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[Doom_Dude]

Welcome back and thanks Danimetal. Surely my Mom will get better soon. I'm going to visit her in an hour or so.

Last night I got more done on my map and I added the monsters and ammo and such. I'll be able to send it to you tonight for sure. I didn't get to add much outside my letter but that's the way it goes and I don't want to delay things by trying to add more stuff at a point where I have so many other things going on.

[Danimetal]

Great news Doom_Dude, I am really (sincerely) glad everything is going ok. Buy her flowers on chocolates or something, moms love that :).

I´ll wait for the mail then :). Ace, get ready!.

[Doom_Dude]

Email is sent with my portion added to the wad. :p I think I could use a sleep now. ;)

[Danimetal]

Okay, I´ll wait for Osiris to post his part before sending the map to Ace... Unless Ace is in a hurry :).

[Doom_Dude]

Ace could be hibernating. ;)

[Osiris's_Legacy]

I think you may want to have Ace go ahead with the map. I have been unable to map for the past two days due to some......issues. However, I am getting pieces done when I can, and estimate it finished on Tuesday, depending on what happens in between now and then.

[ace]

You might want to go ahead and finish it anyway. I know we're already behind schedule but if you give it to me now, I most certainly won't get it done on time. I was going to work on it yesterday when I got back home in the evening, but there was a snowstorm that kept me from coming home until just now. So unfortunately I still have quite a bit to work on before it's even near completion. Sigh...

Gah, all these problems are getting in the way of schedule, aren't they?

[Danimetal]

Don´t worry about the schedule guys. I think this is a good moment to pack the thing up, put a bit of order on it and then start again. Unless any of you is in a hurry to map I will wait for Osiris to send me his part, will also wait for Logan and will send it to Voltcorp so he can finish his part too. Once all parts are finished Ace can have it.

Again, I would like to do that if everybody agrees.

[ace]

What about the second 'O' in Doom, doesn't Fatal have that letter? When does he have to join in on the work like the rest of us? :p

Other than that, sounds fine by me. I don't mind all that time in between, as to be honest I've been going detail-crazy on this thing (typical me) and it's been taking longer than expected--I haven't even added any gameplay-based things to it in any way yet.

[Danimetal]

Okay, I am here... I plan to get the thing started again on the next monday, if that´s right with you guys. That would mean that on Monday I´d send the map to Ace, and three days later Fatal would have it. I would do the M later and we would get into conversations about gameplay and stuff like that.

So, Osiris, can I have your part before Monday?. I´d need to merge it with Doom_Dude´s work. BTW, Doom_Dude, your map is full of "Ash_something" textures, you know, the default Doom Builder thing. It that correct?.

Well... I am really sorry for this delay but real life is catching on me lately. Too much work to do. Let´s see if we can get this thing finished soon :).

[Doom_Dude]

So, Osiris, can I have your part before Monday?. I´d need to merge it with Doom_Dude´s work. BTW, Doom_Dude, your map is full of "Ash_something" textures, you know, the default Doom Builder thing. It that correct?.Yeah that's right.

[Osiris's_Legacy]

You're saying.....before next Monday right? Ack, I'll pass you what I've done now if you wish, but not too much has been done yet. Gimme the weekend, and i should have a letter completed. I just have to know which sector tags are usuable. So Doom-dude, what sector tag numbers do you use? That way my part won't conflict with yours.

[Danimetal]

You can use wild high values like... 230-255. I will convert them later... So, if I give you the weekend you will have the letter ;)?. Okay then, could you have it by monday morning?. I don´t want this project to be asleep for long.

[LordRaven]

Hmn, I wasnt there in a while...

What happens for the secret zone?

[Danimetal]

I think we will get it done... I´ll ask for everything I need (keep spoilers away :P) when I´ll start adding things.

[Doom_Dude]

You're saying.....before next Monday right? Ack, I'll pass you what I've done now if you wish, but not too much has been done yet. Gimme the weekend, and i should have a letter completed. I just have to know which sector tags are usuable. So Doom-dude, what sector tag numbers do you use? That way my part won't conflict with yours. I didn't put any in because I didn't have your section, so I just left the teleports in without any tags. ;)

[Danimetal]

Oh shit, got the emergency call from work and gotta get going already... I´ll try and update tonight when I arrive (late, late night, I guesS) but if not possible will do it tomorrow. Sorry for the inconveniences...

Also, how many are still around?. I sent a mail but didn´t get many replies :S.

[linkoln]

what do you mean how many are still around?

[Doom_Dude]

Oops I haven't checked my email in days.....

[Tchakkazulu]

I'm here. Got the mail, but forgot it was sitting there -_-

[ace]

ARGH! This project is clearly cursed due to all the inconveniencies its members are getting, no?

Well, here's my inconvenience: I have been busy like nobody's business this past week with plenty of school work (including some big projects), so I haven't had time to map or even come online to check up on things all week, and I'm pretty exhausted, but everything's over with now so I can work again. But since I haven't done any work on it for a week straight, there's no way, if I receive the map tonight, that I'll make it in these three days--probably not even close, considering my slow mapping.

But that, of course, would be assuming that things weren't even in a worse condition: I've had some serious complications with my computer over the past six months or so (I don't wish to get into it because it would take an eon to explain all of what happened), but long story short, it had to come to an end, and I had tried literally everything that had possibly been done by others in an attempt to fix the same problem, to no avail. So as a very last resort, formatting was the only way out.

Unfortunately, while I had a backup drive ready to back up everything before formatting, something went wrong in the process (which, since I was in school at the time, was not here to actually perform or overlook), and so now I've got a formatted computer alright--good as brand new, except I have no backed up files whatsoever on the drive.

Now here's the good news: being the cautious person I am, I saved all of my work--that is, every single file that took my effort to make--including all of my Doom maps and textures and so on--to some blank CDs before this process went down.

The bad news is that everything else--all my audio, image and Doom editing utilities, all of my games (which I have the box cases for of course, I just have to reinstall them), all of my downloaded Doom ports and WADs, all of my hardware drivers, my desktop backgrounds, and everything else are G-O-N-E. Kaput. So before I could possibly get back to work on this project I would have to take the time to get EVERYTHING back--the Doom related stuff alone won't take so long, but I've got a lot of shite I've accumulated over the past two years (hopefully I can remember it all :(), and I don't like missing some of it--so it will take quite some time, at least a week I'd say, to track everything down.

Sorry guys. I won't be able to work on this for at least a few days, so I don't know what to say. Perhaps whoever hasn't finished can go in the meantime, and then I could probably get back to finishing my letter up by Sunday--which works nice, because I have Monday and Tuesday off from school. Perhaps If I'm lucky I'll get things back sooner than predicted and I could work on it Friday too, since I have that day off as well.

But yeah. I'm really pissed about it all, but you can't always avoid this stuff... really sorry. :(

[Danimetal]

Okay, okay...

1st: What´s up with this linkoln guy?.
2nd: The really important matters... Ace, you´re next in line but if you can´t work I could try and pass the map on to Fatal, then to myself. That would give us around a week, could you have your stuff recovered by then?...

Anyways, we´re not in a hurry, are we?. It would have been great to have the map ready by now but, as happens with every project, we´ve lost a bit of throttle but we´ll eventually get it done :).

So, Ace and Fatal, tell me what you think about that: should I send the map to Fatal or should we wait for Ace?.

[ace]

I don't mind if you send it through to Fatal. In the meantime, I'll recover all I can in the next few days, and if you wish you can send it to me whenever he's done, or when you're done, or whatever. I'm starting to think I'll have all my stuff back by Friday though, as it seems that most of the stuff I have lost is readily available or just needs to be reinstalled. Since this weekend (not including Saturday) from Friday up to Wendesday I will be absolutely free, it would be no problem for me to work on my map through that time.

After all, just because we aren't in a hurry doesn't mean we shouldn't use time efficiently, no? ;)

[FATAL]

I have some school business for the next two days, and relative business for two days after that, so I would be able to start mapping on Saturday evening. That's kinda drag, I suppose, but after Saturday, I have many days time to finish things off. I guess it's up to you to plan this thing, being the project leader and all mighty and holy and stuff like that.

I have only one request: I wish to map before Danimetal. That's all.

Fatal

[voltcorp]

Ace, there are softwares that recover data from formatted drives.
You probably know that though, it's just that I don't have anything to comment on and I want to look alive in this topic :D

[Danimetal]

So, if Fatal want to map before me and Ace needs to map after Fatal that leaves us with only two choices:

Fatal - Me - Ace.
Fatal - Ace - Me.

Either way we can´t start until Fatal is able to so, will you be up for the Challenge Fatal?... As the Almighty project leader I could as well force you into mapping but I´ll be merciful ;).

[FATAL]

Well okay. Send the map over and I'll see if I have some spare minutes in the following days during which I could start mapping stuffs.

you almighty blood sucking insect lord...

[ace]

Ace, there are softwares that recover data from formatted drives.
You probably know that though, it's just that I don't have anything to comment on and I want to look alive in this topic :D

Yeah, I knew. I also knew (from what I've seen of it anyway) that they generally run for $60-100 US, that the shareware/demo versions never let you actually recover files, and that the freeware versions never go as in-depth either as you need them to or as the commercial programs do.

If you know of something I don't, however, that'd be great. Getting all my shite back in one day beats getting some of it back over a period of several weeks any day.

[Danimetal]

Well okay. Send the map over and I'll see if I have some spare minutes in the following days during which I could start mapping stuffs.

you almighty blood sucking insect lord...
There it goes...

[MR_ROCKET]

I just had to say, heh that's some pretty cool font control there Fatal.

[voltcorp]

If you know of something I don't, however, that'd be great. Getting all my shite back in one day beats getting some of it back over a period of several weeks any day.

Well, my dad recovered it all some time ago, for free. And it was a formatted HD with a bad block!
Anyway, the guys he sent it too probably used a cracked commercial software, so I can't discuss it further.

[Danimetal]

Just cheking up:

Ace: How´s the recovery going?.
Fatal: We´re into the weekend, how´s the map?. Are you done or doing it?.
Osiris: How´s your piece of the map?. Are you finally keeping it or should I go with what I have?.

[FATAL]

Fatal: We´re into the weekend, how´s the map?. Are you done or doing it?.
In case you have trouble understanding or just have a sort of short-term memory, I can remind you:
I have some school business for the next two days, and relative business for two days after that, so I would be able to start mapping on Saturday evening. That's kinda drag, I suppose, but after Saturday, I have many days time to finish things off.
And I'm TIRED now!

[Danimetal]

Finish things off now, then.

[FATAL]

I think I'm aboot halfway through.

This is going to be wicked. Also I'm hogging all the space from you, Ace. Ha ha! Hope you like your 500x700 units!

Also Cyberdemon!

And Arch Vile!

YES!



And why was this map set up as "boom compatible" when I started it in Doombuilder? I thought it was going to be just regular Doom.

[ace]

Ha ha! Hope you like your 500x700 units!

Well, considering that fills up nearly all of the space in my letter with the exclusion of the hole in the center, which doesn't necessarily have to be filled, I'll have to thank you, then. Since you've made roughly 90% of my letter for me, my part of it will be a cinch! ;)


Hrm, as long as I'm posting in here I have two questions:
1) While the interior is nearly (and by nearly I'd guesstimate at about 90%) complete, it already stacks up to 2105 linedefs, 4010 sidedefs, 1758 vertices and 5058 SEGS. Should I perhaps cut back, perhaps just a wee bit, seeing as that's nearly a whole sixth (or so) of the limit? Or am I fine as it is considering whatever the current stats are?

2) I have a custom texture, basically a few variations of vines. The problem is that I had this in an olllllde stash (i.e. a single folder) filled with all sorts of textures, which I assume I extracted from several different WADs long ago, and I have no idea from whence they came--so I am unsure if they came from a WAD that permitted the use of these textures. What should we do about that?

[Danimetal]

The Boom compatible... Don´t worry, I´ll just change it to Doom.
The textures... If anyone notices we can change them ;). Just do it your way Ace :).

[FATAL]

Almost there!

Heck, I'm not gonna slip from the three day deadline LIKE SOMEONE CALLED ACE did.

[ace]

Well at least I didn't wait 10 months after signing up for NDCP2 to start mapping for it LIKE SOMEONE CALLED FAT AL did.

Spammity calamity!

[FATAL]

We mustn't rush these things! I've processed many ideas during that "8 months"

Well err...

It's just a couple of more things to place, but I've burned out. Honestly, tomorrow afternoon you'll get it.


By the way, I lost an arch vile somewhere in the map. If you find it, let me know.

DONETH!

I still couldn't find that arch vile. :(

I think I also lost a cyber demon somewhere. Not sure on this one, though.

[ace]

Gimme gimme gimme! I waaaaant it! :p

[Danimetal]

Almost just arrived and didn´t have the time to check Fatal´s part but I´ll send it your way Ace. Good luck!.

[ace]

Gak! Considering there's still 4 more letters to be filled yet I'm going to have to cut plenty of detail (upon pasting my section it came out to 26,000+ SEGS). To be fair, though, I made everything incredibly round (plus there are those damn crossing linedefs, but I can't do much about that one), so now I'm just going to go for the next best thing without sacrificing too much of the looks: octagons! ;)

So far I've managed to cut it down to just above 24K SEGS, but I'm not done yet and I think that I can get it down to 23K or thereabouts once I'm done undetailing.

Since I haven't started item-placement yet I might not have it in until Sunday (unless I work like crazy all Saturday), plus I have a short time to work on it today and all. But I will get it in ASAP!



EDIT:
A-ha! Apparently using ZenNode as opposed to ZDBSP lowers the SEGS count by about 3.3K! Woohoo, now I can add back some stuff. :p

[LordRaven]

Hmm, could I see a snap of the whole map as it is right now?

[FATAL]

Perhaps if Ace stopped being a dick about it and actually MAPPED SOMETHING.

[ace]

Oh hush FATty.

Well I'm really sorry to say this, but after spending about 80% of my time awake yesterday mapping, I burned out pretty quickly today, and things are really going sluggish now. The good news is that (and FYI FATass) I've finished the layout of the letter completely, with all the bells and whistles (switches and moving floors, the secret, the teleport to the next level and the like) attached. The bad news is that if I went ahead and started adding the gameplay element at this moment, you wouldn't see the file again until tomorrow night (in Eastern time, which, even worse, is nearly Tuesday morning for you European folks), and that would just set the schedule back even further.

If you'd like, I can send it in as-is so that the next person in line can map, and then add the gameplay stuff the next time around. Otherwise, I'd probably have to slap it together in a hurry without being able to properly balance it or fit it with the difficulty of the rest of the map (which, by the way, is nicely challenging, nice work everybody ;)). If it isn't a problem, then I can go ahead and try to finish it and get it in before tomorrow is done. Otherwise, I can E-mail it to Dani in its current state so as to not force the others to wait.

What are my orders, captain (not you, FATman)?



EDIT:
By the way, if ANYONE is to blame for there not being and updated editor shot, it would be Dani and his lazy not-site-updating-ness. For shame! :p

[FATAL]

Map you sucker. Map like you've never mapped before!

I want to see RESULTS! Not some puny excuses.

[Danimetal]

The orders are to... Well, I´ve been unable to keep track of the project (in fact, I´ve been unable to keep track of my own life!) lately due to work overdose... The 3 days limit has been broken several times: it´s something unfair for those who took their time to the max if the map would stay for much longer in someone else´s hands so... Try to finish it within a couple of days and send it back... The project is in serious need of me taking a look at the whole thing and trying to assemble it. I´ll also need to contact those who still haven´t finished yet so, please, send the map back to me as soon as possible. Remember, we have a limit of 32k segs: everything above that is overflowing and we shouldn´t allow that!!!. Remember also there are people left to map so please, as it was stated in the rules, don´t overcrow your letter with details and eat out all segments... A bit late?. Well, maybe, but I´m sure there are things that can be deleted.

Over and out!. Back to work!.

[ace]

Alright, due to craploads of homework I didn't get much of the gameplay added today (though I did get a little bit done), but I'll pick up the pace tomorrow (which has much more free time available to me) and send it in before the day is done.

Also I know I have some more SEGS I can take care of (one section is ridiculous in detail AGAIN), but is roughly 23K SEGS alright? It would allow for roughly 2,250 SEGS (though technically the limit is actually 32,768 :p) for each of the mappers to follow. Otherwise I could probably bring myself to delete some of my pretty effects if that's not enough.

[FATAL]

If your portion plays bad, I WILL insult you.

[Danimetal]

Ace, that seems like a very... Low margin for me. Keep in mind that three people have to map: 700 segs per person is a bit ridiculous. I highly encourage you to delete effects and save segs for the rest.

[ace]

700 each? Ah, nonono:

Also I know I have some more SEGS I can take care of (one section is ridiculous in detail AGAIN), but is roughly 23K SEGS alright? It would allow for roughly 2,250 SEGS for each of the mappers to follow.

Meaning that's 2,250 per team member left (though that was based on the assumption that there were four left to map; in the case of three it'd be roughly 3,000 per mapper)--not that they would split that much space. Hahaa, I would never leave that few SEGS for the rest of the team. That would just be ridiculous! I'm not THAT mean, am I? :p

Once I'm done deleting the last bit of unnecessary detail (which I have hardly as much as it sounds ;)) and adding in the last of the monsters/ammo/health and such, I'll send it in--hopefully in a few hours.


EDIT:
Also, apparently, it looks like my letter only comes in second place for SEGS size. So don't look at me! :p

[Danimetal]

Who else could it be... Some brazilian folk ;)?.

[Doom_Dude]

You segment violating sluts. *rofl*

[ace]

SLUT?! I'm sorry to correct you, but I am in no way a SEGS-fiend (roofle, pun)! :D

I'm REALLY sorry to say this Dani, but the monster-placement is taking much longer than expected. My perfectionism is getting the better of me--if you want, I can tell you what I had in mind and you can add it in at the end if you wish; I really don't want to keep anyone waiting longer than they should have to. The guilt is overwhelming enough and I don't want to put this behind schedule any more than it already is. :(

I have a feeling if I REALLY work furiously tomorrow I could get it done (and if I'm lucky there are good circumstances for a school closing tomorrow as well), but since every promise I have made earlier has fallen through, I'm starting to doubt my reliability here. I'm really sorry.

[Danimetal]

Do it, just do it :). There´s just me waiting and the rest is waiting for me to finish :).

[ace]

Guys, I'm feeling REALLY guilty now... today I barely even tried, and now at this rate it's looking like I won't have it in until Sunday. I only have one thing to say...

























...

























IT'S DONE! :p

I probably wasn't fooling anyone there, but yep I managed to get it all operational in the past few hours. Managed to make quite the challenge, too, if I don't say so myself. Sending it to Dani right away.

I AM GLAD THAT IS OVER.

[Danimetal]

After drooling a bit to the map and complaining a lot about... ahem, self-reproducing monsters, difficulty levels, visual bugs and some Boom linedefs I can only say I´m pretty much happy with how the map is coming!!. To celebrate it, I am gonna update the site and whatever.

I´ll try and do something with my M during the weekend. Everyone who still has to map (brazilian folks), please, report your status.

Edit: Okay, we´re up to date now... I´ll need the following things from you still:

-Mail confirmation on your status and your thoughts on the secret we talked about.
-Screenshots in case your letter is not covered in the site.
-Forum confirmation on your availability for those who still have to map (1, S and F).

I´ll try and figure out something for the "M" while taking a shower I really need. Good job everyone so far: I´m really liking this map and I think that with a few tweaks on the gameplay it will be an excellent addition to everyone´s wad collection.

PS: Ace told me about some bugs on the S. The S is still being under construction so we can check those when done.

2nd Edit:

Already started outlining the M. Only a "grand finale" is mising.

Ace, I think we could do something to reduce the usage of segments on your part even more... This fake texture you´ve done splicing a texture into small parts, we could create a real texture for it... Because that part above the O is yours, isn´t it?.

[rustyslacker]

Did we come to a decision on the ubersecret with our pictures or whatever?

[Danimetal]

Mail confirmation... Mail confirmation... Spoileeer!!. No, we didn´t.

[Danimetal]

Bad news... Work is overrunning me... Any of the brazilian folks or Osiris willing to take the map?.

[Osiris's_Legacy]

Well, when I finish the f, I'll gladly take it since I got no assignments for this week.

[Danimetal]

Please, rephrase. I don´t think I understood :)... I meant that if you could finish the F or the Brazil folks could finish theirs. I will finish mine´s, don´t worry :). Wanna take it?. Mail me and I will send it ASAP.

[ace]

Ace, I think we could do something to reduce the usage of segments on your part even more... This fake texture you´ve done splicing a texture into small parts, we could create a real texture for it... Because that part above the O is yours, isn´t it?.

Argh, another post of yours I've missed regarding this project! :p

What section are you talking about here? I don't recall putting any fake texture doohickeys in my section.

Also, how has this progressed since I passed it on? Seeing as I haven't been keeping track of it like I should have. ;)

[rustyslacker]

*ahem* as;flkdajs;lkfja

[LordRaven]

Hem... Is this project still alive? Cause I would like to know the progress...

[FATAL]

Well I fear our glorious project leader is working too hard. Dani will be back, though. I'll go yell at him on emails.

[LordRaven]

I've checked the site and I see that we only have the S and the final M to do left, that's pretty good (assuming that people are working on it)

[ThomasJ]

Helloooo? ;)

[Illdo]

*wind blowing, crickets chirping*

[FATAL]

I'll tell Danimetal to come over and say something. Stay tuned folks.

[Dutch Devil]

I thought he was angry and left or something.

[ace]

Well, his last post says he's been swamped with work... I really hope he can get back soon, so this can see the light of day! :(

[FATAL]

I emailed to Danimetal. He's very busy, so I will take over this project.

1, S and F are still not finished. I do not know who were supposed to do those letters.

In case the original authors do not show up (they are given one week from this point), then they are up for grabs. I have the wad here, and will send it to whoever comes first.

[FATAL]

Very well. A week has passed, and the three aforementioned letters are now up for grabs.

[ace]

Before you give the 'F' away I was under the impression that that belonged to Rusty. Perhaps he forgot to have a look in here or something.

[rustyslacker]

Before you give the 'F' away I was under the impression that that belonged to Rusty.
Wrongness! The Y was mine, and Osiris and I worked on that one together. I just made that cool light for the F, and I thought Osiris was going to do it. Maybe he had more homewark problems. Either way, it wasn't me.

[Raptor Jesus]

I didn't even know this project existed! xP I might contribute after NDCP is finished and I still feel like mapping assuming this is still unfinished.

[ace]

Wrongness! The Y was mine, and Osiris and I worked on that one together. I just made that cool light for the F, and I thought Osiris was going to do it. Maybe he had more homewark problems. Either way, it wasn't me.

I shtand corrected. Now back to the shadows with me.

[FATAL]

Very well. F is to be done by Osiris and Rusty. Osiris, stop the cary business for a minute, wouldya?

1 and S are up for grabs. It's not much work, join people, join!

[rustyslacker]

Very well. F is to be done by Osiris and Rusty. Osiris, stop the cary business for a minute, wouldya?
No. Not me.

[voltcorp]

The list with the people supposed to do the maps is very clear on both the project site and in this thread. The S is STILL mine, and I didn't visit this thread cause DaniMetal was supposed to contact me by email.

[Osiris's_Legacy]

!!!!

I like, totally forgot about this........

Blame the waves of Homework I recieved for forgetting about this. I'll make sure to do it after this assignment is done. In other words, it will be worked on and finished on the weekend.

[FATAL]

The list with the people supposed to do the maps is very clear on both the project site and in this thread. The S is STILL mine, and I didn't visit this thread cause DaniMetal was supposed to contact me by email.
Alright, sorry mate, there was an awful lot of pages to scroll through, and I forgot about the project page. You can have your S. I'll coordinate things better when I get home. If you could PM your email address to me, it would help some.

[ThomasJ]

I can take care of the 1 if needs be.

[FATAL]

Very well, that is fine by me.

PLAN:
I've sent the map to Osiris. He will hopefully finish his part during the weekend and send it back to me. I will then send it to voltcorp, who will then finish his part as soon as possible, and send it back to me. I will then give you the map, and after you're done, we can start balancing this out.

Voltcorp, that email address...

[FATAL]

Oi! What's up with you fellows taking a month to finish a couple of rooms? :p

Please, report. Any excuse will do. ;)

[Osiris's_Legacy]

Look Fatal, I'm sorry to say this. I've had no time to do anything. Anything at all.

I've made very little progress with it. About 10% total.

And this is all I can say for a while. Schools dragging me to the bottom of the abyss right now.

[rustyslacker]

Someone better get mapping or we'll have to rename the whole thing "30 Years Of Doom".

[ThomasJ]

I think we're at 13 1/2 Years of Doom now, yeah?

No matter. Hey fatal, send the map to me. I can get the 1 done at least.

[Doom_Dude]

I actually forgot all about this. :/ So what did happen to danimetal?

[FATAL]

I am not sure. The bugger has left us all alone. *bawl*

[Doom_Dude]

Do we have to send in a team to find him?

[rustyslacker]

Yes. We'll have to send Team Nude (ume that is). *ba dum psh*

[Illdo]

I can dispatch my personal squad of Aztec warriors.

[Doom_Dude]

Ok guys what is going on with this project? We need to get it done asap! This is ONE map not a bunch and all you have to do is make a letter at the very least. O_o It doesn't take that long to make a letter or a couple rooms.... Half the year is toast already. If you can't work on the level due to real life stuffs then pass the map on. Oh well, I'm not trying to be the team leader but just felt it had to be said. That's what I think anyways. :p

[ace]

When in doubt, we could change it to 14 Years of Doom and add an exclamation mark for the 14th character. :p

Too bad Danimetal disappeared...

[Danimetal]

What?. I think I left someone in charge of this before leaving... What's the status of the map?. Was there any progress since I left?. How much is missing?...

Come on, there's not a lot in doing a couple of letters!. When I left I think that only the 1, the M and another letter (maybe an O?) were missing. I almost finished the M: it shouldn't be hard to finish it.

[+Acyclitor+]

i thinks you should plan these out a year ahead

[Doom_Dude]

Well Fatal was in charge I thought. Maybe I'm mixed up. As for status.... I have no idea.

[FATAL]

Well yes, I am in charge.

I have received 1 mostly done by voltcorp, and Osiris is doing some other letter (S or F). The last letter is not being done by anyone.

Also M seems to be half done.

[Danimetal]

The main outline for the M was done... The thing is to detail it and give it some depth. Again, I should get some tools for this editing thing.

[FATAL]

You're just cranky because I couldn't find the Sims cover, admit it.

[Doom_Dude]

hehe I started a hornets nest...

*walks away whistling*

[Danimetal]

You didn't even look for the cover XD!... Anyway, I'm still leaving the project in your hands pal.

[Doom_Dude]

So who has the map? O_o

It's a race! :P

http://img412.imageshack.us/img412/8656/14yearsofdoomfg4.th.jpg (http://img412.imageshack.us/my.php?image=14yearsofdoomfg4.jpg)

[Danimetal]

Fatal, for sure.

[FATAL]

I has, I has.

But my team is full of lazy slabs.

[Danimetal]

I will try and get back to mapping but I'm sure I won't be able to do it in a massive basis as I could before: best to do one thing at a time so I will try and finish my NDCP2 map. Then, I could take a look to the M and finish it though the number of segs was increasingly menacing :S.

[Doom_Dude]

ZZzzzzzzzzzz wake me up when it's done.

*dies* :p

[Illdo]

I hope they hurry up, or 3D Realms will be first with Duke Nukem Forever!

[FATAL]

Why don't you help us hurry up? ;)

It's just a few rooms we're talking about.

[Danimetal]

Listen, send me that map. I'll gather editing tools, doom wads and balls and will do some work for it.

[Doom_Dude]

Go Dani! Go Dani! :D

By the way, it's July. Remember you set a deadline of July 4th. :p j/k

[Danimetal]

Just did some work on it and got most of the final "M" done: I only have to do a couple of rooms and set the monsters and it will be ready... As for the rest of the map: I don't want to interfiere with the rest of the people but I'm aiming for having my part done soon so it becomes kind of an "Inspiration".

It's a shame since this project could have been ready in a month or so but well, that's the way things work!.

BTW: Does anyone know of a decent Linux-based Doom Editor?. Having to boot on Windows really hurts me.

[Doom_Dude]

If I went Linux, id have to have a dedicated windows machine for the Doom stuffs or it would be a major pain in the ass. :/

[Danimetal]

I think the M is done by now: just an exit to be added and some playtesting to see if the hordes of monsters do really fit... What and who's left to finish the map?.

As for Linux, if I had a second machine everything would be easier but well, I only have a laptop and rebooting is a bitch. Oh, by the way, among other good news my laptop seems to randomly shut off when I'm playing Doom on Windows XD!. It may be because of KDIZD for all that I know but I also got a crash with the "13 Years of Doom" map XD!.

[ThomasJ]

I'm back from vacation and can do something if something needs doing. I itemized the 1 really fast because I was running out of time, so it may need some better/more monster and item placement.

When all the rooms are done, I think we need to give someone license to go through the thing and polish it up. When I had the map last I saw some stuck monsters, a misaligned texture or two, and even a HOM.

[ultimatesaiyan605]

Hey guys, I just had a look through this thread and you guys have done a helluva job so far :D Deffinetly wasn't expecting 14 to be in a circle :p

[Doom_Dude]

Well the 14 in a circle is the next map I'm working on (the Birthday coming up in Dec). The 13 Years of Doom map is the one the team is working on for Doom's last birthday. By the time the rest of them finish we will probably be stealing my 14 and putting that in the wad and pretending 14 years of Doom was the target in the first place.

[Danimetal]

I wonder what is Fatal doing with the map... Last time I took a look at it it was almost finished but after sending the updates I did I recieved no response. Are still only a few rooms left?.

[ultimatesaiyan605]

Well the 14 in a circle is the next map I'm working on (the Birthday coming up in Dec). The 13 Years of Doom map is the one the team is working on for Doom's last birthday. By the time the rest of them finish we will probably be stealing my 14 and putting that in the wad and pretending 14 years of Doom was the target in the first place.

Hahaha, nice. We might start having tribute maps every 5 years or so now :p

But anyways, will the map be posted here on NewDooM when it's completed?

[FATAL]

I wonder what is Fatal doing with the map... Last time I took a look at it it was almost finished but after sending the updates I did I recieved no response. Are still only a few rooms left?.
Err, oops.

Well there's only one or two rooms unfinished. We need a mapper.

(also Osiris needs to finish his part)

[ultimatesaiyan605]

Err, oops.

Well there's only one or two rooms unfinished. We need a mapper.

(also Osiris needs to finish his part)

How big are these rooms you need done? I wouldn't mind getting in on this project :D

[Danimetal]

Send me whatever you have and let me finish another room or something. Have you tested the "M"?. I say let´s finish the thing, then thoroughly test it and then release it no matter what. Serious Fatal, we shouldn´t take that long!!!.

[FATAL]

Just a minute, I'll tie this up real quick.

CURRENT STATUS:

1 is a well over 1/2 done
S is about 1/4 done
F is about 1/8 done

I can't remember who was supposed to make what, but I think that S is FREE at the moment, and that Osiris is making F and that 1 is being made by another teammate, voltcorp if I'm not mistaken.

Dani, the wad has not been edited since you last sent it to me, so you can continue from where you were. Please no more M stuffage, as it's already quite bloated. Try the S.

[reptie7]

Damn,am I late?

[ace]

Well considering this is so far gone that it likely has to be remapped to say "14 years of Doom," something tells me that you're no later than the project itself is--perhaps 13 IS an unlucky number. :p

Assuming that this does get finished, of course, it'd need a 14th character for a 14-piece complete set, and seeing as there were only 13 mappers to begin with, I think the answer is no, you're not too late. But that is assumption that this thing will get picked up and dusted off again...

[FATAL]

The name will not change. :p

Damn, I totally forgot about this. Hold on for a moment.

[Doom_Dude]

This is a single map with authors doing 1 room each and it takes this long? Soon it will be 14 Years....

:(

[FATAL]

Certainly not because of my incompetence.

[ace]

So is this going to happen or not?

I can see it now: "13 Years of Doom: Only One Year Late!" :p

[FATAL]

It adds to the funsy factor

[Nomad]

lol nvermind guise

[FATAL]

I edited this post lols.

[Nomad]

wut r u tlakin bout