are cancelled. Visit Stroz.net to read the rest of what sLydE has to say about this subject.
Work Continues On The Newdoom Community Project
Today the NewDoom Community Project site was updated and although theres plenty of work to do yet on the project, things are looking better as time goes by. So theres a few new screenshots to check out and the Team and Levels pages have been updated to reflect who is doing what. Some members have jumped ship or have gone missing but new shipmates have taken up the slack. Hit the NewDoom Community Project and poke around some.
DM Old Base
Shamino has his Doom 3 map DM Old Base on Doom 3 Files along with four screenshots. The map supports up to 8 players in deathmatch mode and includes new textures with level design inspired by Quake 2. Check his map out on this page.
| Saturday, October 9, 2004 |
Neodoom Screenshots Update
SwiftFox sent in the news that his My Doom Levels site has some preview screenshots of his NeoDoom levels that include shots for Foundry, City Outskirts, Ruins of the Lost, Aggressive Perfector and Uptown to name a few. So go and have a look at that stuff...
PRBoom 2.2.6
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Category: DOOM Sourceports |
I noticed that PrBoom 2.2.6 was just released. Here is a list of fixes: - Fix Inferno intermission screen crash.
- Fix lockup for other netgame clients when one client quits.
- Fix memory leak in netgame server.
- Fix SDL_LockScreen crashes on Win32.
- Fix fuzz drawing for hi-res.
- Network games should survive temporary loss of connection.
- Fix dehacked NOSECTOR/NOBLOCKMAP effects.
- Fix player spawn sound.
Go hit the PrBoom site for whats going on and stuff.
| Thursday, October 7, 2004 |
Screenwriter Dave Callaham Doom Movie Interview
HomeLan Fed has an interview posted with Doom screenwriter Dave Callaham. They spoke with him briefly over the phone and they ask him about the script, characters and production stuffs.And what about those newly created characters? Callaham said that John, the Space Marine to be played by Karl Urban (best know as Eomer in the Lord of the Rings trilogy), is stationed along with his unit in a research base on an alien planet (the planet is unnamed in the movie unlike the games Doom and Doom 3 which are set on Mars). In the movie he is reunited with his sister, a scientist on the based named Samantha (to be played by Die Another Day villainess Rosamund Pike). They were separated after an accident that killed their parents and Callaham says, “They are a little estranged” However, strange things are afoot on the base as alien monsters begin to appear and both brother and sister have to put aside their differences in order to survive. Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson will also appear as Sarge, the head space marine, but Callaham warns, “He is not going to be smiling a whole bunch. You won’t see him raise his left eyebrow.” Go read the whole interview jobby.
| Wednesday, October 6, 2004 |
Entryway's PRBoom Port Modification 2.2.6
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Category: DOOM Sourceports |
Entryway updated the version of his PRBoom port modification.This is most updated version of my modification of the PRBoom port adapted to vesrsion 2.2.6 with fixed bugs and with feature switching off of the 35 FPS engine restriction without loss of compatibility with original DOOM. Looks amazing! Now man feels sick without smooth movement! Check that out on Entryways Heavenly Job.
Wraith Forge & Other Projects On The Megawad
After a long period of being update-slack on my own personal webspace I finally got around to fixing up 98% of The Megawad and actually got an update posted. There's a few minor pages missing (not sure what I'm doing there) but all my project stuff is geared minus a few screenies for minor maps I'm working on. Theres a page now for my Doom 3 map that I'm calling Wraith Forge including some screens. I was going to take updated shots of Wraith Forge but my map is ripped apart and I have a huge hole in it where I'm designing a big room and I need to be psyched to work on it more. Also I revived my HeXen II project so theres also a page for that and some new screenshots and I finally named the project. As for Vilecore II I'm just now starting to work on it again. I strayed a bit, played Doom 3, edited heXen 2 and Doom 3 etc.... busy, busy, busy.... Vilecore II will get done when its finished. It's good to take a break and do other projects and come back fresh and ready to kick some serious sector ass. Hit The Megawad and read the rest of my ramblings.
Doom 3 Case Mod on Hardforum.com
I got an email from Blazerbruce who pointed out that on hardforum.com a fellow who goes by the nick CrimsonSky is working on a rather cool looking and very detailed Doom 3 Case Mod. Hit this hardforum topic to see the results so far. Check it out...gotta like that airlock!
Armadillo Aerospace Loses X-Prize Space Race |
Zack/i> let us know that Armadillo Aerospace (John Carmack's team) lost the $10 million X-Prize which has been won by SpaceShipOne of Scaled Composites. The Armadillo Aerospace team admits defeat but they are being good sports about it and they are still looking at making progress in the future. Read more on SpaceShipOne's success on Space.Com
Wad Builder For Mac & Hellmaker Enhanced
sl4 dropped us a message that he made a program called Wad Builder, a tool designer for editing lumps on Mac OS X. Also he updated Hellmaker (after Paul disappeared) to make Hellmaker Enhanced. Here is the more word intensive explanation:The two or three Mac users who still play Doom might be happy to hear that there's now a way (albeit a primitive one) to edit lumps natively in Mac OS X! After fussing with REALbasic for way too long, I've finally got a basic program called Wad Builder which has two basic functions. It can decompile a wad file into a folder with a file for each lump and a file to keep track of the lump order, and it can take one of these folders and turn it into a functional wad again. While it doesn't have support for editing graphics and sounds, it's a basic solution that should allow you to put DeHackEd patches and FraggleScripts into your wads. I haven't tested it extensively, so if you have any problems email me!
And to go along with this, I have an update to Hellmaker Enhanced. After Paul strangely disappeared in 1997, work on Hellmaker ceased and the source code was never released. Hellmaker Enhanced is a ResEdit hack of Hellmaker 1.2b1 with support for Boom and Legacy line, thing, and sector types added. New in this version is Fragglescript line types. So there you have it. Visit his Ekim site for the download of Hellmaker. I don't see Wad Builder on his site but he provided this this direct linkage for that.
X-Doom Is Reborn
X-Doom updated the X-Doom site and has finally brought it back online after a month's time. He says that the new site has been optimised to be easier to update and viewing. Also note that ZD3K is comming! Exactly when this will happen is just a matter of time.
| Saturday, October 2, 2004 |
DM Pestilence
Toireht released a Doom 3 Multiplayer level called DM Pestilence (1.0) that is designed for Deathmatch.This is a medium-sized map that might you remind a Q3A map - the one that is plunged into a thick orange fog, though the latter ain't that thick in this one. It seems to be taking place in the remains of a wreck and its layout is arranged in the style of an arena. I find it well designed for the purposes of a multi player map, even if I was - initially - a bit surprised to see that the first floor lead to a dead end... until I noticed those small lifts scattered at two or three places in the map; they nearly share the same color as the walls so they ain't much visible. Go and hit this page if you want to check out the map.
New Doom 3 Tweak Guide
TechSpot has a new Doom 3 Tweak Guide all set up and ready to rock....Our Doom 3 tweak guide will take you through every option available in the game, the console, config files, graphics, audio and input settings. So go check that Tweak Guide if you need some Doom 3 tweaking.
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