Doom community happenings

Of course we can, but those ones just aren't you <3

Only reason I have a VCR is because it was part of hybrid DVD player I got back in 2004.

Oddly enough, the DVD part broke long before the VCR despite similar amounts of usage.

But I've only ever watched DVDs on the computer for the last decade, so that's largely irrelevant.

And I've barely ever watched LPs at all, they just make me want to play a game after like 2 minutes. Whether it's the one in the LP, I couldn't say.

Exception for story-based games, I suppose. If they're heavy enough on story, and there's not some blithering gronkenputz rambling over the gameplay footage, it can be similar to watching a movie.

I ended up watching a nice playthrough of The Shore last month. I don't think I could be bothered to play the game, but it was interesting to watch the events and scenery unfold. That's about as far as I'll take it though.

Of course, what else is there for me to use for maximum hardware efficiency?

Remember, you fapped to my APE encode times. Well, guess what's still running as good as it always has?

tbh I was considering installing 7 at this point, but need to get a new C: drive and a copy of 7 for that. Not sure what to get or where to get it, but it really doesn't matter since every time I finally have the money, I have to spend it on something else that comes up instead.

Yes he did, and when I start catching up on mapsets, it's going to be the first thing I play.

I'm hoping he didn't use all the tricks I developed on my own, but knowing his previous work, that's probably in vain.

"Advantages" vary depending what you're looking for. I don't analyze ports as "best overall," but rather "best for what purpose?" So for me, I have a specific style of mapping, and certain design goals that I want to accomplish. So then I look at what port has what features, and try to find the best fit for my purposes. Eternity has nearly everything I want, and almost nothing I don't. That makes it the obvious choice for me.

Now if somebody tells me they want to use 3D models, colored lighting, and enough scripting to redesign the entire game interface, then I'll tell them to use GZDoom. No point trying to force somebody with those goals into Eternity mapping; they just don't fit.

But for me, I suppose if I had to give one reason above all others, it would be the portal system. That thing entirely changed the way I approach mapping. Honestly, it's such a fundamentally different mindset, I can't imagine going back to the way I designed before. Once I learned it, it began informing all my design decisions, and now it's just a core element of my mapping process that I can't go without. I don't even always do excessive or "showy" stuff - sometimes a simple chamber or passageway in an otherwise impossible 2.5D location is enough. Sure, there's a few instances where a basic ZDoom 3D floor would be nice, but that's still easy enough to do "the hard way" given everything else that portals offer.

It has an option to enable something called GL2D, but it's effectively software rendering in the end.

Opposite experience for me, but I can't imagine using a mouse in Doom so that much has never been an issue. Smaller userbase has usually meant faster response time from devs, and I've routinely seen reports or features get addressed and posted to new devbuilds within days, sometimes even hours. Tends to be a Discord thing though, not a forum thing.

However, it's true that slope clipping has been lagging. It's one of two primary WIP things I'd like to see finished, even though I personally use slopes quite sparingly.

Oh nice, I can't believe I missed that.

All the more reason to get the WADs & Mods Development forum prepped and published, I suppose.

I'll look through the resources and check out the Discord in a couple days, but I'm fairly certain I wouldn't have time or energy to join. I might be able to give some tech support if nothing else.

Also, which project? I have 3