Thomas

Arriving on the modding scene in mid-2004 as Togo, then Possum Trot, Thomas is a very prolific mapper and modder.

Has released approximately a billion Wolfenstein maps, but none of them have any ammo.

Full list of mods/projects:

"Proper" mods released as Possum Trot

Abandon (December 4, 2004)
Operation: Achtliebe (December 20, 2004)
Project Wolfgeist (February 2, 2005)
Abandon 2: Purgatory! (March 23, 2005)
Secrets of Offenbach (July 28, 2005)

"Proper" mods released as Thomas Weiling

Nazi Operation (January 1, 2006)
All This & Wolf 3D (January 26, 2007)
Castle Assault (February 12, 2007)
The Bitter End (April 21, 2008)
W.O.L.F. (December 4, 2008)
Endlösung (May 31, 2009)
NovoWolf (December 2, 2009)
10 New Ones (October 16, 2011)
Spearfishwolfbones (January 15, 2012)
Time to Kill (March 20, 2012)
Thomas' Wolfenstein 3D (August 19, 2012)
Victory of Faith (January 24, 2015)
Wolf Overdrive (December 21, 2015)
Frantic Passages (December 4, 2018)
Stranded (June 24, 2019)
KowTow (TBA)

Compilation mods

Odds and Ends (April 28, 2012)

Unfinished/archive/curio mods; miscellaneous

Abandon v0.0 (February 11, 2006) - oldest surviving maps that Thomas made
Schabbs 7000 (May 1, 2006) - essentially a very early version of Secrets of Offenbach
Wolfram (July 1, 2006) - made in collaboration with Dean, inspired by Wolf Skevos-Jones
Quest for the General (September 11, 2007) - made in collaboration with Dean, essentially an extended version of Episode 6
Hard Cell (May 5, 2009) - self-released unfinished Spear of Destiny map set. Later appeared in Odds and Ends
Escapism (February 21, 2012) - Episode 1 of what later became Thomas' Wolfenstein 3D
Eisenfaust Overdrive (February 23, 2012) - Episode 2 of what later became Thomas' Wolfenstein 3D
Kilroy Was Here (April 17, 2012) - replaced E5M1 for registered Wolfenstein, later appeared in Odds and Ends
Wolf Overkill (April 24, 2012) - was to be a large-scale mod with significant coding changes, courtesy of Havoc. Featured graphics and sounds custom made by Wolf Skevos-Jones
The Iron Dream (November 8, 2012) - newly made levels later used in Victory of Faith (the remaining levels were taken from Spearfishwolfbones)
Guten Tag! (December 15, 2012) - levels later used in Victory of Faith
Abandon III (December 5, 2013) - levels later used in Victory of Faith

Unreleased mods (Lost or morphed into other mods)

Kill the Gezis (September/October 2004) - envisioned as a TC using all-new graphics, taking place in an alternate WWII universe created by Thomas, who had written stories taking place in this universe as a pre-teen. Canceled October 9, 2004 in favor of Abandon. An extensive manual was sent to Brian Lowe, but this was never originally uploaded on the Dome
Untitled map set (October 2004) - for Spear of Destiny
Hitler's Evolution (November 2004) - announced as a collaboration with his brother, but was actually a solo project
Abandon SE (December 2004/January 2005) - in collaboration with Conner94 as a reciprocation for allegedly slamming him in Abandon's manual. Some graphics were made but Conner94 left the project briefly after. Deathshead (Zombie Plan) was also involved for a brief period of time
Uber Deutschland (January 2005) - inspired by WSJ
Projekt: Amerika (February 2005) - later evolved into Secrets of Offenbach
Giftkrieg (February 2005) - later evolved into Secrets of Offenbach
Operation: Cobra (February 2005) - envisioned as a map set for Operation: Letzterschutz
Operation: Panzerschiff II (March 2005) - envisioned as a map set for Operation Panzerschiff
Tod (April 2005) - envisioned as a Spear of Destiny map set
SD (Summer 2005) - graphics-only set, inspired by The Simpsons
Operation: Hellhound (Summer 2005) - inspired by DOOM and the Angel of Death
The Battle Rages On (August/September 2005) - a Lost Episodes-style set
Abandon III (January 2006) - very much inspired by Laz Rojas, this lasted for a day or two before being cancelled. Levels either morphed into early ATAW levels or were deleted altogether. Not to be confused with the actual Abandon III which came out in late 2013
Eagle's Nest (Summer 2006) - ideas-only stage, taking place in the final stages of WWII where the final boss was Hermann Göring; inspired by Thomas' then-recent first visit to Germany and Austria
LabWolf (Mid-2007) - a mod which was only to feature laboratory levels. Graphics were culled and a test map was made, deleted soon after
Graebengraeber (Mid-2009) - envisioned as a Totengraeber map set in conjunction with its 10th anniversary. Test map was made, deleted soon after
Wolfenstein Overdrive (December 2009/January 2010) - should not be confused with Wolf Overdrive. This was an attempted map set containing all graphics and sounds from Wolfenstein 3D and Spear of Destiny, with a functional 150 levels long EXE. 12 levels made, all now lost
TomWolf (Summer 2011) - map set for Wolfenstein 3D. 7 levels made, all now lost
The Old Testament (Spring 2012) - envisioned as a .WL3 map set; later became Thomas' Wolfenstein 3D
Luger Me Now (June 2013) - envisioned as a pistol-only type mod. 1 level made, later used in Victory of Faith
Untitled mod (2016) - envisioned as a graphics-oriented set featuring gags and silly graphics. Most graphics were used in Frantic Passages
Tech or TEK (2017/2018) - envisioned as a mod taking place in a 1990's software/dot-com bubble environment featuring Vaporwave music and all-new graphics and sounds
Debunking the Myth (2019) - a Totengraeber pastiche

Contributions

Beyond Mutantstein Special Edition - Anniversary Edition 2002-2012 (1 map)
Die Hard Wolfers Lost Episodes Mapset (1 map)
Die Hard Wolfers SDL Mapset (Episode 4) - later appeared in Odds and Ends
Die Hard Wolfers Spear Mapset (3 maps) - later appeared in Odds and Ends
Escape From Castle Holle (2 maps) - later appeared in Odds and Ends
Gex's Spear Levels Pack (6 maps) - later appeared in Secrets of Offenbach, Nazi Operation
Map of the Month June 2007 (1 map) - later appeared in Odds and Ends
Map of the Month July 2007 (1 map) - later appeared in Odds and Ends
Map of the Month August 2007 (1 map)
Map of the Month October 2007 (1 map) - later appeared in Odds and Ends
Operation: Mutant Strike 3 (1 map) - later appeared in Odds and Ends
Super Haven Mapset (6 maps) - later appeared in Odds and Ends
Team Aardwolf Mapset (3 maps) - later appeared in The Bitter End, Odds and Ends

Trivia

Thomas first played Wolfenstein 3D in 1999. This was the shareware version. Sometime in 2001 he acquired the full version and would play this vigorously until discovering mods and the Dome in July 2003. Aware of the demo version, he never played the full version of Spear of Destiny until well after having played numerous mods. Not having grown up with Spear of Destiny also affected his preferences, with only very few of his mods being based on that game.

Between September 2004 and February 2005, Thomas made all his mods on his younger brother's Windows 98. This computer was not able to play digitized sounds or music. Only after getting VDMSound in December 2005 did Thomas get to hear digitized sounds and music again, and this affected the choice of music in future mods.

From February 2005 on, Thomas made all his mods on his own computer, which ran Windows XP up to and including W.O.L.F.. From Endlösung and onward, he would use Windows Vista, then Windows 7.

Havoc introduced Thomas to SDL in the summer of 2009 with the initiation of the Wolf Overkill project. Ever since, Thomas has been a proponent of SDL and has used it exclusively for his mods since.

Thomas mainly uses ChaosEdit for adding graphics, and has exclusively used MapEdit since 2004. Since 2012 he has used Merthsoft's Re-Coloring Tool for textures and sprites as well.

Hopelessly anchored in the past, he sometimes beefs up himself to use WDC only to be left crying.

External links

Wolfer profile on the Wolfenstein 3D Dome
Wolfer profile on Dean's Wolfenstein 3D Blog
Thomas' Mapping Anthology updated for 2019 on DropBox (hosted by Thomas Weiling)
Thomas' Mapping Anthology on The Wolfenstein 3D Dome (obsolete)
Possum Trot's Wolfenstein Hole (archived)