Back from the dead after almost one year without news here. Shame on me!

This year started well for Duke fans so far. First, Voidpoint's highly anticipated Ion Maiden preview has finally been released at the end of February, then Fox surprised everyone with the Total Meltdown TC just one day later!

It's time to show some sign of life from my side, too! The Duke3D Voxel Pack has been updated for the first time since four years, adding a few new voxels that have been posted in the Duke4.net forums in the meantime and adding a neat feature: voxel rotation for pickup items!

The changes for the Voxel Pack v1.2 in detail:

• [ADDED] Voxel rotations: Pickup items now rotate (code by Hendricks266)


• [ADDED] New voxels: 561 (soap), 572/991 (shower part), 716 ("Please wait" sign), 864/865 (powerswitch2 off/on), 909 (tree trunk), 979 (hanglight), 1009-1011 (neon5 sign), 1037 (table), 4373 (cups), 4546 (empty fries box/foodobject17), 4547 (full fries box/foodobject18), 4548 (coke/foodobject19), 4549 (burger box)


• [UPDATE] Fixed voxels: 1069 (plug)


• [UPDATE] Maphacks: Taken from latest Duke3D HRP SVN r699


• [FIXED] Code: Warning in eduke.con (now: animation.con) for action HOLODUKE_FRAMES


• [CHANGED] Folder structure: Removed "sprites" subdir and sprites.def

At long last, the Duke DC Music Pack v2.0 has arrived!

What you get with this is nothing less than a completely new soundtrack for Duke It Out In D.C. with original music, composed by James "Jimmy" Paddock. This creative guy has already shown his qualities as a composer in many Doom community projects (including standalone efforts such as his "Harmony" MIDI Pack), and this debut contribution of his for a Duke3D-related game is a remarkable event that deserves acknowledgement.
Initially, I had already proposed this project to Jimmy back in 2013 (free of charge back then), but it got delayed and did not really kick off before 2016 when it turned into a commission. Until January 2017, I have worked closely with Jimmy to give him ideas about the addon levels and which atmosphere I wished to be conveyed with the music. For digitizing the MIDI files (included in the music pack and usable ingame if two lines in duke3d.def inside of the zipfile are edited), we decided to use Maxime Abbey's Arachno Soundfont for best overall quality. In my opinion, the result is absolutely fantastic. For the first time, the DukeDC levels get their own, individual tracks and feel better than ever when you play them!
Maybe some of you who were using previous versions of my music pack (featuring selected music from various artists) may have problems getting used to the different approach at first, but I am absolutely convinced you will quickly learn to love it just as much as I do!

You may download the new DukeDC Music Pack right away in the Download section or listen to the tracks on Youtube first if you are curious.

All that's left to mention is that it was a great pleasure for me to work with Jimmy. Thank you so much for this amazing effort, pal!

Due to content-related issues, all World Tour files have been removed from the download section.
If you are looking for files to make World Tour work with EDuke32, please check Hendrick266's thread in the Duke4.net forums.

Thanks for your understanding and my apologies for the inconvenience.

And yet another update! Not much to say about this one, just grab it if you like.

Changelog for EDuke32 Addon Compilation v3.13 (compared to v3.12):

• [UPDATE] Red Series: "RED1: RedDuke" ingame map title renamed to "The Long Road"


• [UPDATE] Space Map Pack: "Moonbase Beta" ingame map title renamed to "Beta One: Moonbase Beta"


• [UPDATE] Taivo Pack: "Dogville 2012", "Taivo Deathcity", "Seven" and "Napalm Death" added


• [UPDATE] The Chronic: Door texture alignment correction for CHRONIC2


• [UPDATE] Urban Map Pack: Replaced "Red-Light Romp" with version 2.0 (from 2013)

Another bugfix update for the Addon Compilation since a few issues popped up in the meantime.

Some of you may wonder why "Ghetto" (moviemax.map) is removed in the Urban Map Pack with this update. This was done because Paul Bolduc had contacted me a while ago with the request to remove this level since it was his first. He is not very fond of it by now and doesn't want it to be put into the spotlight like this any longer. I respect his wish and withdraw the map from the compilation. To compensate, I have added a very recent map: "Bad Case of Mondays" by Thedutchjelle, just released in November 2016.

EDuke32 Addon Compilation v3.12 comes with the following changes (compared to v3.11):

• [UPDATE] Duke Is 007: Ceiling texture correction for blue keycard glass chamber in SNOWBASE


• [UPDATE] Operation Blitzkrieg: Classic and Polymer editions now both available from the same ingame menu


• [UPDATE] Urban Map Pack: "Bad Case of Mondays" added; "Ghetto" removed (on author's request); "The Adventures of Poseidon" now correctly starts without weapons (reset.con updated); "Sprawl": MUZAK speaker realigned


• [UPDATE] Vermin Clearance: Mirror rendering fixes for VERMIN01, VERMIN07 & VERMIN10; fixed switch only visible in Polymer in VERMIN06; two fixes for firetruck in VERMIN10 (moving back and forth; removed mirrors which didn't move with truck); eliminated one-sided blocking for one wall in VERMIN11

After a little break, a few new files have arrived in our Download section. You may especially want to check out the updated World Tour entries after the recent update of the game.

For those of you who had problems running the Addon Compilation with duke3d.grp from the Plutonium Pak or World Tour, be sure to get the v3.1.1 refresh release. By optimizing the addons.grpinfo file, I was able to compress the code and increase compatibility beyond Atomic Edition restrictions. (There's also a minor texture fix for one map of Total Apocalpyse, but that's barely worth mentioning.)

As usual, here is a quick overview:

• [UPDATE] EDuke32 Addon Compilation v3.1.1: Groupinfo optimizations; minor update for "Total Apocalypse"


• [UPDATE] World Tour EDuke32 Compatibility Stopgap v0.41: Works with WT v2016-11-02; EDuke32 binaries update


• [UPDATE] World Tour Patch Script for Atomic Edition v0.42: Works with WT v2016-11-02; EDuke32 binaries update


• [UPDATE] Fixes for Duke Nukem 3D v1.21: Updated game.con by Darkus (from 2016-10-31)


• [UPDATE] DukeDC Music Pack v1.13: Renamed tracks; added missing OGG track info

And the files keep coming! This time, it's about a script to create a standalone version of World Tour for EDuke32. Basically, the script copies all required files from your Steam installation of World Tour into your EDuke32 folder, creates a zipfile with all the game data and that's it. Select "worldtour" as "Custom game content directory" in EDuke32 and it's playable!

You can combine this with the PSX Highres Sounds v1.11 pack in your autoload dir. It is now compatible with World Tour!

Just to make sure you find this in the Download section:

• [NEW] World Tour Patch Script for Atomic Edition v0.41: Creates a standalone version of World Tour for EDuke32


• [UPDATE] Duke3D PSX Highres Sounds v1.11: Compatibility with World Tour added (if run with EDuke32)

After the release of Duke Nukem 3D: 20th Anniversary World Tour, Hendricks266 compiled a first patch making World Tour work with EDuke32. Once you drop these files into the World Tour installation folder and run the provided EDuke32 binary, you should be able to play the game. Please note that the current version of the World Tour EDuke32 Compatibility Stopgap (now that's quite a mouthful, isn't it) is still lacking a few quite important features - e.g. don't expect the Incinerator or the Firefly to work properly, and there's also no ending cutscene if you finish E5L7 right now. If those are no showstoppers for you, feel free to give it a shot! As a bonus, the release even allows you to revert to the original red cross medkits (instead of the new ones with pill replacements) if you manage to edit one file (e32wt_start.def) and remove the comment signs there.

Other than that, DukeDC HRP v1.64 and DukeDC Music Pack v1.12 are also available. While the new HRP finally includes a fix for a nasty alignment bug with the title screen (originating from a mistake in the groupfile art), the DC Music Pack finally got an ingame menu disclaimer which informs you that you are running a custom soundtrack which was not officially part of the game. I felt urged to do this after people kept claiming their music didn't work properly if they didn't use the music pack. As a reminder: You are supposed to hear the regular episode 3 soundtrack in Duke It Out In D.C. since this addon never had any custom music (other than Life's A Beach and Nuclear Winter).

Summary of what's new in the Download section:

• [NEW] World Tour EDuke32 Compatibility Stopgap v0.4: First beta version of EDuke32 patch for World Tour


• [UPDATE] DukeDC HRP v1.64: Fix for badly aligned title screen (#2493)


• [UPDATE] DukeDC Music Pack v1.12: Custom soundtrack ingame disclaimer added