[Release] The Refinery

New maps, and other projects whose primary focus is new maps, belong here.

Note: This forum, and all forums below it, are not for questions or troubleshooting! Threads created here are for active projects only! If you have questions please feel free to use the Editing subforums or General forum.
Forum rules
The Projects forums are only for projects. If you are asking questions about a project, either find that project's thread, or start a thread in the General section instead.

Got a cool project idea but nothing else? Put it in the project ideas thread instead!

Projects for any Doom-based engine (especially 3DGE) are perfectly acceptable here too.

Please read the full rules for more details.
Post Reply
Blue Shadow
Posts: 5043
Joined: Sun Nov 14, 2010 12:59 am

Re: [Release] The Refinery

Post by Blue Shadow »

BlueFireZ88 wrote:Aren't sloped and 3d floors supported in 2.6.1?
Sloped 3d floors aren't supported (yet) by the software renderer.
Top
Gez
 
 
Posts: 17946
Joined: Fri Jul 06, 2007 3:22 pm

Re: [Release] The Refinery

Post by Gez »

From what little I've understood of the current 3D floor code in software, it works (under the hood) kinda like portals. It divides the view in several horizontal slices, corresponding to the heights of the 3D floors top and bottom in sight.

This approach means that 3D floors have to be perfectly horizontal too.
Top
User avatar
Tormentor667
Posts: 13556
Joined: Wed Jul 16, 2003 3:52 am
Preferred Pronouns: He/Him
Operating System Version (Optional): Windows 11
Graphics Processor: nVidia (Modern GZDoom)
Location: Germany
Contact:
Contact Tormentor667

Re: [Release] The Refinery

Post by Tormentor667 »

BlueFireZ88 wrote:Try reducing the effects so that it runs even on weaker systems. As it is, your limiting your audience to only the people that have very high-end systems.
Well, the problem is that it run smoothly for me and all my beta testers, so I wasn't aware of any issues.
Top
User avatar
Ethril
Posts: 2677
Joined: Sun Nov 16, 2008 2:59 am
Location: with you in the dark

Re: [Release] The Refinery

Post by Ethril »

Sgt Dopey wrote:Also:
TSoZD better not have dynamic lighting
Why not? You can always turn it off in the menu if you don't like it.
Top
User avatar
esselfortium
Posts: 3862
Joined: Tue Sep 19, 2006 8:43 pm
Contact:
Contact esselfortium

Re: [Release] The Refinery

Post by esselfortium »

TSoZD's smooth lighting is all done manually and is fully software-compatible. Adding dynamic lights in addition to that would be totally unnecessary, and more to the point, it would mean significantly changing the appearance of the maps depending on what renderer is being used. TSoZD is a ZDoom project, and it is being designed for ZDoom.
Top
User avatar
Tormentor667
Posts: 13556
Joined: Wed Jul 16, 2003 3:52 am
Preferred Pronouns: He/Him
Operating System Version (Optional): Windows 11
Graphics Processor: nVidia (Modern GZDoom)
Location: Germany
Contact:
Contact Tormentor667

Re: [Release] The Refinery

Post by Tormentor667 »

Ethril wrote:Why not? You can always turn it off in the menu if you don't like it.
Because that totally destroys the prupose of dynamic lights if maps depend on them.
Top
Gez
 
 
Posts: 17946
Joined: Fri Jul 06, 2007 3:22 pm

Re: [Release] The Refinery

Post by Gez »

Also, dynamic light things are unknown to ZDoom and will appear as error markers.
Top
User avatar
printz
Posts: 2649
Joined: Thu Oct 26, 2006 12:08 pm
Location: Bucharest, Romania
Contact:
Contact printz

Re: [Release] The Refinery

Post by printz »

Gez wrote:Also, dynamic light things are unknown to ZDoom and will appear as error markers.
Wouldn't it be better if they were known in ZDoom and just did nothing? So you could design ZDoom-compatible maps that have a few GZDoom touches. Note that there is no GZDoom for Mac, for example.
Top
User avatar
Shadelight
Posts: 5113
Joined: Fri May 20, 2005 11:16 am
Location: Labrynna

Re: [Release] The Refinery

Post by Shadelight »

My first thoughts: All the random zombie monsters are bullshit, but the level looks really cool.
Top
User avatar
Ral22
Posts: 531
Joined: Sun Sep 05, 2010 12:09 pm
Preferred Pronouns: He/Him
Location: The Fortress of Dr. Radiaki
Contact:
Contact Ral22

Re: [Release] The Refinery

Post by Ral22 »

printz wrote:Note that there is no GZDoom for Mac, for example.
On the contrary, my friend, there is. You just have to know where to look.

P.S.- It's currently version 1.5. of GZDoom, and the website has a version of SLADE for Mac as well.
Top
User avatar
Ravick
Posts: 2049
Joined: Sun Aug 22, 2010 10:59 pm
Location: Tubarão, Brasil
Contact:
Contact Ravick

Re: [Release] The Refinery

Post by Ravick »

Blue Shadow wrote:
Spoiler:
And there is also the GezTube... :mrgreen:
Top
User avatar
Nash
 
 
Posts: 17500
Joined: Mon Oct 27, 2003 12:07 am
Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Contact:
Contact Nash

Re: [Release] The Refinery

Post by Nash »

Ral22 wrote:On the contrary, my friend, there is. You just have to know where to look.
And actively maintained, too!
Top
User avatar
Tormentor667
Posts: 13556
Joined: Wed Jul 16, 2003 3:52 am
Preferred Pronouns: He/Him
Operating System Version (Optional): Windows 11
Graphics Processor: nVidia (Modern GZDoom)
Location: Germany
Contact:
Contact Tormentor667

Re: [Release] The Refinery

Post by Tormentor667 »

BlazingPhoenix wrote:My first thoughts: All the random zombie monsters are bullshit, but the level looks really cool.
Funny how tastes differ :)

@Gez - Making dynlights in ZDoom invisible might be indeed a better choice, but that's just something different :)
Top
User avatar
-Ghost-
Posts: 1788
Joined: Wed Sep 08, 2010 4:58 pm

Re: [Release] The Refinery

Post by -Ghost- »

I found the zombies a bit frustrating as well. Once I learned the right approach they weren't a problem, but it took a few deaths to figure out the right trick/angle to take them out. Overall I really like the architecture and atmosphere, I love maps that take a page from Doom 3.
Top
User avatar
printz
Posts: 2649
Joined: Thu Oct 26, 2006 12:08 pm
Location: Bucharest, Romania
Contact:
Contact printz

Re: [Release] The Refinery

Post by printz »

Nash wrote:
Ral22 wrote:On the contrary, my friend, there is. You just have to know where to look.
And actively maintained, too!
Oh, sorry then. I remember people asking if there's a Mac port for GZDoom and Graf Zahl saying somewhere that he ain't going to support Apple so he's not interested (correct me if I'm wrong). Nice to see that someone went ahead after all. Maybe someone can volunteer to upload builds to DRDTEAM?
Top
Post Reply

Return to “Levels”