AndrewB Posted December 16, 2001 From small to big to small again, here is the latest installment of the new DOOM-related files found in Newstuff. Fragport by Stephen Clark - (img) (img) (img) - Here's something we haven't seen in quite a while. A brand new 32-level megawad for Doom 2. The detail isn't all that great, nothing is very pretty, but it plays decently. There are medium to medium-big sized monsters right from the beginning of the WAD, so there isn't any sort of gradual rise in difficulty. It has a few new sounds, and a new "alphabet" texture which allowed the author to print any word on any wall using only one texture, but unfortunately no music. Altogether, it's OK. Enhanced DOOM port recommended. Europa 2 by Erik Alm - (img) - One map for Doom 2. This one is considerably large, with a few huge wide-open semi-outdoor areas. The theme seems be along the line of a lot of wood, some water, and some towers, with every place loaded with monsters. If you like huge, panicky "nowhere to hide" challenges, this may be for you. The map contains a nice sky replacement, as well as a decent music replacement. To play it, you'll need to have Gothic Textures. Enhanced DOOM port required. 0 Share this post Link to post
kristus Posted December 16, 2001 What is Europa 2 already done? Oh heh .. forgot.. it's Erik we're talkking about. :p 0 Share this post Link to post
kristus Posted December 16, 2001 Europa2 got a bug.. when I ran it with legacy it said. warning: this map have broken a limit of the doom editor. so I decided to nodebuild the map with zennode to see if it would help.. then I noticed that Europa2 got 2 map01 maps in it's wad. I removed one of them and zennoded again.. and it worked perfekt.. just so you know.. 0 Share this post Link to post
Shaviro Posted December 16, 2001 The swedish people must the the most effective. Europa2 r0x0rs. 0 Share this post Link to post
Fredrik Posted December 16, 2001 I saw too that MAP01 is duplicated in the WAD. 0 Share this post Link to post
Opulent Posted December 16, 2001 A map so big, it required two lumps! no, seriously, it is a great map. Although Erik's penchant for ArchvileJump-only secrets is a bit tedious.... go play it! 0 Share this post Link to post
kristus Posted December 16, 2001 I once thought there was such a secret in Vrack2 but then later I noticed that it was possible to open a door in the wall on the other side.. 0 Share this post Link to post
Erik Posted December 16, 2001 Bah, it's me who don't know how to use deutex properly. Is this bug fatal in any port? 0 Share this post Link to post
Erik Posted December 16, 2001 and Opulent. There is only one archvile jump secret in europa 2. 2 secrets (plasma + armor secret and mega secret) are reachable with ledgerunning techniques. Only the bfg secret requires (a very easy) archvile jump. 0 Share this post Link to post
Stitches Posted December 16, 2001 did anyone else notice the pic mistake? 0 Share this post Link to post
Moonflower Posted December 16, 2001 I haven't downloaded it yet, but I reckon people who put in the time to do 32 level megawads should be given a little bit more praise... or do all the levels just suck? 0 Share this post Link to post
Erik Posted December 16, 2001 not played far into fragport yet. But from what I've seen so far, it doesn't suck at all. 0 Share this post Link to post
Fredrik Posted December 16, 2001 There are some really cool levels in Fragport, actually. Give it a shot if you're bored. 0 Share this post Link to post
inferno_45 Posted December 16, 2001 That mine level looks nice. Gameplay rules. 0 Share this post Link to post
Guest Excalibur_Z Posted December 16, 2001 Maybe it's just me but the colors looked washed out on these screen captures. You might want to try lowering your gamma/brightness. 0 Share this post Link to post
stphrz Posted December 16, 2001 Fragport is good! I just started playing it, but I can tell I'm going to have fun with this one :) 0 Share this post Link to post
Guest Viper Posted December 17, 2001 I agree, Fragport is a pretty good megawad. Good level designs and a good mix of monsters and ammo. The secret levels are also pretty innovative. All in all a worthy donwload. 0 Share this post Link to post
Guest wondersmith Posted December 17, 2001 When I try to run Fragport, PrBoom 2.02 crashes immediately with a segmentation violation. ZDoom 1.21 final and 1.23b28a crash immediately with the error W_CacheLumpNum: 11554636 > numlumps. Legacy in OpenGL mode doesn't render the cell doors at the start of Map01--very confusing! The only thing I've gotten to work properly on the first map is Legacy's software mode. I'm curious about which ports the rest of you are using with Fragport. 0 Share this post Link to post
Guest wondersmith Posted December 17, 2001 doom2.exe? What a concept! :-) 0 Share this post Link to post
stphrz Posted December 17, 2001 Yeah, that and Legacy software are about the only ports that will run it. Haven't tried it with Edge yet. Doom2.exe was the first thing I tried. If a wad doesn't require a port I don't use one :) I didn't realize the problem with the ports 'til you brought it up. 0 Share this post Link to post
Kojak_Man Posted December 17, 2001 Now, this was fun! Great job with the gameplay/traps/secrets/ect. Not to mention a pretty good looking level also. One thing I noticed, however, there is one place where you can jump down to the water area with the cacodemons. It has a Supercharge, BFG, and cell ammo. The problem is, I couldn't find anyway back up. Is this a bug or am I just not looking hard enough? 0 Share this post Link to post
kristus Posted December 17, 2001 Rebuild the nodes with a newer nodebuilder like BSP or zennode and the maps shoudl display properly in OpenGL legacy aswell.. 0 Share this post Link to post
Doom Posted December 17, 2001 where did that etf thingy come from, is it at /idstuff? uh oh, my 'pwads to be played' directory is getting big.. 0 Share this post Link to post
Enjay Posted December 17, 2001 Yeah, I got the error with Zdoom too. The lumps in the WAD are all a bit mixed up, and the flats have a FF_START marker, but a F_END. I used DeePsea to put the lumps in a more traditional order: Levels, sounds and misc lumps, patches (inside markers) and flats (inside correctly named markers). Don't know which of the above fixed it, but the WAD ran fine in Zdoom after that. 0 Share this post Link to post
Erik Posted December 17, 2001 it's a bug. forgot to add a fence there and never noticed. 0 Share this post Link to post
mystic Posted December 18, 2001 Fragport is quite good fun, AndrewB is quite fair with the review, its not a looker but I have to admire anyone who can throw 32 levels together. But this is definately not the first wad with 'desert' levels, as claimed in the text file, Boothill and my own Mummy Phuquers have been around for a few years now and both do desert style a bit better. Well worth downloading anyway. 0 Share this post Link to post