Ashes Afterglow TC - closing the vault

[Gez]

The "it's treasure" typo in the episode 1 ending screen is still there?

[Plasmazippo]

The "it's treasure" typo in the episode 1 ending screen is still there?

Tangentially related to this: is there a place where we can report these typos and misspellings and such, outside of this thread? I've seen a few duplicated or missing words, lack of articles and such. Asking because I'm not a fan of cluttering up this thread with this under-the-hood content that is not interesting to fans at large.

Alternatively, if someone could tell me what lump holds these conversation texts, I could do some proofreading myself.

[Ihavequestions]

You must be right about that RKD, I honestly never paid any real attention to the bartender's name while playing through episode 1

If you've ever watched Escape from New York or Escape from L.A., you would've recognized him in an instant without paying any attention to his in-game name. The bartender looks exactly like Kurt Russel did in the two movies' main role of Snake Plissken.

That said, I was indeed a little bit surprised Kurt didn't get more attention throughout the rest of the game. Perhaps we'll meet him again at a later stage? As The Wall is no more, he sure must've found a way out and about, right?

[Someonewhoplaysdoom]

Question: The Ashes 2063 Enriched Edition has or not the Workbench Feature? Im kinda confused.

Still the Changes of the new mod are really nice. Hope to try Afterglow when I finish both first parts.

[venividivici]

Ashes 2063 Enrinched Edition doesn't have workbench as it is essentially a remaster with few additional content.

[AmissaAnima]

You must be right about that RKD, I honestly never paid any real attention to the bartender's name while playing through episode 1

If you've ever watched Escape from New York or Escape from L.A., you would've recognized him in an instant without paying any attention to his in-game name. The bartender looks exactly like Kurt Russel did in the two movies' main role of Snake Plissken.

That said, I was indeed a little bit surprised Kurt didn't get more attention throughout the rest of the game. Perhaps we'll meet him again at a later stage? As The Wall is no more, he sure must've found a way out and about, right?

I honestly haven't watched that show and or movie i guess i should get around to doing it as i honestly got nothing good to watch atm. Pardon me if I didn't reply to your other stuff I just dont really have anything noteworthy to say about that.

BTW Vos i like your new pfp it looks cool and intimidating.

[june gloom]

Is there an ETA on the next update?

[ButtonBoy]

Not as of yet I believe, Vos is taking some time off and/or still working on it but there are a few people who are currently working on some expansions for afterglow, so something to keep your hopes up I guess?

[venividivici]

Time between release of First and Second episode was 3 years.

[Xolvix]

Hey, just want to give my congratulations on an impressive mod!

I have a few questions regarding the "special" mission just before the final one:

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1. When I started playing Anomaly 210 I noticed the automap wasn't working. Since it worked everywhere else I came to the conclusion that clever mapping techniques were used to hide the level from the automap so the player would be forced to rely entirely on their senses and memory. A very clever idea, I'm just curious how you did it.

2. Speaking of hiding things, I have GZDoom configured to show a kill counter and for Anomaly 210 the map displayed 0/0. I therefore assumed it was a purely lore and exploratory map, ignored all the weird noises and let my guard down... at which point the haunts started appearing . Another very clever idea which worked well in luring the player into a false sense of safety, but again, curious how it was done. I'm not really experienced in the technicalities of Doom mapping so maybe these are really simple things to do - I've just never seen them used before.

3. The gate switch prior to Anomaly 210 is the point at which the player is asked if they want to visit it or go to the final level, which is useful on replays. That said, I did a speedrun for my own amusement and the prompt for Anomaly 210 didn't appear. What exactly does the player need to do in order to trigger the option to visit Anomaly 210?

Anyway, can't wait for episode 3!

[ReformedJoe]

Re the general chatter about an update: we're hoping to drop the sterilized map pack plus a bunch of updates and bug fixes to the core episodes some time this month. As for new content, stay tuned.

@Xolvix:

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1. I'm afraid it's not that clever lol, there's a flag that can be set on lines and sectors to stop them from appearing on the map. This was mostly done to mask some of the smoke and mirrors which make the level work, but as a neat side effect also throws people off (as you seem to have noticed).

2. In order to keep the kill counter consistent we normally just keep enemies in a special out of bounds holding room then warp them in. In A210s case the decision was to just spawn them via script so as not to give the game away. Enemies that get created mid game like this obviously can't count towards the kill total until they actually exist.

3. You need to find the data disk in the ruins of the spire, then (later on) decrypt it in the array.

[Xolvix]

@Xolvix:

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1. I'm afraid it's not that clever lol, there's a flag that can be set on lines and sectors to stop them from appearing on the map. This was mostly done to mask some of the smoke and mirrors which make the level work, but as a neat side effect also throws people off (as you seem to have noticed).

2. In order to keep the kill counter consistent we normally just keep enemies in a special out of bounds holding room then warp them in. In A210s case the decision was to just spawn them via script so as not to give the game away. Enemies that get created mid game like this obviously can't count towards the kill total until they actually exist.

3. You need to find the data disk in the ruins of the spire, then (later on) decrypt it in the array.

Cool, thanks for that.

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I was aware of the warp-in trick in question 2, if only because it seems like a common thing in many other maps/mods and iddt kinda reveals the magic. Not surprised scripting is involved to mask that here however.

[ButtonBoy]

So while replaying Ep 1 again I've noticed somethings: 1. In the tutorial level, in the mutant bit you can jump on to the scrap heaps and onto the giant crate, which has boxes which can spawn junk inside of them. Then from the crate you jump onto the dirt mound and perform an albeit minor level skip, but a level skip all the same. And 2. in the Dam raiders level, in the blue elevator you can jump out just as it starts to descend and then softlock yourself. You can also hit the switch again to go down even further, which I'm not to sure is intended. That is all for now

[Ihavequestions]

I honestly haven't watched that show and or movie i guess i should get around to doing it as i honestly got nothing good to watch atm.

I mean, besides the Kurt cameo in ep. 1, Afterglow also makes a reference to the movies by calling one map Escape from Atlanta (map 17).

Escape from New York is a dystopian classic, I strongly recommend watching it. Escape from L.A. is its sequel but decisively worse, you may watch it for the sake of completeness or not at all.

Other movies to watch, if you want to better understand the clues and references, are the Mad Max movies and The Book of Eli, although the latter comes the shortest.

[AmissaAnima]

I honestly haven't watched that show and or movie i guess i should get around to doing it as i honestly got nothing good to watch atm.

I mean, besides the Kurt cameo in ep. 1, Afterglow also makes a reference to the movies by calling one map Escape from Atlanta (map 17).

Escape from New York is a dystopian classic, I strongly recommend watching it. Escape from L.A. is its sequel but decisively worse, you may watch it for the sake of completeness or not at all.

Other movies to watch, if you want to better understand the clues and references, are the Mad Max movies and The Book of Eli, although the latter comes the shortest.

Got it! thank you very much for the tips.