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([2025-03-20] A new Marathon: Keyfinder map was added, "NEFX - Elegance Emerging Through Application of Bases". This can be downloaded individually or with other files in the Marathon: Keyfinder section at the link.)

NEFX loves you.

NEFX has been prolifically producing great Marathon/Aleph One inventions since 2017 (around 2.5 years after being founded) and uploading them to Simplici7y, in an increasing number of different upload pages that NEFX then frequently updates. This has occasionally lead to crowding of Simplici7y's front page with several different NEFX uploads, sometimes over a relatively short period. Understandably, some have objected to this as unfairly outcrowding and burying the wonderful contributions of our fellow travelers. We hear them. Therefore, to better serve the community as well as our Total Carnage Comrades, NEFX is now consolidating all additions and updates to its Marathon and Aleph One-related inventions on Simplici7y here on this one upload page, with a datemarked update timeline you can view below. Henceforth, all Marathon/Aleph One scenarios, campaigns, maps, mods, etc, and any updates to them, will be posted here. Of course, the webpage link connects to NEFX's Internet Archive homepage, where you can find all inventions by titled category. This includes:

NEFX Marathon Mods (i.e. physics files and Lua scripts for netplay)

NEFX Marathon Infinity Netmaps

NEFX Marathon Solomaps for others' scenarios, including the soundtracked 50-level pack for Aleph One: Wheels!

NEFX Marathon Mapmaking Templates for Weland

NEFX Marathon: Machina -- The Alien Machine Mind

NEFX Marathon: Keyfinder -- The Doomed Myth of Destiny's Halo

NEFX Marathon: Sucks

NEFX Marathon: Rules -- The Infinite Recombinations to the Way

NEFX Marathon: Pathsifter -- The Facing of the Legion Within

NEFX Marathon: Underrealm -- The Confronting of the Forgetting

NEFX Marathon: Colorguard -- The Grimmest Myriad Mirror

NEFX Marathon: Colorwash -- The Wresting of the Tides

NEFX Marathon: Ultramega Extreme Golfmaster Dinosaur Egg Championship Super Bowl 5000 3D -- The Quest

NEFX Marathon: BOBJam -- The Tranquil Chaos of Crowded Escape

NEFX Marathon: Revelation -- The Brutal Path to Knowing

NEFX Marathon: Nampa

NEFX Marathon: Encyclopedia -- The Rise of Bad Take Jake

NEFX Marathon: Corn Maze -- The Forced Wisdom of the Walls

NEFX Marathon: Shadervoid -- The Labywraths of Growth

NEFX Marathon: Green (You Snooze, You Lose)

NEFX Marathon: 52 Pickup

Thanks, everyone. We are glad to share this space with you.

Happy Carnage,

-Adminn_1

Update timeline:

[2025-03-20] A new Marathon: Keyfinder map was added, "NEFX - Elegance Emerging Through Application of Bases". This can be downloaded individually or with other files in the Marathon: Keyfinder section at the link.

Notes for version 2025-03-20:

[2025-03-20] A new Marathon: Keyfinder map was added, "NEFX - Elegance Emerging Through Application of Bases". This can be downloaded individually or with other files in the Marathon: Keyfinder section at the link.

598 downloads, 1 review, 1 screenshot, 1.0 rating

This is just the raw MML from M2 Pepperscapes by W'rkncacnter (not the uploader of this), without any of its actual landscapes. What it does is stretch landscapes across the entire screen, thus preventing any repetition/cut-off points. It looks a little goofy, but for high-FOV users, it may be preferable to the standard, small landscape size. It will work with Marathon 2, Infinity, and regular scenario landscapes (e.g. Phoenix's original landscapes). It will NOT affect modern HD landscapes, such as Phoenix's built-in HD landscapes plugin or Rubicon X's.

382 downloads, 0 reviews, 3 screenshots

CFP is a complete set of high definition textures for Marathon Infinity and Durandal. Based on the original Freeverse Marathon 2 Durandal XBLA textures, these have been further enhanced by the Alephone community with glowmaps and made to support Marathon Infinity.

Contributors:

Freeverse, Hopper, Treellama, TheDoc45, General Tacticus, J2k, Spurious Interrupt, Tfear7

This is the monsters portion of the plugin.

Installation: The downloaded file must be decompressed before moving to the plugin folder or the load time on every level will be about 5 minutes.

Other CFP Packages:

CFP Scenery - http://simplici7y.com/items/community-freeverse-plugin-scenery

CFP Weapons Inf - http://simplici7y.com/items/community-freeverse-plugin-weapons

CFP Weapons M2 - http://simplici7y.com/items/community-freeverse-plugin-weapons-m2

CFP Walls M2 - http://simplici7y.com/items/community-freeverse-plugin-walls-m2

Masters of textures for CFP can be found here: https://github.com/JoshuaPettus/Marathon-Community-Freeverse-Textures.git

Notes for version 2.9.1:

• Fix Trooper and BoB scaling issues
• Fix VacBob MML Error

5,315 downloads, 1 review, 5 screenshots, 5.0 rating

CFP is a complete set of high definition textures for Marathon Infinity and Durandal. Based on the original Freeverse Marathon 2 Durandal XBLA textures, these have been further enhanced by the Alephone community with glowmaps and made to support Marathon Infinity.

IMPORTANT: These scenery textures are not compatible with the Transparent_Liquids plugin as that is for the default textures. Make sure that that plugin is disabled or it will interfere with the freeverse splash and puddle textures.

Contributors:

Freeverse, Hopper, Treellama, TheDoc45, General Tacticus, J2k, Spurious Interrupt, Tfear7

This is the scenery portion of the plugin.

Other CFP Packages

CFP Monsters - http://simplici7y.com/items/community-freeverse-plugin-monsters

CFP Weapons Inf - http://simplici7y.com/items/community-freeverse-plugin-weapons

CFP Weapons M2 - http://simplici7y.com/items/community-freeverse-plugin-weapons-m2

CFP Walls M2 - http://simplici7y.com/items/community-freeverse-plugin-walls-m2

Masters of textures for CFP can be found here: https://github.com/JoshuaPettus/Marathon-Community-Freeverse-Textures.git

Notes for version 2.1:

Replace all uncompressed DDS images with PNG

3,855 downloads, 0 reviews, 3 screenshots

CFP is a complete set of high definition textures for Marathon Infinity and Durandal. Based on the original Freeverse Marathon 2 Durandal XBLA textures, these have been further enhanced by the Alephone community with glowmaps and made to support Marathon Infinity.

Note: If load times are too slow, try uncompromising the plugin in the plugin folder.

Contributors:

Freeverse, Hopper, Treellama, TheDoc45, General Tacticus, J2k, Spurious Interrupt, Tfear7

This is the weapons/items portion of the plugin and can only be used for Marathon 2 Durandal. A Marathon Infinity version is available.

Other CFP Packages

CFP Walls M2 - http://simplici7y.com/items/community-freeverse-plugin-walls-m2

CFP Monsters - http://simplici7y.com/items/community-freeverse-plugin-monsters

CFP Scenery - http://simplici7y.com/items/community-freeverse-plugin-scenery

CFP Weapons Inf - http://simplici7y.com/items/community-freeverse-plugin-weapons

Masters of textures for CFP can be found here: https://github.com/JoshuaPettus/Marathon-Community-Freeverse-Textures.git

Notes for version 2.1:

Replace all uncompressed DDS images with PNG

3,859 downloads, 0 reviews, 0 screenshots

CFP is a complete set of high definition textures for Marathon Infinity and Durandal. Based on the original Freeverse Marathon 2 Durandal XBLA textures, these have been further enhanced by the Alephone community with glowmaps and made to support Marathon Infinity.

Contributors:

Freeverse, Hopper, Treellama, TheDoc45, General Tacticus, J2k, Spurious Interrupt, Tfear7

This is the weapons/items portion of the plugin and can only be used for Marathon Infinity. A Marathon 2 version is available.

Other CFP Packages

CFP Monsters - http://simplici7y.com/items/community-freeverse-plugin-monsters

CFP Scenery - http://simplici7y.com/items/community-freeverse-plugin-scenery

CFP Weapons M2 - http://simplici7y.com/items/community-freeverse-plugin-weapons-m2

CFP Walls M2 - http://simplici7y.com/items/community-freeverse-plugin-walls-m2

Masters of textures for CFP can be found here: https://github.com/JoshuaPettus/Marathon-Community-Freeverse-Textures.git

Notes for version 2.2:

Change all uncompressed DDS images to PNG

3,931 downloads, 1 review, 2 screenshots, 2.0 rating

CFP is a complete set of high definition textures for Marathon Infinity and Durandal. Based on the original Freeverse Marathon 2 Durandal XBLA textures, these have been further enhanced by the Alephone community with glowmaps and made to support Marathon Infinity.

Contributors:

Freeverse, Hopper, Treellama, TheDoc45, General Tacticus, J2k, Spurious Interrupt, Tfear7, Zetren

This is Zetren's 1024x1024 XBLA walls for M2 Durandal integrated with the bloom effects from thedoctor45's XBLA SuperPlugin and made to be compatible with the CFP set.

Installation: The downloaded file must be decompressed and the folder moved to the appropriate plugin folder.

Other CFP Packages

CFP Monsters - http://simplici7y.com/items/community-freeverse-plugin-monsters

CFP Scenery - http://simplici7y.com/items/community-freeverse-plugin-scenery

CFP Weapons Inf - http://simplici7y.com/items/community-freeverse-plugin-weapons

CFP Weapons M2 - http://simplici7y.com/items/community-freeverse-plugin-weapons-m2

Masters of textures for CFP can be found here: https://github.com/JoshuaPettus/Marathon-Community-Freeverse-Textures.git

Notes for version 2.0:

• Replaces all uncompressed DDS images with PNG
• Combined everything into a single plugin
• Added in upscaled landscapes to bring them closer with the high quality of the other textures

2,979 downloads, 0 reviews, 0 screenshots

Miss the music from Marathon 1? Get a full original soundtrack for the entire game.

An original fan soundtrack for Marathon 2: Durandal, composed by Talashar. Featuring themes from Marathon, Halo, M2SE, and more. This won't just be a mashup of themes you know though, levels and characters have been given their own themes.

Based on Treellama's M2SE plugin.

Listen to it on Bandcramp:

https://talashar.bandcamp.com/album/feel-the-noise

Or Youtrube:

https://youtu.be/zYGK8K2dv80?si=fxTJvi9prDhRAJeg

934 downloads, 1 review, 2 screenshots, 5.0 rating

This is a superplugin for AlephOne 1.0+ that lets you easily enable all the hi-res sprites and textures from the XBLA version of Marathon: Durandal with one single click.

All required graphics are inlcuded. In addition to that, some glow- and bumpmap textures have also been included to improve visual experience and take advantage of AOs shader features. No custom shapes files are required for this to work.

This plugin includes the high-res enemy sprites found by Hippieman with some improvements made by herecomethej2000 as well as the hi-res VacBob sprites provided by General Tacticus and the HD wall texture replacement graphics created by Goran Svensson along with a few fixes and some glow/ bumpmaps.

Notes for version 1.0:

• Added XBLA HD sprites found by hippieman.
• Fixed white outlines on some of the sprites.
• Added glowmaps for HD sprites.
• Added AI upscaled S'pht compiler sprites.
• Added HD Player sprites.
• Added Goran Svenssons HD wall textures.
• Added General Tacticus' HD Vac-Bob sprites.
• Added Jjaro Bumpmap textures.

956 downloads, 1 review, 8 screenshots, 5.0 rating

This is a superplugin for AlephOne 1.0+ that lets you easily enable all the hi-res sprites and textures from the XBLA version of Marathon: Durandal with one single click.

All required graphics are inlcuded. In addition to that, some glow- and bumpmap textures have also been included to improve visual experience and take advantage of AOs shader features. No custom shapes files are required for this to work.

This updated version also includes the high-res enemy sprites found by Hippieman, along with a few fixes and some glowmaps.

Notes for version 2.3:

• Added XBLA HD sprites found by hippieman.
• Added S'pht'Kr HD sprites.
• Added purple trooper HD sprites.
• Added missing hunter HD sprite.
• Fixed white outlines on some of the sprites.
• Added glowmaps for HD sprites.
• Adjusted the Defender sprites to properly match with their lower res counterparts.
• added missing HD sprites for Drones, Enforcers, Juggernauts and Bobs.
• Replaced Pfhor Fighter HD sprites with uncompressed version and added glowmaps.
• Added AI upscaled S'pht compiler sprites.
• Added HD Player sprites.
• Added HD sprites for SMG.

1,356 downloads, 2 reviews, 10 screenshots, 3.5 rating

This is a Collection of Texture upscales for Marathon, all textures have been upscaled by a factor of 4 with the intention to keep as much detail as possible.

This is a little weekend project that ended up taking a few more days than planned, please be aware that some textures still need some work but in general im happy with the current quality of most textures.

Enjoy!

Notes for version 0.5:

Initial release

902 downloads, 0 reviews, 4 screenshots

This is a Collection of Texture upscales for Marathon, all textures have been upscaled by a factor of 4 with the intention to keep as much detail as possible.

This is a little weekend project that ended up taking a few more days than planned, please be aware that some textures still need some work but in general im happy with the current quality of most textures.

Enjoy!

Notes for version 0.5:

Initial release

934 downloads, 0 reviews, 3 screenshots

This is a Collection of Texture upscales for Marathon, all textures have been upscaled by a factor of 4 with the intention to keep as much detail as possible.

This is a little weekend project that ended up taking a few more days than planned, please be aware that some textures still need some work but in general im happy with the current quality of most textures.

Enjoy!

Notes for version 0.5:

Initial release

912 downloads, 1 review, 3 screenshots, 5.0 rating

NOW UPDATED TO SUPPORT MARATHON 1 AND MOST CUSTOM SCENARIOS!

This plugin allows you to experience Marathon 2's original 1995 classic status bar HUD, but modified to better support today's widescreen displays. This plugin supports Marathon 2, Marathon Infinity, and many scenarios, and even provides an M2-like HUD for Marathon 1.

This widescreen HUD has 2 flavors, a 'lite' version and an 'enhanced' version:

CLASSIC M2 (UNRESTRICTED VIEW): The original HUD, uses original graphics, but removes the letterboxing on the 3D game view, allowing any widescreen aspect ratio, should be compatible with all scenarios

CLASSIC M2 (WIDESCREEN ENHANCED): Extends the status bar graphics to fill a 16:9 screen. To utilize the extra space, a second inventory page is displayed. In Netgames, this second page shows the scoreboard.

Due to the necessity of custom graphics, "Widescreen Enhanced" HUD is only guaranteed to work with the following scenarios:

• Marathon 1, Marathon 2, and Marathon Infinity
• Any scenarios which use the default M2/MI HUD graphics, such as: Tempus Irae, Phoenix, EVIL, and many more
• The following scenarios with custom HUD graphics: Apotheosis, Apotheosis X, Excalibur: Morgana's Revenge, Marathon Squadron, Portal of Sigma, RED, Return To Marathon, Rubicon/Rubicon X, Trojan

See included Readme for installation instructions.

All Lua work is based on "M2 Default HUD" posted here by Hopper, as well as the scenarios' original art, with additions by me to support the enhanced widescreen features.

Widescreen Marathon 1 Classic HUD is available here

Notes for version 2.02:

v2.02: code tweaks to prevent redundant background fills; no visual changes

v2.01: fix terminals at 'Largest' setting scaling improperly at very low game resolutions

v2.0: add marathon 1 and trojan huds, and code cleanup

v1.9: add scenarios support, resize HUD to be a perfect 2x scale at 1080p, add lite version

2,256 downloads, 1 review, 6 screenshots, 5.0 rating

NOW UPDATED FOR ULTRAWIDE AND 16:10!

Experience the authentic 1994 jank of Marathon 1's classic HUD as if it were made for your monitor!

This plugin takes the classic HUD and extends it to fill modern 16:9, 16:10, and Ultrawide displays.

The same plugin covers widescreen monitors whether it is 16:9, 16:10, or 21:9. It automatically adapts to your chosen resolution.

With the extra space, additional inventory pages are displayed. In Solo games, weapons and ammo are displayed. In Netgames, the scoreboard is always displayed.

Based on the Default M1 HUD plugin included with Aleph One's M1 release.

For a more minimal but still classic style HUD, check out my Widescreen Marathon 2 HUD plugin, which includes a specially modified variant for Marathon 1.

Wide Marathon 2 & Marathon Infinity HUD here.

Notes for version 2.611:

v2.611 - just a re-zip since the plugin wasn't in a folder, sorry

v2.610 - Added 16:10 version for Steam Deck and Mac players. Updated to newer Default M1 HUD script.

v2.19 - Added 21:9 Ultrawide support

2,216 downloads, 2 reviews, 5 screenshots, 5.0 rating

I've always found the weapon reticles in the enhanced hud plugin to be too dim and hard to see, so I made brighter ones. To use, simply replace the default images in the enhanced hud plugin folder with these.

866 downloads, 0 reviews, 0 screenshots

This is a slightly modified version of Hopper's M1A1 HUD. It moves the HUD to the lower left corner of the screen and allows for fullscreen mode without any black bar. This should work for any Aleph One scenario, including M1.

I also made a few small edits to the HUD itself for aesthetics and transparency.

Thanks to wrkncacnter for the additional scripting.

Notes for version 1.1:

Fixed margins so the lua console can be viewed. Thanks to Terin in the Marathon Discord for fixing this!

2,732 downloads, 1 review, 4 screenshots, 5.0 rating

This is a slightly modified version of Hopper's M2 Default HUD. It moves the HUD to the lower left corner of the screen and allows for fullscreen mode without any black bar. This works for any non-M1 scenario.

Thanks to wrkncacnter for the additional scripting.

Notes for version 1.1:

Fixed margins so the lua console can be viewed. Thanks to Terin in the Marathon Discord for fixing this!

2,958 downloads, 5 reviews, 5 screenshots, 5.0 rating

I (Aaron / The Man) have repackaged Goran Svensson’s Marathon Infinity textures, which were released as five separate plugins, as a single plugin, mostly for the sake of reducing clutter and clicking in our Infinity plugin menus (i.e., if you want to enable one of these, you’ll probably want to enable them all).

In my book, these are by far the best Marathon Infinity texture replacements available (unless you’re using MaraToon; then you should use MaraToon for everything), and they’re certainly the most faithful.

I used Goran’s most recent releases of the Water, Lava, Jjaro, and Pfhor sets; I used kaosof’s edit of the Sewage set with added bump maps. See the included readme for additional information; each set also includes its original documentation within its respective folder.

Screenshots coming when I feel like it.

Enjoy!

Notes for version 1.0:

First release.

1,026 downloads, 1 review, 0 screenshots, 5.0 rating

An original fan soundtrack for Marathon Infinity, composed by Talashar. Featuring themes from Marathon, Halo, and M2SE. This won't just be a mashup of themes you know though, levels and character have been given their own themes to provide a new dimension to the game. Experience Infinity in a whole new way. Based on Treellama's M2SE plugin.

Preview my music here: https://talashar.bandcamp.com/album/strange-aeons

NOTE: MUSIC DOES NOT LOOP ENDLESSLY. This is intended. Many levels have added silence to allow the ambience some time on the stage. This silence is not a bug. Each level has been assigned specific tracks to emphasize narrative beats, emotional highlights, atmosphere, and overall vibe. If you would like looping versions of the songs, you can get them for free via the bandcamp link (click Buy Album then enter $0).

Recommended volume levels are 100% Master, 70% Music.

If you run into any issues with this plugin, I can be found in the Marathon Discord as @throkgaar.

Enjoy.

Notes for version High Quality Update:

Slight tweaks to timing and higher quality .ogg files with Metadata.

2,098 downloads, 3 reviews, 1 screenshot, 4.7 rating