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Title : "The Artifact" ARTIFACT.WAD Version 2.0
Author : Paul Schmitz
Email Address : 71776,337
Description : You've been to hell and back, now it's MILLER time!
Unfortunately the officer you pounded earlier is
now your new CO. Guess who gets the next S**T
detail? While boarding the drop ship, you find out
some strange goings-on are happening at a UAC
facility in the Andes mountains. It appears that
what recently happened on Mars is happening here.
People rising from the dead, demons and monsters
gnawing the living. Not good!
You are to meet some undercover operatives at the
facility who will lead you to a secret base nearby
(Something about having to climb a waterfall and
navigate some sewers). You here a rumor about the
discovery of an alien artifact that supposedly
started this whole mess. You also hear a story
about a UAC backed raid by a company of storm
troopers that failed miserably. The one lone
survivor kept babbling about "blowing up a
mountain", though not the way they intended.
The drop ship doors open, and you hit the ground
running. Great! An entire company of veteran
spacers gets wiped out, and they send you in alone
with a pistol, just because you did it before.
Fortunately, a reception party is waiting
for you. Unfortunately, THIS reception party is not
the undercover operatives you were to meet! AMBUSH!
Additional Credits to : id Software for making THE BEST GAME IN THE COSMOS:
DOOM. Raphael Quinet and Brendon Wyber, the
developers of the BEST Doom editor, DEU 5.21 GCC.
Collin Reed for the indispensable program BSP 1.2X,
and L.W. Witek for Reject 1.0
I would also like to credit Leo Martin Lim for the
excellent discovery for invisible platforms which he
used in PWAD called "Dooms day of UAC" (UAC_DEAD.WAD).
Last, but certainly not least, I wish to thank my
lovely wife Lynn, who allowed me to pursue my
DOOMing pleasure. And, of course, Jonathan and
Matthew (my two boys and future DOOM hall of
famers), who I stupidly ignored for two weeks while
learning to build Doom WADs. I hope (but doubt)
that it was worth it.
Episode and Level # : E1M1, E1M2, E1M3
Doom Version : Requires DOOM 1.666 or greater
Single Player : Yes
Cooperative 2-4 Player : Yes (haven't played in Coop mode)
Deathmatch 2-4 Player : No (Way too Big!!!)
Difficulty Settings : Yes (All)
New Sounds : No
New Graphics : No
Demos Replaced : None
* Construction *
Base : New three level episode from scratch
Build Time : Six months (amongst earning a living, loving my
wife and playing with my boys, I squeezed in as
much time as I could working on this PWAD. I
figure a good 1000 hours worth of work).
Editor(s) used : DEU 5.21 GCC version, BSP 1.2X, REJECT 1.0.0
Known Bugs : On level 3 there is a big that rarely occurs. Due
to the use of the invisible platforms, when they
are viewed great distances (well beyond firing
range) any "things" (including alive and dead
monsters) will disappear from view. This bug does
NOT occur during combat , so it is an aesthetic,
minor bug. There is a spatial anomaly that does
not effect game play, but it couldn't exist in the
"real" world. Fixed texture alignment problems
found in earlier version. Also moved PWAD to
Episode One so the sky looks Earth-like.
* Copyright / Permissions *
Authors MAY use this level as a base to build additional
levels, just give me credit in your TXT file!
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.
* Where to get this WAD *
BBS numbers: Software Creations, 508-368-7036
CompuServe, GO GAMERS, Action Games Aids Library (Lib 8), called
DMARTI.ZIP, search using ARTIFACT as search parameter
TO PLAY:
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To play this WAD, put the WAD file in your DOOM directory.
At the command prompt type: doom -file artifact.wad.
Pick episode 1.
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* Author's Notes *
This PWAD requires DOOM version 1.666 or greater.
I originally intended this PWAD to be one huge level, until I discovered
that I could no longer save games because of the limit placed on the size
of the save game file. Even though the original level is now broken into
three parts, I tried to keep the look and feel of one big level. Let me
know if I succeeded.
This PWAD was developed on a 486/DX2/66MHz with 16MB RAM and a VIPER
accelerator card with 2MB of VRAM (and I pushed its performance to the max
when I designed this PWAD). Those of you that may be computer-
impaired (i.e., 386 or slow 486) will probably not enjoy this PWAD.
My only suggestion to you (besides buying a better computer) is to
shrink the screen size until performance is adequate, or view the PWAD
with the -nomonsters switch.
Many complaints about tough beginning (in UV mode). But HEY! Walking into
an ambush is not supposed to be easy! My advice? Don't just stand there,
DO something!
I'M ABOUT TO TALK ABOUT THE ENDING, SO IF YOU DON'T WANT TO RUIN THE
"SURPRISE", READ NO FURTHER.
The "surprise" ending is that there isn't one. You simply die! I did this
on purpose since my intent was to have an ending similar to the one found
in the shareware version of the original DOOM. Let's face it, I don't care
how bad you are, there is no way you can defeat 12 Cyberdemons without
cheating (of course, all these guys will be replaced by lesser foes if
I ever get around to designing my version of Hell.
This PWAD ends at the very gates of Hell itself. I am hoping you will tell
me that you can't WAIT for the next episode. So yes, send any comments or
suggestions about "Artifact" and I shall endeavor to complete episode 2.
Right now I only have a mailbox account with Compuserve, but I hope to have
an Internet account soon. I really hope to here from y'all on what you think
about this PWAD.
And for you DOOM "Twoers" out there, I will convert this PWAD to the new
format (including the new "nasties". Hmmm - Let's see. Replace all
sergeants and troopers with those chain-gun dudes. Yeah!! That'll do it!).
I'm just waiting for DEU 5.3.
