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. 

My problems running it in GLMarcher turn out to have a simple reason: it doesn't support resolutions higher than 1280x720. I tried to run it in 1280x960, which is the res I used then in FitzQuake (1600x1200 on my new comp)...

So there you go... Still looks great in 1152x864 though. 

in 1600x1200x32 (fullscreen/window) without any problem (GeForce3). I think it might be your gfx card (ATI?) that possibly overflows the old GLQ limit of 32 video modes, effectively disabling the higher resolutions.

Try the updated GLQuake 1.26 at my site http://user.tninet.se/~xir870k and see if it helps, it has support for 128 modes. 

aguirRe> Yep, I have a X800XT PE. Thanks for the tip - will try it out. 

aguirRe> 1.26 works perfectly in 1600x1200x32 as well. Nice.