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May 2004
SCUDD In-Development Report
There's no download or release for this item I'm going to mention. On the forums in the Editing section Dani J666 posted about a new random level generator that he's developing and it's called SCUDD. The program has been in development for around two months now and will be capable of making interesting Doom maps...My goal with SCUDD is to make it capable of doing everything a level editor is capable of, then getting it to make semi-inteligent decisions on what to do next. You can check out the topic right here about this new in-development Slige-like device..
ZenNode 1.2.1
Marc Rousseau patched ZenNode to v1.2.1 due to a bug that appears because of very large maps. Starting with this release, Zennode will no longer generate a BLOCKMAP for any map that is too big to be handled properly. Further, it will no longer crash when building the REJECT table for such a map (although, without a proper BLOCKMAP, this may be a moot point). So, if you're making maps, be sure to check the BLOCKMAP with ZenNode before you get too far along and have to move or delete large sections of your map. So once again go ahead and visit the ZenNode site if you want the new version of this nodesbuilder.
Spork Reviews Torment Trilogy
Holy smokes! Agent Spork went and updated his personal Doomed web space again! This time around the Agent went and reviewed Tormentor667's Torment and Torture series. Yeap the trilogy (I don't think it's meant to be a trilogy... I'm just calling it that) has been reviewed so go ahead and visit Doom Realm and get into the Map Reviews section to read up on this latest of Agent Spork's reviews.
ZenNode 1.2.0 Released
Marc Rousseau released a new version of his popular nodesbuilder taking ZenNode to v1.2.0 and here is the list of changes:- Changed default options for building the BSP (don't require unique sub-sectors).
- Fixed BSP code to properly create unique subsectors when requested.
- Added support for basic RMB options.
- Rewrote graph code in the REJECT builder to reduce the number of calculations required.
- Change code to use mkstemp instead of tmpnam and tempnam.
- Update code to compile & run properly on an AMD 64-bit CPU.
- Changed .WAD and level handling routines to properly handle little-endian & big-endian architectures correctly.
- Fixed 2 bugs that could cause small levels to crash the NODES builder.
- Removed debug code from ZenMain that accidentally made it into v1.1.0.
- Updated bspinfo to provide a better FOM measurement.
- Added bspdiff utility to provide extra information about a map.
- Added wadinfo utility to provide extra information about a map.
- Minor updates to the documentation.
- Added Mac OS X support.
- Added extra DEBUG and DIAGNOSTIC checks to Debug version of the BSP builder.
So go ahead and visit the ZenNode site if you want to check out the new version of this Doom editing, nodesbuilding jobby. By the way Dr. Sleep pointed out that ZenNode's major update is its implementation of RMB (Reject Map Builder) options. It now takes the place of RMB and can use most of RMBs commands. The full list of RMB options is here.
UAC Meltdown
One Way Out has been posting about his UAC Meltdown project in our forums in the editing section at this topic. The wad is going to be a 15 level single player WAD and maps 13 and 14 are almost complete. Theres a few in-editor and in-game shots to check out if your interested.
Jive's Doom Family Album
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Category: Hosted Site | Resources & Info |
Jive of the Doom Legacy Wads site has a Doom Family Album online that includes 69 members of the Doom Community and he's looking for more. If your interested in having your picture in the album you can post in the forum in this topic or contact Jive. If you want to view the existing photos then go look at the Doom Family Album.
Zoom Demo Update
Due to wandering around some Doom sites I happened to just notice that the ZooM site was updated by Nanami. The Zoom demo has been updated with improvements to the Zoom library script and Support for DM (non-race) maps. Theres also a couple shots to check out so head on over to the ZooM site to see whats goin on.
ZFootBall Released!
Andrew Shepard sent in the news that he released his modification for ZDoom, called ZFootBall. This sporty Doom modification allows you to play football-style with the ZDoom engine. At the moment the rules are somewhat simple, but Andrew will continue to work on it.To get the release of this mod go ahead and jump on this page.
The ZDaemon Sessions!
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Category: DOOM Sourceports |
Bonzo posted the news that he's been appointed to organize Zdaemon sessions which will take place every week and will begin starting next week. Go forth now and read what the rest of the story is about, get ZDaemon if you don't already have it and prepare thyself for some Doom action on the servers. Seek!
Andrey Releases First Map
Andrey A. Budko sent in the news that his first single player map for Doom 2 is ready for download. The map is called e6y and you can get it on his site and view the nine available screenshots.
Karthik and Varun Team Up
I got an email from Karthik and he says he's gone and updated karthik82. Karthik and his brother Varun have teamed up to design a new two-level set for Doom II called Reanimated which you can check out on this page right here. No screenshots are available right now as the brothers are being secretive about thier creation. However keep your eyes peeled around here as the levels will be released in some days' time. Sounds good to me! Before I go to work more on Vilecore II and grab a cup of coffee, have a look at this foxtrot comic that was pointed out to me.
Even More E3 Impressions
Phoebus spotted this bit of Doom 3 news. This site I think is called Deep Six and is dedicated to Max Payne yet has this article which is anouther one of those Xbox, E3, Doom 3 Impressions. So go ahead and see what they have to say about Doom 3!
Todd Hollenshead Talks Doom 3
HomeLan Fed posted up a new Doom 3 Interview will id Software's Todd HollensheadWe were all very excited to focus on the single player experience after the years we spent working on Quake III and Team Arena. We all still love multiplayer here, but it had been over 3 years since the entire team worked on a single player focused experience. Hiring a professional writer early on and story-boarding out the whole game worked very well for us. The hardest part was working with brand spanking new technology that works entirely differently than the way our rendering technology worked from Quake - Quake II - Quake III. The learning curve for that was steep, but it was necessary to climb it in order to create the experience DOOM 3 delivers. Check out the Interview that covers talk about Doom 3 (of course), the Doom Movie and even mentions Quake 4...very briefly that is. It's a good read for a one page jobby. Go read it!
Edge v1.28 Released
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Category: DOOM Sourceports |
Darkknight sent us the news that the Doom Port we all know as Edge has been updated to version 1.28 and here is what Darkknight said about this release:This is our blue release - the title screen is an indicator of the version of Edge and in this case its blue. All that we've tried to achieve in this release is tidy a lot of understanding issues and get the project going again after it went into a period of quiet activity. So the focus of this new release has been bug-fixing and stability. Here is the list of the main changes in Edge 1.28:- Very basic overlay HUD.
- Edge.log file, automatically remembers startup messages.
- Removal of MP3 music support.
- Full mouselook range in GL mode.
- Better, faster sky drawing in GL mode.
- For multi-user systems: user-specific config and savegames.
- The source code is now written in C++.
- Supports MS Visual C++ (.NET 2003) and Dev C++ (MinGW).
- Many, many bug fixes (including several crash bugs).
So there you go! Head on over to the Sourceforge site and get the new Edge!
City of The Damned Review
Sematary reviewed the latest Tormentor667 map that is called City of The Damned which is a Doom 2 map that requires the latest ZDoom. Check it out on Doom Wad Station and you can read the full review and see the screenshots on this page.
Getting Closer To DRE Release
From what [OFoD]Doom Rampage is saying on the Doom Rampage Edition site, DRE is all mapped out and item placement is all that is left plus a weeks worth of beta testing....
Orbital Outcry Released
Stubbsy updated his DoomSlayer site with what he says is a big update. Seems he released a new map called Orbital Outcry which is a Space Station map that was made for Doom Republic's Editing Contest 5. Also he released an experimental Legacy map called Water-Viles and also new versions of Go4it, Security and Command Ship. Theres also some new screenshots for these various levels and a updated story to include Orbital Outcry. Head on over to the Wads page and look for the yellow symbol jobbies to locate Orbital Outcry and Water-Viles. Doom on!
Wikipedia & Karthik
I wandered over to Karthik's site and it looks like he updated a few days ago. Anyhow there's not much in the way of Doom news. Basically he says some Doom work definitely happened and some major news about that should be coming soon. You can read what he has to say on karthik82 and you can also visit the Wikipedia page of Doom which Karthik mentioned on his site. That's it for the Doom news that I can see tho I think that Agent Spork might have some more reviews soon. My Doom senses are tingling! Later!
Even More E3 Impressions Of Doom III
HomeLan Fed has thier E3 Doom III impressions posted up on this page. Here is a small quote from the briefly worded article:While the PC build of id Software's long awaited first person shooter sequel-remake Doom 3 was a no-show at E3 last week, the Xbox version of the game (ported by Vicarious Visions) was very much evident at both publisher Activision and Microsoft's Xbox E3 booths. We managed to get a few minutes with the build to check it out for ourselves. So there you have anouther Doom III article from E3. Before you know it we'll all be playing the game and wanting more.
Kaiser Updates DSV Outworld
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Category: Hosted Site | Ports/Mods |
Why does txt paste screwy sometimes? Errmmmm anyhow Kaiser updated DSV Outworld with a new version of SVStrife, a win32 source port based on the Doom-Based engine game, Strife (fixed many bugs and added many new features). This ups the version to 0.0.5 so go download SVStrife0.0.5 and check it out. Not only that but he added more maps to his Doom Wads section and the Featured Project has been updated again with more information and screenshots. Check it all out on DSV Outworld!
Do You Like Your Core With Extra Vile?
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Category: Hosted Site | Personal Projects |
The hosted site some know as The Megawad was updated. I swear I don't know wtf happened! Just jokin... I updated with some Vilecore II ramblings, some stuff about Jedi Academy and I fixed my banner area. Damn I gotta do that on the other pages too (fix the banner area I mean). Oh well, The Megawad needs finishing. Now to do Kaiser's news.
Almost There........
[OFoD]Doom Rampage reports on the Doom Rampage Edition site that theres 1 map to go..... plus some tweaking and playtesting and then DRE will be a done deal and vacation time will be happening. Want to know more? Get over to the Doom Rampage Edition.
Doomsday 1.7.15
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Category: Hosted Site | Ports/Mods |
While the dust settles from E3 Skyjake has come up with a treat for the fans of his top Doom based Sourceport Doomsday.
The new version introduces fakeradio a new lighting engine - which, while not per-pixel shading, is a major improvement to what is already a top notch graphics engine. The new version can be found on Doomsday HQ.
Several other improvements are also present in this Win32 release with the further promise of a Linux version and new netcode to come in the future.
More exciting still, is Skyjake's decision to press onto developing new version of Doomsday under the project title of Hawthorn. Hawthorn will use the technologies available to the current range of graphics cards and API's (programmable pipelines, T&L etc...). More on this when we get it.
Update:Whoops I got the link to Doomsday HQ wrong - thanks to sLydE for pointing that out - the link should work now.
Boomtown Checks Out Doom 3
Here we go again........ This time around Boomtown.net has the goods on Doom 3 XBox edition thanks to the E3 dealie. Here is a quote:Playing Doom 3 in Activision’s hermetically sealed theatre is a scary prospect. Cut off from the hurly burly of the rest of the show and donning the proffered headphones, the game doesn’t pull any punches from the off, as you enter the first room in the game’s small demo level and find what appears to be a dead body sitting in a nearby chair. Unlike most dead bodies though this one’s making a noise and when you get close enough it lunges out at yet, in the game’s first but certainly not last, stand-out scary moment. Ok Doomers go read the whole one page article right here Hmmmm nice looking Imps....
Rampage Got 2 Maps 2 Go
I was on Doom Rampage Edition and see that the site got updated. More work in the level design department is getting done. It seems that Map29 is populated now and theres 2 maps remaining. More stuff is complete and you'll have to visit the site to read the rest of the story.
Contamination Zone Review
Sematary reviewed Contamination Zone by Warlord on the Doom Wad Station and you can read the full review of this Doom map and see the screenshots by visiting this page.
id software's Next Game Info
A trip to Blues News revealed just now that id software plans on doing a completely new game after Doom 3 and won't be doing anouther sequel or remake for their next game. Here is a quote from the article:LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Video game developer id Software, famed creators of games like "Doom" and "Quake", will likely start work on its new project almost immediately after completing four years of work on "Doom 3", its chief executive says.
In an interview with Reuters on the sidelines of the video game industry trade show E3 here, Todd Hollenshead said that the game in question was new intellectual property, and was not a "Doom", "Quake" or "Wolfenstein" game. Check out the full Reuters article for the rest of the story.
The City of The Damned Released
Tormentor667 sent us an email to let us know that he just finished uploading his latest map The City of The Damned and also the corresponding Blood Resource Pack for everyone to use. So go ahead, make Tormentor's day, go to Realm 667, download his map and give it a play. Ooh and anouther thing which he didn't mention in his email, it seems that 3 weeks ago, he started work on the Eternal Doom IV project and created a lot of sprites and new enemies for the resources over at TeamTNT. Anyways get to Realm 667 to read his news about all this stuff.
New Look For The Megawad
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Category: Hosted Site | Personal Projects |
Nobody sent in any Doom related news today and none can be found. Meanwhile I did a redesign of my craptacular website. So head on off to The Megawad and have a look. I'm still working on it and all the pages aren't finished yet but the main bits, especially the projects pages are up.
Doom Zephyr In-Editor Screens
PumpkinSmasher updated Doom Zephyr with some info about some in-editor screenshots he posted on his forum. He says that his first Doom Zephyr map will be called Nukage Tunnel, The second map will be called The Facility, and one of the other maps is Alpha Labs. It's all on Doom Zephyr.
Doom 3 Ships This Summer!
Noticed in the forums that Hurdler posted this which leads one to this article which confirms the fact that Doom 3 will ship this summer! Woot! This summer we're sending game fans on a first-class trip to Mars -- with a layover in Hell, said Todd Hollenshead, CEO, id Software. DOOM 3 is coming to the PC and delivering the most atmospheric, terrifying and visually mind-blowing gaming experience ever conceived. Finally we get confirmation that the game will be released this year!
E3 2004: Doom 3 Trailer
Once more ign.com has the Doom 3 stuff and this time it's all about a Doom 3 trailer. The trailer requires Quicktime and the big version (480x360) is 75mb large and the smaller jobby is 20mb (320x240).
Much Ado About Rone
I'm a bit late with some of this news but I was swamped with evil spam in my email jobby. Anyhow ellmo sent in the news about a new WLaD system for Rone. What is that you ask? I think a quote will be easier to explain:Thanks to LittleWhiteMouse and my stubborness, the WLaD system has been born and I'm pretty fond of it. It limits the amount of weapons a player can carry, and give the ability to drop some of them. All done with ACS and DECORATE. Certainly worth a look. A bitter taste of reality in ZDooM! Not only that but ellmo said in anouther email that he designed BToR! (EDIT: Ahhhh! WLaD was changed into BToR. If you think I'm changing all this typing then Booyah!) Ummmm gonna do anouther quote now:BToR gives the player a ability to drop weapons, and carry a limited amount of them. It also has simple RPG system, consisting of strength, agility and contribution attributes, that will have a significant
influence on the gameplay. The BToR system is still under developement, yet available for download and free to use Anyhow get over to here to see for yourself what the heck is going on with Rone and stuff. Ummmmmm, gee-whiz ellmo updated again with news about NMN's weapons graphics and the screenshots have been updated. Ok I wanna go get a coffee....
Todd Hollenshead Interview
ign.com has a sparkly new Q&A session with id's Todd Hollenshead and they talk about the story, interactive environment, and why the PC has no co-op. Here is the complimentary slice off the olde interview itself:You come back to the base to find all your buddies -- who are marines -- are either turned into zombies, or they're lying dead across the floors and the walls and the desks and everywhere else. You realize that your first mission is survival. You are in contact with your commanding officer, who's a character called Sarge in the game, who has the ability to give you radio instructions. In a nutshell, your mission is to stay alive, kill the demons that you face, try to figure out who [are] the good guys and who [are] the bad guys -- because not everybody is necessarily what they seem -- and ultimately to stop the demons and the forces of Hell from their mission, which is to not only take over Mars, but then to move from Mars to take over Earth. Go read that three page long interview.
Agent Spork Is Knee Deep In The Wad Reviews
Agent Spork went and updated his personal Doomed web space again! With more reviews! Reviews are cool! Lemme see now.... he reviewed PacMan Doom 2 by Epyo, Phocas Island by Chopkinsca, Mega Phase by MegaZzZeux and Point of No Return by Job. That was an update to the reviews he did yesterday after I posted the review news. Since then he's done even more reviews. So he's also reviewed Internal Reaches 4 by Kaiser and By the Pain I See In Others by Patrik Höglund. Furthermore Agent Spork says he plans to do more reviews. Get reading those mega-reviews on Doom Realm and the reviews are here.
Vilecore II WIP Shots Changed
I went ahead and changed / updated the shots on Boris's Wads In Progress site and I updated The Megawad with the latest info. Time to go reconstruct a few more sectors...
Spork Reviews Four Maps
The Doomer we all know as Agent Spork went and updated his personal Doomed web space. I meant to post this last night but I forgot. In the meantime, while I was sleeping or whatever, Agent Spork updated again so anyways... He split the projects section on his site in two (one for WIP projects and one for Complete Projects) and made it so theres more info and screenshots in the window. Furthermore he just updated with new reviews as well, which includes, Quick And Deadly 2 by Doomboy, BlackFish's DoomKiller 07, Zalewa's Happy 10th Birthday to you, Mr. DooM and last but not least Mr. Paradox by Mr. Rocket. Heh, thats a lot of Misters or somethin'. Doom Realm got the goods and the reviews are here.
More Pre-E3 Xboxed Doom III Stuffs
GameZone posted thier XBoxed impressions of Doom 3 in a pre-E3 preview. Here is a snapshot of a piece off the olde preview jobby:The game features 30-40 hours of gameplay, and there are five multiplayer maps for the Xbox Live experience. The game sports puzzles and mazes, and the weapon swap-out is typical of FPS titles. But this title prey on players with psychological terror. There are moments when hell takes over parts of the base. The scenes are akin to macabre nightmares of flayed bodies, living tentacles embracing whole rooms and ceilings, creepy crawlies and drop in from above, and zombies that pop out and try to do more than simply say boo. The tentacle part sounds pretty snazzy-creepyfried.... anyhow go read the full GameZone Preview.
Doom Builder 1.60 Released
CodeImp sent us the news this morning that Doom Builder 1.60 was released. The highlights of this new version of the popular Doom editing program are as follows:- Complete new script editor with autocomplete and function description tooltips as well as function help on F1.
- DECORATE things in a WAD file are now added to the Things list.
- Tagged sectors now also highlight for Hexen linedef effects when highlighting a linedef.
- Textures between the TX_ lumps will also be loaded when choosing a Zdoom/Skull Tag configuration.
Head on over to CodeImp's site and get Doom Builder 1.60
Pre-E3 Doom 3 On Xbox
ign.com put up thier Pre-E3 Doom 3 imppressions and they say that they've seen the XBox version of the game. From within the depths of the article:Though the demo level was played for us at a slower pace, players will have the option of checking every door, looking at the surroundings, and exploring every nook and cranny of each level or they can just run through and shoot everything (with a handy Sprint Button, no less). That may, however, ruin some of the eerie mood created by a slower pace. In either case, gamers will enjoy a brand new AI physics engine, which allows for a high level of environmental interactivity. Get your doomed marine ass over to this article and check out what they have to say about Doom 3 and the XBox version..
RONE Wasn't Built In A Day
ellmo and NMN are working on a new ZDoom project and you can check out their project's webspace right here. The working title is RONE and ellmo says that it will differ from everything seen before....or at least he hopes as much. Meanwhile the DRD (Doom Refresh Daemon) project is on hold while they work on the newer jobby. Anyhow visit this page for the rest of the RONE info..
Final Doom Memorium Remix
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Category: Other DOOM Engine Games |
Aliotroph? spotted the fact that OverClocked ReMix updated recently with a new DooM ReMix called Final Doom Memorium. The track was Remixed by Dj Redlight and I just downloaded this particular remix and think it sounds pretty cool. Wander over to OverClocked ReMix and get into the ReMixed stuffs.
Vilecore II Is 85% Completed
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Category: Hosted Site | Personal Projects |
I've been sector reconstructing Vilecore into what shall be Vilecore II for what seems like ages now. Suffice to say the project I'm calling Vilecore II will be a bigger, better and meaner megawad than the olde bare-bones, first version. I've spent a lot of time on the project since I last updated about a Month ago and a full report is on my site. Ok so it's not a full report because I've done so much I can't remember it all. To read the rest of what's up with my editing stuff, go and visit The Megawad. Theres a few in-editor shots and if you missed the olde post I made on WIP you can check that out too.
Doom 3 Path Removal
Phoebus informed me that he spotted this Doom 3 article on Blues News which explains that Beyond3D received word from id's John Carmack on why the NV30-specific rendering path has been removed from DOOM 3. Ok Doomers go read that article while I go get a coffee.
XBox Doom III E3 Preshow Impressions
Kudos to MasterOfPuppets who posted in this thread on our forums for spotting this article on Gamespot. It seems that Activision showed Doom 3 running on the Xbox for the first time publicly at its pre-E3 event in Santa Monica, California. According to the article there seems to be no compromises in the Xbox version from the visually impressive PC version. Check out the screenshots and get psyched for Doom 3, no matter what platform you prefer.
Exl Updates My Doom
Exl posted some stuff on his My Doom webspace about some mapping work he's done. He also reports about a wad merge tool he's working on that might never see the light of day but sure sounds cool. Anyhow it's time again to visit My Doom to see what shenanigans Exl is up to.
Vicarious Visions Needs Level Designer
Thanks to Keldran for sending me an email to let us know that Vicarious Visions, the developer of the XBox version of DOOM 3 is looking for a level designer. To qualify you'll need to have experience using QERadiant and it says on the site that the individual who's hired will be working on a highly anticipated FPS 3D game. Possibly that would be Doom 3? Anybody interested in applying or just plain interested in what the dealie is can go right here and read the full requirements.
Rampaging Insomnia: The Movie
[OFoD]Doom Rampage couldn't sleep so he went and made a hypercam movie he threw together and made a trailer for DRE with sucky resolution which ended up being eight minutes long. You'll have to visit the Doom Rampage Edition site if you want to see that jobby.
Death To Crap Rampage Style
[OFoD]Doom Rampage said some words in text format on the Doom Rampage Edition site and he speaks about the latest changes to the project and says a lot of technical crap was corrected. For more info about what's going on then a trip to Doom Rampage Edition is in order.
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