DeePsea

[Hellbent]

Just downloaded DeePsea trial version to start on a DOOM 1 episode to replace the kinda lame Episode 4. But when I put in monsters, they don't show up. All the other items do -- -- I'm an idiot. I just realized I had -nomonsters in the command line arguments. So disregaurd this message. If you want to help me create an episode 2/3 sytle level for DOOM 1, let me know. If you decide from this post that I'm too stupid to make decent levels, I'll understand. :)

[stphrz]

Hehe...We've ALL done that :) Is this episode going to be just for the original doom.exe? I love editing with the original doom because it has many nice textures that were not included with doom2. If so I'd love to be involved in a project like this.

[Guest zyvgjc]

I don't see why people would want to create levels for DooM 1 anymore. DooM 2 is much better because it has more different kinds of monsters. In addition, you get a new double-barrel shotgun.

[stphrz]

For deathmatch levels, I agree, it's essential to use Doom2. You should check out the Spooky series or Crusades, both by Richard Wiles. They were made for the Ultimate Doom and are definitely among the best addon levels ever made. Period.

[Hellbent]

Stphrz said:

Hehe...We've ALL done that :) Is this episode going to be just for the original doom.exe? I love editing with the original doom because it has many nice textures that were not included with doom2. If so I'd love to be involved in a project like this.

Sweet. I am going to be editing with Zdoom, but use the original DOOM.wad and .exe and make it 100% compatible with the original DOOM. I've started the first level for it, although I don't think it will be level 1, as it was first intended to be. I don't know how much experience you have with these kind of projects (I have none) but I guess we should first talk about what sort of atmosphere/type of episode we want to go for - my email is chesterules@yahoo.com. If you want, I can email you the beginnings of my first level I have so far. For now, let me know how you think we should go about this project. Reply to my email with your comments - we should communicate through email rather than this forum - or ICQ if you have it. Another idea I had was we'd each do a level then swap them and make changes where we think they're due on each other's levels. One reason for doing this is my inspiration tends to go stagnant halfway through my level. But I really like editing other peoples' levels - refreshes my creativity. I look forward to doing this project! Again, let me know what you envision for it. The main reason I want to do it is to recapture the awesome atmosphere of the original episodes - I especially liked episode 2 and 3. I wan't too thrilled with episode 4 - very separate from the original two - which was kinda lame IMO. Anyway, I'm off on a tangent... talk to you soon.