Pffftt. I was always taught that it was because the cost of real estate was based only on the extents of the ground floor area, so they "cheated" the system by bulging out the upper floors. 

The answers change across history of course. 

you come to a tall black (runic/metal?) spikey tower in deep chasm, later you go in and fight in semi-open dome, not dm4jam_breezeep, not dm4jam_bloodshot, not unforgiven 

 

Really black structures in dark backgrounds doesn't look good without bumpmapping. Some kind of lighting is needed to make its shape recognizable. 

feels scary logging in here :-o

It was quite easy to set it up on my server... 

For those interested, the source code for the original System Shock (1994) has been released. Please refer to here for all future mod/code-delving discussions:
https://www.systemshock.org/index.php?topic=10009

Synopsis: MAC version only, but all game logic is present. Night Dive Studios to release a mofied version of the source code at a later date for free to anyone who owns the System Shock Enhanced edition. This will bring much needed features into the game directly in NDS's port for PC.

I for one, will enjoy using this to help with my fan remake to help replicate a few details in the game: http://www.indiedb.com/games/citadel (shameless plug)

-JosiahJack, aka Qmaster
P.S. Citadel is my other project I work on when not mapping for Quake or updating my Keep mod. Go map! ;) 

no https because someone MiTM-ing your func account and using it to shitpost will be the hilarious af 

hilarious af rn frfr famalam 

Citadel, sounds exciting, is gorilla-tiger mutant ready? will run under Win Vista SP2 64bit pls? 

https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/14824120/10078518/1048b0e0-62b3-11e5-90b9-b55c704620eb.gif

It could be polished a bit more. 

 

both System Shocks and first two Thieves a lot some 15 years ago (and both Ultima Underworld games before) 

Remember Maddox, that angry internet guy with hilarious rants from the last decade and a half? He's an absolute joke now.

https://medium.com/@OtherkinLawyer/lolsuit-maddox-dick-masterson-fa9c4a4f4686 

if you refer to me, remember that I have never had a bad word about a purple ox 

Maddox is an interesting example of the "arc" internet celebrities seem to go through, from getting an audience by rebelling against the bullshit of their day and thus fulfilling a public demand for common sense, to letting it go to their head, becoming out of touch, condescending to their own audience, and lashing out like fools (there are so many examples).

Madfox on the other hand, just consistently kicks ass. He brings Dr. Seuss to Quake. Btw Madfox I played your last map and loved it (lol the swarms of flies were awesome, layout was good too, atmosphere very retro), but I haven't had a chance to do any new reviews since the AD one.