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June 2004
US ZDS #7 Is a Go For Friday
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Category: DOOM Sourceports |
I hope you ZDaemon warriors are all set to rock for the US ZDS #7 that is slated to start Friday July 2nd, 21:00 EDT PM because Bonzo has a ZDaemon DM Map Pack nș2 geared up that's totally fragtacular (or somethin like that). Check out the ZDaemon news.
Doomsday 1.8 Released
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Category: Hosted Site | Ports/Mods |
Skyjake has unveiled the latest release of the Doomsday Engine which powers the popular jDoom, jHexen and jHeretic. The 1.8 release supercedes the older 1.7 branch bringing new features such as; FakeRadio - a new radiosity (lighting ) engine, new Multiplayer Netcode, as well as a raft of new performance tweaks and bug fixes. 1.8 also finally unleashes the Doomsday Engine onto the Linux platform with all the features of the Windows version.
So head over to Sourceforge -here- and download the latest release (the Linux binaries are also available from Sourceforge). For more information on Doomsday visit the homepage at DoomsdayHQ.
In A World Gets Finished
The lastest map to be finished amongst those on Wads In Progress is Chris Hansen's In A World which is a Doom II, Single Player map that requires a limit removing port. Check out that map and get the downgrab off the page!
Euro ZDS Problems
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Category: DOOM Sourceports |
Bonzo wanted everybody to know that the Euro ZDS has been canceled due to server problems and everybody will have to wait untill the problems are solved. The US ZDS #7 will happen this Friday as usual, at 21:00 PM EST so be sure to have your weapons ready. Keep your eyes peeled on ZDaemon site the latest Zdaemon Session information.
Abbs Email Correction & Risen 3D
On Friday, June 25, 2004 I reported that Abbs told us that due to Licensing issues the Risen3D Source Port had been suspended. Anyhow Abbs gave me the wrong email and instead of it being pigpond it supposed to be bigpond. So what you have to do if you want Abb's to continue work on Risen 3D then Email Abbs and let him know you support the project and be sure to put: I would like to see the Risen3D project continue in the subject box.
Doom Legacy Wads Gets More Efficient
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Category: Hosted Site | Personal Projects |
Jive sent some news in and I just dug it out of some spam... danged spam filters. Anyways Jive has been doing a lot of tweaks to Doom Legacy Wads thus making his site more efficient. This is what Jive had to say in his message:DLW is totally reworked, tremendously corrected and upgraded (plus new entries (6 new and old Pwads, as usual since I'm fully back) Plus, the number of the visited pages bypass 300 000!!! So quit your mingling around here and wander on over to Doom Legacy Wads!
Splash Damage Is Hiring For Doom III Engine Game
Ninja_of_DooM sent in the news that splashdamage.com is hiring for 3 positions for a full game based on the DooM III engine. The positions are high-poly 3D modeller, texture artist and a level designer. For more info go directly to this page. By the way that site loaded like a snail with cement shoes crossing a molassess river but maybe that was just my ISP going nuts.
Rex Updates Nexus
Rex posted a spot of Doom news on his site concerning the fact that he completed Map E1M8 of Phobos Revisited and expect some screenshots soon. He's also speaks about his La Casa Del Diablo map and a few other bits. If you go to Rex's Nexus you'll get the rest of the info.
The Risen 3D Source Port Is Put On Hold
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Category: Hosted Site | Ports/Mods |
Abbs dropped me a note to inform everybody that due to Licensing issues the Risen3D Source Port has been suspended. The project will only go forward if there is sufficient interest in Risen3D continuing, otherwise the project will be scrapped. If your interested in the Risen 3D Source Port and want work to continue on it, then for gods sakes Email Abbs and let him know you support the project and be sure to put: I would like to see the Risen3D project continue in the subject box. So go ahead and read the full news posting on Risen 3D and get those emails off to Abbs!
Time Labs Released
Just noticed that the lastest map to be finished amongst those on Wads In Progress was Darksoul's Time Labs which is a Doom II Single Player map that doesn't require a specific source port. Check er out. No I don't have time to pre-check if the map is cool or not. Go do that yourself or somethin. :P
Unofficial August Release Date For Doom 3?
Ronnie Dove sent in the news that Gamestop has a new release date of August 3rd 2004 for Doom 3. If you go to that page however theres nothing to look at in regards to any official news and what your getting is a pre-order page. Meanwhile ign.com has an article up and they sayeth:While we're still waiting for an official announcement from Activision or id Software, it looks like the PC version of DOOM 3 has, at last, received a release date. Leading online retailers like GameStop and EBGames are now listing the title as shipping August 3, 2004. So we still don't have any official release date. I hope we do get the game in August and if we do I better start looking at more computer parts and shop around n stuff.... my old AMD 850 T-Bird just isn't gonna cut it.
More ZDaemon Sessions
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Category: DOOM Sourceports |
Bonzo posted the news about the next upcoming ZDaemon sessions that will feature a 7-map 16 Player DM pack called ZDaemon Sessions DM Pack. The Euro ZDS is on Wednesday 23th (Tomorrow!) and the US ZDS is on Friday 25th so be sure to check that out if your into the DM scene. Check out the rest of the info on the ZDaemon site.
Happy Birthday Quake
John Romero posted some ramblings on Planet Rome.Ro concerning the fact it's QUAKE'S 8th Birthday. Happy Birthday to DooM's little brother. Now would be a good time to see something of Quake 4 from the Ravesoft guys.... not likely to happen. err anyhow back to the Doom news.
Linux ZDaemon Launcher
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Category: DOOM Sourceports |
MAZter sent in the news that Hyper_Eye has released a Linux ZDaemon Launcher that requires GTK2 and works with ZDaemon version 1.06. He is still working on it and you can check out whats going on in this topic on the ZDaemon Forums. If you check out the launcher be sure to give some feedback and definitely report any bugs or problems you encounter if any.
Small Hellcore Update
DarkFyre posted again on the Hellcore site with the news that they've decided to release Hellcore in 5 level hubs of which the first hub is tech based. Screenshots for this upcoming Doom II partial conversion are coming soon...
Kaiser Wants SvStrife Beta Testers
Kaiser sent me a PM that he's looking for people who would like to participate in testing SvStrife Beta 1. It is a requierment that anybody interested in helping with the beta testing to be familiar with Strife and to be sure to find ANYTHING that is inaccurate or any bugs. The new features added to beta 1 are: hubs, voices, mission objectives and finales. Anybody interested in helping should email Kaiser
Doom Rampage Edition Released
[OFoD]Doom Rampage posted that the Doom Rampage Edition megawad that is designed for ZDoom has been released. Its a big download, weighing in at 65mb. So grease up your dialup connections or fire up the olde cable modem and get downloading this project.
DRE Beta Testing Going Great
[OFoD]Doom Rampage posted on the Doom Rampage Edition site with the news that the beta testing is going excellent and they're still fixing minor stuff. Also posted is a list of thanks to everybody who's helped out. I suspect to see DRE released pretty soon.... :)
Risen 3D Launcher 2.0 Released
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Category: Hosted Site | Ports/Mods |
Abbs dropped us a note to inform everybody that the Risen 3D site was updated with the news that there is now a version 2.0 of the Risen3D Launcher which has many bug fixes and now comes as a full install. Furthermore there is also a much improved batch file creation utility built in for those who like to use batch files. Go ahead and check that stuff all out on the Risen 3D site.
Doom Legacy Mac Attack
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Category: DOOM Sourceports |
Hurdler posted up the news on the Doom Legacy site that a new Mac OS X beta version of Doom Legacy is now available for download thanks to Sebestyen Gabor. You'll have to hit the Sourceforge site for the download.
New Atmosphere Screenshots
jetflock sent in the news that he posted up some brand new screenies of his Atmosphere project. He who calls himself jetflock sayeth:If any good legacy mappers are interested (check out both screenshot pages) let me know, I would like some creative people to make levels and bounce some ideas around with. I will be doing all artwork for the project. Mappers would speed up the process, I think I want to make it another 7 level episode like DooM ForeveR was. A small project, with most resources completed. The wad also contains new music, sounds, and a somewhat shiny dehacked patch. So that's the message. Now that you know all that go here to the Atmosphere page and the New screenshots.
Doom Zephyr Updated
PumpkinSmasher updated Doom Zephyr with some info about his recent editing endeavors. He says he finished anouther Zephyr map and is working on some others. Theres more info about what he's up to so go to Doom Zephyr to see what's going on.
Doom Rampage In Beta Testing Stage
There's a very small posting of text on the Doom Rampage Edition site which basically says that DRE will be released 6-19-2004 which just happens to be next Saturday. So now we wait for the beta testers to do thier thing before we get to download and check out DRE...
Pizza, Morrowind & Hellcore
Well it's Saturday night here and I spent part of it working on my Doom project, making pizza (from scratch... not those frozen things you only eat when desperate) and playing some Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind. Anyhow when it came to looking for some Doom news there wasn't anything anywheres until I hit the Hellcore site and noticed a rather small blurb DarkFyre posted about trying to collect news of development from the team. Expect to see some screenies and an update soon as DarkFyre finishes his map. Hopefully the Hellcore team members will wake up soon and report in. That's all for now. Might as well go back and work on my project now....
ZFootball Release 2
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Category: DOOM Sourceports |
Andrew Shepard let us know that release2 of his ZFootball mod is ready for download, which includes four new maps, numerical score display, goal limit, and other features. Go over to the ZFootball to read up on the rest of the info and get the latest download for this sporty Doom jobby.
ZDSessions Splits In Two
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Category: DOOM Sourceports |
Bonzo sent in the info that the ZDaemon community is having two ZDSessions. First there's the normal ZDSessions (now called US ZDSessions) at ET time, and secondly there's the Euro ZDSessions, which lets Euro players play at a more comfortable time. Get yourself over to ZDaemon and check out the rest of the info and grab the download for ZDaemon and get into some kick-ass DooM Deathmatch action.
Mystic Caught Updating Site
Mystic is messing around with his Doom 3D site I noticed just now as I was rooting around the Doom Community. He's made some changes to the layout and hopes to have some new (and or improved) levels soon. Meanwhile jump onto his Wads Page and maybe check out some of his earlier releases. Sekkusu and Jenny2 are pretty nice levels that require the Doom Legacy port.
Kaiser Released Crusader
First of all I want to mention that Wads In Progress was updated the other day and boris added support for Heretic and Hexen maps plus he added a search feature that allows you to seek out wad authors, maps and whatever. Meanwhile resident Doom mapper Kaiser posted on our editing forum in this topic that he released a new map called Crusader which is a Doom II, Single Player map. For screenshots and a bit more info check out the map on Wads In Progress on this page. The download linkage can be found on both the forum and the WIP page. Go get it.
Vilecore II Nears 90% Completed Stage
I've been sector reconstructing for Vilecore II since Moses was a rookie or something (well it feels like a long time). Suffice to say VileCore II is very close to being 90% completed. Okay go ahead and visit The Megawad and read the small bit of info I posted there. Most of what I got to say is that Vilecore II is definitely getting done.
Human Head Seeks Animator For A Doom 3 Engine Game
Well this is related to Doom 3 so I'll do it up anyhow. Noticed on Shack News that Human Head Studios is seeking out a talented Animator for a Doom 3 engine game they're planning to create. Here is the low down on Shack and the Human Head headhunt page. I wonder what game they plan on making with the Doom 3 engine? Rune II perhaps?
Spork Sneaks In Anouther Review
Yesterday when I wasn't looking Agent Spork updated Doom Realm with a review of Nmn's Waste Site. Spork says he's slacking.... haahaa! Anyways Waste Site is a nukage type of tech place made for Doom II and requires a limit removing source port to play. This level is Nmn's first map release even though he's certainly not new to map design.... he's just not hasty like the rest of us level design freakazoids. Getcha self over to the Map Reviews section to find this latest review.
Cobra Series On DLW
Jive sent in the info via email that he updated his hosted site, Doom Legacy Wads with The 7th and last episode of the Cobra Series, compiled by Cobra Computer LTD. on 1994 (4 for Doom II and 3 for Doom I). Check out the Cobra Series now that Jive has them ready for download.
Slide Updates Slidespace
Slide updated his hosted site with some info that he's still working on the jDUI pack (jDoom User interface Pack) and he says he thinks it's a good idea to wait for the release of Doomsday 1.8 to see what features appear. Well you can always visit Slidespace and read what Slide's up to these days.
Reanimated Released
I was sittin here and finally clued in to check my email and sitting right there on top was an email from Karthik... so finally Karthik and Varun have released thier Reanimated 2-map, Doom II, project that they spent a month or so on. You can get the wad at karthik82 on the Reanimated page. Karthik says his brother Varun will also be uploading the WAD to his site shortly. Ok, I'm gonna go download this now and take a break from Vilecore II mappin to check it out. Everybody should go get this now.
Doom Movie Switcheroo
Cinescape announced that Universal Pictures snatched up the film rights to the Doom movie after Warner Bros let it go.The same producers that tried to get the film greenlit at Warners remain on the project with Universal, namely Lorenzo Di Bonaventura and John Wells. What's changed is that the two men now have a finished script (by Dave Callaham), a new studio and a director attached (Enda McCallion in his directorial debut.) That's about all the info right there. Hit this page itself for the small article the quote was taken from. [Edit] PumpkinSmasher let us know that he noticed that HomeLan Fed got word from id Software's Todd Hollenshead on the current status of the Doom 3 movie rights which can be seen in this article.The movie rights have reverted to id, as Warner's option period expired. However, we remain a "free agent" at this time and multiple studios are interested in the project. The team of John Wells (ER, et. al.) and Lorenzo DiBonaventura (The Matrix, et. al.) that has been working on the project for over a year will remain affiliated with the DOOM movie. The studio question at this point primarily involves the financing.. So there you have all the latest Doom Movie news fiasco stuff...
Decade Released For ZDoom
Russell Pearson sent us the news that he's just finished and uploaded his latest ZDoom level entitled Decade which is his tribute to 10 years of Doom. He may be six months late but it's better late than never. Anyhow this map is a large tech based level based on re-interpretations of parts of maps from both Doom and Doom2. Ok you Doomed Spaced Marines, go recon Deullist.Net for that new level.
A Megawad In Twilight Gets Re-Released
For those of you who don't know. Paul Corfiatis re-released his 32 level, single player, The Twilight Zone megawad which was originally released in 1998. Now Paul has done a major facelift to the entire wad and it's all ready for download. You can check it out on boris's WIP. The download link for the new version of The Twilight Zone is available on the page. Go get it and check it out. Thanks to Jive for reminding me it was re-released. I downloaded it a few days ago but have as of yet to find the time to check it out.
New Reviews On Doom Realm
The Doom level review guy we all know as Agent Spork went and updated his personal Doomed web space. Two new reviews can now be discovered on Doom Realm and these latest entries are: The City of The Damned by Tormentor667 and Claustrophobia by Virgil The Doom Poet. Move on over to the Map Reviews section to read up on these latest reviews.
Doom Rampage Weapons List
There's a wee update on the Doom Rampage Edition site. The latest report about this 32 map, ZDoom TC is that item placement is underway and a final weapons list has been posted on the site. Now is a good time to go and see what that weapons list is.....Doom Rampage Edition!
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