Archived News

Monday, May 13th, 2002

Fellow mapper releasing a very nice looking map!
I don't normally post about other folk's maps since there are plenty of more popular sites than mine that does, but this one is an exception. A fellow mapper, B0lty B0y is about to release his map with a western theme. This map looks very, very impressive. Check out the screenshots here.

Tuesday, May 7th, 2002

Beta Release of Mountain Assault!
My second map, Mountain Assault, is ready for some beta testing. In this map the allies are attempting to destroy some vital axis communication equipment that is on top of and inside of a mountain. Read more about it and download it here.

This is a beta release. Please give me any feedback you have, positive or negative. Only input from you folks will make this map better. Also, if you run a map downloading site, please do not post this file or any reviews of this beta (posting news of the beta release and a link to this site is fine thought). Please wait for the full release. Also, I would appreciate if you did not mirror the file either. I would like to keep it here. Again, once the full map has been release you are more than welcome to post reviews and mirror the file. Thanks for your cooperation and support in this.

Bad Form
I've got two issues that have come to my attention recently that are a bit disturbing. The first issue is regarding the behavior of some wolf fan sites. There seems to be a bit of carelessness when it comes to posting new maps. Some sites aren't taking the time to verify that the map they are about to post is even meant to be posted, or, that the map is unaltered. This carelessness should be stopped. When folks release a map for beta testing, they usually don't want it posted all across the world. Fan sites should respect the mapper's wishes and not post the map. Its really that simple.

The second issue is regarding the habit of mappers doing one of two things. The first thing is altering an official shader or texture, then including it in your map with the same name as the official shader or texture. This is bad! This should be avoided at all costs. There is absolutely no reason what so ever to ever do this. This is a very bad practice. Don't do it. Secondly, if you create custom textures, sounds, shaders, or whatever, do not put them in an official wolf directory. Create a directory with your map's name and put your custom files in there. Mixing your textures in with the official ones creates issues when gtk is attempting to load up textures.

Friday, March 29th, 2002

New Tutorial!
Added a new two part tutorial on the proper use of Detail and Hint brushes. I attempted to simplify the concepts so the less technical folks could understand them. I hope the tutorial helps.

Tuesday, March 26th, 2002

Updated FAQ
Thanks to PurpleDrillMonkey in the Planetwolfenstein forums for this one. He was able to figure out how to get terrain to kick up snow when you shoot it instead of dirt. This is great considering I'm currently working on a snow based map! Here it is in the FAQ. Thanks Purpledrillmonkey.

New site feature added
I added a new feature to the site today. Its called "gtkRadiant Tip of the Moment". Every day or so I plan on adding some little tip that will help you use gtkRadiant more effeciently and more effectively. gtkRadiant is a complex tool with more features and hot-keys than you can imagine. The reason I call it "Tip of the Moment" instead of "Tip of the Day" or "Tip of the Week" is that I can't promise that I'll update it every single day, but I hope to update it more than once a week. So, enjoy.

Wednesday, March 13th, 2002

Added a Skybox tutorial
This tutorial is by Valkyrs. He's made a really nice tutorial on making the cool skyboxes that are used in maps like Escape1. Using this method really adds a lot of depth to your map and prevents your terrain from looking like its just chopped off. Thanks for the contribution Valkyrs. And if any of you know how to do something that no one else does, feel free to whip up a tutorial and send it to me. I'll be happy to post it.

Friday, March 8th, 2002

Added another new tutorial
Someone emailed me asking for help with connecting two rooms so I decided to throw up a tutorial. This tutorial is in two parts, a basic and advanced. The basic one does the job but doesn't do it as well as the advanced. Go read them to see what the heck I'm talking about.

Thursday, March 7th, 2002

New Logo
Big thanks go out to BOlty BOy for creating my new logo. Thanks man!

Tuesday, March 5th, 2002

New Total Conversion Added
Added the first Total Conversion, this conversion is called No Man's Land and is based on WWI. As it happens, they are also currenlty in need of a modeler. Read about that in the Help Wanted section.

New Tutorial Added: Making your second room
Added a new tutorial. This tutorial teaches the newbie a better way to create a room. If you still use Hollow to create a room, this tutorial is for you. Also, if you don't caulk the oustide of your brushes, this tutorial is for you. Its not terribly advanced, just a more efficient method of building a basic room.

Added the Newbie's FAQ
Added a FAQ geared toward the newbie. Its not quite so basic that it teaches you the exact button to press for every step of every task, but more geared toward getting familiar with the mapping community as well as answering some of the more, well, frequently asked questions. I compiled this FAQ from simply participating in a couple different forums. If there are any questions you think need to be added, let me know.

Friday, February 22nd, 2002

New map underway: Mountain Assault
After starting and stopping about 3 different map ideas, I've finally settled on one! This map is called Mountain Assault. No other details will be released just yet but I'll start posting some screenshots and additional info in a week or so. I've got some really cool things going into this map.

Tuesday, February 19th, 2002

New Off Site Tutorials section
Added a couple links to some valuable tutorials i've used myself. The tutorials cover creating terrain and multi-player spawning and objectives. The tutorials are listed on my new page for "Off Site Tutorials".

Sunday, February 17th, 2002

The Bunker has finally been released!
After many, many weeks of work I'm finally ready to release my first map, The Bunker, to the public. Head over here to get a copy and feel free to send me feedback.

Tuesday, February 12th, 2002

My map has finally gone beta!
My first map for RtCW, the Bunker, has finally made it to beta. There are still a couple small issues with it but nothing I won't fix. If you'd like to download it for a test run, go ahead. Just, do not distribute to public servers yet!

Sunday, February 10th, 2002

Added a tutorial on creating a destructable radio
This tutorial will walk you through the creation of a radio that will play music and is destructable.

Thursday, February 7th, 2002

Added another script tutorial
To help supplement BOlty BOy's great tutorial, I've added what I'm calling a "basic" script tutorial. This tutorial does nothing but move a platform through a couple points. If you've never worked with scripts or are saying "what are scripts?", this might be a good place to start. If you're familiar with the concept of scripts or have used them in any way, you may want to skip the basic and head straight for the advanced tutorial.

Wednesday, February 6th, 2002

Updated script_mover tutorial
BOlty BOy has made a couple small corrections to his great script_mover tutorial.

Monday, February 4th, 2002

Added a new tutorial
BOlty BOy has taken the time to create a very thorough tutorial on script_movers. Thanks BOlty!

Wednesday, January 23rd, 2002

Site is open!
Not a ton here yet but I'll be adding stuff soon. I'd like to thank Justoman from Wolfen' PSD for his site. I'm no graphics wizard so I just used one of his cutouts for my logo. Thanks Justoman.

Work in progress...
This site still has a long way to go so be patient. I'll be adding more to the Tools & Utilities section, along with more links for Wolf resources very shortly!

Current Project
I'm currently working on my first map for Wolf. It's going to be a multi-player objective based map. I may add checkpoint later if the architecture of the map is conducive to it.