([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.
[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.
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.
A patch for fiddler_on_a_roof's Marathon Phoenix XBLA HUD. Makes the HUD correctly reflect the amount of arrows you can fire with the crossbow, which were updated from 3 to 4. Simply copy the contents of the patch over the original in the plugin folder.
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
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
Replace all uncompressed DDS images with PNG
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
Replace all uncompressed DDS images with PNG
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
Change all uncompressed DDS images to PNG
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
One of the cooler features M1A1 took advantage of was animated textures. This plugin brings them back full circle to classic M1.
I made a few touch-ups, ranging from recoloring for accuracy to M1's palette, to smoothing out flickering pixels, to fixing some inconsistencies from the original game.
NOTES:
• I included the originals to any textures I made changes to, in case you prefer them or just want to see what I changed.
• The Durandal image on the puzzle switches is not used because (to my knowledge) it didn't appear in-game.
CREDITS:
To celebrate the 30th Anniversary of Marathon, I present to you a fully dynamic soundtrack for Marathon 2: Durandal.
This soundtrack is perfect for someone who really loves the M1 soundtrack and wants more! Download it now!
-turned off the debug text on 'All Roads'
-Tweaked and EQ'd some tracks
-Give it a listen NOW on YouTube!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3cNllPA_VY
-Now on Bandcamp!: https://solar-tron.bandcamp.com/album/marathon-2-an-original-soundtrack
-Download individual tracks: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1qhr_Zvm-zzX3Ld0LtcyVOOcZV_boCKhd?usp=sharing
Vasara is a Lua script and dedicated HUD for use in texturing maps in Aleph One. The HUD provides more explanation for new users compared to Visual Mode, and features a mouse-driven interface for choosing textures and options.
Please report any bugs or feature requests on GitHub.
Version 1.1.2 fixes bugs with control panel editing and texture alignment. Thanks to Treellama for the fixes.
A set of crosshairs designed for Apotheosis X. Based on the M2 Default HUD and Enhanced HUD plugins by Hopper.
If you think they look terrible, please leave a review!
NOTES:
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
This enables Excalibur: Morgana's Revenge to run in AlephOne 1.9 or later. Only tested solo campaign.
Original files are downloadable at https://sourceforge.net/projects/emr3/files/
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!
Initial release
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!
Initial release
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!
Initial release
This HUD prevents landscape mirroring by letterboxing the 3D world view window. It automatically and dynamically resizes the view window whenever the resolution of the game window increases or decreases, whenever sniper mode is toggled on or off, whenever extravision is picked up or expires... In other words, whenever the FOV changes, no matter the cause (teleportation effect excluded).
Here's a little video showcasing how it works (16:9 screen, initially 90° FOV, then sniper mode is toggled on and then off).
It is based on Basic HUD by treellama, and has the same compatibilities as that HUD with regards to scenarios (for example, it is compatible with Marathon 2: Durandal, Marathon Infinity and Rubicon X, but not with Marathon).
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.
Are you working on a Lua HUD, and want to know how to draw inventory panels or weapons just like the built-in one? This plugin acts just like the hardcoded HUD from M2 and Infinity, so you can see how to duplicate any feature in Lua. It works with third-party scenarios too.
Fixes errors in net games with a kill limit or time-based scoring.