December 16th, 1998Map ConverterI never remembered to release it and it needed some minor tweaking, but here is a program i wrote back on the 4th day of developing beta1 of DP. Just run it with the path of the quake1 paintball .map file as a parameter, and it will create a new version of your map which should be almost totally converted for DP, as oldmap_q2.map. Undoubtedly your map will have a few unconverted textures, as the DP texture list is not as versitile as quake1's. Simply add any custom textures you have with the q1 and q2 names into the textures.dat file and rerun the program to fix those textures. Anyways, it takes a LOT of the work of conversion away from you, just minor touchups. =) Get it here --->>> MapConvert.zip 3rd Party Map Pack!!After many requests from the paintball community, I put together the Digital Paint 3rd Party Map Pack #1. This map pack contains ten 3rd Party Maps including: TheFields, DropZone, Thunder, SandTrap, The House of Paint, Ravine, Painted Forest, Warehouse Speedball, Twin Towers, and 2 Ways. All readme.txt's, textures, sounds, and other files from the original map distributions are included. DM Only ServerPearlSlam has put up a DM only server, so for all of you who wanna pball dm all day, this is the place to go :) The IP is 12.17.193.36:27911. December 15th, 1998Beta 4.5?Okay, in preparation for beta5, we want to test some of our updated code which affects connections. We hope this helps with lag and overflows. Paintgrens wont lag much at all, and they wont dud either. Server operators, i ask that you all upgrade and report any bugs you get to me. Here is the file. beta_4.5_SSO.zip And a third! "2ways"SurfRat has also released his new map called Two Ways. Having a unique layout and feel, this map would make a great 2 on 2 or 3 on 3 map for those who like a map that plays quick. Heres a screenshot of it. Look here! Yet Another Third Party Map! "The Fields"Jivc has released his new map called The Fields. This is a very nice 2 flag CTF map. This map has a great look and layout. Defensive stations are nicely designed and positioned. Go download it now!
DP would like to thank all the 3rd party mappers for their contributions and for helping to make DP an even greater mod! DropZone Released!PearlSlam has released his new third party DP map called DropZone. This is a high quality DM map and will definitly provide some interesting gameplay. This map is a must get! December 14th, 1998DPcon!I would like to take this opportunity to announce DPcon! What is DPcon you may ask? Why it is a 2 day Lan party for Digital Paint's Paintball 2 for Quake2. The conference will be held on January 9th and 10th in Greenbelt Maryland. Ateendees include Calrathan, Jitspoe, Smokeya, and Nutiket of Digital Paint. Other DPcon staff members include PBC's Hellraiser, and The News Stand's Splats and Razor. The conference will be sponsored by ICE, Headgames, Creative Carnage, and Outlaw Paintball and Supply. More sponsors for the event will be added soon. We are aiming for 50 people at the Lan party, so be sure to head on over to the DPcon webpage today! December 10th, 1998G-Field by Darkphyre!Darkphyre, aka Tempest has released his 3rd party map G-Field. This map which was originally constructed in Quake 1 paintball was converted to Digital Paint by fellow map maker Fryth. You can see a picture of this great new map above. (Note: the gaussian blur on the picture is a pitiful attempt for me to trick you into thinking I have GL, hehe) You say you want to play this map? Go right ahead! The Smurfbot server is now running this map along with several other 3rd party maps and you can download them all here! Once again thankyou to Fembot for providing such a great service to 3rd party mappers, and to Darkphyre and Fryth for churning out another classic. December 8th, 1998NedStatHey all, we have signed up for a counter/hitstat keeper from NedStat USA. Basically all it does is track the most popular hit times, and days. I think it'll be interesting to see how much the little blurbs on captured.com increase hits, and what goes on at releases, dont you? =) The counter thing is that little graph button on the navbar.View the stats HERE. New Screen ShotsYeah, yeah... those screen shots are ages old... like from before pb2 was released, so I've started putting some new ones up! I just have brainstorm and midnight pics up now, but I'll get some more when I have time. If ya wanna see the new hud, brainstorm, and other stuff that will be included in Beta5, go check 'em out!