Doom -1 | Negative One: Beyond the experiment [Release Thread]

[URROVA]

 

 

NEGATIVE ONE (AKA Doom -1) is a collaborative wad made by a lot of people on the doomworld forums. It was started by AtticTelephone as a single map "experiment" where somebody take the lastest version of the map, made the changes he wanted and uploaded the new version, allowing other persons to edit the map. The project has grown from a single vanilla map to a boom compatible 35 map megawad edited by 45~ different people.

The original final version was published on October 8 of 2020, but some of us tought the wad needed more polishment, so we made a version named "Beyond the Experiment", with bugfixes and more polished levels.

 

 

IWAD: DOOM2.WAD

Maps: 35

Compatibility: Boom Compatible

Skills: all supported

Multiplayer: supported (Deathmatch and Coop)

 

 

 

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AtticTelephone
RonnieJamesDiner
RiviTheWarlock
DynamiteKaitorn
TheNoob_Gamer
waciej
Alper002
MidnightMage
Horus
LoneAlpha2401
Captain Toenail
Rosh Fragger
inflame the dragon
Obsidian Plague
Roofi
NiGHTMARE
Walter confetti
Surreily
SlayerOGames666
Chainie    
PinkFlamingo
bluegreg
magicsofa
MLGari
CBM
Elio AF
SilverMiner
WowozuelaSpammer
Temp
KILLA DIO
Athel
Hitboi
WolfBlue
PeceMan
Chronicle
Redead-ITA
URROVA
EpicTyphlosion
Rexen²
Oldschoolgeek32
Dubbag

YargSilvr

Doomkid

 

 

 

MEGA: https://mega.nz/file/fGojSCrB#6XQDLdhY_nejPqFiFWCk8iA3PZkqIFaFN9saH_RHDgg

/idgames: https://www.doomworld.com/idgames/levels/doom2/Ports/megawads/negativeone

 

The original release thread:

 

The original and beyond the experiment dev threads:

 

Thanks a lot to everyone participed on this project!

Edited April 16, 2022 by URROVA

[AtticTelephone]

epik

[Walter confetti]

Wonderful to see that this project got finally a proper release! Congrats to everyone!

[CoolerDoomeR]

This is fantastic! Also the Super Shotgun is good!
 

[URROVA]

Just sent it to /idgames. so i think in the week it should be uploaded.

[CBM]

About time! I just hope some people will make some videos of the final product, now that its all been said and done!

[PinkFlamingo]

Yes! We finally managed to get this one out! I'm so glad now. Thanks to all the people that helped with this project and thanks to @AtticTelephone for coming up with the idea and providing the opportunity.

 

I hope all of you will have as much fun playing this wad as we had making it.

[Captain Toenail]

This was such a fun and zany project to work on.

 

I hope everyone has a lot of fun and enjoys playing the final release!

[Vladguy]

Now when will everyone get back and revive -2?

[Rudolph]

Using Nevander's Blood Fixer mod as a basis, I made a blood color fix for the Baron of Hell replacement (the Baphomet?):

 

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ACTOR FuzzyBlood : Blood
{
    Alpha 0.50
    RenderStyle OptFuzzy
    -ALLOWPARTICLES
}

ACTOR FixedSpectre : Spectre REPLACES Spectre
{
    BloodType "FuzzyBlood"
    BloodColor "40 40 40"
}

ACTOR FixedLostSoul : LostSoul REPLACES LostSoul
{
    +NOBLOOD
    +NOBLOODDECALS
}

ACTOR FixedBaronOfHell : BaronOfHell REPLACES BaronOfHell
{
    BloodColor "gold"
}

For those who are new to editing, all you have to do is to open Nevander's BloodFixer.pk3 with SLADE and replace the content of 'Decorate' with the code above.

Edited April 13, 2022 by Rudolph

[Roebloz]

Alright, after only one and half year, we're done!!! Woohoo! Hurray and congrats to everyone!

 

(Why am I not in the participants?)

Edited April 13, 2022 by Roebloz

[JustAthel]

We finally got it complete!! Wonderful job, everyone!

[Goopychu]

The name alone is going to make me play this

[Keyboard_Doomer]

That's been a long wait but glad to finally see the release of the final version.

 

We're taking the opportunity and going the play the first third of the wad for Thursday Night Survival today.

The session starts less than 10 hours from the time of this reply and you can expect it to be fairly active for 4+ hours.

[PinkFlamingo]

12 minutes ago, Keyboard_Doomer said:

That's been a long wait but glad to finally see the release of the final version.

 

We're taking the opportunity and going the play the first third of the wad for Thursday Night Survival today.

The session starts less than 10 hours from the time of this reply and you can expect it to be fairly active for 4+ hours.

 

Great! I'll join this one fur sure. :-)

[CBM]

The original Doom -1 thread was Posted July 18, 2020

This thread is posted the 11th of April 2022

 

Total development time = (14 + 31 + 30 + 31 + 30 + 31) + 365 + 101 = 633 days = 1.7 years

 

:-)

 

original thread that started it all:

 

 

Edited April 14, 2022 by CBM

[Rosh Fragger]

 

 

 

 

 

Edited April 15, 2022 by Rosh Fragger

[URROVA]

guys, it got released on /idgames!

 

link: https://www.doomworld.com/idgames/levels/doom2/Ports/megawads/negativeone

[Firedust]

Nice! Gonna crank this one tonight!

[AtticTelephone]

So, uh, is anybody gonna work on Negative Two?

[JustAthel]

I've been thinking about it, just can't dedicate any time to do anything for other projects and I know if I did contribute I'd want to do a lot more there than the small bits of linedef movement I did for -1

[Firedust]

Is it too late to report a bug...?

[CBM]

6 hours ago, Firedust said:

Is it too late to report a bug...?

what bug did you find?

[URROVA]

6 hours ago, Firedust said:

Is it too late to report a bug...?

report it, then i will see when i can fix it

[Firedust]

Okay, I'll try to describe the issue to the best of my ability.

 

Map 14, Sector 471. There appear to be two mancubi stuck inside one another inside the lava. I was playing on UV, source port - Zdoom 2.8.1.

 

I am sorry for taking so long to get through this mapset, it's a lot of fun, but some levels are just huge and take almost an hour to complete.

[URROVA]

5 hours ago, Firedust said:

Okay, I'll try to describe the issue to the best of my ability.

 

Map 14, Sector 471. There appear to be two mancubi stuck inside one another inside the lava. I was playing on UV, source port - Zdoom 2.8.1.

 

I am sorry for taking so long to get through this mapset, it's a lot of fun, but some levels are just huge and take almost an hour to complete.

I have tested it on ZDoom UV, also opened it on UDB, and there is no stuck mancubi. Maybe a bug with doom collisions?

[Firedust]

3 hours ago, URROVA said:

I have tested it on ZDoom UV, also opened it on UDB, and there is no stuck mancubi. Maybe a bug with doom collisions?

I literally tested it before posting (even restarted the level) and the same problem occurred. I tested it AGAIN after reading your post just now, and everything was fine. I'm very sorry for wasting your time. I know nothing about the technical side of Doom engine/builder shenanigans, and I hazarded a guess it was a nodebuilder issue or something...

[URROVA]

1 hour ago, Firedust said:

I literally tested it before posting (even restarted the level) and the same problem occurred. I tested it AGAIN after reading your post just now, and everything was fine. I'm very sorry for wasting your time. I know nothing about the technical side of Doom engine/builder shenanigans, and I hazarded a guess it was a nodebuilder issue or something...

No problem, is better checking if there is a bug than not checking and the bug existed and remained in the wad. But the monsters should not get stuck, maybe is an issue on the sourceport or something.

[CBM]

Playing it now, there are places in MAP 04 that should have had more 'Icicles' in the ceiling. I have a long way to go before having completed negative one :-)

[Firedust]

Just finished map 21, really cool concept! What is the purpose of the cacodemon in sector 650? Is there a way to kill it?