(Bit of packet overflow in the final battles but that's to be expected).

Not if you use WinMarcher :)

a spider jumped straight out into my face.

Hehe, that one's a nasty little bugger ^_~

Good point about the lack of splash damage on the Imp fireballs - I'll probably fix that for my next release.

Glad you enjoyed it ^_^ 

...after those comments, I'm wondering if you wouln't be up for some alpha testing.

What do you think? 

I'd be happy to do some testing for you.

my name at speeddemosarchive.com

Same day feedback won't always be possible but usually within a couple of days.

Shambler: bah!

Kinn: One other thing. I'd found all 4 secrets by about 1/2 way through the map (although I did save the pent until the end). They were all good secrets but knowing that there were no more to be found I stopped looking in all the corners and behind every decoration from then on. Small point. Oh, maybe this is why I didn't find the LG... 

Yeah, I'm kinda regretting not flagging the LG as a secret area - although I personally felt it wasn't tricky enough to qualify, others seemed to think it was. 

With FitzQuake the sun is behind the castle as you emerge from the start point. This is clearly where the sun should be according to the shadows.

In DarkPlaces, the sun is behind you as you emerge from the start point to face the castle. And, therefore, the shadows are in the wrong place.

Presumably this is because DarkPlaces handles the skybox differently.

Comments please: is it important, does it spoil gameplay, is there a workaround etc? 

LordHavoc and Kinn had a little confrontation on IRC about this - yes, DP aligned skyboxes incorrectly relative to every other quake-engine games. LH implemented a fix, though I don't know if that version of DP was/is released yet.
Given that dramatic setting is the principal achievement of this map, I'd say correct skybox alignment is important, and that's not just my obvious bias talking ;) 

OK, thanks. I've tried the latest version but it's no different.

I agree that sun, shadow, skybox alignment is important. It really jumped out at me when I tried DarkPlaces. 

This is why I hate most custom engines - they have the uncanny ability of making the map designer look like an idiot :) 

Though map designers frequently achieve the same effect all by themselves :P 

what irc server do u guys use???
i use quakenet are u at enterthegame? 

irc.gamesurge.net 

i never even noticed it when i played but yeah, the skybox was reversed for me too. :P

...but i rarely notice things like that anyway.
o_o 

Is correct on my DP beta - but those never get posted on the DP website - you have to ask LordHavoc for them. Maybe he reverted the skybox back to the wrong configuration for later versions, I dunno o_O

Lol, Kell - I remember the skybox palava in #tf - I can't be bothered to go through that again O_O 

didn�t find irc.gamesurge.net :( in my mirc...and i got a huge list!!! 

I think you can access via a web browser using http://www.gamesurge.net but I'm not sure, correct me if I'm wrong..... BTW, I never be able to connect the irc using this method... doh...8P 

yes 

Just type in /server irc.gamesurge.net 

any other links? 

Poor nitin. I did a quick google and the Fileplanet link is dead too....perhaps it was a limited edition thing you'll never get to play now?? 

off underworldfan's site :) 

everything that needs to be said has already been said but this was perfect in my book. Nice mix of set piece and general level desgn both in terms of gameplay and visuals.

I would just like to make special mention of the new monsters which fit in so well that they didnt really feel new at all, rather when I encountered them it felt as if they were always part of the quake world. I hope they are used in future levels because they are very good additions (especially the flying imps although the big creatures at the end are fantastic too). 

I used the nehahra version of DP because it is the only version of DP that I can configure to my liking even though it runs a bit slower than other engines. The skybox appeared correctly in this version. 

Amazing map, its a shame that no matter how I configure any of my engines, it runs slow when you leave the cave and see the first view of the castle 

in fitzquake it is fast, use that, it has rendering optimizations. At least for me, in GL. the specific glmarcher was slower. :/ 

adding cvar gl_subdivide_size 512 to your autoexec.cfg and restart. In maps with a lot of sky it can make a big difference.