Duke Nukem Forever Restoration Project - Test SOS call (June 4th 2022)

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The DNF2001 Restoration Project was created roughly a day or two after the August 21, 2001 and October 26, 2001 versions of Duke Nukem Forever; dated a whole 10 years before the release of the final game, were leaked by x0r_jmp on the /v/ board of 4chan. This resulted in a flurry of renewed interest in Duke and the game itself; and quickly attracted both vets and new blood alike interested in modifying the game's source code.
While starting off small, it quickly blossomed into an organized team the size of a small studio; boasting over 100 volunteering members in various positions at peak. All of these members hail from various parts of the world, with remote work taking place any time of the day. Many of these are industry experts, with plenty of well-known community figures and modders thrown into the mix hoping to leave their mark on the final restoration.
Current progress has been focused on finishing the polish for the first chapter of the game, 'High Stakes, Lady Killer' and working on a plethora of render and engine fixes alike; with many major and small fixes already developed, such as a proper 'hair fix' and progress on an entirely new renderer for the game in DirectX® 9. Much of the content seen in the E3 trailers and promotional material for the game have been restored, with an all-new story being developed by a combined story team of 23 members to bridge the gaps between what we know about the game and what we don't.
This leak holds a lot of importance to the community, the 2001 and 2002 versions being considered the time when DNF was in its' 'prime', and as such has been sought after for nearly a decade. Now, it is here and it is getting restored by the community so that, one day, you can play the full game on modern machines with (hopefully!) no issues.
We are well aware of this importance, and as such we as a team strive to deliver only the best of Duke, with no post-2003 content or politics being featured in any main stable release of the build. Side-mods are planned with new content, though these are expected only for after the main release of the restoration.

[@DasLawrence]

Gianni's voice actually fits so well, he definitely has a more natural tone than JSJ's, and more in touch with this DNF atmosphere. BRAVO!

[@meowsandstuff]

Gianni's voice in this is absolute perfection.

[@superbravo666]

@@meowsandstuff WOW first I wast thought that was original voice of DUKE !!! Amazing

[@mrscruffles801]

That was Gianni? Holy hell he's a better impostor than I gave him credit for. I thought that was a Jon St John line.

[@bigbad75_YT]

@@meowsandstuff His impression was so good John St John got salty about it on twitter.

[@gamepad3173]

@@bigbad75_YT seriously? an OG VA, gets salty about another guy's impression? wtf.

[@samvimes9510]

"Alright, when I pick up you better tell me what you're wearing" If the rest of the project is this high quality, I can't wait to see the finished product.

[@FrameRater]

How does one get in contact with this project? I'd love to contribute some sort of voice acting to it, I think I could nail General Graves' voice from the E3 trailer. It'd be an honor to work with the team.

[@meowsandstuff]

Howdy! Feel free to message me on Discord or submit an audition through Casting Call Club: meowsandstuff#6969 www.castingcall.club/projects/duke-nukem-forever-2001-restoration-project

[@BlazeEx9]

Duke's voice is very very on point, Graves not so much tbh, either way the effort is greatly appreciated!

[@DOSStorm]

Too bad they couldn't get LGR to do it though.

[@blinxerizer5426]

@@DOSStorm Why couldn't they?

[@DanRockProductions]

Is this all custom? I recognize Gianni's voice, and the rest of it is incredibly well done if it's all from scratch. You guys are doing god's work!

[@meowsandstuff]

All the voice lines here are custom ;)

[@DanRockProductions]

@@meowsandstuff this is so impressive. I can't wait to see more!

[@ytanonymity3585]

DNF release in 2001 could've easily rivaled or absolutely make Return to castle wolfenstein(which is arguably the best FPS got released at the time) run out of their money for sure

[@gamepad3173]

This is rather cool, here I am finding out about this and after playing the final version of DNF this is a rather refreshing.

[@deekpablo]

i dont have coding experience, but i'll do anything i can to help here i've always wanted yhis project completed

[@FokkerTISM]

To think we could be playing Duke Nukem Forever: 20th Anniversary Edition on Series X, PS5 and PC instead of the 2011 hackjob... If only things had gone the way they were intended.

[@KingLich451]

finally these internet VA are useful for once

[@spongichu9248]

Did you get Gianni Matragrano to voice Duke?

[@meowsandstuff]

Yup; that's Gianni.

[@George_Washington_]

so i heard "offensive" one liners were being removed?

[@meowsandstuff]

Nope? All lines are being retained.

[@George_Washington_]

@@meowsandstuff nice

[@George_Washington_]

@@meowsandstuff is it a 1:1 completion or will there be modern/personal additions

[@meowsandstuff]

@@George_Washington_ We're basing it off what we know, so some creative liberties will be taken. No post-2002 content will be added to the main restoration, except as a side-mod.

[@bigbad75_YT]

What do you mean, does Duke Nukem call someone a slur at some point?

[@baycousins6511]

damn its me big mom