Frantik DM 2 - New 32 Map FFA Deathmatch MegaWAD

[Arrowhead]

Hello, everyone!

 

Frantik DM 2 is the sequel to the 32 map duel megaWAD I made last year. I decided to focus on making this WAD an FFA WAD, as I wanted people to be able to play larger games - unlike my previous duel pack. These maps are much larger than the ones in the first Frantik. I focused very much on ease of player movement in this WAD - there are very few cramped areas in this map pack.

 

These 32 maps are boom-compatible, and use the Otex1.1 texture pack + Doom 2's textures. These 32 maps have been tested thoroughly in Zdaemon and Zandronum - I have not tested in Odamex, but there's no reason why it shouldn't work there, too. I've tried to design these 32 maps to be highly varied - in structure, gameplay, and aesthetics. Environments take place in acidbases, hell, techbases, underground vaults, desert, and more! I included a custom M_DOOM, TITLEPIC, INTERPIC, ENDOOM, menu text, F1 Screen and CREDITS screen - things which were not present in my original map pack.

 

There will soon be a permanent server set up for this map pack on Zdaemon - I will post more information in the next couple days.

 

This set is designed to be played w/ jump OFF, freelook ON, crouch OFF, Item respawn ON, weapon stay ON, and respawning barrels ON.

 

F1 brings up a list of all 32 maps.

 

Here are a bunch of screenshots from the project!:

 

TITLEPIC:

MAP01 - ISOLATED VIOLENCE

MAP04 - SNOWDAY

MAP06 - ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES

MAP12  - SAHEL

MAP 13 - THE PLAZA

MAP14 - WARHOUSE

MAP16 - CLOVER

MAP17 - ACIDBATH

MAP20 - VERTICAL FERVOR

MAP22 - PRECIPICE

MAP23 - FORTRESS

MAP25 - WRECKBASE

MAP26 - NAMELESS PLACE

MAP27 -  HELL KEEP

MAP28 - SHUTDOWN!

MAP32 - MAGMA CENTRE

 

Thank you to everyone that playtested, and those that allowed their MIDIs to be re-used in other projects.

 

Especial thanks to both @spwnSH4Rk and @Decay without their playtesting help, this project would be nowhere the quality it is now. Thanks again!

 

Thanks to @Worriedidiot for the cool titlepic, and thanks to @Sr_Ludicolo for creating my ENDOOM screen.

 

Thanks to @Reviver for naming MAP01, and running through all my levels at an earlier date!

 

Thanks to the WNDM team, especially @Flambeau @Lil_Ruff for arranging my largest playtest for me.

 

Thanks to everyone who came to my many testing events! :D     (all other credits are in readme)

 

 

DOWNLOAD LINK, V1 https://www.mediafire.com/file/nq6w73syhdcr8vw/FRANTIKDM2.zip/file

DOWNLOAD LINK, V1A https://www.mediafire.com/file/6euhijlqv4zviqr/FRANTIKDM2v1a.wad/file

DOWNLOAD LINK, V1B https://www.mediafire.com/file/ezmblh4fycegx2h/FRANTIKDM2v1b.wad/file

Spoiler

(if you happen to like this megaWAD, I have another 12 pack of FFA maps on the way - they will be released likely some time next month)

 

Edited May 16, 2023 by Arrowhead

[Endless]

Quite the fragging beauties right here!

[OverflowingMocha]

Congratulations on the release! These DM maps look really nice.

Good luck with making the 12 map FFA pack! :)

[Arrowhead]

52 minutes ago, Endless said:

Quite the fragging beauties right here!

 

2 minutes ago, LGmaire said:

Congratulations on the release! These DM maps look really nice.

Good luck with making the 12 map FFA pack! :)

Thanks for the kind words! Hoping to get to play these with some more people soon, when I have the server set up. :)

[Anarkzie]

The screen shots look fantastic.

[Reviver]

14 hours ago, Arrowhead said:

 

Thanks for the kind words! Hoping to get to play these with some more people soon, when I have the server set up. :)

 

I would love to face you in a different Deathmatch setting.  Even though we only had 1 Free For All duel in Quake 1 Remastered, it proved to be an intense, humorous, and outstanding 30 Frag Limit battle that left me on the edge of my seat sweating and embracing a harmless thrill.  These maps in Frantik DM 2 could easily facilitate the spirit and intensity of our FFA in a Doom II setting.

[OverflowingMocha]

16 hours ago, Arrowhead said:

Thanks for the kind words! Hoping to get to play these with some more people soon, when I have the server set up. :)

 

I would love to try the megawad out with some sessions. Since I wanted to try out one of the RCs when when that test server for this megawad was up.

Would be great to try out the final product!

[Arrowhead]

Okay, everyone - the server on zdaemon is up! EXP is enabled as well, thanks to @Flambeau.

 

Server is:   Zds://192.3.62.226:10608 , or search 'Frantik' or 'wadazine' in the search function.

 

I will try to hang out in there around 5PM MDT, if anyone wants to jump in for some frags / to chat. :)

Edited August 28, 2022 by Arrowhead

[Lil_Ruff]

Glad to see this is released! It was utter mayhem for WNDM! Some fun levels with some good flow! I am looking forward to your future releases for sure :)

[Arrowhead]

1 hour ago, Lil_Ruff said:

Glad to see this is released! It was utter mayhem for WNDM! Some fun levels with some good flow! I am looking forward to your future releases for sure :)

Thanks, Ruff! Yeah, I had a fun time - thanks again for organizing the event! :)

[Dusty_Rhodes]

Looking forward to the Zandro server! These look great bud. If you ever need a DM playtester as well, hit me up :D

Congrats!

[Arrowhead]

Saw some people playing this last night - I decided to jump in, and ended up pulling a rare all-nighter.   :)

 

I played from probably 1:30 AM (MDT) to 8:30 AM. It was a great small group, we didn't get above 3-4 players - w/ it being so late, but the players who showed up stayed for hours.

 

Was fun. Gonna likely try to get this on /idgames soon...

 

I've got many more DM projects in the works, (8?) hoping to get more released shortly.

[Pirx]

On 8/27/2022 at 12:23 AM, Arrowhead said:

 

 

 

frantik

 

 

 

 

clean design, no annyoing corners to get stuck - i  like it.

[Arrowhead]

I've made some balance changes for this mod - nothing severe, but I added a few more SSGs in some levels, and removed BFG in a couple. I also improved overall ammo balance, aiming for the UV skill level. Also removed the custom BFG noise, as I received feedback from a couple people that it was a bit distracting / too loud - it has since returned to the original sound. The fundamentals remain the same, I just got rid of many single-shotgun spawns, and altered a few other weapon placements. :)

 

Server will be updated later today.

 

LINK: https://www.mediafire.com/file/6euhijlqv4zviqr/FRANTIKDM2v1a.wad/file

Edited November 9, 2022 by Arrowhead

[Arrowhead]

I've made a final small update. Adjusted 1 gun's position in MAP06, fixed an error that caused an extra player start to appear in MAP23.

 

https://www.mediafire.com/file/ezmblh4fycegx2h/FRANTIKDM2v1b.wad/file

 

I'll update the main server today or tomorrow. :)