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November 2000
| Thursday, November 30, 2000 |
Legacy News!
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Category: General |
The fellows over at Doom Legacy have made a small update, here's a clip:Legacy 1.31 soon
Well, I've not much to say, all is in the title. We are working on it and it goes quite well.... Alas, there's more! So head over and check it out...
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Mythos Update
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Category: General |
Hey guys and gals.. we have a new piece of art ready for your viewing pleasure. Head on over to Mythos Outpost to view everyting that's avaible.
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Stimpee's Jdoom News
Stimpee's JDoom Resource has got some new stuff over there. First off there are some more excellent screenshots in which Stimpee died making. Also he added Danok's v2.6a model definition with spinning map and some items and weapons re-scaled. Added Danok's latest pcx files to the complete MD2 archive. Classic MegaWad, Raven for Doom II with pre-compiled GWA file by Tim Willits of id Software is also up.
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The Mole Strikes Back
Wim Vanrie has got more demo doings at The Mole's Lair. Albert decided that his first attempt was not good enough so he sent in a second package. This is still not up to scratch as Wim is still leading by one point. Doug also sent in some more demos and there is news on wim's entry in the link project. For more on this head over to The Mole's Lair.
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A Place For Everything.
Kurt Kesler has news on Kzdoom6 over at A Place of Doom. There are some textures to align and he has to sort out the health/ammo ratio. As well as all that there are two screenshots using Legacy1.31RC1 which include 3d floors in each of them. Everything in it's place and A Place of Doom
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Mr Rocket's Arena1
Mr Rocket has updated with MrArena1. It is a Deathmatch level and there is a pic here too.
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| Wednesday, November 29, 2000 |
Lost Doom Sites
Again we walk the graveyard of Doom:· The Commandments Of Doom
Here are 45 commandments that we should all abide by.
· The Doomers Website.
Editors, cheats, wads and other stuff to browse through.
· Harry's Doom Planet.
Harry explains why Doom rocks over other games; also offers wads, cheats, links and linux.
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Pain Shots
Pain has updated and the news is as follows. Samuel Villareal is rather busy at the moment with school and is a little restricted with the work he can do. Do not despair though because Fredrik is doing quite well and to prove it he has posted two new screenshots.
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Vile To The Core
Map 32 of Vilecore is finished. The map ended up being 321kb's in size, with 2394 linedefs and 598 sectors, with 15 Archviles and a horde of other critters. Doom_Dude is now starting work on the final two maps. Both maps are partially done already and he thinks it still looks good for a december release. Megawad is the place for more on this.
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Zarcsoft
ZarcyB over at the new Zarcsoft webpage is look for people to join the team. The current project is a Deathmatch tc for doom. So if you fancy working on some add-ons/levels/mods etc then go see ZarcyB
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| Tuesday, November 28, 2000 |
Fanatics Tunes Up
Fanatic's Asylum has news of an old tune that Fanatic has found. It was written around the same time as the music for Delicate Balance. It was going to be a part of HacX2/Delicate Balance but he lost the source for it. But you can now grab the tune and have a listen at Fanatic's Asylum
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That's Really Deep
SB Software makers of Deep sea have released the latest version which now has complete NWT & WINTEX replacement. Here are some of the highlights in this version.- DeePsea contains a full replacement for NWT/Wintex and more. Press F7 to easily and quickly access all the new import/export options. There are NO restrictions on the kind of file you can import - even in the shareware version.
-DeePsea can import any size and color depth BMP, automatically matching the palette and proportionally scaling the graphic to size limits you specify. The maximum LUMP size is 1024 x 508 - ask you favorite DOOM port developers to support this lump size:)
- BMP and PCX files are automatically converted to DOOM format graphics
- MUS and MID files are optionally converted to MUS or MID - your choice
- WAV and SND files are optionally converted to either WAV or SND
- You can set any custom transparency color desired for importing and exporting
- You can preview raw lump data in any file (not just in a PWAD)
-The unique Graphics Drawing tool now can import RAW lump data too!
- There are NO shareware limits for Drawing, Converting, Exporting & Importing Graphics
- Drag Things in any editing mode (in addition to Vertices).
- Direct Level Testing from within DeePsea for levels that are within Shareware editing limits.
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Happy Birthday Derek!
Just a quick note to the community out there, it's Derek birthday today! I won't spill the beans on how old our hosted site member (Goldeneye Doom2, natch) is today, but send him a birthday greeting, and make him feel like a real grown-up! ;)
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End Of Round One
The Doomers Recess has closed round one of the link. Round two is now underway and wads must be in by the 12th of December 2000 GMT +01:00. The best designers of round one are as follows, Tech L.I.N.K. wad Sami Mäki-Mantila, Strange World L.I.N.K. wad Kristian Aro and Gothic L.I.N.K. wad Carl Celizic. Go get part two at The Recess
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| Monday, November 27, 2000 |
Danok's ModelDef For JHeretic
In Doom-engine related news, Danok, best known for his ModelDef file for use with JDoom (which you can download from Stimpee's JDoom Resource), has now done the same for JHeretic. Unfortunately, as those of you who've played Kokak's GLHeretic know, there's only been a couple md2 files made. That's just not right. If you make models and would like to contribute your skills to help bring a great classic like Heretic into the realm of 3D, check Kokak's GLHeretic site for the md2 specs and please send Kokak an email! And you can download Danok's MDF for JHeretic right here from the Raven-Games.com Files Section.
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New Vavoom!
Vavoom v1.6 is out. This version begins the use of rendering with vectors. Progs are now split into client progs and server progs. Quake style key bindings, togglable mouse look, and lookspring are all now supported. Check it out!
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Expressless
Ike has got good news in that he has some new web-editing software which means no more Frontpage express. He has now made the changes to the site that he wanted to do. Also a welcome to a new member to the team: TekFreak! He'll be beta-testing Kill. Finally The Asylem/Kill FAQ has been updated. Get going to Team Kill
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| Sunday, November 26, 2000 |
Doom Ports
Our Doom Ports section has grown with more ports and information added. We have also been unable to get screenshots for each port, so if anyone wants to send one in please do. If possible make the shot 640x480 and tell us which port it is for. Then just send it to Ports@Newdoom.com
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Vilecore Update!
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Category: General |
Doom_Dude from The Megawad sent us a little update for your eyes. Here's what he had to say:I'm working hard on map32: The Vilecore and it's reached the 70% finished stage :) After this map is completed (hopefully by Friday!) I'll have only 2 more maps to gear up :) Then I'll be able to release this beast! [Comments]
Innocent Evil
Jayextee has finally finished and released the third level. Nonetheless, it plays pretty well, with some very nasty surprises! The earlier screenshots have also been updated and are now more reflective of the finished level. Go play it! It's tough. Well it is for Jayextee anyway. Head over to Innocent Evil
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Special Hissy Edition
Skulltag has got some news on a new version of ST released soon.It is going to be a Special Hissy Edition. New Hissy and ling skins will be added along with some other goodies. There's also a couple more new team members which Carnevil will mention more about in the next update.
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RTC's Update
RTC Doom has updated with Maonth dishing up the news. First up Maonth is planning to finish Map02 Of TRTCC sometime next month. RTC also have new members but they do not say who they are. This Month has given Maonth some new ideas for Map02. He has also wrote a 1 and a half pages of story for it. Plus check out the new page design.
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| Saturday, November 25, 2000 |
Op's Demo Goodness
Opulent Speed Demos Archive has updated with more demo goodness for you. Doom DemoGod Adam Hegyi sent a HR2 TAS speedrun. Yonatan Donner did a superfast Max demo for 10sector Map01. Albert Valls sent yet another nearly optimized demo, this time Subspace was his victim. Plus Opulent recorded 29 of 32 -nomonsters runs for 10sector as well.
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Kill Screenshots Of E2M5
Ike sent word that the screenshots of a now finished E2M5 have been posted. It's an extremely hard level as Ike died three times while taking these. And all this before he got to the first key! The JavaScripts are also giving him loads of problems. so instead of adding them to the current site, he is going to try to redesign the whole site and make it work. Drop into Team Kill and see those shots.
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Kelly Kill's At Moles
Wim Vanrie sent us in some news on his the terrere1 competition. And there is a new competitor. Kelly Flewin. Kelly made two demos for both nomonster categories. The first in 0:58 and the second in 1:27. Doug improved Wim's recent nomonster record to 0:47. More at Mole's
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| Friday, November 24, 2000 |
Wad In A Week Contest
This is not the start of the competition but the page for New Doom Wad-in-a-Week is up. This contains everything you will need to know about the entering the contest. The idea is simple, we give you a base map with some rooms on it and this you will use to build your map onto. You can change textures, sprites, sounds, music anything you like except the base map. For the full rundown whisk youself over to New Doom Wad-in-a-Week Contest
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Opulent's Demos
Opulent Speed Demos Archive has more cool stuff for you to look at. Newcomer to the DSDA, Cameron Prosser has an impressive debut TAS demo for Hr2 Map32. Martin Schultz did some great UV max demos for HR2beta as well. So If you can't afford a video get your feet up and head to Opulent Speed Demos Archive
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| Thursday, November 23, 2000 |
Doom Ports Resource
We hope you enjoy the Doom Ports section, our newest feature here at NewDoom.com. After much work, we (thanks to FACE.UK, who did the bulk of the e-researching) have compiled a pretty comprehensive start. We hope this section will grow continuously and that everyone finds it a useful and often perused reference. Without further adieu, head to the Doom Ports section. And by the way, if you find we're missing any ports, please let us know at ports@newdoom.com!
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Fanatic Updates
Fanatic's Asylum has got some news on QDoom. He is wondering if any would mind if he released just the first two episodes as he dose not think he will have time to finish the third. Go here for your QDoom Questions.
Jayextee's <unnamed> Project! Gets Named
Innocent Evil is the new name for this site. Two screens of Map3 have been posted although this has not been finished yet. He gose onto say 'The NIN album has me worried - It's TERRIBLE! Has Trent Reznor lost it? It really doesn't bode well for Doom3's soundtrack.' Anyone else got this album? You can post your views here
Team Kill
Ike from Team Kill has finished the maintenence release of Kill and it is now available. Not much new stuff has been added though. Screen shots of E2M5 will be posted this weekend. Go to Team Kill
| Wednesday, November 22, 2000 |
Gone And Nearly Forgotten
More lost ones:· The Tower
Well presented site with some good looking wads.
· X-Files Doom.
Another dead tc. The only truth here is that not even the update page has an update on it.
· Rick's Doom Doom II.
Lots of wads for doom and doom2.
| Tuesday, November 21, 2000 |
Doom Legacy v1.31
Okay, here it is: Doom Legacy v1.31, available exclusively from our Files Section. Some of the new features are:- MULTIPLAYER
- new menu option : create server and connect server
- use masterserver to detect all server in the world !
- no more palette change in splitscreen
- fixed issues with netgame and dehacked (it is now copyed automaticaly
like all wads)
- GAMEPLAY
- when solidecorpse is true you can smash it and turn it to giblets !
- adjust buchholz for suicide.
- added FraggleScript scripting capability ! (as beta for now)
Read the doc for more
- added 3DFloors capability (as Beta for now)
Read the doc for more
Ferrari's Doom2 Rankings
Doom2 Rankings is thinking of becoming a contact site for us doomers and not just posting up scores of our battles. Icq, Email address and some facts about yourself could also be put up. But Ferrari would like your thoughts and input.
More Arena Stuff
DoomarenA has posted news on the DoomarenA 2 project. There is two new screenshots of the level. There is some news on monsters being made into statues for the game and for those that remember the monks from the first arena don't worry they are not that bad. The first statue is already in one of the pics.
| Monday, November 20, 2000 |
Unholy Deathmatch
Unholy Software have released Darmatch 1 and 2. It's two DM maps using the Darkening E2 textures so make sure you have that file in you Doom dir. Get the files Here
Chirs Reviews
Chris has done one review and one preview. The review is of Jason Sloans DoomarenA. Never heard of it. The preview is of RTC's RTC demo. The Doomers Recess is waiting for you.
| Sunday, November 19, 2000 |
Portable Engine for Network Gaming
PENG is a new project written in java. it allows you to take Doom levels and play them, and it adds in some interesting features (like being able to script in Java). Thats all the page says at the moment but we will keep you informed of any new stuff.
Temples Of Doom
More of those missing Shrines:· Doomheaven
Quite a few well laid out wads with a brief description to download. Big link page and editors page too.
· Alexis Faulkner's Doom Page
Links, Wads, Utilities and big writing.
·Katnet Doom
Links, Faqs and wads including kat doom make everyone go meeoow and 60's doom which from what I could tell was never finished.
Fish Fish Fish
Swedish Fish has updated his page with thoughts on the 10 sector contest. He also lists his doom wads Collection and would like you to look through it and tell him if he has missed anything. Last but by no means least the Gallows 2 page is up where you can get the wad and view a couple of screenies. Go see Swedish Fish Doom
Orbit Interactive Update And More!
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Category: General |
Tormentor over at Orbit Interactive shot us an eMail about some news they have happening over at their site. Here's a little snippet to fill you while you wait for your page to load :)
At Perforated Entrails, we are working very hard! And we have now a date on which the first Demo will meet the Doom Community: 24th Decembre :-) Yes, Christmas! Our Present is 2 Deathmatch Levels, one Domination Map and one Capture the Flag Map, which are included in our Demo Also they have a little plead for all you Doomers out there, if you could read on.It would be great, if you could tell the Doomers outside, that we need FEEDBACK on our Poll of PE because the more Doomer participate on the Poll, the better the PMSC (Partial Mega Source Conversation) will be! So head over and vote for your favorite thing! There is more over at the Orbit site, so head over and check it out.
| Saturday, November 18, 2000 |
TrekarenA?
No, but this does sounds interesting! FACE.UK's been neglecting his DoomarenA 2 duties - but, or so he says, for good reason! He's been working on Borg textures for his Star Trek TC. Check out the rest of the news over on the DoomarenA site!
James And Trev
Goldeneye Doom2 has some news on the edge version and some multiplayer screenshots of Trevalyn and Bond doing spy stuff.
Drawing Competition At Ethh's
Ethh has sent an email announcing a competition of art. There are some prizes on offer too. First prize is three rock CDs. There are others, so for more details go to Ethh's Doom Page.
| Friday, November 17, 2000 |
Wim Wam Bam
Wim has got some new demos over at his place The Mole's Lair. It's that Albert again who has sent in his first batch of demo's including an amazing skill 2 speed demo, an average nomonsters with 100% secrets demo and a pretty good nomonsters demo. Also Wim has been doing work on the LINK project for The Doomers Recess. For the rest of this demo detail head over to The Mole's Lair.
Team Killed
Ike from Team Kill has sent word that while using NWT he has somehow managed to delete some ressources in his doom wad. Whoops! So there will be no screenshots this week as work has slowed to a crawl. Alhough he assures us that his data for Kill and RoD are in one piece.
Unholy Eight
Ebola dropped in to let us know that there is an update over at Unholy Software. He is working on the final section of map08 which is quite large and could be a good dm level. Although it could slow down those slightly older computers.
SDA Update
Opulent Speed Demos Archive has updated with Albert recording a good maxdemo for Brad Spencer's AT Doom level. Opulent recorded a skill 3 Chord3 demo. Also, while recording it, he got a Boom error that he hadn't seen before; an Archvile resurrected a Cacodemon halfway inside a wall.
| Thursday, November 16, 2000 |
Lost Places Of Doom
Here are the lastest Lost Doom Sites we've found for your edification:· Realm of Doom 2
The shareware program for windows 95 and dOS, patches and drivers,upgrades and some of his favorite maps from other sites.
· Doom, DoomII Ultimate Doom.
Cheats and some tips from the pages owner.
· EFN Doom2 WebPages.
This place has info on weapons and 13 DM wads to download plus one demo.
| Wednesday, November 15, 2000 |
More Demo Doings
Opulent Speed Demos Archivehas some more to demos to watch from Brad Spencer and Albert Valls. Plus a new review of and demo of Yaotzin by Andy Olivera.
Chris Begs Like A Dog
Chris is not seeing a lot of LINK levels coming in at the The Doomers Recess. One thing he would like to point out is that the way it was written before implied that he wanted the levels back on the final day. Not the case at all. If you have already finished your level then send it right on in to The Doomers Recess.
A Doomers Diagnosis!
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Everyone, we recieved an eMail from a fellow Doomer, Jim McDougald. His eMail pointed us to another fellow Doomers website that had information about what he is currently getting ready to go thru. Read ahead:
Well, i dont know how to start this. Today, November 14 2000, at 1:24 PM, i was diagnosed with a tumor behind my left eye. My doctor told me that if I dont get surgery soon, it will turn into an incurable type of ocular cancer... I've posted this to let everyone in the Doom community and beyond to think about him in your prayers or thoughts. There is more information on his website. This is a very tragic circumstance. Let's think about him in the next couple of days and hope that he pulls thru and can continue to Doom on!
| Tuesday, November 14, 2000 |
Gone Fishing
Swedish Fish Doom has two more pics from the slayer series by Richard Wiles. Also Swedish Fish has a wad of his own called Gallows 2 for you. It is the second level he ever made and was released on BBS many moons ago. For Screenshots on this and the rest of the news Swedish Fish Doom you must peruse
Vilecore
Megawad has updated with news of map32 which has been renamed Vilcore. It is about 30% done and will of course feature Archviles. Map30 Battle Hex has had the end reworked with new bits as Doom_Dude forgot that map30 is actually the last map. Map31 and map32 being secret levels.
The Mole Update!
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Category: General |
The guys over at The Mole's Lair have sent us an update bit. Here you go:
the terrere competition is going pretty well with 9 new demo's! Three from me, four from Doug and two from Dirk "Daddy" Vanrie. Doug has still 2 points more than me. But, i think i might be able to improve some of his demo's soon and gain on him. Albert's keeping it suspiciously quiet so expect a demo bomb from him soon :-) Gonzalo hasn't send in any more demo's too so that keeps the three of us. I hope there will be some new contestants too. If you liked terrere1, why dont you make a demo for it then. A little scared? Sissy! :-) Altough, my site comes first of course :-) keep visiting other interesting sites too. I've added some more to the links page and cause it's getting quite big i've ordered them by subject. Dont expect too much progression in my wads cause i'm fully working on the L.I.N.K. contest of the Doomer's Recess. Head over and check it out.
| Monday, November 13, 2000 |
WAD Designers' Handbook
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Please welcome our newest hosted site, The Unofficial Wad Designers' Handbook. Here's a description of it:The Unofficial WAD Designers' Handbook, Release 2.1, is a practical guide to creating add-on levels for the games Doom and Doom2 by id Software. All essential Doom/Doom2 editing terms are defined and explained, and the accepted style of well-designed levels is explored. The Handbook is intended for beginning and intermediate Doom/Doom2 level authors, but even those who are more advanced can find nuggets of useful information. The Unofficial WAD Designers' Handbook has been a resource for Doom/Doom2 level authors on the 'net since 1996, and I am very pleased to bring the Handbook to its new home on New Doom. So what are you waiting for? Give them a visit now!
| Sunday, November 12, 2000 |
Sky Boxes At Zdoom
Randy Heit has updated his ZDoom page with news that skyboxes have now been added. He has chosen to follow the method set by Unreal as it uses a much better skybox technique than Q2 or half life. For the rest and two new pics zip over to ZDoom
Jayextee's <unnamed> Project
Jayextee's Project! is a new site by Jayextee. He is new to doom editing but has already got the bug . Some Screenshots of his unamed project are up and they look pretty good too. Also The Doom Name-o-Matic is here, it is a reference table to help you name those wads you just can't seem to give a title to.
Gates To Pablo's Place
Pablo told us on his page yesterday that he hoped to have his wadpack of 'The Gates' ready by today. Well, it is. You can now download it at Pablo's Place.
Goldeneye Jive
Jive fixed the clipping problems in the surface level. Also Derek has recompiled all the levels with zennode for speed in all ports and compatablity with LegacyGL. Three new screenshots of the facilty level have been added. Also there is a new gold64.zip and ge64lev.zip which includes the updated facility level. Go to Goldeneye Doom2
CS Doom Not Dead
The CS Doom page has updated with news that it is very much alive and kicking. Co-op has been added and some mistakes in the code which caused "an invalid page fault in module DOOMCL.EXE..." have been found. Check out the rest at CS Doom
Opulent Doomed Speed Demos Archive
Absolutely loads of stuff here for you enjoyment. Mike Toliver did a maxdemo for the very large Satan666, Vrooomer sent 2 amazing demos for Adam Windsor's Deadmen map, opulent did a maxdemo of the entire Darkening2 episode. It's 145 minutes long. Feet up and get a take away for that one. There is just too much to mention here. So speed your way over to Opulent Speed Demos Archive.
Kesler's New Screenshot
Kurt Kesler has posted a new screenshot of his current map. Kzdoom6 is growing in size and the castle theme is turning out better than he thought. Release due Shortly. Until then head over to A Place of Doom and look at that shot.
| Saturday, November 11, 2000 |
Vrack Is Released
Fredrik has been extremely busy today and just to prove it he has released Vrack. It is a single player level where you kick butt in a space station somewhere far away. Cool. Go get it at Fredrik's Website
Problems At Purge
Andy over at the Purge site has reported on a few problems. These have been uncovered while testing Planetfall with the Edge engine. First off the scatter gun dosen't scatter and PlanetEDGE crashes out when the flamer hits a target and burns it up. Planetfall is already available for Dosdoom, Zdoom, Boom, and good old Doom2 v1.9. Pop into Purge.
Lots Of Pain
Pain has updated with news that Map01 is 98% complete. The new textures have been added and some cool new architecture. These are not in the Map01 screenshots already on display. Also screenshots from Lu Wang and Samuel will be added when Fredrik gets them.
New Contest At Wim's
The Mole's Lair has a new contest up and running. It uses Wim's Terrere1.wad and has a fairly big package of demos already recorded and ready for download. The results of the Phtga.wad competition is not available from the competition page anymore but you can download it from the Phtga.wad info page.
Doomers Recess Link News
Chris from the The Doomers Recess has put some importent news on his page. This concerns the placement of monsters in the link project. Well the long and the short of it is that you don't. First off the maps get built then the gameplay is worked on. But for the full news on this click on The Doomers Recess.
KillEd v 1.31 Release
Ike has compiled version 1.31 of KillEd. A few changes have been implemented in this latest release. The program no longer automatically rebuilds the nodes in expert mode and also the teleporter flare a kill only object has been added. Drop into Team Kill.
Vilecore Map Update
Doom_Dude has finished map 29 of the Vilcore megawad. You can expect a story for vilecore sometime between now and next sunday. Megawad is the place to go for the full update.
| Friday, November 10, 2000 |
Demo Release For Cities Megawad
Zeurkous's DOOM Page! has released a new demo for his cities megawad. This will be 32 levels of cities to blast demons in. Also the project wants more people. So if you fancy joining Email zeurkous or go see Zeurkous's DOOM Page!
Crazy Group Reviews
Team Insanity has a new review up of nova 10 by Brian Lester. It's his first level and Chief says be nice to him or everyone will go and make quake levels. YIKES!
DeatH FesT 2000
George from REoL TOUGH sent word a a project called DeatH FesT 2000. It has been cut down from it's original size to just four maps and he is hoping to release it in mid december. More information at REoL TOUGH
Chris Has A Big Thing At The Recess
Chris at the The Doomers Recess has sent in mail concerning a new idea he has had. I could tell you about it but that would just ruin it. So head over to The Doomers Recess to find out more.
| Thursday, November 9, 2000 |
Fan Attic Update
Fanatic's Asylum has got the compact discs fanally. In case you didn't know it contains some of the music for the now dead Hacx2 project. If you fancy one of these go see Fanatic
Pablo's Place Is Here
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Category: General |
Please welcome our newest hosted site, Pablo's Place! In this site you can find maps for DOOM, HERETIC, WOLF3D. Of course that's not it, you can find links to other doom related pages and there's always a new map in progress.
Unholy Update!
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Category: General |
Well folks.. Unholy Software has updated their site with various news updates. Here's a small sample...
Hm well I'm gonna spend the day to prepare the new Beta to be released to the team. Specially Cocoon and Sam Woodman who never even seen a eariler one.
The Map08 is almost complete. I got very little left on this map. Funny though. It should have been done months ago. But for some reason it became very big eventhough it was intended to be small. I exeded 900 sectors on it yesterday. Well. Most of my maps are close to be done. all but one wich I haven't started on yet. (guess wich, MWUAHAHAHAHA) And there's more, so go check it out.
| Wednesday, November 8, 2000 |
Trouble At Kurt's Place
Kurt Kesler has had a accident while working on his computer. This resulted in loss of kzdoom6 and a few other important things. One of these was his entire texture collection of all the past textures he made. He has started work on a new version of on kzdoom6 which is about 40% complete. For more look at A Place of Doom.
Planet Edge Under Linux
Purge has updated. Andy has finally got a version of EDGE to run on his Mandrake 7.1 machine. Also he has succesfully tested PlanetEDGE as well. Documentation on how to run PlanetEDGE under Linux and a .tgz file are on their way.
| Tuesday, November 7, 2000 |
Are You An Artist?
Over at Skulltag they are in desperate need of an artist. Artwork is what is holding them back the most and the more help they can get the sooner that the next version of Skulltag can be released. So if you can help, email Carnevil and make him a happy chappy.
MegaWad Update!
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Category: General |
The folks at The Megawad have put up a progress report on their MegaWad. Here's a quickie:
I jumped back into editing map 29 : Paths Of Chaos on Sunday and it sure is coming along nicely. If I can keep up this pace, this map should see completion within the week ( possibly Saturday or Sunday!). I'm now past the 3/4 mark on this wad and it will be cool to get this one done. Then I'll have only 3 maps to finish! The last three maps are 28, 29 & 32.... There's more so make it a point and read it...
Ebola At Doom Deathmatch Resource
The Doom Deathmatch Ressource have got a review of Fbase5. This was written by Ebola from Unholy Software. Also a link has been fixed for an old review of sayDm1.
The Mole!
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Here's a quick update over at The Mole, check it out:
that's it, the contest has come to an end. And you can guess who's the winner, Me ... uhm, hmmm, a little mistake there, it's Albert, how suprisingly :-) I'll leave the table as long as the new (terrere1)competition hasn't started. Then, i'll leave the phtgaall.zip file available for download but i'll replace the rules, tables etc. I'll put up the new competition in a few days probably. Oh, Albert still send in two improvements of his own records. Go take a look. I also have a little bug to report to NewDoom. There you have it...
Lost And Doomed
Doom sites languishing on the net:· Cool Wad Stuff
Some reviews with their own system of scoring.
· Doom Where The Adventure Begins.
Lots here. Links, Wads and more.
· Doom Bitter.
BEER.
Chief Madman Reviews
Team Insanity have got a review of Tunnel Run for you pleasure. Apparently it was hailed the greatest new map or something by some of the community. So go visit Chief at Team Insanity.
Kill Music Released
Ike sent word that he has released the Kill Music Pak-1 wad. It contains music from a variety of sources, including Metallica, techno music, and even a song of his own. He has also added a few cool scripts that make the site load faster. They're only on the main page now, but will be on all of them once he has had time to add them to every page. Hunt down Team Kill
Skulltag Results
The Skulltag page has got a winner of the tagline contest. The winning tagline was "Old-school for a new generation", which was submitted by none other than Doomworld's very own Linguica. Also watch for a special edition of Skull Tag to be released shortly.
| Saturday, November 4, 2000 |
Galactic Doom
Doom Galaxy updated with News on Atari Doom. The sprites have been drawn which you can see in the Projects section. The overall summery of the game is: One weapon, One large level and five enemies. Demon, Lostsoul, Cacodemon, Zombie and Marine. This could possibly change though. Also Jeremy could do with some help on this project. If you are interested contact Jeremy
Demo Derby
Opulent Speed Demos Archive has got some Darkening demos up for you to watch. Plus they have added some Terrere1 demos and Gemini's T2 demo. Last but not least if anyone does NOT want their demos posted on this site, just let Opulent know and he will promptly remove them.
Team Kill Update!
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Hey check out the Team Kill site for a little update they have. Here's what they have to say...
Well, I've got some more Doom music remixes that I've done. Both are from Map 10 ("The Demon's Dead"). The first one is how I first learned to play it (cool, slow Ska rhythem, strings, bass). The other is a techno version of it. Head over and check it out.. there's more to the story :)
Slopes and Skyboxes
Fredrik's Website has only been in a day and already has an updated. He has tried to create a realistic landscape in a Zdoom level. The results are pretty good. He says that this will probably make it to becoming a real level but he is waiting for two things in Zdoom. Slopes and Skyboxes. Also there is a poem about poor old Hissy.
DoomarenA ScreenA
DoomarenA has a little update with some shot's of level six in progress. This has been based on the sixth level from the original DoomarenA. News on a texture wad release of DoomarenA 2 and a little thank you. Go visit the Useless news guy.
Recess And Review
The Doomers Recess got a nice review of Castle Fragalot for you to read. Also he has pasted up some nice screenshots of 2001 A Doom Oddyssey for you to look at. Chris would like to point out again that detail is kept at a minimum as he wants to hit the atmosphere and looks of the original DooM episode 3 levels.
Wim Wallpapers
Wim Vanrie has giving The Mole's Lair a bit of a make over with a new background. He says he does this so it won't get boring. Altough the pthga competition is near it's completion people are still making demo's for it. Doug improved wim's recent record of level 13 wich is now 1:22. Also a new addition in the form of Darkening 2. Which was started by wim, Doug Merrill, Brad Spencer and Martin Schultz couple of weeks ago. Head to The Mole's Lair
ZDK3 New Stuff
MEGA 64 has got some news on ZDK3. A new weapons has been added. The assault rifle will replace the old shotgun. Also a new monster that changes the Baron Of Hell to a Cyborg. New midi music added created by X-DOOM. And for textures he is using a mixture of Quake1, Quake2, Quake3, Half-Life, Hexen, Heretic and his own creation to give a better look to the games.
Fredrik's Site Moves In
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Our newest hosted site is Fredrik's Site. Not focusing on one specific aspect for Doom, Fredrik's Site covers many things on Doom including designing textures, various graphics, music, and levels. If you're a doomer, definitely give them a look!
PAIN Has Arrived!
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PAIN has arrived and is being hosted right here at NewDoom.com. PAIN is an all new megawad that features 11 new maps among other things. It will have an action-packed, thrilling gameplay to it. Go visit the site now!
Control Center DR2 Available
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The Control Center have finished their Development Release 2 which can be found on their download page.
Cyber Dreams Update
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Albert from Cyber Dreams has let us know that their website has been updated. Here's the jist:A couple of shots of the two maps we're working at. If it's ok by you, please tell clearly that it's not finished stuff at all. But still we wanted to show a bit of our progress. There you have it, so head to the site for more info!
| Thursday, November 2, 2000 |
Mega_Dude Doom Wad
Doom_Dude has updated over at the Megawad. He is currently fixing a problem he is having with some barriers on map4. Also a little news on a new project he is doing With the possibility of new textures included.
Resurrection
The Twice Risen site has updated with a variant of Twice Risen, in the form of a csDoom server-friendly pre-release v0.21. There will be an OC-3 server running this shortly, and others are encouraged to run their own TR servers. So Shoot off and get it at Twice Risen
Lost Doom Sites
Okay Some more of those sites that have somehow got lost:· Cybray Of Doom
Some of you maybe able to remember this site from a couple of years ago. Wads, Links and tools. All here for you.
· DoomII The Bitchin' Series.
10 of the owners own levels to download. Only the Toronto Site is working.
· Rages Doom Page.
This page has a lot to look at including a good section of wads. Plus tips and help pages too.
Unholy Ebola
Steven "StroggOnMeth" McGranahan agreed to join unholy team after Ebola threatened to pork his dawg. Goodness me. Anyway Nimrod is not far off being finished. All 7 weapons are done. The chainsaw and SSG they don't use because they don't need them. Maps, graphics and sound are getting finished too. Also news of a new project in the planning which is called Necromancer. Pop over to Unholy Software.
New Doom Wad Made In A Week Contest!
We've come to a decision on the contest we've been thinking about for a while and discussing over on our forums. It'll be a Best Doom II Map Made In A Week contest.
We'll design a base map to start with and release it on our files section. We'll make an update about it here on the news page at that time.
Look for a page / separate section with the rules and how to submit, etc., coming soon.
We'll make a couple of posts before the start of the contest, to let you know when we're releasing the base map, so you can be on the look-out for it.
Then you've got one week from that moment (as denoted by the date and time of the news update announcement) to come up with your work of wadding wonderment!
Deathmatch? Singleplayer? Extra art, etc.?
The answer is yes! Doesn't matter to us, just do your best. And IF we get enough map submissions, we can split up the winners by categories; therefore, we could be giving out prize(s) - to be announced - to more than one winner. Can you submit more than one map? Yes, but not of the same category. Use your best judgement as to what constitutes categories, we're not going to tell you everything ;)
Best of luck! 'Cause, love it or hate it, that's what it's going to be! :)
Hacx2 Tunes
Fanatic's Asylum has released Delicate balance which contains the music for the now defunct HacX2 by Banjo Software. The music is so good, Fanatic just had to make it into a regular music CD. Music snippets are available to listen to as well.
Doom 3?
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Well.. over at Voodoo Extreme they have alittle thing going with 4 screenshots. It's a little "name that game engine" contest. One of the options is our beloved and highly anticipated little game called Doom 3 (or as we like to call it NewDoom).
Personnally I don't think it's NewDoom. I'd have to go with something like AvP2 or Unreal 2. But I could be wrong.. trust me :)
| Wednesday, November 1, 2000 |
Doomin' Interviews!
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Yo, yo, yo... there is a great interview with the Doom Legacy guys on BootMax.com. Here's a little snippet from the article:Stinger: Why did you stick to editing and playing doom even after the more recent games came out?
Hurdler: Well, it started when Boris, the main coder and a big Doom fan, asked me if I wanted to join the Legacy team to do the OpenGL render driver, as he knew about my OpenGL skills and the team wanted to port their Glide driver to OpenGL. At that time, I was quite interested by doing a cool OpenGL game, so it was the good opportunity. Especially since I liked playing Doom with my friends at university where the computers were only 486dx50 (1996-98). Doom and Warcraft II were the only cool network game that worked on those machines. That said, I still prefer strategy and adventure games, but it's still fun to play Doom from time to time, and more than ever now that I'm fully implied in the Legacy project. I simply like the simplicity of Doom with the new features we added to it, making it more comparable to actual fps games, but with the old Doom feeling.
Steven "StroggOnMeth" McGranahan: I have played many games that have gone way beyond Doom as far as capability and graphics. I've also edited many games (Quake 2 and Half Life), but for some reason, Doom has always captured my imagination and my time. True 3D games are really cool, but editing levels (for them) is still far to time consuming.
Boris Pereira: Unfortunately, I don't play Doom anymore. I still work on the code, but only so I can finish what I started. There's even more in there, about some community site called NewDoom.com or other, so head on over and check it out... might be some good read'n ;)
Albert's At It Again
Wim Vanrie has informed us that Albert of Cyber Dreams has struck again. This time, it was at The Mole's Lair. Wim, choking back the tears, said today:You just wont believe it but Albert has struck again. The rumors were true he sent in a mini-contest demo in 18:46. I wonder if someone will be able to improve this. Devastated but undeterred, Wim battled on to record some UV single records again. And he has succeeded. Level 10 and 13 have both been improved by one second. To hear more of his brave plight, head to The Mole's Lair. Remember, if you see Albert in Doom, do not approach him.
Get Your Copy Now
Icarusweb has the new issue. In this Doom-packed E-Zine you can find:A stack of new reviews including Covert Ops and Fbase Special Edition. A new interview of the month, with ZDooM mistro Tarin. Not one but three featured articles. The usual news, views and pictures. Free hissy. So grab your copy now.
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