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The 8-week period before starting the PhD is down to 5 weeks- trying to make the most of what I'm up to now, while part of me is looking forward to the PhD and another part is apprehensive.

Been continuing with the level episode I'm doing for Doom 3, with only one level (a short level as well) to go, I hope to finish that last level before I start my PhD as I'm aware I won't be spending as much time on level editing once the PhD gets underway! It will most likely be a 'beta' product, for as most amateur level designers know, level editing skills tend to advance as one progresses through the episode- so the earlier levels aren't as good as the later ones. Thus I expect to be tinkering around a bit with the earlier ones.

It's all very much a hobby- ever since I first got the original Doom, I had always wanted to create a Doom-themed level episode. I have no intention of becoming a professional level designer.

As for the weather, it looks like the pattern of downgrading of settled spells is continuing. To be honest, the first third of August wasn't too bad at all in the North East, indeed sunshine was much above average, but we're starting to return to the sort of summer we got used to in June and July. Haven't had any thunder-days yet either up here.

Had to get a new power supply for my computer as the fan was deciding to pack in, but fingers crossed, it's now fitted.

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dogs32

Have you ever tried doom edit...or deep sea for doom the original..level construction...I have realy good but I dont get much time any more..Havent tried to create levels for doom 3 ,must be more difficult

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Cakie

Hi Ian

Wow it all seems so near now, good luck :)

I tried playing Doom a while back but I'm not that good on computer games (I get too frustrated) I used to play Dungeon Keeper....only cos I had loads of cheats but when I upgraded to xp (yes, a long time ago) it kept freaking out and I couldn't play it any more :cray:

Good luck with your studies though

Kt

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Have you ever tried doom edit...or deep sea for doom the original..level construction...I have realy good but I dont get much time any more..Havent tried to create levels for doom 3 ,must be more difficult

I've had a long history of changing engines and starting from scratch, much like the infamous Duke Nukem Forever:

Late 1990s- tried Doom 1 mapping with WadED, gave up as it crashed constantly

2000-03- tried Half-Life mapping, created several maps for HL (including 3 multiplayer maps) but didn't get very far with my planned episode

2004- created 8 Doom 2 levels with DoomBuilder while waiting for Doom 3 to come out. I did try DeepSea beforehand but was put off by the fact you have to pay to get all the features.

Since then I've been sticking with the Doom 3 engine and am determined to get the episode finished. Doom 3 editing is much harder than Doom 1/2 editing and the maps take much longer to create- but there is a lot more you can do with them, especially scripted stuff and architecture.

And thanks for the good wishes from Katie.

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Have you ever tried doom edit...or deep sea for doom the original..level construction...I have realy good but I dont get much time any more..Havent tried to create levels for doom 3 ,must be more difficult

I've had a long history of changing engines and starting from scratch, much like the infamous Duke Nukem Forever:

Late 1990s- tried Doom 1 mapping with WadED, gave up as it crashed constantly

2000-03- tried Half-Life mapping, created several maps for HL (including 3 multiplayer maps) but didn't get very far with my planned episode

2004- created 8 Doom 2 levels with DoomBuilder while waiting for Doom 3 to come out. I did try DeepSea beforehand but was put off by the fact you have to pay to get all the features.

Since then I've been sticking with the Doom 3 engine and am determined to get the episode finished. Doom 3 editing is much harder than Doom 1/2 editing and the maps take much longer to create- but there is a lot more you can do with them, especially scripted stuff and architecture.

And thanks for the good wishes from Katie.

Hi mate sorry i forgot to reply back...deepsea is cheap to buy...like you ive made a few wads....can u tell me were I can get the doom 3 engine creator ..

doom the original is on xbox now.....you know i would love to creat call of duty levels more than anything.....but i do love doom..always will

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Thundery wintry showers

The Doom 3 engine creator comes straight with Doom 3- there's a site called Doom3World.org with plenty of level editing tips that I've used very heavily. You can create another shortcut to Doom3.exe and add "+editor" to the Target field in the shortcut properties, and that will load up the level editor.

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The Doom 3 engine creator comes straight with Doom 3- there's a site called Doom3World.org with plenty of level editing tips that I've used very heavily. You can create another shortcut to Doom3.exe and add "+editor" to the Target field in the shortcut properties, and that will load up the level editor.

Thanks TWS will check it out cheers

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