Not sure if we missed this recently or if it happened only today but… Yar has released v0.2 Test of his Modification “MiniMod”. The newest release is classed as Test as Yar has not had the time to thoroughly test through the latest packages.

The changelog looks like this for the BooH install:

– NEW: SERVER -> overtime for tdm and duel modes
– NEW: CONSOLE -> “vid_restart” command
– NEW: CONSOLE -> “wtfisthetime” command
– CHG: CONSOLE -> “cfg_load” and “cfg_save” commands now can operate on given file 😉
– FIX: SINGLE PLAYER -> is now playable with mod
And a lot of bugfixes…

And this for the 1.35 install:

– NEW: SERVERSIDE -> tdm overtime
– NEW: MENU -> mod menu with following options:
— FOV <80-140>
— Ammo List
— Timer
— Scores
— Ping
— Team Scores
— Enemy Color R/G/B <0-255>
— Friend Color R/G/B <0-255>
– NEW: CONSOLE -> “vid_restart” command
– NEW: CONSOLE -> “wtfisthetime” command
– CHG: CONSOLE -> “cfg_load” and “cfg_save” commands now can operate on file with given name 😉
– FIX: SINGLE PLAYER -> is now playable with mod
And a lot of bugfixes…

You can download the files either from Yars HOMEPAGE or our from our quicklinks box to the right. Let us know of any issues you find here. Thanks to Yar for his further efforts.

PKEUROs own Blowfish has put up an ARTICLE on our forums stepping through the process of converting QuakeWorld maps to Painkiller. With the lack of good team and duel maps, this process could provide some quick maps if the correct thought process is applied. Due to the obvious differences in jumping distances and other physics, modifications might be required to get the best out of the old maps.

This process has been successfully tested on a number of maps but without the authors “say so” we wont release them. We need to stress the importance of getting the authors agreement before converting any maps. For example, we already have agreement from Slayer to convert any of his maps such as Titan2 and ukcldm2 if anyone wishes to have go at converting these. Get in touch with ME for details if you are interested.

Team Dignitas presents you the “Painkiller New Years Cup”. The Cup will commence on Saturday 8th January 2005 until Sunday 9th January 2005. pkeuro.com will support us with servers. For rules ect. check: http://www.team-dignitas.com/news.php?newsid=841

gl 😀

It seems that Tectonic has been busy working away on his next version of DM_Meatless 1v1 map and has released v0.3. He has posted this morning on our forums HERE that he’s been working with the CAL guys MikeMo and Wires, along with a couple of well known US players Wombat, DJ and Wreck to move the map forward in its development.

The result seems to justify the effort as the map now feels like it has more flow and certainly seems more balanced. I have a feeling that the CAL League might be using this in the upcoming season starting shortly in January (details HERE). It would be nice to see the map make it to some servers for playtest. Let us know via the forums if you see it around.

You can download the map from the pkeuro FTP HERE.

Good work Tectonic!

Ever seen the error “Incorrect Recording Header” when trying to play the CPL Winter Demos?

Well lots of people have and I just wanted to let you know that a thread now exists on our forums HERE that explains the problem a little and a fix thanks to Fzzeke. Go check it out if you have the same problem.

Well theres just over a month left until CPL turkey, am i excited? hmm well i would be…

But sadly, no one knows what game we will be playing ,what mod we will be using, what maps will be rotated. hell the only thing i know about this event is its in Turkey, or a country sounding just like it.

This raises a question… due to the poor implentation of Booh, is the choice (between VPK 1.x and Booh) not as obvious as once thought?

Booh seems to be some sort of dumbed down or buggy version of pk, slow, unresponsive and even more random. Maybe this is what the cpl wants, some sort of skill cap in the game so different people can win the game, i mean who can deny (apart from the man himself) that if voo won every world tour stop it would get boring? Does booh represent a, hell i will say it, a noobie friendly version of the game?

Does any1 remember promode? The skill level was extremly high, new players or those who started late had no chance of competing, so out came promode 2. Well those in the scene at the time know what im talking about.

Maybe booh (if minor things are fixed) with its new (read: crap) movement, is good for the scene in general? Hell would it hurt if we had to play a slower more tedious version of the game if the community thrived?

But then we have the flip side, the (relative) beauty that is 1.35. Fast, fluid and entertaining without a doubt. But is it the right game to be in a WORLD TOUR. Surley this game has to be open to all gamers not just a select, highly skilled few? Hell for me and other players who have been here since day 1, i want 1.35 movement and general style to stay, but then again i would say that. I would say im half descent at pk, i’ve just got used to the movement and am beginin to play well.

Anyway, theres some food for thought =)

ooh then theres the stakegun….actually dont get me started 😀

Well theres just over a month left until CPL turkey, am i excited? hmm well i would be…

But sadly, no one knows what game we will be playing ,what mod we will be using, what maps will be rotated. hell the only thing i know about this event is its in Turkey, or a country sounding just like it.

This raises a question… due to the poor implentation of Booh, is the choice (between VPK 1.x and Booh) not as obvious as once thought?

Booh seems to be some sort of dumbed down or buggy version of pk, slow, unresponsive and even more random. Maybe this is what the cpl wants, some sort of skill cap in the game so different people can win the game, i mean who can deny (apart from the man himself) that if voo won every world tour stop it would get boring? Does booh represent a, hell i will say it, a noobie friendly version of the game?

Does any1 remember promode? The skill level was extremly high, new players or those who started late had no chance of competing, so out came promode 2. Well those in the scene at the time know what im talking about.

Maybe booh (if minor things are fixed) with its new (read: crap) movement, is good for the scene in general? Hell would it hurt if we had to play a slower more tedious version of the game if the community thrived?

But then we have the flip side, the (relative) beauty that is 1.35. Fast, fluid and entertaining without a doubt. But is it the right game to be in a WORLD TOUR. Surley this game has to be open to all gamers not just a select, highly skilled few? Hell for me and other players who have been here since day 1, i want 1.35 movement and general style to stay, but then again i would say that. I would say im half descent at pk, i’ve just got used to the movement and am beginin to play well.

Anyway, theres some food for thought =)

ooh then theres the stakegun….actually dont get me started 😀

A little early but as I’m away visiting tomorrow…

Hope you all get the pressies you wished for, and have a great time!!

For those of you interested in the future of pk in the competative scene, theres an interesting discussion going on at the cpl forum, with top players such as voo, stelam , daler and others getting involved.

give it a read over and feel free to put in your 2p 🙂

http://forums.thecpl.com/ubb/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=27;t=000197

This was an old document about strafe jumping in PK compared with other games. I thought I would dust it off and show it the light of day:

http://www.pkeuro.com/files/CSJ.pdf

See what you think.

Mr_Hyde has been busy beavering away and has released his first map for our enjoyment. Ive had a run around and it looks very nicely put together. The different textures are types of effects he has used blend nicely together. I always was a sucker for DM_Mine type textures 🙂

Whats left now is for everyone to play some proper 1v1 (or maybe even 2v2) on the map and let us know your thoughts. If anyone can put the map on a public server for playtest, please let us know here. You can download the map by clicking one of the pictures below.

Mr_Hyde is now working on his new map Darkwood_Forest3 about which you can find his forum post HERE. Good work Mr_Hyde!

Announcement by the CPL today:

Today, the CPL publicly recognized the invaluable contributions of Timo “Cubik” Hanninen and Vikto “Worre” Liljeblad for creating an excellent tournament mod for Painkiller.

Both Cubik and Worre provided an exceptional level of support to the CPL and created the tournament mod in a very short period of time. Without their support the flawlessly run Painkiller tournament could have encountered insurmountable obstacles.

We’re pleased the CPL took the time to recognise these two gents. It’s true to say that without their motivation and efforts, the CPL tournament would have suffered. Well done!

On pkeuro is old and first build of HydeDM1 and here is a Final verson of this map ,bigger and better :

http://trinity.unreal.pl/Hyde/PKDM_1on1_HydeDM1_Final3.zip

MiniMod 1.5.0.2

http://strony.aster.pl/yar/minimod/MiniMod.TEST.1.5.0.2.rar

Remember this is test/beta version because i dont have more time now to test it completely…

And this is probably my “good bye” to PK community for some (probably not short) time. I really must try to fix my life, I fell like in hell and with every next day its only worse.

HF.

Thanks to all PK players that i know.

Sorry for my poor english 🙁

See you later!

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NOTE: If u downloaded mod before 23:40 CET/GMT+1 plz redownload it. I fixed console bug and replaced file on server, u can also find fixed version here:

http://strony.aster.pl/yar/minimod/MiniMod.TEST.1.5.0.2-FIXED.rar

The Final has just come to an end and the result is…..

Vo0 14:9 DM_Sacred & DM_Psycho 11:10 SK|zyz

That final was one of the greatest matches ever. Vo0 proved once again why he is #1, by coming back from 4 frags down in the last 20 seconds to win 11:10, and thus retaining his CPL crown. Good games to all who played, and good work Vo0!

Last night saw the lower bracket final, consolation final and the winners bracket final played. The outcome of these matches surprised quite a few people.

In the Winner Bracket it was a battle between Vo0, the #1 Painkiller player in the world, and Fata1lty who came 2nd last CPL. This was bound to be a match to remember, as both players have a fairly similar attacking style on certain maps.

DM_Fallen2te: 2-24 – Fatal1ty
DM_Psycho: 9-10 – Vo0
DM_Sacred: 12-27 – Vo0

Overall: Vo0 moves to the Grand Final.

Losers Bracket Final

This match was between Stermy & SKs zyz, which would of been strange to both of these players as they have never played each other before as far as I know. So, they would be meeting each others playing styles for the very first time.

Scores still unavailable at this point.

Overall: SK|zyz takes the win.

Consolation Final

This match again, was a first time battle between these 2 players in Painkiller.. which would mean that they would have to predict each others playing styles for the first 10 minutes or so. There was a pretty big burden on this match however, as the winner of this goes onto the Grand Final to meet Vo0.

DM_Fallen2te: 0-25 – SK|zyz
DM_Sacred: 10-16 – SK|zyz

Overall: Massive win for a fairly new guy on the Painkiller scene, SK|zyz takes the win.

The Grand Final which everyone is waiting for will take place today at 2pm CST (8pm GMT, 9pm CET) and is definately going to attract some attention. Can the new guy on the block ruffle Vo0s feathers and take this one? Or will the defending champion breeze past and be crowned CPL Player of the Year? Only time will tell.

PKEURO is looking for players who can help us keep up to date with the scorelines and general goings on at each of the World Tour stops. The current stops look like this:

1) Istanbul, Turkey, and will take place February 10-13, 2005
2) Barcelona, Spain, and will take place March 20-23, 2005
3) São Paulo, Brazil. The final dates will be confirmed soon
4) Düsseldorf, Germany. The final dates will be confirmed soon
5) Grapevine, Texas – USA and will take place Wednesday, July 6 to Sunday, July 10, 2005 at the lavish Gaylord Texan Resort
6) UK – Aug – Sheffield
7) Sweden – Sept – Stockholm
8) China – Oct – Beijing
9) Chile – Nov – Santiago
10?) Japan – ?? – Tokyo (note that previously this was pending confirmation and has now slipped from 3rd on the list)

We need at least two players per tournament that can be contacted by phone if possible. Please help us make this site one of the best for WT coverage 🙂

You can contact me by emailing your details to THIS email address. We will obviously keep all correspondance and details confidential.

Latest update on scores direct from the CPL Painkiller Tournament:

2nd Round continued..

–Daler vs Wieee 31-8/26-10
–Aphextwin vs Whipboy 18-12/17-16
–C_Lains vs TAU|$hield 39-7/36-13
–Stermy vs Thump4 38-13/36-11
–Stelam vs Gnosis 70-0/54-4
–Kuula vs pfb default to pfb
–zyz vs DeusMortis 57-1/58-4
–Slayer vs zen 7-57/9-34
–Aim vs Zyos default to Aim

3rd Round (Double Elimination starts)

–Vo0 vs Deatz 22-7/26-8
–Lexer vs Brett 20-17/26-11
–Xhep vs Neok 17-26/8-55
–M0erser vs Clown 13-12/10-15/7-20
–Daler vs AphexTwin 41-2/51-6
–DJ vs KyuR 27-3/33-1
–Boxcar vs Geoff 14-33/18-30
–C_Lains vs Stermy 5-32/8-38
–Stelam vs img LoSt-CaUsE 26-6/22-6
–pfb vs cha0ticz 1-28/8-15
–Junior vs Vayne forfeit win to Vayne
–Zyz vs Zen 14-11/22-9
–Carnage vs Sakh 16-17/2-16
–Bio vs Rix 2-0
–Gellehsak vs Destrukt 26-1/15-17/32-4
–Aim vs Fatal1ty Fatal1ty wins 2-0