Development Blog
Work has started on the next release of EMZ. Keep an eye on this page for preview videos, screenshots and news - Sim. 2007 Blog Archive
Holiday!
4 August 2008
EMZ is closed for the summer until September; so don't expect any updates!
Scoreboard Update
19 July 2008
The scoreboard in 1.31a has been described as a little on the "large" side, so I've trimmed it down. It now sits at the foot of the screen and only takes as much room as needed by the number of players on the server.
Weapon Accuracy Stats
18 July 2008
Doh! Ingame stats were badly broken in 1.31a. For the next release they've changed back to EMZ 1.2 style display and can be displayed using a seperate keybind.
Doom 3 Version Checker
13 July 2008
I spend a reasonable amout of time helping people troubleshoot their D3 installs. So I've written an install checker to help when people have problems.
Another "New" Face
27 May 2008
Largely thanks to the persistence of oneofthe8devilz of the FMJ mod team a "new" but familiar face should be appearing on a server near you.
Some New Faces
11 May 2008
For some time I've wanted to add a few faces from the Doom 3 SP game into EMZ. Some of the characters are structually too different from the standard marine but I'm having a damn good go at hacking the humanoid guys into shape. Here is a sample of the works in progress. They're not perfect yet and some may not make the final release due to animation issues.
Results Database "Beta" Update
10 Apr 2008
The results database now contains all the matches ever recorded on the official EMZ server plus the matches since Jan 2008 from the eXg server. Thats more than 16,400 games!
An Elo based rating system has also been implemented. Check out the ratings for every player and an overview of the Elo system.
A few simple predefined searches have been added: most wins, most games and players who have quit early from more than one game.
Results Database "Beta"
1 Apr 2008
No, this isn't a joke entry for April Fools Day. Since EMZ 1.31a was released last year, the "official" server has quietly been logging match results for all the Tourney games played.
I finally got round to writing some processing tools and designing a database to hold it all in. It is still very much a 'work in progress' but I've uploaded a week or so's data for people to have a play with and see where I'm going with this.
Use the RESULTS link in the header bar at the top of the page, or click here.
It's Alive!
22 Mar 2008
Finally managed to get some EMZ time and have been working on the "impact" effects of the hitscan weapons. The smoke effect of the last EMZ release was not so great, so now I've done it "properly". Check out the new video to see what I mean.
