Hello there! Lenny from the IRC suggested I post an introduction here so I thought I might as well give it a shot.t

As the username goes, I prefer to be known as BPzeBanshee. Unlike some people I dont change my username from place to place so I might be recognisable from other places.

I found out about DarkXL looking to see if there was a modern engine for it like Darkplaces for Quake and came across the subforum within df-21.net's forum for DarkXL. Very nice place in general, though quite dead in terms of short-term posting. Really though my main forum of residence is at the Shmups! Forums where I post as a developer about a game engine template I'm working on over there.

I can't think of much else to talk about, since I prefer to show off myself through my creations more than anything else, but if you have any questions that aren't too personal don't hesitate to ask.

Welcome to the XLEngine forums.

This is an excellent community, and there is a lot of things going on here.

Look forward to seeing you're posts on the forums..

DF-21 used to be pretty active up until about 4 or 5 years ago when DF became more of a hassle to run on modern machines (or more of the senior members just got a life or something ). If not for DarkXL, I'm sure it would have died off when Fenwar stepped down as the site's admin.

I'm still there checking it out at least once a day, kind of like a ghostly guardian. I do miss the old days when the community was more active and remains as one of my favorite communities to be a part of. I'm sure that will carry on over here, but it won't be the same.

In any case, welcome

Hey, welcome to the forums, please make yourself at home!

Thanks for all the friendly welcome guys. It's nice actually getting positive comments first thing in a forum, I daresay that doesn't happen often these days.


TAUniverse had a similar problem there where the original host, Nexus, decided he couldn't afford to administrate or actually pay for the cost of hosting it. I think BlueWolf or one of the active TA modders there took it upon themselves to keep the place running. I sympathise with you there mate.

Actually the DarkXL forums over at DF-21 where the main reason the community merger / XL Engine merger took so long. I felt bad about moving DarkXL from the DF-21 forums, due to activity levels.

But in the end I felt that the merger was the correct way to go and still do. However DF-21 remains as a resource for Dark Forces - if you're into Dark Forces at all, there are tons of mods and information on the site.