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Title                   : Blockade Runner & The Death Star
Filename                : STARWAR4.WAD
Author                  : Matt Falk
Email Address           : [email protected]
Misc. Author Info       : junior MIS major at University of Dayton

Description             : STAR WARS DOOM!!!  Based on blueprints of
                         sets built for the movie and as well as
                         information contained in the SW RPG. These
                         are four of many Star Wars levels I am
                         hoping to do, and I have replaced some of
                         these levels' textures with my own.  I will
                         be replacing MANY more of these in the next
                         edition.  Any switches found in turbolifts
                         are endlevel switches.  Doors needing keys
                         aren't marked by colors primarily because I
                         wanted the levels to look as much like the
                         movies as possible.

                  -----> If the game runs too slowly, just run an
                  -----> easier setting to limit the number of
        IMPORTANT!-----> monsters (they slow down slower machines).
                  -----> This isn't as bad as it used to be now that
                  -----> I'm using a newer reject compiler.

Additional Credits to   : The guys at ID
                         Lucasfilm LTD
                         West End Games
                         Makers of DEU, BSP, RMB, DMGRAPH, & stars.gif

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LEVEL ONE: PRINCESS LEIA'S BLOCKADE RUNNER DECKS 1 & 2

    Your ship has been boarded and captured by Imperial forces.  You
    are the only Rebel left who hasn't been killed or taken prisoner.
    It's up to you to set the ship's self destruct system and escape,
    but first you must make your way to the lower decks of the ship.
    The turbolifts will take you between the two decks.  I took the
    general layout of the ship from the RPG Rebel Alliance Sourcebook.

LEVEL TWO: PRINCESS LEIA'S BLOCKADE RUNNER DECKS 3 & 4

    You must enter the engine's accessways and activate the blockade
    runner's auto-destruct sequence.  Having done this, you must now
    escape the ship before it blows by using one of the escape pods.
    As before, I used the RPG Sourcebook for the general layout of
    these decks

LEVEL THREE: DEATH STAR CHASM AND TECHNICAL STATIONS

    You have to make your way to the turbolifts to reach the detention
    level.  The only problem is there are tons of Imperials all about
    you!  Included in this level is the chasm Luke and Leia swang
    across, the elevators Luke, Han, and Chewie entered on their way
    to the detention level, as well as the large corridor with the
    blast doors.  The blueprints covered 1/6 of the level, so I had to
    make up the rest.  I'm sorry I haven't done any new textures for
    the Death Star levels yet, I will be working on them before I
    create any more levels.

LEVEL FOUR: DEATH STAR DETENTION LEVEL AND SECURITY STATION

    You force your way into the detention level, but if things get a
    little too rough, you can escape into the trash compactor.  In the
    course of things, you raid a security station (from the RPG).
    I copied some of the sections for deathmatch reasons.

    HINT: follow Leia's technique on getting to the trash compactor

    HINT: there is a secret switch that reveals the switch to open the
          compactor door

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* Play Information *

Episode and Level #     : E1M1-4
Single Player           : Yes
Cooperative 2-4 Player  : Yes (not tested)
Deathmatch 2-4 Player   : Yes (not tested)
Difficulty Settings     : Yes
New Graphics            : Some wall and ceiling textures & see below
New Sounds              : None - see below
New Music               : None - see below
Demos Replaced          : None

* Additional Files You May Want *

 These files are all available at infant2.sphs.indiana.edu under
 /pub/doom/themes/starwars:

 SWMUSFX4.ZIP          : Star Wars music and sound effects patch
 SWGFXMO.ZIP (swgfx3)  : Star Wars graphics patch changes:
                           - seargants to stormtroopers
                           - lost souls to interrogation droids
                           - cacodemons to probe droids
                           - barons of hell to emperor's guards
                           - cyberdemons to scout walkers
                           - chainsaw to lightsaber
                           - rockets to laser bolts
                           - barrels to R2D2s

* Construction *

Base                    : E1M1 - New level from scratch
                         E1M2 - New level from scratch
                         E1M3 - Modified STARWAR2.WAD
                         E1M4 - Modified STARWAR2.WAD

Editor(s) used          : DEU 5.2 GCC; BSP12x; RMB 2.0; DMGRAPH

Known Bugs              : DO NOT SAVEGAME IN LEVELS 2 & 4! The large
                         number of vertices, objects, etc. overruns
                         the savegame buffer.  If you die, it's still
                         possible to finish the level from scratch.
                         Anyways, life in the Doom/Starwars world is
                         supposed to be a bitch! :-)

                         YELLOW KEYCARD ERROR FROM STARWAR2 IS FIXED!!!
                         (sorry about that)

                         If you find any others, please let me know.


* Copyright / Permissions *

Authors may NOT use this level as a base to build additional
levels.

You MAY distribute this WAD, provided you include this file, with
no modifications.  You may distribute this file in any electronic
format (BBS, Diskette, CD, etc) as long as you include this file
intact.

If you put it on CD you must give me a free copy :-)

* Where to get this WAD *

FTP sites:  infant2.sphs.indiana.edu
           wuarchive.wustl.edu

* How to use this WAD and the new textures *

1. You must have the registered version 1.6 of DOOM.
2. Put the files enclosed in STARWAR4.ZIP in your doom directory
3. type: SWINSERT  (this installs the new graphics; SWXTRACT restores
  the original graphics)
4. type: DOOM -FILE STARWAR4.WAD

If you have swmusfx4.wad and swgfx3.wad as well,

  type: DOOM -FILE STARWAR4.WAD SWMUSFX4.WAD SWGFX3.WAD