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KeenCommander
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(11/9/03 4:39 am)
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Keen Asylum
It's here, (well almost). Commander Keen 5: Keen Asylum, level pack! 15 new levels (including the level map and high scores level) We're still polishing up some levels, and playtesting. Release date? November 14.
Till then check out this preview here.
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JosephBurke 
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(11/9/03 6:57 am)
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It's smoking.
Hey, wow; well, damn, what else is there to say!
Looks great guys.  Definitely can't wait to not be able to play it.
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KeenRush
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(11/9/03 10:51 am)
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WOW!!
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAH!!!!
There's a level pack I can't wait! 
By the way, why 14th? Someone's birthday?
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JosephBurke
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(11/9/03 11:59 am)
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The numbers do add up.
November, the eleventh month in binary means 3; so maybe it's supposed to mean 314.
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Xtraverse 
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(11/9/03 1:26 pm)
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Re: The numbers do add up.
I thought Admiral Bob's name was Brian Rodgers, not Clive Turvey??
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KeenRush
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(11/9/03 4:14 pm)
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Binary - I never thought that..
Yes.. Pretty clever Forge! It can be! 
Oh, and Admiral Bob should be Brian.
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KeenCommander
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(11/9/03 5:04 pm)
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Re: The numbers do add up.
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November, the eleventh month in binary means 3; so maybe it's supposed to mean 314.
Actually, I chose that day so we'd have enough time to playtest, but that sounds good to me. Very ingenius!
Brian Rogers, oops! I'll change that, but the ckpatch utils that came with the tededit package is credited to a Clive Turvey. *Shrugs*
Edited by: KeenCommander at: 11/9/03 5:08 pm
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stickmanofdoom
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(11/9/03 9:03 pm)
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COOL!
I didn't think people were doing much with keen 4,5,and 6. I can't wait, it looks really good!
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adurdin
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(11/9/03 9:46 pm)
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Re: COOL!
Clive Turvey was the writer of UNLZEXE.
Anyway, the levels look great. Good to see that levels are being made for Keen 5.
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Robo Blue
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(11/10/03 4:09 am)
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Re: COOL!
nice! I can't wait for 314.
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KeenRush
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(11/10/03 4:56 am)
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Re: COOL!
I would try to make some (or finish my one) if it wouldn't be so hard! It's sometimes really painful for me; I always click wrong place and do allkinds of stupid.
But this is neat, keep them coming!
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TCL999 
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(11/10/03 5:00 am)
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Re: COOL!
I would make some if Ted worked better in Windows XP. 
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Yowza
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(11/10/03 6:22 am)
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I didn't think people were doing much with keen 4,5,and 6. I can't wait, it looks really good!
Well, I'm about halfway through a Keen 4 level pack... I'll release some screens when I'm closer to being finished
As for the Keen Asylum... Can't wait for that
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KeenRush
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(11/10/03 3:28 pm)
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Re: COOL!
I knew that; can't wait it either! It's cool that the amount of levels for "new" Keens is increasing..
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KeenCommander
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(11/14/03 6:09 am)
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Here it is!
Keen Asylum is here. w00t!
Tell me whatcha think.
I'll be back with some freaky bits of info, if nobody finds 'em in a day or so...
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KeenRush
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(11/14/03 9:34 am)
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Re: Here it is!
Yes yes yes! I'll go to play it right now!!
Added: A-w-e-s-o-m-e!! Brilliant work there, pretty nice tricks and all kinds of stuff, I could never have even guessed that all of those things were possible! For a long time I haven't enjoyed any Keen levels this much. I've only played them easy, next I'll have to try with harder.
Can't wait to see the future work by you and the Asylum group.
Oh, and you forgot to change the readme, there still reads Clive Turvey.
Ah, I gotta learn how to use TED5 better. Well, at least after this mod..
Keen mods, please! Edited by: KeenRush at: 11/14/03 12:53 pm
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CommanderSpleen
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(11/14/03 2:53 pm)
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Re: Here it is!
Arharharharhar! This rocks!
I've only completed the ones over to the left so far (Sparky's thinggie on the right keeps scaring me off--I can't be bothered fighting for the damn tunnel), but from what I see, incredible work, says I. Yarr.
The levels flow so well, and the secret areas and amusing little tricks along the way are very well placed. Can't wait to get stuck into the rest of it.
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TCL999
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(11/14/03 5:50 pm)
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Re: Here it is!
I don't have time to play it now, but I will tonight. I leave some feedback then. Expecting great things 
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JosephBurke
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(11/14/03 7:38 pm)
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Good as gumdrops.
Wow, this is a great level pack, 
Only played a small portion so far but I'm completely blown away. I especially like the creativity used with the VolteFaces, when I first saw them -- I was like, "what the hell is this," and then it made sense.
I'm really glad I could use the new dosbox to run this.
For those of you who can't play, here are some screens from two levels.
lastplain.com/keenstuff/misc/1/
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Ilsoap
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(11/15/03 12:28 am)
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Re: Good as gumdrops.
Wish my version of Keen 5 was 1.4. I don't think it is. (Looks good though!)
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JosephBurke
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(11/15/03 12:49 am)
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Sticky topics never get read.
Eh? There are patches to upgrade all the Keen games to a higher version number like 1.4.
pub128.ezboard.com/fpubliccommanderkeenforumtheoriginalcommanderkeenga.showMessage?topicID=591.topic
Hope that'll do it for you, 
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Xtraverse
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(11/15/03 4:31 am)
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Re: Sticky topics never get read.
That invisible level is really awesome 
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Ilsoap
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(11/15/03 6:45 am)
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Re: Sticky topics never get read.
Oh... then that wasn't my fault. When I used the CK5 patch, it said that my egagraph.ck5 was an unknown version.
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KeenRush
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(11/15/03 7:22 am)
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Re: Sticky topics never get read.
Hmmm, unknown? Have you seen there anything "odd"?
Also, agree with you xtra. How that is done?
I also liked the names, they are very good.
But one thing: how do I get in to that area with all kinds of stuff, that is in "Keen's gone WILD!" or something like that, on left and up in the place where is that falling platform?
Also, I couldn't have even guessed you can use slicestars and volte-faces with switches; pretty creative!
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KeenCommander
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(11/15/03 5:04 pm)
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Re: Sticky topics never get read.
I'm happy to hear you guys like the pack
Invisible Block? It's foreground block # 0x03FC
In "Keen's Gone WILD" you you must land on the falling platform. When it has fallen off the bottom of the screen, look up and shoot! Yup, you'll impossible bullet up. There is one other level where IB comes in handy.
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KeenRush
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(11/15/03 5:28 pm)
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Re: Sticky topics never get read.
Oooh! Gotta try that!
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Xtraverse
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(11/15/03 9:39 pm)
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Re: Sticky topics never get read.
That blue key doormaze is awesome! All in all, a fantastic level pack. Sooo...what's that other level?
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KeenCommander
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(11/15/03 11:05 pm)
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Re: Sticky topics never get read.
Slicestar Guard District.
If a falling platform doesn't have a blocking info tile, it will fall off the bottom of the map. When it does that I'm guessing there's an empty (something?) that allows keen to rocket up when he uses his gun. And just as is in keen 6, if a nearby gun shoots, keen will no longer be able to IB in that location. A little trickier than in keen 6, but it's possible.
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CK Guy
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(11/19/03 1:09 pm)
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Re: Sticky topics never get read.
In Keen's gone wild, there was also a switch turning off a twirly fire thing ... lots of nice things in the level pack. WAY NICE!!!
-The CK Guy
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Br1ck
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(11/20/03 4:49 am)
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Re: Sticky topics never get read.
Has anyone noticed the strange properties of the in-the-wall door just behind the blue key-gem door in "Keen's gone WILD!"?
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Afgncaap5
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(12/1/03 3:08 am)
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similar problem
I'm having that "version not recognized" error, too. Oh, well. I can always imagine the level pack....
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KeenRush
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(12/1/03 4:11 pm)
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Re: similar problem
No you can't, this is so cool!
Well, anyways, maybe you could try to "update" your Keen 5 by using stuff of this topic:
pub128.ezboard.com/fpubli...=1&stop=20
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Robo Blue
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(12/1/03 10:18 pm)
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Problem solved
I finally figured it out (although this could be bad news for those of you who don't have a backup copy of keen 5). One Keen5e.exe has been unlzexed, xtra's patches can't be applied. You have to patch it first, and THEN use unlzexe on keen5e.exe. It should work then.
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