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December 2000
Excentrax'
New Site Design
 Posted
by wmull on Friday,
December 29, 2000
Check out the new Excentrax
web page, it's sweet! Excentrax is currently adding all kinds
of incredible features to the HeXen II engine, and Acheron's
getting closer and closer to next-generation technology on a
daily basis. Check out the Acheron site,
proudly hosted right here at HeXenWorld.net for more info! Interested
publishers should contact Jacques 'Korax' Krige at jkrige@ananzi.co.za.
aGSM
Support For HeXen II
Posted
by JayCee on Thursday,
December 28, 2000
aGSM an alternative Game
Server Monitor has support for HeXen II. I downloaded the program
which is very small and you can add your own servers. Its a
lifetime freeware product so theres no naging register screens.
If your not sure how to use the product there is great support
on the website. Heres more info about the software:
aGSM is alternative Game Server Monitor, a new way
to quickly find and monitor multiplayer servers for many most
popular games. It's a small 32bit multithreaded Windows95/98/2000
program using WinSock2 (the new network connectivity standard).
Our ultimate goal is to give gamers a complete toolbox for
all their multiplayer gaming needs - a one small, fast, reliable,
and handy freeware tool.
You can download it by clicking here.
On the forums
you can request a game to be added to the software if it isn't
there.
Play
Regular HeXen II Via Praevus!
Posted
by wmull on Tuesday,
December 26, 2000
For those of you who never figured out how to play the original
HeXen II singleplayer game with the Mission Pack .exe,
you will be glad to get this information, by way of Acheron's
Korax:
Bring up the console and type: m_oldmission 1
Now you know why there's a gap in the menu above "View Intro".
On the main menu you'll also now see "Old Mission".
I just ran the original MP exe typed that and TADA!
It's a undiscovered CVAR, that is also saved automatically
to the cfg, so you dont have to set it each time.
Now, hows that for a by-accident, kick-ass discovery? :)
Acheron
Needs Your Input
Posted
by JayCee on Sunday,
December 24, 2000
Over at the HeXenWorld
Forums in the Acheron
section Korax has
very kindly asked what are the bugs and issues in HeXen II,
so he can fix them. Your input on this is very important so
make sure you post your message in the Acheron section of the
message board.
Korax has also asked in a different post what new features would
like to see in his HeXen II project. So get posting your
requests!
Ravensoft
Revamp!
Posted
by JayCee on Wednesday,
December 27, 2000
Thats right, Raven Software
website has been given a good going over and its now a
bang up to date site. Make sure you check out the nice flash
intro, very spooky!
Getting
To Know Zachary!
Posted
by wmull on Wednesday,
December 20, 2000
Raven-Games.com has
interviewed Zachary Quarles, the newly-appointed second half
of the audio department. Although he can't tell us what he's
currently work on at Raven, you can get
to know him a little and find out how excited he is to be
apart of the amazing and talented people at Raven. You can also
sample a bit of his musical work at www.mp3.com/zq,
and welcome him to the Raven Gaming Community!
HeXen
II Mission Pack: Portal of Praevus
Posted
by wmull on Tuesday,
December 19, 2000
For those of you wondering about the HeXen II Mission
Pack: Portal of Praevus, and how to buy it, we've created the
Portal of Praevus section of the
site. There you will find lots of information (thanks to Raven's
Kenn Hoekstra!)
about and exclusive images from Portal of Praevus, the acclaimed
official Mission Pack for HeXen II.
3dfx
Sells Assets To Rival NVIDIA
Posted
by JayCee on Saturday,
December 16, 2000
If you didnt know already video chip and card maker 3dfx is
going out of business and selling most of its assets to rival
NVIDIA. The Firing
Squad has posted an interview with NVIDIA
PR person Brian Burke on what happened and NVIDIA's plans
for 3dfx's property.
Make sure you check out the article and thanks to [
S T O M P E D ].
New
Version of HW Source Soon
Posted
by Demolisher
on Wednesday, December 13, 2000
Rick Johnson updated
his plan with
this inportant info:
Some point soon, I'm going to release a new version
of the Hexen2 source code. I'm planning on adding the original
Hexen2 source (vs the Mission Pack source that was in the
original release) as well as some utility source that I left
out. I'll also try to clarify the license agreements as well.
Warez,
Abandonware and the Software Industry
Posted
by JayCee on Sunday,
December 10, 2000
Interactive Fiction
and Adventure Games have put up a very interesting article
on software piracy. Here's a snipet of what its about:
In the battles over computer software there are
many sides, including warez users, abandonware proponents,
and the software companies themselves. A look at three views
of digital intellectual property.
It goes over some big issues and explains alot. Make sure you
check out the article by clicking here.
Mirror
Me Blind Baby!
Posted
by wmull on Saturday,
December 9, 2000
We just know you've already got an eye on the Acheron
site to see what new candy might be thrown your way. So you
may have noticed this li'l beauty
they've added to their screenshots
section. That's right, another HeXen II first from the team
at Excentrax Software!
HexenWorld
Hex-Dev Website Opens!
Posted
by JayCee on Friday,
December 8, 2000
Travis "Razumen"
Tokaruk sends word that his new Hex-Dev
website is open! Here's some info from the site:
Welcome to the new Hex-Dev site! The only site dedicated
to covering all news regarding the source modifications of
HeXen II. In the future this site will have tutorials
on how to edit the HeXen II sourcecode, links to patches
and mods made from it and reviews as well. If you have anything
that you think is important regarding the HeXen II
source or want a file available for download please send it
to my address
Get sending your work in! Be sure to check out the site by clicking
here. Also check
out the
Source Ports, Mods & Editing section in the HeXenWorld
forums if you have any other kind of related questions.
Re-Submit
To Quake Standards Group
Posted
by wmull on Tuesday,
December 5, 2000
Ender sends word that
the Quake Standards Group
has had no e-mail service for the last few weeks due to technical
problems. So anyone who has submitted Quake, or in our case
HeXen II tutorials, code or info, please resubmit those to submissions@quakesrc.org,
as they don't want to lose any content that may be extremely
useful to the source mod community.
We need a HeXen II Standards Group. Anyone interested in help
me with that? Send me an email.
MacGLHexen
2 Update
Posted
by JayCee on Sunday,
December 3, 2000
pOx's Playhouse
has released an update of MacGLHexen2 ver.0.8.1. Here's some
more info from the site:
Version 0.8.1 of all three Mac GLHexen 2 applications
are ready for download! Here's a list of changes from the
previous version:
- Fixed crash when trying to take a screenshot.
- Fixed text file commandline parsing
- Fixed mouse cursor still visible after closing InputSprocket
dialog
- Added workaround for z-buffer fighting issue on Radeon cards.
Check out the readme's on the Mac GLHexen 2 page for more
info, and updated system requirements.
For a direct link to download the new version click here.
Acheron
Moves In!
Posted
by wmull on Saturday,
December 2, 2000
Acheron, the game in progress utilizing
a drastically enhanced HeXen II engine (which as you can see
with good reason we've been talking a lot about, along with
the team responsible for it) have moved in here at HeXenWorld!
There's a short (but scha-weet!) list of all that's already
been changed from the original source, so go check up on the
Acheron site, and keep tabs as this
team has obviously hit the source port ground running!
Trouble
Shooting Guide For MacGLHexen 2
Posted
by JayCee on Saturday,
December 2, 2000
pOx's Play House
has put up a trouble shooting guide for MacGLHexen 2. Heres
what pOx had to say:
I've put up a Troubleshooting guide with tips for
solving common problems when running Mac GLQuake or Mac GLHexen
2. It includes a workaround for the rendering artifacts on
ATI Radeon cards (among other things). Brad has already hit
some of these and other issues so stay tuned for an update
in the near future.
Make sure you check it out by clicking here.
Color
Me Badd!
Posted
by wmull on Friday,
December 1, 2000
  Check
out these exclusive first shots to feature colored lights
in HeXen II, courtesy Jacques
Krige of Excentrax Software
from South Africa.The team is developing Acheron,
a game utilizing their heavily modified version of the HeXen
II engine; the site for which is soon to be hosted right
here at HeXenWorld.net!
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