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by Alter-Fox
Tue Jun 29, 2021 10:13 am
Forum: Descent Level Spotlight
Topic: New singleplayer set in progress
Replies: 4
Views: 6065

Re: New singleplayer set in progress

Here are a few screenshots of level 4 and 5 -- not quite as extensive as the pics I took of the first three, 'cause the maps are long with more intense fights.... but I think they'll give you some idea of who's coming back, a couple someones who you might not have seen in a while :) https://www.drop...
by Alter-Fox
Mon Jun 28, 2021 7:30 am
Forum: Descent Level Spotlight
Topic: Descent 1 1/2
Replies: 2094
Views: 910613

Re: Descent 1 1/2

He pops on to the Overload discord from time to time.
Don't get to talk to him as much as I'd like, though, 'cause his timezone is just about the opposite of my own.
You're in Europe, though-- if you hung around there, you'd probably have a better chance.
by Alter-Fox
Thu Jun 17, 2021 4:02 pm
Forum: Descent Level Spotlight
Topic: [D1 Singleplayer / Co-op] "Quotiency" Development Thread
Replies: 14
Views: 15285

Re: [D1 Singleplayer / Co-op] "Quotiency" Development Thread

Neat, I'm on level... 18.... of that right now (but I also betatested, so I've played through the rest of them, just in a slightly unfinished state). Mostly interested to see where the briefings are going. Certainly seems to me that it strikes that balance between feeling like it's not pulling its p...
by Alter-Fox
Thu Jun 10, 2021 8:52 pm
Forum: Descent Level Spotlight
Topic: New singleplayer set in progress
Replies: 4
Views: 6065

Re: New singleplayer set in progress

I've got some screenshots together for levels 1-3 -- didn't have time to get to the other two before work this morning. And if I can get the embedding to work I'll share them. Level 1 -- this is the one you might recognize https://www.dropbox.com/s/qm4464qwpnje08q/level1-1.jpg?raw=1 https://www.drop...
by Alter-Fox
Mon May 31, 2021 4:52 pm
Forum: Descent Level Spotlight
Topic: New singleplayer set in progress
Replies: 4
Views: 6065

New singleplayer set in progress

So I dug up some old D2X-XL maps from one of my old laptops and, surprisingly, not all of them were garbage. Over the past week I've taken the best five of them (one of which has been released before) and compiled them into a little set. I've got the maps in pretty much working order, and barring an...
by Alter-Fox
Sun May 16, 2021 2:04 pm
Forum: Descent: Underground
Topic: Descendent Studios sued over unfinished Descent prequel
Replies: 12
Views: 58405

Re: Descendent Studios sued over unfinished Descent prequel

No, and at this point, I don't think there will be any.
by Alter-Fox
Fri Apr 16, 2021 10:41 pm
Forum: PTMC Gallery
Topic: I improvised this thread
Replies: 26
Views: 18870

Re: I improvised this thread

TheWhat wrote: Fri Apr 16, 2021 9:22 pm Hey! That guitar sounded pretty excellent.
Well, you're the one who convinced me these plugins would sound good :lol:
by Alter-Fox
Fri Apr 16, 2021 5:28 pm
Forum: PTMC Gallery
Topic: I improvised this thread
Replies: 26
Views: 18870

Re: I improvised this thread

So I picked up Archetype Gojira (the new one with the octave pedals) on sale, and it sounds pretty neat. This track was a bit challenging to mix, 'cause out of the six or seven instruments I used there's only one that I'd ever used before. For the guitar, I used both of the plugin's distortion flavo...
by Alter-Fox
Tue Apr 13, 2021 6:24 am
Forum: Descent Single Player
Topic: http://www.enspiar.com/dmdb website down
Replies: 2
Views: 5817

Re: http://www.enspiar.com/dmdb website down

Check PTMC Cafe. Bigger discussion about it going on in there.
by Alter-Fox
Sat Apr 10, 2021 10:30 am
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: The DMDB is down...
Replies: 20
Views: 16679

Re: The DMDB is down...

I think Parabolicus and Hunter are already working on making a replacement.
by Alter-Fox
Thu Apr 08, 2021 8:16 am
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: The DMDB is down...
Replies: 20
Views: 16679

Re: The DMDB is down...

Yup
Never was interested in going there... this community seems like it had a penchant for schisms. Gotta choose your company with some care. :)

DMDB is/was/hopefully will be again the Descent Mission Database. Not the best-organized site in the world but it was nice to have it all in one place.
by Alter-Fox
Tue Apr 06, 2021 6:01 am
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: The DMDB is down...
Replies: 20
Views: 16679

Re: The DMDB is down...

Some people have been trying to get in contact with him for a couple weeks now, but no luck so far.
by Alter-Fox
Sat Apr 03, 2021 8:44 am
Forum: PTMC Gallery
Topic: I improvised this thread
Replies: 26
Views: 18870

Re: I improvised this thread

That's... one way to look at it I guess The thinking that went into it was more like two verses, three choruses, and one bridge, with a bunch of little solos sprinkled in between and also in mid-verse. :D I guess that is a little bit weird now that I say it out loud XD I use FL studio 20 for pretty ...
by Alter-Fox
Fri Apr 02, 2021 10:35 pm
Forum: PTMC Gallery
Topic: I improvised this thread
Replies: 26
Views: 18870

Re: I improvised this thread

I'll take a look.
I usually use OTT for drum-bus compression (also free), but that doesn't mean there's no room for more. :)
by Alter-Fox
Sun Mar 28, 2021 12:50 pm
Forum: PTMC Gallery
Topic: I improvised this thread
Replies: 26
Views: 18870

Re: I improvised this thread

Turns out I did feel pretty terrible on Thursday, but I had just barely enough time Friday to get some recording in before my weekend shifts. Here's "Mind Strike" https://drive.google.com/file/d/1idd0d6sUevdw2uiohj6JtQ36EccnMyMx/view?usp=sharing The atmosphere, if not the story, is based a...
by Alter-Fox
Tue Mar 23, 2021 2:31 pm
Forum: PTMC Gallery
Topic: I improvised this thread
Replies: 26
Views: 18870

Re: I improvised this thread

I haven't noticed a difference the few times I was able to compare but I also can't really use the standalone because of my ASIO problems. I need to have the driver settings open in order to reset the buffer when it falls apart, and I can only do that from within my DAW Already sounds good -- so I'l...
by Alter-Fox
Tue Mar 23, 2021 7:18 am
Forum: PTMC Gallery
Topic: I improvised this thread
Replies: 26
Views: 18870

Re: I improvised this thread

Yeah it's certainly not the same as playing through an amp but my amp's a pretty cheap crappy one anyway :D I'm saving for some better gear but in the meantime this lets me get some much nicer tone when I want it, and the $200 CAD price is more than covered by some extra pay I got for doing an inter...
by Alter-Fox
Tue Mar 16, 2021 6:33 pm
Forum: PTMC Gallery
Topic: I improvised this thread
Replies: 26
Views: 18870

Re: I improvised this thread

I decided to go ahead and buy the Archetype 'cause even if I don't use it often it's still the best-sounding digital amp I've heard.
Have been working on a new track with it today... so maybe I'll put that up here when it's done.
by Alter-Fox
Thu Mar 11, 2021 9:29 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: What's your ride?
Replies: 54
Views: 33569

Re: What's your ride?

Well as long as it's here again... now that my brother and I are living on our own we have a 2013 Mazda 3 (manual!) hatchback. Of the two of us I'm the only one who drives at all so it's pretty much mine, though I am obligated to occasionally chauffer him around and we keep a little of his "tra...
by Alter-Fox
Thu Mar 11, 2021 3:35 pm
Forum: Descent Single Player
Topic: Analysis of Descent 2's difficulty styles
Replies: 7
Views: 9592

Analysis of Descent 2's difficulty styles

I've been thinking about game design lately, and I got to thinking about what makes Descent 2 my favourite campaign in the original series, and realizing that part of that is because when I've played the game on high difficulty levels, each of the six planets presents its own variety of challenge ar...
by Alter-Fox
Tue Mar 09, 2021 9:20 am
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: holy.....
Replies: 20
Views: 14351

Re: holy.....

Ummm, I wouldn't be giving it ideas...
by Alter-Fox
Mon Mar 01, 2021 12:24 pm
Forum: PTMC Gallery
Topic: My new instrument (I shall fulfill my dream)
Replies: 172
Views: 206673

Re: My new instrument (I shall fulfill my dream)

Like those little drum patterns. Somewhat intricate yet unobtrusive.

Whole thing feels kinda underwater, like, dreamy.
Well... at least, I'd have to assume that's dreamy. For anyone who doesn't usually dream about killing antelope with his bare teeth and claws. :)
by Alter-Fox
Mon Jan 11, 2021 7:47 pm
Forum: Descent Level Spotlight
Topic: New 10 level campaign!
Replies: 10
Views: 8969

Re: New 10 level campaign!

Yup, playing around with buttons was how I figured out most of it too :)
A lot like teaching yourself a musical instrument in that way -- you have to play around with everything and understand why it's there, you can't just focus on practicing the concepts that were easy at the beginning.
by Alter-Fox
Wed Jan 06, 2021 8:21 pm
Forum: PTMC Gallery
Topic: My new instrument (I shall fulfill my dream)
Replies: 172
Views: 206673

Re: My new instrument (I shall fulfill my dream)

The first 20 seconds or so for some reason remind me of the lo-fi creepy drones from Doom 64.
The rest is... not like that... but it's still got a sense of real fun. :) Especially with those strange beastly sorta speaking voices. :D
by Alter-Fox
Wed Jan 06, 2021 7:35 pm
Forum: PTMC Gallery
Topic: I improvised this thread
Replies: 26
Views: 18870

Re: I improvised this thread

Well, a mix of composing and jamming for the tracks in here. It's trying to be a jam, but old instincts die hard :) And that's probably okay. I doubt I could live without at least ten time signatures at this point :P I didn't mean it was different from other amp sims, I meant that playing guitar thr...
by Alter-Fox
Wed Jan 06, 2021 2:53 pm
Forum: PTMC Gallery
Topic: I improvised this thread
Replies: 26
Views: 18870

Re: I improvised this thread

So I took some time on Monday to improvise a real... well, something... using the amp sim. I managed a workaround for the latency (which requires me to manually reset the audio buffer every two or three minutes, so not exactly ideal...) It still felt appreciably different from playing it through a r...
by Alter-Fox
Thu Dec 31, 2020 4:40 pm
Forum: PTMC Gallery
Topic: I improvised this thread
Replies: 26
Views: 18870

Re: I improvised this thread

I downloaded the Archetype so I can maybe make a track next week to give it a test-run. I'll just have to let the annoying stuff annoy me. :) In the meantime, to stress-test a couple of the presets and see how they would handle my... ahem... technique... after a few false starts I threw together thi...
by Alter-Fox
Tue Dec 29, 2020 2:06 pm
Forum: Descent Level Spotlight
Topic: New 10 level campaign!
Replies: 10
Views: 8969

Re: New 10 level campaign!

Yeah I had to rename the files on my download... small potatoes, though
by Alter-Fox
Mon Dec 28, 2020 11:14 pm
Forum: Descent Level Spotlight
Topic: New 10 level campaign!
Replies: 10
Views: 8969

Re: New 10 level campaign!

Alright, well, I'll try to keep it somewhat brief. No idea if I'll succeed (future me here; I definitely failed at briefness!) :) Keep in mind I haven't quite finished the pack yet, so while I see you moving toward some of these ideas as the levels have gone on I don't know if you've already got the...
by Alter-Fox
Fri Dec 25, 2020 10:30 pm
Forum: PTMC Gallery
Topic: I improvised this thread
Replies: 26
Views: 18870

Re: I improvised this thread

Yeah, that's how it goes. I have a mode that reduces latency to near-zero but it comes with other problems that seem to be something specific about this system. Probably tied to some piece of hardware, but I haven't figured out which one. On the laptop it works just fine. Maybe if I got an external ...
by Alter-Fox
Fri Dec 25, 2020 6:26 pm
Forum: PTMC Gallery
Topic: I improvised this thread
Replies: 26
Views: 18870

Re: I improvised this thread

Thanks! I might give that a look if I can come up with something for it. Normally I just use a physical amp and mic though, it's not the best out there, but it's 'cause I seem to get a lot of latency when I feed it right through my audio interface and the delay between playing and hearing the sound ...
by Alter-Fox
Fri Dec 25, 2020 4:00 pm
Forum: PTMC Gallery
Topic: I improvised this thread
Replies: 26
Views: 18870

Re: I improvised this thread

That's really weird... I can try linking to the individual files instead of the folder, and see if that helps https://drive.google.com/file/d/1K9GD7WnesZBpvfHt8VXaf1JzfAbMpmQ0/view?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gaI609NmY0xTg_2N5OqRDHV5O-m6bndW/view?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com...
by Alter-Fox
Thu Dec 24, 2020 3:54 pm
Forum: PTMC Gallery
Topic: I improvised this thread
Replies: 26
Views: 18870

I improvised this thread

I've been working this year on my spontaneity, musically. Occasionally challenging myself to come out and record a full song on the spot, without any lyrics or music written out beforehand, and see what I can come up with. I managed to come up with three full songs (plus pieces of some bigger pre-pl...
by Alter-Fox
Thu Dec 24, 2020 11:42 am
Forum: Descent Level Spotlight
Topic: New 10 level campaign!
Replies: 10
Views: 8969

Re: New 10 level campaign!

Played through the first couple levels and I very much like the way they play-- you certainly seem to have a knack for the enemy placements.

I could share some tips on visual presentation if you're interested in doing something like this again, and if you want to hear what I have to say :)
by Alter-Fox
Thu Dec 24, 2020 10:29 am
Forum: Descent Level Spotlight
Topic: Descent 1 1/2
Replies: 2094
Views: 910613

Re: Descent 1 1/2

Just for fun.
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I like adding small things to the lore of games that don't have much :)
And I like the idea that, beyond its weapons, Fusion Hulk is literally a fusion of the other hulk bots :D
by Alter-Fox
Wed Dec 23, 2020 4:43 pm
Forum: PTMC Gallery
Topic: My new instrument (I shall fulfill my dream)
Replies: 172
Views: 206673

Re: My new instrument (I shall fulfill my dream)

I mean, I can describe what I'd do, but it's not something that works so well when you're not writing lyrics into the song... My first deliberate action when starting to work on a track is usually to ask myself "what is this song about? and what is its central metaphor or message?" and usu...
by Alter-Fox
Wed Dec 23, 2020 12:43 pm
Forum: PTMC Gallery
Topic: My new instrument (I shall fulfill my dream)
Replies: 172
Views: 206673

Re: My new instrument (I shall fulfill my dream)

Yeah, for me it's all too easy to overthink everything I want to happen in a song, and the problem with that is, no matter what you're capable of doing you're capable of dreaming a little bit more... which means it always sounded a little bit better in your head. So I've been trying to walk back a l...
by Alter-Fox
Tue Dec 22, 2020 9:37 pm
Forum: PTMC Gallery
Topic: My new instrument (I shall fulfill my dream)
Replies: 172
Views: 206673

Re: My new instrument (I shall fulfill my dream)

Heh... brings to mind flashes of Doom wads :) Maybe something with lots of blood floors and an annoying number of pain elementals? :D I could definitely hear this as some kind of BGM, anyway. I've been (deliberately, ironically) working on my spontaneity a little bit more this year, and mixing that ...
by Alter-Fox
Fri Dec 11, 2020 11:14 am
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: MIX TAPE THREAD
Replies: 12
Views: 9651

Re: MIX TAPE THREAD

Oh well that's much easier! I'll edit this in a bit EDIT A duo from Florida I've been following for the past few years -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGXLOFBP2Sw&list=PLsOrc5mo7_2FQztu6YvDJIsprJUmmfTJr&index=10 Occasionally get the chance to talk to Josh since we use a lot of the same mu...
by Alter-Fox
Thu Dec 10, 2020 11:34 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: MIX TAPE THREAD
Replies: 12
Views: 9651

Re: MIX TAPE THREAD

"Probably very popular" I'll have to think hard. I know it's cliche to say, but in my case it's very true that I don't tend to listen to much music that's "known". This internet thing makes it so easy to find incredibly talented people nobody knows about, and the hunt for them is...