Randy Pitchford on #Duke3D  3-3-97

Log by Rob Brown
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Session Start: Sun Mar 02 10:12:14 1997
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<RobBrAWAY> Randy babe!
<Duv3DR> Uh....
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<RobBrown> How's the 3DR guys today? :)
<Duv3DR> Dunno, just got up :)
<RobBrown> Up late? :)
<Duv3DR> We watched Hard Boiled again last night...
<RobBrown> BTW....I thougth your bio was absolutely hilarious!
<Duv3DR> cool...
<Duv3DR> I was a little loopy on Nyquil when I wrote it...
<RobBrown> Randy:Are you working on Prey exclusively or other helping with Shadow 
  Warrior?
<Duv3DR> I'm finishing Shadow Warrior...one of the main mappers for it right now...
<QWAB> ohhhh new 3dr employee to annoy!! ;)
<Duv3DR> Then, I'll be into Prey primarily...
<NukeDukem> I was talking to 2 3DR guys in #swarrior last nigh
<Duv3DR> Who was on?
<RobBrown> Yep....Steve Cole and Keith Schuler stopped by late last night.
<RobBrown> On #swarrior
<Duv3DR> Ahh...hehe...mappers..
<RobBrown> Yep
<Duv3DR> We're all in the same office...They must have come on after I bailed..
<QWAB> so is swarrior gonna replace this chan?
<RobBrown> I was talking to Steve for about 20 minutes.....didn't connect him with 
  the Steve Cole from the office. :)
<RobBrown> QWAB:Seperate channel
<Duv3DR> DuvalMagic :)
<RobBrown> I forgot to ask George about the Beavis voice yesterday...dammit
<Duv3DR> hehe...
<RobBrown> Are you doing any voices in SW?
<Duv3DR> hehe..
<Duv3DR> busted.
<Duv3DR> It's butthead, actually...
<Axe666> Rob, hehe, uhhhh, we're like, closed.
<Cerebris> uh...were like closed or something :)
<Axe666> hehe
<Duv3DR> Not as of yet..
<QWAB> duv3dr: can you breifly tell me why i should buy sw?
<Duv3DR> QWAB, Well, if you like kick ass action...hot dmatch, and are looking for 
   what's new in 3d Games, you should definately buy Shadow Warrior.
<NukeDukem> I talked to Cole and Shculer for like a half hour. They told me there 
   are like 200 sector tags with up to 30 sub tags each. He says he has 15 pages 
   of fine print just giving a scetch of the Sector tags
<Duv3DR> The world is going to be very surprised at some of the hot new features 
   Shadow Warrior has to offer...
<Joris> Who's DUv3DR?
<Joris> Duv3DR: how are ya?;)
<Duv3DR> Nuke, It's not that bad...but there's a lot of stuff in Build now.
<RobBrown> Joris:Randy Pitchford
<Joris> Hmmm... dunno him... I prolly very stupid...
<Cerebris> Duv-Im sorta curious about these Vehicles im hearing about.  What are 
   they/ect?
<Joris> ;)
<QWAB> isnt Randy Pitchfork the guy cyrax is always talking about?
<RobBrown> AXE:Never! But it's not in beta yet!
<Duv3DR> New build offers some context help, too....help with tags, etc..
<QWAB> is it true that the vehicles can not leave the sector they are in?
<Duv3DR> Vehicles are awesome...They can be build from sectors or sprites...
<Cerebris> Thats cool
<Duv3DR> Vehicles made of sectors should stay within a single sector...there are 
   exceptions.
<Duv3DR> Vehicles made of sprites can go anywhere.
<Joris> Duv3DR: what exactly is your function at 3dr?
<Duv3DR> Joris, Mapper/Game Designer
<Joris> Ah...
<Joris> Duv3DR: I really have some questions for Todd Repogle... but I guess I 
   can't get his e-mail address eh? <BG>
<TurboT> Duv3DR: Are there only moving cars/bulldozers and stuff or are there also 
   FLYING vehicles?
<Duv3DR> Turbo, there are flying vehicles..
<TurboT> COOL!
<MaxMouse> WOW!!
<TurboT> Duv: Can you control them?
<Duv3DR> In map 4, I build a magic carpet that you can ride...it flies, and 
   traverses a good portion of the level.
<Duv3DR> Turbo, yes...
<TurboT> COOL!
<Joris> Duv3DR: Why ain't there a jetpack in Blood?
<RobBrown> Blood isn't a 3DR game ne more
<Joris> ah :)
<MaxMouse> Joris:Blood is monolith the second id software<g>
<Joris> I'm always the last to find out eh :)?
<Duv3DR> Blood is not a 3dRealms game...
<Cerebris> Duv-Are you guys going to make a dukemap 2 sw map converter
<Duv3DR> Monilith is nothing like id software.
<Cerebris> ???
<Duv3DR> id software is a technology company...
<QWAB> max: i think monlith and id is the most far reaching comparison
<Duv3DR> Cerebris, doubt it...I could write one really quick, but I'll let the 
   users do that..It's a matter of linking texture numbers.
<Duv3DR> Grunt work...
<Cerebris> ahh
<MaxMouse> QWAB:What about their hellish games?
<QWAB> joris: you know why, cause if you have a jetpack it takes away almost all 
   puzzle sovling and you can skip a whole bunch of stuff and you will miss lots
<QWAB> max: what you mean?
<Joris> Yeah... I know, I've read that too ;)
<Joris> Just like the jetpack
<QWAB> joris: then why did you ask? ;)
<Joris> Well... just wanted to hear a better reason than that
<MaxMouse> QWAB:Their are full of hellish stuff.
<Joris> I mean... duke3d is puzzling too... and it has a jetpack
<QWAB> joris: i am prety sure they designed the levels so that a jeypack is never 
   needed
<jvolmax> i have a idea for a Duke3d launcher
<Joris> Duv3DR: Have you see the SOB-Bot? <G>
<QWAB> max: give me an example?
<jvolmax> make a section that you can choose all of the options for the 
   fake-multiplayer
<Duv3DR> Well, I'm going to get going now...
<Duv3DR> Take it easy all.
<MaxMouse> QWAB:Compare the content.Quake & Doom pentomgram and demons,Blood demon
<jvolmax> see ya
<QWAB> bye Duv
<MaxMouse> see ya
<NukeDukem> l8r
<Duv3DR> bye
<QWAB> max: blood is a horror game
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