xvertigox

16 minutes ago, hella knight said:

Does anyone know when a speed map stops being a speed map? :p

The sessions round here make me think of them as being an hour or few but I guess it is also an attitude n there's not a strict definition

My understanding is that it's setting a timelimit to the mapping process. Generally it's fairly short i.e 24hr but it can vary.

Sick man, amped to go home and give it a hoon!

25 minutes ago, vanilla_d00m said:

John isnt a satanist right??  its all for shock value and nothing serious??

Can't imagine so but it depends on how you define Satanism. I'm not very knowledgeable on the subject but you have things like LaVeyan Satanism where it's Satanism but is fundamentally atheistic.

In any case, I don't think it's for shock value but more appreciating the aesthetic and tone. It's how certain metal subgenres aren't trying to be shocking with graphic and violent imagery but are an appreciation of the style similar to how horror movies are.

Edit: If you want dope Christian metal check out Impending Doom

9 minutes ago, Doomkid said:

Um, wow, the severed Romero head isn’t even as big as the floppy disk? I think this is grounds for a lawsuit.

 

The size of the head shows that you are obviously paying for the wad and not the pewter. Somebody get Jack Thompson on the phone!

https://store.steampowered.com/news/?appids=1010750

I'll give this a shot tomorrow. I'll flick you a pm too.

Doomworld Handle: xvertigox (vertigo/vrt)

Skill level: Decent and trying to improve. Playing through Sunlust with no saves just grinding away

Preferred difficulty level(s): High difficulty preferred. I like challenging wads. End levels of Scythe being brilliant IMO

Maximum number of maps in a set: 32 - within reason. If they're super long maps or just schlock slapped together then it'd be difficult

Minimum number of maps in a set: 0 - I'll test your titlepic np

Preferred genres: Any and all

Genres you don't like: I'm open minded

Preferred source ports: Crispy/PrBoom+/GZDoom

Source ports refused: None

Demos or written comments: Can provide demos, videos, written comments and, depending on the project, commentated videos.

Mapping Experience: Some but I'm pretty shit - still learning.

Notes: Happy to playtest whatever pretty much.

@Linguica Rofl, that's sick. Who's run is that, ZM?

Edit: or is it a TAS?

Holy shit, this thread got derailed to all fuck. Don't even worry about all the tangential posts, if you like @Jimmy's work and want to help sustain the community a bit consider flicking a few bucks to him or other content creators as you see fit. That's pretty much all that needs to be said other than thanks for making so much stuff for us.

2 hours ago, holaareola said:

Anyone else having problems (you have to load up Cryptic Passage from the user maps option)?

I haven't tried it yet but you can load Cryptic Passage through the 'Addons' menu while in-game. Presumably it'll show as an episode then?

Sames still

54 minutes ago, InterdimensionalInterloper said:

Heres the first level

https://www.dropbox.com/home?preview=GOTHICMW.1%+(1).WAD

I get a 'file not found' error.

10 minutes ago, yakfak said:

imo lots of people prefer to buy a tangible object to a "subscription" but they gotta keep in mind that those endeavours rarely actually make money what with the cash needed to start up and the supply chain you need to establish, plus the planet doesn't precisely have unlimited material to be turned into vanity items anyway. subs in certain ways are the more ethical option.

My feeling is if I'm supporting someone on Patreon/however whatever they release feels more 'premium' to me. I get a cozy satisfaction knowing that I helped support them in creating it. It's similar to pirating games and buying them. I can pirate GOG games easily but buying them just feels nice. Even though they play exactly the same I don't get that little hit of contentment knowing I've gotten it legally. It makes me appreciate it all the more.

Controller + phone mount. Touch controls aren't viable for anything but the novelty of mediocre, mobile doom play IMO.

4 hours ago, Vorpal said:

When it comes to community members performing work on a pre-existing map, even if it's a "DO NOT USE AS A BASE" disclaimer'd map, I think is healthy and advances the community (more/varied content, the one author advances their skill, the other author gets flattery). If you think otherwise then you can't admit to ever having fun on dwango5, or enjoying any midi transliteration from film/elsewhere, or all those R_SKY graphics that people make from modified google image photographs etc.

I get where you're coming from but there's a big difference between importing or editing other media (textures from other games, converting songs to midi etc) and using another person's maps and editing them when they explicitly say "DON'T DO THIS". Of course it's not legally binding but being a dick isn't illegal. Dwango5 is a product of it's time. It's also different using IWAD content as a base and using PWAD content.

Like I said earlier, you can do whatever you want to maps you download but you shouldn't release them unless the author is fine with it. It's like starting out with mapping; moving things around, adding more monsters and rooms etc to E1M1. It's useful for learning and progressing your skill but don't release your edited IWAD stuff.

This isn't really a big deal because most people know that it's not very creatively satisfying to marginally edit other people's work and pawn it off as your own. There's that wad (fuck, I forget the name..) where it's doom2.wad but heavily expanded. I see that as being different because it's such a departure to the original maps that it could be called it's own product. It's a self-aware play on doom2.wad rather than rehashing it through minor editing.

tl;dr Don't edit and release other people's shit without permission. If you're doing that your shit probably sucks or you'd have more sense than that.

You can open up doom.wad with SLADE and search for "head" and find and export the cacodemon sprites. You can learn more about how sprites are handled by exploring the ZDoom wiki.

24 minutes ago, InterdimensionalInterloper said:

So... No one will sue me... Good, thing is over twenty years old anyway, I suppose it was silly to think that anyone would actually be upset.

 

I could just make my own from scratch but I want to use these base levels as a launch point for each level because I think they are cool but their is nothing really for me to do in them. Also It will help alot with actually FINISHING all the maps if a quarter of each one is already made. 

You could populate the levels and play them yourself but not release them. If you did release them a) no one would play them and b) they'd hassle the shit out of you for ignoring the readme.

7 minutes ago, Zemini said:

 

But not as good as 32 inch 4k 144hz sexiness ...  I just need a fatter wallet since I am already a fool.

It'd be hard to hit 144+fps at 4k though. I'm running an i7 6700k atm and am gonna upgrade soon but I doubt it would make that much difference ? Gsync/freesync rules tho

Here's my playthrough with this updated version. I ended up dying to a brutal trap and called it gg. I like the feeling of this map, it feels reminiscent of E1 at times. My favorite aspect was the ammo placement. It was scarce but there was just enough to not fully run out (if you're careful). That combined with the dark areas made it feel quite tense at times.

As to what could be improved - You could do with some less linearity and more varied ceiling heights in a few places. The detailing was really cool in a few places then more sparse in others. There's some technical issues - missing lower textures, more bars you can get locked out of etc. You could also add the statusbar to map wad itself.

Edit: I also get weird sound playback as you can hear below, it doesn't happen in other wads though ?

Nice post, very clean. I had a quick jam but I got soft locked when the bars raise in the outdoor area (before you get any keys). I backed up over them as they were raising and had no way to lower them. You've got your secrets marked on the automap btw, you can tag those linedefs to show as one sided so they don't appear as doors. Same goes for monster closets. The map was fun up until I got locked out, if you release 1.1 or something I'll give it another go and upload my playthrough.

No prob, I originally got the SF from this thread. Big props to @Patch93 for it.

Edit:

1 minute ago, vanilla_d00m said:

Thanks bro,

 

Tried to get virtual midi synth, says I need service pack 3.  And I will just leave it at that... I get a error with service pack 3 too (Process ID/KERNEL32)

 

I'm ok with OPL3 

Have a look here

and here

You'll find heaps by going through the Cacowards. Sunlust is god tier but it's quite difficult.

Eviternity is given too

Use "map map13" in console or IDCLEV13 ingame. To spawn weapons/ammo use "summon shotgun", "summon shell" etc in console. You can find which classes you can spawn on the ZDoom wiki or by typing "dumpclasses inventory" in the console.

35 minutes ago, Nevander said:

Do you need to copy any files from other Blood installs or does it actually have the data?

You don't need anything, it comes with all the data.