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In 1994, the average gamer had a much higher tolerance for mediocrity, and were not in that generation anymore. (dont inquire more about this, I haven't really fully manifested the idea)īut I feel the approach of using the prefabricated pieces is a safe way to ensure the custom content you play, no matter by how idiotic the level designer is, is going to somewhat resemble the quality of the base game. And depending on the motif you picked, you could simply arrange your shapes together and like floodfilling textures, the map would auto populate with physical features like metal beams, crates pipes, computer panels in a uac base level, and statues and torches and sacrificial burial grounds in a hell map. Something kinda of like wad author where you plot some shapes and you can mold them around like clay, and instead of picking textures like you do in Doom, you could pick motifs, such as hell wasteland, hell castle, ware house, computer station, steel foundry, nukage processing, etc.
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If it were feasible, I would have pushed for something a bit more intuitive. If it were up to me I dont know if I would have approved a puzzle piece map editor that you stitch together like a quilt. I'll probably make a few maps in it before I just return to old school doom mapping. I realize that with such an advanced 3d engine that this would be pretty unfeasible, but I still can't help but feel like this is missing some of the beauty of map making.
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If we end up really utilizing the SnapMap tools and get a firm understanding of what's going on inside of it, create successful and fun content that the community enjoys out of it with it's limitations, then if they release a full blown toolkit maybe the modding scene will see some newcomers and bring in new ideas for both classic doom and doom 2016 :D Now if they do end up releasing a nice toolkit for all the savvy modders out there, this could be the kickstart for some of the younger or less mod-savvy people out there as myself to really give it a shot when they become available is all I'm trying to say.
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But I was just saying that as a huge fan of Doom and it's mods since the beginning and not talented enough (or at least not having the time to really get in there and try to learn the stuff) to actually use the source code or the extensive modding tools available as it is, this seems quite promising for fans like me. Well hopefully they do this for Doom as well. Note that SnapMap data log messages are not recorded permanently, however, and can only be viewed once unless the trigger to show them is made repeatable - one way to do this is to create an event that respawns the datapad, so that the player can collect it again.It wouldn't take long period before they release Modding tools however, just like Fallout 4, it's modding tools will be released this april. Custom datapad messages can also be triggered in response to any other event without involving the container if desired. It is possible to create custom datapads in SnapMap by using the datapad model for the container pick-up item and attaching a datapad message object to its "On Picked Up" event output. There are between one and five datapads in each level, except for Argent D'Nur, which has none.Įnvironments - Argent Facility (Destroyed) Finding all datapads unlocks the Historian achievement. The second and any subsequent data log entries for most monsters and weapons are acquired from datapads, whereas the first entries are acquired automatically by encountering the item or creature. Datapads are silver with blue trim, and project a holographic UAC logo over their screens. Datapads hold data log messages which are recorded to the player's codex when the datapad is collected. A datapad is a small electronic device, somewhat resembling Doom 3's PDA, which occurs in the single-player campaign of Doom (2016).