New edge wad

[Liberation]

Hi, i've just finished revamping 1 of my old levels and im releasing it now,

http://apocsoft01.250free.com/Downloads/Closecombat.zip

my wip page for it is

http://www.wadsinprogress.info/index.php?a=listwads&wad=301

its for edge 1.28a, so see what you think and post back, i will be uploading it on idgames soon.

EDIT: i've decided not to release this so soon and tweak it up a bit.

[deathbringer]

Looks cool, i'll give it a play a bit later, i always like new EDGE wads, even though a lot of them..well...suck, but the shots of this looked good

EDIT: Okay, usual list of complaints i end up directing at wads for my otherwise favorite port...

-PUT THE DDF FILES IN THE WAD!!!

-Theres hardly any height variation, its like a cramped wolfenstien

-Why is it so dark? (yes i a using openGL mode), i even vainly searched the weapon keys for a torch or flares it was so dark, but it seems it is just down to bad level design rather than a 'feature'

-Oh look, another chaingunner was hiding in a hard-to-spot niche ready to shoot me a point blank range..zzz

[Liberation]

okey

1. i put the ddf's in the wad, but it was not working right!
2. it was made 3 years ago when i was 15 or so,
3. f11 is the gamma button put it up a notch, make sure
you have dynamic lights on as well! or you won't be able
to see a thing,
4. there not that bad, play it on and easyer setting!

[Darkhaven]

This map is sorta underdetailed, dude. You should:

Try adding more techie stuff, such as computer terminals, open sections of the wall, revealing pipes and shit, etc.

This map is OK, but not great.

[Liberation]

Thanks Darkhaven for the advice, what did you think of the lighting and would a flashlight be a good idea? did you beat the cyberdemon without cheating...

[Darkhaven]

The lighting would be acceptable if you added a flashlight, and no, I used IDKFA.

[deathbringer]

Or a good idea might be to create an invisible, ceiling-hanging dynamic light-making object and putting it 'on' the lights, to make the light spread throughout a room

And if you want a flashlight, ive made one for an upcoming wad i'm doing, you can have it if you want

[Liberation]

well cheers Deathbringer, but i do use invisible dynamic lights
hung from the ceiling, anyway if you don't mind using your torch
gfx it would be a great help.

[deathbringer]

You do?, then thats why it was so dark, it probably wasnt actually running the DDF files, if you want i can try putting them in the wad for you and seeing if it works, then i'll send it, and the flashlight thing too. It works just like the doom 3 one, ie you cant hold a gun but you can hit people with it (does a little more damage than a punch), though that can easily be changed...

EDIT: Ok, i put all the files into my doom directory, i also had to create a blank file called EDGE.SCR (include this when you upload it 'properly' to the archive, just make an empty text file and save it with that name, i think that this file was phased out in 1.28 though, why does it need it?). Also its MUCH better with the dynamic lights, maybe one of the best-looking EDGE wads ive seen, though the level design isnt good the lights really make it gloomy and un-nerving. That Arch-vile was annoying though, and i cant really se how its possible to beat the cyber..but i'm sure some WASD-using doom god will laugh at that

[Liberation]

Im glad you got the dynamic lighting sussed, its is a test map really and if you want to send me what you've done that will be cool, also the cyberdemon i can kill with out taking any damage, just make sure you've got the plasma gun before he turns around, and use the box's as a sheild and fire over the top of them!

btw, i was impressed at how well the dynamic light system works, little slow down and it looks great with real shadows etc.

"maybe one of the best-looking EDGE wads ive seen" quote, thats cool!

Also did you get the rts tips & traps?

[deathbringer]

Oh yeah, thats what EDGE.SCR does, i forgot to copy it over, so i didnt see the RTS, off i go to play again, heh

Hm, with the working dynamic lights it doesnt really need a flashlight after all, well the wad i plan to use it in will only need it for the first half, when there is no power...

[Liberation]

Well deathbringer, i'll do an update with stuff like, move the archvile to uv, more detailed 1st section and well, we will see. A few more lights maybe?.....

Edit: btw if you cant beat the cyberdemon click on the link,

http://apocsoft01.250free.com/ccombatscreen/h2ktc.jpg

BUT ONLY IF YOUR STUCK!

[deathbringer]

Heh, i kept auto-aim on, but used all my shotgun sheels and bullets on him while he shot at the crates, then i ran out of cover and dodged around firing plasma, and he died after about 10 hits from it, then the door opened and i got away, into the badly-made exit (make the sky come down to the floor, rather than use sky walls, or just make an 'alleyway' that stretches away and turns a corner)

[Liberation]

Hey i've got a few more screenshots to show, more detail is being add to all areas,

http://apocsoft01.250free.com/ccombatscreen/conroom02.jpg

http://apocsoft01.250free.com/ccombatscreen/detail02.jpg

a new version should be up for download soon.

[Darkhaven]

Yay EDGE wads!

[Liberation]

- Yay EDGE wads!

what?

EDIT: Yer sorry..

[Darkhaven]

Um... I'm glad that people are still making EDGE wads?

[deathbringer]

I made one a while back too, it was bad (well being based on an even worse wad didnt help)

[Liberation]

New download, version 1.1

http://apocsoft01.250free.com/Downloads/closecombatv101.zip

post comments on what you think, the 1st 2 sections have been updated a lot, the outside area needs doing up but i have not got a round to it.

Don't forget to have dynamic lights on!

[KRoNoS]

Might I ask how the Status Bar was removed?
Then I might be able to do a Doom3 one instead.

For my mod! :)

[Liberation]

I didn't change the status bar, you have to press + or - to get it,
zdoom's the only one in which you can change the hud, maybe jdoom as well?

Anyway what did you think of the level?

[Nmn]

deathbringer said:

I made one a while back too, it was bad (well being based on an even worse wad didnt help)

roflmao

[KRoNoS]

It was a little 'Cramped' had the feel of playing Rebel moon... and I just didn't like that game.

All in all it's doom and it was a bit of fun!
Reasonable lighting too.

Oh, and uh... In those screenshots... the numbers n' stuff are still there but the hud 'backdrop' bit isn't...

[Caco-Puff]

HUD=Replaced by transparant image...

Or i'm guessing that.For the lower part of the DooM 3 HUD you could just make most of it transparant except for little boxes on the left and right.

[Liberation]

-It was a little 'Cramped' had the feel of playing Rebel moon... and I just didn't like that game. //quote

-well it is called close combat, but im glad you found it fun. i will proberly just finsh of the exit and release it.

The trans hud is an edge feature, and getting the normal status bar and painting it "cyan" doesn't work.

[deathbringer]

No it will just be black, But EDGE will one day have a new DDF file to let you make new HUDS, to, say, display the other 4 ammo types, new kinds of keys, and other things like a picture of your weapon or mission objectives, so you could make the doom 3 HUD in that, but that probably wont be until version 1.30, or later

I will kill you, stupid idiot! Suck my cock fucking motherfucker. Doom Rampage

ROFL