But Daz likes dying to traps. :p 

When you see a wet paint sign. You just have to make sure, for some reason. 

Yep, same. But I had the foresight to turn on god mode just incase 8-) (and then I just went, fuck it, and kept it on, haha). 

I quick saved just beforehand, cos I know how Tronyn maps.... Then jumped on the sk pedestal and waited the split second of escape time.

Tronyn, don't follow through on the threat of stopping mapping. They never disappoint. 

.. I'll never be able to do such a beautiful map... awesome... it reminds me a little bit of end map of Half Life... 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYxSF4DZEqM 

A few nitpicks: I think it's pronounced Nee-ar-la-thoh-tepp by Troh-nin.
The mod all the new Tronyn maps are based on is called Drake - it's just that the latest version is only available through Something Wicked. For BSP2 maps, the new version of QuakeSpasm should be a better (esp. more beginner-friendly) engine recommendation than RMQ. Though not sure the QS website has the download page updated already.
I'm disappointed you stopped after the SK crusher (quicksave??) and didn't even return to the map at a later point. Missed quite a lot of the map, especially the opening of the pyramid which is quite an epic moment. In consequence, this feels like bit of a lazy effort.

I'm surprised how smoothly you got through. But then again, you say that was your fourth or fifth attempt, so it makes sense. Your video makes the initial arena fight in the second map looks so easy... well, I guess it is once you know what you're up against. I think in my first run I approached a few of the fights the wrong way; best example is the mummy/morph fight in the first map where jumping for the Quad damage seems to be the favorable action. 

The camera ride in the intro sequence is very nice, especially how it ends at the Sphinx face in the morph arena. I'd still really love to see a Quake compilation video similar to the one you did for HL2! 

The video is very good. I thought in some earlier videos the game volume was a little bit too low; here, it seems mostly okay.

Nicely played and good commentary. One thing you didn't mention explicitly is that the SK areas can be reached in two ways as well - either by opening the SK doors, or through certain secrets or by climbing over ledges.

There seems to be an issue with the outro links in FF26 which also occured in the Nyarlathotep video and possibly others: the borders for the three link images show up too early, way before the actual outro stuff appears. I think it's related to another issue in FF26 that causes the text cursor to appear in places where it shouldn't, e.g. the forum overview. Maybe there's a way for you to adjust the videos so as to work around it, or maybe it'll change in the next version. Just thought I'd let you know. 

It's not a FF thing, I see the same link behavior in Mac Chrome. 

They're probably getting their devs from the same pool of idiots as eBay. 

I think the Quakespasm release happened after I had finished the nyar video but yes, I'll be recommending that in future.

You're right, I should have finished the second map of nyar but after a lot of attempts the level had really pissed me off and I didn't want to play it any more :)

About annotations. Not sure if its a yt bug or a browser bug but this happens occasionally. The timings will be perfect in the annotations editor but they get pushed live the timings change :( I've fixed the annotations on Zendar and will keep an eye out for this in future :)

I would like to do a Quake compilation video yes. I need to do some r&d on getting smooth camera movements etc using a floating camera and then select some maps. I might do a "17 years of Quake" video and select one map from each year and do around 20-30 seconds of flythrough for each. That still ends up being longer than i'd like but any shorter and you aren't going to see the levels :) 

I video compilation of the best SP maps of Quake would be terrific. It could help me to convince an old friend to play Quake1, instead of searching for a descent "modern" game. 

>I might do a "17 years of Quake" video and select one map from each year and do around 20-30 seconds of flythrough for each. That still ends up being longer than i'd like but any shorter and you aren't going to see the levels :)


yes, please! would do some justice to this great game 

The "one map from each year" thing might end up forcing you into some horrible decisions, so feel free to break that rule. :-) 

I think a vid covering the milestones of Quake would be good. The engines, tools, maps and mods.
Rather than a map a year I'd do what in that year moved Quake forward. 

>I think a vid covering the milestones of Quake would be good. The engines, tools, maps and mods.

that's more like a documentary at that point.. would be a great one for sure, if someone has the time, disposition and talent to do it 

 

Just watched the video, really enjoyed it, it's nice to just see it played and appreciate how stunning the design is :) 

Conference of the Shamblers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnxJgBlz2aI 

..would have preferred it if there had been a ledge to get back down...

Or a teleporter right behind you? ;) 

While I generally agree on the point about the lack of ambient sounds, it's not always so easy in Quake. The few existing sounds are either base- or nature-themed which doesn't fit in some areas. Quoth only adds two new ambient sounds and they aren't very versatile, either. So the only real alternative, and in a way this is sort of a workaround, is the use of flames/torches for some fire ambience.
However, this is where the soundtrack comes in, because it adds an extra layer of ambience, artificial as it may be (as in not directly linked to the specific environment), and neatly fills the gaps in the level ambience. This, among other reasons, it's generally recommended to play with it running in the background - it enriches the experience. Though I suppose not many people play with, not even the authors themselves, considering how many maps are released without a pre-set cd track. Should be used in CG videos, too.

Daz, are you aware of how the armors work in Quake? In this video there were several occasions where you picked up or went for a weaker armor than the one you currently had without considering possible disadvantages. Or maybe this was only because you had played the map so many times that it didn't matter?

The timing of the outro borders is completely wrong again. They already appear when picking up the Quad damage and all the way through the boss fight.

Btw. is there a miiggahealth in HL2? :) 

Fixed the annotations. I don't know why that happens :(

Very true RE: Music. I should start adding in the music in post like I used to do.

I just pick up the armours. Gotta get all the shiny things. 

Keep them coming! 

Crescendo Of Dreams by Necros (2005) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eorkno5UXrA

Also, I got a proper mic this week and this is the first video I've recorded with it, so any feedback on voice quality etc is appreciated. I've been tweaking knobs for some time but I'm sure it can be improved.