Joseph's Modifications (Updated 11/16/10)

[Joseph Collins]

Nope, because I couldn't remember the ZDoom Lump coding to switch around music file names. (I think I had such lumps in a WAD at some point, but then I learned that the various source ports can read OGGs so just renamed the music appropriately.)  I'm not entirely sure that would work besides, considering Starman's easter egg now calls "D_TTFTW" instead of "DUCKSPA".

On that note, try "changemus DUCKSPA" some time with the PWAD in place.  :3

[Joseph Collins]

Apparently, I do maps now.  Get equipped with JCDM01 - Simply Wily!

Edit: v1.2 of the map.  Custom decorate object removed.  I found out it was preventing players from joining any server not running this map. (In other words, all servers.)

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Title                   : JCDM01 - Simply Wily
Made for Which Game/Mod?: Mega Man 8-Bit Deathmatch
Filename                : JCDM01_D2MAP07.wad
Author                  : Joseph "Doc Lithius" Collins
                         
Description             : Remember "Dead Simple" from Doom II?  A dead simple
                          deathmatch arena for 2-4 players and/or several
                          Mancubi and Arachnotrons?  Well, it's baaaaack...
                          And decked out in classic 8-bit style!
                         
Additional Credits to   : Original MAP07 - Dead Simple by
                          American McGee and Sandy Petersen of Id Software
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* Play Information *

Map Code                : JCDM01
Single Player?          : Yes (Exploration purposes?)
Cooperative Play?       : No (No co-op spawns.)
Deathmatch Play?        : Yes (Strongly encouraged.)
Difficulty Settings?    : Not implemented
New Sounds?             : No
New Graphics?           : Yes
New Music?              : Yes
New Weapons/Items?      : No
Demos Replaced?         : None


* Construction *

Base                    : Modified DOOM2.WAD MAP07
Editor(s) used          : Doom Builder 2, SLADE 3
Known Bugs              : The floor has a big, black streak through it, but that
                          isn't my fault.  That's what the original
                          graphic looks like.


* Copyright / Permissions *

Authors MAY use this level as a base to build additional
levels.

You may do whatever you want with this file.


* Where to get this WAD *

Websites: Joseph's MM8BDM MediaFire - http://www.mediafire.com/?5zkcdd8wo8ngw





Please note: The misaligned textures in screen 1 and 3 are fixed in the uploaded version of this map.

[Ivory]

That is awesome xD

[CutmanMike]

Haha cool. Remakes in mm8bdm is the new cool!

[Korby]

I'm gonna download it soon, but whatcha mean by "remake", Cutman? Am I supposed to know what that is? Or am I just really so stupid I don't notice it.

[Mr. X]

Remember "Dead Simple" from Doom II?  A dead simple
                          deathmatch arena for 2-4 players and/or several
                          Mancubi and Arachnotrons?  Well, it's baaaaack...
                          And decked out in classic 8-bit style!

[Korby]

...Remind me to read.
Anyway, this is awesome. Good job.

[Joseph Collins]

Guys?  I made a mistake.  A really big mistake.

As it turns out, if you add any kind of custom item to your WAD (or PK3, ZIP, etc.) via DECORATE lump (or similar), this automatically invalidates your base game WAD authentication.  In short, my WAD was preventing people from playing online.  This has been fixed.  And might I add, I'm a little disappointed...  I liked my little secondary Easter Egg... (For those who never saw it, it was just a simple Mega Man 1-up icon which, like the Yashiichi, does nothing but look neat.)

New download URL: http://www.mediafire.com/?6e65kgr24bihtny

The one thing I didn't test...  Well, at least I know better now.  No custom items in PWADs.

[Mr. X]

Yeah, Yellow Devil's game refused to load when I had a custom lump file in Sunset Canyon.  Luckily, it was an object I never put in the course so I could simply delete it.

[Joseph Collins]

No new downloads, but I do have a new WiP I'd like to showcase...

CTF - Air Man II Work-in-Progress

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Yes, that's Airman's Game Boy tune. Yes, I dropped the pitch about 100%. Any further music-related questions will likely be ignored.
Also, THIS IS A WORK IN PROGRESS. Things may change from this design.

I know it doesn't look like very much work, but this is actually several hours in. Yes, it took me a few hours to do this little. YOU try making a level for a first-person shooter some time.
In any case, I'm working on this level for Mega Man 8-Bit Deathmatch. It's going to be an isometric (identical) Capture the Flag level, at some point in the future here. All that really needs to be added is a few extra platforms and decorations, as well as items, player starts, and the flags. I'm pretty proud of the level, myself... Particularly the skybox tricks I pulled that make the platforms look like they're free-floating. (Though it somewhat loses that illusion if you have a big Goblin Maker behind a see-through column... And while a fair bit of the geometry came from Airman's stages in the Famicom and Game Boy games (which means it should be familiar to fans of nostalgia), I did a bit here and a bit there, and of course, I made the level transition to 3D. Hopefully, other people will like it despite its steep learning curve.

On a side-note, CutmanMike made Airman's cloud textures scale incorrectly.  I had to change it from 0.1 scale to 0.5 to get it to display properly without making a 5,000-unit skybox.  >_o  Now I know why he uses Gyro Man's clouds in the Deathmatch stage.  *adds that in a trivia section on the wiki*

[Ivory]

I'm surprised you pulled that off. Air Man textures look like vomit from far distances. But this actually looks decent. Good Job.

[Joseph Collins]

New file.


Eddie Fix - Fixes the "squished" side-view Eddie sprites and enhances them in some ways.

This one has to be loaded manually and can't be loaded from the "skins" directory.  That's all for now.

[CopShowGuy]

That Air Man stage looks like it could be a single player level instead of a CTF map.  But you said that's a work in progress.

Really nice fixes on Eddie.

[CutmanMike]

I've added that Eddie to to the official game, hope thats ok with you  

[DimentedFlames]

Say Joseph, heres a question. Have you gotten around to fixing the Metool skin up for Roboenza yet? All of the frames' outlines turn out black as a zombie, except on the side frames, where only a few portions of it's body are red.