Mr Elusive has passed away

[Csonicgo]

I have learned that Mr. Elusive of Oculus passed away this morning.From John:

John Carmack said:

Jan Paul van Waveren passed away today. The best developer I ever worked with, my right hand, and a good friend. It was an honor.

This is a punch to the gut, as JP was one of the few people who worked at id Software that I actually knew. I have no idea of the circumstances, or what arrangements are, or anything else. You may know him for his Omicron Bot, id Software's AI routines, and his papers on DXT5 compression algorithms which are used everywhere.

Gaming would not have been the same without him.

RIP, Mr. E.

[NeedHealth]

What a loss. He looked like 35 on his mobygames profile.

I went to his personal site for more info and found his doom megawad "Doom The Abyss". A small siren and a red light started blaring in my head so I quickly downloaded it to my computer. Sure enough, I made a search for it in the archives but couldn't find a copy.

http://mrelusive.com/oldprojects/abyss/abyss.html

[Soundblock]

Wow, that's a shock.

He made great strides with id's AI, that's for sure.

RIP

[Buckshot]

Too young, but I suppose none of us are ever guaranteed a tommorow.

RIP you magical MrElusive, you.

[BigDickBzzrak]

Oh damn, he made the Omicron bots for Quake... I knew I've seen the name somewhere. This is a shame.
R.I.P. Mr Elusive.

Not the best start, MMXVII.

[Quasar]

NeedHealth said:

Sure enough, I made a search for it in the archives but couldn't find a copy.

https://www.doomworld.com/idgames/levels/doom2/megawads/abyss24a

[Csonicgo]

Quasar said:

https://www.doomworld.com/idgames/levels/doom2/megawads/abyss24a

I'm so glad I was able to upload that for him. He wanted to finish the megawad outright, so I gave him some links to gzdoombuilder and some other tools, and he was surprised at how user-friendly the editor was.

Somewhere on his home computer are unfinished ABYSS maps we'll never get to play.

[Use]

The Omicron bot was the first bot I used for..well any game. The hours I spent with that thing...this loss is way too soon. I've never played Abyss so I look forward to that. Condolences to his family for this tragedy.

[YukiHerz]

My most sincere condolences to his family and friends, I didn't know much about him, the Quake 3 bots are among the most fun to play against.

[Reisal]

35? Way too young to die.

[MFG38]

For a moment I was like "Who?", then I remembered a mention of a Mr. Elusive somewhere in Quake 3.

Either way, rest in peace.

[Pencil of Doom]

Damn, that's awful, at 35, rest in peace Mr.Elusive.

[Reisal]

NeedHealth said:

http://mrelusive.com/oldprojects/abyss/abyss.html

Who will mirror MrElusive's website if that's necessary?

[printz]

This guy wrote the Quake 3 Arena bot dissertation. It inspired me. He died too young. His legacy on bots will gain a life of its own.