• A full 32 levels of play, with a 6 level pre-release!
• All new weapons, including a mine layer and an awesome flechette gun, dubbed the "devastator" for its power!
• New sounds, music, enemies, items, textures, etc...
• Solid level design built not only for playability, but aesthetic immersion!
• New special effects, never thought possible in DOOM or DOOM II!!
• A truly immersive experience unlike any other TC available!
• A new source port dedicated to Twice Risen, featuring more than original DOOM has to offer!

It is a spacemarine without a helmet on his head, and with a rocketlauncher... We also look for an idea for a 'final boss'...

Hmm... neat, they still need a website for the project though. Gee, I have no idea where they could get one from though, do you? 8-)   -Covaro

3/30/98  
Doom Is 3D... No, I Mean It

Over at the WinDoom/glDoom homepage, Bruce Lewis has surpassed the 50,000 mark in about one month. Also, he's revealed a little secret:

Some of you have been asking what the hardware I was talking about supporting is. Well, Billy "Wicked" Wilson got it right when he said he thought it might be 3D glasses. I'm not going to name the manufacturer until we get it to work though.

Wow, I predicted that one by over two weeks.   -Linguica

 
From The Chief

Well now, the Chief from Chief's and Champ's Doom2 Page wrote us here at Doomworld, telling of the release of level 6 of the Chief series, and that they have opened a Wad submission section for their reviews. Fun page, very cool looking, especially those neat fire animated gifs, or possibly avi's. Gotta get me some of them...   -Covaro

 
Demos Clarification

Ok, well looks like this Strategy Demo thing needs to be clarified a little. Here is what is going on, we are making demos of individual levels and putting them together in a big zip file for the respective Mega-Wads. Lucky for me though, some of the people that have already written saying they can help me out with the task of writting the text files. Keep sending in those e-mails for helping out, if the mail keeps up at the rate it's going, we should be able to get down to 3 or 4 levels per person (overall).   -Covaro

 
Name Troubles

Looks like M.A. Entertainment has run into a snaffu with their name for their current project, Doom Destiny. The name seems to have already been taken by Bob Satori. Being good guys, they decided to change the name of the project to Doom Zero. Now that the name has been changed they can get back to work on the levels and hope that someone out their can help them get a "rocking" Map01 midi song. They want something that you can listen to for hours on end and not get tired of it. Midi artists who are interested should send e-mail to M.A. Entertainment for more information.   -Covaro

 
Ninja Doom Source Getting New Ideas

Rethcir of Ninja Doom has announced in the Source Coding section that he has received some recent advice from the guys over at the Doom Factory about how to make good weapons modifications within the exe. Can't wait to see what turns out.   -Covaro

3/29/98  
Doom For The Playstation

Ray recently sent a letter to Doomworld asking if we knew where to get a copy of the Playstation version of Doom. The question is now being turned over to you, the Doomer, to see if anyone can help out Ray in his search for Playstation Doom.   -Covaro

 
Doom Development Page

Doomworld has received another letter informing us of another new Doom related site, this one entitled, the Doom Development Page. What is the Doom Development Page? Well ask it's creator:

I have nearly finished my website called the Doom Development Page. The Doom Development page is for the level creators and the source code programmers working doom, the aim is to keep up with the latest developments in the doom developers world. It will include the latest news, links and levels for all concerned, plus any new ideas that are being worked on and their progress. I know this is very similar to what you do at present, but is to do with the doom level creators, not just the players.

Also, Andy would also like to get some new levels built for the source ports that can show off their different enhancements.   -Covaro

 
Wanted: Doomers Who Can Shoot Hard And Staright

Doomworld is now looking for people who would be willing to help out in recording or translating demos of many different Mega-Wads for Doom and Doom2. All aspects of this are being run by me, Covaro, so all e-mails regarding this project should be directed to me. What we will be doing is creating demos of how to beat different Mega-wads on Ultra-violence, and then once the demos have been completed, is watching them and creating text file walkthroughs to go with them. Whichever part you would be willing to help out in, creating a text file or running the levels and making the demo, is greatly appreciated. The following Mega-wads have been planned, but this is not the only ones we are doing, suggestions are welcome.

• Eternal Doom 3 (Demo's not needed)
• Icarus: Alien Vangaurd (Demo's not needed)
• Momento Mori and Momento Mori 2
• Requiem
• S*T*R*A*I*N
• The Darkening
• Hacx
• Doom2
• Ultimate Doom
• Final Doom
• and others...

We of M.A. Entertainment are working on a sort of free DooM mission-pack... a few levels are finished yet... it will feature all new levels, new sound and new music... the 'beta-name' is DooM DestinY... and it will be for 'DooM legacy' only! because doom legacy features direct midi's without first convert them into MUS!!! which mean the MIDI quality and original instruments will be keeped... we will post some screenshots if you want...

Well, if you ever complained about Doom not having cool Mission Pack style add-ons like Quake, that problem now seems to have been solved. For more info contact M.A. Entertainment.   -Covaro

 
Primary Colors

Thrust has updated with a whole mess of new pictures showing off the recently hacked-in colored lighting. It now includes not only red lights, but green and blue as well! Next on his list: getting the colored lights on the floors, ceilings, and sprites...   -Linguica

 
TNB Site Open

Rick Clark sends along word that the The New Breed homepage has opened for business.   -Linguica

 
DF Site Open (Yes, I Am Unoriginal)

Remember the flamethrower that we talked about so extensively yesterday? Well, it now has a webpage. Check out DooM Factory for info on the flamethrower as well as other projects.   -Linguica

3/27/98  
Doom Development Dearth

Wow... slow news day. That's both the problem and the godsend about Doom news: there's so much less than for other games like Quake II! Perfect when you're feeling lazy, but it sucks when you want to make massive updates. Anyways.   -Linguica

 
New HR Demo On The Way

RicrobNet has updated with the following juicy nugget o' gossip.

Yonatan Donner has informed me that he and his crew of Doom Gods are remaking lmps for the ever popular Hell Revealed wad. He promises faster times on all of the demos, and says they should be ready for release within a month. I can't wait. Now...if I can just get Yonatan to participate in my demo contests. Hmmm...

I smell a resurgence in demo popularity, now that Doom gods like Yonotan can piece together individual .lmps to form a big long super-run.   -Linguica

 
Clear The Trenches

Well, Andy Kempling picked the perfect day to email me a notice about the current production of a new flamethrower mod being worked on by the currently website-less Doom hacking group, DooM Factory. We'd offer them webspace, but I believe that they're already, ahem, locked up in that department.

Have you ever wanted to light a former human on fire? Or give the mancubas a taste of his own medicine? Ever wanted to gleefully slaughter the Cyberdemon while he stands paralysed from extreme damage??

Well, soon you'll be able to!

DooM Factory is working on a BRAND NEW WEAPON to add to the DooM Marine's arsenal: The FLAME THROWER!
A flame thrower is currently in the works, and it's looking SWEET.

The enemies will burst into flames when they die from the flamethrower, and will start to catch fire and leave trails of flames as they walk.

The patch includes

• A new damage system for flame damage Heat damage...every point of conventional damage from the Flame Thrower after 20, will result in a point of heat damage. This damage is calculated at speeds up to 35 points per second!
• A brand new weapon that doesn't replace any of the old favorites(Or non-favorites in the case of the pistol :)
• A brand new ammo type, Rocket Fuel!
• 3 brand new items! The flame thrower, the small fuel canister and the LARGE Fuel tank.
• Brand new gfx for the gun, the pickups, and the flames.
• Super Shotgun now accessable by use of "9" key.
• New Command line parimeter -startft will start you with the flamethrower.
• A player who dies while brandishing the flame thrower doesn't just die... the rocket fuel he carries ignites, creating massive explosions!!
• If an enemy is torched to death, his body burns for a while...and be sure not to step in the fire! It hurts you too!
• Watch with glee as enemies go up in flames as you torch them!

In reqards to the 3d gif, It does indeed work.

Stephen Lum:

I happen to have a pair of those red/blue glasses and took a look at the picture. It wasn't too 3d-ish, but it did look like 3D, the Double Barrel looked quite cool with this effect.

Makes me wish I had a pair. Now, if only we could play Doom with 3-D glasses, now that would be freaky.   -Covaro

 
Ninja Sourcified

Kayin of Ninja Doom has updated the Ninja Doom Page with new screenshots of level 8. And also to announce that Ninja Doom will be using a modified source. The coder, Rethcir even has his own page to update on the progress of the source coding. The source code for Ninja Doom is based on DosDoom.   -Covaro

 
DosDoom Launcher Update

Ok, so you thought DosDoom wasn't enough? Well head over to the Graveyard and look what's been planned for version 2.0. Is there anything Grave missed?   -Covaro

 
Wildman Has His New Breed

It's official, Wildman has gotten all the people he needs for his New Breed project. He says that he is going to be putting up an official page for the project soon, but that's it. Come on Rick, more guessing games? 8-)   -Covaro

3/25/98  
New Look

Covaro's Doom Page has been updated with a brand new look. Unfortunately all the links do not work yet due to the fact that all aspects of the page must be reformatted to fit the new look. I would really like your comments on the new look of my page.   -Covaro

 
Voting Daze

Voting on topics seems to be really big this week. Not only has Nick Baker started a poll on the "Best Doom Add-ons", but Doom News has begun a vote to see if Justin should keep the new format. With Nick's contest, last I saw Momento Mori 2 was in the lead for best add-on ever, and 89% of voters believed that the new format at Doom News was cool.   -Covaro

 
Star Wars Doom

The Star Wars Doom site has a new lay-out. Check out the screenshots, visit the message board and read the news. Looks promising!   -Mordeth

 
Source Mods

We've been notified that the Doom Legacy archive on our ftp site was corrupted. The problem has been taking care off, and we apologise for any inconvenience this might have caused! The binaries and source files of WinDoom v0.96a have also been uploaded to our ftp. Bruce Lewis explains:

The version 0.96a of WinDoom just fixed a bug in the cvar list. Key_left disappeared somehow. I put it back in and uploaded the bug fix as version 0.96a. Any release with a letter at the end is just a minor bug fix. (at least with WinDoom)

Doomworld has also been sent the source of MidDoom v0.03, which you can get at our source port page. Thanks to Nankervis!   -Mordeth

3/24/98  
SOF Demo Winner Announced

RicrobNet has posted the winner of the Soldier of Fortune demo contest. Let's all give a big round of applause to Rudy Jurjako, who successfully traversed the level in 14 minutes, 45 seconds. The level is available here, and the demo is available here.   -Linguica

 
Game Guru 3.0 Released

Steve Noonan of The Doom Wad Author Page has released version 3.0 of his Game Guru utility, which works not only for Doom, but also for Heretic, Hexen, Duke Nukem 3D, Blood, and Shadow Warrior.   -Linguica

 
Ninja Stuff

Kayin has updated Ninja Doom with scads of info about the upcoming Doom PC. He talks about source ports, deathmatch levels, monster sprites, and why old and slow computers are so cool. Oh, and:

I'm even thinking about opening a seperate page for my coder to update on his adventures with the source, but Ill have to run that by the fellas at Doomworld.

Yes, running it by us is usually a good idea :P   -Linguica

 
DDL Needs Help

The Graveyard has updated with some information on the impending release of DosDoom Launcher 1.5. The author, however, is asking for help on a technical problem he's run into.

The only problem is that the BGI Device Driver info keeps showing up in the DDL-generated response file instead of the user-entered data after a -vspeed, -heapsize, -turbo, -deh, or -file command. I really have no idea what's causing this, so any ideas would be appreciated.

If you have any idea of how to fix this, you might be able to help speed up the next release of this great setup utility.   -Linguica

 
SOF Contest Closed

Eric James Roberts of RicrobNet has closed his Soldier of Fortune demo contest. Him and Lisa are churning through the demos and hope to announce a winner soon. But, demo fans, don't despair! You can now start working on your entries for Malcom Sailor's hard-as-hell WAD, Chord_NG!   -Linguica

 
Jim Dosé Abandones GLDoom

Jim Dosé has stopped working on his private GLDoom project. According to his .plan file:

I haven't said anything about GLDoom in a while, and that's because I'm knee-deep in working on Sin. Needless to say, I'm no longer working on it. It was pretty much a mistake for me to try to get involved in a side project that could never hold as much importance to me as Sin does. Besides, Bruce Lewis is doing a great job on his version of GLDoom :)
If you haven't heard about Bruce's version yet, go to http://www.frag.com/doom to read about it.

  -Mordeth

 
Ritual Doomers

Don MacAskill (another Ritual Entertainment guy) has updated this .plan file with the following:

Anyone out there working on DOOM projects of some sort or another? While I love the mlook stuff, the translucent sprites, etc etc... No one has stepped up and done my most wanted feature -- improved netplay.

I'd *kill* to be able to play DOOM across the net like I can play Quake/Quake2. Sure, I'd love to be able to join a game in progress and whatnot, but mostly, I just want to be able to play in a similar ping situation as Quake. And using TCP, of course. :)

So, um, if you're working on this, awesome, drop me a line. If you aren't, but are working on some sort of DOOM project, drop what you're doing and make DOOM w/TCP (client side prediction would rule), ok?

I'm sure he's not alone in this :) Anyway, Dr. Funfrock is working on a TCP/IP internet proggie for Doom, called DoomLink. Read all about it at his site.   -Mordeth

3/23/98  
Voting Nightmare's

You've probably looked at the headline and said huh? Well Nick Baker over at Nightmare's Haunt has started a contest as to some of the "Best of Doom...". Topics include: levels for single or co-op, DM, music, and of course the ever present "Best Add-on". Not to simply be left with just that, Nick has also updated on two new projects he is beginning, one of which he has labeled TOP SECRET!   -Covaro

 
Doom News Has Moved

Doom News has moved to a new home on Doomshack. This after alluding to it for a few days beforehand, and Justin has even gone and reformated his page with a new look. Hope that he's happy in his new home.   -Covaro

 
Eternity Demo Released

A demo of the Eternity TC has been released:

The demo features the first level (derived from castlem.wad by John Mandago), a number of the new features like the flame thrower, sound fx, and graphics. It also has a demonstration level on E2M8 that shows off the first two new enemies, the Death Imp and Flame Spectre (the upcoming enemies are completely original). I personally think its worth the 400KB download =) Give it a try, and pleeeeaaase write me with your feelings/suggestions etc. And if the install routine gives you trouble, please tell me. I am contemplating rereleasing it with a better installation.

This according to producer Quasar.   -Mordeth

 
V... 1... 4... Ignition!

DosDoom Launch v1.4 has been released, with the following features:

• Added support for Heretic and Hexen cmd-line options
• Added preliminary support for CTFDoom v0.75 (ie. you can run it, but not configure it outside of normal DOSDoom options)
• Updated DOSDoom options support to v0.61
• Added support for the "original" Doom engines (ie. Doom, Doom 2, etc..)
• Decreased size of EXE drastically

 
Wise Words...

Chi Hoang has posted a statement on his Official DosDoom site regarding recent events. An excerpt from this follows here, and in my opinion this wraps it all up:

The authors of Doom Legacy took it upon themselves to highlight a bunch of features of Doom Legacy and a bunch of problems with DosDoom. Well, if I wanted to, I could highlight a bunch of features of DosDoom and a bunch of problems with Doom Legacy. However, I won't bother because I don't want this to decay into a useless flame-war.

'Nuff said.   -Mordeth

 
To Serve and Launch

Update at The Graveyard, where we learn that David has cancelled support of his Launcher for the Doom Legacy source mod. He does however include support for the following mods: Boom, PDoom, MIDDoom, NTDoom, ATBDoom, Win32 Doom, XFree86/OS2 Doom and ZDoom. Plus, how does the phrase "Doom Deathmatch Bot" sound to you..? Same here :)   -Mordeth

 
FancyPants - The Doom Pool - Updated

I'm currently doing a sweep through the designer entries listed at FancyPants - The Doom Pool. Listed at the site are some invalid email addy's... if one of those belonged to you, better contact me again soon or your entry will be deleted. At request I have removed three other entries as well.

Several other entries have been updated. Nathaniel Roche informed that he has cancelled both his projects ('Dino Doom' and 'Depths'). However, I've added two new projects. One is from a new team called Doom Factory that wants to create new source mods to give us eg internet play. Doom Factory will be hosted by that illusive future site Doomnation. The guys at Voodoo Nipple Software are thinking of doing a sequal to their Hostage Rescue 3 project, called "Twilight Warrior": counter terrorism, special operations, hostage rescue, assasination missions, this project has it all. Last but not least, Dracula Doom still seeks fresh blood! If you're a level designer or sprite artist looking for a project to join, why not give them a call?   -Mordeth

3/21/98  
Doom Legacy Replies

Yesterday's update about the Doom Legacy comments has started a pretty big stir in the community. Doomworld has received an email from the Legacy team showing their side of the story. This is the letter from the Legacy Team and is fairly lenghty. Also remember, these guys aren't native english speakers, so the english may be a little rough in spots.

As I've understood your article... it was not meant 'nasty' but you sure did like 'Sensation' newspaper... so you want your load of news eh :) ?

This is the kind of thing that we thought put on our news section... then we decided NOT, as we thought it was childish... some quotes about DosDoom were left this and there, and as you have removed them out of context you oblige us to respond and defend ourselves. So please put the following in your news as our 'RIGHT TO ANSWER' or something like this... we know its long but hey do your newsman job and cutout the most 'sensational parts' like you have done eh ?

We really have to put some excuses on our site now, but we cant update it so often so you'll receive this first as YOU SET THE FIRE ON US!!!!

We can tell you as today we have received at most 4 flames and the rest 30 mails just LOVE what we do. We have also received some mails of people SUPPORTING us, even if they do think it was a bit 'displaced'.

That word 'CRAP', hmm.. let me look in my English/French dictionnary... OOOPS! It's not in!

English is NOT our natural language and so I think I misused the word 'crap'. I bet you read that as 'shit', but we wouldn't ever said that 'DosDoom is shit' : we know Chi Hoang is putting a lot of work into his port, and we DO pay respect for that.

We are just tired to see DosDoom copying our ideas after each n every release of Legacy. DosDoom tries to ignore every other project (he doesnt say a word about us or BOOM) but at the same time, he COPIES the other project's ideas. Just to remind you what LEGACY brought first to the Doom community, this is childish but some 'faithful' DosDoom users needs their memory refreshed :

• - 8 PLAYERS deathmatch : and we offered a support since the beginning with DOOMATIC.
• - DEATHMATCH RANKINGS.
• - USER FRIENDLY : new Setup Controls and Options menu, change Video Mode any time during game.
• - TRANSLUCENCY on sprites and walls,
• - EXACT ASPECT RATIO in every video mode (ever tried playing DosDoom in 320x400 ???)
• - LOOK UP AND DOWN : with all the comments I had put in the sources it was like 'served on a tray'.
• - SHOOT UP AND DOWN
• - AUTOAIM ON/OFF, old AUTOAIM ENHANCED (can shoot up/down when not aiming at something)
• - 3 CROSSHAIRS : yes this is an idea from Quake2, but DosDoom did it just because we did it, and as usual he does it worse : they're not displayed at the right place, they're all red, and you can't edit them (no graphics resources)
• - JUMP ABILITY
• - WALK OVER/UNDER things, solid corpses
• - LARGER SKIES FOR MLOOK : we took a step forward as the skies really NEED to be larger for mouselook. You should be happy that I took time to rework the Doom2 original skies (Doom1 ones to follow...)
• - DEMOS record mouselook, autoaim, jump, talk messages and so on. Whatever options you set, IT WORKS!
• - FULL DEHACKED SUPPORT : DosDoom was proud to say '(including most text messages!)' as we didnt support text changes in Legacy v1.11. Now we have done it much more cleaner. What he has done IS SUCH A BIG HACK. We took time on this and every new text in Legacy is automatically supported for dehacked patches, which is not the case of DosDoom.

You're being far too cynical, Quakegod, even for your age =P   -Mordeth

3/19/98  
Thrust Moves In

Well, it's official, the Thrust Homepage has moved in here at Doomworld. Check it out now, this Doom Engine product looks pretty darn sweet!   -Covaro

 
Doom Legacy Vs. DOSDoom

Doom Legacy, freshly moved to frag.com, has also gotten a facelift, as well as scads of new pages and information about its incredible Doom port. However, it also seems to be decidedly unfriendly to a certain other port. Look at these quotes and decide for yourself.

• [Chi Hoang] is getting us disgusted more and more
• First, DosDoom sucks right away. he steals other's ideas.
• Stretching the sky vertically looks too much crap (just look at dosdoom...)
• It's downright silly to do so, we leave this to dosdoom.
• ...because some other crap port like DosDoom might get inspired
• We're no dumbs like dosdoom

I've got something important pertainting to this site to announce. Between Friday and Saturday, Doom News won't exist here anymore. Don't worry, something really awesome will happen very soon.

I have a feeling this means that the new Doom site that is being planned behind closed doors could be opening this weekend.   -Covaro

 
...Off To Frag.com We Go

The Leprechaun Doom team, creators of the well-known source port Doom Legacy, have moved to their new home at Frag.com. Aside from the usual stuff like the latest news on their project, you can find information here on how to use and customise Doom Legacy for your own WADs, their plans for future releases and how you can contribute to this port. Personally, I think they are doing an awesome job here... keep it up guys!   -Mordeth

3/18/98  
Welcome The Ninja

We'd like to announce our newest hosted site here on Doomworld, Ninja Doom. This ambitious Doom 2 TC doesn't have any shirtless guys with Uzis like certain other "ninja" games have featured. However, it does offer great levels, all-new deadly weapons and enemies, and just maybe some source hacking thrown in for good measure. Visit it now!   -Linguica

 
News Of The Invasion

Paul F. has released his Invasion 2 add-on for Doom2. Invasion 2 is the sequel to Invasion and is very much a TC. Check it out today.   -Covaro

 
Hypostimus Talk

Over at The Best of Doom, Doom Wizard has posted an interview with Hypostimus. The interview has information about GothicDM2, and some of Hypostimus' other projects. A nice little peek inside the mind of the man behind the levels.   -Covaro

 
Doom Informant

What is the Doom Informant you ask? Good question, ask Ricrob as he seems to be the only one that has any clue what it means. I have a feeling though, that this could be the page that both him and Wildman are working on together. Goto RicrobNet to see the pic for Doom Informant and maybe see somemore info on this topic.   -Covaro

 
DosDoom v0.61 Released

This latest version of Chi Hoang's source port DosDoom supports Linux and has been undergoing various bug-fixes. Now you can also set the location of your Doom wads. As usual, the binaries and source files are mirrored on your source port section.   - Mordeth

 
Deep, Deeper, Deep97

Over at Justin Madigan's Doom News site I learned that version 9.70 of Deep97 has been released, this to support TeamTNT's Boom source port. Features include:

• BOOM Support added for new DOOM LineDefs.
  
      - Manually entered Sector and LineDef types can be
        from 0 to 65537.
      - You can add 25 new LineDef types in each of 7 categories
        to predefine up to 175 of your new favorites (added in
        file DOOM2.OPT)
      - New dynamic LineDef descriptions.
      - New LineDef menu options for all possible combinations.
      - Error check ignores BOOM LineDef types.

• New option in Error Checker to bypass LineDef & Sector type checking.
• Some more minor format changes.
• All 9.70 registered users are eligible for any adjustment required for the first release of BOOM.

• Totally new full screen HUD.
• Revamped mugs display.
• Shotgun, supershotgun, chaingun and pistol now can shoot at any angle. (This was not implemented for the weapons in DOSDoom 0.60, need to set shoot up/down to ON in options menu)
• Sorted player score list, can be toggled with " ` ", or when you die it is displayed. (Automatically adjusts to the number of players in game, their scores etc.)
• "-altctf" now enhances the beserker, as well as getting mega strength in the arms you also get mega strength in the legs, a 5 second speed boost at the equivalent speed of "-turbo 170". (Similar to Duke's steriods powerup)
• Implemented a "power jump", that will let you jump much higher then before.
• Miscellaneous stuff, like improved crosshairs, screen displays, and so on.

The purpose with this email is too make you guys aware of a new site on the Net which gets updated fairly frequently. Not a news site but just another "review-site" *sigh* Well I want it to get it into the so called "doom-community" and that is why I wrote you.

I'm not saying that you should write a whole lot about it, just keep your eyes open ;)

keep up the good work and good luck in the future!

Unfortunately, he forgot to include the name of this site to which he referred. However, being a budding Sherlock, I was able to the address to Doomster at the bottom of the .sig. Case closed.
  -Linguica

 
Request For Deathmatch Demos

Also, Tommie Quick emailed me with a request for a favor: to mention that he "needs some help creating demos for his mini Deathmatch project." Well, sure Tommie! Here you go. Of course:

I don't have access to a net for a while so I can't do them myself.

All credit will be given to the DM recorders.

Tommie also forgot to include vital information such as names and addresses. I guess you could email him about it, but then, he said he's going to be away from the internet for a while. Unless he meant a network to play deathmatch on... quite the quandary. In any event, email him if you'd like to record some demos.
  -Linguica

 
Email Problems

Duk here. I apologize to all those waiting for email replies from me about being hosted on Doomworld. I have received all email sent to me to date, the problem lies in sending the email. Please wait a little longer until the problem is cleared up. If you have something urgent to send me, use my ICQ Pager (#824600) if you do not use ICQ or send me an ICQ message if you do use ICQ and I will gladly reply back.
  -Dukrous

 
glDoom News

Sometime, late last night, Bruce Lewis updated his WinDoom/glDoom Homepage with a massive amount of info about his two ports. The most important highlight, was that he was reinstating PowerVR support for glDoom after finding a new set of drivers.
  -Covaro

 
Ninja Doom Correction

Yesterday's update on the Ninja Doom Homepage, included some incorrect information. The sound files posted on the page were not actaully part of the TC itself, but simply posted by Kayin for fun.
  -Covaro

 
Competetive Spirit

Well, we've all been hearing about the rumor of another major Doom site appearing soon, that is supposed to be a direct opponent to us here at DoomWorld. This super secret site has been kept under even tighter reigns than DoomWorld. Unfortunately, people seem to believe that this will lead to a direct contest between these two sites, leaving all the other sites out in the cold. That will not be the case, because DoomWorld is here for the progression and preservation of Doom, not it's undermining. We will not spite the new site, and I will personally have an update posted the day this new site opens up, and be there to wish them luck.
  -Covaro

 
TC News

I have personally made a decision that I'm going to attempt to cover some little know TCs or PCs for Doom here on DoomWorld, simply because, we cannot be a truly comprehensive site without covering all aspects of Doom news, no matter how small. The information on these little-known TCs will appear at least twice a month, as I can only inform people of the existance of the TCs as I discover them. The first will be one will be tomorrow.
  -Covaro

3/15/98  
News Archived

I've begun what will surely turn into monotonous tedium by creating the first page of archived news. You can find it on the sidebar.
  -Linguica

 
Ninja News

The Ninja Doom Homepage has been updated with new screenshots, more level information, and new sounds from the project. They have also recently aquired someone to do the Deathmatch maps, but are now attempting to decided whether to release a modified exe or stick with the current DeHackEd patch. The Ninja Doom Site will soon be moving here to Doomworld to join us in our preservation of Doom.
  -Covaro

 
Incorrect Update

An incorrect update was posted today at Prower's Page of Doom, stating:

Doomworld, OTOH, hasn't updated yet today. Wow! Out of a staff of 6-7 people, not one of them can get on the internet and update? :-)

Doomworld was in fact updated well before this update was ever posted. As we have stated before we will bring you daily updates in a timely manner. This is not meant as anything other than a clearing of facts, and has nothing against Prower or anyone else.
  -Covaro

 
New New Breed

Wildman has decided to begin recruiting level designers for his New Breed add-on project. Experience is not an issue, as Wildman is asking for all comers that can give input to the project. Full information can be obtained through Wildman's Homepage.
  -Covaro

 
Boom Delayed

TeamTNT has updated with info that their Boom engine has been pushed back another two weeks or so.

Don't panic--you'll get something in your hands on April 1st. But we've got such a good beta crew working with us at the moment, and the flow of information and feedback is so productive that we just don't want to jump straight into a public open beta release. So, we've changed the plan a bit.

There won't be a public beta as such, but on April 1st we will make a prerelease version available to the general public. Then on April 15th, after a couple of weeks of feedback we'll release the final Phase I product. The prerelease approach is sort of like a public beta without all the paperwork, and our time is better spent on the product rather than the beta registration process.

For the uninformed, Boom is TeamTNT's foray into the world of source ports. It basically has no limits of any kind on level size or complexity, as well as lots of new linedef tags, and other neat stuff like true deep water.
  -Linguica

 
Forum Number Two

Another Doom forum has appeared, this time from Ricrob, Wildman and Ron Allen. The new forum, Quake and Doom Forum, is meant to be one free of spam, foul language, and attacks on people. Should be a very good forum, from three guys that know their id software games.
  -Covaro

 
From Dusk Till Doom Moving

The Dusk Till Doom2 Homepage will soon be moving from it's current home to Fortune City, and will also have me, Covaro, helping out with the page.
  -Covaro

 
Soldier's Of Fortune

Do you remember Lisa Moore's Soldier of Fortune? Because, both her and Ricrob are asking for a demo of her level Soldier of Fortune on Ultra-Violence with 100% kills and secrets. The person that can acheive this feat will be feature on RicrobNet. If you don't already have Soldier of Fortune you can download it here.
  -Covaro

3/14/98  
More Source Ports Info

I updated the source ports page with all 7 of the Amiga Doom ports mentioned earlier. This brings the total number of source ports to 17, spanning MS-DOS, OS2, Win32, and Amiga.
  -Linguica

 
Ricrob-Wildman Merger Info

In the near future, look for two major Doom sites to disappear and become something new, and different. Both, RicrobNet and Wildman's Corner will soon join together to become one site. So far, even Ricrob is not totally sure as to the exact plans for this merger as Wildman is being secretive about what is to come.
  -Covaro

 
Ricrob Adds Music To His Site

RicrobNet the home of Ricrob has recently been improved upon with the addition of music to the main page and his Wad Picks page. The Wad Pick midi file is to be included if the featured Wad has new music to demonstrate what the player can expect to hear while playing the level. In addition to adding the new music, Ricrob has also decided to now update the Wad pick every friday. Ricrob also plans to regularly change the midi on his main page, in an attempt to not allow the midi to get stale.
  -Covaro

 
Amiga Ports Abound

^_^ has sent along word of a webpage devoted to Amiga ports of Doom.

Just thought you would want to know about all the various Amiga ports of Doom that are currently out (including some that support the new PPC boards).

In my opinion, the port called "ADoom" is the best because it can play back the MUS-ic using software wavetable synthesis and it supports practically any resolution, up to 1600x1200! (I run it on my Amiga at 320x240 31.5 kHz).

McGee created E4M1 and E4M4 for The Ultimate Doom, as well as Maps 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 14, and 22 for Doom 2. We wish him well in his next career: online gambling.
  -Linguica

 
DosDoom Setup Program Version 0.5

David Leatherdale has released a new verion of his DosDoom Setup Program to support all the features of the new DosDoom v. 0.60. The new version of the program also includes a redesigned interface along with the updates to support new features in DosDoom. The program is available from the DosDoom Setup Program Homepage.
  -Covaro

 
Prower Releases New Wad File

Mike Prower has released a new addition to his Prower Series, Prower's Revenge. This is possibly the last in the series, and is available in both Doom and Doom2 versions.
  -Covaro

 
WinDoom Version 0.96 To Be Released

One of the major source ports, WinDoom, by Bruce Lewis is to be updated tomorrow with a new version, 0.96, with a new feature that Bruce has been attempting to keep under wraps. Bruce has also updated the information regarding people that have purchased Doom just to play a port, and the numbers are pretty amazing, over 400 people have bought Doom for that reason!
  -Covaro

 
WadAuthor Page Closing

The WadAuthor Page is preparing to close it's doors in the near future. FunkyMonk, the main man at the page, says that although the page is going the way of Doom Central he is not leaving the community and plans to stay around for a while longer.
  -Covaro

3/12/98  
DosDoom Version 0.60 Released

The new version of DosDoom has been released. An impressive list of new features has been added to the program, including a new options menu, improved language support, and more translucency effects. For a full list of added features check the DosDoom Homepage.
  -Covaro

 
A New Force Has Risen

Two prominent members of the Doom Community, Wildman and Ricrob, have decided to join forces and bring you some impressive new things from somewhere deep inside their minds. Wildman has stated that you are just going to have to keep checking his page for more information on the merger.
  -Covaro

 
New Doom Newsletter

Doom Wizard, the man at The Best of Doom has started his own Doom Newletter. The newsletter is going to be a forum for everything that one can possibly interlink with Doom, from Wad files to Source Hacks. Once the newsletter begins to cirrculate it could become very usefull for informing people of new level editing techniques or the status of projects and the like. To subscribe to the Doom Newsletter, you'll have to head over to The Best of Doom.
  -Covaro