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December 2009

Mapping Support files... New Downloads are being added, I have started support for mappers, models, prefabs, textures will be added soon, see here for these new sections, not a lot there at the moment but it will grow. If you are into mapping keep an eye on these download sections.

Update on HUDs... have not done much to look further at the file changes, they seem like another VALVe update to TF2 that just alters, (destroys is a better word for dods users) the hudlayout.res and the winpanel files and makes custom HUDs not work.

Keep an eye on this thread, it explains the changes, on the whole it just looks like they fooled around with avatar icons here and there, if your HUD is broken... just reinstall the current HUD again, the changes are buggy anyway and the old files still work fine.

Another Map: dod_schwetz was a favorite of mine, I liked the gameplay of the swap spawns and the layout so I am having a go at remaking it. Making the swap spawns is VERY difficult but I think I have a way. I have a "swap spawns" dev map and I will release it to test soon, it changes the spawns based on who just capped last. If you cap out as the attacking allies your next spawn will be the defending side, fail and you stay on the attacking side of the map.

Anyway, it's not up to a stage that it can be run, it's true to the same size as the old one, huge, but it can be trimmed, I just want to make it "as the old one was" or very close to it and let others make their own.

Pics if interested!

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October 2009

New dodbits site

The tutorials are being updated, downloads are now in place, all of the files that were on the old dodbits site are now in the downloads. Some have moved to a new category called older retired files because they do not work anymore for one reason or another.

A new downloads section is being added C O C K Maps. In this section I will try and address an issue that other sites shy away from...altered abandoned maps. This is a dangerous area because of everyone's opinion on "Copyright". Mappers sometimes make a map that has promise but a few problems, so sometimes these are fixed and placed on a server where you download it via a fast downloads. Sometimes a mapper does not include a author name in the proper place, embedded in the bsp via a mapname.txt file.

I hope the new section addresses this and allows the rest of us to use a abandoned map that has been fixed. Of course I expect problems with a section like this, if you see your work in there contact me... a word of warning, don't go nuts at me for doing this if you did not mark your map in the bsp properly, you are partially to blame for making a map with errors and not completing it correctly with your own name! Allways make a mapname.txt file (maps folder) with your info in there using pakrat to embed it.

Forums are up and ready for you to post again.

New map... dod_koln remake

Waldo made dod_koln for older dod versions, it never got remade for source. If you remember this map you may like to take a spin around this beta release. dod_old_koln_b5 is a remake using the old structure of Waldo's bsp so it will be very familiar to walk around for those that remember the old one. Download the map here.