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Projects & Creative / Re: PROJECT XOVER [ALPHA 0.6: The Bots Are Integrated!]

« Last post by magmatrooperplayz on Today at 03:30:52 AM »

Will this mod be updated for V6B?

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Skins & Bots etc / Re: Toids 'Я' Us: [v6 UPDATE] HUDBall v2a (MM8BDM v6a) & Bonus MMV Music

« Last post by Gumballtoid on June 04, 2023, 11:43:22 PM »

The short answer is: yes, but it will work like the base game, where only Maestro changes colors.

The long answer is: due to the myriad mod-centric changes that came with v6b, Hudball is going to fundamentally change. While not among the foremost or most drastic changes, mugshots are affected as well. Going forward, we (myself and a prolific member of the community who offered his expertise) can either support static, skin-based mugshots (and color-changing Maestro), or a single color-changing mugshot designated by the player, but not both. Being that the dev team went to such lengths to incorporate the former into the base game, that's what we ultimately decided to go with.

I may or may not go into greater detail at a later juncture. There's no ETA on the new version yet because the burnout is real.

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Skins & Bots etc / Re: Toids 'Я' Us: [v6 UPDATE] HUDBall v2a (MM8BDM v6a) & Bonus MMV Music

« Last post by 7Shanks on June 04, 2023, 07:04:46 PM »

Now that skins can have mugshots, will HUDBall be updated to use those instead of a singular set image?

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MM8BDM Discussion / Re: Running MM8BDM on a Windows 98 Machine

« Last post by alexparr on May 31, 2023, 07:15:31 AM »

MM8BDM on Windows 98 is something I've never even thought of attempting on my old Gateway. I'm gonna have to try that at some point.

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DECORATE and ACS Modifications / Re: Uki's Weaponry (UkiWeps v3b & MACS v1c)

« Last post by Ukiyama on May 29, 2023, 10:00:38 PM »

https://allfearthesentinel.com/zandronum/download.php?file=macsv1c.pk3

MACS V1c is now out! Quite a few new things have been added to add to the extreme chaos of it all, check the first post for the changes! Have fun!

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Projects & Creative / Re: Mega Man X Singleplayer Classes (Version 2.75)

« Last post by eddiegames on May 24, 2023, 10:56:50 AM »

Well, if we're trying to select Search Man's stage, then why does it goes to Blizzard Man's instead on this mod, i guess the developer of this Mod of MM8BDM needs to fix the problem  https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/978256944756305960/1068851799051743402/zandronum_2023-01-28_19-13-27-001.jpg https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/978256944756305960/1068851799341154335/zandronum_2023-01-28_19-13-31-788.jpg

While search man's weapons were completed, Search Man's stage (and boss fight?) was not in the latest version of the mod. Sadly, idk how to unlock search man's weapons

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Tutorial Collection / [RESOURCE] Can't Believe It's Not SLADE

« Last post by Trillster on May 21, 2023, 11:27:08 PM »

Can't Believe It's Not SLADE

Can't Believe It's Not SLADE (CBINS) is a command line utility that allows users to easily create and manage PK3-based projects in more modern editors such as Visual Studio Code rather than SLADE.

It does this by providing the ability to create directory structures that can be opened in modern editors and tracked by source control such as Git, but then also providing the ability to compile that directory (including its ACS) into a PK3 file.

Download CBINS v1.2
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Screenshot

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Basic Usage

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To use CBINS, first start by creating a new folder for your project then place a copy of cbins.exe into it. Open that directory in a terminal by right-clicking then selecting Open in Terminal. This will allow you to enter the commands seen in the section below.

To start a new project, use the cbins new command like below:

cbins new name-of-project

This'll create an empty project with a default setup that's ready to be worked on in an editor such as VSCode. Just open the folder with a -pk3 suffix that's created.

Once you've done your edits, you can use the cbins build command to create a PK3 like below:

cbins build

Once it's done building, you'll see it in the dist directory of your project structure!

You can additionally pass a -o parameter for CBINS to use pngout.exe to optimize the PNG files in your project. This may take a moment depending on the size of your project, so it is not default behavior.

Note that you'll have to install pngout.exe and place it into your project structure before that parameter will function fully. See the FAQ for more details there.

If you already have a PK3 that you wish to convert into a CBINS project, you can use a command that looks like below:

cbins new -pk3 "C:\Users\User\Desktop\Mega Man 8-Bit Deathmatch\wads\8bdm_jampacktwo-v2a.pk3" jampack-two

You can obtain the file path seen in this command by right-clicking a PK3 file then selecting Copy as path.

Configuration

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In every CBINS project structure that is created, there is a cbins_config.json file. This file holds some information for building a PK3 file and will typically look like below.

{
   "folder": "project-pk3",
   "libraries": [
      "DTADD.acs",
      "BARLIB.acs",
      "ASSTLIB.acs"
   ],
   "file_name": "project",
   "version": "v0a"
}

It is not recommended to modify the folder setting, but the version and libraries settings can be modified for differences in the build process. Adding new ACS files to the list of libraries will exclude those files from being compiled. Changing the value of file_name will change the name of the generated file. Changing the value of version will modify the version suffix added to the built file. The config above would generate a file with the name of project-v0a.pk3.

Commands

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cbins new [-h] [-v] [-pk3] project

positional arguments:
  project        name of project

options:
  -h, --help     show this help message and exit
  -v, --verbose  give detailed info
  -pk3           PK3 path to unpack into project

examples:
  cbins new unlimited-mp
  cbins new -pk3 "C:\Users\User\Desktop\Mega Man 8-Bit Deathmatch\wads\8bdm_jampacktwo-v2a.pk3" jampack-two

cbins build [-h] [-v] [-o]

options:
  -h, --help      show this help message and exit
  -v, --verbose   give detailed info
  -o, --optimize  optimize PNG files while building

examples:
  cbins build
  cbins build -v -o

FAQ

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Why CBINS?

SLADE is a good editor for starting projects and projects that find themselves on a smaller scale, but once projects become too big, many folks find themselves wanting to use modern editors.

Additionally ZDoom and Zandronum's PK3 format by default doesn't lend well towards collaborative work or source control, so this utility aims to set up a directory structure which plays nicer with those.

Is this a full replacement for SLADE?

No, this utility does not cover image offsetting which is one of the main perks of SLADE still. You can use SLADE for that purpose by opening the directories which this utility creates, allowing you to get the best of both.

Additionally, modern editors still do not tackle the problem of the WAD file type, so you will either need to open those in Ultimate Doom Builder or in SLADE still.

Syntax highlighting?

Unlike SLADE which has syntax highlighting for DECORATE and ACS by default, Visual Studio Code requires an extension for it. You can download one such extension here.

Is this a full replacement for Doom Archive Manager?

If you've been around the block, you may have heard of Doom Archive Manager (DAM) or been working on a project that has used it. This utility is not a full replacement for that tool either. This utility acts as an alternative to it focused on being more distributable as a single EXE and including features that lean towards how I personally use DAM.

I get a warning when optimizing!

If CBINS is unable to locate pngout.exe that means that either you haven't installed it or you've put it into the wrong location. You'll need to install pngout.exe from Ken Silverman's website here.

Make sure that you place the pngout.exe in the root of your project structure, the same directory as cbins.exe!

I get an error when unpacking a PK3 into a project!

Older versions of SLADE allow users to create PK3s that would traditionally be invalid in a normal file system. This includes duplicate files, invalid file names, and missing file extensions. This has historically caused unintended behavior and future versions of SLADE have fixed these issues.

However, for older projects, you may need to manually investigate the parts of the file which are invalid to a normal file system and manually correct them before being able to use CBINS.

Accreditation

- Credit to Russel for the original Doom Archive Manager that has helped development so much already and inspired this project.
- Credit to Ken Silverman for creating pngout.exe which this utility optionally uses for PNG optimization when building.

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Events / Re: Cutstuff Mapping Jam 8: Jamburger

« Last post by Hunters120 on May 19, 2023, 02:27:16 AM »

So you're saying that some of these stages from that jam were remade for later packs?

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Events / Re: Cutstuff Mapping Jam 8: Jamburger

« Last post by Dr. Freeman on May 18, 2023, 07:48:25 PM »

The Falcon pack (aka jam2 that's always missing) was a very different type of mappack than the rest of jam focused on a bunch of people making maps in an incredibly short period of time. As such the quality in the pack is super questionable, updating them outside of that time limit kinda defeats the purpose of the jam existing in the first place, and the maps that were decent were already taken out of the pack and put into people's respective map packs (LEG06 is from Falcon originally for example). So it's just not included nor will ever be included with the rest of jam.

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Events / Re: Cutstuff Mapping Jam 8: Jamburger

« Last post by Hunters120 on May 16, 2023, 01:38:10 PM »

It's been a hot minute. There was a lot of work to bring the (large amount of) older maps to v6b stuff and to just make things nicer while we're at it. But we're here!

Now the school season really kicked people's asses this go around, so I'm hoping to have an update to Burger after the summer is over if people who weren't able to finish a map are still interested in making one. I'll try to update it around that time.

Anyway, as for files...

JAM PACK ONE
https://allfearthesentinel.com/zandronum/download.php?file=8bdm_jampack-v5c.pk3

JAM PACK TWO
https://allfearthesentinel.com/zandronum/download.php?file=8bdm_jampacktwo-v2a.pk3


There are a few updates besides the new maps, namely a completely remade PBJ10 and EGG32 plus a brand new MOM25 and MOM26 (with the old MOM25 being pushed to MOM27 cause I'm a loser who likes certain maps closing the pack)

As for the map list of Burger maps...

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BUR01- "Wet n' Dry, Up in the Sky" by Dr. Freeman
BUR02- "Elden Dong: Ragnarok" by FTX6004
BUR03- "Frog Bop" by Caprice
BUR04- "What a Time to be Alive" by Pr. Gibus
BUR05- "Someone's Missing" by Mendez
BUR06- "Imaginaerum's Silent Regard" by Russel
BUR07- "There's a Cool Mushroom In This One" by Christmas Cultist
BUR08- "River Styx Industires" by Duora Super Gyro
BUR09- "Warehouse Passage" by Beed28
BUR10- "Asteroid Coaster" by LlamaHombre
BUR11- "Razor's Edge" by Galactan
BUR12- "Glistening Discoveries" by Derek / Watzup7856
BUR13- "Planetoid 24: Forging a Finale!" by Brendan87
BUR14- "Big Bog Boogie" by Korby & Pegg
BUR15- "Breach" by Thunderono
BUR16- "Another Life" by Yair

Anyway, thank you all for waiting and hope you all enjoy! Should hopefully see another post here in a few months assuming new maps come on in!
or sooner if some hidden bug is still lurking under the radar

Speaking of maps...I don't see no Falcon Pack bundled with it, what has happened?