Jurassic Rift Returns!! Now v125!

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Githern
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Jurassic Rift Returns!! Now v125!

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Hello all, Jurassic Rift has returned for Zandronum! I am in close contact with the original creator, Lazerues. I have taken the reins and we are now trudging towards our first major release, v125.

For those who haven't played before this Mod is a Multiplayer TC that adds 4 new characters each with unique weapons, all new textures, many new sounds, new weapons, new inventory items, of course new maps, and remains optimized for the software renderer.

!! -- Looking for Mappers -- !!

Current build: Jurassic Rift 125
Spoiler:
I already have a bit of a short term Roadmap for developing this:
Cleaning up the WAD, making sense of everything v125 ** Done!
Ensure that everything works correctly in Zandronum v126
Creating a new inventory item to the already large list v127
Taking a pass through maps and cleaning them up v128
Finishing maps that feel incomplete v129

A long term Roadmap that includes:
Adding 4 new DM maps with 2 Duel derivatives
Completing at least 2 Domination maps v140
Ultimate goal of adding Single Player campaign v300

With all that said, these are very subject to change. The single player project will only take place when we have the main content added such as sounds, new inventory items and so on.
Current build Screenshot
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The Venusrae has been balanced to make it a little less OP.
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Re: Jurassic Rift Returns!!

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Today was a huge day for Jurassic Rift. We are well on our way to JRift 125. The level balancing act has just begun and it will be a longer process than I thought. Most of the heavy lifting has been done today with items changed, added, and level elements added to assist movement and flow. I am in the process now of finishing a level build out. I am looking forward to sharing these new level experiences with all of you! For now all I can give is a lonely little screenshot. I would also love to hear from the community, what would you like to see in Jurassic Rift v126?

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Image taken from the renovations under construction in JRDM07.
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Re: Jurassic Rift Returns!!

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Now this is looking promising. I have a curious question about this mod (having never seen it before); Why is it called Jurassic Rift?

Other than that, I'm keeping a tab on this.

As for what I would like to see, I would like to see this mod finished, no matter how it turns out or how long it takes.
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Re: Jurassic Rift Returns!!

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Oh there's a long story behind this. Originally, this mod was planned with single player and multiplayer components. Lazureus had started this MOD by creating multiplayer maps to flesh out weapons, inventory items and powerups. This quickly became a favorite MOD for Multiplayer and we began getting quite a few mappers adding to it. Focus slowly shifted from the single player aspect to multiplayer only. We still have a story for SP and I do plan on resurrecting those plans. The story is rather busy, basically boils down to simple accidental science.

Humans make what they think is a time travel machine. Said machine works but doesn't travel to our past but another dimension's past. We end up in the Jurassic era and we could not tell any different. So then after a little travel through this new world we get cut off from our own. I will leave it there because there is much to flesh out. Only know that it involves demonic dinosaurs. This is also why all the weapons and super weapons are a biological and technological mix.

For now, Multiplayer remains the focus. We want to add a few new Deathmatch and Duel maps plus 2 CTF and 2 Domination maps. If that becomes a reality we'll move on to SP. We actually still have to create a lot more new content before SP is ready. We have sounds missing, graphics to be added and so on. Till then SP is suspended aside from my level planning (the first SP level will make you feel like it's HL1 quality.)
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Well hey then! I'd like to contribute to the story, if you'd like someone to focus on that aspect of things! :D I'm new to the ZDoom scene, but I am very familiar with writing stories (as I aspire to be an author).

Just give me some guidelines and I can get straight to work! If you've already got someone for that, well it's a bummer, but hey, they might have more experience than me.
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Re: Jurassic Rift Returns!!

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I have messaged you. See what you think and let me know.
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This is good news :)
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Jurassic Rift 124.1
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Just a fixable minor flaw, i presume he can fix that right away. Anyway this wad seems dino-great! Gotta check more!

EDIT: oops, not a easy thing.
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Re: Jurassic Rift Returns!!

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This looks like a problem with ZDoom 2.8 specifically. This is made for the current version of Zandronum only. Vanilla ZDoom is not supported. With that said I can try and track down the issue for you.

**Edit: Yup, it is within the engine itself. Sorry guys but unless the engine is changed to add more Zandronum specific things a whole new MOD would have to be written to support Vanilla ZDoom**
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I'm guessing this problem may not be the only one regarding ZDoom compatibility, but as far as this specific problem is concerned, this is because MaxHealthBonus has still not been ported over, despite many requests over the years. If more people wanted to see it happen, I'd suggest putting support behind the feature request. I really think it shouldn't be terribly hard to make it happen, since we have similar things already in the engine.
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Re: Jurassic Rift Returns!!

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Just a little heads up, I have added a youtube video featuring a quick overview of Jurassic Rift and run down of changes to the game as of v125. Hope it helps those on the fence about whether or not to get this Multiplayer MOD.

Thanks everyone for the continued support and I hope to see you in game soon!
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Re: Jurassic Rift Returns!!

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I don't play deathmatch wads,but I did download the first one to see what it looked like.I was absolutely gorgeous.I know this one will be too.Just wanted to compliment on your good work. Good luck! :D
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Re: Jurassic Rift Returns!!

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i now want a wad in wich all the wepons are flowers!
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raymoohawk wrote:i now want a wad in wich all the wepons are flowers!
Now that was a good one! Lol :lol:
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