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MAY -
JUN 2002
JUNE 2002
June
30:
Spear Desktop Theme
Kuki sent me a Spear Desktop Theme package. There are
several available for Wolf3D but this is the first I've seen
for the sequel (or more correctly - prequel), and it looks
pretty good. Anyways, you can get it here
and it'll be added to our extras page soon.
Wolfenstein
Cabin Is Back
Ryan de Haast's Wolfenstein
Cabin
site is now back online. Here's the affiliate button and
logo...
June
29:
Hitler's Worst Hour Released
Third in a series of map sets by Patrick Grey, this one has
five new levels on episode five. Again, there's a lot of
narrow passages and the levels are not that large but what's
there is done OK. You can get it here.
Needs the registered set to play.
June 2002
Dome Award Announced
The June 2002 Dome Award goes to A. Acquinucus for
Ragnarok.
Although there's no new graphics or source code changes, the
quality of the levels are very good. Needs the registered
set to play.
June
27:
Wolf 3D: Zero Hour Beta Released
Martin Krysiak has asked me to make available his
Zero
Hour Beta.
Please check it out if you wish and report any comments or
bugs to Martin at muad.dib1@wp.pl.
Details of the new TC were announced yesterday, but I've
since played far more of it and I find the level design and
the new walls impressive. There are some secret area
floorcode errors but Martin will fix these in the next
version.
June
26:
SpearMP Released
These 21 maps for the full Spear set date from 1994 but I've
not seen them before. The author is Mike Pascale and are
very well designed. Similar in style to the originals. You
can download it here.
Needs the full 'Spear' to play.
Sodmet12
Released
This is far more difficult than 'SpearMP' also
released today. It's similar in style at times but there are
more bosses and keys are often well hidden in secret areas.
There are 12 normal levels, plus 2 secret ones. I'm not sure
who made them all, but the first 4 were done by Butch
Nordstrom though they've since been modified. You can
download it here.
Needs the full 'Spear' to play.
New
Site
Cory Carr has a new Wolf3D site called Over
The Wall.
It looks well designed and has a lot of sections including
game history, maps, and photos. RTCW is also
featured.
Wolf 3D:
Zero Hour Beta
Martin Krysiak sent me the following info about his upcoming
TC 'Wolf 3D: Zero Hour'.
"Once
again, you are B.J. Blazkowicz, and you have to destroy the
German sect known as Teutonic Knights. Here is list of
features (for BETA version):
- 12 new
levels
- New
boss: Trans Grosse
- New
enemy: Sect Member
 Changed
visual look of Officer and weapons- Added
armour
- Added
jamming chainguns
- Changes
in "Vgagraph" file
- New
menu
- Changed
strength of opponents
- Changed
musics, ceiling colours
- New
textures
- Land
mines
- New help
art / end art
- New
demos
- Added
new item: weapons crate
- Changed
value of treasury
But this is
only a BETA!"
Thanks
Martin for all that info. Looking forward to checking out
the beta!
Operation
88 Pic
Fredrik S. released the following pic from his upcoming TC
'Operation 88'. You can see more pics at Fredrik's site
Blastfire
Entertainment.
June
25:
Trickstein (v1.0) Released
Another set of levels from Patrick Grey and, as the title
suggests, there are a lot of trick effects this time. There
are five new levels on episode four, including a very hard
to find secret level. Lots of pushwalls and narrow passages.
No new graphics or sounds. You can download it
here.
Needs the registered set to play.
June
23:
The Nuremburg Projects Released
An extremely difficult set which Sam Feichter put together
in 24 hours. The 60 levels were made using the creator
program and there are a number of imported graphics and a
new title screen (shown below). There are many bosses on
every level though there's a lot of ammo/health too. You can
download it here.
The Final
Solution (v3.0) Source Code Released
Parafriction has released the source code for 'The Final
Solution (v3.0)'. You can get it here.
Please remember to mention it in the credits if you use
it.
June
22:
Wolf Reborn Updated
Zach has sent me an updated version of Wolf
Reborn.
This is an alternative set of graphics and sounds for the
full version which is ideal for map sets that don't come
with new vswap/audio files. Some of the changes in this
version are a new status bar, updated graphics (including
giving the SS his original cap) and a new, extensive readme
(.doc). The map sets are not supplied. I used my own
Wolfbel2
maps and they came out well - the original atmosphere is
still there.
Spearmpixsod
Released
This set of maps made in 1998 are for the full Spear by
'MP Entertainment' (Maarten Pinxten and his brother
Roel). There are 21 levels and all are of a high standard.
The first looks the same as Maarten's 'MpSodLev' but others
are different. You can download it here.
Requires the full 'Spear' to play.
Gorenstein
2 Update & Title Screen
Sam Feichter sent me the following news update and title
screen for 'Gorenstein 2':
 "Hey
all! Sam again. I have the new title screen done. I like it
a lot. Also, I am redoing a lot of GFX. New Josef Hitler
planned. Awesome GFX. Episode 2 upgrade starting.
That is
all.
Sam".
Thanks Sam for the info, click on the pic for a larger
version.
Project
Verdammt Demo Added
James Ingham's one level demo of 'Project Verdammt' from May
2001 has finally been added to our add-ons lists! Although
it was on the Easyspace server, the only link to it was from
a news item when first released. Thanks to Zach for pointing
this out. For those unfamiliar with the demo, it has a
number of new features such as increased health/ammo/lives
and two chainguns. As the main purpose of the demo is to
show the chainguns, the level design is fairly basic (though
the opening scene looks pretty neat). You can download it
here.
Hitler's
Resurrection (v1.0) Released
Patrick Grey's first set of maps for Wolf3D. There are 5
levels, including the secret one. What's there is done OK
but apart from the first level they are pretty small. No new
sounds or graphics but will suit those who like the original
game, especially with the short download time (filesize is
only 4.22Kb). Needs the registered set to play.
You can
download it here.
ps - this
Patrick Grey is not the one who made 'Hitler's Maze Of
Death'. (There's a slight difference in the surname anyway
but I thought I'd better point this out to avoid any
confusion).
June
20:
Project: Weltuntergang Patch
Kuki sent me a patch for his 'Project: Weltuntergang' TC. It
fixes a bug in e3l3 which had too many objects. The full
version available on this site has also been updated.
Download the patch here.
Full version here.
The Final
Solution (v3.0) Posted
Jack Ryerson has pointed out that Parafriction's later
version (v3.0) of 'The Final Solution' was not available on
the Dome. Thanks Jack, this has now been posted and you can
get it here.
I'll update the add-ons page soon. This version has 20 well
designed levels and many are different from those in the
earlier version. The new music, extra graphics and effects
are pretty good too!
Sam
Update
Sam Feichter sent me the following update concerning
'Gorenstein 2':
"Alrighty
here's the news: Gorenstein 2 has been started up again. The
Klobb is being replaced by the Moonraker Laser Omega. So,
the weapon list is: Knife, 9mm rifle, Moonraker Laser Beta,
Moonraker Laser Omega. Working on stuff right now. That is
all.
Sam"
June
14:
Ragnarok Released
This set of maps called 'Ragnarok' has been released by A.
Acquinucus and contains 30 new levels (though the first
level has a lot of the original one in it). They are quite
extensive and of a high standard. There are no new graphics
and sounds but those who like the original set will find
this pretty good. Ignore the orange sky in the pic - I used
a different exe to play it! Needs the registered set to
play.
You can
download Ragnarok
here.
June
12:
Wolfenstein 3D Forums
Just to remind everyone that the forums are now at Chad's
site. I've just changed the links on the main Dome pages and
will try to get to them all changed within a few days. The
link is Wolfenstein
Forums. The old
forums are at Original
Wolfenstein Forums,
but as these are now obsolete please post on the new
ones.
June
11:
Sam Feichter Is Back
After a break from the Wolf3D scene, Sam Feichter is back!
Here's an email I received from Sam today:
"I
HAVE RETURNED!
Gore 2 will
have no new source, although I will keep it so you can play
it without Wolf. And, when the source is finished, then Gore
2 Special Edition will be released. Also, go to my site to
see my new comix and the first official FWWA (Fort Wayne
Wrestling Association) site!
Sam"
Thanks Sam
for the info. The new comix and FWWA is on Sam
Feichter's Site.
June
9:
Operation: 911 Removed
This set is no longer available on the 'Dome' after
complaints from Luke Strauman that most of it was taken from
one of his sets without permission. There was also a
complaint about 'Crap3D' (which used Op 911 as a base)
though this wasn't available on our servers.
June
8:
Gottspear Update
Bobby Bucksnort tells me Harry Sr. is co-authoring the Wolf
version of the set as it will feature levels done by him.
There'll be music cuts from Metallica for some of the Boss
levels! Here's the titlescreen.
On a
different note, Bobby's The
Mutant Co.
website now features 'DoomWeb'. Many editing programs and
wads can be downloaded from there.
June
5:
New Site
Here's news of another Wolf3D site. It's by Nirvanaron and
has the lengthy title of Nirvanaron1985's
Super Cool Site of
Coolness!!.
Another
Haunted House Update
Here's another update on the progress of 'Haunted House' -
sent in by Codetech:
- New
levels, now 13 of them in total
- Sourcecode
changes
Accepted
beta testers are as following (in no specific
order):
- James
Ingham
- "Jaap"
- Matt
Dadi
- Zach
Higgins
- Ryan
Steinbruner
- "Nirvanaron"
NO MORE beta
testers will be accepted, so don't bother to e-mail me about
that, however if you have ideas/suggestions/bug reports send
them to me at: tommi.aijala@luukku.com.
(Please don't comment about the shotgun reloading
anymore!)
-
Codetech
Raw Meat
Update
Ryan Steinbruner tells me a patch for 'Raw Meat' is almost
ready. It will add:
- 3 New
Levels!
- A load
of new graphics!
- New
VSWAP and VGAGRAPH etc...
Ryan also
gave me the following award, which will be a new monthly
feature on his Gamers
World Wide
website.
Thanks Ryan.
Click on the pic to see it full size.
Wolf
Awards 2002
You can now vote for the Wolf Awards 2002. They're at
http://verdammt.ionichost.com/wolfawards02.php.
Thanks to James for the info on this.
June
4:
Guild Of Darkness Released
Tetraarchangel has released the first stage of 'Guild Of
Darkness'. There are ten levels, some with very large rooms.
The level four maze with a seemingly endless number of doors
is quite effective. There's a number of new graphics and
source code changes. The speed of the actors' has been
massively increased and there's a health/ammo maximum of
999. There's a manual (with the storyline etc included)
which is well presented.
You can
download it here.
It's also available from the Guild
Of Darkness Website.
Reinstaad
Final Version Released
There are eleven levels in this action packed final
version of 'Reinstaad' for Spear from Bobby Bucksnort. All
are very well designed and there's also many graphics/source
code changes. Don't bump into the 'For Wimps Only' sign or
you'll get Ubermutants galore! You can download it from
here,
or from Bobby's site at The
Mutant Co..
The full version of Spear is required as Bobby has left
out the audio files for copyright reasons.
June
2:
Haunted House Progress Report
Codetech has sent the following info about progress on
'Haunted House':
- There
are now 8 levels
- Many new
walls and objects
- Lots of
source changes, and some bug fixes (If you find any TELL
ME)
Accepted
beta testers are (Not in any specific order):
- James
Ingham
- "Jaap"
- Matt
Dadi
- I asked
Zach, but he hasn't confirmed yet.
Those
interested in beta testing, email me at: tommi.aijala@luukku.com.
Those who get accepted, will be notified later.
The beta
testers will be mentioned in the readme file, with their
name/alias. Beta testers have to finish the game and report
us any bugs they might encounter, more on this one
later.
We'll take 6
at MOST, SO HURRY UP!
-
Codetech
Dome
Award Pic
Ripper kindly pointed out that the blue pixels inside
the case didn't look too good. I've now 'cleaned up' the
award pic and those on the Dome pages have now been updated.
Hope they now look better.
MAY 2002
May
31:
Raw Meat Released
Ryan Steinbruner has released 'Raw Meat'. There's some
nice graphics but only two levels (the first is a large
maze). Here's a pic I made...
You can
download it here.
'Three
New Sets' Update
Kenny Roels has released 'stand-alone' versions of his
three sets released May 27. All three zips on the Dome
server have now been updated.
May Dome
Awards Announced
Well, I guess we just made it in time this month. Due to
the large number of contenders, we've decided to give out
three awards this time. They are
- Gary
Ragland - for his TC 'Countdown To Disaster'
- Chaos
Software - for their tutorial 'Directional
3D Sprites'
- Harry
Mass Senior - for his TC 'Berlin
Express'
   
May
27:
The Fear Of Magic II (New Version) Released
There are now 20 new levels (episodes 1 and 6) in this
new version of 'The Fear Of Magic II' by Fredrik S. There
are bug fixes, new sprites and wall images, new music,
changed ceiling colours and other code changes! You can
download the new version here.
Fredrik asks if more people can visit the forum or vote at
the mini poll. You can find them at Blastfire
Entertainment.
New
Site
William Bruso is new to the Wolf3D editing community and
has just got a site up and running. Not everything is
working yet but there's already news and pics about
William's upcoming TC 'Operation Liberty', plus source code
and links sections. It's called Will's
Wolf 3-D Site.
Three New
Sets Released
Kenny Roels has three new sets on his site. All 3 have
well designed levels. There are many new and imported
graphics too. (Credit is given where other peoples graphics
have been used.) All 3 sets are now 'stand-alone' and don't
need the registered set to play. Here's Kenny's description
of the sets:
Wolfenken
34 levels, Butt-Kicking features, new pulsating sound
effects and graphics.
Dark
Dungeon I
45 large butt-kicking levels, Super intelligence features.
New never heard pulsating sound effects and graphics. New
bosses and new guards. New objects.
Dark
Dungeon II
the sequel to Dark Dungeon I, 40 large levels with even more
changed graphics, sounds, bosses and objects.
All these
files can be downloaded at Kenny's
Wolfenstein Page
too - the download time seems to be OK now. It's
worthwhile checking out the site anyways because there's a
number of screenshots and other good stuff.
May
25:
Guystrik Released
Guy Brys has released an add-on for 'Planet Strike'.
It's called 'Guystrik'. You can get it from Guy's
Home Page.
(Click on 'Game Fun' and then 'Blake and Guy
Stone'.)
Bobby
Bucksnort Updates
Firstly, 'Reinstaad: Final Version' is to be released
this weekend. Secondly, Bobby has teamed up with Harry Mass
Senior for 'Mutantstein 5:
Gottspear'. It is a remake of John Bucksnort''s set with
new graphics
and source code work and updated to the full
version from
the shareware. Twelve new levels have already been completed
in addition to the 6 original
ones. It will have a seamless level
progression, a
changed music order and the "Spear"
ceiling colour
order for the levels.. a total of 30
levels is
planned. Release date is sometime in July. Finally, Bobby
tells me The
Mutant Co.
has settled in it's new home... it's at
http://themutantco.cjb.net.
Get Wolfy
Music Released
'Get Wolfy' is a hip-hop style track with converted
original sounds from the game. By Fredrik Stjernholm . It's
in ace format (Wolface will convert it to mp3). You can
download it here.
New
Tutorial Added
A new tutorial by Codetech has been added to our
Coding
Basics
section. It's about 'Making a Basic prequel between levels'.
May
19:
Wacky Stein 3D Released
Steven L. Pappas has released Wacky Stein 3D. This has
been on Steven's hard drive for 3 years and it later
developed into 'Cuetips Revenge' but this is the original
set. Only the first level has been changed but there are a
number of new graphics and title screen changes. You can get
it here.
James
Ingham Site Url Change
James Ingham sent me the following email regarding his
new site url:
"Due
to problems with the connection to Multimania, I've turned
to a new host. Therefore a new site, and URL. It's at
http://verdammt.ionichost.com/.
It's under construction, but there's lots up already -
including lots of reviews, and source code tutorials written
by myself. The Wolfenstein Awards 2002 nominations list is
up, and you can find a link to that in my frames on the
site."
Thanks James
for the above info. I've just got news that James email is
now at jamez_ingham@msn.com.
Hope the new site url
works out. Brian.
May
18:
Hospitalstein 3D Released
This shareware set by Steven L. Pappas is 5 years old.
Has lots of vivid graphics but only 2 levels (the first and
the Boss) have been changed. You can get it here.
All files included.
Directional
3D Sprites Tutorial Released
Ripper sent me the following email:
"I
have good news for the Wolfenstein 3D community: We just
released our "Directional 3D sprites" tutorial! This feature
will make it possible to generate REAL transparent fences
and much more! Just have a look at CHAOS
Software
! You won't regret it ;)
Greets
Ripper"
May
17:
The Dark Plan Update
Kuki and his
younger brother Macior are making an addon called "The
Dark Plan", in which you'll have to fight nazi scientist
Herman Eiskalt and his army of robots. It'll have 20 new
maps and some new graphics, but no source changes. Kuki is
doing the graphics work and Macior is making the maps.
Here's a screenshot.
May
15:
Haunted House Demo Released
Codetech and Megabyte have released 'Haunted House
Demo'. Although it uses the Wolf3D Engine, it's packed
with new features such as reloadable weapons and an
inventory and looks like a new game. Here's a pic I
made.
You can
download it here.
The Fear
Of Magic II Released
Fredrik S. has released 'The Fear Of Magic II'. There
are 15 new levels, plus many new pics/sprites, and sounds.
You can download it here.
You can read about the storyline (and see more pics), at
Blastfire
Entertainment.
May
13:
Help Required
Here's an email from Ryan Steinbruner, who needs help
with his upcoming add-on 'Raw Meat':
"Hey,
I really want to finish Raw Meat, but I need someone to do
the maps for me! Maybe even the source code!
If anyone
can help out, that would be great! Just e-mail me
at
wolf3d_boy@yahoo.com.
Thanks.
Ryan."
May
12:
Berlin Express Released
Harry Mass Senior has released 'Berlin Express'. It has
six new levels, plus many graphics and source code changes.
The train station and carriage scenes are quite effective!!
A very good set. Download it here.
MCS
Coding Tips Updated
MCS has updated his coding tips page - the
following tutorials have been added:
- Seamless
level progression (improved version)
- Adding a
teleporter
- Making
enemies pick up bonus items
- Adding
Robert's Jukebox to your menu
You can
access it from the AreyeP/MCS Site at MCS'
Coding Tips.
May
11:
Double Trouble Update
Here's an update on the features that are appearing in
Ryan de Haast's upcoming add-on "Double Trouble":
- Spear of
Destiny engine
- 21 New
levels
- New
Graphics
- New
Bosses
- New
Weapons (Dagger, Luger, Machine Gun, M2, TM2, Rocket
launcher)
- 6 New
keys
- Explodable
objects
- Collapsable
columns
- New
Enemies (Area Drone Clone; Forest Troops)
- Timed
God mode artifact
- New
doors with their own door frames
- Much
more...
JJStein -
Act III Released
JJ has released 'JJStein - Act III. There are 5 new
levels and some more new graphics. Hans Grosse appears on
most levels. It plays with shareware version 1.4, but all
files are included. You can download it here.
May
6:
Dome Forums Moved
Due to complaints about the number of ads on the old
Forums, Chad has kindly let us transfer to his site. You can
access it here.
Sorcerers
Wrath Restarted
Here's an email from Luke Strauman:
"Hey
all, for all of you out there I just wanted to say that
today I have restarted Sorcerers Wrath... thats right Area
51 is almost done I would say not even 2 months and it will
be done.
Sorcerers
Wrath has been started today so don't fret cause it will be
released."
May
5:
Operation Murder Hitler Pics
Kyle has sent me a set of 4 pics from his upcoming set
'Operation Murder Hitler'.
You can see
the complete set here.
The Fear
Of Magic Released
This new 9 level TC is by Fredrik S. The levels are well
designed and there are some nice graphics. The game has a
medieval feel to it - sort of like in 'The Heretic'. Here's
Fredrik's description "Instead,
of being the usual wolf 3d addons that has to do with WWII,
this is a Heretic/Hexen type of a game! You are in the old
middle ages, as you fight your way forward, and being
attacked by skeletons, wolves, warlocks, and zombies...! Use
your weapons; the knife, the fire magic, the light magic,
and the wizard wand!"
You can
download it here.
Fredrik has a website at Blastfire
Entertainment.
Wolfenstein3D
Archive/New
Maps
I found this site on Google and has a lot of info on
both Wolf3D and RTCW. There are sections for the PC and
Mac. There are 2 single level maps available for the PC
which I've not seen elsewhere. 'Maze' is a fairly large
level, but has a number of 'guards in a trance' if you enter
one area by a pushwall. Apart from that it's a good level if
you like mazes. The second map is 'Hell' - it's nicely done
but not that large. Read the enclosed text file regarding
setting up the maps. The full version of Wolf3D is
required for both map sets.
Wolfenstein
3D Archive - comprehensive site for both the PC and Mac
versions with info, codes, images, links, downloads, and
levels.
Wolfer Of
The Decade Award
Today is Wolf3D's tenth birthday and to celebrate, Jack
Ryerson has given an award to me for services to the game.
Thanks Jack, it's appreciated.
You can read
more about the award on Jack's
WOLF-3D PAGE.
Projekt
Vertilgung Update
Zach Higgins sent me the following update on
Projekt Vertilgung:
"The
only things left to do in Projekt Vertilgung is ONE level, a
few graphics here and there to clean up, some sounds (under
control now), some bug corrections, and music. About the
music I don't really need new music necessarily but just a
new order. I'm pretty sure James can do that but my sound
doesn't work for Wolf so I don't know exactly what all the
music sounds like. If someone would send me or tell me a
site to get all the tracks in Wolf3D (and SOD would be nice)
so I can listen to them and decide I would be greatly
obliged (not mentioning credit in the uh....credits :-P). I
should be releasing PV BETA to the beta testers
soon."
Thanks Zach for the above
info.
Wolf3D
Topsy Turvy
Here's yet another set of graphics from Fred Kenny. This
time the actors and gems have been swopped around. There's
also some new wall designs. The maps supplied are from
Wolfbel3. You can download it here.
Requires the full Wolf3D to play.
APR 2002
April
30:
Berlin Express Pics
Harry Mass Senior's next TC will be called 'Berlin
Express'. Many of the levels have already been completed and
there's a lot of very good effects added. Here's a pic from
the opening level.
There are
more pics here.
April
29:
Challenger 3D New Website
This new website is by John Lewandowski and is dedicated
to his upcoming set 'Challenger 3D'. There is a trial (one
new level) version available. You can access the site
here.
April
28:
Coding Basics Section Updated
Two new items have been added to the Coding
Basics
page. They were submitted by Kyle and are 'Changing the
speed of the Fake Hitler Flame Thrower' and 'How to get no
score if you use debug cheats'.
More
Pathways Into Darkness Info
Here's some more features added to the upcoming TC
'Pathways Into Darkness'.
- 4
keys
- Land
mines
- A NEW
THING THAT HAS NEVER BEEN SEEN IN WOLF3D... AN
INVISIBILITY ITEM!!! (That's right when you get this the
bad guys can't see you.)
Wolfbat
Released
Fred Kenny has released another set of graphics for his
WolfUSA set of levels (the new levels are on episode three,
but all other episodes have some alterations done by Fred,
particularly episode one). As the title suggests, there are
bats - they seem to be everywhere and come in many sizes.
There are also many new vivid wall designs and some other
object changes. You can download it here.
Requires the full Wolf3D to play.
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