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Freems • May. 27, 2025, 12:56 PM
Hey all you Mega Fans! We're back with another V6C Newsletter!
I have a few smaller changes to show off today. So instead of our usual two maps, we'll show off three with some less "remade from the ground up" changes, but still some nice quality of life all around.
Let's start with an oldie that hasn't really been touched in years and years now...
Metal Man is one of the classic maps from the SGC days and it's not getting any wild changes, but it is getting some love in two key areas. As you can see in the first image, the pit in the middle of the map has been completely plugged up and the area has become much better for fighting in as a result.
The second of which is smaller on paper but bigger in impact in that the infamous gear jungle has been widened by a good deal. Still keeping the flavor of that wacky little hallway, but making it so you can actually traverse through it without feeling like you're in the tightest pathway known to man.
For our second map, the changes here are mostly on the visual side of things, but I still want to show it off...
Dr. Cossack's Citadel is getting a nice visual sweep! It's not to the same extent as Dark Man's Castle, but it is still a very nice coat of paint over a map that hasn't really been touched visually since the game launched.
As a bonus, the Dive Missile hallway has been considerably opened up to be more than just a straight hall on the top of the map.
One more quick one for the road!
We've got some more updates to Tornado Man's map as well! The changes here mostly just focus on opening some more options where there were none, such as turning some areas into having both upper and lower sections rather than just one or the other. The northmost area with Tornado Blow has also been considerably opened up to be a more interesting area as well!
I hope you all enjoyed this platter of smaller map changes today. Do not worry though, there are still some big changes around the corner waiting to be revealed, so we're not dry on content yet!
That's all for today's newsletter! See you next time!
I have a few smaller changes to show off today. So instead of our usual two maps, we'll show off three with some less "remade from the ground up" changes, but still some nice quality of life all around.
Let's start with an oldie that hasn't really been touched in years and years now...
Metal Man is one of the classic maps from the SGC days and it's not getting any wild changes, but it is getting some love in two key areas. As you can see in the first image, the pit in the middle of the map has been completely plugged up and the area has become much better for fighting in as a result.
The second of which is smaller on paper but bigger in impact in that the infamous gear jungle has been widened by a good deal. Still keeping the flavor of that wacky little hallway, but making it so you can actually traverse through it without feeling like you're in the tightest pathway known to man.
For our second map, the changes here are mostly on the visual side of things, but I still want to show it off...
Dr. Cossack's Citadel is getting a nice visual sweep! It's not to the same extent as Dark Man's Castle, but it is still a very nice coat of paint over a map that hasn't really been touched visually since the game launched.
As a bonus, the Dive Missile hallway has been considerably opened up to be more than just a straight hall on the top of the map.
One more quick one for the road!
We've got some more updates to Tornado Man's map as well! The changes here mostly just focus on opening some more options where there were none, such as turning some areas into having both upper and lower sections rather than just one or the other. The northmost area with Tornado Blow has also been considerably opened up to be a more interesting area as well!
I hope you all enjoyed this platter of smaller map changes today. Do not worry though, there are still some big changes around the corner waiting to be revealed, so we're not dry on content yet!
That's all for today's newsletter! See you next time!
Freems • May. 12, 2025, 12:34 PM
Hey all you Mega Fans! It's that time again for another V6C Newsletter!
I don't have much of a preamble for you all this time, so let's dive right into looking at some more of our map updates! Firstly, here's one that is less of a full rework, and more so just reworking very specific parts of the map.
That's right, we have some changes coming to Knight Man's stage! A majority of it will be the same that you already know, but the infamous tower has been in a... questionable state for some time. So the goal here was to expand the tower into an actual playable setpiece rather than a tall room with a lot of ladders and a dead end. This came with a slight expansion into the courtyard and the castle itself as you can see in the screenshots.
There are other smaller flow changes to the map to both help its flow in general and compliment this change (as you can kind of see in the last screenshot) but a majority of the map remains as it always has, just with some quality of life.
Now, let's take a look at another map that, while keeping its base layout, received a lot more radical changes all around the board.
Air Man's stage has received quite the makeover! Air Man's tileset has always been... iconic to put it lightly, and there's only so much we can do about that. But like some other of the early NES titles, we added some extra on theme tiles to help add some more variety to a map that really needed it.
But outside of that, while the very basic blueprint still exists, there have been a lot more changes in this latest iteration of the map. Mostly in the form of more forms of cover (and the platforms and architecture such cover creates) and a lower section to the map which also helps break up the near endless sightlines that come with being a very open stage in the clouds. Everything still looks very busy on paper because it's still... well, it's still Air Man, but in practice the map flows miles better than it did before.
That's all for today's newsletter! We'll see you next time!
I don't have much of a preamble for you all this time, so let's dive right into looking at some more of our map updates! Firstly, here's one that is less of a full rework, and more so just reworking very specific parts of the map.
That's right, we have some changes coming to Knight Man's stage! A majority of it will be the same that you already know, but the infamous tower has been in a... questionable state for some time. So the goal here was to expand the tower into an actual playable setpiece rather than a tall room with a lot of ladders and a dead end. This came with a slight expansion into the courtyard and the castle itself as you can see in the screenshots.
There are other smaller flow changes to the map to both help its flow in general and compliment this change (as you can kind of see in the last screenshot) but a majority of the map remains as it always has, just with some quality of life.
Now, let's take a look at another map that, while keeping its base layout, received a lot more radical changes all around the board.
Air Man's stage has received quite the makeover! Air Man's tileset has always been... iconic to put it lightly, and there's only so much we can do about that. But like some other of the early NES titles, we added some extra on theme tiles to help add some more variety to a map that really needed it.
But outside of that, while the very basic blueprint still exists, there have been a lot more changes in this latest iteration of the map. Mostly in the form of more forms of cover (and the platforms and architecture such cover creates) and a lower section to the map which also helps break up the near endless sightlines that come with being a very open stage in the clouds. Everything still looks very busy on paper because it's still... well, it's still Air Man, but in practice the map flows miles better than it did before.
That's all for today's newsletter! We'll see you next time!
Magnet Dood • April. 30, 2025, 8:49 PM (Edited)
Going to try something different this time (because I hate seeing a ton of threads for the same thing over and over lol) — I'm gonna put all Freezer Bowl news in this thread and post any schedules to the blog. Should work out the way I hope!
This month features quite a few LMS modes this time around. Given it's a popular game mode, that should come as no surprise. We also have a very important event for Memorial Day Weekend to commemorate one of 8-Bit Deathmatch's finest fights. Hope to see you there!
This month features quite a few LMS modes this time around. Given it's a popular game mode, that should come as no surprise. We also have a very important event for Memorial Day Weekend to commemorate one of 8-Bit Deathmatch's finest fights. Hope to see you there!
Freems • April. 28, 2025, 12:31 PM
Hey all you Mega Fans! We're back at it again with another V6C newsletter!
This is honestly a little awkward timing with the release of Zandronum 3.2 last night because my newsletter is not nearly as exciting given Zandro has released. But please check out Trillster's post about 3.2's release because you will need to make sure you install it to even properly play online on the current version, never mind V6C. So check it out here if you haven't already!
https://mm8bdm.net/forum/thread/zandronum-3-2-has-released-213
Anyhow, today's newsletter isn't nearly as big and exciting as Zandronum 3.2 (not that we don't have big and exciting things to show off, but it's all about pacing!). Instead, I'm here to talk about something a good chunk of you probably already know about; The Bounty Maps.
For those who are unaware, a little while ago we held a Bounty Contest for the community to make maps to replace four troublesome maps in the game; Flash Man, Crash Man, Wind Man, and Mega Water S. The results came in a while ago but those four winning maps are in the game now and ready to go.
It's not really possible to go over everything, but a good number of changes have taken place between the Bounty competition and the final maps that are in V6C, ranging from texture changes, weapon layout changes, and adding some more props where there were none. But the base layouts remain just about the same as the winning entries.
Now I don't have a big surprise for you all today (as I said above, pacing is key!) but I'd feel a little bad leaving you all with exclusively the four maps that people already knew were being changed, so I'll show off one more map. The map itself is actually remaining the same as it always has, but it has received something of a visual makeover while keeping the original layout intact.
Dark Man is one of the most popular maps in the game, and for good reason. But from a visual standpoint it's been nearly the same since the start of the game, and unlike certain other maps, there were a lot more to pull from when it comes to the source material, so the map has received a fresh coat of paint! But don't worry, it's still the same Dark Man we know and love. Though there might be at least one more surprise here that will have to wait until V6C releases...
That's all for today's newsletter! We still have a lot of work to get done before V6C's release, even with Zandronum 3.2's release, but the dev team is working hard to get it all done to a high quality! We'll see you next time!
This is honestly a little awkward timing with the release of Zandronum 3.2 last night because my newsletter is not nearly as exciting given Zandro has released. But please check out Trillster's post about 3.2's release because you will need to make sure you install it to even properly play online on the current version, never mind V6C. So check it out here if you haven't already!
https://mm8bdm.net/forum/thread/zandronum-3-2-has-released-213
Anyhow, today's newsletter isn't nearly as big and exciting as Zandronum 3.2 (not that we don't have big and exciting things to show off, but it's all about pacing!). Instead, I'm here to talk about something a good chunk of you probably already know about; The Bounty Maps.
For those who are unaware, a little while ago we held a Bounty Contest for the community to make maps to replace four troublesome maps in the game; Flash Man, Crash Man, Wind Man, and Mega Water S. The results came in a while ago but those four winning maps are in the game now and ready to go.
It's not really possible to go over everything, but a good number of changes have taken place between the Bounty competition and the final maps that are in V6C, ranging from texture changes, weapon layout changes, and adding some more props where there were none. But the base layouts remain just about the same as the winning entries.
Now I don't have a big surprise for you all today (as I said above, pacing is key!) but I'd feel a little bad leaving you all with exclusively the four maps that people already knew were being changed, so I'll show off one more map. The map itself is actually remaining the same as it always has, but it has received something of a visual makeover while keeping the original layout intact.
Dark Man is one of the most popular maps in the game, and for good reason. But from a visual standpoint it's been nearly the same since the start of the game, and unlike certain other maps, there were a lot more to pull from when it comes to the source material, so the map has received a fresh coat of paint! But don't worry, it's still the same Dark Man we know and love. Though there might be at least one more surprise here that will have to wait until V6C releases...
That's all for today's newsletter! We still have a lot of work to get done before V6C's release, even with Zandronum 3.2's release, but the dev team is working hard to get it all done to a high quality! We'll see you next time!
Trillster • April. 27, 2025, 9:06 PM
Zandronum 3.2 has released!
Zandronum, the game engine that powers Mega Man 8-Bit Deathmatch, has just released its newest 3.2 version! This version comes with the following enhancements:
What this means for you
As servers begin hosting 3.2 and mods begin being built with it, you may find yourself unable to join those servers or play with those mods. To fix this, you'll have to update your game to use Zandronum 3.2 instead.
All of MM8BDM's download links have been updated to include Zandronum 3.2, so you can simply reinstall the game to do this upgrade. Those updated downloads are linked below for convenience. If you need additional guidance, please refer to the game's installation guide here.
Some features of Zandronum 3.2 are not fully supported in the currently released versions of Mega Man 8-Bit Deathmatch. Most notably, the menus for voice chat and scoreboard options are missing. In the meantime before V6C is released, we recommend using Russel's miscellaneous fixes mod to correct these issues, which can be read about and downloaded here: https://mm8bdm.net/forum/post/346
What this means for MM8BDM V6C
We're still hard at work finishing out the next version, but rest assured, once released, it'll be fully compatible with Zandronum 3.2. As far as when it'll release, as Freems has alluded to in their newsletter posts, there's still some secret features that we're incredibly excited about that we expect to take a fair bit before we can call them completed. In the meantime, we're still posting updates every two weeks in our newsletter thread, so stay tuned for more info!
Zandronum, the game engine that powers Mega Man 8-Bit Deathmatch, has just released its newest 3.2 version! This version comes with the following enhancements:
- You can now chat with friends in-game using the engine's built in voice chat!
- The scoreboard has a brand new, overhauled, but fully moddable look.
- You can now put files into a "postload" folder for them to be automatically added after any other loaded files each time you load the game. Great for cosmetic addons!
- Many other new modding features have been added!
What this means for you
As servers begin hosting 3.2 and mods begin being built with it, you may find yourself unable to join those servers or play with those mods. To fix this, you'll have to update your game to use Zandronum 3.2 instead.
All of MM8BDM's download links have been updated to include Zandronum 3.2, so you can simply reinstall the game to do this upgrade. Those updated downloads are linked below for convenience. If you need additional guidance, please refer to the game's installation guide here.
Some features of Zandronum 3.2 are not fully supported in the currently released versions of Mega Man 8-Bit Deathmatch. Most notably, the menus for voice chat and scoreboard options are missing. In the meantime before V6C is released, we recommend using Russel's miscellaneous fixes mod to correct these issues, which can be read about and downloaded here: https://mm8bdm.net/forum/post/346
What this means for MM8BDM V6C
We're still hard at work finishing out the next version, but rest assured, once released, it'll be fully compatible with Zandronum 3.2. As far as when it'll release, as Freems has alluded to in their newsletter posts, there's still some secret features that we're incredibly excited about that we expect to take a fair bit before we can call them completed. In the meantime, we're still posting updates every two weeks in our newsletter thread, so stay tuned for more info!