March 2006
Friday, March 31, 2006 | |
Chaos Force Mod v2: Ultimate Combat
 Posted by
Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 4:55 PM |
Category: Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy |
Check out Chaos Force Mod v2: Ultimate combat which adds new saber moves (some moves based on the episode3 game for ps2 and Xbox)to Jedi Academy.When I loaded this mod up in JKA and tried it out, I was amazed at the quality of all the new moves and animations. It looks like the author has really put a lot of effort into getting them just right. It was great fun playing around with all the new saber moves, one of my favourites was the ‘twirling your Lightsaber behind your back’ move that Anakin performs. It looked great, and I’m sure new moves like that would make duels much more interesting! The mod can be used in both singleplayer and multiplayer modes. That's all on Jedi Knight Files.
| Thursday, March 30, 2006 | |
Multi Storey Car Park
Posted by
Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 2:30 PM |
Category: Soldier of Fortune II: Double Helix |
Check out this Multi Storey Car Park level for Soldier Of Fortune 2. The level supports DM, TDM, CTF, INFI gametypes and features 4 floors and an outside area.Each floor of the car park has plenty of vehicles on them so cover is not a problem, CTF is good fun also with the flags on the top and bottom floor. Aceess to the roof can be gained from ladders outside or staris and ramps inside. The lighting is good also with some nice effects. Testing the map I found a few textures errors, however this will not spoil the game play at all. That's all on Soffiles.
| Wednesday, March 29, 2006 | |
Bounty Hunter Reskin v1.0
Posted by
Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 10:19 PM |
Category: Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy |
Here is a mod that reskins the menus and start-up screens in Jedi Academy to a bounty hunter theme.Wow! Another cool mod! I really like this. It changes the start-up screens, and menus to a "Bounty Hunter" style. My only gripe is that the "Custom Character" button thing isn't blended in very well. And I don't know what mod that is that the author used for the Mandalorians. This is great, if you're looking for a change, try this. Bounty Hunter Reskin v1.0 is available on Jedi Knight Files.
| Tuesday, March 28, 2006 | |
Escape: Yavin IV - The Lost Maps
Posted by
Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 9:38 PM |
Category: Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy |
Check out Escape: Yavin IV - The Lost Maps which is a single player conversion mod for Jedi Academy and is something of a sequel to the Escape: Yavin IV" total conversion (ummm the reviewer said that sequel stuff then said it's more of a replacement...oooh k).Well, saying it's a sequel may not be completely accurate. It's really something of a replacement - a totally new story, twenty-five new levels, and plenty of new content to choose from. As it's very very long, I tested the first level fully, and will leave the rest to you. However even just from the first level I can tell the quality is way up there. The puzzles are difficult, the levels, even on the easiest setting, are challenging, and the cutscenes are very good. The voice acting could have used a little work, mostly in just the sound quality area (a lot of the voice actors just seemed a smidge too close to their microphones), but the feeling of the characters comes across well enough. That be on Jedi Knight Files.
| Monday, March 27, 2006 | |
Jan Restyled and Revamped
Posted by
Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 10:17 PM |
Category: Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy |
Over on PC Gamemods Crix released a Jan reskin for Jedi Academy.This is a redoing of Jzzl's excellent Jan_Restyled. I added some shaders, textures, and took off all the markings and text. Hope you like it, I sure do. I hope it makes Jan look a lot more 'sexy' for all of you. Includes many different skins, red and blue skins and some crazy 'other stuff' as well. Check that out right here.
| Sunday, March 26, 2006 | |
Sith Academy 2006
Posted by
Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 8:28 PM |
Category: Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy |
PC Gamemods has a FFA map for Jedi Academy by designer Vic that's called Sith Academy 2006. Might be worth checking out.. the readme is in French (I think) so I did a Babelfish translation:This map is a large academy sith with a hall, a bar, rooms, rooms of duem and secrete ways. Good to be used like map of clan or RPG! Yeah PC Gamemods!
| Saturday, March 25, 2006 | |
Kamchatka Labs - The Next Level
Posted by
Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 8:45 AM |
Category: Soldier of Fortune II: Double Helix |
= Raven = released Kamchatka Labs - The Next Level which is a Soldier of Fortune 2, multiplayer level. The reviewer had this to say about the level:This is a nice map indeed, medium sized and nicely lit, adds good atmospheare. The map supports INF, DM, TDM, CTF, ELIM game types and will host a maximum of 20 players. That level is on Soffiles so check it out.
| Friday, March 24, 2006 | |
Siege Update Soon?
Posted by
Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 4:34 PM |
Category: Heretic II |
The Shadowlord made some updates to Siege and is getting ready for a official release soon as can be read in this forum thread. I guess we all wait now to see when he actually updates... Meanwhile check out Heretic II Siege if you're wondering what Siege is all about. Thanks to Phoebus for spotting this.
| Thursday, March 23, 2006 | |
Jedi Temple Battle Map
Posted by
Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 2:40 PM |
Category: Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy |
One of the featured maps over on Jedi Knight Files is Jedi Temple Battle Map which is a FFA level designed by CaptainM.The reviewer sayeth:Based on the Jedi temple from the new Star Wars trilogy, CaptainM's map attempts to recreate famous and popular areas from the film, and is successful to a certain extent. There are parts of this map that I really like, and then there are parts which I really don't like. As a gameplay map, this certainly doesn't have the best layout, and the framerate is far from good, but it is acceptable. Check that out on Jedi Knight Files.
| Wednesday, March 22, 2006 | |
Quake 4 SDK (v1.1)
Posted by
Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 11:20 PM |
Category: Quake IV |
I noticed on Quake 4 Files that the latest version of the software development kit for Quake 4 was released. So go grab Quake 4 SDK (v1.1) if your into the Quake 4 modding stuffs.
| Tuesday, March 21, 2006 | |
Get Some Skin For The Academy
Posted by
Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 9:58 AM |
Category: Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy |
Rena Jace released a couple skins for jedi Academy on PC Gamemods. First is Terra Stormrider which is a reskin of the Alora model and the other is Randal Moonrash which is reskin of a Solid Snake skin by Graves. I did some looking around and found this Snakev3 skin by Graves which seems to be the latest version. So check that stuff out..
| Monday, March 20, 2006 | |
Kenn Hoekstra Update
Posted by
Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 9:06 PM |
Category: General |
Kenn Hoekstra updated Kenn's World with an update to the writing page and also his my job section. So check that stuff out plus anything else Kenn may have mantioned in his post.
| Sunday, March 19, 2006 | |
Skrogifination
Posted by
Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 10:18 PM |
Category: Quake IV |
Skrogifination is a Quake 4, deathmatch level designed for 2-4 people by SKrog. Looks pretty interesting from the four available screenshots. That's all on Quake 4 Files.
| Saturday, March 18, 2006 | |
Deathmatch In Some Cobalt
Posted by
Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 9:11 PM |
Category: Quake IV |
Check out Cobalt on Quake 4 Files. The map is designed for Quake 4, deathmatch by wviperw.Created for the FragArcade contest. A throwback to the old days of traps and LAVA! Hot burning LAVA! The layout was inspired by Q2DM3 and like Q2DM3 you'll find a "frag pipe" in this map. To use the lovely frag pipe, simply press any one of the 3 green buttons that appear in the level and watch as hilarity ensues. Grab some Cobalt.
| Friday, March 17, 2006 | |
NX-01 Launchbay
Posted by
Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 9:05 PM |
Category: Voyager: Elite Force |
If you land on Space Station K7 you'll notice the news that HorckDude of the cancelled NX-01 mod has released the NX-01 Launchbay.HorckDude: "Well, my job on the NX-01 mod was creating the launchbay, and that job was finished about 2 years ago, around the time the teaser was released. But for some reason it never got released, and when I found this map a few weeks ago I thought: hey, this needs barely any work to release so let's do it! Beam down to Space Station K7 and check that out.
| Thursday, March 16, 2006 | |
[SJO] Training
Posted by
Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 9:14 PM |
Category: Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy |
[SJO] Training is a Jedi Academy, FFA, clan map, minus all the clan logos and stuff.The layout of the map isn’t too bad, there’s everything here that you would expect from a clan map, a Council Room, Dueling Rooms and a Bar too, among other things. Probably my favourite area was the Jail and Rancor Pit though. The jail consists of some glass cells (toughened glass I hope!) that you can keep your prisoners in. But there’s also a big view screen on the wall where you can actually see what’s happening in the Rancor Pit! There’s also a handy button to spawn a Rancor on the wall too. That is all on Jedi Knight Files.
| Wednesday, March 15, 2006 | |
Rusty Dawn 1v1 2.0 Final
Posted by
Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 10:09 PM |
Category: Quake IV |
Toireht released Rusty Dawn 1v1 2.0 Final over on PC Gamemods. The map is for Quake 4 deathmatch and this final version contains these fixes:- Fixed being able to jump out of map
- Fixed Texture Alignment in several places
- Replace Railgun with the Nail gun sence the map is to small for the rail
Check that out on PC Gamemods.
| Tuesday, March 14, 2006 | |
Check Into The RAS Mental Facility
Posted by
Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 9:29 PM |
Category: Soldier of Fortune II: Double Helix |
(I.C.E) Raslin released Ras Mental Facility which is a Soldier of Fortune 2, multiplayer level. The reviewer had this to say about the level:There is a good outside area and a well layed out inside, watch out for the electric chair smile a good addition for your ever growing map collection, watch out for it on our server map cycle next week. That level is on Soffiles.
| Monday, March 13, 2006 | |
Pitch Blue 1v1
Posted by
Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 9:11 PM |
Category: Quake IV |
Maybe now would be a good time to downgrab Pitch Blue 1v1 which is a deathmatch level by sm0k3r for Quake 4. That would be on Quake 4 Files.
| Sunday, March 12, 2006 | |
Deathmatch On drach4t1 (final)
Posted by
Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 8:58 PM |
Category: Quake IV |
Dr4ch released a Quake 4 deathmatch map that's called drach4t1 (final) which looks pretty nice from the seven available screenshots. That map is on Quake 4 Files.
| Saturday, March 11, 2006 | |
Checkin' Out The Cloud City
Posted by
Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 7:54 PM |
Category: Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy |
Cloud City is a FFA level made by LivingDeadJedi which is designed for Jedi Academy.I reckon everyone who has seen the original trilogy will remember cloud city, and anybody who even vaguely remembers JK2 will recognise some of the texture themes and style in this map. You’ll find a fair few places of recognition when you explore around; I think the most noticeable area for me was that dining room where Han has his little spat with Vader, but there are also the classic landing pads and curved corridors. However, this is definitely a role-playing map, as the layout doesn’t really allow for a proper-FFA - it has too many corridors going off in all different directions, and you have to traverse a fairly long distance to get between areas. That is all on Jedi Knight Files.
| Friday, March 10, 2006 | |
Welcome to Helli Run
Posted by
Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 10:36 PM |
Category: Soldier of Fortune II: Double Helix |
If you run over to Soffiles you can check out Welcome to Helli Run. The map is a multiplayer level made for Soldier Of Fortune 2 designed by A_Guy.
| Thursday, March 9, 2006 | |
Bespin Floor
Posted by
Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 10:15 PM |
Category: Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy |
Take a trip over to Jedi Knight Files and downgrab Bespin Floor, which is a Jedi Academy map made for multiplayer gameplay.I was relatively glad this Bespin map was set indoors. As a result it doesn't look like the "typical" Bespin map. Yay! It's small, and as the author says it's designed for two people, and I find that it is a good size. Almost spacious for two people, which is likely to be a good thing for duelists. Plenty of elbow room. There are a couple of side rooms off the main room which have bacta cannisters and shield boosters - one on each side of the map. On each side there is also an area behind a door - I am assuming both are the spawn points, as I didn't spawn myself more than once to check. That's all on Jedi Knight Files.
| Wednesday, March 8, 2006 | |
Territorial Dispute
Posted by
Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 11:11 PM |
Category: Quake IV |
Check out Territorial Dispute which is a Quake 4, multiplayer map by b0rg.Territorial Dispute comprises 3 main areas – 1 large arena and 2 split-level atriums that are connected to the arena via a network of tunnels, teleports and launchpads. The central arena is where most of the health powerups are located, which makes it a good location to try and lockdown. That’s easier said than done, however, because opponents can appear from any angle. That is on Quake 4 Files.
| Tuesday, March 7, 2006 | |
Salute Your Host
Posted by
Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 10:27 PM |
Category: Quake IV |
Stephen Howe released a deathmatch level called Salute Your Host for Quake 4. This is a level set in a relatively (for Quake 4 MP levels) dark power core. I reallylove how the Doom 3 engine handles light & wanted to design a darker level, with shadows of course. I recommend setting r_lightdetaillevel to 0. There's only a few (6, 7?) lights in the map that are for decoration but you will have almost no performance hit with them on. There should be no solid black areas at all in the level, so if there is your gamma/brightness may be fubar'ed (I set mine to the default levels & I think it looks good). That is all on Quake 4 Files.
| Monday, March 6, 2006 | |
CTF Tribute
Posted by
Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 10:10 PM |
Category: Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy |
Go on over to Jedi Knight Files and downgrab CTF Tribute, which is a Jedi Academy map made for CTF gameplay. The level was made by Cuko. So check that out and view the six screenshots that is posted along with the download.
| Sunday, March 5, 2006 | |
FFA On Dune IX
Posted by
Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 9:24 PM |
Category: Jedi Knight 2: Jedi Outcast |
There's a FFA map called Dune_IX over on PC Gamemods that is designed by level designer =LM='lil_binger for Jedi Outcast.Dune IX is the first map I ever finished and am finally uploading it to pcgamemods. A map inspired by one of my favorite stories, DUNE. A very fun map with a few secrets and built for fun. Lots of guns, power-ups and jump pads. I just had to finish this map so I could work on other projects. Hit PC Gamemods to check that out.
| Saturday, March 4, 2006 | |
How Do You Like Your Gibs?
Posted by
Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 10:35 PM |
Category: Quake IV |
If you need a multiplayer instagib mod for Quake 4 you can always check out Q4GIB (v1.30).The only weapon you can equip is the railgun all other weapons and the most spawns are disabled. Only the Haste power up spawn isn't disabled, This mod should work with all maps and game types available. That is available on Quake 4 Files.
| Friday, March 3, 2006 | |
Container Yard
Posted by
Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 12:00 AM |
Category: Soldier of Fortune II: Double Helix |
Phil Nichols released Container Yard (v1) which is designed for multiplayer game types.The map is medium sized and the action takes place in and around a container yard. For a first map its not bad at all, great use of some ready made prefabs, even though these have not been credited in the read me. A good map to have some fun on, so go give it a try and see what you think. That is all on Soffiles.
| Thursday, March 2, 2006 | |
SyncError Interview On PlanetQuake4
Posted by
Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 2:21 PM |
Category: General |
PlanetQuake4 posted up an Interview with SyncError who is id Software's new community liaison.The feedback and participation from the community following the Quake 4 1.1 Beta Patch has been outstanding. With the vast majority of the suggestions being valid bug fixes there has been little need to do any sorting. Every suggestion that comes my way is organized into spreadsheets categorizing them as legacy bugs, new 1.1 beta bugs or community requested features. All items on the list are then discussed between myself, the company owners, designers and coders. Only recently this week have we began receiving large demands for features that are still often debated within the community itself. These features must be carefully considered by the community before we can seriously evaluate them. Check out that Interview with SyncError.
| Wednesday, March 1, 2006 | |
Paintball Arena
Posted by
Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 9:26 PM |
Category: Soldier of Fortune II: Double Helix |
D0rk made this Paintball Arena level for Soldier Of Fortune 2.To be able to play in all 3 arena's. You must understand where I put the spawn points for each arena/gametype. The yellow/light blue arena is the Demoliton gametype; the red/blue arena is Elimination; and finally - the woodsball arena is the Infiltration gametype. Check that out on Soffiles.
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