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Post by lunchlunch on Jun 5, 2023 19:08:11 GMT -5
Give me a map and I'll record a playthrough of it with commentary. I can be opinionated and nitpicky, but I enjoy giving mapping feedback. Personally I'm a perfectionist and when I receive criticism on an artistic endeavor, I like to get as much as possible. Take to heart whatever rings true to you and leave the rest.
-It must be your own map -Specify the complevel and if you send a set of maps, specify the one you want played -I will only play up to two maps by the same author per calendar month -I plan to record and put these on YouTube though there's a slim chance in the future that I might stream it instead. If you don't want that just mention it in your reply.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 6, 2023 4:29:21 GMT -5
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Post by lunchlunch on Jun 6, 2023 23:26:59 GMT -5
@shibainumaster
Source ports and even Doom Builder won't open up the .bak file. Can you send a regular .wad?
Nevermind, figured out you can just right click and rename it to .wad. I've never made use of a .bak file so I didn't know.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 6, 2023 23:41:29 GMT -5
@shibainumaster Source ports and even Doom Builder won't open up the .bak file. Can you send a regular .wad?Nevermind, figured out you can just right click and rename it to .wad. I've never made use of a .bak file so I didn't know. Sorry man, glad you found a way out. Did you check it out?
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Post by lunchlunch on Jun 7, 2023 2:04:25 GMT -5
@shibainumaster No worries, just needed to Google the solution.
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Post by SilverMiner on Jun 8, 2023 11:16:58 GMT -5
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Post by CittyKat112 on Jun 8, 2023 23:28:50 GMT -5
MAP07 from DBP56.
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Post by lunchlunch on Jun 9, 2023 13:40:56 GMT -5
Probably should have had some caffeine before doing these so I could think/talk more, but there's probably still some useful ideas in these for youse guys CittyKat112 SilverMiner
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Post by CittyKat112 on Jun 9, 2023 14:22:56 GMT -5
Probably should have had some caffeine before doing these so I could think/talk more, but there's probably still some useful ideas in these for youse guys CittyKat112 SilverMiner Thank you, 5 monsters you missed at the end were 3 arch-viles and 2 pain excrementals. Their closets open in the area where the secret light amplification goggles are if you go into teleport behind the spider mastermind.
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Post by SilverMiner on Jun 9, 2023 15:16:46 GMT -5
Thank you for playing these
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Post by Gokuma on Jun 10, 2023 11:22:04 GMT -5
For a nice surprise, try this map with RZDoom/LZDoom/Zandronum/GZDoom: www.mediafire.com/file/6grvjzoe17wqfjm/Babel3k.zipI can't take too much credit since it's a combination of different versions of one iwad map combined with someone else's map, but I definitely accomplished something to see and had to do some painstaking tedious excavating to recreate structure. You'll see what I mean.
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Post by lunchlunch on Jun 13, 2023 2:06:38 GMT -5
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Post by AskYourDrAboutUVFast on Jun 14, 2023 1:01:34 GMT -5
wheee here is a mean little map. cl9
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Post by Gokuma on Jun 14, 2023 16:29:29 GMT -5
Thanks! Good, efficient playthrough! You were aggressive and efficient enough that you avoided one dangerous surprise. You never played much of Doom 1 after episode 1?! You should go and do that right now! Well I guess I should make more of a remixed version of Babel 3K. I don't think you realized you just played one of the most full 3D maps ever with no portal BS. Funny story, back working on Twango1.wad, I told NieMaMordy (ZenoPopo on youtube) that his Engine 3000 map feels like you're on top of the Tower of Babel. So I went and put it literally on top of E2M8 the Tower of Babel. First I mixed the original and PSX versions into more of a definitive version with the best of both. I guess with the teleporter taking you up, you just thought it was another area or fake room over room. At some steps, including the doorstep at the plasma rifle, you can run diagonally up onto borders of the top area and drop back down or on top of parts of E2M8's walls. In the map02 version you can ride the BFG pedestal down and up. Enter fly in the console if you want to really have a good look around. I put the restriction on myself that I was combining the maps with making as little difference in their structure or how they work or thing placement as possible, aside from adding the Nightmare Cacodemons outside the original borders and enemies into the deathmatch map area. I had to make the beginning doors into scripted lowering and rising floors though. I also got one annoying little square of different light level in the top area. I guess for a remix version I'll open up parts of the top more and trigger some step ladders to form to go up and down. Maybe add some floating marble demon blocks. If I have it in a compilation I'll try to have the NetherCount introduced earlier. On easy there's 1, on medium there's 2, and on hard there's 5. Maybe 5 was excessive, though you handled it well. The PSX version actually adds the Mancubii, colored lighting, and teleporter room (its exit), but is sorely missing the unique music, makes the outside a simple rectangle, and changes some textures. Unless you need the latest GZDoom support, you might want to try Gibbon's RZDoom or DrFrag's LZDoom. Their default settings are much more preferable. Doom CE seems to be the best version of PSX Doom as a mod for PC.
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Post by lunchlunch on Jun 16, 2023 1:45:29 GMT -5
Gokuma Ah, yeah that does make it cooler that the second area is on top of the first area's tower. As it is, I don't think it really reads to the player though. Having tall, distinctive towers on the outside walls that can be recognized from above and below would help a lot IMO. I have played E2 and E3 a couple times in the last few years and even a handful of times as a kid. I just don't like them, the maps all blend together, they're ugly, boring, and I remember getting lost. When I play the first DOOM now, I skip from E1 right to E4. At least E4 has three incredible maps mixed in with the mediocre ones. Not the case with 2 and 3. DOOMlets on suicide watch, DOOM II chads are so back.
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Post by lunchlunch on Jun 16, 2023 1:46:43 GMT -5
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Post by AskYourDrAboutUVFast on Jun 16, 2023 16:29:33 GMT -5
Thanks lordlunch. Was fun to watch you figure out the map and the tip about monster blocking the lift was spot on. Forgot to mention that this was originally a speedmap for a speed running compilation, so the intended strategy is just to kill everything as quick as possible. Like-wise I don't consider pulling all the enemies away from the viles as cheese because it's very slow. You should have trusted your gut and did a little rock climbing at the end.
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Post by raddicted on Jun 16, 2023 21:57:19 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Jun 17, 2023 10:27:33 GMT -5
Not the case with 2 and 3. Sorry but, what a basic take. E2 has plenty of decent to great maps, and so does E3. Far more inventive and wild. E1 - E4 are the nerdy kids who get all the answers right at school, E2-E3 are the rowdy scampers you ditch school with. I know who I'd rather hang out with.
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Post by lunchlunch on Jun 17, 2023 11:53:23 GMT -5
@saltator Simply disliking an installation for not living up to the original is honest and sincere. You can like the episodes, I'm not depriving anyone of that. Comparing your love of them to being popular in high school instead of refuting criticism is pure cope.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 17, 2023 12:12:00 GMT -5
Sorry but, what a basic take.
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Post by xeepeep on Jun 19, 2023 16:38:56 GMT -5
E1 - E4 are the nerdy kids who get all the answers right at school, E2-E3 are the rowdy scampers you ditch school with. I know who I'd rather hang out with. This is facts. E1 is Luke Soywalker, E2 is Han fucking Solo. E4 is McDonald's, E3 is the burger joint down the street whose owner is obese. Doom 2 is Harry Potter and I'm massively horny.
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Post by lunchlunch on Jun 19, 2023 17:16:09 GMT -5
raddicted There's a few times I say Event Horizon where I actually mean Zzul Bases
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Post by nightmare2989 on Jun 20, 2023 6:55:51 GMT -5
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Post by lunchlunch on Jun 21, 2023 1:47:06 GMT -5
nightmare2989 I stand by my points but I was being whiney with how I delivered them at times.
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