DOOM 3 Movie, SDK News

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  dont you mean machineguns? : doomed
  • negative http://www.terra.es/personal5/ezamora/games/doom2/enemigos/mancubus.jpg : Turd Ferguson
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    How does a guy named 'doomed' not know what a mancubus is? : Dynotaku
    • Naah, i do know what they are. But for some reason, my brain slipped there, didnt even read the MANCUB... : doomed
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  I think in a article from 2 years ago one of the id guys said that they were going to be back, except tha : al9000
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    FEMALE???!!! COOL!!!!!! I'd hit it : bbq gibs
    • Yes, I would hit it actually.... with a rocket. : bbq gibs
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  I believe they were fireballs that he shot : invadernny
  • Yes! That was it. Thank you. : bbq gibs
  • Yes, big balls of molton asswhoop! : TheNarcis

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  are you a Psychologist, Psychiatrist, or Therapist? take a look at your comment : bangooo
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    I agree with Downforce. The guy at the end chugs balls, why he wasn't cute from the video, I don't kno... : seven
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      cute? Freudian slip perhaps? : mankeroo
      • Freud wins again. : al9000
      • I'm floating in a vat of semen. :( : seven
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  Thats Kevin Pereira, and he is a Shacker so stfu. Also he is pretty funny on Pulse, which is good, it's n... : ShadeOGreen
  • The fact that he's a shacker changes nothing. Actually, I think it sheds some light on his ballchuggines... : jason e
  • is this your first day on the internet? woooah, people being obessive over a cult classic video game? wh... : ilem0n
  • I saw Pulse...and I'm sorry but I just wasn't impressed, and I don't care that Kevin is a shacker. I did... : Vorlonesque
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  The guy obviously didnt read the PC gamer review.. that's for sure :D After reading that, there's no w... : sek the slut
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    Trust me, somebody will be here on August 4th bitching about how horrible the game is. : emcea
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      Yeah, all the Valve/Half Life fanboys that havent even played it yet : Cpt. Baseballbat
      • Just because Half-Life was the best FPS ever released at the time doesn't mean that I'm going to hate Doo... : KinetiK
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      I don't get the whole fanboy thing. If a game is fun, i enjoy it. It doesn't matter if the maker of the... : JWalk27
      • I agree, Fanboys are the biggest (in the name of Shckerness) "BALLCHUGGERS" of them all. The more t... : TheNarcis
• I groaned when he said that too. : Evil Benius
• It was one sentence at the very end of the video. I'm much too excited about the game, especially after ... : dltrem
• First, you're over analyzing the comment and second, I'm not sure if you have ever seen Pulse or not but ... : emcea
• The shack, of all places, is calling someone else overly trendy. ...Looking into this way too much. : Kiai
• Face it, the game could be shitty. Hopefully it will be great. : yakz
• Actually, we all hope it doesn't suck. We'll know in two weeks. : ornee
• wth are ya'll talking about? alot of ppl dont want doom3 "not to suck" there are so many doom3 threads ... : X-GOUKI
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  boy will your face be red when the game comes out and you realize it sucks. : pyide
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    Please don't let this game suck. I think we all feel that way. Just because the trailer is cool doesn't... : mrwolf710
    • Yep, and while it was annoying hearing it, he did his job. He created a buzz for people around the world... : TheNarcis
• I don't see what all the fuss is about. I thought it was kinda funny. : edgewise

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  I don't know what kind of modern features the collectors edition has added, but if you'd like to play the... : Satim
  • It's Doom95. Sad Panda.. go get jDOOM! : TastyWheat
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  Doom 95 doesnt have "mouse look". You might be getting confused with its "mouse support" which only has ... : TheNarcis
  • And yes, get JDoom. It rocks! :-) : TheNarcis

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  tell me about it, I went from UED to Dedit: Lithtech jupiter (for work). I'm used to it now but Unreal is... : buckshack
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    damn right... I'm a unreal engine level designer who has done pro work and im definately getting in on D... : anthonybean
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      ok, so working with uEd on a pro level, i have to say, UNREAL ED IS TERRIBLE. granted, it's not as bad a... : dopefish
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        what do you prefer? : artillery
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          tough question, as no editor is perfect (I finally learned this lesson). A mix of editors would be ideal... : dopefish
          • I just want to learn a new tool that'll get me a job in the industry. I've been messing around with this ... : mr3dmax
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          of course, for what I hate Worldcraft\Hammer\Gearcraft no in editor lighting or effects preview Un... : dopefish
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            Have you tried the Sanbox editor (CryEngine, Farcry) yet? Heard from a few guys that it works pretty darn... : [7]kami
            • Sanbox = Sandbox. : [7]kami
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        Compared to what? I use Dedit on a pro level and would LOVE to use UED. now we licensed Crytek then yes t... : buckshack
        • "now IF we licensed" : buckshack
      • Ha ha, we use that phrase at work too. "you can't polish a turd" : ease_one
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  UnrealED has spoiled you? Spoiled you with bugs maybe! And the whole subtraction thing.... : ease_one
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    ha ha! i'm not the only one =) : dopefish
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      Its like it has a lot more features than some other options, but most of them don't work the way I want, ... : ease_one
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        not sure why you'd want to do all the terrain in Max, you might have better control over the polies but p... : buckshack
        • That is what I am saying, I like to do everything in max, but the bummer is that it can't handle terrain ... : ease_one
      • Talk to Rampancy... he spent like 150hrs in Sandbox working on his FarCry map. He seems to love the edito... : DKo5
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    It did have bugs but have you tried the version that shipped with UT2K4? It's very stable and reliable c... : mrwolf710
    • When I think of building something, I think of adding. Don't you think if subtraction was all that great... : ease_one
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      leaks are easy to take care of. place a large box of caulk all the way around your entire map. Problem... : Turd Ferguson
      • What about reading the pointfile and sealing the leak instead? Huge caulk boxes will help, but may resul... : BNA!
      • That is soooo wrong : ease_one
  • Personally, I love unreal Ed. It's the best editor I've ever worked with. It's straight forward and easy ... : mr3dmax

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• damn, there is some resemblance... : crinos
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  I saw this on TV and yeah, once I saw Kevin Cloud I noticed the resemblance. Doomguy is real! : cyb0rgninja
  • they did base him on kevin cloud, i read it in the doom 3 issue of CGW (january) : manlyman
• Somewhat similar. I *really* remember the first showing of doom3 at that mac expo in tokyo that the marin... : iplay
• Dude, if I was an artist, I would SO put myself and my coworkers into games. You know that long Halo mov... : Dynotaku
• i thought the same thing first time i saw that scientist in a screenshot! good catch on cloud. : Ukrainian Thunder

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• that was funny. :) great in-game scenes. days getting longer and longer.. :) : lonestar3

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  the polycounts for levels does not look to be really that high. i think the challenge in mapping for doom... : eggnoodles
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    The textures used in the maps all come from 3D geometry, not just Photoshop. Someone's got to build it. : ThereCanBeOnlyOneCat
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      There are PS plugins that let you draw out normal maps. Not to say that is the RIGHT way, but another wa... : ease_one
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        I guess I was trying to say that more effort is needed to produce your brush textures, now. : ThereCanBeOnlyOneCat
        • But according to egg's #197, maybe it's not such a big deal. : ThereCanBeOnlyOneCat
    • when i worked in the industry a texture artist friend of mine said he enjoyed creating textures using 3ds... : eggnoodles
• It's certainly harder to just make a game. That's kinda why I like to do WC3 toolset stuff... I can just... : artillery
• more libraries of assets. Better organization, more re-use. Like UT2003/4 have tons of detailed meshes,... : ease_one
• "Seems like its gonna get harder and harder to create content for games. Even to the point that it become... : lingo
• The limit is always the one you draw. You can decide to spend X days/weeks on such map but then it might ... : pillzer

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• ROFL yes! I love that show : PSYCHON

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  This is great, anybody want to set up a server? Btw, is there any way to use this in conjunction with ... : al9000
  • You can find my server if u refresh the server list with ZDaemon. <<< MaD cLoWn's PURE DEATH server >>... : madclown

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  That's what I'm gonna quit doing. I watched the movie yesterday cuz a lot of ppl said there really wasn'... : gyvoji
  • They do show a lot of stuff, not previously seen on any screenshots : doomed
• I did the same thing. I was watching it and saw a few things I hadn't seen before and shut the sucker do... : ThomW

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• If it is true that only some corpses disintegrate then I can take the idea - I like to think up ideas for... : MrLonghair
• I think (not totally positive) that only the demons from Hell do that and anything that was from the Mars... : buckshack
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  The effect of the demon flesh searing away inch by inch is awesome, imo. : falkan
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    What I noticed was the PINKY did it but only up to his metal parts (hind legs) when it does happen its on... : buckshack
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      Which is awesome because they've obviously thought out every tiny detail then. Can't fucking wait to pla... : falkan
      • ya its going to be huge man. cant wait. Been an :id Software: fan since the original : buckshack
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  I suppose it stops situations where a corpse blocks off the player. Imagine the hellknight dying infr... : fen boi
  • lol. never thought of that, I was thinking its because of the poly counts. 200 dead things can add a shit... : buckshack
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  Satanic forces have to regenerate at some point. Pretty cool idea if you ask me. :) : Wolfanoz
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    aye, elegant solution to a potentially troublesome issue. : seven
    • Not to mention it looks very similar to the salsa effect (doom version of the gib) from the original doom... : jason e
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  could be an option to help with game performance, fps whise. : Ford42
  • Yeah, to save polys. : Kerath
• Actually, I'm glad that the enemies disintegrate. I was worried that with all the normal mapping and ever... : Dynotaku

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  They basicly combined the 2 exe's. You should be able to bring up the editor with some kind of command l... : capt tripps
  • Its just like radiant is built into the exe as far as I know. Type editor i believe and it just brings u... : ease_one
• You just go wo tindowed mode and type EDITOR in the console. Bam...editor comes up fully functional with... : Cygnus X-1

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  is it really that surprising to see the BFG? : kill9
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    No, but I wanted to see it in the game for the first time. I just assumed they wouldn't show certian thin... : Dynotaku
    • well we havent seen any of HELL, so thats a good thing :) : buckshack

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• SWEET! I loved RTCW :) : snowwolf
• With the Doom3 engine? tht I''d like to see : buckshack
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  Nerve? Grey Matter? I can't wait to see some of the licensed games. : johngloid
  • If splash damage works on the multiplayer (now that they're done with doom3) it will be incredible. : shotgun1
  • i'm betting this is the new doom3 engine game splash damage has been hiring people for. nerve should s... : jet-poop
• OMG... I NEED A NEW CUP TO FILL.... STAT!!!!! : Wolfanoz
• hopefully with enemy territory - like multiplayer that would kick ass : the grammar police
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  Better be on Doom3 engine. : Turd Ferguson
  • Naw, they're using the original wolf engine, for authenticity. : Dynotaku

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• sweeeeet. Thanks! : monohydrate
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  It one seems very jumpy. Do I need some new codex or somethin'? : CRasterImage
  • jumpy for me too. : poppasp1ce
  • Audio did some out of sync in a few spots. I tried wmp 9 and VLC. Video and audio are much better quali... : monohydrate
• ok, I'm fully engorged. I cannot wait any longer. :( : Wolfanoz
• 9 seconds shorter with the same content. One of them must have been encoded at a different framerate. : capt tripps
• getting tachyonic speeds on the netherlands server : Ford42

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• this should only be a single activity, FAP : Turd Ferguson

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  i doubt it'll be anymore complex than any other toolkit out there. the enviroments do not look to be that... : eggnoodles
  • you know, i never thought about this until you said it. this could be the game that focuses modmakers... : pyide
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  most of the work will go into creating new textures since you'll need to render normal maps for them. : manero
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    Can someone explain what "normal mapping" means? : al9000
    • Basicly its when you make a very high poly model of a character and then map that lighting information on... : buckshack
    • A normal is a vector that indicates the direction a triangle (or vertex) is pointing. A normal map is a ... : jake
• I hope its a little easier on the eyes than Radiant or whatever. I also wonder how it will handle "static... : yakz

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• Looked like DM BFG action, too. : jake

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• another pointless crusade? jeez these comments are getting tiring. : annih1late
• the difference is, one of the companies you've mentioned has actually had a track record of releasing the... : ermac
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  Haven't been playing id games too long have we? Don't lump id Software in with those liars like DICE, Cr... : KinetiK
  • there is a lot of wisdom in this post : mrspyral
• Because we can't play the game without the SDK right? Get over it, or start an online petition, realize... : kingdepork
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  I bet you didnt buy furniture until IKEA showed up as well : MrLonghair
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    I hope you are right and YES, ID has a good track record for releasing tools, source etc. My point was th... : mustang60348
    • Chill out. The level editor ships with the game. It eats up native lightwave files and takes export .as... : ease_one
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  yeah, as a modder who got hosed on FC, what id just said is the last thing I want to hear, lol : thebigbeefsandwhich
  • ya alot of the mods that were originaly HL2 went to FarCry then got fucked over. Personally I love the Fa... : buckshack

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• don't forget to click on Reply --> : bangooo

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• Oops. Misreply to the BanDoom website thread. : CRasterImage

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• I thought they were gonna release the source for pretty much everything... That means you'd be able to do... : SilverSnake
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  Patience... A monstrous .plan update or 10 is almost certainly forthcoming.... : jason e
  • I mailed Carmack a few days ago to encourage him to do just that. Not just because I want to know, but... : Bagpuss

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• http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=8159897 : invadernny

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• I'm trying to sell my 9600XT towards getting a ATI X800 Pro I'd think a 9800 pro would be fine for the... : buckshack
• You can softmod your 9800pro to an XT and slam a new HS/F on there, then overclock. I did that to mine an... : robo2tony
• Wait and see : MrLonghair