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Oh YEAH. You know what the original greenwar is. This Saturday, we're busting out the classic and playing it oldschool style. If you want to miss an awesome super amazingly fun time, be sure to not show up. However, I don't recommend missing it.

WAD: Greenwar
Maps: map01 - map32
Mode: 12 player FFA
Server: CoffeeNet - DTX1 & MWI1
Date: Saturday, January 21st 2012 @ 8pm EDT

What better way to start the new year off with a Nitro hosting a wad designed to kick start the competitive Odamex community? We decided to host odactfmp because it contains the best maps from every other map pack SO HEY WHY NOT.

Oh and manual flag return will be on also. If you have not experienced CTF with manual return yet... you don't know what fun you're missing!!!

WAD: Odactfmp || Odactfmp Patch1 || Odavox
Maps: 32 (map32 to map01 in reverse)
Mode: 6vs6 CTF
Server: CoffeeNet - DTX1 & MWI1
Date: Saturday, January 7th 2012 @ 8pm EDT

ALRIGHT. THIS IS IT. Odactfmp is going to be Nitro. I stayed up ALL NIGHT fixing it up and making it perfect, and I am very happy with the final result. I hope you all enjoy it.

Odactfmp (known previously as odactf2012) is 32 of the best CTF maps ever made compiled into one map pack and not only modified to work in Odamex, but to include new skies, music, and pimped out odamex-rocking textures. I'd personally like to thank Infurnus, Wartorn, Catoptromancy, and Ralphis for their work on the project. The wad is a HEAVILY modified IDL2012. Several maps were replaced and unused content was removed to reduce the size of the wad for those of you that use the in-game downloader.

WAD: Odactfmp
Maps: 32 (1-32)
Mode: 5vs5 CTF
Server: CoffeeNet
Date: Saturday, December 3rd @ 8pm EDT

Alright, so I'm going to take IDL2012 and do some stuff with it to make it odactf2012. What am I gonna do? Well...

1) Replace the maps that don't work in Odamex with ones that do. Some maps are already remade so that slopes are replaced with stairs (example: map08 from classic CTF) so I can use those.
2) Replace the OGG music. As much as I love Ralphis' selection it just isn't friendly with wad downloading. I am either going to:
a) Replace it with midi/mus music or
b) Have no music and leave it to mus wads
3) Replace the graphics to be Odamex/IDL oriented. Also try to trim out any unused content to lighten the wad up.

Luckily most of the maps work, so I only need to replace a few:

map04 -> osctfmp map05
map06 -> 32in24-4 map01
map07 -> classicctf map07 (zdctf07 with slopes replaced)
map08 -> classicctf map08 (zdctf08 with slopes replaced)
map11 -> Fixed map11 (slopes to stairs)
map18 -> odactf1 map02
map19 -> Fixed map19 (slopes to stairs)
map20 -> odactf1 map07
map23 -> zdectfmp map02 (older version of Ganon castle)
map28 -> modified to fix stupid ACS switch that could have easily been an exe switch.
map29 -> odactf1 map04


I am open for suggestions. These maps are really just "extra maps" that are compatible with Odamex and I feel are the best bet for maps that didnt already make the cut for idl2012. Hopefully I can get this done soonish. :)

Due to a bug in the server that the development team found after the release of 0.5.2, here is 0.5.3. While this is technically just a maintenance release, it does have some pretty cool changes alongside the server fix. A list of changes and downloads can be found on the Releases page.

Otherwise, you know where to get the download. ITS RIGHT ABOVE YOU.

I'm tired of this site being dead and the first thing I see on the front page being "Damnit," so here are some updates as to what the heck is going on!

First of all Manc is not gone. In fact he has been hard at work implementing some pretty cool things into Odamex. Russell has also been bending his brain around sectors and recently implemented a new patch that makes them about 99.9% smooth and sexy. With these features and a recent reimplementation of the classic DOOM scoreboard for 4 or less players, expect to see 0.5.2 out pretty soon and 0.6 out within the next few months. Oh and upnp support too!
Also don't forget to check out Odamex Nitro! We play games of Odamex at 11 p.m. CST. We haven't been playing lately due to lack of organization but that doesn't mean we're done with it. Recently we had a server with a pretty good number of people thanks to Unidoom! Neat!

So yeah Odamex is fine. People are coding for it and people are playing. We are still in need of a lead developer and could always use some help implemting features and squashing bugs. If you want to help Odamex be sure to hang out in #odamex on OFTC to see where you can start. Also people seem to be discouraged by not seeing people playing on the server list; don't be! There are plenty of Odamex players willing to play in #odamex and in #altdeath on QuakeNet. Don't be shy to ask for a game!

[What is Domination?]

Domination is a gamemode that has recently been implemented into Skulltag. It no longer requires ACS, so now if Odamex were to implement it the two ports would be compatible boom-wise. The gamemode is inspired from UT's Domination gamemode and works well with Doom's fast-paced gameplay.

[How is Domination played?]
Domination is played with teams. The teams fight against each in order to take control of specific sectors called "control nodes." In order for a map to work, a SECTINFO lump has to be compatible with it. The SECTINFO lump tells the corresponding sector where control nodes are located.

Here is an example of what a SECTINFO lump would look like to define node points in maps:
[MAP01]
points =
{
   "The Temple" = {226},
   "Deadman's Ridge" = {298},
   "The Alien Hive" = {321}
}

[MAP04]
points =
{
   "The Void" = {25},
   "The Maze" = {1177},
   "The Library" = {1014}
}
[What are the rules of Domination?]

No specific rule changes not already described below. Just be sure to give the right SECTINFO points and add team starts :-)

{Scoring}

In various parts of the map there are "control nodes." When a player takes control of a node (the node is usually a teleporter surrounded by fog that changes color to match the team that controls it, white when nobody controls it), every 3 seconds a point is given to that team. Pointlimit will determine how many points is required for a team to be declared winner. The average pointlimit is usually somewhere around 200.

Here is an image of what a basic control node looks like in Domination for Skulltag.
http://img133.imageshack.us/my.php?image=doom0515nt2.png


This is all subject to change and open to input.