URE2020: What's one more month after 25 years? [DOOM 1 Vanilla - NOW LIVE]

[Zylinderkatze]

On 3/29/2021 at 12:16 PM, Lippeth said:

stuck.zip

 

There will be a fix for this in the next release. Which *may* be the final release.

[Zylinderkatze]

Another update!

 

My friend actually got done with all the music he wanted to make and went through an additional pass of mixing / mastering.

 

Good news: He's pretty much done so there isn't really anything standing in the way of releasing everything with all the music!

 

Mediocre news: I discovered one lead instrument in his E1M3 track that's a bit too loud in the mix (to my ears) and he's checking for that, tomorrow.. because it's late, today ^^;

 

So.. almost done!

Edited March 31, 2021 by Zylinderkatze

[Zylinderkatze]

What better date to post this!

 

I couldn't wait any longer (..literally, because it's 11:30pm here and if I want to release this on April 1th 1st, it has to be now).

 

I just updated the main post with a link to the first (and perhaps even last) official "Release Candidate"! It contains everything- the WAD, the DEH, the MUSIC(!), the full TXT Readme.. and even a something for people stuck in 199X!

 

In case no one finds any more bugs, This might be it!

 

Now I'm going to go lay down :D

[Zylinderkatze]

(and if someone does find more bugs.. then so be it ^^; at least now all files are out in the world and following releases will only be the "fine-tuning" that they are :3)

[ketmar]

44 minutes ago, Zylinderkatze said:

and following releases will only be the "fine-tuning" that they are

...just like the main thing is the fine-tuning for the old 199x wad... amirite? ;-)

[Lippeth]

Not sure if this is warranted, but I uploaded my version of the MIDI soundtrack for your passive listening pleasure!

 

[Zylinderkatze]

On 4/7/2021 at 5:03 AM, Lippeth said:

warranted

 

Absolutely!

[Zylinderkatze]

Ch-Ch-Changes~

 

This is the last call for bug reports on this WAD, I will wrap it up with a nice bow come tomorrow!

 

Mainly so that @Lippeth can release his standalone MIDI WAD since he's kind of waiting on me for this xD

 

Then it's off to /idgames!

[Omniarch]

34 minutes ago, Zylinderkatze said:

Ch-Ch-Changes~

Nice Shrek 2 reference you got there ;)

 

Sorry that I wasn't able to get around to E1M8 in time. I got a bit burned out :(

 

Congrats on the (soon to be) release though!

Edited April 10, 2021 by Omniarch

[Lippeth]

5 hours ago, Zylinderkatze said:

Mainly so that @Lippeth can release his standalone MIDI WAD since he's kind of waiting on me for this xD

Not at all, take all the time you need! Though I am excited to play the official released version!

 

4 hours ago, Omniarch said:

Nice Shrek 2 reference you got there ;)

I think David Bowie just turned in his grave.

[Zylinderkatze]

12 hours ago, Lippeth said:

I think David Bowie just turned in his grave.

I wasn't going to say ^^;

[Zylinderkatze]

And it's done.

 

I just uploaded the newest version (as in: final version) of URE2020.ZIP to my server, the mediafire server.. and.. 

 

..I was going to FTP-upload it to the archives.gamers.org server but it seems like I can't connect to it right now, following these steps..

 

..so that will have to wait, I suppose.

 

Update: It seems that the whole site / server is unreachable (TIMEOUT) due to some sort of environmental peculiarity on my PC / my local network. When I tried to access the site through my phone just now (after disconnecting from my WiFi), it worked fine.

 

I'll have to find a workaround so I can finally get this thing uploaded xD

Edited April 13, 2021 by Zylinderkatze

[Zylinderkatze]

Update 2:

 

Current approach: Using my mobile phone as an access hotspot to which I am connection through my laptop (to which I had previously downloaded the URE2020.WAD from my own server).. at least this way I was able to connect to the FTP. But now I keep getting timeouts when it tries to retrieve the folder list (LIST command) in "/pub/idgames/" on the FTP server.

 

Next approach: Try to connect to /pub/idgames/incoming/" directly. 

 

But right now it looks as though even through my phone I get a server timeout when trying to access gamers.org in a browser.

 

I guess maybe the server is a bit busy..

 

As far as I understand, "archives.gamers.org" is the only server that supports uploads (since it's the master / source) and all the mirrors are only for downloading.

 

Otherwise I could just try and upload it to a German mirror.

 

Oh well.. "What's one more day after 25 years", right?

[Zylinderkatze]

Update 3:

 

Made it into the "/pub/idgames/incoming" directory through my normal PC.. so the "it's not connecting" is not based on the device or connection method I'm using but instead it seems to just be a rather frail connection in general.

 

However, as soon as my FTP program tries to get a directory list, it runs into a timeout.

 

Anyone else have that problem? If the server is having issues, I wouldn't want to add to them..

 

Maybe I'll just check back tomorrow, after all ^^;

[Andromeda]

I've been having issues accessing the FTP server at archives.gamers.org ever since the online upload tool launched, I thought I was the only one :P

 

 

 

[Zylinderkatze]

9 hours ago, Andromeda said:

the FTP server at archives.gamers.org

 

I can connect fine-ish (sometimes ^^).. I even "instinctively" set it to "limit connections: 1" (as described in that post) when I was trying different things yesterday.. because at one point I received a "too many connections from your IP" warning by the server.

 

However, when I actually be able to establish a connection, as soon as FileZilla then tries to access any diretory's content, it receives a timeout (after 20 seconds) when it sends the LIST command (to get the list of files in the directory).

 

I tried with "archives.gamers.org" as well as "gamers.org" (also stated in that post you shared).. the latter seemed to connect more readily (which is probably subjective since it's the same IP).. but both have the same error once it tries to list the files.

 

The HTML Version throws a timeout as well.

 

Maybe the FTP server is biased >_>

 

I'll keep trying and if it persists, I'll add my error description to that forum post.

 

Thanks for the pointer!

[Zylinderkatze]

HTML FTW.

 

Who needs FTP when the HTML upload form works better for the time being? Exactly.

 

I would've preferred the oldschool, "closer to the roots" way of uploading it through FTP but the server doesn't seem to like me right now.

 

So HTML it is!

 

Now all that's missing is the email for me to confirm, then it might actually turn official!

Edited April 15, 2021 by Zylinderkatze

[Zylinderkatze]

Subject: "Idgames upload verification--please reply"

 

<3

[Zylinderkatze]

Oh come on..

 

 

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[ketmar]

so, it is a quest game now...

[NuMetalManiak]

Found a bug with E1M1, the teleporter destination Thing 167 isn't flagged on Easy, meaning four monsters don't teleport in (I always find these particular bugs since I like playing on low skill levels).

Currently on E1M6, and really agreeing with everything Omniarch said with regards to progression. Man, I cannot imagine trying to speedrun this levelset at all. Also JUST found two more bugs in E1M6 after submitting the post the first time, it's linedef 3922 which is facing the wrong way and you cannot open the door there from that side. The second is teleport destination 792 is not flagged on easy, meaning two monsters don't come in.

Edited April 17, 2021 by NuMetalManiak

[Zylinderkatze]

55 minutes ago, NuMetalManiak said:

Found a bug

 

55 minutes ago, NuMetalManiak said:

found two more bugs

 

NOOOOOOOO! D:

 

...

 

I mean.. thanks for the find! I'll check it out :)

 

I guess this is where I ask if anyone knows whether it's possible to update a WAD with a revised version after it was uploaded (for submission to /idgames)? 

 

Or would there end up being more than one version of the WAD, at that point?

Edited April 17, 2021 by Zylinderkatze

[Zylinderkatze]

49 minutes ago, NuMetalManiak said:

Thing 167 isn't flagged on Easy

Hey, but at least it's set to ambush! That has to count for something, right?.. no? No.

In other words: FIXED!

 

49 minutes ago, NuMetalManiak said:

linedef 3922 which is facing the wrong way

It must've been rookie mistake day when I did this. Good thing it was pro bughunter day when you found it!

Also FIXED!

 

49 minutes ago, NuMetalManiak said:

teleport destination 792 is not flagged on easy

But at least it's not also set to ambush! See? I'm improving!

Again: FIXED!

 

And also again: Thanks for the find!

 

I'll wait with a file update until after you've finished and/or despaired ^^;

Edited April 17, 2021 by Zylinderkatze

[NuMetalManiak]

I'm already done, and don't worry, that's all I got. I like to play newer wads on the lowest difficulty settings all the time. I often notice that people often forget to mark certain particular things for certain skill levels, and none of the ones here are even gamebreaking anyways, so it's all good. It's just something to get the hang of when it comes to thing placement, remembering what and where you've put and flagged things.

[Zylinderkatze]

14 minutes ago, NuMetalManiak said:

I'm already done, and don't worry, that's all I got. I like to play newer wads on the lowest difficulty settings all the time. I often notice that people often forget to mark certain particular things for certain skill levels, and none of the ones here are even gamebreaking anyways, so it's all good. It's just something to get the hang of when it comes to thing placement, remembering what and where you've put and flagged things.

 

That's a very valuable lesson to learn and I'll take it to heart. I think I've gotten better at avoiding / catching those mistakes later on but I obviously missed a few.

 

I do have ideas and thoughts about what led to the bugs you found.. but that doesn't change the fact that they are there. So- thanks to you and your eagle eyes :D

 

I will scrutinize even more.. uhm.. scrutinizingly.. in the future. Especially with placement of crucial things such as teleporter landings.

[Lippeth]

Is the idgames upload sorted? I have absolutely zero knowledge in how it works and have never tried uploading anything there myself.

 

I did find this from 9 years ago in regards to updating files and don't know how well it holds up today.

 

[P41R47]

1 hour ago, Zylinderkatze said:

 

 

NOOOOOOOO! D:

 

...

 

I mean.. thanks for the find! I'll check it out :)

 

I guess this is where I ask if anyone knows whether it's possible to update a WAD with a revised version after it was uploaded (for submission to /idgames)? 

 

Or would there end up being more than one version of the WAD, at that point?

 

2 minutes ago, Lippeth said:

Is the idgames upload sorted? I have absolutely zero knowledge in how it works and have never tried uploading anything there myself.

 

I did find this from 9 years ago in regards to updating files and don't know how well it holds up today.

 

It is totally possible to ask for an update.

I don't know the process, but

@Doomkid has to make an update to the .mid the way id did doom2 project just a few hours after he submitted the projwct to idgames.

[terminator]

2 hours ago, Zylinderkatze said:

Hey, but at least it's set to ambush! That has to count for something, right?.. no? No.

In other words: FIXED!

 

It must've been rookie mistake day when I did this. Good thing it was pro bughunter day when you found it!

Also FIXED!

 

But at least it's not also set to ambush! See? I'm improving!

Again: FIXED!

 

And also again: Thanks for the find!

 

I'll wait with a file update until after you've finished and/or despaired ^^;

hi. are the file links in the OP updated with with the fixes? the links are still dated [2021-04-14]. thanks.

[Doomkid]

I just uploaded the newer version of the MIDI pack, same name and everything, coupled with a note saying something like “this is an update, not a new file, sorry for the inconvenience!” and sent a second confirmation email to be sure. Seemed to work just fine!

[Diabolución]

https://www.quaddicted.com/files/idgames/levels/doom/s-u/ure2020.txt

https://www.quaddicted.com/files/idgames/levels/doom/s-u/ure2020.zip