Arrowhead

Even bigger than before!!

Random Texture Selector Wheel v4:

v1: 15 options

v2: 40 options

v3: 80 options

v4: 102 options

I'll be making a map w/ a randomly selected texture from this wheel on my Twitch stream tomorrow at 4:30 PM (MDT).

It'll be my 10th map made in this fashion! Last time I got something quite challenging, so I'm hoping for a bit easier of a time this next spin!

Should be a fun time, I added these 22 new sets:

I'm working on making a 32 map megaWAD in this 'randomized' fashion - I'm a third of the way through already!

:D

Okay, so I'm gonna turn these stream-made WADs into a single megaWAD at some point!

Gonna aim for 30 or 32 maps - will be my 6th 30+ map DM megaWAD.

I intend for the entirety of this mapset's production to be live-streamed.

This will likely keep me busy for the next 2 months or so - gonna have to then try to squash 30+ different texture packs together, which will be quite the chore. I may have to try to do something similar to how RAMP assembles its megaWADs, have to teach myself that, or find someone in-the-know, though.

I've made 6 WADs successfully in the allotted stream-time I've set up thus far. I start the 7th tomorrow at 4:30 PM (MDT).

So yeah, wanted to give an update on that - I think it will be cool to have a viewable record of a single-mapper megaWAD, from beginning to end.

So far so good - I've been able to whip up a DM map (from beginning to end) in all 6/6 of the streams so far, all using randomly selected texture packs.

Streams can be viewed here, the VODs will be uploaded to my YT account:

https://www.twitch.tv/arrowheadd2dm

My current streaming schedule (I changed it recently, I was starting too early in the day) is: MON,WED,FRI - @ 4:30PM to 8:30PM, and SAT - @ 2PM to 8PM. All times (MDT). Times are not strict, if I don't finish a map in time, I will continue the stream until I do.

My next stream is tomorrow!

Should be an interesting time, since I've doubled the random texture selection wheel from 40 texture packs to 80!

:D

My Doom random texture selection wheel is getting scarier by the day.

80 separate packs now. It went from 15>40>80.

A lot of these newly added packs are going to be quite difficult to use, but that's part of the fun!

15 option version:

40 option version:

And... the 80 option version:

Should turn out absolutely brutal on stream - but that's part of the fun!

I'll have to see what happens!

:D

I was able to successfully complete my 6th map on stream!

This time, I got lucky - it selected 'Vanilla Doom 2' as my pack!

I made a cool hell level!

I'll post screenshots shortly!

:D

My newest stream begins at: Wednesday, June 5, 2024 · 2 PM - 5:30 PM MDT - but, if I don't finish my map in that time period, it may go longer! 2nd Twitch stream, but 6th mapping stream overall - I've been able to make a new map from scratch using a randomized texture pack each time, without much issue.

Twitch account: https://www.twitch.tv/arrowheadd2dm

So yeah, starts 7 minutes from now!

Hope I get something fun to work w/ texture pack wise!

:D

Oh yeah, I bought a much less clickety-clackity keyboard.

Should be a tiny bit less loud during my next stream, I'm hoping!

:)

The doomer MIDI playlist I made for Foobar2000 is huge!

It'll work out well for my doom-mapping live streams!

'1wk 1d 18:12:45'

That's 1 week, 1 day, + 18 hours.

That's 210 or so hours of doomer-made MIDIs.

Should last me for a while, I'm hoping!   ;)

Next stream is at: Wednesday, June 5, 2024 · 2 PM - 5:30 PM MDT - but, if I don't finish my map in that time period, it may go longer!

Twitch account: https://www.twitch.tv/arrowheadd2dm

I've been working on compiling something big!

I'm kind of trying to gauge the community's interest in something like this. So feel free to shoot this down as an idea, there's nothing concrete I've done w/ this, other than accumulate MIDIs for most of the composers I've found and listed thus far.

I've been hunting down every doomer-made MIDI I can!

Why?

To make things 10 trillion times easier for people to find a desired MIDI file.

I'm certainly not going to circumvent someone's ability to make money from their hard work / passion - that's not the intention of this potential project of course.

By having a massive single-download compilation, lesser known doomers' MIDI works will become much more accessible, and thus far more used in today's WADs.

There will be a masterlist, of which all composers' names are accessible - want to download a certain doomer's MIDIs? That's fine - but chances are you'll also come across another huge amount of composers you've never heard of while scrolling through the individually named file folders in the zip / archive / whatever this ends up being.

You may say to yourself, "Hmmm I remember a similar idea, but for a repository website." I am not involved in this project, and it appears to have been on hiatus for a while now. However, if said project goes live, I will simply hand over the existing MIDIs I was able to assemble in this pack, and that person (whoever it ends up being, likely the admin of the proposed website) will / can add them to their site. This should not be viewed as a duplicate project, or a copy of that project, but more a possible supplement to that website when it comes around. I'm not trying to replace or usurp anybody by assembling this. I haven't talked to anyone about this yet - I'm just expressing that the work I do here, may make that site's work a little easier in the future - possibly - like I said, this is all just an idea right now.

I've come up w/ certain rules I intend to follow when constructing this potential zip file / array:

So, what will this proposed pack possibly include, what will it not include?

The Potential Ins and Outs of This:

1) ONLY music composed/created by members of the doom-community.

2) ONLY original MIDI compositions - there is to be no covers of existing popular songs / copyrighted material. The only exception is covers of pre-existing doomer-created music.

3) NO licensed / copyrighted video game music of any kind.

4) NO official Doom franchise music - this includes the D1 and D2 soundtrack, as well as anything else created for release w/ the official games. This includes stuff like Hexen, Heretic, Strife, etc.

5) NO MIDI tracks that explicitly disallow their distribution in this fashion, (a large zipped compilation, or as a download from a different source).

6) People will also be able to opt out of this - "Hey, I don't want my MIDIs in this compilation pack!" : *Poof!* it will be removed, as soon as I would see it.

7) NO incomplete / WIP MIDIs

8) NO MIDIs that have been made public, but the composer requests that they aren't used in other projects, until a certain project of theirs releases.

9) ALL music that is put behind a required payment, or requires you to pay a sum of money to access, will obviously NOT be included.

10) There would hypothetically be constant updates in the future main thread for this, where people can provide MIDI files for updates to the main zip folder.

11) ANY doomer MIDI can be included, provided it meets all 12 requirements - I'm not cutting out beginner works, or even 'poorly received' MIDIs. I aim for as close to complete of a single-download archive of our MIDI composer community as possible.

12) NO file types other than MIDI. No tracker music, no .MUS, no .IT, no .MP3, no .WAV, etc etc. This compilation will only be for MIDIs. Nothing wrong w/ the above formats, they're just beyond the scope of this project.

Here's the list of composers I've accumulated so far (I may not include all of these if I find that 'distribution' from someone other than the composer is not permitted - this list is highly tentative):

 153 composers so far listed above. But, there's still so many I need to add!

So far, I've accumulated a few thousand or so MIDIs - I'm obviously going to go through them w/ a fine-toothed comb to assess for duplicates, to remove more unwanted files that don't meet the above 12 requirements I've listed, or to remove stuff that people don't want included in this. I'm trying to figure out the logistics of all of this currently.

Remember, I'm not trying to be adversarial here - if you don't want something included, I will remove it - I'm not out to cause anybody any issues.

Any feedback on an undertaking like this would be appreciated.

Thanks for reading this novel of a post! I didn't want to make an official thread yet, as this is very much still just an idea.

:D

Stream went quite well on Twitch.

I was able to complete yet another map, this time I got FoxTex!

Was a lot of fun, I'll definitely continue using that platform over YT.

I'll post new screenshots soon!

:D

In exactly 18 minutes, I will be going live on Twitch, here: https://www.twitch.tv/arrowheadd2dm

I'm gonna be making a DM map from beginning to end, using a randomly selected texture pack.

Should be a lot of fun - in a big mapping mood right now - this is my first 'scheduled'  stream, and my first stream on Twitch.

I'll have to see how this time slot works.

:)

I made a Twitch account - you can check it out here: https://www.twitch.tv/arrowheadd2dm/schedule

My first Twitch stream will be at 2PM MDT, Monday (2024-06-03).

I'll be continuing my randomized live deathmatch mapping! Provided I can get Twitch set-up as easily as I did YT!

There will be a new DM map from beginning to end, every time, using a randomly selected texture pack.

I'll be streaming at least 3.5 hours every Monday, Wednesday, Friday - and a 6 hour stream on Saturdays.

Seems like a lot, and this may of course change at some point! But that's the current plan! So far, I've been able to accomplish my goal every time - and fairly easily!

Check me out under the username: 'ArrowheadD2DM'!

Excited, should be a lot of fun - I'd be mapping regardless anyway - I might as well record it, and chat to some fellow doomers!

:D

Starting my 4th 'random DM mapping' stream at the below link in 25 minutes from now:

https://www.youtube.com/@Arrowhead123/streams

My streams so far have been an average of 3.5-4 hours, but I could possibly go a bit longer tonight - depends how I feel, tbh.

I'm a bit bored - gonna jump into a random mapping stream again. I'll be randomly selecting a texture pack to work w/ from 40 random ones!

I need to get some maps off my brain. It's a bit impromptu, so I don't really expect anybody to show up - so no harm no foul.

Regardless, I want to map - so I'm gonna go ahead and do that. Stop by if you want to chat about some deathmatch mapping, or just Doom in general.

Gonna be starting in 10 minutes (15 minutes to the hour).

:)

 

The stream will be found here: https://www.youtube.com/@Arrowhead123/streams

Stream is still going strong 2 hours in!

The main layout is done!

This time I ended up w/ Aquatex, (a smaller pack) so I've been applying some D2 textures as well!

Ended up w/ a nice acid-base structure.

Here's the stream link, I'll likely be mapping for another couple hours or so! Maybe longer! I may want to start a second for today!

https://www.youtube.com/@Arrowhead123/streams

:D

I've significantly improved the 'random texture pack selector wheel' for my upcoming 'Random Doom2 Deathmatch Mapping' streams!

This wheel now has 40 entries, including some really odd stuff that I don't see used too frequently.

The idea of this is for it to be challenging, and maybe to introduce others to resources they hadn't previously known of.

After nearly 400 maps made, I figured it was time to get this going, and branch out a bit more - try to challenge myself, you know?

My next stream will take place on YouTube at this link: https://www.youtube.com/@Arrowhead123/streams
 

It will begin at: 1 PM EDT, 2024-06-01. If all goes well, expect the stream to last 3.5-5.5 hours, possibly - that's usually how long it takes me to whip up a new map.

Come see me try to make a Doom2 deathmatch map from beginning to end! Last stream lasted just short of 4 hours' time, and I was able to completely finish the map successfully!

For the time being, I'm gonna stick to just one random draw of the above wheel - if a pack is too small, I'll pair it w/ the vanilla Doom2 textures!

Perhaps, later on, if people enjoy this concept, I might incorporate viewer-suggested challenges! Stuff like: 'entire map must be on 64x64 grid', 'no curves allowed', 'must only use 64x64 flats for all texturing' - IDK, that kinda stuff!

Check out my personal Discord server, Arrowhead's Arenas: https://discord.gg/Xpm7wqKu

It's a small little hub where I post streaming updates, mapping updates, multiplayer events, and just generally talk about Doom! There's a multiplayer focus, (DM / CTF), but I also organize playtesting of all kinds there, and singleplayer stuff is 100% welcome!

Hope everyone's been doing well! I don't know how frequently I'll stream, but I make a map a day (almost) so I should have quite a bit of material for a while, if I do choose to do so!

:D

About to go live soon in a sort of test-stream!

I know I should have mentioned earlier, but the idea kind of just popped in my head an hour or so ago.

I'm going to be mapping a 'random' deathmatch map from beginning to end - I've set up a spinning wheel to randomly select from a list of 14 texture packs.

I'll then take whatever it lands on, and make something from beginning to end w/ it. The format is going to be UDMF - a lot of these texture packs I haven't used before, so hopefully, this should turn out interesting!

I'm going to be playing random doomer MIDIs from a playlist I made earlier today - the playlist has about 85 hours total worth of MIDIs!

I don't know how long the stream will last, I'll have to see how things go. It usually take me between 3-5 hours to make a deathmatch map from beginning to end!

I'm brand new to all of this, but I'm hoping this can be a fun little thing I do every now and then - if it turns out people end up liking it, I may do more, or incorporate little mapping challenges into this.

You can check out my channel here, it should show the new stream when I begin it: https://www.youtube.com/@Arrowhead123/streams
 

I'm going to start in 10 minutes, whether or not there's anybody there at the beginning or not - I'll upload the stream on my channel afterwards.

I'm new to this whole streaming thing, but I thought why not give it a shot! Could be a fun time - I was gonna map regardless, so why not stream it, I thought!

:D

@Steve D , thanks for checking out all the stuff I've been posting in the 'what are you working' on thread!

Hoping to have a new map posted soon - I'm doing something w/ Greenwar2Tex right now.

:)

I've got half a mind to drop my new Ancient Aliens themed DM pack, Antiquated Extraterrestrials later on tonight.

I've got everything squared away, and I believe I've had enough testing now.

I'd like to get this off my plate, and move onto something new!

:D

Got some new blooms here!

I was supposed to plant my entire garden today, but we had a storm w/ hail!

So thank goodness I didn't do that yet!

Here are some new shots of stuff that bloomed last night:

Izmir Afghan Flame Poppy

Lilac Ice Petunia:

Pale orange dwarf zinnia:

A pair of yellow/white+purple pansies:

I really need to get these in the ground! The plants are starting to mature too quickly now, I don't want them to get root-bound.

Hopefully, tomorrow will be better for that!

:D

Couldn't sleep!

Decided I'd rather map for the next 8 hours than stare at a wall.

:)

Can't remember if I posted the invite link for my personal Discord server in a status yet:

Arrowhead's Arenas:

https://discord.gg/zPXPZma5

Server is open to all, if you know someone who'd be interested, invite them! - lots of MP mapping going on, is kind of a little hub for my current projects - will likely start a deathmatch community project in a little while, so I thought I'd get a server going now!

No concrete plans yet, I wanna finish a couple existing things first - but it's definitely in the pipeline!

But yeah, feel free to drop in, if you want to! Singleplayer stuff is 100% welcome too!

I also do a bunch of playtesting there, so if you need someone to run through a map (MP/SP) I'll be happy to! I find I can give feedback quicker / better over Discord than through DW DM.

:)

Garden is going to be crazy this season!

Here are some of the early bloomers from my garden this year. I haven't even put them in the ground yet, and they're already popping off!

Still about another 30 or so flower varieties that haven't started yet. I've grown all of these from seed.

Empress of India Nasturtium (tiny bit waterlogged, but it'll recover):

White Dyer's Coreopsis:

Petunia Superbissima (2 'purples' (more like pink, really, in the right light), and a white from the same plant):

A bright yellow dwarf zinnia:

A white + pink dwarf zinnia:

Striped 'Tritunia' Petunias:

Vintage Stock:

Going to be (hopefully) planting all these tomorrow! Provided there isn't a huge thunderstorm!

:D

EDIT:

Forgot my 'Wizard Sunset' Coleus!!

Oh wow, looks like status updates are showing up on the activity feed now!

Great to see!

Still working on my 12th map for that Ancient Aliens related project, recently got an M_DOOM made for it, too!

Should be done and have this wrapped up in no time!

I'm going w/ a green + gold color scheme!

:D

Just received my TITLEPIC from @4MaTC for Antiquated Extraterrestrials!

I think it looks awesome! The colors really pop!

And the old sagely alien really fits well to the title - very pleased w/ it!

:D

I think I'm gonna go w/ purple + yellow in this next map - hopefully it won't look too Wario-ish!

:D