[NY00123]

Page with files for download: https://ny.duke4.net/files.html

Back around 2001, Garjen Software uploaded TeamDUKE to the web. This is an EDuke 2.0 multiplayer mod, supporting Flag-Tag, Team Dukematch, CTF and a Duke-Tag variation.
The thing is, while people have been playing Duke3D online to different extents for many years, playing Duke3D mods hasn't been that commonplace. StrikerDM has been one exception during the last few years.
Today, you can have a look at an unofficial update to TeamDUKE, compatible with NetDuke32 (v1.2.1) and adding usability improvements, while still staying mostly true to the original release.
Additional maps uploaded to Garjen Software's website but not directly accessible from TeamDUKE itself can be selected as well in this update.

Thanks go to the original TeamDUKE team and contributors. This update wouldn't exist without TeamDUKE itself.

Further thanks to people who contributed to NetDuke32 in different manners, and to Build BROS community members for testing!

Note that at this point, I leave updates to this version for other people, in case anyone will want to take over.
One possible example is bringing more changes from TeamDUKE beta version 0.7. I used the 0.62 beta as a base as it seemed to be more stable; 0.7 was originally intended for use by beta testers of EDuke 2.1.

Flag-Tag in Steel Works:



CTF in Twin Forts (yes, the map uses tile #0):



Flag-Tag in Polaris Moonbase:



CTF in BioTech CTF-001:

[The Curious Kit]

This is certainly a very welcome and pleasing blast from the past. I'm the original creator of TeamDUKE, known as "Praetor PredAtor" back in the day. I'm so happy to see the mod is still being enjoyed today.

[NY00123]

Hello and thanks to our special guest, TeamDUKE's creator!

Letting you know that I've uploaded (currently still unofficial) version 0.65. While I modified CON code for this version as well, let's hope that at least one other person familiar with coding will be around for multiplayer CON maintenance and/or development (in general, not necessarily just for TeamDUKE).

Consider this to be the last version for which I provide a GRP file for partial EDuke 2.0 compatibility. There were technical problems on the way, so this is a good chance to let it go.

Finally, TheXna of Build BROS has recently published a video demonstrating TeamDUKE's Flag-Tag and CTF modes (a bit before v0.64's release):

Spoiler

TeamDUKE Unofficial v0.65

- Players don't need to wait for player 1 in maps without
switches/toggles for game settings anymore. They also don't
need to wait for more than about 30 seconds since map load.
- Player 1 can further let them use the beacons by
pressing on the "holster weapon" key.
- Implemented dropped flag respawn timeout of about 1 minute for Flag-Tag.
This makes use of an invisible actor, GOLDFLAGRESPAWN.
- Added the sprites CTFRESPAWNTIMEOUT and FLAGTAGRESPAWNTIMEOUT, used for
optionally changing the timeouts for dropped flags in CTF and Flag-Tag mode.
The timeout is given by the hitag of the sector in which the sprite resides
on map load. Use the sector hitag of 0 to disable timeout altogether.
- A TRANSPORTERSTAR is now spawned near a flag's old location
when it's automatically returned after a timeout.
- Refactored spawning of player to (pseudo)random destinations. More than 4
are allowed for Flag-Tag now, and also more than 4 per team in team games.
For one example, the map "Theseus" should now have all of
its 5 blue team destinations working now. Also added possible
fixes for Team Dukematch and Duke Tag respawn destinations.
- Note that the method of pseudo-randomly selecting a destination changed.
This uses the CON command randvarvar now. Not only this implementation is
not relevant for EDuke 2.0, which doesn't have randvarvar, but
EDuke 2.0's older implementation of randvar mistakenly used rand(),
instead of, say, krand(). This made it unusable for multiplayer,
outside of code not impacting gameplay.
- Removed the unused file capture.wav. On the other hand, FLAG_CAPTURED
uses snakatA.voc, like DRON_ATTACK1, with FLAG_CAPTURED being used
as a one-time capture sound instead of DRON_ATTACK1.
- Commented out or removed various chunks of code. Examples are definitions
for the actors TEAM1BEACON, TEAM2BEACON and PLAYERBEACON, as well as the first
edits (albeit minor ones) to teamduke.con since version 0.62. In particular,
almost all ctfsamp.con code inherited from EDuke 2.0's ESAMPLE.CON was
commented out, especially actor definitions and related gamevars. Out of
these actors, the ones re-purposing existing tiles from the orignal game
could lead to unexpected behaviors in existing user maps.
- Flag-Tag: Reported scores of players aren't set to 0 as in v0.64 when a
game is beaten. On the other hand, the winner's score is changed from 1 to 0.
- Disabled automatic level exit upon completing a Flag-Tag game. Reason being
that technical problems were observed after finishing two games of Flag-Tag.
- Instead, the sound TEAM_SCORE (score.wav) is played,
as done when scoring in CTF. A related message is further quoted.
- Made sound effects unique to TeamDUKE's game modes (like flag capture)
global across all players. Due to a problem with using the flag SF_DTAG (128)
in source ports, this is now done with a mechanism similar to global quotes'.
Note that this might still not always work as expected,
e.g., announcement sounds might be missing at times.
- Adjusted in-game quotes. CTF flag status message 
is not shown for the whole time anymore.
- As a partial alternative, the displayed score of the player carrying a flag
in CTF is now set to -9 as an indicator, while still using the existing UI.
The displayed color of the player's name and score may currently
not be changed while using NetDuke32's Team Dukematch support.
- Two musical tracks were changed. Doomsday Shrine is now using snake1.mid
(same as main game's E1L5) and Crystal Complex is using stalag.mid (E2L5).
- A carried flag's sector number is now updated to the player's. It is done
via changespritesect, fixing glitches while going through overlapping sectors.
This change was made for NetDuke32 and isn't compatible with EDuke 2.0.
- When teleporting to a beacon destination, also set are the player's opos
and oang fields, not just pos and ang. This fixed the following scenario.
A player pressing on the "use" key in order to respawn could first go through
player 1's initial starting position, before immediately warping to a beacon
destination. This wouldn't really be seen by the player, but in the meanwhile,
since the opos field was set to player 1's initial position, the aforementioned
"use" key press could mistakenly toggle a switch changing the game mode.
- Fix wrong score possibly being reported for a team while using
NetDuke32's Team DM mode, in case any player didn't join a team.

[The Curious Kit]

Happy to help out! I hope I can continue to help too, and get used to CON coding again.