Sometime in the last century, a nuclear blast annihilated the city of Atlanta. Subsequent explosions rippled across the globe, triggered by an unknown aggressor. The face of the world was changed forever. Out of the ruins have emerged bizarre and twisted monsters, strange otherworldly phenomena and a people driven by savagery. In the desiccated heart of old America, settlements struggle to survive the eerie wastes, mutated lifeforms... and each other.
You are a scavenger. Stalker. Junker. The names are many but the profession remains the same - discover the lost treasures of the old world and get back home in one piece. But the world before will not easily give up its secrets - even now new powers are emerging, also keen to claim their share...

What's the deal with Ashes?

Ashes is a post apocalyptic TC that combines semi-realistic build engine style maps with fast paced Doom inspired combat. It takes influence from the Fallout and Stalker series.

Features:

  • 2 full episodes and an expansion offering dozens of intricate maps to explore, scavenge and fight through.
  • A deadly arsenal of weapons from lowly 9mm pistols to improvised garage railguns.
  • Fight varied enemies including: insane bandit raiders, mutant cannibal warlords and acid spewing carnivorous plants (protip: bring your flamethrower).
  • An absolute banger of a soundtrack by cacoward winning musician John S.Weekley (aka PRIMEVAL).
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Greetings scavs,

Bottom line up front: The time has finally come to bundle up Ashes: Hard Reset and send it out into the wasteland! We wont lie, development on this one has been chaotic with other team members drifting in and out, but Vostyok has put in yeoman's work to get this episode out.

As this is almost certainly what you came here for: HR should now or very shortly after be available as a raw pk3 or as part of the updated standalone package.

HR1

HR2

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HR4

HR5

This is the initial release so expect rough corners and many bugs. Please report anything you find and watch out for wendigos.

Ashes: Now With a Manual!

Vostyok has spent some time throwing together a neat little instruction manual that delves into the world and mechanics of Ashes a bit more. It's in the stand alone package if you want to check it out.

Ashes Afterglow 1.15

After an embarrassingly long time Afterglow has been updated to 1.15. Both standalone and raw pk3 downloads have been updated, see those files for the changelog.

Voxel Pack

Some time ago friend of the project Memich released an add on that replaces most pickups in episode 1 & 2 with absolutely delicious voxel models. It's good stuff, so please check it out if that's your kind of thing.

Primeval Does it Again

John S. Weekley has once again returned as the mastermind behind the Ashes soundtrack. The latest tracks from Hard Reset are already available on youtube (as you can see), and if you feel like it and have some extra cash in your pocket you can grab it from his bandcamp.

Yes I'm going to shill the soundtrack in every post, cry about it.

Until next time scavs, keep your powder dry.

Announcing Ashes: Hard Reset

Announcing Ashes: Hard Reset

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Officially announcing the latest entry in the Ashes series, Ashes: Hard Reset. Also some news about Episode 3, and other misc. thoughts from the Ashes...

The State of Ashes 2063

The State of Ashes 2063

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A quick chat about some recent events and a look at what the future of the Ashes universe will be.

Ashes 2063: Mod DB Launch

Ashes 2063: Mod DB Launch

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The acclaimed post apocalyptic Doom TC is now on Mod DB, with an exclusive stand alone edition.

Realms Deep 2022 Coming Soon; 5 Classic Retro Total Conversion Mods

Realms Deep 2022 Coming Soon; 5 Classic Retro Total Conversion Mods

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Realms Deep - a celebration of retro-inspired indies - is coming soon, so here's five mods that innovate on well-trodden ground!

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Ashes: Stand Alone Version 1.04

Ashes: Stand Alone Version 1.04

Full Version 163 comments

Latest standalone version that contains all Ashes content so far.

Ashes Episode 2 Prequel (Ashes: Hard Reset)(PK3 ONLY) V1.0

Ashes Episode 2 Prequel (Ashes: Hard Reset)(PK3 ONLY) V1.0

Full Version 37 comments

This is the latest .pk3 only version of the Ashes Episode 2 prequel (Ashes: Hard Reset).

Ashes Episode 2 (Ashes: Afterglow)(PK3 ONLY) V1.15

Ashes Episode 2 (Ashes: Afterglow)(PK3 ONLY) V1.15

Full Version 12 comments

This is the latest .pk3 only version of Ashes Episode 2 (Ashes: Afterglow).

Ashes Episode 1(Ashes: 2063)(PK3 ONLY) V2.3

Ashes Episode 1(Ashes: 2063)(PK3 ONLY) V2.3

Full Version 6 comments

This is the latest .pk3 only version of Ashes Episode 1 (Ashes: 2063)

Ashes Monster Pack V2.0

Ashes Monster Pack V2.0

Patch 3 comments

Contains the monsters from Ashes Afterglow for use with other map packs.

(Sterile) Ashes Episode 2 (Ashes: Afterglow)(MAPS ONLY) V1.21

(Sterile) Ashes Episode 2 (Ashes: Afterglow)(MAPS ONLY) V1.21

Full Version 18 comments

This is a MAPS ONLY version of Episode 2 for use with other gameplay mods.

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doomyguy
doomyguy - - 11 comments

About ready to give HR a try. Are there any mounts/vehicles/whatever that would be broken by Nashmove or ZMovement?

Edit: So far, ZMovement 3.2.1.pk3 causes the game to load Blakestone-looking HUD and weapons. nashmove-ashes.pk3 causes a fatal error. Regular nashmove.pk3 seems to work, but we'll have to see what happens when I get to a bike, dog, or whatever else you can ride.

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Patofan05
Patofan05 - - 12 comments

Hey, I have made an addon that adapts Nashmove to all episodes, while not messing with the vehicle sections!
Check it out:
Moddb.com

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Guest
Guest - - 698,173 comments

I hope there will be another DLC with Walker, the lever-action shotgun's too enjoyable.

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Guest
Guest - - 698,173 comments

Decided to do a replay of Ashes...but in portable form:

Android Phone + Delta Touch app + External controller

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Steve1664
Steve1664 - - 10 comments

I'm up to the Cordon in Hard Reset and it's been great so far. Wendigos are pretty fast and squirrely but that's what the AR, Hunter's Shotgun and HP rounds are for. I'm loving the arsenal; any chance there might be a standalone weapon mod for this like the existing Ashes weapons?

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sergroj
sergroj - - 19 comments

[BUG] CannibalGladiator is the same height as small cannibals.

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sergroj
sergroj - - 19 comments

Oh, there's also the issue of spoken dialog volume being too low almost always. I often had to turn off music to listen to voice acting.

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sergroj
sergroj - - 19 comments

[BUG] Here are a few screenshots of bugs with descriptions: Imgur.com

Great work as always! I did miss hub(s) like in Afterglow though. Hard Reset is like original Ashes campaign.

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Vostyok
Vostyok - - 134 comments

we're going back to hubs for episode 3. Hard Reset was just an expansion so the hubs would have just dragged things out a little too much.

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sergroj
sergroj - - 19 comments

[BUG] I now understand why cannibals are so fast in fast monsters mode. They have "fast" modifier on actions on top of double movement speed, so they move 4x times faster. It was ok (but worth fixing) with regular cannibals, but it's way too much with new fast melee monsters. To fix, FastSpeed needs to be equal to Speed or lower, because Wendigo and CannibalGladiator are wildly fast.

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