• Captain Mellow has updated with some tidbits about his Valkyrie mod (which is as we all know a DDF-made mod for DosDoom / Deathbot) as well as word from Yoghurt about the progress being made on the Cajun bot. Wanna know more? Go here.

• Team Insanity has posted a review of pixel rex's level, Jagged Edges. Go peruse and play.

There's also word that he is going to develop a OpenGL version of Heretic, apparantly from scratch. More info at his site.   -Mordeth

 
Sitewatch

• The Captain has posted a small fix that will fix the problem people had with the Valkyrie mod not loading. Go, fix, enjoy!

• The Insane Team has updated the totally cool Spooky 2, as well as seeming not to be able to take a good joke on the part of the news sites.

• King P1mp of all things Bot like and DosDoomish, has posted the perfect blend: The Deathbot and Valkyrie DM mod. You know you want it! GO GO GO!
• Five new reviews over at the Underground. Can you handle it? Can you? Total Reviews: 172.
• Here's a little letter from the Batman Doom crew:

  Hi. I wanted to announce that Batman DOOM is very close to being finished and that at the moment the Mac version only needs a few midis that should arrive soon and some sounds. The PC version will be released a little later becuase we had a change of mind about how the conversion would be done. At first we were gonna do most of it, but we decided to leave the entire conversion to Anthony Soto who did this work last year with the Batman DOOM demo. The reason is that we are new to PC's (we are all life mac users and we are just starting with PC's) and we thought it would be better if someone more expirienced did the job. We have already had too many problems with the conversion. Better later and well done than faster and not so well done. Anyway; the PC version shouldn't be delayed too much. The only thing that could cause a bigger delay would be the physics (or .DEH) file which may not be that compatible, but I don't think so. Well, thats the latest news in Batman DOOM. Be patient and be prepared, 'cause Batman DOOM is coming!

  Are you capable of being the Dark Knight?

• Another model and some skins have been completed for the Generations project. It's almost done baby... are you ready?

• More reviews from TI. No, not the Calculator makers... the Doom level reviewers. 8-P Also, they talk all about how great the Doom news sites are... hrm... what a great way to get reported on more often. Don't you think?

• Captain Mellow has posted three screenshots of a Deathbot mod he's coding called Valkyrie, which will feature Heretic- and Hexen-ish weapons and gameplay.

• Team Insanity has their 112th review posted, this one of Twilight by John Martino.
• Doom Anomaly has news on the use of Bosses in their add-on, as well as problems with the DDF, and a contest. Check 'em out.

• The WolfenDoom pages have been updated with more information all about Operation: Rheingold. It has pics, a synopsis of what to expect and more!
• The Graveyard has closed. Grave has finally decided that it is time to hang up the Doom cloak and move on. We wish him the best of luck. Cya man.
• Captain Mellow has posted some very, very big news on the DeathBot on his DosDoom pages. Check it out... or DIE!

Over at Yonatan's page, there are two new demos for Hell Revealed. The first is a new record time for Map07, while the second is just one guy man enough to beat Map24 on UV.   -Covaro

 
Doomster Reviews

3 more reviews up over at Doomster. Two of which are DM maps. Seems Martin has gotten into using the DoomBot to test out these DM maps now. So look for more DM map reviews now.   -Covaro

 
Doom Nation Stuff

• Over at the DoomBot page, there is news of the release of the 2.2 version source.
• Another review by the Insane Crew. This time, Fractured goes under the knife. What happens after the surgery? Go find out for yourself. Also, there is talk of the recent review of Moonbase Cresta.

I got the Legacy sources from Fab a while ago and I have been messing around with them ever since. In the process of messing around, I have added a lot of cool new features like pseudo 3d effects. You know in BOOM how you can have rooms over rooms? Well, that's possible now too, but with this, you can have tunnels in the floor you can fall through to a lower level, elevators that open at the same end on boath floors! I have made a small demo to show these new effects.

That page, by the way, is here. I've tested it out and I must say it's pretty damn seamless except for the inevitable sound cutoffs when you instant-teleport.   -Linguica

 
Sitewatch

• The Parallel Team has updated to let us know that FFi has entered testing, and is kicking some serious butt. They even went ahead and posted some pics of themselves playing FFi, 2 of which show a new level.
• Doom Underground has been updated with the usual smorgasbord of Doom WAD reviews.
• Batman Doom, coming soon? It may very well be! This 32-level complete TC is in its final stages should be available for both the Mac and the PC as early as a week from now. Be prepared!

• The newest version of ZM has been released. Check it out over at the ZM Homepage. You know you want it! New features/fixes include:

  1. Fixed the bug where chat messages are inserted in the wrong places when the cursor is moved.
  2. Added tabs to make navigating through game options simpler.
  3. Added chat rooms and a combo box for selecting rooms.
  4. ZM is now fully resizable like most normal programs.
  5. Connect/Reconnect will now reconnect you if you are already connected instead of telling you "You are already connected."
  6. Added a pretty form for the message of the day.

  There you go, now go get!

• Dagger has updated the Sheath with word on SDM, his computer, the internet, and his crappy video card.

• The Chief has updated the Team Insanity page with a new review, along with news on how close he came to being the big 500K man. Personally, I'm surprised it wasn't me. 8-)
• The Doom Millennium page has been updated with a fixed up screenshots page. Go take a gander.
• Over at the Doom Anomaly homepage there is news on the new weapons that are going to be included with the level set.

We also received word from the Mercenary TC moderator, who could use a few members for his newly started project. BTW, you need to have javascript enabled if you plan on navigating his site.   -Mordeth

 
We Got 500,000 Visitors!

Guess who was our 500,000th visitor..? None other than Michael Reid aka Prower! Congratulations! Doomworld is proud to announce that Prower will be receiving one of John Carmack's Ferrari's! At least, as soon as we figure out how to nick Carmack's keys anyway :)   -Mordeth

 
Here's... Derek!

Derek McDonald's site is back as well, at this location. Here you can find info and screenshots of his level editing work.   -Mordeth

 
Nightmare's Haunt

Nick Baker's site Nightmare's Haunt has been resurrected. At this new location you can read up on Nick's current projects and contributions... you know you want to.   -Mordeth

 
3D Design Made Easy?

Saw this tidbit mentioned by Portax amidst his usual ravings at our host Telefragged... GA Source has an article on a company called think3 for "their endeavors to make it easy and entertaining for 2-D designers to learn complex 3D skills with a Doom-like video game."

Until now, 3-D design software has been too expensive, inflexible and difficult to use, typically requiring several months of training and hands-on experience for designers to become productive. With The Monkey Wrench Conspiracy game-based learning software, designers see results in hours, becoming productive in a matter of days.

This 3D video game is included with every copy of think3's new Windows-based software called "thinkdesign". But then again, we still prefer Doom over any of those 3D upstart games, eh? eh? :)   -Mordeth

 
Sitewatch

• Captain Mellow has taken some time to add a few extra eyecandy items to Marc Pullen's DDF Uzi.

LxDoom v1.3.5 has been mirrored at our source port section as usual.   -Mordeth

 
Doomster Rules

Doomster has been updated again with more reviews. This time of Jagged Edges 2 and Point Blank 8. Keep up the good work Martin.   -Covaro

3/2/99  
Sitewatch

• More reviews as usual over at the Doom Underground with three new reviews for Doom 1 levels as well as 2 reviews for Doom 2 levels.
• There's one big monkey of an update over at the Twice Risen homepage. The team has changed codebases yet again to ZDoom 1.17, due to its great features such as polyobjects, colored lighting, and particles. There's also a lengthy status report on the project itself.

Also for those of you wondering where the results of the recent contest are, all the essays are trapped on my computer currently in for repairs, so we'll all have to wait on the good people at PC Warehouse to speed up the process :)   -Linguica

 
Call Of The Wild

Wildman has posted another ZDoom tutorial for us all to peruse over, this one regarding creating remote cameras in ZDoom that allow you to keep track of other parts of the level a la Duke3D.   -Linguica

 
Doom Nation Stuff

• Mewse News has posted the results of his latest topic on people's favorite Doom levels of all time, as well as some other pretty wacky stuff (Leggo Me Nuts? WTF).

• El Captain has posted a new set of patches for DosDoom that includes a flaming sword, and an RPG Launcher. Come get some!