New SP map by Piterplus EZ (jr) - "A.dream"

Piterplus · 02-06-2008, 10:47 AM

Description:
Game story take place in Duke's dream (while he fell asleep after some solid dose of boose, or maybe after saving the world one more time

).
In his dream his shuttle was rammed by enemie's helicopter. Duke managed to jump safely on the ground and found himself on the streets of the unknown city....

http://members.lycos.co.uk/piterplus...am_install.zip

Instalation: unpack files from archive into Duke3D game directory and run A.dream.bat.
Make sure you have eDuke32.exe and do not have user.con in main game folder.
Using latest Hi-res pack is advised.

@ Nightfright I have modified 927 Traffic signal model and skin from HRP. It is compatible with old sprite now (previously it has wrongly scaled, turned in wrong direction and misplaced in x and y axis)

Spiker · 02-06-2008, 11:19 AM

I cant download it

can you provide additional source?

Iggy · 02-06-2008, 11:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Spiker

I cant download it

can you provide additional source?

http://files.duke4ever.eu/dukemaps/A.dream_install.zip (3,05Mb)

Mr. Pink · 02-06-2008, 11:42 AM

Downloading now. Great way to start the morning. Thanks PiterPlus Jr. (and Piterplus Sr.)!

Spiker · 02-06-2008, 11:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Iggy

http://files.duke4ever.eu/dukemaps/A.dream_install.zip (3,05Mb)

Thank You!

Fantastic map, I played it over 40 minutes because i got lost few times

Plenty of special effects

Mikko Sandt · 02-06-2008, 03:04 PM

Good map. Took me 18 minutes. Found only one secret (I'm lazy with these).

Radar1013 · 02-06-2008, 03:07 PM

I never even look for the secrets.

EDIT: I found 2 secrets. Sweet map of you ask me!

HangNail · 02-06-2008, 04:46 PM

A very nice map. Thanks for taking the time to make the map. The special effects were a fun surprise.

Mr. Pink · 02-06-2008, 07:03 PM

^^ +1. The new sounds were great as well.

Mikko Sandt · 02-07-2008, 12:07 PM

Reviewed: http://msdn.planetduke.gamespy.com/hotdream.shtml
AMC topic: http://amc.planetduke.gamespy.com/sm...7538.msg191561

hummertime · 02-08-2008, 06:54 PM

With the new EDuke32 snapshot the map has some sound problems. I didn't hear many of those voices what I heard with the earlier one (which was sadly a bit buggy sounded, thanks to the stupid vista), for example the sound in the supermarket next to those mystic holes. Also I heard "Game over" many times, while IMHO it was a replacement sound.

What to do?

Piterplus · 02-09-2008, 06:28 AM

I'm afraid that it is eDuke32's problem , at least currently. All those new sounds are just usial .wav files renamed to .voc and should be played without problem. Same sounds defined in a.dream.def for OpenAL compatibility.

Hunter_rus · 02-09-2008, 06:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hummertime

I didn't hear many of those voices what I heard with the earlier one (which was sadly a bit buggy sounded, thanks to the stupid vista)

VOC sounds should be defined in the USER.CON, not A.dream.def.
What's the "gmeovr5.voc" file?

hummertime · 02-09-2008, 07:00 AM

gameovr5.voc originally was "Game over" duketalk after the Stadium, the additional one is a strange sound says "over here" or something like this. But this is one of the big number of malfunctioning sounds. Basically 2/3 of the extra sounds are missing or screwed.

Probably a wrong or incompatible code in the .def file or in user.con is the problem, I don't know. It's soo bad, since the openAL snapshot of EDuke doesn't run well, it produces strange sound effects in my stupid Vista. The new one is great, but with this problem.

Hunter_rus · 02-09-2008, 07:44 AM

The "USER.CON" uses "GMEOVR05.VOC". (normal sound file)
The "A.dream.def" uses "GMEOVR5.VOC". (strange sound file)

These are different files(pay attention to the "0"). Only OpenAL snapshot uses the "A.dream.def" file and tries to play that strange sound file. I don't know how this "GMEOVR5.VOC" was supposed to sound. I think Piterplus know that.

hummertime · 02-09-2008, 08:12 AM

Wow, I'm totally lost now.

Hunter_rus · 02-09-2008, 08:42 AM

That was actually going to Piterplus. Since he should fix some problems with the definitions.

hummertime · 02-09-2008, 03:12 PM

OK, I have heard all the .voc files for their own, and noticed which ones work with all EDuke versions and which ones only with the openAL snapshot. I renamed gmeovr5.voc to gmeovr05.voc in both the .def and the .zip file.

The ones work with all versions:

termin01.voc
poolbal1.voc
octarm.voc
octarg.voc
octaat1.voc
octaat2.voc
nobody01.voc
myself3a.voc
hlidle03.voc
chew05.voc
booby04.voc

The rest of the stuff can be heard with openAL snapshot ONLY (12 .voc files)

ahmuch03.voc isn't working at all. I can't hear it with Windows MP.

Hopeful it helped a bit.

Piterplus · 02-10-2008, 05:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hunter_rus

The "USER.CON" uses "GMEOVR05.VOC". (normal sound file)
The "A.dream.def" uses "GMEOVR5.VOC". (strange sound file)
.

Yes , our mistake. It is fixed now.

TerminX · 02-10-2008, 03:41 PM

Renaming .wav files to .voc is a really good way to confuse the original sound code. I would suggest not doing that.

gt1750 · 02-10-2008, 03:58 PM

Played it today, it was enjoyable. Took me an hour to finish

The thing that bothered me were the new octabrain sounds - didn't like them at all.

Mr. Pink · 02-10-2008, 09:43 PM

The Octabrain sounds worked great imho. Thanks again, Piters! Big thumbs up.

hummertime · 02-11-2008, 02:33 AM

Again it depends on which EDuke snapshot you use. The one which doesn't play the majority of the new sounds, these Octabrain stuff is out of place. If you can hear all of them, it feels miles better.

The Commander · 02-11-2008, 04:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hummertime

Again it depends on which EDuke snapshot you use. The one which doesn't play the majority of the new sounds, these Octabrain stuff is out of place. If you can hear all of them, it feels miles better.

The sounds work fine on mine because I dont use Vista and dont have that sound issue and I still think the Octabrains sound is wrong... White noise just doesnt suit.

Mr. Pink · 02-11-2008, 12:56 PM

Wow you are getting white noise?

hummertime · 02-11-2008, 08:21 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZidDb263aTY

The Commander · 02-11-2008, 08:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mr. Pink

Wow you are getting white noise?

Yes white noise. If you dont know what that is, it is another name for horible static. And I know thats what its ment to sound like because I have Cool Edit and opened the modified sound files.

hummertime · 02-12-2008, 05:13 AM

The octabrain attack sounds are indeed white noises. Other than that it's just a great fit to the bizarre theme.

hummertime · 02-12-2008, 05:16 AM

However I failed to understand why Piterplus used those Octis later in the supermarket. It was a very unneccessary addition.

Piterplus · 02-12-2008, 05:43 AM

We have changed Octa attack sounds to more "easy to listen" versions.
In attach is archive with new sounds, just replace them in "A.dream.zip".
Also, "A.dream_install.zip" on my lycos site is updated.

hummertime · 02-12-2008, 06:48 AM

Why do you always say "we"? Aren't you the only author? Be proud for this excellent level.

The Commander · 02-12-2008, 07:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hummertime

Why do you always say "we"? Aren't you the only author? Be proud for this excellent level.

IRC, it is him and his son because I think I rember reading that on AMC when he got in trouble for including some maps in another episode that wernt his or something. Correct me if I am wrong.

Piterplus · 02-12-2008, 08:22 AM

That is correct, I'm not an author at all.
It's my son's work, even more - I do not play user maps (usially), so all the bug report and wishes (for example that okta's attack sound) I receive only from all of you

.
I have listened okta's sound and don't liked it too (as many of you said), so I modified it in audio editor. Hope its better now.

edit. Sorry, I forget to attach new sounds last time.
It is in my previous post now.

MrIgoe · 02-18-2008, 03:39 PM

For some reason, whenever I go into the bank, and turn the corner into the booths, the game crashes. I've no clue if its a vista bug or a duke bug, but I've never encountered anything like this before.

Anyone experienced anything like this?

Side Note: Map is AWESOME (Everything up to the bank that is)

Radar1013 · 02-18-2008, 04:14 PM

I have Vista and i don't get this problem. It might be a duke bug.

hummertime · 02-19-2008, 06:59 AM

Possibly you encountered a different sound problem, but the source (new sounds) is the same.

Piterplus · 04-28-2008, 06:42 AM

http://members.lycos.co.uk/piterplus....1_install.zip
Nothing serious, just properly converted wav sound files to .voc format.

Piterplus · 06-30-2008, 06:25 AM

Update to version 1.2:
Added several new monsters, effects and items.
Some changes in coop settings.

http://members.lycos.co.uk/piterplus....2_install.zip

XTHX2 · 06-30-2008, 03:13 PM

Good map. 5***/5 stars!!!

sb742 · 07-01-2008, 06:16 AM

Hmmm I detected a F.E.A.R. influence at the end there.

02-06-2008, 10:47 AM	#1
Piterplus	New SP map by Piterplus EZ (jr) - "A.dream" Description: Game story take place in Duke's dream (while he fell asleep after some solid dose of boose, or maybe after saving the world one more time ). In his dream his shuttle was rammed by enemie's helicopter. Duke managed to jump safely on the ground and found himself on the streets of the unknown city.... http://members.lycos.co.uk/piterplus...am_install.zip Instalation: unpack files from archive into Duke3D game directory and run A.dream.bat. Make sure you have eDuke32.exe and do not have user.con in main game folder. Using latest Hi-res pack is advised. @ Nightfright I have modified 927 Traffic signal model and skin from HRP. It is compatible with old sprite now (previously it has wrongly scaled, turned in wrong direction and misplaced in x and y axis) __________________ Piterplus's textures and models vault: http://members.lycos.co.uk/piterplus/ Last edited by Piterplus; 02-07-2008 at 04:03 AM.

02-06-2008, 11:19 AM	#2
Spiker	Re: New SP map by Piterplus EZ (jr) - "A.dream" I cant download it can you provide additional source?

02-06-2008, 11:42 AM	#4
Mr. Pink	Re: New SP map by Piterplus EZ (jr) - "A.dream" Downloading now. Great way to start the morning. Thanks PiterPlus Jr. (and Piterplus Sr.)!

02-06-2008, 03:04 PM	#6
Mikko Sandt	Re: New SP map by Piterplus EZ (jr) - "A.dream" Good map. Took me 18 minutes. Found only one secret (I'm lazy with these). __________________ http://www.planetduke.com/msdn/ The West is not simply better than non-Western cultures, it is vastly, fundamentally better. Hellenic culture is the only truly human civilization, the only one for which human reason, not animal stultification, is the ideal. –Greg Swann http://m-sandt.blogspot.com

02-06-2008, 03:07 PM	#7
Radar1013	Re: New SP map by Piterplus EZ (jr) - "A.dream" I never even look for the secrets. EDIT: I found 2 secrets. Sweet map of you ask me! Last edited by Radar1013; 02-06-2008 at 03:59 PM.

02-06-2008, 04:46 PM	#8
HangNail	Re: New SP map by Piterplus EZ (jr) - "A.dream" A very nice map. Thanks for taking the time to make the map. The special effects were a fun surprise. __________________ Those that can, do. Those that can't, teach. Those that can't do or teach, become critics. I went to the park today and watched the kids running around, jumping and screaming. Of course it wasn't much fun after they realized I was using blanks.

02-06-2008, 07:03 PM	#9
Mr. Pink	Re: New SP map by Piterplus EZ (jr) - "A.dream" ^^ +1. The new sounds were great as well.

02-07-2008, 12:07 PM	#10
Mikko Sandt	Re: New SP map by Piterplus EZ (jr) - "A.dream" Reviewed: http://msdn.planetduke.gamespy.com/hotdream.shtml AMC topic: http://amc.planetduke.gamespy.com/sm...7538.msg191561 __________________ http://www.planetduke.com/msdn/ The West is not simply better than non-Western cultures, it is vastly, fundamentally better. Hellenic culture is the only truly human civilization, the only one for which human reason, not animal stultification, is the ideal. –Greg Swann http://m-sandt.blogspot.com

02-08-2008, 06:54 PM	#11
hummertime	Re: New SP map by Piterplus EZ (jr) - "A.dream" With the new EDuke32 snapshot the map has some sound problems. I didn't hear many of those voices what I heard with the earlier one (which was sadly a bit buggy sounded, thanks to the stupid vista), for example the sound in the supermarket next to those mystic holes. Also I heard "Game over" many times, while IMHO it was a replacement sound. What to do?

02-09-2008, 06:28 AM	#12
Piterplus	Re: New SP map by Piterplus EZ (jr) - "A.dream" I'm afraid that it is eDuke32's problem , at least currently. All those new sounds are just usial .wav files renamed to .voc and should be played without problem. Same sounds defined in a.dream.def for OpenAL compatibility. __________________ Piterplus's textures and models vault: http://members.lycos.co.uk/piterplus/

02-09-2008, 07:00 AM	#14
hummertime	Re: New SP map by Piterplus EZ (jr) - "A.dream" gameovr5.voc originally was "Game over" duketalk after the Stadium, the additional one is a strange sound says "over here" or something like this. But this is one of the big number of malfunctioning sounds. Basically 2/3 of the extra sounds are missing or screwed. Probably a wrong or incompatible code in the .def file or in user.con is the problem, I don't know. It's soo bad, since the openAL snapshot of EDuke doesn't run well, it produces strange sound effects in my stupid Vista. The new one is great, but with this problem.

02-09-2008, 07:44 AM	#15
Hunter_rus	Re: New SP map by Piterplus EZ (jr) - "A.dream" The "USER.CON" uses "GMEOVR05.VOC". (normal sound file) The "A.dream.def" uses "GMEOVR5.VOC". (strange sound file) These are different files(pay attention to the "0"). Only OpenAL snapshot uses the "A.dream.def" file and tries to play that strange sound file. I don't know how this "GMEOVR5.VOC" was supposed to sound. I think Piterplus know that.

02-09-2008, 08:12 AM	#16
hummertime	Re: New SP map by Piterplus EZ (jr) - "A.dream" Wow, I'm totally lost now.

02-09-2008, 08:42 AM	#17
Hunter_rus	Re: New SP map by Piterplus EZ (jr) - "A.dream" That was actually going to Piterplus. Since he should fix some problems with the definitions.

02-09-2008, 03:12 PM	#18
hummertime	Re: New SP map by Piterplus EZ (jr) - "A.dream" OK, I have heard all the .voc files for their own, and noticed which ones work with all EDuke versions and which ones only with the openAL snapshot. I renamed gmeovr5.voc to gmeovr05.voc in both the .def and the .zip file. The ones work with all versions: termin01.voc poolbal1.voc octarm.voc octarg.voc octaat1.voc octaat2.voc nobody01.voc myself3a.voc hlidle03.voc chew05.voc booby04.voc The rest of the stuff can be heard with openAL snapshot ONLY (12 .voc files) ahmuch03.voc isn't working at all. I can't hear it with Windows MP. Hopeful it helped a bit.

02-10-2008, 03:41 PM	#20
TerminX	Re: New SP map by Piterplus EZ (jr) - "A.dream" Renaming .wav files to .voc is a really good way to confuse the original sound code. I would suggest not doing that. __________________ EDuke32 \| Duke4.net forums, the largest Duke Nukem 3D community on the Internet Visit #eduke32 on irc.freenode.net!

02-10-2008, 03:58 PM	#21
gt1750	Re: New SP map by Piterplus EZ (jr) - "A.dream" Played it today, it was enjoyable. Took me an hour to finish The thing that bothered me were the new octabrain sounds - didn't like them at all. __________________ [\\\]=>My automotive art & design gallery on DeviantArt<=[///] "There's no Photoshop filter for talent!" - HotShoe, S&D "One day when I get rich and win the lottery I'll buy the rights to DNF and finish it myself." - Yatta

02-10-2008, 09:43 PM	#22
Mr. Pink	Re: New SP map by Piterplus EZ (jr) - "A.dream" The Octabrain sounds worked great imho. Thanks again, Piters! Big thumbs up.

02-11-2008, 02:33 AM	#23
hummertime	Re: New SP map by Piterplus EZ (jr) - "A.dream" Again it depends on which EDuke snapshot you use. The one which doesn't play the majority of the new sounds, these Octabrain stuff is out of place. If you can hear all of them, it feels miles better.

02-11-2008, 12:56 PM	#25
Mr. Pink	Re: New SP map by Piterplus EZ (jr) - "A.dream" Wow you are getting white noise?

02-11-2008, 08:21 PM	#26
hummertime	Re: New SP map by Piterplus EZ (jr) - "A.dream" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZidDb263aTY

02-12-2008, 05:13 AM	#28
hummertime	Re: New SP map by Piterplus EZ (jr) - "A.dream" The octabrain attack sounds are indeed white noises. Other than that it's just a great fit to the bizarre theme.

02-12-2008, 05:16 AM	#29
hummertime	Re: New SP map by Piterplus EZ (jr) - "A.dream" However I failed to understand why Piterplus used those Octis later in the supermarket. It was a very unneccessary addition.

02-12-2008, 06:48 AM	#31
hummertime	Re: New SP map by Piterplus EZ (jr) - "A.dream" Why do you always say "we"? Aren't you the only author? Be proud for this excellent level.

02-12-2008, 08:22 AM	#33
Piterplus	Re: New SP map by Piterplus EZ (jr) - "A.dream" That is correct, I'm not an author at all. It's my son's work, even more - I do not play user maps (usially), so all the bug report and wishes (for example that okta's attack sound) I receive only from all of you . I have listened okta's sound and don't liked it too (as many of you said), so I modified it in audio editor. Hope its better now. edit. Sorry, I forget to attach new sounds last time. It is in my previous post now. __________________ Piterplus's textures and models vault: http://members.lycos.co.uk/piterplus/ Last edited by Piterplus; 02-12-2008 at 08:30 AM.

02-18-2008, 03:39 PM	#34
MrIgoe	Re: New SP map by Piterplus EZ (jr) - "A.dream" For some reason, whenever I go into the bank, and turn the corner into the booths, the game crashes. I've no clue if its a vista bug or a duke bug, but I've never encountered anything like this before. Anyone experienced anything like this? Side Note: Map is AWESOME (Everything up to the bank that is)

02-18-2008, 04:14 PM	#35
Radar1013	Re: New SP map by Piterplus EZ (jr) - "A.dream" I have Vista and i don't get this problem. It might be a duke bug. __________________ OFFICIAL HRP Nitpicker!

02-19-2008, 06:59 AM	#36
hummertime	Re: New SP map by Piterplus EZ (jr) - "A.dream" Possibly you encountered a different sound problem, but the source (new sounds) is the same.

04-28-2008, 06:42 AM	#37
Piterplus	Re: New SP map by Piterplus EZ (jr) - "A.dream" http://members.lycos.co.uk/piterplus....1_install.zip Nothing serious, just properly converted wav sound files to .voc format. __________________ Piterplus's textures and models vault: http://members.lycos.co.uk/piterplus/

06-30-2008, 06:25 AM	#38
Piterplus	Re: New SP map by Piterplus EZ (jr) - "A.dream" Update to version 1.2: Added several new monsters, effects and items. Some changes in coop settings. http://members.lycos.co.uk/piterplus....2_install.zip __________________ Piterplus's textures and models vault: http://members.lycos.co.uk/piterplus/ Last edited by Piterplus; 07-01-2008 at 02:27 AM.