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Just thought I'd let the community know what's up with the Quake 2 Remix Mod I've had in production. It was originally stated to be the first 3 levels of Quake 2 done in DOOM 3 fashion, and so far has turned out pretty good. First 2 levels were completely built, while the 3rd was still a work in progress as it was much larger than the first 2. Unfortunately, I will be ending this mod short, and it won't be released. It's pretty bad when you start out with a group of 10 people wanting to do work on the mod, then weeks and weeks go by wondering where the work is at people are supposed to be working on, and then they either claim they don't want to do it, or just ignore my emails no matter how hard I've tried to make their job as easy as possible. Other people that actually did do the work they said they would, produced really well, and I thank them for that. Another reason I'm ending the mod short, (as well as all my other DOOM 3 work) is the definite lack of support. I never get any email replies from id Software, and that's no way to be to your most dedicated community members. Also, our music people just seem to ignore our emails now as well. I love the same ring of people and ignored emails. I have many hunches why, but I'll keep that to myself. Now onto the technical aspects of why the mod is being cut short. I've pretty much learned DOOM 3 technology inside and out, (which now has all been in vien) and on a technical (lighting side) DOOM 3 is only good for making mods if they are like DOOM 3. Because of the lighting limitations, there will always be many dark patches in your levels that will require some sort of flashlight or torch. This keeps the creativity to a minimum as you pretty much have to build your levels around the renderer. Unless of course you're a licensee of the DOOM 3 tech, then of course you can make engine modifications to combat the lighting issues. So in lighting the new Quake 2 maps, there are 2 options I was given. Either make them very, very dark that require a flashlight and Quake 2 doesn't have a flashlight, or light them very well to be able to see everything, and the levels run very, very poor. I just hope the people involved in getting our contacts to no longer be in contact with us anymore are satisfied.

So again, I apoligize to all the people who have sent in positive email, and posted positive comments on the message boards around the net who were looking forward to this project.

I will be continuing my community work, just not with Quake 3, DOOM 3 or any future id Software techology anymore.

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