The very start of E1M1 from ZPack Rejuvenated
Soon a new #remaster will see the light, after Austerity, Sapphire, The Refinery (still in WIP) and The City of the Damned... But mentioned ones will also receive a refreshing update. Why? Well #Tormentor667 suggested to adopt shaders and effects used mostly on Blade of Agony, on top of already implemented stuff as well (reworked HUDs, #enhanced torches, #enhanced smoke, retrò "nashgore" blood & gibs, lightcones ...). You will experience then these mods with also Heat shaders, Sandstorm shaders, Motion Blur, improved weather effects (rain, snow, fog) and more, all of them adjustable through options. At the moment we are in the process to #debug all #ZPack maps, they have been already improved with a superb job done by #Tormentor667 and #RichardDS90, also known as #Salahmander2, while my work instead has involved shaders implementation (ported from #BoA , done mainly by #AFADoomer and #Talon1024), quality control and resources reorganization (conversion, fixes, improvements ...). So what can be expected? Here is a list of features!
Added a new statusbar (base by NightFright)
Added widescreen graphics
Added a new palette
Added dynamic lights (removed sector light effects)
Added special effects (volumetric light, fire particles)
Added new ambient sounds and sequences
Added alt-deaths
Added brightmaps and gl-lights
Added gore effects (by #Nash)
Added low-health effect
Improved colors for messages and statusbar graphics
Improvements and bugfixes to all maps (3d floors, portals, skyboxes and more fancy GZDoom stuff)
So many people have worked on this project, and we want to give everyone of them the chance to improve their maps as well. Captain Toenail already did an amazing job with E1M1, so if other mappers of the original #ZPack are interested in doing something similar, let us know (same goes to mappers who haven't been part of the original cast, who are interested in improving existing content):
farlowj
Captain Toenail
Hnsolo77
IcyTux
InsanityBringer
Keksdose
Phobus
Skillsaw
Vader
Xaser
Zippy
So, if you can find your name in the following list, drop us a line or join us on the official github repository, or just follow us and also have a look at Realm677 and ZDForums threads. Ozy81