Four years in the making (2019 2023), Blast Radius is a fan add-on for the Apogee/3D Realms classic 1996 FPS Duke Nukem 3D by ck3d. Originally a brand new main episode of 15 maps (estimated blind playthrough length: 20+ hours) introducing 40+ new types of alien scum, as of v. 5.0.0, it has spread to include a six-level demo for its continuation: Zero Zone, as well as reinterpretations of the original "L.A. Meltdown", "Lunar Apocalypse" & "Shrapnel City" Duke 3D episodes each into one big level. Requires EDuke32 (eduke32.com) and Duke Nukem 3D: Plutonium Pak/Atomic Edition or superior; software/classic renderer recommended. Single player, co-op, Dukematch supported; simultaneously speedrunner and completionist friendly. Download includes printable manual and artwork. Come get some!
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Blast Radius v. 5.0.X is out and presents "Lunar Apocalypse 3072: A Space Oprah", a new user map which, similarly to what "L.A. Meltdown 2047" and "Shrapnel City 2096: Trapped In The Future!" did to their respective counterparts, reinterprets all of the classic episode two of Duke Nukem 3D: "Lunar Apocalypse" by Richard 'Levelord' Gray & Allen H. Blum III in just one level.
New level "Lunar Apocalypse 3072: A Space Oprah".
Which means that in addition to its original twenty-hour, 15-level campaign and the six-map demo of its sequel: "Zero Zone", Blast Radius now suggests its own, brand new take on the entirety of the original "Duke Nukem 3D" 1.3d adventure, synthetized into three giant maps.
New level "Lunar Apocalypse 3072: A Space Oprah".
Total level count now 24, total file count 322.
DOWNLOAD Blast Radius v. 5.0.0 here
More general info about the project here and in the general Articles section, also comprising per-level walkthroughs and analysis.
"Lunar Apocalypse 3072: A Space Oprah" (vanilla) 100% secrets run by Radar.
The new level: "Lunar Apocalypse 3072: A Space Oprah" as included in the add-on features its own unique Overlord boss variant; the standalone/vanilla version of the map can be downloaded, separately, from here.
Classic/software renderer recommended.
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Duke Nukem 3D: Blast Radius
Full Version 34 commentsFour years in the making (2019 2023), Blast Radius is a fan add-on for the Apogee/3D Realms classic 1996 FPS Duke Nukem 3D by ck3d. Originally a brand...
"Lunar Apocalypse 3072: A Space Oprah" (Duke Nukem 3D user map)
Full Version 6 commentsNew user map for Duke Nukem 3D by ck3D that reinterprets all of the classic episode two "Lunar Apocalypse" by Allen H. Blum III & Richard 'Levelord' Gray...
"Shrapnel City 2096: Trapped In The Future!" (Duke Nukem 3D user map)
Full Version 17 commentsNew user map for Duke Nukem 3D by ck3D that reinterprets all of the classic episode three "Shrapnel City" by Allen H. Blum III & Richard 'Levelord' Gray...
"L.A. Meltdown 2047" (Duke Nukem 3D user map)
Full Version 1 commentNew user map for Duke Nukem 3D by ck3D that reinterprets all of the classic episode one "L.A. Meltdown" by Allen H. Blum III & Richard 'Levelord' Gray...
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Is it possible to add more tiles art to the Duke Nukem 3D or Atomic Editions without corrupting the CON.Files in the game on Eduke32? Or basically add for example custom usermap art in a usermap to the actual DN3D Game art files without messing up the original art files or add the art files but with Tiles.art 18, 19, 20 and so on so that you have the art Tiles already in the game so you don't have to run the usermap as a MOD just so the art file will show up?
I have no idea how .art files work, I never even tried messing with them. Can probably find your answers on the EDuke32 Wiki.
I had problems with DukePlus not working for me in the past and it just wouldn't run on my DN3D Atomic for some strange reason? I also wish there was an option in DukePlus where you could turn off the extra realistic damage. We already have enough damage from regular attacks why do you need to add more? I noticed that Alien Armageddon had extra damage in its MOD as well and it may make some players play a different MOD that has normal DN3D damage so there's my opinion cK3D your thoughts? Do I make any relevant valid points there Chris btw just wondering and God bless man thanks for your thoughts.
I do believe that Duke Nukem is in for a reckoning what with all the unresolved issues of breaking the Space Time Continuem and the wierdness that was Zarathustha. Duke better be well prepared because he just unleashed Armageddon and the gates of hell by what he is doing. Hopefully it also will be explained in Zero Zone how Duke Nukem is going to pull off a Duke Nukem sized miracle to not only fix the Space Time Continuem but also restore his original Earth. Just a little food for thought CK3D its Chris btw just checking in and sharing my thoughts what about you what do you think. I think Duke is going to confront a far greater threat than what he did on Zarathusa and thats not good at all for Duke Nukem that is.This also reminds me of that level in Duke Nukem Zero Hour N64 before the mothership level where the staue of Liberty gets destroyed after the mothership crashes into it where all the timelines start to morph into eachother including enemies from the past and present in the alternate Reality along with evil Dukes that Duke has to kill. Very good N64 Duke Game BTW. PS: I also had a thought of adding the Gamma cannon or RPG or devastor to the unused weapon slot that was supposed to be for the flame througher that might work right?
Great mod, especially those two last maps reinterpreting 1 & 3 episodes from the vanilla Duke Nukem. The only flaw I found is "too many sprites spawned" crash, happened when riot tanks shot me on a large map (because map is large and they produce many laser sprites at once, those sprites live too long to overflow sprite buffer).
Ah, and ATM machines produce "click-click-click" even if the player walked away after interacting with them.
Thanks for the report/feedback; am already aware of those issues, ATM thing in Shrapnel City has everything to do with me being stupid and using the wrong sound, should be gone as soon as the next update. "Too many sprites spawned" issue should be exceptional unless using cheats/somehow sleeping a little on killing enemies/collecting items/general sprite unload throughout BR levels 4, 12 and the Shrapnel City remake especially, I'm always optimizing that along time too but might devote more focus to that aspect soon since at this point it's one of the last technical issues left with the add-on. I also just started 'remaking' episode 2 by the way. Cheers and a great weekend.
Is there a way to add new weapons while also keeping the old ones?
There is, but it's hard as hell, comparing to how you add weapons to a Doom modification. There are some mods with weapons, try DukePlus by Dan Gaskill (google it), that mod has laser pistol, double-barreled shotty, mp5 etc.; it could be played with any map/episode that has no big changes in code. I believe it could be played even with Blast Radius but I'm not sure.
DukePlus was pretty great and I remember in the 2010's a lot of people's go-to way of experiencing Duke 3D in modern times for a good while, I have particularly found memories of the Imperium episode the Oostrums, W.G. and Kaiser had made for it. IIRC it used something like DUKEPLUS.CON which reduced the odds of conflicts vs. modifying a base file. I'm not sure how Blast Radius would react to it either, however; BR doesn't change the base code (minus fixing one annoying bug in the Battlelord Sentry AI) but it adds a lot to it for the new projectiles and enemy types. One thing in the item department it introduces as soon as episode 2 Zero Zone is negative Atomic Health in exchange for Shrinker and Expander refills which may or may not clash with DukePlus code. There are a few lines of code that may be dependent on relatively recent EDuke scripting capabilities too (although I did recently get rid of most shorthands so that BR could work with NetDuke32). Of course Blast Radius was designed with the ruleset of the original game + its own code to be traversed as the real experience but I guess will expand to wherever players want to try to take it anyway. L.A. Meltdown remake that is downloadable as a standalone map on here is DukePlus friendly/technically compatible, now that is for sure.
I wouldn't know, I've never tried nor been interested. But IIRC the number of weapon slots is set and a lot of the stuff is hardcoded. So one's best option would be to add alternative fires (à la Duke 64) which basically takes being a full-on programmer to do well, which I am not, and most likely would rely on EDuke32 scripting like a lot of features you see in modern mods which otherwise would be impossible to make (e.g.. things as simple as custom projectiles).