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DeiMWolf

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DeiMWolf is an old project I have been working on for quite some time (years, honestly), so I guess it is about time I posted about this here.

DeiMWolf is a recreation of Wolfenstein 3D in GZDooM (originally DooM Legacy). The mod accurately reproduces the layouts of the original three Wolfenstein episodes, and reproduces the original game play. DeiMwolf is fully playable. Mapping is complete, with the exception of minor details not related to game play.

The difference between this mod and other mods based on Wolfenstein 3D is that it will eventually have its own set of original graphics. At present this goal has not been completed. All of the boss enemies still use Wolfenstein sprites as place keepers, and some of the lower enemies use Wolfenstein sprites for movements that do not have their own sprites yet (i.e. The standard guard has all new 3D rendered sprites, except for when he fires his gun, which has W3D sprites instead.). I am slowly replacing these sprites as I am able to. Eventually, there will only be new sprites instead of the old ones.

Due to the age of the project, and the fact it was originally started in DooM Legacy before switching over to GZDooM, there is a weird mix of features, including a mix of high and low resolution textures, the aforementioned Wolfenstein sprites, 3D objects constructed from sectors along side high resolution sprites and voxel objects, Legacy format levels, and fraggle script instead of ACS. Appearances should start to become more uniform as the project goes on however.

DeiMWolf's website is http://www/doomlegends.com/deimwolf/

The web site is woefully out of date and needs a major overhaul. Do not look at the screen shots there. They no longer accurately represent the project.

The current release of DeiMWolf, version 0.9.3, is not linked on the web page itself. You can download it at http://www.doomlegends.com/deimwolf/dwv093.zip

DeiMWolf version 0.9.3 can be run as a PWAD under doom.wad, but can also function as an IWAD. You need to either specify it as an IWAD with the -iwad switch, or add it as an IWAD in ZDL. Older versions can only be run as PWADs.

Here is the 0.9.4 version of the titlescreen. The current version is 0.9.3, but I am working on 0.9.4, and the 0.9.3 version looks like crap, so 0.9.4 it is.
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The screen shots below are from the progress report thread on the Chex Quest Fan Forums. I will add better screenies when I am able to.
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It should be noted that I only do DeiMWolf for fun. I do not work on it all the time. Therefore, updates are few and far between.

I will try to keep you informed whenever a new version is released.
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I once spent some free time editing a previous version of this to conform more to modern ZDoom coding standards. I could do that again. Is that something you would be interested in?
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News Regarding DeiMWolf. Screen Shots Too.

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I'm sorry for resurrecting such a very old thread folks.

Also, why is my old account deactivated? I know I don't post often, but that is no excuse to deactivate my account. Can somebody please reactivate it? I am not very thrilled with the prospect of having to make a new account every time I come back here to post something.

This project is still alive. I just haven't updated it in a long time. I am a very slow worker, with the ADD and all, so I tend to work on the project in short bursts, and my updates are few and far between. It's just a hobby after all.

I do hope to have a new release ready some time in the next few months. I'm sorry for the wait.

I have been working a lot on the project in the last year.

I have added many more sprites. A few of the original Wolfenstein 3D sprites still remain, but most have been replaced now. i.e. Finding a motion capture animation for the guard drawing and firing his weapon is proving difficult to find, so I have not rendered sprites for that sequence, and the guard switches to W3D sprites for that.

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(Why are images disabled? It makes it very difficult to post screen shots this way.)


I have been adding detail to the levels as best I can. I made it a hard rule not to change the original Wolfenstein level layouts, so my changes have largely been restricted to raising ceilings and adding detail to them.

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Up until the last release (such a very long time ago) all the levels had a bright flat lighting to them, since I was just trying to get the levels working. Over the last year I have gotten heavily into altering the the lighting to create darker areas. I have been having much fun creating sector based shadows and lighting effects.

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I know this project seems like it has been in development hell longer than Duke Nukem Forever, but I definitely have been working on it.

I usually post my progress updates on the Chex Quest Fan Forums and on my Discord, but since I don't want my account nuked again, I will try to come back here to post screen shots from time to time.
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Boingo_the_Clown_II wrote: Fri Sep 02, 2022 10:46 am I'm sorry for resurrecting such a very old thread folks.

Also, why is my old account deactivated? I know I don't post often, but that is no excuse to deactivate my account. Can somebody please reactivate it? I am not very thrilled with the prospect of having to make a new account every time I come back here to post something.
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Re: DeiMWolf

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Hey. Props to you. I thought you'd never get this far. I asked for your German Shepard animation over 10 years ago. I had it somewhat done back then but didn't release a version until last year (here on the GzDoom forums), this time completely redone ground up. I'm a graphics guy only so used AFA Doomers TC.

On that note, have you worked on the AI scripting for enemies and things like that yet? Or was that done many years ago and the struggle is your impressive and unique graphics?

It seems I am also a slow worker. So it's good to hear you are still in the community. Don't give up, I didn't. :)

Reading your OP answers my question, "DeiMwolf is fully playable. Mapping is complete, with the exception of minor details not related to game play."
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There has been much progress over the last couple of months.

I am hoping to get a decent release out before the end of the year.

My play testers seem to be enjoying it.

That's encouraging.
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To say "it looks cool" is kinda underselling it.
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Not to discredit the work you've done so far. You've clearly put a lot of effort in and have done a great job so far.

I know it's a work in progress but one big critisism in my opinion is everything looks far too clean. All the wood especially looks like it was installed yesterday. BJ has not a speck of dirt on him for an escaped prisoner.

But I don't want to bash something that's a work in progress, and it's just my opinion, but yeah, I would just scuff things up a bit.

Keep up the good work!
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I was so close to having a new release ready before Christmas that I could taste it, but it looks like it isn't going to happen.

I was asked to help laying down a new hardwood floor for my younger sister. It was only supposed to be a day or two, so I agreed.

Instead, I have been away every day for the past three weeks.

The floor was badly sloped, and there was a big hump in the middle of the floor, so we had to level the floor. That meant tearing up five different floors that had been laid down over the past 150+ years.

The house had been enlarged since it was built, so the hump turned out to be the foundation wall.

Worse yet, some idiot in the past decided to run some pipes and decided the best way to do it was to cut through the joists that were holding up the north end of the house. :shock:

So I have spent the last three weeks repairing and leveling joists. The leveling has only covered 2/3 of the room from the interior of the house out to the foundation wall. We still have to pull up the floor and level everything out to the current exterior of the house, and that is before we can even start putting down that hardwood floor we were supposed to put down three weeks ago. >:(

So that is probably going to take up all of the next week if there is any chance of getting my sister back into her bedroom in time for Christmas.

And that means no DeiMWolf before Christmas. :cry:

Sorry about that guys. Maybe in a few weeks.
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Re: DeiMWolf

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I NEED SOME HELP!

I switched everything over from a WAD to IPK3, and now the blasted thing is not working right, and either gets identified as shareware DooM by GZDooM, or crashes completely.

I have been modding since 1994, but I am unfamiliar with how to get this IPK3 working properly as an IWAD.

Is there anyone willing to troubleshoot DeiMWolf and get it working for me, AND explain what I am doing wrong so I can continue?

If you are able to help, and have the patience to put up with me, please PM me, so I can bring you in on my discord.
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Now that the new version of DeiMwolf is out ...

http://www.doomlegends.com.deimwolf/

... I noticed a problem in a twitch stream I was watching of DeiMWolf.

The voxels and 3D models were not displaying properly. They were showing up as flat 1 voxel thick objects.

I am curious. Is this a settings issue on his computer, or is there something I am doing wrong?
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Boingo_the_Clown wrote: Sun Jan 22, 2023 5:59 pm Now that the new version of DeiMwolf is out ...

http://www.doomlegends.com.deimwolf/

... I noticed a problem in a twitch stream I was watching of DeiMWolf.

The voxels and 3D models were not displaying properly. They were showing up as flat 1 voxel thick objects.

I am curious. Is this a settings issue on his computer, or is there something I am doing wrong?
If you are using AMD video hardware, use the Vulkan renderer and not the OpenGL one. This is a known problem with AMD.
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I passed the message on. 8-)
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Re: DeiMWolf

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I like it very much, but the link you submitted doesn't, work at least for me
but i ended up finding it
http://www.doomlegends.com/deimwolf/index.html
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