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so I'm thinking of firing up a server from AWS/Digital Ocean/etc. next month to play doom and quake and wanted to know what are the best multiplayer wads, modes, etc. a few years back someone setup an nquake server over thanksgiving and it was as shitload of fun to play with people again. i'm thinking maybe the first 2 weeks of the month run the server with doom using zandronum and play specific mods like samsara, russian overkill, and just vanilla doom at certain times on weekends. then the last 2 weeks switch to nquake and play classic DM maps or whatever anyone interested in playing next month? good multiplayer doom and quake maps that are a must to play too? how much memory does a modern doom or quake multiplayer server need too? i'm guessing 2GB should cover it with plenty to spare. mod sassinator fucked around with this message at 01:50 on Oct 17, 2014 |
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Oct 17, 2014 01:48
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You can run a quake server on a low end unix box as it doesn't need much. I had a list of custom q1 dm maps but I need to find it.
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Oct 17, 2014 02:42
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Yeah I'm thinking the $10/month Digital Ocean 'droplet' with plain old Ubuntu server would be perfect. Not sure how much bandwidth gaming takes, but it can't be thaaaat bad with just text and control messages being sent around.
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Oct 17, 2014 03:43
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mod sassinator posted:so I'm thinking of firing up a server from AWS/Digital Ocean/etc. next month to play doom and quake and wanted to know what are the best multiplayer wads, modes, etc. I never got to play vanilla Doom or Quake DM online back in the day so being able to play those would be cool
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Oct 17, 2014 04:09
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mod sassinator posted:Yeah I'm thinking the $10/month Digital Ocean 'droplet' with plain old Ubuntu server would be perfect. Not sure how much bandwidth gaming takes, but it can't be thaaaat bad with just text and control messages being sent around. man just host it on your own computer unless you are literally on dialup even then its ok because that's what these games were designed for
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Oct 17, 2014 04:10
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Yeah quake and doom have such a low over head and don't require much bandwidth.
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Oct 17, 2014 04:34
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It's honestly easier to setup a cloud server. Less screwing around with my machine at home, less messing with the router to punch out the right ports, etc. And I can just leave it running with bots and such for people to play during the week at random times. Also I just bought the domain unionaerospace.net for a few bucks so it will have a sweet name. Too bad the .com was taken. 
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Oct 17, 2014 18:39
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mod sassinator posted:It's honestly easier to setup a cloud server. Less screwing around with my machine at home, less messing with the router to punch out the right ports, etc. And I can just leave it running with bots and such for people to play during the week at random times. you just run it on your pc directly with basically zero resource usage and minimize the window (or run it inside a virtual machine if you're already equipped to run VMs) and then forward 1 port, it is honestly a lot easier than paying money to rent a server and set up remotely and poo poo i mean do whatever you like and if you really want to play around with a cloud server then go hog wild but don't be misinformed about the reasons to use it
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Oct 17, 2014 19:06
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Alternately, http://www.best-ever.org
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Oct 17, 2014 20:25
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Anyone ever play Chasm? It's a Quake clone from Ukraine. I first played it from a 250 Best Arcade Games disc that we had for our K6-2 when I was a kid; it runs in DOSbox pretty decently, although nowhere near as smoothly as it did on the K6-2. It's got destructible environments, enemies w/ limbs you can shoot off, and killer scorpions.
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Oct 17, 2014 22:35
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Yes, I played it and it's pretty good, if primitve on the tech side (very simple maps and very little vertical movement), but definitely fun. Boss battles are quite quake'ish. I always thought that Vivisector: Beast Within from the same studio is Chasm's long-lost cousin.
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Oct 18, 2014 16:22
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Cricken_Nigfops posted:Roguelike doom is another one, but it makes the game too much like diablo and the interface loving sucks. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRLUFzQheE8
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Oct 20, 2014 19:10
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SPACE HOMOS posted:Yeah quake and doom have such a low over head and don't require much bandwidth. i think OG Doom LAN multiplayer actually sent out data with broadcast packets, which is such an insanely bad idea that it owns
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Oct 20, 2014 19:41
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oops, this is what I meant: http://forum.zdoom.org/viewtopic.php?t=37044
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Oct 20, 2014 19:55
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Cricken_Nigfops posted:oops, this is what I meant: http://forum.zdoom.org/viewtopic.php?t=37044 Oh lol. That actually really reminds me of Raid Mode in RE Revelations. some review because I can't find any footage that isnt a pro speedrun posted:
I think the one I posted is pretty cool in theory but like all roguelikes it sucks balls to play.
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Oct 21, 2014 12:03
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Cricken_Nigfops posted:oops, this is what I meant: http://forum.zdoom.org/viewtopic.php?t=37044 Augh, I can't get this dumb wad to work, I always get a Decorate error  edit: Fixed it, my dumbshit lazy method of attempting file associations to run it wasn't working because they're associated with the non-beta version of ZDoom and weren't changing to the latest one. and then it turns out you could run WADs by dragging them onto the executable, blugh wish I knew that earlier Leroy Dennui fucked around with this message at 21:59 on Oct 21, 2014 |
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Oct 21, 2014 14:46
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Leroy Dennui posted:Augh, I can't get this dumb wad to work, I always get a Decorate error use the latest beta version of zdoom/gzdoom.
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Oct 21, 2014 17:34
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oh my god i was just playing samsara a little bit to test it out, and holy poo poo does it look like fun. can't wait to get this going. the characters they added are really well done and super nostalgic
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Oct 26, 2014 23:39
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Yo to whoever was asking for dope weapons wads,the best one I ever played was wwhc-diaz. Reloading, alt fires, good variety, and fairly balanced. It adds several new enemies too and is just a blast overall. Zen Dynamics is really good too. I wish there was a cacoward category for best gameplay mod, it seems the doomworld guys are only focused on level design which is a real shame because some gameplay wads are really fun.
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Oct 29, 2014 06:21
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Speaking of, what are some other dope gameplay wads that don't change up the general formula of shooting dudes, but add in something more than just weapons? I'm thinking something like Stronghold(hella dope if you've never played it), rather than the F zero or Sonic wads. Modern Warfare, DoomRL arsenal, and Brutal Doom(it sucks but is worth trying out at least once)are all kind of examples of what I'm looking for.
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Oct 29, 2014 06:26
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Try Satanic.
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Oct 29, 2014 06:28
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SoR Blaze posted:I wish there was a cacoward category for best gameplay mod there is. it's called Best Gameplay Mod http://www.doomworld.com/20years/others.php
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Oct 29, 2014 16:04
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SavageMessiah posted:there is. it's called Yeah but there's only 1/year there should be like 3
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Oct 29, 2014 18:10
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SoR Blaze posted:Yeah but there's only 1/year there should be like 3 
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Oct 29, 2014 19:02
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Russian Overkill is the reason I had so much fun with the Dark Tartarus WAD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlmEYiW7J1c (this vid isn't mine but it may as well be)
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Oct 29, 2014 19:11
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lmao
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Oct 29, 2014 20:48
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Oct 29, 2014 23:18
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Zero Star posted:Russian Overkill is the reason I had so much fun with the Dark Tartarus WAD holy poo poo that wad has some nice tunes. like something out of unreal.
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Oct 29, 2014 23:34
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coincidentally, a lot are by the same composer alexander brandon is basically a cool guy
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Oct 30, 2014 00:16
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AHungryRobot posted:holy poo poo that wad has some nice tunes. like something out of unreal. the first tune is the title track for Crusader: No Remorse which is a brilliant game with brilliant music and yeah, alexander brandon is cool as heck EDIT: he didn't do the crusader score though, that was andrew sega (also cool as heck) SavageMessiah fucked around with this message at 00:40 on Oct 30, 2014 |
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Oct 30, 2014 00:24
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AHungryRobot posted:holy poo poo that wad has some nice tunes. like something out of unreal.  also this is my new favourite FPS background tune: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBJuTybEejY
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