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Original 'Doom' Level Remade in the New 'Doom' (vice.com)
An anonymous reader writes:
After the new Doom was released yesterday, Vice discovered its SnapMap feature had already been used to recreate one of the levels from the original Doom. "The original Doom thrived on a strong modding community, and id is supporting that tradition here in a great way." Sharing videos for both the old and new versions of the E1 M2 nuclear plant map, Vice also applauded the interface for the new SnapMap tool, which lets users design their own levels, even on consoles. SnapMap includes tools for arranging objects, placing enemies, and even triggering events when a player reaches certain points in a level. "It's incredibly easy to use considering how much you can do, and so far I've had little trouble uploading, downloading, and browsing for user-made levels."
Newegg is also offering a $15 discount code for PC, Xbox One, or PS4 versions.
Newegg is also offering a $15 discount code for PC, Xbox One, or PS4 versions.
Snapmap represents a very elaborate way of neutering the mod community by ensuring they don't have the tools to create works which could compete with expansion/DLC for quality and therefore negatively affect sales. Snapmap lets you deal with prefab rooms and props, and a scripting engine for triggering events - it's interesting and I might even try to make something serious with it, but it is absolutely the opposite of "supporting the mod community", for that we'd want the version of Radiant or whatever the studio uses these days.
I don't expect to see any real tools shared, or if they are released it won't be until after DLC revenue has dropped off and they're on to other products.
I couldn't even tell which level it was supposed to be.
This is the original for reference.
From tfa:
E1 M2 Tribute, which is a kinda sorta recreation of the E1 M2 nuclear plant map from the original Doom. It’s a little hard to tell since the games look so different, but the maps have the same general layout, which recreates similar firefights.
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There was a reimagining of episode 1 for Doom 3 about a decade ago. Here is E1M2.
The developers have made beautiful games, then set them almost entirely in the dark. It's a lazy way to keep players on edge and it's unrealistic. Doom takes place in the future. Don't you think we'll have mastered interior lighting by then, as if we haven't already? Doom 3 was virtually unplayable without the flashlight and duct tape mod. The new Doom looks to have a similar shortfall.
It's a perfect time for being wasted.
A perfect time to watch the stars.
- Burden Brothers, "Beautiful Night"
The dark rooms in the new Doom, have some objects that are actually well lit, while everything else is dark. In old doom, to get that effect you will need to sacrifice a lot of colors to get that effect. Going from dark to light in VGA is simple as a pallet swap. However if the old doom were to show the same level of contrast you either have a lot less colors, or very blocky fading effect where it would look cheesy. So the developers went towards a brighter room where there is less fading.
If something is so important that you feel the need to post it on the internet... It probably isn't that important.