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October 2006
| Tuesday, October 31, 2006 |
ZDoom 2.1.7 Released
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by
Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 7:57 AM |
Category: DOOM |
I was on the ZDoom site yesterday and apparently they updated afterwards on the same day.....or my brain is fried. So anyways, ZDoom 2.1.7 was released with a nice list of new features, fixes and changes. So go ahead and grab the latest ZDoom.
Endgame Megawad Revealed
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Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 7:50 AM |
Category: DOOM |
Bob Larkin of the Doom Wad Station sends along this message concerning a new megawad project that's called Endgame:We have put together a fairly decent array of mappers who are working on a project called Endgame - a megawad replacement, in the works, for Doom2. The maps include new textures, new music, ambient sounds, etc... It is designed for Gzdoom/Zdoom but probably looks best in Gzdoom (of course). Check out the Endgame site for more info, including screenshots and a 6 level downgrab.
Tucked Into A Hole Gets You Into The Urukhai Underworld
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Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 10:21 AM |
Category: DOOM |
Over on Map Factory is a singleplayer level for Doom 3 that goes by the name Urukhai.A car accident tucked your character into a hole and you have no choice but entering the eerie Urukhai Underworld to find him an exit. Check out Urukhai by Uwe Amberger.
John Carmack Takes The Lunar Lander Challenge
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Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 1:33 PM |
Category: General |
Apparently back on the 21st of October John Carmack took part in NASA's Lunar Lander Challenge and unfortunately the craft he was remotely piloting ended up crashing.The craft—nicknamed “Pixel”—came down too fast causing breakage of landing legs. Fire damage caused by the hard landing has curtailed the vehicle’s second flight - needed to claim NASA prize money. Depending on overnight fixes to software and hardware, another attempt at grabbing Lunar Lander Challenge money may be attempted. After SpaceShipOne took home the X-Prize in 2004, the X-Prize Cup became an annual event. This year, there was only one entry in the Lunar Lander Challenge: John Carmack's Armadillo Aerospace, which fielded a pair of rockets named Pixel and Texel. Unfortunately, Pixel crashed and Texel didn't fly. By the way Carmack's Armadillo Aerospace was the only team competing this year for the Lunar Challenge Event. Read more here. Thanks to Boingo for posting about this right here on our forums, or I wouldn't of noticed this bit of news. Also there's more links to related articles in Boingo's thread, if you're interested.
| Saturday, October 28, 2006 |
Impossible: A New Reality
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Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 12:39 PM |
Category: DOOM |
JK recently released and uploaded a Doom 2, singleplayer level called Impossible: A New Reality over on /idgames.But we won't know because your pansy ass blacked out somewhere along the way. When you wake up (with a bad hangover), you find yourself in an otherworldly place. So check out that Impossible: A New Reality level.
Phantasm For Doom 3
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Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 6:32 PM |
Category: DOOM |
bladeghost released an early build of his Phantasm mod (based on the movie of the same name) for Doom 3 over on Doom 3 Files.
| Thursday, October 26, 2006 |
Full Shadows Mod
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Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 10:00 PM |
Category: DOOM |
If you jump onto Doom 3 Files you can grab part one and part two of the Doom 3 Fullshadows mod. If you do go over there, Doom 3 Files is still having some stupid redirect error, so you'll have to hit the stop button on your browser to keep the error page from loading. heh. If that makes any sense....
| Wednesday, October 25, 2006 |
The Great Boss Battle Contest Results!
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Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 2:52 PM |
Category: DOOM |
Fatal sent me a PM to let us all know that the results for The Great Boss Battle Contest! are in, with AlysiumX taking first place. Here are the available mirrors for the contest download package: here, here and here. Congrats AlysiumX!
| Tuesday, October 24, 2006 |
Into Cerberon Update
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Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 9:27 PM |
Category: DOOM |
I haven't been on the Into Cerberon site for ages, so I just jumped on there to see if anything new is going on, or whatever. So anyhow, they had to find a new host for the site and they report that a lot of work has been done on the project and there's a push on to get a release out. So check out Into Cerberon.
More Stuff On DWS
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by
Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 10:52 PM |
Category: General |
Apparently Doom Wad Station now has Teletubbies for Doom, which is one of those sprite replacement jobbies. Also there's anouther sprite replacement dealie called Lego for Doom / Doom 2. Furthermore there's some reviews posted up for three Doom 2 maps; BFG9000, The Awful Monastery (link goes to a Nilla page) and Shadow Corridor.
Cloudtop 1.2
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Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 10:21 AM |
Category: DOOM |
dwayndibly released a deathmatch level for Doom 3 that goes by the name Cloudtop 1.2, which can be downgrabbed off of Map Factory.I have not imported any models or meshes into the map from other programs, all architecture, map design was created within the doom 3 editor. Go ahead and get some Cloudtop 1.2.
| Saturday, October 21, 2006 |
Doom Reborn Screenshots
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Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 9:17 AM |
Category: DOOM |
Bob posted up some Doom Reborn screenshots over on Doom Wad Station that the Doom Reborn team sent him. While your there you get the download for the Doom 3 project as well..
The Dark Mod Update
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Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 1:36 PM |
Category: DOOM |
Just took a sneak visit to The Dark Mod site and spotted a new update. Apparently they're getting thier AI models in working order and there's some info about the tweaks being added to thier editor, DarkRadiant, including a peak at the model viewer interface. Hit The Dark Mod to what's going on with the Doom 3, Thief themed mod.
| Thursday, October 19, 2006 |
Archviles Temple Review
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Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 12:39 PM |
Category: DOOM |
Here we go again to Doom Wad Station for anouther level review. This time we get to check out Archviles Temple and here is a blurb:If you are an Uber Doomer, you will probably find this map to your liking. It is difficult and should present an interesting play for that skill level. For me, it was VERY hard but I muddled through, often times with only 4% health! Check out that Archviles Temple review.
| Wednesday, October 18, 2006 |
New Doom Wad Station Stuff
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Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 2:04 PM |
Category: DOOM |
Doom Wad Station was updated with the addition of an exclusive download for the Blood TC, which is made using ZDoom and consists of 17 levels (1-16 and 31). Also there's a second download (148mb) for Doom Reborn Alpha 0.35 which you can find right here. Also there's a new level review on DWS for Karnak Temple, which is an Egyptian map for Doom 2, so check that out as well.
| Tuesday, October 17, 2006 |
Spiffcave Update
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Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 8:33 PM |
Category: DOOM |
Tango posted over on the Spiffcave that he's gotten un-lazy and has been working on Map03 of DomRem & Tango go to Vegas, which is a Doom 2, singleplayer wad. You can view DomRem and Tango go to Vegas over on Wads In Progress.
More id Software Games On XBox Live
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Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 11:48 AM |
Category: General |
According to the Firing Squad we can expect to see more id Software games on XBox Live Arcade for the 360 console, including Doom II, Final Doom, Hexen, Heretic, Wolfenstein 3D and Commander Keen. Firing Squad contacted Todd Hollenshead about this subject:We're looking at bringing some of the other games to XLA, but a lot is going to depend on the response to DOOM. From what MS tells us, its been fantastic so far, which bodes well for other id "classics" to be released there. But there's nothing concrete. Making the surprise announcement at X06 for DOOM worked out great, so I'll be tight lipped about anything specific for now :) Here is the link to the article.
PRBoom 2.4.6 Released
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Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 12:51 PM |
Category: DOOM |
PrBoom 2.4.6 was just released today with quite a few fixes that include:- Mac OS X: Fixed music volume slider.
- Implemented patch clipping. This fixes bug #1557501.
- Fixed update of compatibility options after use of TNTCOMP cheat.
- Reenabled padding if short or missing reject lumps. Patch #1570517 by RjY.
- Removed unaligned memory access in r_drawflush.inl. This should fix bus errors on architectures where unaligned access is forbidden and should give a slight speedup on other architectures.
- Stop right after the quit sound stops, instead of waiting three seconds.
- Fixed sound origin for switches. This is compatibility optioned. Patch #1533045 by RjY.
- Fixed "oof" sound when hitting ground while already dead. Patch #1532700 by RjY.
- Ported Eternitys fix to show the "ouch" face when severly hit.
- Unified drawing functions, this speeds things up a bit and fixes most artifacts on small numbers and fonts in high resolution modes.
- Mac OS X: Add resolution and video mode (OpenGL vs software) selection to launcher.
- Added rendering filters for software mode, they are configurable in a new page in general settings.
- Emulate some texture composition bugs
- Fix more common WAD bugs that can cause crashes.
- Fixed random crashes caused by use of uninitialized memory.
- Fix some demo incompatibilities caused by slime trail removal.
- Fixed crashes with WADs which use newer gl nodes or don't have any nodes.
- Automatically load gwa files with gl nodes.
- Fixed integer overrun in automap on large levels (from PrBoom+)
Go check downgrab the new version.
JFiles Closing Down
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by
Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 10:55 AM |
Category: General |
Apparently JFiles is coming to an end and will be closed down. The update on the site goes on to say that a replacement is in the works and we can expect an update about it on Doomsday HQ when it's ready.
| Saturday, October 14, 2006 |
Ultimate Teasing
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by
Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 10:05 AM |
Category: DOOM |
If you jump onto Doom 3 Files you can downgrab a DivX Teaser Trailer for Ultimate Mod, which is scheduled to be out by October 21, 2006. As far as I can tell there's no official site for the mod...
DoomSlayer Update
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by
Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 2:33 PM |
Category: DOOM |
Stubbsy updated his DooMSlayer site with the news that he's moved into 'uni' and doesn't have much time to update, however he mentioned the fact that DoomSport has really progressed with 2 new maps started and 3 maps have been finsihed.
| Thursday, October 12, 2006 |
KS12 Review
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Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 11:23 AM |
Category: DOOM |
KS12 for Doom 2 has gotten itself reviewed over on Doom Wad Station.What do you get when you combine, arguably, one of the best texture and sprite replacements (from Neodoom) with one of the best mappers in the business? You get KS12 - a large, well thought out map with tons of tricks and traps, a seemingly endless supply of bad guys and a whole new environment with new creatures and new weapons to play with. If you played Neodoom then you know what I'm talking about as far as the visuals go. If you've played Cory's work before then you know that he is a master at not only mapping but gameplay as well. And, in this combination, we have what I consider one of the best maps of the year to come my way. Join me in my reverance of this work and start fragging something! Check out KS12.
| Wednesday, October 11, 2006 |
Monster Hellpack Released
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Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 10:33 PM |
Category: DOOM |
Saducimus sent in an email to let us know that he uploaded his Monster Hellpack to Doom 3 Files. The pack is designed for Doom 3 & RoE that includes hi-res monster skins & hi-res heightened bumpmaps. So go downgrab that Monster Hellpack!
| Tuesday, October 10, 2006 |
ReX Updates Nexus With Return From Oblivion Screens and More
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by
Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 9:34 AM |
Category: DOOM |
ReX posted an update on Doom Nexus a few days ago where he revealed eight new screenshots (scroll down to bottom of page) of Return From Oblivion. ReX also mentions some of the stuff he plans to work on after RFO is done, which includes The Phobos Directive and a couple other partial conversions.. Read more over on Doom Nexus.
Get Some Ectopia?
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by
Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 8:17 PM |
Category: DOOM |
I just decided to take a trip to Wads In Progress and apparently Oculus Orbis released a Doom 2, singleplayer level for GZDoom that's called Ectopia.
Doom Reborn 0.35 Teaser
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Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 1:16 PM |
Category: DOOM |
There's a Doom Reborn 0.35 Teaser over on Doom 3 Files that the Doom Reborn Team released.Alpha 0.35 is complete and they are currently in internal testing stages that should be over in less than a week then it will be available to you to download so keep on checking the site. Composer Neurological has made a teaser video for the alpha that you can download. Also visit the Doom Reborn site for more info on the mod.
| Saturday, October 7, 2006 |
Risen 3D Rolled Over But Didn't Die
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Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 10:00 AM |
Category: DOOM |
Apparently the Risen 3D port is back from the dead and even the source code (<--direct link to the zip) has been released and there's also this page with source code info. Also there's a Risen 3D thread on the forums right here. In other news out of Doom Wad Station there's also a review of an historic map from 1995 called Absolom that's made for Doom 2.
VG Cats Gets Doomy
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by
Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 7:44 AM |
Category: General |
Over on VG Cats there's a new comic posted and this time it has a Doom thing going on, so check that out. The strip was spotted by Big_al.
| Thursday, October 5, 2006 |
Anouther XBox 360 Review Of Doom
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by
Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 12:12 PM |
Category: DOOM |
Here is anouther review of Doom that has appeared since it's availability for the XBox 360. Put a hit on GameDaily and read the full Doom Review. Here is a snip:The gameplay is pretty solid, spread out with dual-analog support and a friendly interface that makes items easy to access. Weapon switching was no problem whatsoever, and the ability to strafe comes real easy, especially if you're outrunning the larger monsters. The game's pretty challenging in single-player mode, with different difficulty levels offered and a few unlockable Achievements waiting to be added to your Gamerscore. That's all on GameDaily.
| Wednesday, October 4, 2006 |
Doom On XBox 360 Review
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by
Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 3:14 PM |
Category: DOOM |
Just when you thought you'd not see anouther Doom review, EuroGamer has gone and posted one, covering the recent addition of the game to XBox 360.Unlike a lot of games that came out at the start of that difficult transition from 2D to 3D, Doom stands the test of time thanks to fantastic, memorable level design, a refined control system, a perfect weapon balance, the list goes on. When Bungie spoke of basing Halo on the "30 seconds of fun over and over" design ethic, it was a principle Doom got right from the opening level onwards. So yeah, check out that Doom Review over on EuroGamer.
GZDoom 1.0.21 Released
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by
Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 8:22 PM |
Category: DOOM |
Graf Zahl released GZDoom 1.0.21 that updates the port to ZDoom 2.1.6 that was recently released and the new version also includes the ENTER script fix.
UAC Franchise 666
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by
Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 9:14 PM |
Category: DOOM |
Not much seems to be going on except this UAC Franchise 666 over on Map Factory, which I didn't notice before. The map is a Doom 3, singleplayer level and we don't really see many of those, nowadays. Might be worth the downgrab.
ZDoom 2.1.6 Released
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by
Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 11:27 PM |
Category: DOOM |
I'm late with the news today, heh.... well later than I wanted. Twas my brother's birthday today, so most of the clan went out and had a feeding frenzy on steak. So anyhow, I'm just noticing now that ZDoom was updated to 2.1.6 and theres a nice list of changes and fixes for you to read. Just hit ZDoom and downgrab that port.
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