Kingpin On Sale At Steam

Unfortunately the Steam button for Kingpin wont show up if it is banned in your country, such as Germany.

On Steam there is a  sale, that includes Kingpin that is on sale with 30% off, for 6.99, until 6 February Steam time.

Complete Bagman Map Pack

Just a reminder that we host a map pack containing all known Bagman maps which was compiled by Fredz.

I'm reposting news as there are still many people who have to download a majority of maps from the servers.

It's around 320mg and you can download the Bagman map pack from here.

Random Game Of Gangbang

Rember the days when there would be people playing most of the time and you could just start up GamespyLite and join a game :)

Well today I started up GSLite and there were two ppl in the Gangbang server so I grabbed another person and joined the game. Soon a couple more ppl joined and then a couple more. So for a while we had a good game going.

So if you're ever looking for a quick game and no one is in the servers you can check the chat in GamespyLite and see if anyone is there. Or go to [M]s Kingpin chat room and see if anyone is lurking around there.

Otherwise join the Luschen Botmatch server and play against bots and ppl might join you there. if you get enough then you can start a game up somewhere :)

**Sunday Bagman**

Another game of Bagman planned for this Sunday stating 9pm UK time.

Game details:-

Server : Newskool Bagman
IP : 37.247.117.19:31512
Maxclients : 18
Date : Sunday 29th January
Time : 21.00 (9pm) UK Time
Admin : Monkey Harris

Check the world clock to see what time it is where you are when it is 9pm UK time here.

Well are you coming along for a game?

A lot of ppl did come along:-

Another Old Death Match Map Added To Archive

Here is a death match map from way back in 2000 called Sewage Treatment (comakp1.bsp). As the name suggests the map is set in a sewage treatment plant.

It's a largish map with several areas and has ample weapons and items but it does only have 8 player spawns.

You can download Sewage Treatment (comakp1.bsp0 from here.

Just extract/unzip  the files to your Kingpin folder.

Custom Sound Pack

Stroppa made a Gansta Custom Sounds pak which replaces the original Cypress Hill sound loops.

The songs (which are all instrumentals) are:-

Defari - Smack ya face
Dr. Octagon - Halfsharkalligatorman
Defari - Joyride
Dan the Automater - A better tomorrow
Gang Starr - Code of the streets

So for instance if you are playing on a multiplayer server you will hear one of these songs, instead of the default Cypress Hill ones, at the end of the map you have been playing.

You can download the custom gangsta sounds from here.

Just extract the pak9 file to your kingpin/main folder.

If you already have a pak9 file in your main folder then extract the new pak9 to a temporary folder somewhere and rename it to another number such as pak2, pak3 etc which you don't already have. Then copy it to your kingpin/main folder.

Screenshots Of New Bagman Map

Jonez is currently working on a new Bagman map. It's a Bagman map set on a farm. The screenshots suggest it is going to be a good one :)

**Thursday Death Match And Realmode Game**

This Thursday's game is going to be death match with some realmode thrown in as well. It's a 9pm UK time on the Newskool Fragfest server.

Game details:-

Server : Newskool Fragfest
IP : 37.247.117.19:31513
Maxclients : 18
Date : Thursday 26th January
Time : 21.00 (9pm) UK Time
Admin : Monkey Harris

Check out the wordclock here to see what time it is where you are when it is 9pm in the UK.

Last Thursday was a good crowd but can we better it this week :)

Shots from today's game:-

Warehouse Wars Death Match Map

Back in 2002 - 2003 there was a mapper for Kingpin called -Cat. He made very good maps and quickly became one of my favourite mappers.

Many of his maps were very large but one of his smaller ones is Warehouse Wars. As the name suggests it is set in a warehouse.

From the readme:-

Set in a warehouse, with many weapons + ammo to assist you with your fragging. This is a small map with two main areas. There is an secrete area where you can find an extra HMG and armor, the access point to this place shouldn't be too hard to find among the boxs, but getting there may be a bit trickyer.

You can download Warehouse Wars (dmcat_ww.bsp) from here.

**Sunday Game Of Bagman**

The Sunday Bagman game this week is on Killa's Bagman server starting at 9pm UK time.

Game details:-

Server : Sundays Bagman Game
IP : kp.servegame.com:31519
Mod : Bagman
Date : Sunday 22nd January
Time : 9pm UK time
Maxclients : 24
Admin : Killa

Check the World clock to see what time it is where you are when it is 9pm UK time here.

Bring a big sack to carry all your money!

A good crowd today :)

Finnish Review Kingpin Video

Another new retro Kingpin review video this time from Finland :)

What A Mess

Some of the messy carnage from Thursday's game.

Top 10 Downloads December 2016

The Top 10 downloads this month are:

Statics are based on server stats. Txt files will not be includes in count, old files that are updated will be updated with new link.

Newskool Gangbang Server

Monkey Harris has changed his Newskool TeamDM server to a Gangbang server running KPDM1-5 maps. It will stay like this for two weeks but could be longer if there is enough interest. 

So if you're one of those players that like to play the original KPDM1-5 maps then here is your opportunity to do so :)

Go and grab some of your oldschool friends and jump in the server.

Server Details:-

Server : Newskool Old School Gangbang
IP : 37.247.117.19:31510
Maxclients : 16
Admin : Monkey Harris

**Thursday Hitmen Game**

The Thursday game this week is Hitmen mod starting at 9pm UK time, on Killa's server. There may be a little Real Mode thrown in as well.

Details are:-

Server : Thursday Hitmen Game
IP : kp.servegame.com:31519
Maxclients : 16
Date : Thursday 19th January
Time : 21.00 (9pm) UK Time
Admin : Killa

Check the World clock to see what time it is where you are when it is 9pm UK time here.

If you can't make the start then drop in a bit later and if you don't have too much spare time just drop in for half an hour :)

Screens from the game:-

Custom Grenade Launcher Skins Files Updated

Continuing with my project of putting all the custom weapon skins we host into pak files I have now placed the two greande launcher skins into pak6 files. I also included the extra file so you will see the custom GL skin on other players when they are using the GL.

The two Greande Launcher skins we host are:-

White GL skin

Blue GL skin

The zip files are set up so you only have to extract the pak6 file to your Kingpin directory. This will place the pak6 file in your kingpin/main folder.

If you already have a pak6 file in your main folder then extract the new pak4 to a temporary folder somewhere and rename it to another number such as pak2, pak3 etc which you don't already have. Then copy it to your kingpin/main folder.

Team Towers 2007 Bagman Map

The other original Bagman map that was updated in 2007 is Team Towers.

Not being a big fan of the original I am not sure what the changes are but as Monkey Harris has just added this map to the rotation at Newskool Bagman server I'm posting about it so you can download before playing it there.

Download Team Towers 2007 (team_towers2007.bsp) from here.

Just extract the file to your Kingpin folder.

Mephistopholes Lair Death Match Map

The other night I was showing Killa a few maps he might not have seen before. One he liked, and has added to the rotation on his server, is Mephistopholes Lair.

Mephistopholes Lair is death match map converted by me from Quake 2 which was originally created by Monster. It's a classic style Quake2 map, an ancient structure floating in space, using all custom textures, some custom sounds and a custom sky as well. 

It features some jump pads and dangerous slime pools, has ample weapons and items and yes if you fall off the edge you'll die.

You can download Mephistopholes Lair from here

Just extract all the files to your Kingpin folder.

Team Rival 2007 Bagman Map

I like the original Rival Teams map but the weapon placement leaves a little to be desired (especially the placement of the HMG).

Back in 2007 an updated version was released with better weapon placement that I think people would prefer to play.

You can download Rival Teams 2007 from here.

Just extract the file to your Kingpin folder.

Update 17th Jan. Monkey Harris has added this map to the rotation o nthe Newskool Bagman server.

**Sunday Bagman Game**

This Sunday's game of Bagman will be on the new East Coast Snitch Slappa server starting at 9pm UK time.

This server was only recently setup and this will be the first time it has been given a good workout.

Game details:-

Server : East Coast Snitch Slappa
IP : 168.235.68.219:31512
Mod : Bagman
Date : Sunday 15th January
Time : 9pm UK time
Maxclients : 24
Admin : Monkey Harris

Check the World clock to see what time it is where you are when it is 9pm UK time here.

Screens from the game:-

New CTF Map - CTF Facing Worlds

AB|Jones has released a Capture the Flag version of the Facing Worlds map.

It was originally a popular CTF Map in Unreal Tournament so it makes sense to make a CTF version for Kingpin.

You can download CTF Facingworlds from here.

Just extract/unzip the files to your Kingpin folder.

Team Facing Worlds Updated Again

AB|Jones has updated the Team Facing Worlds Bagman map again. He has now got the weapon numbers and placement the way he finally wants it to make the map play the best way it can.

The HMG's and Rocket Launchers have moved and more HMGs have been added. He has put the grenade launchers back into the map but it may take you a little while to find them.

There may be two secret rooms as well ;)

You can download the updated map (team_facingworlds.bsp) from here.

Just extract/unzip the files to your Kingpin folder.

**Please note I made a mistake and put the old version of the map in the new zip folder. I have now fixed it and uploaded the correct version.  About 10 people downloaded the old version. Sorry about that.***

**Thursday Hitmen**

The Thursday game this week is Hitmen mod  starting at 9pm UK time, on Killa's server.

Details are:-

Server : Thursday Hitmen Game
IP : kp.servegame.com:31519
Maxclients : 16
Date : Thursday 12 January
Time : 21.00 (9pm) UK Time
Admin : Killa

Check the World clock to see what time it is where you are when it is 9pm UK time here.

The games usually go for two to three hours (sometimes more) so if you can't make the start turn up later when you can :)

Screens from the game:-

XMas Mod Videos

Ch3w has uploaded, to Youtube, four videos of some of us playing the XMas mod on 29th December.

It's a great way to highlight the mod.

They definatley need some more views and thumbs up :)

You can check them out here.

Here is one of them to get you started:-

Another New USA Kingpin Server

Monkey Harris has now set up another Kingpin server in the USA.

This one is Team Deathmatch and rotates both custom and standard maps.

It has electable admin so you can change to standard death match if you want to.

Server details:-

Server : East Coast Team Death Match
IP : 168.235.68.219:31510
Mod : Death Match
Maxclients : 16
Admin : Monkey Harris

So all you players in the USA reading this why not Friday nights (USA time) game night on one of the two new East Coast servers :)

Incredibly Popular Frech Kingpin Video

I just found a Youtube French Kingpin video called Un problème de Rat? that was uploaded on 8th January and already has over 13,500 views.

It's a video of a fench guy playing through the first part of Kingpin. I was just surprised it had so many views. The channel must be very popular :)

Check it out here.

Possible Kingpin Laptop Fix

Some people who have laptops with just Intel graphics have problems running Kingpin. Fredz and Saint Bob found a solution that works for some people.

It involves downloading a utility called GLDirect and copying the opengl32.dll that comes with it to your Kingpin folder.

Checkl out the details in the Saint Bob post here.

Build Map Converter Update

Acc is still working on his Build Map Converter utility program which allows you to convert Build Games' maps to Kingpin. Games include Duke Nukem 3D, Shadow Warrior and Blood etc.

He is now looking into adding support for Doom Engine games :)

Check out latest news here.

First New Map For 2017

AB|Jones has the honour of releasing the first new Kingpin map for 2017.

It's a Bagman Map called Facing Worlds.

Originally it was a wildy popular Unreal Tournament map. Then it was rebuilt in Quake2 and now it has been converted to Kingpin by AB|Jones.

Facing Worlds is a small Bagman map with a space theme. There are two towers which house the team's bases. The bases are separated by two small, inclinded, pathways. The layout is subly simple.

It uses a custom sky and custom textures, has teleports to the roof of the tower where the grenade launcher awaits and there are enough weapons and items to keep people happily fragging.

Update 8th January

- After playing the map tonight AB|Jones decided to imrove gameplay of the map by making some weapon type and placement tweaks.

You can download the updated map (team_facingworlds.bsp) from here

***Sunday Bagman***

This Sunday the game is Bagman on Killa's Bagman server starting at 9pm UK time.

Game details:-

Server : Sundays Bagman Game
IP : kp.servegame.com:31519
Mod : Bagman
Date : Sunday 8th January
Time : 9pm UK time
Maxclients : 24
Admin : Killa

Check the World clock to see what time it is where you are when it is 9pm UK time here.

Hope to see you there ;)

Screens from the game:-

Player stats from today's game here

East Coast Snitch Slappa USA Server

Just a reminder for all you KPers from the USA who are reading this.

Monkey Harris is now running a Bagman server running out of the USA.

Server details:-

Server : East Coast Snitch Slappa
IP : 168.235.68.219:31512
Mod : Bagman
Maxclients : 24
Admin : Monkey Harris

So all you USA players why not make Friday nights (USA time) game night on this awesome server :)

Hypov8's Green Weapon Sprites

Hypov8 has sent in a pak file which contains green weapon sprites for the grenade launcher, rocket launcher and flamer.

This means that, in game, you see green rocket trails, green flames from the flamer and green explosions when a grenade explodes.

You can download Hypov8's green weapon sprites pak file from here.

The coloured sprites are in a pak9 file. Just extract/unzip the file to your Kingpin folder. This will place the pak9 file in your kingpin/main folder.

If you already have a pak9 file in your main folder then extract the new pak9 to a temporary folder somewhere and rename it to another number such as pak2, pak3 etc which you don't already have. Then copy it to your kingpin/main folder.

Clan Demos Uploaded

Bruis3r has collected all the old clan demos he had and I have uploaded them here.

There are lots of demos featuring lots of clans. Clans from UK, Europe, Australia and the USA.

You can download the two zipfiles here:-

clan demos1

clan demos2

Just extract/unzip the files to your kingpin folder.

The zipfiles are setup so the files will be extracted to kingpin/main/demos

To watch these demos you bring down the console and type:

map demoname.dm2

for example

map 1v1ewire.dm2

New HMG Skin By Hypov8

Hypov8 has sent me a new custom skin for the HMG.

Check it out here.

The skin is in pak5 file. Just extract/unzip the file to your Kingpin folder. This will place the pak5 file in your kingpin/main folder.

If you already have a pak5 file in your main folder then extract the new pak5 to a temporary folder somewhere and rename it to another number such as pak2, pak3 etc which you don't already have. Then copy it to your kingpin/main folder.

Kingpin Server Browsers

Just a regular reminder, for new players, about the Kingpin server browsers that are available so you can find servers to play online :)

The two main ones are Gamespylite and [M] Server Browser.

Gamespylite

You can download the latest version of Gamespylite from here.

Just extract the kingpinspylite.exe file to your Kingpin/gamespy folder (it will overwrite the original one).

Some versions of Kingpin don't include Gamespylite so if you don't have a kingpin/gamespy folder just create one and extract the file to there.

M-Browser

M-Browser by [M] is a Kingpin server browser that is independent from qtracker or gamespy, so it works even when those are down.

Check out the readme in the zipfile for install instructions and a list of all the features.

You can get the latest version, which is currently v1.9, from his [M] Kingpin Server List page

We also host it here.

Thursday Game Of Death Match

Yes it's time for some good old death match this Thursday 9pm UK time on the Newskool Fragfest server.

Game details:-

Server : Newskool Fragfest
IP : 37.247.117.19:31513
Maxclients : 18
Date : Thursday 5th January
Time : 21.00 (9pm) UK Time
Admin : Monkey Harris

Check out the wordclock here to see what time it is where you are when it is 9pm in the UK.

Lets set a Thursday record for most people in the server :)

Screens from the game:-

Custom Shotgun Skin Files Updated

We host four custom shotgun skins. Some of them were in pak files and some weren't so I have updated the ones that weren't and placed them in pak files. They are all in pak4 files now. 

Two of them (cammo and riot skins) only show up on your hud and the other two (mariner and corroded skins) show up in your hud, on the map and on other players when they are carrying the shotgun.

The zip file is set up so you only have to extract the pak4 file to your Kingpin directory. This will place the pak4 file in your kingpin/main folder.

If you already have a pak4 file in your main folder then extract the new pak4 to a temporary folder somewhere and rename it to another number such as pak2, pak3 etc which you don't already have. Then copy it to your kingpin/main folder.

You can check out the custom shotgun skins here.

V1.1 Power2 And CTF Server Files Released

Captain Death has now released the v1.1 server files for both the CTF and Power2 mods. The files are available in both Windows and Linux.

You can download the server files from Captain Death's site here:-

CTF

Power2

The server files do not contain the relevant CTF and Power2 maps so in order to run a server you will need to download the client files as well. The client files are also available from the links above.