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31st December 2003: Project Waffen Sicherheitsdienst 2 released
Here a sequel to Sandy’s previous set. It’s ‘Project Waffen Sicherheitsdienst 2′ and again is a homage to Wolf Skevos-Jones. The 13 levels are similar in size and quality (quite good) to the previous set. Images are also mostly as previous, though there are some new actors’ this time and credit is given to Majik Monkee for these.

31st December 2003: 3rd ROTT image
Majilk Monkee has made a 3rd character based on the original “Rise of the Triad” specs. This one is the ‘monk’. For the zip containing all the frames, either send Majik an email mmerrill@centene.com, or visit the “Rise of the Triad” section at Monkee’s Image World.

29th December 2003: Twilight Zone title screen
Joe M has sent in the title screen for his upcoming TC ‘Twilight Zone’. It will be based on ‘The Tower’ source code. Credit will be given to Paal Olstaad for making ‘The Tower’ and for releasing the source code.The new add-on will feature new graphics and sounds.

27th December 2003: Blake and the Spear released
Joe M who recently made ‘Doomenstein Revisited’ has released another addon of his. It’s called ‘Blake and the Spear’ and dates from between June and July 2003. It contains graphics and sounds from Blake Stone. There are 21 mostly extensive and well detailed levels though some are not original. Text file included. I’ve since found 3 exit elevator errors in the version first posted. Errors removed and reposted 19.00hrs GMT same day. Requires the full version of Spear of Destiny to play.

27th December 2003: Wahnsinn Software/new pics
Mega Luigi has teamed up with his brother Mario Maniac to make new software. It’ll be called Wahnsinn Software. Meanwhile, Mega has sent in some pics from ‘Project Unzerstöbarer Ritter’.

27th December 2003: Coldfusion update
Here’s the completed ‘Coldfusion’ title screen pic. Ian Summerfield has completed 30 of the ‘Coldfusion’ levels – there’s 30 to go! When ‘Unholy Cathedral’, ‘Coldfusion’ and ‘Doom Wolfenstein Version’ are completed, Ian will work on ‘Ian’s Collection’, a collection of characters from cartoons that Ian likes.

25th December 2003: The Night After Christmas released
Merry Christmas everyone!! Here’s an addon ‘The Night After Christmas’ specially released for the festive season by Ringman. It’s only one level, but it’s quite a large detailed one with 5 distinct sections. Images come from a variety of sources. New music but no new sounds. Click on the Santa pic for screenshots.

25th December 2003: 2nd ROTT image
Majilk Monkee has made a 2nd character based on the original “Rise of the Triad” specs, SS soldier #2.

For the zip containing all the frames, either send Majik an email mmerrill@centene.com, or visit the “Rise of the Triad” section at Monkee’s Image World.

24th December 2003: Doomenstein Revisited released
Here’s a Wolf3d add-on made by Joe M. called Doomenstein Revisited’. It has Doom graphics and sounds, some from other addons like Bruce Ryder’s ‘Doomenstein’, and some that are new. There are 20 levels (first 2 episodes), though some of them are not completely new. It all blends together quite nicely and has a good Doom atmosphere. Text file included. Requires the full version of Wolf3d to play.

24th December 2003: Project Waffen Sicherheitsdienst released
Sandy has released ‘Project Waffen Sicherheitsdienst’. This set serves as a homage to Wolf Skevos-Jones and features many of his graphics and sounds. The 13 levels are mostly larger than in Sandy’s earlier sets though of a similar standard.

23rd December 2003: New source code tutorial
Kyle Albert has sent in a new source code tutorial. It’s ‘Removing extra space from Menu (below Quit when ReadMe is disabled)’.

23rd December 2003: Enemy sprites tutorial
Here’s an ‘Enemy Sprites Tutorial’ document. It was sent in by Matt.

This will be included in our tutorials section.

23rd December 2003: S.K.U.N.K.Z. images
Dumscheissekopf has sent in a set of images of some of the characters from S.K.U.N.K.Z.

They are as follows…

  • Dog – Otis Budtwyper
  • Mutant – Ninja
  • Wilhelm – Ratcoon
  • Officer – Horsewhiff
  • Trans – Enos Buttner
  • Angel of Death – Mr. Chucklesworth

More to come in future updates…

23rd December 2003: ROTT images
Majik Monkee has completed the first full set of images for one of the unfinished characters from the “Rise of the Triad” original specs. This is part of an ongoing project Majik is working on to make these characters available to people who would like to use them in projects of theirs. Email mmerrill@centene.com for the zip containing the “ROTT SS” frames.

22nd December 2003: Half Life screenshots
Here’s a set of screenshots sent in by David O’Rafferty. They’re from his upcoming TC ‘Half Life’.

22nd December 2003: Coldfusion! update
Ian Summerfield has finished one full episode of ‘Coldfusion!’. When it’s done, Ian will start on ‘Coldfusion Project: Doom’. Here are images of some of the Bosses!

21st December 2003: Another medal
Mega Luigi has awarded Ian Skevos-Jones a medal for his TC ‘Batman: Wrath of Mr. Freeze.’

20th December 2003: WolfenBots – Alpha Version #2 released
TexZK has just released ‘WolfenBots – Alpha Version #2’. This has a number of changes since the first release including textures and many sprites added from ‘TexZK’s Story’ and the main menu fixed.

20th December 2003: The Secret of the Waffen-SS released
Sandy has released a 6 level version for shareware of ‘The Secret of the Waffen-SS’. The levels are well made though they are not that large. There’s lots of imported graphics and sounds, but the original Wolfenstein ‘feel’ remains. This version replaces the 2 level beta version released earlier.

20th December 2003: Batman – Wrath of Mr. Freeze released
Ian Skevos-Jones has released ‘Batman: Wrath of Mr. Freeze.’ It’s a sequel to his first ‘Batman’ TC. There are 25 good seamless levels and some new features, including 3 new weapons, 2 new keys, armor, and ambient sounds. The helpart is very detailed. It all blends together well. 

19th December 2003: The Luftwaffe boss sprites
Spiritblade has sent me some single sprite boss pictures from ‘The Luftwaffe’, just to remind people that the project is still somewhat alive. Baldwin is Boss 4 head of the totenkopf Elite, and the A6-IronDoom is boss 5. He is a large cyborg. Tyrrant Mirow Frost is the last boss/ Boss 6. Two other bosses have since been added.

18th December 2003: Project Verwüstung announced
Mario Maniac has announced a new add-on called ‘Project Verwüstung’. This new add-on will TOTALLY different from others by Mario. It will also have more source code changes than the previous ones. Here’s the features list:

  • Seamless level progression
  • 3 new weapons (one is silenced)
  • New objects
  • New enemy
  • God Mode Artifact added
  • 2 new ammo types
  • New item in Wolfenstein World: Ammunition Pack
  • Heartbeat sound added
  • Ambient sounds added

17th December 2003: Alex Brosseau
For the moment Alex Brosseau will mostly be leaving the wolf community. He will continue to check and write on the ‘DHW Forum’ but will not make any other add-on yet as he is currently working on a non-Wolf project which is taking up most of his time. As for ‘Project-Ironstone’ he’ll probably release the uncompleted project on his website so people will be able to use part of the code and other stuff.

17th December 2003: acktung 60 Level Set released
Kurt (ack) has released the final 30 levels (The Nocturnal Missions) of ‘acktung’. The level quality is as good as in the excellent original 30 level set which this one replaces. It’s now a true 60-level set. The maps in episodes 4-6 are all brand new (as Kurt made them in the past few months). The original missions, for the most part, are the same, although Kurt did tweak a couple of the earlier levels. Needs the full 60 level Wolf3D game to play.

16th December 2003: The Luftwaffe Project/help needed
Spiritblade tells me more people are needed for ‘The Luftwaffe’ project.

Among those needed are good mappers and a coder. Help with touching up graphics would also be appreciated. If anyone wants to help out with the project, please let me know and I’ll pass it on. Mario Maniac has since offered to join the group as a source coder and SB has accepted.

15th December 2003: Source code offer
Mega Luigi has learned a lot more recently about the Wolfenstein source code. This includes how to add objects bonus and weapons.

Due to this, Mega is offering to do source code work for the wolfers.

15th December 2003: Wasabi Award
The Dome has won the first WASABI AWARD. This is for the “time and effort you guys do on there”. Great Wasabi may make awards in future for exceptional TCs and add-ons as well.

Thanks, it’s appreciated!!

15th December 2003: Project: Vernichtung announced
John Carmack has announced an add-on. It’s called ‘Project: Vernichtung’ and here’s some features:

  • Changed ceiling colors
  • Textured floor colors
  • Sten Smg, Panzerfaust, Flame Thrower,Twin Mini Guns, Sniper Rifle, Bazooka,Triple Chain Guns, Quadruple Chain Guns, Colt 1679, Paratroop Rifle, and 5 other weapons
  • 7 enemies
  • 7 bosses
  • 22 ambient sounds
  • 8 keys
  • Underwater levels with oxygen
  • Motor Cycle
  • Helpart.wjc and Endart.wjc (new extension)
  • + or – 15 walls
  • CrossHair

13th December 2003: Project Unzerstöbarer Ritter update
Mega Luigi has announced some features from ‘Project Unzerstöbarer Ritter’:

  • Helpart enabled
  • Seamless Level Progression
  • Panzerfaust, Flame Thrower and a Silenced Sten Smg added. (New Weapons to come…)
  • Changed Ceiling Colors
  • One enemy added
  • Music added by Source Code
  • 23 static objects added
  • And more…

13th December 2003: Rise of Chaos info updated
The Incredible Pete’s info page for ‘Rise of Chaos’ has been updated. Many boss names have been finalized, and one has been added. Some enemy info has been changed as well. There is also a new boss that was absent from the last set of pics and info.

Greetings! On behalf of my brother, “The Incredible Pete”, I’d like to announce a new project called “Rise of Chaos”. It takes place after “Halls of Stonehenge”, and before “Countdown to Chaos”, which I am currently working on. You play army hero John J. Schwarz in an effort to once again rid the world of nasty monsters and enemy soldiers, before an all-out invasion can occur. Number of levels and coding changes, if any, are yet to be announced. The game uses the original Wolfenstein as a base. (attached is a title screen, and list of weapons and enemies with descriptions). Thanks!

~Monkee~

13th December 2003: Kurt vs. The Master update
The Master tells me that ‘Kurt vs. The Master’ has a new artist, Majik Monkee, and that work on KvM is actually progressing.

Also there’s a contest related to ‘Kurt vs. The Master’. Head over to the post at the Diehard Wolfers Forums for more information: http://diehardwolfers.areyep.com/viewtopic.php?t=1114.

13th December 2003: Dead World Rising/another bug
A bug has been found in level 10 of ‘Dead World Rising’. Great Wasabi has now checked the rest of the game and the bug has been fixed along with a couple minor ones. Hopefully, the set should now be error free.

12th December 2003: S.K.U.N.K.Z Weapons
Here are the weapons available in “S.K.U.N.K.Z”… they are the “fist of fury”, the “peacemaker” (pistol), “the gat” (machine gun), and the B.E.A.R. (bullet eating automatic rifle). The images were provided by Dumscheissekopf.

12th December 2003: Dark Side of Death released
Mario Maniac has released his TC ‘Dark Side of Death’. There are 14 extensive levels spread over 3 episodes and quite a mix of original and new graphics/sounds which on the whole blend together quite well. Source code changes include helpart and landmines.

9th December 2003: Rise of Chaos announced
On behalf of his brother, “The Incredible Pete”, Majik Monkee would like to announce a new project called “Rise of Chaos”. It takes place after “Halls of Stonehenge”, and before “Countdown to Chaos”. There’s an info page available for the project.

8th December 2003: Thunder in Paradise announced
Carlos X has announced a new project called ‘Thunder in Paradise’, based on the hit TV show with Terry “Hulk” Hogan. You play as the Hulkster through a dozen butt kicking levels as you rescue the President and pick up chicks on the way. Click on the thumbnail for the new features.

Here are the new features

  • vehicle levels – speed boat (on water), motorcycle, helicopter, and surf board with gun!
  • play as the hulkster!!! kick butt!
  • new weapons include headbutt, groin kick, karate chop, plus uzis, machine guns, chainguns, throwing knives, and a ton more!
  • new “hulk speak” – hulk says cool stuff while kicking butt
  • over ten new, dangerous enemies, including vehicles, assassins, ninjas, skunks, and deadly robot assassins!
  • random enemy death sequences/ragdoll deaths
  • weapon dropping – take damage, and drop your gun!
  • infra red vision, night vision, and “remote missiles” with missile view camera!

7th December 2003: Beyond Castle’s Dungeons – easier version released
Mario Maniac has released an easier to beat version of ‘Beyond Castle’s Dungeons’. For those who haven’t played it yet, it has 16 good seamless levels. Made as a homage to Wolf Skevos-Jones, and many of the images, sounds and code changes come from Wolf’s sets. This version has more ammo and health.

7th December 2003: Another Award
Mega Luigi is very impressed with ‘Dead World Rising’ and has awarded Great Wasabi a medal. For more info on this set – please see under Dec 6 news items.

7th December 2003: Dome Award/Dec 2003
This month’s Dome award goes to Great Wasabi for his add-on ‘Dead World Rising’. The level quality was good and the TC was put together very well. Credit should also be given to those who contributed to the graphics and source code. For more info on this set – please see under Dec 6 news items.

6th December 2003: The Dark Catacombs Mission Pack: Post Mortem released
Here’s a follow up shareware set to Sandy’s ‘The Dark Catacombs’. It’s subtitled ‘Mission Pack: Post Mortem’. There are 5 levels of a similar standard to the earlier set (quite good), but are mostly a little larger. Graphics/sounds are mostly as in the earlier set, but some images have come from Majik Monkee’s ‘HOS: Dead Reckoning’ project.

6th December 2003: Dead World Rising released
Great Wasabi has released his TC ‘Dead World Rising’. There’s 20 well made levels, plus lots of Doom graphics and sounds. Has a good Doom type atmosphere, and the readthis is particularly well done. Uses the TFS source code as a base.

5th December 2003: Code Tutorials section updated
The code tutorials section has recently been updated. The new tutorials are ‘Adding a death artifact’ (by The JR) and ‘Adding a motorbike’ (by Kuki).

5th December 2003: Dark Side of Death update
Mario Maniac tells me ‘Dark Side of Death’ is almost finished. Here’s the main new features that have been added.

  • Start with new ammo and health
  • New floor and ceiling colors
  • Landmines added
  • Death Artefact added
  • Hell Soldiers lowers points
  • Changed boss’s weapons

3rd December 2003: Help needed
Mega Luigi needs help to create a new title screen for Project: Unzerstöbarer Ritter (Project: Indestructible Knight) and also to add 3 or 4 destructible objects. It should be in the style of Project Eisenritter and preferably should have a killer robot. Mega’s email is wolfmegaluigi@yahoo.com.br.

3rd December 2003: Even More Operation: Hundscheisse pics
Here’s another four more images for ‘Operation: Hundscheisse’, on behalf of Dumscheissekopf.

3rd December 2003: Replacement weapons
Here’s an email received from Majik Monkee:

I’ve created a set of replacement weapons for the original 4 weapons in Wolfenstein. They are created partly from edited and rescaled weapons from the SNES and Mac versions of Wolfenstein, and partly from other sources. For a zip file containing all the frames for these weapons, contact me at mmerrill@centene.com. Thanks!

30th November 2003: The Dark Catacombs Final Version released
Sandy has released the final 7 level version for shareware of ‘The Dark Catacombs’. The levels are well designed and nicely decorated, though not that large. I like level 4 the best. Some of the objects come from Majik Monkee’s ‘Halls of Stonehenge’. This replaces the 2 level beta version issued previously.

29th November 2003: Monkeystein 2 update
Ian Summerfield will be working on a new TC called “Monkeystein 2: Return of the Monkeys”, and already has images from one of the enemies: Axe Man. Ian also wanted to point out that Baron Von Bald’s name really is Baron Von Buld.

27th November 2003: The DOOM Oasis forum
This is the 2nd new forum announced within a few days but this one is primarily for Doom. It’s hosted by Great Wasabi. Maybe we’re getting too many forums now but for those who want to join this one, it’s at The DOOM Oasis Forum.

There’s a Wolfenstein 3D section.

27th November 2003: Achtung released
This ‘Achtung’ set by M. Chambers was released several months ago on Mike’s Wolfenstein 3-D Page and I finally got round to checking it out. There are 10 new levels which are quite extensive. Although there are some imported graphics, it still has the original Wolf3D ‘feel’ and will suit those who like the original game. No new sounds. The vga files supplied didn’t work with the Activision version of Wolf3D that I used. Needs the original full version of Wolf 3D to play.

26th November 2003: More Operation: Hundscheisse pics
Here’s four more images for ‘Operation: Hundscheisse’, on behalf of Dumscheissekopf. I’m told progress on the game continues to go well.

25th November 2003: WMC Update
Jacob Rodgers tells me ‘WMC’ has the following features implemented so far:

  • Changed ceiling colors
  • Landmines
  • 24 ammo pack
  • Death Artefact

Graphics are 10% completed.

25th November 2003: New Wolf3D forum
Dave has made a new Wolf3D forum. It’s a new version of ‘Wolf3DPub’. The old Yahoo Group is now an archive.

It’s at Wolf3DPub Forum.

25th November 2003: Dead Reckoning Info Page
Here’s an info page regarding the ‘HOS: Dead Reckoning’ add-on by Majik Monkee. Has lots of animated pics from the game!!

It’s at HOS: Dead Reckoning/Info Page.

24th November 2003: Project Aniquilation update
Mega Luigi has sent an update of the progress made in ‘Project Aniquilation’ so far:

  • Music: 100%
  • Graphics: 100%
  • Sounds: 100%
  • Source Code: 100%
  • ReadThis: 100%
  • Demos: 100%
  • Levels: 65%

23rd November 2003: David Wolf: Secret Agent pics
Here are several pictures from the game David Wolf: Secret Agent. They were sent in by Dave. It’s not a Wolf3D game but was released in 1989 by Dynamix Inc. 

22nd November 2003: Half Life screenshots
David O’Rafferty has sent in a strip of several screenshots from his upcoming addon ‘Half Life’.

21st November 2003: Dead Reckoning announced
Here’s an email received from Majik Monkee:

I’d like to announce an add on in the works for “Halls of Stonehenge”. It will feature about 10 new levels, and an almost entirely new cast of enemies. Gameplay and features will be the same as in HOS, but the environments will be quite different. No release date is scheduled for the project at this time. It’s being put together by the same folks who brought you “Halls of Stonehenge”, and should be quite cool. The tentative title for the add on is “Halls of Stonehenge: Dead Reckoning”.

20th November 2003: Dark Side of Death update
Mario Maniac has sent me 2 more screenshots from ‘Dark Side Of Death’. Mario tells me the set should be released on Dec 6. Here’s what is done in each area so far:

  • Graphics 95%
  • Sounds 98%
  • Maps 66%
  • Musics 0%
  • Source Code 100%

18th November 2003: Simpson Mania update
Here’s news from Ian Summerfield about a new TC called: ‘Simpson Mania’. It will be about the Simpsons but with a Doom/Spear of Destiny kind of feel. The levels will also have Funny Names like: ‘Pretty Fat for a Police Guy’ and ‘Bartender Blues’.

A couple other things: ‘Spongebobstein’ is available for email but not for download, unless permission is given by the creator of ‘Spongebob’. Also, if anyone wants to help, Ian would like some levels for his add-on ‘Coldfusion’.

17th November 2003: Majik Monkee Awards
Here’s the complete list of Majik Monkee’s awards that were recently posted on the DHW Forums.

TC Awards

Best Sequel to SOD: Spear Resurrection

Most Realistic looking TC: Operation: Heimzahlung

Best Doom Conversion: Wolfendoom

Best Blood Conversion: Halls of Stonehenge

Most Anticipated (by me): Trench Warfare

Least Ammo in a TC: Haunted House demo

Least Visually appealing: The Thing

Best Super Hero based TC: Batman

Biggest Stinker: Dawn of the Dead

Other Games and Awards

Best WWII FPS: Medal of Honor

Best Post-Wolf FPS: Duke 3D Atomic Edition

Best Biblically based FPS: Super 3D Noah’s Ark

Best Horror FPS: Blood

Best Game with screaming hobos: Operation Body Count

Best Alien Invasion game: Corridor 7

Worst Game ever: Raid 2020

Best Overall FPS: Jedi Knight

Best Overall TV actress: Jennifer Aniston

Best Wolf3D Site: The Wolf3D Dome

17th November 2003: Operation: Castle Luftwaffe Final Version released
Sandy has released a final version of his shareware addon ‘Operation Castle Luftwaffe v1.2’. There are now 7 levels. All are well designed and nicely decorated, though not that large. Lots of imported graphics and sounds. The Wolfenstein ‘feel’ is still there! This version replaces the beta released earlier.

17th November 2003: Mega Luigi medal awards
Mega Luigi has sent in a set of medal awards. As they’re mostly for the authors of his favourite TC’s, I put them on the ‘Elite addons page’. I also added Majik’s award for the Dome.

If anyone has any other awards, please send them in!!

16th November 2003: Dawn of the Dead/Ammo Patch
If you found Wes Desjardins last TC ‘Dawn of the Dead’ too difficult to beat (due to the lack of ammo present), then there’s a maps patch. Wes has made more ammo available. 

15th November 2003: Dead World Rising pics
Great Wasabi has sent in some screenshots from his soon to be released TC ‘Dead World Rising’. There’s a set of 5 pics.

15th November 2003: Award
Majik Monkee has given The Dome an award. Many thanks Majik, it’s appreciated.

14th November 2003: ROTT Project
Great Wasabi tells me ‘Dead World Rising’ is nearing completion. His next venture will be a special TC that will be based upon Apogee Games’ original plans for the FPS ‘Rise of the Triad’ (It was going to be just another add-on for Wolf3D). Great Wasabi wants to try and make a new TC that will use these graphics, new features, etc and would like to know from anyone interested in forming a group to accomplish this task. The game’s current working title is ‘Rise of the Triad: The Wolf That Never Was’, and there’s info at: http://www.3drealms.com/rott/originalspec.html.

This would be a great TC if it could be put together. If anyone is interested, please email Great Wasabi at wasabi_zero2002@yahoo.ca.

13th November 2003: Map Making Mania Melee
The deadline for sending in levels for the ‘Map Making Mania Melee’ contest is tomorrow Nov 14.

Could everyone who hasn’t yet done so please get their completed levels to Ariel by tomorrow night.

13th November 2003: Project: Ubermensch Demo released
Bernt Hansen has released a demo of ‘Project: Ubermensch’. There’s only 2 levels but they are extensive and well designed. After these 2 levels there will follow 3 – 4 new levels later. Only a few new graphics and no new sounds, but will suit those who like the original games. 

Also released by Bernt is an updated version of the ‘Wolf-FAQ’ previously released by Adam Williamson.

13th November 2003: Wolfenstein Maximum Charge screenshot
Jacob Rodgers has sent a screenshot from his upcoming set ‘Wolfenstein Maximum Charge (WMC)’. The yellow wall is from the Wallpack Collection.

12th November 2003: Dark Side of Death announced
Mario Maniac has announced a new TC called ‘Dark Side of Death’. Not much info on this at present, but it should be finished in the new year. There are 3 screenshots.

11th November 2003: Operation: Hundscheisse update
Here’s the title screen and several screenshots from Dumscheissekopf’s upcoming TC ‘Operation: Hundscheisse’. Dumscheissekopf tells me that progress is going very well, and development is ahead of schedule for release of the first chapter.

11th November 2003: Monkee’s Image World update
Here’s an update from Majik Monkee:

“I’d like to announce that “Monkee’s Image World” now has links to download characters directly off the page. To do so, visitors simply click the name of the character who’s zip they would like to download. Note that not all characters on the page are available to be downloaded. Thanks!“

9th November 2003: Counter-Wolf v.2C Beta released
Ryan King has released ‘Counter-Wolf v.2c’. This beta version has 14 new levels added (mainly on episode 4) since the last version, making approx 40 levels in total. The guards, sounds and most of the weapons were done by Ryan. Code changes include gun bobbing, armour and helpart. This addon has since been updated and now has 50 levels (final version).

8th November 2003: Dome Award/Nov 2003
This month’s Dome award goes to Majik Monkee for his add-on ‘Halls of Stonehenge’. This was for a very good ‘all round’ TC. Credit should also be given to ack who made many of the levels and to those who contributed to the source code (see credits). For more info on this set – see under Nov 1 news items.

8th November 2003: Half Life TC announced
David O’Rafferty is making a new TC called ‘Half Life’. It will have new graphics, sounds and levels but David will need some help with floor and ceiling colours. If anyone wants to help, the email address is bome_de_base@yahoo.com.au.

5th November 2003: The Wolfenstein Saga taster pack
Here’s a taster pack for the upcoming series of films called ‘The Wolfenstein Saga’. Bracestar informs me that ‘Escape From Lyme House’, the first episode, is totally finished. The quality is not that good because of compression. It should be released Nov 8 at the latest. These are the downloads available now:

  • Taster Pack (985Kb)
  • Hint On Picture Quality (292 bytes)
  • Bracestar Info Document (23Kb)

 

3rd November 2003: JJStein Resurrection v2 updated
Loki has updated his first addon ‘JJStein Resurrection v2’. It’s a remix of JJ’s game released with some graphics modifications, digitized sounds, changed music and a new status bar. There’s now one new small level on episode 6. The 10 made earlier by JJ are on episode 1. Source code changes are as in the earlier version. Four new demo’s have been added. I’ve updated the screenshots. 

3rd November 2003: The Wolfenstein Saga ad/story
Bracestar has announced a series of films ‘The Wolfenstein Saga’ and has made an advert for it. The footage in the ad is from the screen test. 

There will be 9 episodes (yes 9)! The last 3 are to be totally new and the other 6 are to be modified.The first episode ‘Escape from Lyme House’ (the equivalent of Escape from Castle Wolfenstein) is nearly finished and will include the recon mission that B.J. gets captured on. Bracestar consists of 2 people and the leader is Andy Squibbs. Andy likes Wolf 3d, Doom and Hexen and all that so after he’s finished the whole saga he’ll be happy to take requests.

3rd November 2003: Fuchsenstein 3D released
Patrick Hadorn has released his first addon called ‘Fuchsenstein 3D’. There are 3 episodes comprising approx 20 levels. The levels are well designed, nicely decorated, though there are only a few new graphics. There are new sounds (in German), and the menu is in the German language (Patrick lives in Switzerland). The helpart is also in German! 

2nd November 2003: Archive message
Here’s a message from the past that Dave came across while searching Google Groups. It dates from early 1992 and is a text from Chuck asking ‘anyone with a HSI or 9600 modem to keep a look out for a new game Wolfenstein 3D, supposed to be out Mid-April’.

1st November 2003: Halls of Stonehenge released
Majik Monkee has released ‘Halls of Stonehenge’. Set in a time of black magic and witchcraft, there are 21 levels. Some were made by Majik, some by ack and all are very detailed and of high quality. The new graphics and sounds are nicely done. Source code changes include helpart, text message screens and textured floors and ceilings. Some effects can be turned off from the menu. A lot of effort has gone into this TC, and it’s the best release for quite some time.

31st October 2003: Update from Hair Machine
Hair Machine tells me that ‘Fortress of Time’ has been shelved. However, a new project – a TC called ‘Super Blitzkrieg’ – has been announced. So far, there’s some nice features (including floor/ceiling textures, teleporters, 7 weapons, 4 keys, portable medikits and gas masks to name a few). There’s also some GFX, including new textures and a new status bar. So far, three levels are done. Some screenshots should be issued soon.

31st October 2003: Arctic Krieg v1.2 Final released
This is the final 7 level version of Sandy’s ‘Arctic Krieg’ for shareware. The levels are of a similar standard to those in the 2 level beta. ie – not that complex though they are well decorated. Lots of changed graphics and sounds. Although it still retains the Wolf3D atmosphere, it also has an ‘Arctic feel’. 

31st October 2003: Noah 3D editing files
Andy Nonymous has provided a set of map and object definition files for viewing / editing ‘Noah 3D’ levels. For those who don’t know, ‘Noah 3D’ is a game made by a religious educational group and is based on the Wolf3D engine. All the information needed is in the included text files. They work with most versions of Mapedit, but not with Floedit. 

31st October 2003: JJStein Resurrection v2 released
Here’s the first Wolf add-on released by Loki: ‘JJStein Resurrection v2’. It’s a remix of JJ’s game released with some graphics modifications, digitized sounds, changed music and a new status bar. There’s now one new small level on episode 6. The 10 levels made earlier by JJ are on episode 1. 

25th October 2003: Evil Indeed forum
Sam Feichter has started a new forum called ‘Evil Indeed’. It has a large number of sections and caters for fans of Mortal Kombat, general gaming, music, movies and a whole lot more. Sections for Wolfenstein 3D have just been added. You can advertise your TC there too!

25th October 2003: Coldfusion! postponed
Ian Summerfield will be postponing ‘Coldfusion’ in order to be able to make ‘Southern Hell 2 and 3’. There’ll be all new graphics, some new sounds, and new levels – including the Cheesy Poofs Factory! there’s also new enemys like: Timmy, Butters, and a monkey with 4 a**es!

‘Coldfusion’ will now be completed after ‘Southern Hell 2’.

25th October 2003: Project Aniquilation screenshots
Here’s a set of 6 screenshots sent in by Mega Luigi. They’re from his upcoming TC ‘Project Aniquilation’.

24th October 2003: Doom Wolfenstein version trilogy
Ian Summerfield is working on a new series of games called the Doom Wolfenstein Version trilogy!

The original Doom is to be converted to the Wolfenstein format! There’ll be 20 levels from the original computer version of Doom and 1 level from the Playstation version called: ‘Redemption Denied’. There will be all new graphics too like walls not shown in other Doom games and even a Spider Mastermind boss in two forms!

23rd October 2003: Monkee’s Image World Update
Here’s an update from Majik Monkee:

“The ‘Monkee’s Image World’ site has undergone some changes, most noteably, it now features animated GIFs of the characters featured on it (and a banner). I’m working toward the possibility of having graphics sets available for upload, but this is still in the consideration phase. That’s about it!“

23rd October 2003: Arctic Krieg released
Sandy has released a 2 level beta version of his upcoming set ‘Arctic Krieg’ for shareware. The levels are not that complex though they are well decorated. Lots of changed graphics and sounds. Although it still retains the Wolf3D atmosphere, it also has an ‘Arctic feel’.

20th October 2003: Halloween (Updated Version) released
Colonel Bill has posted an updated version of Halloween. There are some basic source code changes (such as episode titles), plus a new vswap (candy bars, etc) and a revamped ‘ReadThis’, though the levels are the same. It comes as a self extracting exe with all files included. 

Mike’s Page has a number of other goodies. There are good sounds/music sections, and there are 10 map sets for shareware (look in the Misc. section). Also, there’s an addon called ‘Achtung’ by M. Chambers in the Sent In Levels section. I’ll be checking this out in a couple days.

17th October 2003: The Final Battle v1.2 (Final Version) released
This final version of ‘The Final Battle’ (v1.2) for shareware has 6 levels. The levels are nicely decorated and put together quite well. There are many changed images and sounds, some I’ve seen before and some are new. By Sandy.

15th October 2003: Bug reports
I’ve had reports of bugs in two recent games. Both have now been updated.

Firstly ‘Wolf 3D – TexZK’s Story (Final 6 episode version) – on Windows ME/XP systems, the keys cannot be picked up on some episodes. Tex tells me you can update it (with the updater included in the game) or re-download the full TC. See Oct 4 news for links to download.

Secondly, ‘Warzone Project IV: High Stakes’ has a mapping error on level 4 – an essential pushwall when opened blocks off the exit elevator area. I’ve issued a maps patch which solves the problem. 

15th October 2003: Project Dulce/New webpage
Here’s a new webpage that has a lot of information on an upcoming addon called ‘Project Dulce’. It’s hosted by Blood Angel.

14th October 2003: Dead World Rising screenshots
Here’s a set of 6 screenshots from the upcoming TC ‘Dead World Rising’. They were sent in by The Great Wasabi.

14th October 2003: Weird33: Motion/perception tricks
Chris Chokan made this new Wolf 3D exe which plays some amazing tricks, each episode having different ones. Chris put this together in just one day, but he hopes it’ll provide some fun when bored. Please read the enclosed text file before playing. Needs the full registered Wolf3D set to play.

13th October 2003: The Final Battle v1.1 Beta released
Here’s a 3 level set for shareware by Sandy. It’s called ‘The Final Battle v1.1 Beta’. The levels are nicely decorated and put together quite well. There are many changed images and sounds, some I’ve seen before and some are new. This now downloads the final version 1.2, which has 6 levels.

13th October 2003: Email from Dave
Dave asked me to post the following on the Dome News:

“I will be out of the wolf community for 4 weeks while I am at a Doom level making class in New York. I have my laptop with me, and leave me anything in my mail, ask questions about how it feels in New York (John, I will be back before YOU come back in December, so we can start on my TC.) Oh, what’s this, the bell seems to be ringing for my next class. Goodbye for a while, wolfers.“

13th October 2003: Wolfenstein Maximum Charge announced
Jacob Rodgers has announced a new addon. It’s called ‘Wolfenstein Maximum Charge’ and it’s being done by a team of people from Jacob’s school. The team is called Games of the Millennium. Thus far, four weapons have been changed.

12th October 2003: Beyond Castle’s Dungeons released
Here’s a new release from Mario Maniac. It’s called ‘Beyond Castle’s Dungeons’ and has 16 good seamless levels. Made as a homage to Wolf Skevos-Jones, and many of the images, sounds and code changes come from Wolf’s sets. Overall, it’s put together pretty well, though it’s difficult to beat at times.

11th October 2003: Project Aniquilation announced
Mega Luigi has announced a new TC called ‘Project Aniquilation’. A word document has been released with images, weapons and other info included. The text is written in the English language. Click on the thumbnail for part of the document. 

9th October 2003: Mj’s Headquarters (Final Version) released
The version of ‘Mj’s Headquarters’ released Oct 5 had a number of map errors. Mega Luigi has since sent me a final version which now has 26 levels completed. I have checked most levels from this new version and it it now looks error free. This version replaces the two released previously and the links posted earlier will now download the new version.

7th October 2003: Monkee’s Image World
Here’s a page on Majik Monkee’s Wolf 3D site. It shows pics of bosses that Majik has edited. Currently, it has around 30 pics.

5th October 2003: Dome Award/Oct 2003
This month’s Dome award goes to Kurt (Ack) for his add-on ‘Acktung!’. This was for the very high quality of level design. For more info on this set – see under Sept 27 news items.

5th October 2003: Mj’s Headquarters (Version 2) Released
Mega Luigi has released a new version of ‘Mj’s Headquarters’ and this replaces the one issued on Sept 27. The main changes are with the source code – there’s now many basic changes including new ceiling colours, episode names and increased ammo/health. Mega has been learning source code from his brother Mario who made the ‘Mario’s Castle’ set. This link will now download the final version – with 26 levels and some bugs removed – released Oct 9.

4th October 2003: Wolf 3D – TexZK’s Story (Final Version) released
The final version of ‘TexZK’s Story’ has been released. This version has 60 levels, plus some new effects such as lightning strikes. TexZK tells me the whole set is meant to be played in sequence and as such, the levels are now seamless. As previously there’s a choice of English or Italian versions. The game can also be downloaded from TexZK’s Web. Tex’s site has some other downloads such as the game’s source code and data files.

For those who want to access each individual episode, it is possible to unlock the later episodes by adding the parameter ‘UNLOCKEPS’ when accessing the exe. Start the game (English version) with TexZKeps.

4th October 2003: Unholy Cathedral pics
Ian Summerfield tells me he’ll not be allowed to release ‘SpongeBobStein’, but instead he’s restarted ‘Unholy Cathedral’. Here’s a set of enemy and boss graphics.

3rd October 2003: Assault on Castle Totenhammer released
Joe has released ‘Assault on Castle Totenhammer (Version 0.3 beta)’. There are 7 large quality levels with lots of graphics, sounds and code changes. The latter include landmines, armour and textured floors/ceilings. Nicely done. 

2nd October 2003: ROTT/The Original Spec
For those who don’t know, Rise Of The Triad was originally going to be made as ‘Wolfenstein 2’.

Apogee’s site has a page with a lot of info and pics on the original idea for ROTT which later was to be substantially changed.

2nd October 2003: Mj’s Headquarters/actors’ and weapons pics
A set of normal guards, bosses and weapons pics has been sent in by Mega Luigi. They’re for Mega’s upcoming set ‘MG’s Headquarters’.

A demo version of this set was released Sept 27.

30th September 2003: Mario’s Castle bugs
The earlier version of ‘Mario’s Castle’, posted a couple days ago had a few bugs on the later episodes. There was a key missing (on e6l3), some walls out of place and some invisible doors that couldn’t be passed through. Version 2 has now been posted, and hopefully all bugs have now been removed. 

30th September 2003: SpongeBobStein 3D/update and new walls
Ian Summerfield tells me ‘SpongeBobStein’ is almost complete! Just some more wall graphics and 2 levels to do. The levels are 18 (The Flying Dutchman) and 21 (Squidward’s Stronghold). On levels 10 and 15 there are 2 levels from Coldfusion used! (levels 2 and 5).

Click on the thumbnail for 16 new walls not seen in the SpongeBobStein Demo!

30th September 2003: Characters document
Mario Maniac has released a Word document containing info and pics of several characters (actors) of Wolf 3D games that he and his brother played. There are more than 80 different characters listed, including many bosses. It’s written in the Portuguese language.

27th September 2003: New wall designs collection
Here’s a 3rd set of wall designs put together by Giorgio.

  • Stained Glass Wall now has the Non-Glass wall and 1 decoration for them
  • More new walls
  • New wall decoration
  • 200 walls
  • Brown flag for non-Newwolf wall
  • Suitable for Floedit (bitmaps file format)

Coming soon from Giorgio – The Ultimate Sprite Collection.

27th September 2003: acktung! released
Kurt (ack) has released a set of 30 levels for the full registered set. Named ‘acktung!’, they are very well designed with lots of detail. Ten of them were made for the DHW level contest, some date back to the early 1990’s and some were made recently. No new graphics or sounds. Needs the full registered Wolf3D set to play.

Kurt also sent in his ‘profile’ which has since been added to the Wolfer Profiles page.

27th September 2003: Mario’s Castle released
This release by Mario Maniac has 59 levels. Most of them are large and well decorated. Some graphics are from from the original game, some are from other TC’s and some are brand new. Most sounds are changed. The screenshot shows one of the new wall designs. 

27th September 2003: Mj’s Headquarters released
Mega Luigi has released ‘Mj’s Headquarters (Version 1)’. There are 22 fair sized levels done so far, plus many changed graphics and sounds. The atmosphere of the original game remains though there are many bosses. Mega is the brother of Mario who made the ‘Mario’s Castle’ set mentioned above. This download has since been updated twice and is now the final version.

26th September 2003: Sewer Town announced
John Burnett’s upcoming TC is to be called ‘Sewer Town’. Latest news and pics can be found on John’s website in the ‘my projects’ section.

25th September 2003: Lon Matero’s Apogee page
Dave sent me this link. On the ‘beta’ page there’s some old Apogee beta versions and, if you look hard enough, a ‘secret’ page with more interesting downloads.

25th September 2003: Halls of Stonehenge release date
Good news! Majik Monkee tells me the target release date for “Halls of Stonehenge” has been set. It should be finished October 15th at the latest, and if all goes as planned, beta testing will begin then, followed by release of the full version shortly thereafter. Majik thanks everyone involved for their hard work!

25th September 2003: Operation: Assassination update
Justin has informed me that ‘Operation: Assassination’ is coming along fine. All graphics, sounds and the first three levels have been done. A level pic is shown.


22nd September 2003: Wall designs collection
Here are 2 collections of wall designs. The files are in bitmap form so will be convenient for use with Floedit. There are about 200 in the first set and about 40 in the second. They were put together by Giorgio.

21st September 2003: Coldfusion! help requested
Ian Summerfield needs some Source code help with Coldfusion! He wants to be able to add: 2 4-Sprite moving objects, and 1 4-Sprite breakable object!

If anyone would like to help, please email Ian at: Dakteam@aol.com.

21st September 2003: Jaguar Wolf 3D pics
Here’s a couple pics Dave sent me. They came from a Jaguar Wolf 3D site.

20th September 2003: Map Making Mania Melee update
Here’s the latest updated rules from Zach for the Map Making Mania Melee:

1) Maps ONLY! No graphic, sounds, or coding changes.

2) 3 Maps. Enough for a beginning, a middle, and an end.

3) 1 Month. Enough time for 3 maps. If enough people want more time than I will increase the time.

4) Anything goes. Make them fun. I’m bored.

5) Minimum of two contestants. I can’t have a contest unless two people compete.

6) You can use either Wolf3D Shareware or Full Version. No spear maps.

Also here is a list of the judges and participants (In no particular order):

JUDGES: Dugtrio17, Zach Higgins (Zach Attack), Brian Lowe (Schabbs)

COMPETITORS: Thejosh, Sockdude, Martin, Joe, Adhesive_Boy, Tris

The starting date will be October 1st and will end (and judging will begin) on November 1st. Good luck. :). Contact Zach at Wolfendude87@aol.com or visit http://diehardwolfers.areyep.com/viewforum.php?f=23 for updated info and discussion.

20th September 2003: Batman released
Here’s the first new addon for some time. It’s from Ian Skevos-Jones, and is called ‘Batman’. There are 24 good seamless levels, new music/sounds, plus lots of changed graphics. There’s text messages at the end of some levels and a very detailed ‘ReadThis’. It’s all put together very well.

18th September 2003: New TC announced
John Burnett’s TC ‘Battlestein 3D’ has been put on hold for now (due to a problem with it), but he has announced a new TC. It’s title name is not known yet. The TC will have a lot of features – partly a combination of what John learned from The Tower, Reinstaad “final” and a Jamez tutorial. Credit will go to all 3 authors.

Features:

  • 16 seamless levels – includes Hell Place Level
  • 5 weapons (knife, pistol, machine gun, chain gun, and “FIRE” chain gun)
  • Weapon Bobbing (thanks to Dugtrio for his tutorial)
  • New box of ammo for “fire” chain gun
  • ILM keys gives you stupid old message (replaces BAT)
  • 3 or 4 new animation objects
  • No Clip enabled
  • New Display (Ratio) added
  • No Points allowed if using cheat mode
  • Mixed new and old graphics
  • and more…………

List of what’s been completed so far:

  • Source Code……………….100% completed
  • Graphics………………………38% completed
  • Level design…………………..2% completed (some levels help needed from wolfers if possible)

17th September 2003: Wolf3d Pub/new Yahoo group
Here’s a new Yahoo Group for Wolf3D, hosted by D. Murphy. Talk about your new TC’s, or your opinion’s on others. At this club, anyone is welcome.

15th September 2003: Mapping Mania Melee
Here’s an email I received from Zach Higgins regarding a new levels contest for Wolf3D called ‘Mapping Mania Melee’:

“Dugtrio17 and I are going to be judging a map making contest to test the community’s skill. This could very well bring out the best in the community. More judges may join soon. Below are the rules and guidelines.

1) 3 Maps. Enough for a beginning, a middle, and an end.

2) 1 Month. Enough time for 3 maps. If enough people want more time than I will increase the time.

3) Anything goes. Make them fun. I’m bored.

4) Minimum of two contestants. I can’t have a contest unless two people compete.

And… for some reassurance… If anybody wants to be a judge just let me know. Any questions or suggestions? Email me at Wolfendude87@aol.com.“

14th September 2003: Firestar levels help
Guillermo Buteler is working on new levels of ‘FireStar’, but if the project is to be finished this year then he will need some help.

Guillermo is therefore looking for people who can help with his levels? If anyone’s interested, please send an e-mail to gbuteler2000@yahoo.com.ar.

14th September 2003: Coldfusion! enemies updated
Here’s an updated set of ‘Coldfusion!’ enemy images. They were sent in by Ian Summerfield.

13th September 2003: Operation: Chaos announced
Tier is working on a TC called ‘Operation: Chaos’. The story begins after Fettgesicht’s death. BJ has to escape from Offenbach and then eliminate a nazi genius. The source modifications include destructible objects, a new enemy, BJ being able to hold a different weapon in each hand. Wall and static objects images will remain untouched, but there will be some changes in enemy graphics.

13th September 2003: Countdown to Chaos homepage
Here’s an announcement by Majik Monkee on the development of a homepage for his upcoming TC, ‘Countdown to Chaos’.

The site can be viewed at the Countdown To Chaos website. Like the ‘Halls of Stonehenge’ site, this will serve as an online manual for the game when it is released.

12th September 2003: SDMod Announced
Sockdude has announced a new addon called ‘SDMod’. Here’s the email he sent:

“This TC is something I’m doing in my spare time. Wolfback does require a lot of time which I do not have now. I hope to release SDMod this year, maybe in the next 2 months or something…“

12th September 2003: Source code help required
Ken O’Brien (who recently released ‘Remake’) is now working on another Wolf 3D set. However, he would like someone to help out with the source code.

If anyone’s interested, please let me know and I’ll pass it on to Ken.

12th September 2003: Kill da Wabbit announced
Yet another TC announced by Elmer Fud. This one is called ‘Kill da Wabbit’. You are Elmer Fudd who is trying to kill pesky Bugs Bunny, but now Bugs has all the looney toons liking him and have built an army. If Fudd wants to get Bugs he must get through everyone else first. Trouble is they are toons and keep coming back. If you love looney toons you will love blowing shooting them all in this game.

12th September 2003: Ninja Gaiden 3D announced
Here’s a 2nd set announced by Elmer Fud. It will tell the story of the great NES ‘Ninja Gaiden’ again but you are Ryu and you get to be 3D now. Jaquio has taken the statues and killed your father. Will you have revenge? Nobody knows when this will be done but it is coming good! Elmer doesn’t have a website but if anyone wants to know more about the ‘Fudworks Productions’ you can email elmerfreakinfudd@yahoo.com. 

11th September 2003: Operation: Arctic Wolf pics released
Luke Strauman has released a number of pics from his upcoming TC ‘Operation: Arctic Wolf’.

9th September 2003: Scary Haunted Monsters Kastle announced
Here’s a new TC announcement by Elmer Fud. This one is for Spear Of Destiny and it’s called ‘Scary Haunted Monsters Kastle’. It is about Dracula, he has taken your girlfriend. It’s up to you to beat the monsters as you rescue her… will you do it? The weapons haven’t been drawn yet but will be done soon. And there’ll be 10 levels of horror!!

9th September 2003: Countdown to Chaos announced
Majik Monkee has announced his upcoming TC called ‘Countdown to Chaos’. It will probably feature 15 levels, possibly more, and will have some minor coding changes, mostly improvements in power of certain weapons and some holstering/gunsight features. The story follows the adventures of John J. Schwartz, the last surviving soldier in the free world, on a mission to destroy an evil alien entity that is mere steps away from enslaving the entire world for good. No release date is set thus far.

8th September 2003: TexZK’s Web News
TexZK’s Web has moved to a new url and has been majorly updated. The new site has got a PHP engine. TexZK tells me the final 60 level version of ‘TexZK’s Story’ is nearly done, and hopes to release it before the end of September.

8th September 2003: Fortress of Time addon announced
Hair Machine is a newbie to the Wolf 3d editing community. His first addon is going to be called ‘Fortress of Time’, and work has just started on the levels (five done out of thirty). There will probably be one seamless episode, although nothing’s definite with the source-code yet.

7th September 2003: Iron Maiden Addon announced
Herro (Jakub Hierowski) informs me that he’s working on a new addon called ‘IRON MAIDEN ACROSS THE TIME’ and that a demo of his ‘Resident Evil’ will be released soon.

7th September 2003: Doom Spear update
Ian Summerfield has sent in a number of enemy images from his upcoming TC ‘Doom Spear’.

6th September 2003: Wolfback update
Here’s an updated list of features sent in by Sockdude for his upcoming TC ‘Wolfback’:

  • Textured Ceilings and Floors
  • Seamless Levels
  • Different Signon Screen
  • Different Menu Color
  • Added Readthis! and Endart
  • Boppin
  • Fullscreen: No Borders around
  • New Graphics, sound, and music

6th September 2003: Wolf3D Data Compiler released
Adam Biser has released a ‘public test’ version of WDC (short for Wolf3D Data Compiler).

WDC has most of the same capabilities as FloEdit2 (no ability to add data chunks or copy/paste map sections… but those are in the works) and a few extras such as edit screens for the EndScreen, EndArt/ReadThis, Font, and Palette chunks in VGAGRAPH. Also included is some map level error-checking that will report some common map errors.

WDC is different from FloEdit in that it uses a project file to store which file you insert in (or associate with) each data chunk. This allows you to make outside changes (such as editing BMPs, etc), run WDC, and just compile the project file without having to re-insert the file(s) as you do using FloEdit. It’s available from http://winwolf3d.tripod.com/.

3rd September 2003: Hundscheisse series – 3rd installment announced
Dumscheissekopf has announced the third installment of the Hundscheisse series, which will be released shortly after the first two installments. The series was actually designed as a trilogy.

Here is the cast of enemy characters for “Hundscheisse 3”, which is currently untitled, but in the works.

3rd September 2003: Operation: Assassination update
Justin has sent in a number of images and info from the enemies and weapons in his upcoming set ‘Operation: Assassination’. Many of the images are based on ‘Blake Stone’ and ‘Weltuntergang’ graphics.

Source code changes are from ‘Wolfenstein Special Edition’.

3rd September 2003: Dome Award/Sept 2003
This month’s Dome award goes to Ken O’Brien for his add-on ‘Remake’. For more info on this set see under August 18 news items.

1st September 2003: The Final Assault Beta released
Here’s a beta version of Executor’s upcoming TC ‘The Final Assault’. There are 8 good levels. The graphics and sounds are largely imported from elsewhere and credits are given in the enclosed text file. The resulting blend has come out quite well and the atmosphere of the original game is still there.

28th August 2003: Metal Gear Solid Part Two released
David O’Rafferty has released the second part of ‘Metal Gear Solid’. Similar format to the first set, though the 10 new levels in this one are mostly larger and possibly better designed. 

26th August 2003: PV – Phase II Pics
James has recently updated the PV – Phase II page with a number of new pics.

26th August 2003: S.W.A.T. released
There are 21 levels here, mostly made by the creator program. Although they are obviously predictable, most haven’t come out too badly. There are a number of imported graphics and sounds which blend together well, plus a new title screen. Made by Justin.  Needs the full registered ‘Spear’ set to play.

25th August 2003: New site
Here’s a new Wolf 3D site hosted by Jonathan Storey. There’s lots of info and pics on Wolf3D, Spear and the Lost Eps. There’s also links and downloads sections.

It’s at Jonathan’s Wolfenstein 3D & Spear Of Destiny Site.

25th August 2003: Orb of Ishkar Announced
Whats up from Anti-nazi Software? Here’s the title screen for part 1 of the series Secrets Of The Third Reich ‘Orb of Ishkar’.

There are 4 more TC’s planned for the series… ‘Projeckt Meteorit’ (Project Meteorite in German), ‘Scepter of Shitook’ which takes place in Egypt, ‘Remember that Old Castle’ based on Wolf3D first episode, and one not named yet where you fight not only nazis but zombies. It takes place in castles and crypts and caves.

23rd August 2003: Site update
The site for Dumscheissekopf’s project, ‘Operation: Hundscheisse’ has recently been updated. It now includes a lot of info on the TC’s sequel ‘Hundscheisse 2: The Sequel’.

23rd August 2003: Heretic: Return of D’Sparil Update
Latest news on Wes Desjardins upcoming TC ‘Heretic: Return Of D’Sparil’ is that virtually all graphics and coding are done.

There’s now just 10 out of 30 levels to do.

20th August 2003: Family Spitz! bosses
Here’s a set of Boss pics sent in by Ian Summerfield. ‘Family Spitz!’ will be a 3 part game and it’s supposed to take place during World War II after you defeat Schabbs.

19th August 2003: More Halls of Stonehenge screenshots
Here’s more pics from the upcoming TC ‘Halls Of Stonehenge’. They were sent in by Majik Monkee who tells me there’s just a couple levels and some coding changes left to do.

18th August 2003: Remake released
Ken O’Brien recently returned to the Wolf3D scene and has made a new set of 60 levels. The levels are well designed, especially with the use of the guards. There are also several new wall designs, but the atmosphere and style of the original game is still there, hence the title. Needs the full original Wolf3D game to play.

Ken plans to make a set of levels for Spear too.

18th August 2003: Area 51 released
Luke Strauman has released the final version of ‘Area 51’. There are 11 levels, and from what I played already they look good. There are many new features including teleporting, new ‘readthis’, endart and message screens. The graphics are largely based on Blake Stone.

You can get it from Luke’s site at Wolf 3D Heaven and Hell.

18th August 2003: Metal Gear Solid Part One released
This set from David O’Rafferty has 10 new levels. which are mostly not that large. Virtually all the graphics and title screens, though not the sounds, have been changed. New status bar. The graphic designs look good and as the title suggests, have a distinctive metallic feel. 

18th August 2003: Projekt: Vertilgung (The Original) uploaded
Zach tells me Projekt: Vertilgung (the original) has been uploaded to ModDB for download.

Just in case some of you missed it when it came out, or lost it, or whatever.

You can view it at http://mods.moddb.com/1991/.

16th August 2003: SpongeBobStein Demo released
Ian Summerfield has released a 5 level demo of the upcoming set ‘SpongeBobStein’. Some levels are not that large, but virtually all graphics and sounds have been changed. Another fun set.

14th August 2003: Metal Gear Solid images
David O’Rafferty has sent a set of pics from his upcoming TC ‘Metal Gear Solid’.

14th August 2003: Site update
Ryan Stroup’s website has been updated with several new sections done.

It’s at Wolf3D Central.

13th August 2003: Spongebobstein images
Here’s more images from Ian Summerfield. This time they’re from ‘Spongebobstein’.

13th August 2003: The Golden Episodes/secret scroll
It’s exactly six months since Ariel released his TC ‘The Golden Episodes’.

Ariel has now released more info about the set with a ‘secret scroll’. This contains info on things like cheats, high scores and mapedit data files. 

13th August 2003: Hundscheisse 2: The Sequel announced
Dumscheissekopf has announced the sequel to ‘Operation: Hundscheisse’ that is being designed ‘back to back’ with the original. It is entitled, ‘Hundscheisse 2: The Sequel’ (yes, that’s it’s name!).

It will be released shortly after ‘Operation: Hundscheisse’, which still does not have a release date set.

13th August 2003: The Final Fight maps update
There were some bugs found (missing keys etc) in some levels of ‘The Final Fight’ posted a couple weeks ago. Thanks to Peggy for pointing this out.

I’ve now updated the maps in the full zip, but for those who already have the earlier version there’s a maps only patch. See July 28 news items for more info on this set.

10th August 2003: PV II Update
James gave me the following info about his upcoming TC ‘PV II’:

  • 21 new levels
  • New Weapons with project tiles
  • More than one ammo type
  • Outside atmosphere including lightning following to rain
  • New Items
  • Experience Points (You’ll see when you play it)
  • Sniper scope
  • Weapon bobbing
  • etc..

Zach has since told me they’ve started a section at Mod Database for PVII. It’s at http://mods.moddb.com/1910/.

7th August 2003: News from Bobby Bucksnort
Here’s an email just received from Bobby Bucksnort: “Brian, Its been awhile… I’ve been busy with school… and working for KUJU, {the Co-Developers of Microsoft Train Simulator}, But (I have some news for you)….

There will be a new TC from me in the coming month, Hopefully for an October 1st release.. It will be based on my Grandfather’s set “The Tribute”.. Not a lot of graphics changes, but one 21 level seamless episode and source code changes… it will keep the atmosphere of the original game totally. There is also a Mutantstein Episode to be hopefully released by Halloween, authored by my Grandmother.”cause she wanted something to do”…

Cheers and greetings, Bobby ps….will send you some pics soon…“

6th August 2003: Halls of Stonehenge pics
These screenshots come from the first couple levels of Majik Monkee’s upcoming TC ‘Halls of Stonehenge’.

5th August 2003: Blackfire enemy pics
Here’s a set of descriptions and pics for the enemies featured in the upcoming TC ‘Blackfire’.

They’re from Justin.

5th August 2003: Dome Award/August 2003
This month’s Dome award goes to ToMeanToDie for his TC ‘Kristallnacht’. For more info on this TC see under July 18 news items.

5th August 2003: The Punisher/New TC announced
Majik Monkee has announced his upcoming TC, ‘The Punisher’, based on the Marvel Comic hero. The game will feature all new weapons, hand to hand combat, and new enemies. Currently, the game is scheduled to have 13 levels, but this may change. The Punisher will seek justice in four different missions, each divided into three different levels each, on a mission to face off with the Kingpin himself in a final stage. Right now, there is no projected release date, but work will begin in earnest after ‘Halls of Stonehenge’ is completed.

5th August 2003: Unholy Cathedral enemy pics
Here a set of nine pics Ian Summerfield sent me from his upcoming TC ‘Unholy Cathedral’.

4th August 2003: Heretic: Return of D’Sparil pics
Here’s 3 more pics sent in by Wes Desjardins from his upcoming TC ‘Heretic: Return of D’Sparil’.

There’s now a set of five.

3rd August 2003: Metal Gear Solid images
David O’Rafferty sent a set of images from the upcoming TC ‘Metal Gear Solid’.

3rd August 2003: Wolfenstein 3D Forum name change
The ‘Wolfenstein 3D Forum’ has a new logo and has changed its name to ‘WolferCollage’.

3rd August 2003: Gotterdammerung bug
The ‘Gotterdammerung’ TC released last week does not play on all computers. It seems to play ok on Windows ME, but not always on Windows 98.

There’s been a lot of correspondence on this at DieHard Wolfers on Areyep.com forums (in the ‘Gotterdammerung Finished At Last’ section). Someone has posted a fix there too.

3rd August 2003: Southern Hell released
Here’s another TC from Ian Summerfield with 21 levels, cartoon type graphics and new sounds. Virtually all images have been replaced. New title screens too. Uses the ‘Spear Resurrection’ code as a base. The Hitler Armour is sometimes shootable!

2nd August 2003: Info on Cleopatra
TexZK’s next TC project will be ‘Cleopatra’. Here’s an outline of the story: You are Caesar and the Egyptians don’t want you as their Emperor, so they want to kidnap your wife, Cleopatra. Meanwhile some Romans want to do the same and you must face them, too. You will also adventure into pyramids and tombs; those are rebels’ bunkers. Here you’ll face mummies.

The screenshot you can see shows the very first textures I made (three wall textures and a floor) – don’t worry about weapons and other graphics: it’s because Cleopatra comes directly from TexZK’s story. In fact, there will be new weapons like swords, TRUE bows (this means that they will be fire arrows, like rocket launcher fires missiles), spears and more. I’d like to introduce some RPG elements like accuracy (hits/shots), strength (for weapons carried) and more. To display them all I will reduce fonts on the status bar (or I’ll try to do it).

I want to edit Wolf3D’s palette a bit, but I haven’t got Jasc Paint Shop Pro, so I had to make a program to convert from RIFF palette to Jasc palette. The attached ZIP file contains Asymetrix® BitEdit and PalEdit (for who hasn’t got Jasc PSP), jpal2bin from DarkOne (to convert from Jasc PSP palette to GAMEPAL.OBJ) and my riff2jpal. There’s riff2jpal source in the archive, and it’s under GNU license.

2nd August 2003: Operation: Hundscheisse site
There is a new site for Dumscheissekopf’s project, ‘Operation: Hundscheisse’. It is at Operation: Hundscheisse.

It can also be accessed from the main page of the Halls Of Stonehenge site.

2nd August 2003: Heretic: Return of D’Sparil pics
Here’s a couple pics Wes Desjardins sent in. They’re from his upcoming TC ‘Heretic: Return Of D’Sparil’.

Click on the thumbnail for both pics.

2nd August 2003: Counter-Wolf (Final Version) released
Ryan King has released a final version of ‘Counter-Wolf’. It has 30 levels and tidies things up from the earlier version 1.641.

Ryan’s next project will be ‘Left Behind’.

30th July 2003: Operation: Hundscheisse announced
Here’s some info on a new project called ‘Operation: Hundscheisse’. It’s by Dumscheissekopf and some others. It will feature five levels and follow the story of BJ as he battles to prevent the evil Fett Schwanz from overtaking the free world with his army of genetic dog soldiers and evil mutants. More info will be forthcoming. 

30th July 2003: Gotterdammerung released
Here’s a new TC by Raistlin. It’s title is ‘Gotterdammerung’, and has 8 good levels plus many new graphics and coding features. There are textured ceilings/floors, occasional message screens, weapon movement plus a lot more. The ‘readthis’ menu option doesn’t work yet though. Some levels have pushwalls you need to open to get to the exit, including 2 on the first level. 

Here’s a few things Raistlin mentioned:”If you press B, the game goes into slow-motion until you press B again. If you press keys Q,W,E,R,T, Bj will say stuff. The stuff Bj says isn’t that hot right now, but it’s the first time anyone has done Bj talk.“

29th July 2003: BlackFire images
Justin has sent in a set of images from his upcoming set ‘BlackFire.

29th July 2003: Coldfusion! more images
Here’s the complete set of enemy/boss images for the upcoming set ‘Coldfusion!’ by Ian Summerfield.

28th July 2003: Aliens vs Predators released
Shareware set. There are 5 levels though they are not that extensive. It’s a fun set with cartoon type graphics, a new title screen and status bar. By David O’Rafferty. 

28th July 2003: Coldfusion Info/Pics
Here’s some information and pics from some of the enemies from the upcoming TC ‘Coldfusion!’ by Ian Summerfield.

28th July 2003: The Final Fight released
James Shain has released a new addon called ‘The Final Fight’. It has ten new levels, plus new title screen though I didn’t notice any new graphics. The levels are mostly quite large though often sparsely decorated. 

28th July 2003: Operation: Arctic Wolf title screen
Luke Strauman’s next TC will be ‘Operation: Arctic Wolf’. Click on the thumbnail for the title screen.

There’s more info on Luke’s site at Wolf 3D Heaven And Hell.

25th July 2003: Weapons of Vengeance Demo released
Here’s a 5 level demo of Wolf Skevos-Jones’ upcoming TC ‘Weapons of Vengeance’. Among the features are 10 weapons, fires, landmines. It will be some time before Wolf is able to finish this set, which is why a demo has been released now. Wolf asks that people view the ‘readthis’ file. 

25th July 2003: Southern Hell bosses
More from Ian Summerfield. This time there’s pics of all five ‘Southern Hell’ bosses, plus info on where they are and how to beat them.

This big fat thing is the first big bad thing you meet on level 5 “Skuzzlebutt” and He would be more than happy to share his Picnic baskets of Hell with you!

Boss2: Damien, Appears level 10

He`s the little B*****d from hell and he wants a piece of the great World War II hero that Everyone`s taking about. Your gonna have to Face him sometime BJ!

Boss3: Grandpa, Appears level 15

Well Stan couldn`t kill him, Cartman couldn`t kill him, and Death didn`t want to kill him but he sees you in his future. and that`s a bad thing!

Boss4: Mr. Garrison, Appears level 18 and the secret levels

Yes, the gay teacher is here to put the Smackdown, uh cap on you because you disturbed his class and killed his students, err… or you will on level 18 anyways!

Boss5: Lord Robemin, Appears level 21

Well, you`ve fought off Hitler, the Angel of Death, and Hitlers Spectre I think you can handle him can`t you BJ? or do you just want to play with Mr. Garrison?

25th July 2003: Lord Robemin pics
Ian Summerfield sent in a complete set of pics of Lord Robemin, who is one of the bosses in the upcoming TC ‘Southern Hell’. Click on the thumbnail for the complete set.

23rd July 2003: New Wolf3D web site
Here’s a new Wolf3D web site. It’s by Adam, and has lots of sections including source code, addons, links, maps etc. A few of the sections are not finished off yet but most are done.

22nd July 2003: Super Gayness 3D pics
Leo has sent a set of 5 pics from his upcoming TC ‘Super Gayness 3D’. They include 2 screenshots with textured floor/ceilings. Click on the thumbnail to see the whole set.

22nd July 2003: Monkeystein map errors
I found a number of map errors in the ‘Monkeystein’ set that I posted last week. They were mainly ‘deaf guards’ placed next to doors, making it impossible to pass through.

The full zip has now been updated and posted today.

21st July 2003: Cherrystein title screen
Well, we’ve had Pineapplestein and Monkeystein. Now here is the title screen of another fun set called ‘Cherrystein’. It’s full title is CherryStein 1, Berry Potter the philosopher.

I’ve since received a second pic – one of the bosses. 

20th July 2003: Preview of Project Firestar released
For those interested in how ‘Project Firestar’ is coming along, Guillermo Buteler has released a 2 level preview. These are the first and secret levels from the first episode. There are code changes and some subtle graphics changes but the original feel of the game is still there. Levels are nicely designed. 

For more info on the game, please visit Guillermo’s site at Wolfsite.

18th July 2003: Kristallnacht released
ToMeanToDie has released ‘Kristallnacht’. This TC has 20 very well designed levels. Based on the TFS source code (for which John gives credit to Tris), it has other code changes too. Although most graphics and sounds have been changed, the atmosphere of the original Wolf 3D game remains. All in all, a very good set. 

18th July 2003: Monkeystein released
Ian Summerfield has released ‘Monkeystein’. There are 31 levels, with cartoon type graphics. Many of the levels are not that extensive, but the characters come out well. When the actors’ die they change back to the original Wolf3D characters!! Will suit those who like fun sets. 

18th July 2003: Wolfenstein 3D texturing
Here’s a retexturing project for Wolf3D. It’s by (Win) Elchtest. The goal is to retexture all Wolfenstein 3D textures so they could be used in e.g. ‘NewWolf’. Any artists are welcome to help on improving the quality of the textures. Email elchtest@quake.de.

17th July 2003: Southern Hell enemy images
Ian Summerfield has sent a complete set of enemy images for his upcoming ‘Southern Hell’ TC. The images are – Guard: Stan – Suicide clone: Ike – SS: Cartman – Clone: Kenny – Officer: Kyle – Grau Adler: Grandpa – Hiroshima: Damien – Superclone: Skuzzlebutt – Baron von Schmitt: Mr. Garrison – Yellow Ghost: Chicken F**ker – Hansel Ghost: same as yellow ghost – Angel Ghost: Satan (Duh) – Schabbs Ghost: Mr. Mackey – Fatface Ghost: Ned – Wilhelm Ghost: Chef – Tranz Ghost: Jesus – Gretal Ghost: Mr. Mackey Head.

17th July 2003: ModDB Wolf3D section opens
The Josh tells me ModBD has opened a Wolf3D section. People can submit their tc’s and it allows everyone to give feedback and check all the progress of the tc while their working on it.

Members can also vote on the tc, and choose to modwatch, which contacts them every time an update is made to the tc. The person making the tc, can add preview images to their gallery, and people can view the images, and leave comments about them. it’s all pretty cool and completely free.

You just register as a member, then register your tc. 

14th July 2003: Operation Schutzstaffel info & pics
Justin has sent a number of pics, plus detailed information on the enemies, weapons and bosses from his upcoming TC ‘Operation Schutzstaffel’.

Name-Security Guard

Weaponry-Beretta

Armor-none

Description-These are the first enemies you’ll encounter. They carry standard issue Berretas but have no armor. There main purpose is to patrol and keep a watch for intruders. They are very easy to kill.

Name- Scientist

Weapon- Lab tool

Armor- none

Description- These are the guys that helped build the Resurrecting portal. Scientist are rarely found walking around the halls and are mostly found working behind a lab table. They have no combat experience but are very fast runners.

Name- SS

Weaponry- MP40

Armor- World War 2 armored vest

Description- These guys again? Come on! The Machine gun toting SS are back and ready for revenge. They want to kill BJ more than anything else. Since he’s past away, they’re gunning for you now. Be warned, taking on this guy is like jumping off a 50 story building.

Name- Fake scientist

Weaponry- Beretta

Armor- Flack Jacket

Description- These trained military comando’s are wearing lab coats to disguise themselves.You can tell them apart from the normal scientist by their usual patrol and they don’t carry a clipboard. They are used like security guards in the labs.

Name- High Security guard

Weaponry- Magnum with scope

Armor- Flack Jacket

Description- These guys are mostly on the upper levels of Powel’s base, and a good thing to. These guards will stop at nothing to take you down. Being Pistol marksmen they have an amazing shot. They can shoot an apple out of a tree over 80 yards away!

WEAPONS

Name-Punch

Description- Your fist. You use it when you’re out of ammo. What else is there to say?

Name- Beretta

Description- This pistol is used throughout the world by the army, law enforcement and even terrorists. It is kind of slow but has pretty good power.

Name- MP40

Description- This machine gun is the weapon of the SS. Once you kill an SS you can pick it up from his body. It has the power as the Beretta but has incredible speed.

Name- JL- 40

Description- Powel’s experimental gun. The JL-40 also called The Ripper is a super fast, super powerful, double barreled laser canon that is the best weapon in the game and by far the coolest!

BOSSES

Name- Defense Robot

Weaponry-Arm mounted dual laser pistols

Armor- Metal body

Description- This Iron Giant was created by Dr. Powel and guards the entry to the main floors. He’s programmed to do one thing kill anything that tries to get to the elevator. He’s a tough one but will eventually give up the gold (key).

Name- Cyborg

Weaponry- Laser cannon and missle launcher

Armor- Stainless steel body

Description- Like the Robot, the Cyborg was created by Dr. Powel. Unlike the Robot, the Cyborg has hands, a brain and is a much harder boss all together. the cyborg is a smart ruthless enemie that doesn’t feel pain (well not much).

He guards the entrance to the labs.

Name- Dr. J. Powel

Weaponry- Silenced UZI and upgraded JL-40

Armor- Armored lab uniform

Description- Powel is in the labs and unaware of your presents when you first find him. he then picks up his silenced UZI and his new experimental weapon. Powel is a tough enemy and has a darn good aim for a scientist. He guards the entrance of the upper floors where you must find and destroy Gen. Shutzstaffel!

Name- General Erich Shutzstaffel

Weaponry- Chaingun and Mortar launcher

Armor- Hidden experimental vest made by the Doc

Description- This is it, the final battle (or so you think). It’s time to waste the leader of the dreaded SS. He may be from the past but he carries modern day weapons. You’ll have to be a top notch soldier to dodge all of the General’s bullets and mortar shells. Powel also managed to bring the Spear of Destiny back.It’s hidden in a locked room and the key belongs to the General

FINAL BOSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Name- Gate keeper

Weaponry- Spear of Destiny

Armor- none but he’s a zombie so of course he’ll be strong

Description- The spears a fake all it did was take you down to Hell. The Gate Keeper will use it to fight you off so be warned!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks to you Wolf3D makers out there for your great graphics!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

14th July 2003: Heretic: Return of D’Sparil announced
Wes Desjardins next TC will be ‘Heretic: Return Of D’Sparil’. There’ll be the following features:

  • 30 new levels
  • Medieval setting
  • New Graphics
  • New code changes
  • Textured ceiling and floor
  • New Exit Screens

13th July 2003: Grand Theft Auto III released
David has released a new shareware add-on called ‘Grand Theft Auto III’. There are 3 grid type levels, and most graphics have been changed. The actors are now automobiles!! New title screen. Good for those who like fun sets. 

13th July 2003: Spongebobstein images
Ian Summerfield has sent in a set of images from his upcoming TC ‘Spongebobstein’.

The white officer is still to come but here are the others:

  • Guard: Mr. Krabs Clone
  • Dog: Gary Clone
  • SS: UberPatrick Superclone
  • Mutant: Patrick Clone
  • Ghost: TV
  • Hansel: Plankton
  • Schabbs: Nazi Fritz (from a wolfendoom add-on Op: Reigngold)
  • Fake hitler: Spongebob Clone
  • Hitler: Eddy (from Ed, Edd,`n`Eddy)
  • Otto: Squidward
  • Gretal: Mind controlled Patrick
  • Fatface: Ed (from Ed, Edd,`n`Eddy)

12th July 2003: New Wolf3D website
Wes Desjardins has a new website. It’s at The Wolf Pack.

Wes has also issued a new midi file called Farewell.

11th July 2003: Wolfenstein Forum
Response to the new Wolfenstein Forum has been good and at the last count there were 25 members.

11th July 2003: Southern Hell images
Ian Summerfield has sent in a number of actor images from his upcoming TC ‘Southern Hell’. Click on the thumbnail to see the complete set.

10th July 2003: Floedit 2 bug removed
Flo has issued a new version of Floedit 2, as the earlier 2.0.0.4 version had a bug in the map editor display. (The top line was missing). This new version is Floedit 2.0.0.5. Also available is a patch, for those who’ve already downloaded Floedit 2.0.0.4.

9th July 2003: JLB’s Wolfenstein 3D Place
This new Wolf3D website is well presented and has projects info, downloads, links etc. Coming soon is an awards page. By John Burnett III.

9th July 2003: Giftenstein Add-on announced
Andrew Huet is making a new add-on called ‘Giftenstein’. Features will include:

  • 60 levels
  • Source code changes

8th July 2003: Dome Awards Page now working
I finally completed the ‘Dome Awards’ page. All awards have been listed and there are links to each add-on. This still leaves a few other add-ons pages to be done and hopefully these will be completed soon.

7th July 2003: Floedit 2 released
Flo has released Floedit 2. It been available for a little while now but has not been mentioned here before.

Also available from the same site are a Screen Editor and a Font Editor.

7th July 2003: Kristallnacht/New TC announced
ToMeanToDie tells me he’s making a new TC called ‘Kristallnacht’. The story begins on 9 November 1938. The Nazi Storm Troopers (SA) started relocating a community in a night that was remembered as Kristallnacht (Broken Crystal or Night of Broken Glass). There’ll be 20 levels, plus a number of graphics and code changes including helpart/endart. Expected release date is late July or August.

7th July 2003: New Wolfenstein Forum
Here’s a new Wolfenstein Forum. It’s hosted by Skoiler. It’s brand new – set up only yesterday. There are many sections. Please visit it and register.

4th July 2003: Halls of Stonehenge information site
Majik Monkee has a new site which serves as an online manual for his upcoming TC ‘Halls of Stonehenge’. Still in its early stages, it features some cool animated GIFs from the TC and lots of info about enemies, weapons, items, etc. 

3rd July 2003: Dalek War 2087AD enemy images
Here’s a few enemy images from Dalek War 2087AD. They Include 2 Bosses – The Artillery Hulk Dalek, and The Dalek’s Creator, Davros, and 2 ordinary Daleks. Sent in by Paul Stone.

3rd July 2003: Yodastein new TC announced
Here’s an email from Majik Monkee: “Greetings! This is Matt (Majik Monkee), and I’d like to announce “Yodastein” (I’d thought about naming it after ol’ Ben Kenobi, but “BenStein” invokes flashbacks of ultra-dull Visine commercials and Comedy Central shows)…

This will be a Star Wars (my first love) based TC, featuring super deformed characters from “Yoda Stories”, most of whom feature only two frames of animation not counting “deaths”. You are Luke Skywalker (also super deformed), and must rescue Yoda from the Empire. Features will include:

  • All new enemies from Star Wars (super deformed)
  • All new weapons, also from Star Wars, including lightsaber and (Force?)
  • Unknown number of levels (hopefully known by time of release)
  • New sound effects
  • New textures
  • New status bar including full-body Luke portrait
  • Cool bosses (Vader, Bobba Fett, IG-88, and more!)
  • New ending and in-between level art
  • No blood whatsoever (that may not be a plus, but hey…)
  • Plus whatever else we can come up with!…

So far, design is in the most primitive stages. No levels have been started yet (my least favorite part!) and if any brave soul would be interested in contributing there, let me know. This is a SOD conversion, and ideally, I’m after 18 levels. Also, I am looking for some help with coding (to be posted in the Artist Archive). . The images are prototypes… weapons and some editing not yet added).“

3rd July 2003: Shadow of Stonehenge Announced
Majik Monkee tells me he’ll be making a sequel to his upcoming TC ‘The Halls of Stonehenge’. New features will include:

  • Some new bosses, and new enemy guard, the ‘gunslinger’
  • New story line picking up where HOS leaves off
  • 18 levels tentatively
  • New weapon, ‘sword’, and possibly others (tba)
  • New textures
  • Much, much more…

2nd July 2003: Counter-Wolf v1.641 Released
Here’s another update from Ryan King for his ‘Counter-Wolf TC. This version has 31 levels, a new title screen and status bar etc. 

2nd July 2003: Dome Award/July 2003
This month’s Dome award goes to Ian Skevos-Jones for his TC ‘Quest For The Amulet’. For more info on this TC see under June 9 news items.

28th June 2003: Halls of Stonehenge Update
Majik Monkee (Matt Merrill) tells me his upcoming TC ‘The Halls Of Stonehenge’ will now have source code changes. They’ll be announced later, but meanwhile a set of pics have been released. See news item listed 24th June for more info.

27th June 2003: Predator released
Here’s a new TC from Wes DesJardins. It’s called ‘Predator’, has 20 good levels, plus many graphics, sounds and code changes. It all blends together quite well. 

27th June 2003: New Wolf3D Site
Jacob Rodgers has a new Wolf3D website. There are a number of sections. It’s at Jacob Rodgers Wolf3D Site.

25th June 2003: Snoobler Wars Update
Ross Williams is making a new TC called ‘Snoobler Wars’. It’s based on a bunch of animals Ross made up as a joke. Some code modifications will be:

  • Stronger dogs
  • Schabbs will be a non-game-terminating standard enemy with low health
  • More ammo
  • Helpart and Endart will be new

Ross’s other game, ‘Heart of Darkness’, will be out by July 4th when the levels are done (so far about 40% are complete).

25th June 2003: Counter-Wolf New Version (v1.06b) released
Ryan King has issued a new version of ‘Counter-Wolf’. There are 2 extra levels, making 22 in all, plus a new title screen. 

25th June 2003: Dungeon Cephalis New Version (v0.51) released
Amirtes has released a new version 5.1 of ‘Dungeon Cephalis’. There are now 10 new levels, plus a new status bar etc.

Amirtes tells me this project is now terminated, but he’s currently working on a new one called ‘Debauchery!’. It will feature some popular icons such as Emeril Lagasse as well as some very random ideas. The Debauchery project is scheduled for release in later September.

24th June 2003: The Halls of Stonehenge Update
Matt Merrill sent me the following info on his upcoming TC ‘The Halls of Stonehenge’:

“Greetings! I’d like to announce the forthcoming release of the conversion I have been working on, “Wolfenstein: The Halls of Stonehenge”. It features the following:

  • enemies from “Blood” (fanatics, gargoyles, axe zombies, grim reapers)
  • new weapon visuals (pitchfork, shotgun, tommy gun, “auto shotgun”)
  • edited status bar and BJ portrait (stubble added)
  • new sounds for most enemies etc.
  • 18 (tentative) levels
  • five new bosses
  • new title screen/ending art
  • lengthy intro story (separate file currently)
  • almost all new wall textures (from “Blood”), pickups, and other sprites
  • same old everything else

While vacationing in England, BJ is sent on a dangerous mission into previously undiscovered catacombs beneath the Stonehenge monument, in an effort to locate and destroy an inter-dimensional portal used by the ancient druids, and now the Nazis themselves…

Currently, the only planned coding change is the addition of the optional crosshair when firing, so I’m not sure yet if it’s going to be a TC or an add on yet. Things are going well, though, and it should be ready for initial release soon. Thanks.“

22nd June 2003: RESIDENT EVIL R.E.P.R.I.S.E. Update
Here’s news from Jakub Hierowski, regarding his upcoming addon RESIDENT EVIL R.E.P.R.I.S.E. The addon will be set in the world known from Resident Evil games. Here are the features:

  • 5 weapons (pistol, shotgun, M4, rocket launcher)
  • 6 bosses
  • Polish readme
  • 40 levels
  • New title screen
  • New enemies (zombies, commandos, etc)
  • Much more…

Already implemented are: menu, readme, enemies and weapons models. Thanks to Kuki for forwarding this info.

22nd June 2003: Dalek War 2087AD update
Paul Stone has sent more info on his upcoming TC ‘Dalek War 2087AD’. Mods include the 3rd and 4th guns, the 3rd being the Inferno ADM (Anti-Dalek Machinegun) and the 4th, the Tornado PEMSC (Portable Experimental Storm Cannon). There’s also a changed the menu bar with new fonts and numbers, and a modified face of the game’s hero.

Soon to come will be the first two weapons, a 30,000 volt hand Taser and a High powered Raptor Magnum Pistol. Also, a number of code changes including an In-game story and Help, and hopefully Seamless level progression.

The screenshot shows a Supreme Dalek (not a real enemy yet, shown for cosmetic purposes) being attacked with the Improved Inferno ADM.

21st June 2003: Trench Warfare Site
Josh has a new site with lots of info and pics from his upcoming TC ‘Trench Warfare’. One of the pics is shown below. The site is at Trench Warfare.

21st June 2003: Message From JJ
JJ sent me the following message concerning the next update for his ‘JJStein: Resurrection’ TC:

“Hello this is JJ. I’m putting in new music so it may take awhile for the next release of jjres CHOW! 🙂“.

21st June 2003: Wolf3D – TexZK’s Story/Version 0.8 released
This updated version from TexZK has 10 new levels on episode 5, plus some bug fixes for the earlier episodes. You also get a choice of English or Italian menu’s. Here’s a pic from the opening level on episode 5.

21st June 2003: Second Dome Award/June 2003
Kuki has been given a Dome Award for his add-on ‘Secrets of the Grauburg Dungeons’. The atmosphere created in the set is outstanding, and again from Kuki there is good level design. The manual is very well written too. See under June 16 for more info and the download. As it’s the second time Kuki has won this award, it’s been specially designed this time.

21st June 2003: Predator pics
Wes DesJardins has sent 2 more pics from his upcoming TC ‘Predator’.

21st June 2003: Tex ZK’s Web
Tex ZK’s site has been updated. There are both Italian and English versions, and has news on an updated version of ‘Wolf 3D – TexTK’s Story’, plus news of a new upcoming add-on. For those who can speak Italian, there’s also a source code section.

16th June 2003: Heart of Darkness test released
Ross Williams has issued the test version of his upcoming TC “Heart of Darkness”.The first level has a small test level with a new actor and boss, plus some new weapon designs. There are a few other levels at the start of some later episodes. Ross welcomes any comments, and also asks if anyone would like to help with the character sprites. Ross can be emailed at evangelion_203@yahoo.com.


16th June 2003: Secrets of the Grauburg Dungeons released
Here’s a shareware set released by Kuki. There are 10 well designed levels and most graphics have been changed. The predominantly grey colouring looks good, and the original ‘feel’ of the game still remains. There’s a well written manual included in the zip.

16th June 2003: Misja Jakuba Hierowskiego
Kuki forwarded me this demo which was made by Jakub Hierowski. There are 7 mostly small levels though they are adequately decorated. There’s also a new vswap, but only the weapons are changed. Would suit those who prefer the original game.

15th June 2003: Dalek War 2081AD update

Paul Stone has an upcoming mod based on the BBC TV show ‘Doctor Who’. It’s set on an ill-fated military space cruiser heading for the war-ravaged planet Skaro, when it is attacked by the inhabitants of Skaro – The emotionless and evil Daleks. You, the one survivor, must fight your way off the cruiser, through the Skaro wastelands and to the Dalek Headquarters for a final
showdown.

15th June 2003: Operation: Gtyuu released
Jacob Rodgers has issued a final version of ‘Operation: Gtyuu’. This version has 17 levels, all of the first episode and most of the second.

11th June 2003: Dome Award/June 2003
This month’s Dome Award goes to TexZK for his TC ‘Wolf3D – TexZK’s Story’. This is the first TC to utilize rain/snow features. It’s also a very good ‘all round’ TC. See under May 1st, for fuller details and the download.

11th June 2003: TC update delays
My apologies to those who recently sent me updated versions of their add-ons. With the Dome News being down for a while things have gotten behind somewhat. One add-on in particular waiting to be looked at is ‘Operation: Gtyuu’. Hopefully, this will be checked out within a couple days. Another, ‘Counter-Wolf’ has just been reissued – see below.

11th June 2003: Predator title screen
Here’s the title screen for Wes DesJardins’ upcoming TC ‘Predator’.

11th June 2003: Counter-Wolf released (v1.06)
Ryan King has updated his TC ‘Counter-Wolf’. There are now 20 levels (10 more than in the previous version). The standard of the new levels is at least as good as the first 10. 

9th June 2003: Kehlsteinhaus released
A year in the making, there are 30 high quality seamless levels here, plus many graphics, sounds and code changes. There’s good use of the guards, it’s well decorated and the ‘read this’ is particularly well done. By ToMeanToDie.

9th June 2003: New Wolf3D/Spear group
Here’s a new Yahoo group for Wolf3D. It was formed by Jonathan Storey and is called The Ultimate Wolfenstein 3D & Spear Of Destiny Group.

9th June 2003: Quest for the Amulet released
Wolf Skevos-Jones’s younger brother, Ian, has just finished his very first add-on. It’s a Spear TC (21 levels) called ‘Quest for the Amulet.’ Wolf helped with the source code and some other things. MCS also helped with the code.

The game takes place in both Germany and Egypt. In the story, BJ must stop the Nazis from getting an Egyptian artifact known as the Amulet of Anubis.

Ian decided to do his add-on in a style similar to Laz Rojas’ WolfenDOOM TCs. As such, there are lots of graphics and sounds from WolfenDOOM (with Laz’s permission).

9th June 2003: JJ’s page updated
JJ’s Wolf3D Page has recently been updated with a new background, plus a number of new sections.

9th June 2003: New Luftwaffe team member
Jacob Rodgers tells me he’s joined Alex Brosseau and Erick Frost in their team. He’ll be creating maps for ‘The Luftwaffe’, and all their other TC’s.

9th June 2003: JJStein Ressurection updated
JJ has released an updated version of the TC ‘JJStein: Resurrection’. No new levels, but some have been changed. The vswap has been changed too.

3rd June 2003: Dawn of the Dead: Hell on Earth released
Wes DesJardins latest TC has 10 good levels and 6 weapons. New music has been added, plus lots of graphic and code changes. It’s a difficult set to beat, partly because of the lack of ammo at times.

2nd June 2003: Battlestein 3D new pics
John Burnett has redesigned the title screen and status bar etc for his upcoming ‘TC Battlestein 3D’.

1st June 2003: Operation: Gtyuu updated
Jake Rodgers has sent the following 2 pics from his upcoming TC ‘Operation: Gtyuu’. A number of new graphics have been added, including a new title screen.

31st May 2003: Sam’s Anything Board
Sam Feichter has a new forums board. It’s got sections for many games including Mortal Kombat, Grand Theft Auto and Super Mario etc. There is, of course, a section for Wolf 3D too!! 

26th May 2003: Kehlsteinhaus update

John Loftis has been working on a conversion for Wolfenstein 3D. With the help of the Diehardwolfers forum and numerous tutorials this is what’s been completed so far:

  • 30 Levels completed
  • 16 Extra Walls
  • New and Modified Wall Graphics
  • Changed Ceiling Colors
  • New Doors, Extra Doors
  • 2 Extra Keys
  • 12 Extra Static Objects
  • New and Modified Wav Files

The story is based on the hideaway of Hitler (Kehlsteinhaus) which the Allies called the Eagle Nest. If anyone wants to beta test it they can e-mail John at tomeantodie@yahoo.com. The present modifications should be completed within 7-10 days.

24th May 2003: Wolfback update

Here’s an update from Sockdude on his upcoming TC ‘Wolfback’. He’s hoping to release it sometime this year, maybe in the summer. Here’s a list of features included so far:

  • Max health increased to 150%
  • Max ammo increased to 200
  • 16 levels
  • Dog replaced with patrol trooper
  • Changed menu color
  • Enabled “Read this!” and “Endart”
  • New exit messages
  • Textured Ceilings and Floors
  • New graphics, sounds, and maps

23rd May 2003: SWS 3D cancelled
Justin tells me ‘SWS 3D’ is cancelled (due to PC problems). He’s now planning an upcoming TC called ‘Operation Schutzstaffle’.

23rd May 2003: Kreml 3D pic
Here’s a pic sent in by Zach Higgins. It shows a prototype status bar for the upcoming TC ‘Kreml 3D’.

21st May 2003: New Wolf3D Site
Ryan King (who recently made ‘Counter-Wolf’) has started a new Wolf3D site. 

19th May 2003: Counter-Wolf released
Ryan King has released his TC ‘Counter-Wolf’. There are 10 new levels, plus many brand new graphics changes, and code changes. Also, a new title screen and help/endart.

15th May 2003: Kreml 3D pics
Zach Higgins has sent a set of 3 pics from ‘Kreml 3D’. Zach has rejoined the team creating ‘Kreml 3D’ and is helping with graphics and (possibly… if they need it) maps. The status bar is completely original (all original textures) as well as the flamethrower. Zach is also helping with some textures, including the hammer and sickle shown in the screen below. The AK (both status bar image and firing sprite are completely original and the flag is created from a flag found online).

15th May 2003: Fraggerstein demo released
There are 10 new levels here, mostly on the first 2 episodes. There’s a large maze on e1l2, but many of the other levels are smaller. Some graphics and title screen changes. By Topfragger.  Here’s a new episode one boss.

13th May 2003: Operation Ubermutant released
Here’s a set from Matte Software which was made before ‘Wolfen-terror’. The levels vary quite a lot in size. Many of the graphics are from ‘Lost Episodes’. New title screen. Here’s a pic of the level three boss.

11th May 2003: Firestar update
Here’s some info from Guillermo Buteler about his upcoming TC ‘Project FireStar’. Work is underway on the test level, which may end up being the first level of the final release. There’s also been a few changes to some graphics. More info on the project is available at Guillermo’s site at Wolfsite.

10th May 2003: CFDB VGA released
Codetech recently created a revamp of his old CFDB program. The program’s bitmap skins can be customized.

9th May 2003: Operation: Gtyuu released
Jake Rodgers has released the first 10 levels of ‘Operation:Gtyuu’. Only the maps and title screen have been changed. There are lots of pushwalls (some are hard to find), and it’s mostly more difficult to play than the original game.

8th May 2003: JJStein Resurrection updated
JJ’s latest TC has been updated with 4 more levels (there are now 10), plus there’s a new boss, title screen, status bar and batch file.

8th May 2003: ChaosEdit beta test
Here’s an email from Ripper concerning ‘ChaosEdit’:

“In ten days, on May the 18th of 2003, it’s time for a first beta test of our revolutionary Wolfenstein 3D editor ChaosEdit, which will also support other games based on this engine like Blake Stone and Corridor 7.

Here’s a small feature list:

  • Normal map editing with up to 500 maps
  • 3D-Editor for adding details in the texture structure of the map (uses game graphics; you can run through your map and give walls textures with your mouse by clicking on the walls
  • Wall texture, sprite and graphics editor (including automatic color format conversions)
  • Font editor
  • Sound editor (including automatic sample and bit rate conversions to Wolf format)
  • Quit screen editor

The first beta test, we’re about to start, will focus on the map editor part (including the 3D-Editor), so the other editors won’t let you edit anything, but will let you view the stuff so far.

But we still need beta testers, who can support us with detailed bug reports of any bugs they find and give us suggestions to make things better.

So if you’re interested, please send an email containing your system-configuration (video mode, screen size and color mode, Windows version, processor and memory (RAM)) to chaosware@lycos.de.

Thanks

Ripper”

7th May 2003: Gotterdammerung update
Gerry Westenberg is working on an upcoming TC ‘Gotterdammerung’. It will feature BJ talk (like Duke talk), textured floors and ceilings, and new weapons/graphics. Also, possible true ambient sounds and a new status bar.

6th May 2003: Nuklearer Wahnsinn
Alex Brosseau has sent me a rather lengthy list of new features that’ll be in his upcoming TC ‘Nuklearer Wahnsinn’:

  • Textured Floors and Ceilings
  • Seamless levels progression
  • New menu color with a background
  • New Exit and Error Messages
  • Helpart and Endart Added
  • Non-Shareware Notice restored
  • New PG-13 screen with new background color
  • Boss DeathCam Removed
  • Changed Cheat Code
  • Maximum Ammo and Health Increased
  • New Intermission Screen Color (Grey)
  • New “In-Game” Screen Border Color (Grey)
  • Changed Signon Screen
  • 2 New Keys (Blue Key and Key Card with icons on the StatusBar)
  • Debug Keys Removed
  • Different colored locked doors (Gold Key Match with the Gold Door…)
  • Armor added in the game with 3 Armor Items
  • New Life Items (Hot Meal, Big MedKit (give you 200% health))
  • New Guns (Silenced Pistol, StenSMG, Sniper Rifle, Rocket Launcher)
  • Landmine added
  • Toxic Green Puddle added
  • New Sounds added
  • 9mm Ammo box added (normal ammo)
  • 0.50 Caliber Ammo added (small and big box)
  • Rifle Ammo added (clip and box)
  • Rocket ammo added (Rocket and Rocket box)
  • Pistol, Machine Gun and the Silenced Pistol use 9mm Bullet
  • Chaingun uses 0.50 Caliber Bullet
  • StenSMG and Sniper Rifle use Rifle Bullet
  • Rocket Launcher uses Rocket
  • New Enemy Added
  • Death Artefact Added
  • God Mode Artefact Added
  • Damage Flash Removed when in God Mode
  • Teleporter Added
  • You will no longer get a lower weapon when getting a higher one
  • Falling Pillar Added

Well, a lot of features there!!

5th May 2003: Projekt Vertilgung patch
James Ingham has sent me a patch for ‘Projekt: Vertilgung’ (version 1.3). It includes the following:

  • Secret Levels Fixed
  • Intermission after Level 10 removed
  • Full Screen Size
  • Helpart edited a bit
  • some other bugs removed…

5th May 2003: Meteo alternative maps posted
Here’s an alternative set of levels for Wes DesJardins TC ‘Meteo’. They were made by Johnathan. There are 3 episodes with 5 good levels in each. Quite an enjoyable set.

4th May 2003: Dome awards for May 2003
This month’s Dome Awards go to Executor for ‘The Road To Despair’ and Wes DesJardins for ‘Wolfenstein: Resurrection’. Executor’s TC is very good with the placement of the guards and Wes’s TC is a very good ‘all round’ TC.

1st May 2003: Hell Beneath released
This set is the sequel to ‘Wolfenstein: Resurrection’. Made by Wes DesJardins (Wolf Skevos-Jones also contributed), the first few levels are outdoors. The action then takes place inside. There are 18 well designed levels, mostly quite extensive, plus many new graphics, sounds and code changes.

1st May 2003: Tutorials update
Three new tutorials have been added. They are:

  • Adding a Back Pack Item (like in Doom) – Joe
  • Change the Player Speed by the Chosen Weapon – Tex ZK
  • Run With Stamina – Tex ZK

1st May 2003: Secret Weapons of the Wehrmacht (Final Version) released
Ross Williams has released the final version of ‘Secret Weapons of the Wehrmacht’. There are 8 good levels plus assorted new graphics and sounds.This is the last of Ross’s shareware TC’s (his future TC’s will be for the full version). 

1st May 2003: TexZK’s Story released
I just received this TC today and haven’t played it all yet. So far it looks pretty good. It’s by TexZK and there are 4 episodes (not sure how many levels yet). There are many good effects using ceiling/floor textures and falling rain/snow etc. For me, the falling snow on the episode 4 opening level works especially well. The menu is in Italian, but is basically the same one as in the original game. (For yes, press ‘s’ for si – no is still the same ‘n’).

29th April 2003: PG’s Wolf3D site revamped
Patrick Gray has revamped his site. There’s also a message on there regarding the future of the site. It’s at PG’s Wolf 3D.

29th April 2003: Alexandre Brosseau’s Wolf3D Site updated
Several sections on Alexandre Brosseau’s site have been updated. It’s at Alexandre Brosseau’s Wolf3D Site.

27th April 2003: DOS Box
For those who have had problems running Wolf3D with Windows XP etc, here’s a DOS emulator that could help. It’s at DOS Box.

24th April 2003: Hidden Danger title screen
Here’s the latest title screen Zach Higgins sent me for his upcoming TC ‘Hidden Danger’.

24th April 2003: PG’s Wolf3D site updated
Patrick Gray has updated his site and tells me an announcement about the site’s future will be posted there next Monday (April 28). It’s at PG’s Wolf 3D.

24th April 2003: Secret Weapons of the Wehrmacht v0.9 Beta released
Here’s a beta version of Ross Williams’ upcoming set ‘Secret Weapons Of The Wehrmacht’. There are 3 well designed levels thus far, plus some graphics, sounds and title screen changes. The original feel of the game remains. Please send any suggestions (during the next few days) for the final version to Ross at evangelion_203@yahoo.com.

23rd April 2003: Wolf3D Shareware VGA Version
Chris Chokan sent me this pre 1.0 version of shareware Wolf3D. It’s interesting in that several of the objects and portraits are not as developed as in the 1.0 version. There are also some differences in the maps, especially level 10. There are some bugs – the pushwall action is weird and you can’t access level 10 from the secret elevator in level 1 (though it’s on a supplied saved game). Also, I played it in Windows 98 and had to reboot when I finished the game (due to a problem with sound). There’s a ‘read this’ option from the menu and Chris has added his comments to this! 

22nd April 2003: More team members needed
Topfragger tells me ‘3d Arts Software’ has four members so far. They still need people who can do the following:

  • An experienced wolf3d source code hacker
  • A good level designer
  • Someone who can add new weapons to the Wolf3d engine
  • Someone who knows how to change ceiling colours and make them textured

Anyone is allowed to join. They are planning on making a hit Wolf3d game. Topfragger’s email is topfragger@hotmail.com.

20th April 2003: TRTD (The Road to Despair) Final Version released
This is the final version of TRTD v1.0 (The Road To Despair), released by Executor. It now has 48 levels (the previous version had 29). Requires a copy of Totengraeber II to play.

20th April 2003: Mr. Lowe’s Wolf3D Page/Add-ons sections change
Please note there are now separate pages for TC’s, and for add-ons that need the registered set to play. The old full Wolf3D add-ons page was a rather hefty 130Kb and I had complaints concerning loading times. An extra link has been added to the main pages links (the full Wolf3D add-ons are now listed as TC’s and Registered Levs). Mr. Lowe’s Wolfenstein 3-D Page.

19th April 2003: Wolfenstein: Resurrection released
Wes DesJardins has released ‘Wolfenstein: Resurrection’. There are 20 good levels, plus many graphics, sounds and source code changes. The first level is mainly outdoors. Alex Brosseau and Wolf Skevos-Jones also contributed. 

19th April 2003: Wolfenstein3D Ross Site
This new Wolf3D site by Ross Williams has a lot of info on upcoming sets. You can also download most of Ross’s add-ons. It’s at Wolfenstein3D Ross Site.

19th April 2003: Team crew needed
Topfragger sent me the following email:

“Team crew needed for 3d Arts Software. I need people to join – if anyone is interested, please email me. Thanks.

– Topfragger.“

Topfragger’s email is topfragger@hotmail.com.

19th April 2003: Secret Weapons of the Wehrmacht update
Ross Williams sent me some pics (including the title screen) from his upcoming shareware add-on. New weapons graphics include the Luger P08, a new knife, a new MP40 graphic and a MkB42(H) assault rifle to replace the chaingun. Boss graphics are replaced with a modified zombie. The game will have at least 6 levels, probably more.

You can see both pics here.

19th April 2003: Sod Reborn released
Here’s an alternative vswap for the full Spear set. Put together by ‘The Man Who Knows’, most of the graphics are other peoples (though I remember permission being given in posts on the DHW Forums, and credits are mentioned in the enclosed text file). Ideal for Spear sets that have no new graphics. 

17th April 2003: BJ’s Last Mission released
This add-on is the first by George Warren. There are 60 mostly new levels. Many of the graphics are from Spear and some I’ve not seen before. The devil ‘statue’ now moves around! Mostly it all blends together quite well, though there are odd walls that look out of place at times. 

16th April 2003: Wolfenstein: Resurrection pic
Here’s a pic Wes DesJardins sent me. It’s from his upcoming TC ‘Wolfenstein: Resurrection’.

14th April 2003: Iraqi Blitzkrieg update
Here’s some pics I received from Scheissgeist. They are mugshots of some of the bosses you’ll encounter in Iraqi Blitzkrieg. They may change later. They’re based on Saddam Hussein, Chemical Ali (the man responsible for Iraq’s WMD projects) and General Hidjur Salami (Saddam’s most dangerous general).

Message from Scheissgeist:

“Anyone who would like to contribute to the project should e-mail me at stnmarsh@aol.com with the subject line “Iraqi Blitzkrieg.” Please note that this project does not favor either side of the pro-war/anti-war argument, because politics should stay out of fun.

–Scheissgeist “

14th April 2003: New project
Here’s an email from Joe concerning his new project:

“A friend of mine, Seth, and I have started coding and graphical work on a new project. One which is still unnamed as of yet. In this project, I will be doing most of the code work and some of the mapping, while Seth does the artwork and the rest of the map works.

I’d like to inform you that Assault on Castle Totenhammer is NOT canceled as one may have expected if I’m working on a new project.

On the subject of AoT, I have been working some more on the code. I said I’d stop, but I really don’t like making maps. So, I have done a few improvements on the AI. Usually there is that pesky made noise thing in the code that guards react to. Well, that’s still there, but there are a few modifications. Like if you’re using the knife or Sten and a guard spots you, he, instead of the usual sound, produces a sound that shows he was unprepared or caught off guard, and does not alert other guards. But if the player is using an unsilenced weapon, then he makes a normal sound and alerts other guards. That’s just one of the several things I’ve done.

I also added a ‘poison’ status. If the player walks over a pool of some sort of poisonous stuff (loss of creative wording there..) the player will become poisoned. In this state, the player looses a certain amount of health at certain intervals of time until he locates a medical kit.

There are other ‘cool’ things coming yet, so I’ll continue to keep you posted. -Joe- “

13th April 2003: Star Warstein 3D/more pics
Justin and his brother Jason have been working on the weapons and some other Items. Here are pictures of their new pistol – the Blaster, new chaingun – the Rapid Fire Blaster Cannon (or R.F.B.C.), new 1UP, healing Items and a stormtrooper.

13th April 2003: Wolfenfrag site
Here’s another new Wolf3D site. It’s by Topfragger and is at Wolfenfrag.

13th April 2003: Dome Award/April 2003
This month’s Dome award goes to Wolf Skevos-Jones for ‘Operation: Heimzahlung’. Once again, Wolf has produced an add-on combining good level design with good graphics, sounds, and code changes. While the game has a gigantesque “work in progress” – feeling to it, we think it definitely deserves the award.

13th April 2003: Project Manager bug fixed
Codetech has fixed a small bug in his Project Manager program (which was first released Mar 12). 

12th April 2003: JJ’s new site
JJ has a new Wolf3D site, though there’s not a lot there yet. It’s at JJ’s Wolf3D Page.

12th April 2003: Colonial Marines update
The Alien Fan tells me ‘Colonial Marines’ is coming along nicely and should be out soon.

12th April 2003: Star Warstein 3D update
Justin’s upcoming TC will be called ‘Star Warstein 3D’. Justin’s brother (Jason) is now going to help out with the project. Instead of guards there will be Imperial guards with high powered blasters. The SS will now be StormTroopers carrying stormtrooper laser rifles. The new Bosses will be Boba Fett, Jabba the Hutt, Stormtrooper General in a Robot and of course Darth Vadar. Below are pictures of the stormtrooper laser rifle and the Light Dagger (to replace the knife).

10th April 2003: JJStein: Resurrection/new version posted
There are 3 more levels (now 6), plus a number of new graphics including the landmines. Two levels were made with the creator program but they’ve since been edited. The secret level has many bosses but there’s lots of health/ammo. By JJ. This version replaces the one previously available.

9th April 2003: WinWolf3D project
Here’s an email received from Adam Biser concerning his WinWolf3D Project:

“Hello, I just wanted to announce my WinWolf3D project, a Windows port of the Wolf3D source. One of the features I’m trying to implement is the ability to change images, sounds, maps, and music easily by using scripts (probably) that tell WinWolf3D to use a given BMP (or whatever) instead of the regular image. The project’s web page is at http://winwolf3d.tripod.com.

Along with the port will be a data editor. It is still in a very early stage, right now it’s only a data viewer. There’s a chance it will have some bugs, but it’s there for people to try it. There’s no ability to import or edit yet, but that should be coming along soon.

Thanks,

Adam Biser“

8th April 2003: NDV (Nazi’s Death Valley) Demo released
Five well decorated levels here for the Spear Of Destiny full version. No new graphics or sounds. By Guillermo Buteler. Also available at Guillermo’s site which has a lot more info on the project. It’s at Wolfsite. Needs the full version of Spear to play.

8th April 2003: Easyspace server problems
During most of the weekend, Easyspace experienced problems resulting in slow loading of my Home Page and slow file downloads. Everything now seems back to normal.

8th April 2003: Dungeon Hack released
Two good levels for the Spear Demo by Wes DesJardins. Mostly original graphics but there’s one different actor. Needs the Spear demo to play.

8th April 2003: Wolf3D mod news
Here’s an email received from Scheissgeist:

“My name is Scheissgeist and I’m working on my first Wolf 3D mod. It’s an arcade-ish take on the current situation U.S., British, Australian, Polish, and other coalition troops in Iraq are handling.

As a coalition soldier, your mission is to eliminate a group of Iraqi generals (all real life generals, including the infamous “Chemical Ali”) as well as Saddam Hussein himself and liberate Iraq, or whatever. Here’s the thing – I need help:

  • Texture/sprite artists
  • Someone who can take MIDI files I write and make them into MUS files compatible with Wolf 3D
  • A source code hacker
  • Maybe a level design guy

I don’t have a website yet, but I’m looking into one. I want this to be a fun, innovative project that maintains the feel of Wolf 3-D, only with a Gulf War flair.

–Scheissgeist“

7th April 2003: Fraggerstein 3D released
A fun add-on by Topfragger. There are four new levels on episode one, plus one each on episodes two/three. The levels are mostly small and not very well detailed, but there are many new fun type graphics. Episode three has a Santa boss and penguins! Episode two boss Homer Simpson is shown below.

6th April 2003: Wolfenstein: Resurrection pics
Wes DesJardins has sent a set of pics from his upcoming TC ‘ Wolfenstein: Resurrection’.

You can see the whole set here.


6th April 2003: Mattewolf 3D released
Here’s the first of three sets being released by Matte Software that were made before ‘Wolfen-terror’. There are 9 new levels with a mix of old and new graphics, but the original Wolf3D ‘feel’ remains. The secret level is not new, but you can access it from level 3. Levels 2, 4 and 5 have large outdoor sections. 

6th April 2003: Assault on Castle Totenhammer update
Here’s an email I received from Joe concerning his latest project:

“Well, Assault on Castle Totenhammer is coming along extensively well. In all this time, mostly I’ve only been doing code-work. Only a few levels have been finished off, but I do believe the coding is somewhat more important. Here’s a list of changes from the original Wolf:

  • New weapon, silenced sten SMG
  • New ammo type for weapon #4
  • 3 episodes consisting of 20 levels
  • Rocket Infantry, Flame Thrower Infantry
  • Chaingunners (ORIGINAL graphics this time on the chain-gunner. Heh) (They don’t use or drop chainguns, but they fire like Hans, Gretel or Tranz)
  • New music. Not much new music: only two or three songs. One from Spear
  • New helpart and endarts
  • Random guard-spotting and guard-death sounds
  • Changed roof/floor colors.
  • You don’t obtain a lower weapon with a higher one
  • New cheats – Invisibility, Infinite Ammo, and no-clipping from Spear!

Finally, and this is a big useful one! OK, you have full ammo and an MP40, and you happen to walk over another MP40 on the ground. Of course, you take it. No longer does that happen. I have two ways of preventing that: Not only do you have to hold the use key to grab items, but it will only pick up guns if you actually need it.

A nice sized list, eh? And this is just the beginning… Actually, I’m nearly through with coding. Really, I’m just going to work on maps from here. I’ve only completed 5 (!!!) maps! Hopefully I’ll manage to get out a demo before too long. This time, I really mean it. I would have included some pics, but I decided against it. I’d like this to be a bit of a ‘see for yourself’ thing.

Thanks, -Joe- “

6th April 2003: Davidstein released
Here are 60 new levels with original graphics. There are many bosses, but a lot of health/ammo too. Because the levels are made by the creator program, it’s not being added to our lists. However, I’ve mentioned it here for those who want a complete add-on collection. You can get it from the ‘files’ section at addonklub.

3rd April 2003: New Wolf pic
JJ has sent me a pic from New Wolf. It’s too large to put on this page but you can see it here.

3rd April 2003: Wolfen-terror updated
Due to an error (reported by A. Nonymous – no ‘gold key’ on level 3), Matte Software has now updated ‘Wolfen-terror’. The error has been fixed. – this replaces the earlier release.

31st March 2003: METEO posted
As mentioned yesterday, here is Wes DesJardins latest TC ‘METEO’. There are 15 good levels, Spear music, a new weapon (pistol), plus many other graphics, sounds and code changes. There’s a mix of old and new graphics, which blend well together. 

30th March 2003: Wolfenstein: Resurrection pic
Wes DesJardins is making a new TC called ‘Wolfenstein: Resurrection’. Here’s the title screen…

Wes has another TC called ‘METEO’ which will be posted tomorrow.

28th March 2003: TRTD v0.8 Beta updated
Following a complaint about the status bar on the version released March 6, Executor has now issued a new version of ‘TRTD – (The Road To Despair)’. It features a stylish-looking status bar based on the original ‘Project Totengraeber’ one and the pistol from ‘Blake Stone: Planet Strike’ (resized). Requires a copy of Totengraeber II to play. This replaces the version issued March 6.

25th March 2003: Verdammt Software new member
Alex Brosseau has joined Verdammt Software as a 2nd programmer.

24th March 2003: Kaboom Industries
Kaboom Industries (started by Crash Man) is making a game called “Hans’ Revenge.” The story goes that Hans Gross finds out about the death of his brother, Tranz, and goes on a rampage, killing all enemy soldiers in his way. He soon finds out about the death of his sister, Gretel, which enrages him further. He has one main enemy to kill now, BJ Blaskowitz… Crash Man points out that he does not support Nazism in any way, he’s just tired of hearing “good luck bj” and “only you can stop them Blaskowitz” on every mod. The title screen is shown below.

24th March 2003: New Verdammt Software site
Here’s more news from James Ingham:

“The new Verdammt Software site will be up soon, I think Friday… I’ll post the link up in a few days.

p.s. – we are still looking for a sound and music designer person :p

– James“

ingomania_182@yahoo.co.uk

22nd March 2003: Operation: Aliens cancelled
Alien Software have cancelled ‘Operation:Aliens’ and are now concentrating on ‘Project: Falconhammer’.

22nd March 2003: Operation: Heimzahlung released

The third release by Wolf Skevos-Jones is ‘Operation: Heimzahlung’. There are 22 levels, plus lots of graphics, sounds and source code changes. The levels look good, though I’ve only played 3 thus far and the actor sounds are particularly effective. The helpart is also done well. The title screen is shown below, but there are a number of other pics here.

ps – on some levels there are guards that cannot be killed. It’s suggested that silent weapons are used on these levels so as not to alert the guards. For more info on this see ‘Read This’ page 26.

19th March 2003: Mazedude’s page
Mazedude has made several remixes for Doom music and now he’s made one for Wolf3D. It’s called ‘Wolfenstein 3D – Nazi Requiem’ and it’s available at Mazedude’s Page. Look in Remixes. Be aware though, the file is a hefty 6.16Mb! The music is sad, but aggressive (it says something like that on the website) but it sure sounds good. It lasts 4 mins – 29 secs.

18th March 2003: Alien Software
David Cookson has joined the ‘Alien Software’ team. He’ll be helping out with the graphics. Also from ‘Alien Software’ – news that Op: Aliens will be out this month and Project: Falconhammer will be out next month.

17th March 2003: Project: Falconhammer features
Here are some features to be included in the upcoming TC ‘Project: Falconhammer’. It’s by Alien Software:

  • 20 seamless levels
  • Non-Game terminating bosses
  • A missile Launcher added
  • Outside Atmosphere
  • Weapon Change Sounds
  • New Sounds
  • New Graphics
  • Changed Sign-on screen
  • 5 weapons in total

and also

  • New Wall Textures

16th March 2003: Alien Software
Alex Brosseau tells me The Alien Fan has joined the Alien Software’s team.

Here’s some more news from James Ingham:

“The Wolfenstein Galaxy has been down for a while and will be up soon (well not down but not updated…).

Zach and I are making a website for Verdammt Software and it will have a similar style to the wolfgalaxy. And when we have more time, the wolf galaxy should be back…

Also, Verdammt Software are looking for a music creator, we need someone who can record music into the correct files for wolfenstein. BTW does anyone know how to do this? Thanks.

– James“

James’s email is now at ingomania_182@yahoo.co.uk.

15th March 2003: Fraggerstein 3D
Topfragger emailed me a zip of this TC but unfortunately it doesn’t work. The size of the zip was only 489Kb. It was supposed to include a new vswap so I suspect the file was not wholly sent. If Topfragger reads this please try sending the file again. Meanwhile here’s the title screen.

15th March 2003: Stained Titan email
Tris received the following email from Stained Titan:

“Hi, I’ve teamed up with StormBringer to do Acid Rain. Together we will deliver a Spear of Destiny add-on boasting 10 levels. Acid Rain will come soon!“

14th March 2003: Alien Software website
Alien Software has a new website. There’s info on the Alien Software guys and on their upcoming TC’s. It’s at Alien Software Website.

12th March 2003: Escape from Castle Osrenberg
Wes Desjardins next project will be ‘Escape from Castle Osrenberg’. There will be a few new graphics and a missile launcher in it, plus 30 levels and 2 new bosses. Wes has also provided the following source code tutorial: ‘How to get the happyface when BJ gets machinegun’. You can see it here:

Source Code Tutorial:

How to get the happyface when BJ gets machinegun

by Wes Desjardins

In WL_AGENT.C and look for this.

case bo_machinegun:

SD_PlaySound (GETMACHINESND);

GiveWeapon (wp_machinegun);

below it put this,

StatusDrawPic (17,4,GOTGATLINGPIC);

facecount = 0;

gotgatgun = 1;

break;

and that’s it have fun!

12th March 2003: Dome Forums – hosting problems
As many will already know, the Dome Forums have been down since Friday last. I have received this message from Tris:

“The Wolfenstein 3D Dome Forums are currently down due to hosting problems Millward has been experiencing. Our estimation is that the forums will be up again within a week. Our sincere apologies for the inconvenience.“

12th March 2003: DieHard Wolfers move
The ‘DieHard Wolfers’ Club has now moved to a new location at DieHard Wolfers on Areyep.com. The old Yahoo Club will remain as an archive.

12th March 2003: Project Manager 1.0
Codetech has sent a utility called Project Manager 1.0. It creates directories and batch (.bat) files for creating easy source backups and testing your project. You can also keep your project directory well organized.

9th March 2003: CFDB utility/project info
Codetech sent me a CFDB (Check Free Databytes) utility. Made with Qbasic 4.5, it checks available databytes from your project’s source directory. Instructions for use are included in the zip. 

He also sent me the following email:

“I have a few announcements to make – First of all, Haunted House is still up and running. It hasn’t been cancelled. Allthough we haven’t worked on it for a long time, Haunted House will be revamped completely. The demo wasn’t exactly the game we wanted Haunted House to be, so we’ll start it all over again.

Secondly I announce a new project (the name hasn’t been decided yet), but here’s a short summary of it’s features:

  • Enemies hearing system completely rewritten (No more made noise)
  • Enemies get help even during combat if needed
  • Enemies reload their weapons (They hide to do so)
  • Reloadable weapons (As in Haunted House), but this time more optimised and better code
  • Exploding barrels (Can be carried)
  • Guards react on dead bodies
  • Dead bodies can be carried
  • Player has 15+ authentic WWII weapons (USA/GERMAN)
  • Disguises and Id cards (Enemies will take a close look at you every once in a while)
  • Vehicle(s) Can be ridden by enemies and player
  • Stationary MG42’s can be used by enemies and player
  • Textured ceiling/floor
  • Highly improved AI
  • Flame thrower (Flames spread!/Enemies burn!)
  • Extremely interactive environment

– I might have forgotten something, but chew on that for a while… Many more features will be implemented for the final release.

Features list is long and they are also easy to implement, memory might be an issue though. Currently I have about 1500 databytes left.

This project is due to be released at Summer 2003. (I sure hope so at least).

Ps. If someone needs to send us e-mail tommi.aijala@luukku.com, please use a title that can be easily separated from those annoying spam messages. For example – Haunted House, Hi Codetech or Hi Megabyte.

 -Thank you!“

9th March 2003: Stained Titan
Based in Holland, Stained Titan is currently making an add-on for Spear of Destiny entitled “Acid Rain”. It’ll feature 7 new levels, some basic code changes and new graphics. The game centers around level design and thus concentrates on atmospherical design.

8th March 2003: Project: Infiltrate released
Here’s a 3 level set that Zach Higgins made before ‘Project: Vertilgung’. It was thought to be lost until I came across it on my hard drive. It’s interesting as it has similarities in some aspects to the later set. Please read Zach’s text file before playing.

8th March 2003: Wolfsite updated
Guillermo Buteler’s site has recently been updated. It will change again on Sunday to include a NDV demo and news about his brother Santiago’s new project. It’s at Wolfsite.

6th March 2003: TRTD v0.8 released
Executor’s new beta of TRTD v0.8 (The Road To Despair), contains 29 levels — 27 normal levels and 2 secret ones. The graphics are vastly altered. You might not recognize a few of the levels because of altered graphics! Requires a copy of Totengraeber II to play. This set has since been updated following a dispute involving the status bar.

Executor also sent some teaser shots of the final chapter in the Megastein series, The Final Assault. You can see them here:

There are 33 guards in this hallway that rings around a square buildings. The player just barged in without flushing the guards out first and is about to die a quick death.

What did I tell you about barging into rooms like that? Not only is this place swarming with guards, officers are going to jump out of their cubicles and join the fray.

“Ve’re under attack, you ingrate! Get over here! Schnell, schnell!”
“Vat? Do you really zink somezing could happen to us here? It’s not like zat Amerikaner Richard Reid vould burst in and massacre us vhile ve’re eating.”

–Executor

5th March 2003: Div-Arena.Com
Jaap kindly supplied the following link which has a remake of Wolf3D on the DIV system. It’s at Div-gamestudio.

4th March 2003: Operation: Aliens info
Wes Desjardins next TC will be ‘Operation: Aliens’. There’ll be 9 weapons (fist, double pistols, M41 Pulse Rifle, Minigun, Talon Missile Launcher, SR-18 Napalm Launcher, VP70, shotgun and double minigun). Also, there’ll be 14 seamless levels. Pics of the weapons are shown below.

There’s more info about this upcoming TC on Wes’s site at WolfenAliens.

3rd March 2003: Operation: Elimination info
Kyle Albert has a new project coming up called ‘Operation: Elimination’. It has graphics, sounds, and source code changes. You can see a list of new features and more pics here.

Source code changes:

  • Chaingun can jam at random time requiring to get another
  • No Episodes Levels 1-15 (3 secret 16-18)
  • Enemy’s can pick up health/medikit/hypo
  • 4 locked doors (gold key, silver key, bronze key, brass key)
  • Spear Music added
  • Otto Giftmacher Shoots 2 rockets at a time instead of 1
  • 25 Ammo box added
  • New Semi boss
  • Death Artifact
  • Music order changed
  • Notification if in game already and want to start new one
  • MLI Removed
  • New Debug (including position on map, all keys, no clipping)
  • When debug is active score will not rise any higher
  • Ceiling/Floor Colors Changed
  • 200 Health 150 Ammo
  • Read This! back
  • Knife made silent
  • 2 new objects (added sprites)
  • Ghosts disabled

Screenshots:

2nd March 2003: Dome Awards/March 2003
This month there are 2 Dome awards. They go to Ariel Castañares for The Golden Episodes, and DTrade for Den Of Evil. Congratulations to both winners!!

2nd March 2003: JJStein: Resurrection released
JJ has released a 3 level demo version of ‘JJStein: Resurrection’. New levels are on episode one – levels 1, 2 and secret. There are several new graphics and sounds but the atmosphere of the original game remains. A number of basic changes have been made to the source code, such as ceiling colours, increased ammo/health and episode names. The MLI cheat and debugmode have been changed too. Beware of the crosses. They have changed colour and are now landmines!! 

1st March 2003: JJ award
JJ has won an award. It came from a warez site so I can’t give its link. Our monthly awards will be announced tomorrow. There will be 2 awards.

25th February 2003: Genocide prototypes
Zach Higgins next TC will now be called ‘Genocide’ and he’s sent some enemy prototypes of what are likely to be used. The first is shown below.

There are several more here:

25th February 2003: Wolfenstein Cabin news
Ryan de Haast tells me his Wolfenstein Cabin site will be updated. There’ll be new downloads, a few new pages and maybe some awards to other people. Ryan’s upcoming TC ‘Double Trouble’ is 70% done, but there’s no release date yet.

24th February 2003: Enemy pics
JJ has sent me pics of several enemies. You can see them here.

22nd February 2003: New Alien website
This website is by ‘The Alien Fan’ and has info on the upcoming TC ‘Alien: Colonial Marines’ being made by himself and Wes Desjardins. You can download two trailers for the Colonial Marines TC and you can also learn more about what is going on in the game. It’s at Alien Website.

21st February 2003: WolfenAliens website
Wes Desjardins has a new website called WolfenAliens. News and downloads of all his TC’s are there. Wes is currently working on a new project called ‘Operation: Aliens’. There’ll be 6 weapons (rod,double pistols, M41a pulse rifle, chaingun, rocket launcher and M240 Flamethrower). Also, there’ll be 20 seamless levels and new music.

18th February 2003: Projekt Vertilgung update
Here’s a message from James Ingham regarding ‘Projekt Vertilgung’ :

“Zach released PV and said there won’t be a phase II. The version he released also had a few bugs in. I’m going to finish the project while he works on others…

Firstly I’m currently (in my spare time) making Projekt Vertilgung V1.1 which is basically the same but a few new features in the levels/bugs fixed/secret levels go to the right place/etc… maybe new music and I might change the graphics for the miniguns cause I dont like the ones at the moment.

There will also be in the download a new manual in html format which I think is quite good (I’m 50% done on it). I will also update the readme in the game and I might finish the .bat file which was included but I don’t think stories and items in that are necessary. I will send some screen shots in soon and tell you about new updates…“

Thanks James for the above info, good to hear from you again.

18th February 2003: JJStein: Resurrection pics
JJ has sent me 3 pics. The first is a Desktop Theme and the last 2 are from his upcoming TC ‘JJStein: Resurrection’. They may take a while to load as they’re larger than the one shown below. You can see them here.

17th February 2003: Battlestein 3D update
Battlestein 3D will be not released until April 1 or later, but meanwhile there are a set of pics that John Burnett has sent me. 

 

17th February 2003: Area 51 beta released
Area 51 beta version has been released on Luke Strauman’s website at: http://boytoy31.tripod.com/. There are three levels to go in the final version. Luke is hoping it’ll be released next week.

16th February 2003: Den of Evil released
DTrade has released ‘Den of Evil’. There are 11 levels, Spear graphics, plus lots of sounds and title screen changes. It’s well designed, but difficult to beat. If you like lots of dungeons and pushwalls then you’ll enjoy this. 

16th February 2003: Dome Award/February 2003
This month’s award goes to Wolf Skevos-Jones for his excellent ‘Project Eisenritter’ TC. As this is the second time Wolf has won this award, a special version has been issued. Due to the Dome revamp, the awards have got a little behind. Later add-ons will be considered early March.

16th February 2003: Wolfen-terror released
Matte Software has released ‘Wolfen-terror’. There are 5 new levels and lots of graphics changes. Some come from Blake Stone/Spear etc but many are new. There are also many sourcecode changes, new sounds/music, helpart and endart. The new title screen is shown below. It all blends well together. This is the first part of what will be a 3 episode set. 

13th February 2003: The Golden Episodes released
Here’s a message from Ariel Castañares concerning his latest add-on release:

“Greetings to you all, people from the community, keepers of the wolfy flame. Today I am releasing ‘Wolfenstein 3-D – The Golden Episodes’, an add-on which I worked on during a long time. Its development did consume a very big part of my spare time, but it took a lot of other people’s too, who directly contributed in the making of the game. The set as it is now would have never been possible if it hadn’t been for them, but also for others who indirectly contributed, by letting me use their own add-ons’ work inside my game.

These people know who I am talking about, but for those of you who haven’t been following my set’s development, there is a credits section inside the game where you can find out who these great wolfers are.

I’ve had a lot of fun while making this add-on. I really hope you all have fun too while playing it. It is all yours. And please, don’t you doubt for a second and write me an e-mail if you feel like giving me your opinion on the game, asking something, or whatever; I’ll be happy to read anything concerning the set. My current e-mail address is spaceraker@hotmail.com.

Nothing left to say, thanks a lot for reading up to here. I leave you now to Brian’s comment. Take care!

Norberto Ariel Castañares.“

Thanks Ariel for the message. ‘The Golden Episodes’ has 60 well designed levels with lots of cool graphics and sounds changes. There are many source code changes too and I particularly like the text messages at the start of each episode. A lot of effort has been put into this set. 

13th February 2003: Colonial Marines: Trailer released
Wes Desjardins has sent me a preview trailer of ‘Colonial Marines’. As mentioned previously Wes has teamed up with The Alien Fan to help with this upcoming TC. 

12th February 2003: War Zone Project 4: High Stakes released
DTrade has now sent me War Zone Project 4: High Stakes. There are nine good levels. It’s fast moving with plenty of action and a lot of pushwalls!

10th February 2003: War Zone Project 4: High Stakes pic
DTrade’s next project will be ‘War Zone Project 4: High Stakes’. Here’s a pic from it he sent me.

10th February 2003: Phoenix Rising cancelled
Wes Desjardins has cancelled his ‘Phoenix Rising’ project and will now be working with The Alien Fan on his ‘Colonial Marines’ TC. Wes will start a new TC in June.

8th February 2003: Castle Totenhammer pics
Here’s a pic from Joe Robinson’s upcoming TC ‘Castle Totenhammer’.

There are several more here:

6th February 2003: Best of BJ info/pics
Daniel (dugtrio17) has sent me details of his upcoming TC, which will probably be called ‘Best Of BJ’:

“It features 9 weapons, tons of new enemies, an armor feature (not in the screen shots), a feature where you can press M and use a portable medkit (holding up to 10 at a time) to get 5 health, a pickup silencer, breakable objects, exploding barrels, and a feature soon to be implemented where medics revive dead enemies… Not to mention a neat surprise that happens occasionally with mutants… mum’s the word on that one :)… It will be episode based, with the player never having all 9 weapons at once.

The weapons are: (1-4 same), 5 is a silent sniper rifle and will be story-related (which, strangely works better at long ranges than from up close. Intentional, of course), 6 is a Gatling Rifle type weapon, which is based on an actual weapon, 7 is a pressure rifle (also story related) that fires shots that can pierce multiple enemies, 8 is a missile launcher (which will, once again, be strangely story-related), and last, but not least, is my one and only brand new, original flamethrower. It actually shoots a stream of flames and hits enemies that get in the stream. It also features some nice new art (seen in the screen shots).

The armor feature has now also been implemented, but I can’t send screen shots of that because I am in the process of rearranging the status bar. It is based on a tutorial in the Dome, but with MANY modifications and complications. For example, when attacked by a flamethrower guard, you lose a lot of armor.

– dugtrio17“

There’s a lot more pics here.

6th February 2003: Wolfsite revamp/new URL
Guillermo Buteler’s site has been revamped and moved to a new url. There are sections on editing and links, plus info on the upcoming add-on ‘Project: Firestar’. It’s now at Wolfsite.

4th February 2003: Textured floor/ceiling tutorial
DarkOne has posted info on Wolfenstein Forums (look in the Wolfenstein Revolution section) about a tutorial for textured floor/ceiling effects. It’s also at Textured Floor/Ceiling Tutorial on DarkOne’s website.

2nd February 2003: Area 51 update
Due to a change to Windows ME, ‘Area 51’ has been delayed. Luke has since reinstalled Windows 98 and tells me the set will be released soon. There are 10 levels left to do.

1st February 2003: Rise of the Purple One delayed
Chris Pappas tells me his upcoming add-on ‘Rise of the Purple One’ will be delayed until further notice. Chris is now working on a new add-on based on the ‘Leisure Suit Larry’ games.

1st February 2003: Flames or rockets?
Here’s an email I received fromTexZK:

“Hello, Brian!

I am TexZK, a young programmer of Wolfenstein 3D. I’m only 14 years old so I’m not a good programmer, but I have an idea. Programmers with more experience than me (like DarkOne) can create new weapons: the rocket launcher and the flamethrower. I think they can create weapons like them, so I want to ask you if you can publish this e-mail. I tried to compile a modified code with these weapons, but I haven’t got the right experience and there were a lot of mistakes.

In my opinion it’s a great idea: why have got only weapons with direct shoot? Shall we have a weapon with flames or rockets?

I hope to find an answer,

TexZK“

Comments, anyone? TexZK’s email is gnegno88@libero.it.

30th January 2003: Blake Evolution released
Johnathan has released his first add-on. It’s called ‘Blake Evolution’ and uses the Blake Stone sounds and graphics set converted to Wolf3D by Andy Nonymous. There are 9 new levels (all are pretty good) and the secret level comes from ‘Blake Wolf’. There’s more info, including the storyline, in the enclosed text file.

26th January 2003: Newwolf texture pack released
(Win)Elchtest has released a texture pack of new Wolf3d textures (all made from scratch). They can be used with Newwolf http://wolfgl.narod.ru/. Please note however, it’s a hefty 22Mb!!

  • Texture Pack (22 Mb): http://www.quake.cz/winclan/temp/w3d_retexture_Elchtest.zip
  • Screenshots:

26th January 2003: Battlestein 3D pic
Here’s the title screen from John Burnett’s upcoming TC ‘Battlestein 3D’.

26th January 2003: Wolfenstein 3D Maniac site link
Martin Krysiak tells me the site he is hosting with Kuki is now online. It looks good and has a large number of sections, though some aren’t finished yet. It’s at Wolfenstein 3D Maniac.

24th January 2003: Vampire released
JJ’s latest set is for shareware Wolf3D v1.4 and is called ‘Vampire’. There are 5 levels, plus a number of graphics and sounds changes. Instead of Hans Grosse though, you get Schabbs and he’s on all levels!! 

19th January 2003: Schabbs 9000 released
Kyle Fisher has released ‘Schabbs 9000’. There are 5 levels, plus a whole host of Doom type graphics and sounds. New title screen, plus new helpart/endart files. I did the last 3 levels.

Most Wolf3D fans who’ve upgraded to WinXP tell me they can play the game but without the sounds. There is a site which specializes in problems running DOS games under WinXP. It’s at DOS Games Under XP.

18th January 2003: Sport Woooolf released
Agnieszka has released ‘Sport Woooolf’. Each of the first 5 episodes has either 2 or 3 levels. There’s a wide range of level designs which on the whole are pretty good. There are a number of graphics and sounds changes, but the atmosphere of the original game remains.

18th January 2003: Assault on Castle Totenhammer update
For the latest news on this upcoming TC by Joe Robinson – 

Well, that TC I said I would be working on is coming along well. This time I will not do quite as much coding. I thought perhaps I would go towards the realism scene.

First, I decided B. J. didn’t have pocket space for more than 30 bullets, so the limit is now 30. No steroids or anything that gets your health above 100. It seems ridiculous now that I look back. Guns of the same type, make the same sound. Like an SS shoots his gun and makes a predictable sound. Your MP40, however, makes the same sound. A little thing ID left out.

If my history is correct, SS wore black, not blue, so they are now dressed accordingly. The officers in the original wore white. I don’t like white clothes, so they are now in a dark gray suit. Also, the SS drop their MP40s and chaingunners drop their chainguns. If you already have full ammo and a copy of that weapon, you won’t pick it up. This is one of those little things that is so great that no one thinks to do. Am I truly the first?

In this set, you are, as normal, B. J. Here’s a description of the story:

It’s January 1945. You have been assigned to assist the Russians as they draw closer to Berlin. One of the Soviet scientists, a Doctor Pepper, has been captured and imprisoned in a castle recently constructed slightly northeast of Berlin known as Castle Totenhammer. (I believe that means Death Hammer. I request that you tell me if that’s wrong.) Doctor Pepper is critical to the Soviets because he was working on the development of a new armor to apply to their tanks. This very armor is what will turn the tide in favor of the Soviets while they push for Germany. You are to make your way into Totenhammer, find Doctor Pepper, and find your way out again.

As of yet, I have made no new maps except for a test level to test progress. The sourcing is coming along well as may be obvious. I included the title screen as the first taste of what’s to come. A demo should be out before too long. Cross your fingers, and hopefully I won’t lose my code this time. -Joe-

18th January 2003: Phoenix Rising ad poster
Wes Desjardins sent me an ad poster for his upcoming TC ‘Phoenix Rising’.

17th January 2003: Polskie Forum Wolfenstein
For Wolf3D fans who understand Polish, here’s a new forum. It’s hosted by Kuki. Polskie Forum Wolfenstein

17th January 2003: Phoenix Rising pic
Wes Desjardins sent me the following pic from his upcoming TC ‘Phoenix Rising’. It’s in WolfGL.

13th January 2003: Escape from Totenhaus released
Here’s another Mac conversion from Laz Rojas. Originally released on the Mac in 1996, it’s now available for PC users. There’s 10 very good levels (first episode) and a lot of new graphics and sounds. Needs the full version of Wolf3D to play.

11th January 2003: New Revival of Memories site
Our ROM (Revival Of Memories) project now has a new site. There’s lots of info about the project, plus a large number of pics. It’s at Revival Of Memories Site.

9th January 2003: SST cancelled/new project announced
Due to difficulties in getting action from the big screen into Wolf3D, ‘The Alien Fan’ has cancelled SST (StarShip Trooper) and announced a new project called ‘ColonialMarines’. There’s info about the project (along with a set of 8 pics) here.

While watching several SciFi movies (ironically SST being one of them) I came across another adventure I would like to take… I’m very “very proud” as Doctor Wren of Alien Resurrection put it… OF what I have accomplished…

I introduce ColonialMarines: The Second Encounter… Based solely in the Aliens Universe you take control as a U.S.C.M.C marine and are ordered with your squad to Lv534. When you arrive your squad is killed… You awake only to find a pistol and many dead marine buddies… You reach an elevator and take it down to the next floor…

ColonialMarines has the following enhancements to the Wolf engine:

  • New Textures
  • New Sounds
  • New Code (for monsters) and… Altered Code (for weapons)
  • Textured Floors and Ceilings
  • Elite Group Of Maps (6 to 7 maps spanning from the top level of the colony down to the abyss of the hive)

I am removing music because I can’t add in new music. (My comp bugs out when I use the progs.)

Weapons:

  • Fist
  • 9mm H&k vp70
  • M41a PulseRifle
  • M56 SmartGun (Let’s Rock baby!!!)

Enemies:

  • Adult Aliens
  • Chestbursters
  • Facehuggers
  • The Queen (biggest bitch of em all…)

Also, the eggs pods will be “around”, but I dont think Wolf3d can be coded to handle Idle, hatch, death stuff that the egg needs… Nor do I have the patience to code that in…

Here are some pics: (Note these pictures are takin in “NewWolf” The final product WILL vary..)

8th January 2003: Zach’s upcoming TC pic
Zach Higgins’ next TC will be called ‘If’. Here’s a pic from it he sent me.

7th January 2003: New URL for Alexandre Brosseau’s Wolf3D Site
Alexandre tells me his site has moved to a new url at http://www.wolf3dmaster.cjb.net. Alexandre Brosseau’s Wolf3D Site.

5th January 2003: News page back online
Our apologies to all for the delay in getting this page back online. And a belated Happy New Year to everyone. Unfortunately, the revamp of the Dome is taking far longer than expected (we estimate Jan 22) but in the meantime the news page is back up. Those wanting add-ons/source code info etc. can still find them at my other site Mr. Lowe’s Wolf3D Page.

5th January 2003: Dome Award/Dec 2002
The final Dome Award of the year goes to Zach Higgins and James Ingham for their TC Projekt Vertilgung. It really is an excellent set and one well worth downloading.

5th January 2003: Beyond Mutantstein Special Edition update
An error was found on level 15 (white key not accessible) of John’s ‘Tribute Set’. This was fixed Jan 3, 2003. Revised maps (41Kb) are available for those who’ve already downloaded the earlier version.

5th January 2003: Projekt Vertilgung (Final Version) released
Zach Higgins has released the final version of ‘Projekt Vertilgung’. There are 20 well designed levels, plus a lot of graphics, sounds and source code changes. A very well made set. By Zach Higgins and James Ingham. Will Bruso also contributed. 

5th January 2003: Raw Meat 3 update
Ryan Steinbruner tells me ‘Raw Meat 3’ is coming out soon. There’s a whole new code, 16 levels and all new weapons, including the plasma bolt! A new level called the crypt will have lots of zombies and dead aliens! Help is wanted for some parts of the project.

5th January 2003: Newwolf pics
Two more pics for Newwolf have been sent in by [Win]Elchtest. You can see them here.

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