NETKEEN: Vorticons
NETKEEN: Vorticons
Netkeen Vorticons is a mod of Netkeen intended to recreate the atmosphere of the "Invasion of the Vorticons" series in the galaxy style for multiplayer action. It contains 42 levels at this time: 11 Keen 1 levels, 16 Keen 2 levels, and 14 Keen 3 levels. Levels were made by Gridlock, Lemm, and myself. All three episodes can be played through one file extension: CKV.
Music is taken from a variety of sources, including Bio Menace, Cosmo's Cosmic Adventure, Blake Stone, Major Stryker, Math Rescue, the Hocus Pocus Beta, and a few from community members Xky Rauh and Mr. M.
Netkeen Vorticons swaps out 4 of the playable characters from previous episodes of Netkeen (Mortimer, Council Member, Council Page, Pajama Keen) to include: Mortimer's Android Dummy, the Vorticon Elite, the Vorticon Ninja, and the Vorticon Woman.
Graphics are largely ripped and adapted from Keen 1-3. Large backdrops are ripped and recolored from Cosmo, Dr. Colossus' "Marooned on Mars Galaxy Style", and an original snow backdrop from Fantomx11. Fantomx11 also did the Martian and frozen Martian platform sides and the Martian cave and dome interior backgrounds. Wiivn contributed the path design for the frozen martian platform top as well as the Keen 3 'earth' platform set.
Lemm has made two bug fixes to Netkeen: Players will no longer 'die twice' if their dead body collects a health item, and players now spawn evenly in 4 player games.
Download: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/3654819/Keen/N ... ticons.zip
In addition to Netkeen Vorticons, the Netkeen versions of previous episodes have been updated:
-New Keen Dreams level: Onion Outpost
-New Keen 4 level: Jungle Gym
-New Keen 6 level: Dome of Disaster
-Princes Lindsey, Spot, and Lt. Barker now have improved idol animations
-Minor adjustments and balancing changes to a few Keen 4 levels
-Redesign for Keen 4's "Sluggy Arena"
I'll be updating this in the next few months based on feedback. There's room for more graphics and levels, if anyone is interested in adding to the game.
Thanks, have fun
Music is taken from a variety of sources, including Bio Menace, Cosmo's Cosmic Adventure, Blake Stone, Major Stryker, Math Rescue, the Hocus Pocus Beta, and a few from community members Xky Rauh and Mr. M.
Netkeen Vorticons swaps out 4 of the playable characters from previous episodes of Netkeen (Mortimer, Council Member, Council Page, Pajama Keen) to include: Mortimer's Android Dummy, the Vorticon Elite, the Vorticon Ninja, and the Vorticon Woman.
Graphics are largely ripped and adapted from Keen 1-3. Large backdrops are ripped and recolored from Cosmo, Dr. Colossus' "Marooned on Mars Galaxy Style", and an original snow backdrop from Fantomx11. Fantomx11 also did the Martian and frozen Martian platform sides and the Martian cave and dome interior backgrounds. Wiivn contributed the path design for the frozen martian platform top as well as the Keen 3 'earth' platform set.
Lemm has made two bug fixes to Netkeen: Players will no longer 'die twice' if their dead body collects a health item, and players now spawn evenly in 4 player games.
Download: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/3654819/Keen/N ... ticons.zip
In addition to Netkeen Vorticons, the Netkeen versions of previous episodes have been updated:
-New Keen Dreams level: Onion Outpost
-New Keen 4 level: Jungle Gym
-New Keen 6 level: Dome of Disaster
-Princes Lindsey, Spot, and Lt. Barker now have improved idol animations
-Minor adjustments and balancing changes to a few Keen 4 levels
-Redesign for Keen 4's "Sluggy Arena"
I'll be updating this in the next few months based on feedback. There's room for more graphics and levels, if anyone is interested in adding to the game.
Thanks, have fun
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To access the Vorticon Levels, drag a random file from the Netkeen Vorticons folder onto the DosBox icon, such as AUDIO.CK4. This will mount the Netkeen Vorticon folder in DosBox, which will say that AUDIO.CK4 is an illegal command. Now type the following:szemi wrote:I still can't see the Mortimer Android and the other Vorticon players.
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netkeen -ext ckv
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Just in time for the Christmas holiday! It's amazing what is achieved with modding!
I've found a lot of graphical bugs and some platform bugs also, but are too many to report them. Mainly on Keen 2 and 3 levels. I've played it in offline mode, but hopefully I'll find a way and time to test it in multiplayer.
I've found a lot of graphical bugs and some platform bugs also, but are too many to report them. Mainly on Keen 2 and 3 levels. I've played it in offline mode, but hopefully I'll find a way and time to test it in multiplayer.
It appears that several incomplete things in my levels haven't been added/fixed yet. You might want to give us time to sort this out.
Armageddon Begins Again. The Alphamatic has arrived.
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netkeen -ext ckv
Creators:
-Make a .BAT file.
-Put 'netkeen -ext ckv' in the BAT file
-Call it something like 'NK-Vort.BAT
-Make our lives a bit easier
What you really need, not what you think you ought to want.
I made a couple of batch files that let you run a netkeen server or client. Simply unzip it in the same folder that you have Netkeen. It handles connecting the ipxnet, running netkeen, and disconnecting the ipxnet.Ceilick wrote:The problem with just making a bat file is that the switches change depending on the number of players, who is hosting, etc.
"Netkeen -ext ckv" is only if you're playing a local game by yourself. A BAT file for that is otherwise useless.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/do0xiqperu8br ... atches.zip
Server usage is:
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server <port> <nodes> <ext>
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client <ip address> <port> <nodes> <ext>
My keyboard has no caps lock. It has a BRIAN BLESSED button!
and here it is:
put it in your netkeen folder and run it from dosbox
https://www.dropbox.com/s/q9zv8z4a7d77miz/NKLAUNCH.EXE
put it in your netkeen folder and run it from dosbox
https://www.dropbox.com/s/q9zv8z4a7d77miz/NKLAUNCH.EXE
My keyboard has no caps lock. It has a BRIAN BLESSED button!
That's funny because I did the exact same, including the server/client commandsfantomx11 wrote:I made a couple of batch files that let you run a netkeen server or client. Simply unzip it in the same folder that you have Netkeen. It handles connecting the ipxnet, running netkeen, and disconnecting the ipxnet.Ceilick wrote:The problem with just making a bat file is that the switches change depending on the number of players, who is hosting, etc.
"Netkeen -ext ckv" is only if you're playing a local game by yourself. A BAT file for that is otherwise useless.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/do0xiqperu8br ... atches.zip
Server usage is:Client usage is:Code: Select all
server <port> <nodes> <ext>
If you wanted to modify the batch files for each individual episode, it would not be hard. If I had some of my old batch programming utilities from pre windows 95 days, I could do a menu that let you choose all those options without having to do it on the command line. In fact, a Netkeen front-end might be pretty cool, and easy to do. When I get home, where I have VBDos, I'll make a quick little front-end for it. Woot!Code: Select all
client <ip address> <port> <nodes> <ext>
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