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Re: Play Wolfenstein 3D in a browser

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post #36

I feel like a second class citizen. I can't play the game, nor watch the video (without proxies and stuff), because - oh my god - there's swastikas in them. Anyway, mirror of the game: http://www.phoboslab.org/crap/wolf3d/ Uploading the video now... [edit]: http://www.phoboslab.org/crap/wolf3d/commentary.flv

Which key should I press to shoot? Original DOS version used [Ctrl] as far as I remember. It doesn't work in browser.

It's funny how muscle memory is. I just instinctively went for Ctrl 20 years on!

Re: Play Wolfenstein 3D in a browser

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Anyone else disappointed to find "MIL" didn't work? Also I'm very surprised in myself that I remember where so many of the secret doors are. Ahhh nostalgia.

the JS code is in there for god mode and "give all" :)

function debugGiveAll()

function debugGodMode(enable)

Re: Play Wolfenstein 3D in a browser

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post #36

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Which key should I press to shoot? Original DOS version used [Ctrl] as far as I remember. It doesn't work in browser.

It's funny how muscle memory is. I just instinctively went for Ctrl 20 years on!

I was frustrated that CTRL didn't work as well, because Space worked for open doors.

Re: Play Wolfenstein 3D in a browser

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"Sorry, your IP address shows you are coming from a country that requires us to block access to this particular site." Is .at now on the axis of evil?

It's illegal to have swastikas in a video game in some European countries; Austria might be one of these.

Re: Play Wolfenstein 3D in a browser

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post #22

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Looks like a lot of Javascript too! http://wolfenstein.bethsoft.com/game/js/load.js

Interesting, it looks like they rewrote all the code in JS. I wonder why they didn't compile it. Just speculation, but compiling might have led to a faster result (the compiled Doom was faster than this). edit: Nevermind, looks like it renders using divs and not canvas. I guess they focused on compatibility with as many browsers as possible and not on performance.

The other interesting thing is that it renders those divs as single pixel wide strips, apparently just as the original Wolfenstein did rendering for walls and such. Pretty cool!

Re: Play Wolfenstein 3D in a browser

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"Sorry, your IP address shows you are coming from a country that requires us to block access to this particular site." Is .at now on the axis of evil?

It's illegal to have swastikas in a video game in some European countries; Austria might be one of these.

I always wonder what they try to achieve by hiding swastikas. I mean, come on, you can find swastikas everywhere if you look at greek vases, at Japan maps (temples are symbolized with swastikas in Japan), and in a number of ancestral cultures. It's completely ridiculous, and it does not prevent anyway right-wing extremism in the countries mentioned.
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