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The Ultimate DooMer
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Rather than everyone put their own resources in as they go along, what do you think about composing a resource wad to allow everyone to use everyone else's graphics, monsters and scenery?

Obviously a naming convention would have to come in if this did go ahead, so I'd suggest something like this:

Textures/flats: xx000000 (xx = map number)
Monsters: 3xx00 (xx = map number)
Scenery: 2xx00 (xx = map number)

And of course there'd have to be a deadline for everyone to finish their resources and send them in to be compiled. (a couple of weeks maybe?)

04-22-05 16:35 #

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exl
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Don't most people make their map's resources as they go along?

04-22-05 16:50 #

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The Flange Peddler
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I'm not part of the project (still thinking about it), but this sounds like a good idea. I would also suggest some voting or concensus on what new materials are allowed in. Especially with regards to monsters, otherwise I have a feeling you'll end up with a zillion different lame monsters, each with twice the hitpoints of a cyberdemon and the ability to fire rockets/plasma/a zillion fireballs at once (I think I've already seen pictures of a BFG-wielding Hitler...).

It'll also help weed out redundant data, especially with regards to textures. I'm guessing you'll see the same textures from different resource packs cropping up again and again. There's no point in having them in the .wad multiple times with slightly different names depending on what map they're used in.

Having everyone use each other's resources will also allow for some consistency through the levels too (something I have a feeling is gonna be lacking here even more so than in previous CCs...).

04-22-05 16:54 #

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zarkyb
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I make my resources as I go along... I can't anticipate every texture I'll need before I make my map.

04-22-05 18:32 #

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DooMAD
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Same here. In fact, I made a new texture for my map just 2 hours ago.

The naming convention is good in theory, but problematic in that we don't know what our final map slots are. That means when the map order has been decided, we'll have to rename all our custom resources.

04-22-05 19:05 #

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Bloodskull
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I wouldn't mind being able to use some custom tex's and flats, althought I only use original textures and flats in my wads( with the exception of Doom1/Doom2 removed and added textures, colored original textures and flats, and rotated textures like support3 going vertically instead of horizontally). The scenery items Doom holds isnt very atmospheric so I'd have to agree that scenery should be allowed.

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Cyb

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Ling has already said that mappers can add their own resources. A naming convention has yet to be decided on, but as long as you do something like prefix all of your resources with your name (or initials) or map# or something it should be okay. Don't replace any resources that exist in doom2.wad

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Mista T
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That's what I've been doing so far. All of my textures/flats are prefixed with "MT", with the exception of the patches making up the sky (ever-so-slightly lifted from TNT).

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