=========================================================================== Uploaded by : Graham Burgess (GKBurgess at compuserve dot com) Advanced engine needed : None Primary purpose : Single play Game : Doom2 =========================================================================== Filename : alsdoom.wad Date : 07/10/96 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Title of Level 1 : Imp Hatchery Copyright @1996 by Al Howe Title of level 2 : The Arena Copyright @1996 by Al Howe Author : Al Howe E-mail Address : al@winteractive.com Web Page : http://www.webdragon.com Other Files by Author : alsdm2.wad - great Deathmatch levels Additional Credits : My family for their patience. : Steve Wilson and Billy "Blaze" Price for helping me playtest these and all my other levels. : All the authors for all the editors and other utilities I used for creation. : Everyone at Id Software for allowing people like me to create my own world! Not to mention a great game! Description of Level 1 : Have you ever wondered where Imps come from? This level answers that question and more. In this level you will find the Blood Pools, runoff from the River Acheron. At certain times Imps are spawned right out of this tainted blood. You will also find their guardians. This level is meant to be level 14 of my expected 32 level WAD. With several ambushes and puzzles, this level is the best single level I've ever seen. I hope you enjoy it - lots of work went into its creation. Its appearance ranks a 10. Try starting with just the pistol and see how far you can get. On Ultraviolence, it ranks an 8 for hardness. I can do it with 3 100%'s and 200%-200% health and armor in about 25 minutes. This level is a great 1-player, co-op, and deathmatch level. You won't find better. Description of Level 2 : In the center of Hell, you find yourself in the middle of a great arena. You will need to use all your wits to get through this level alive. Remember your strongest weapon is the monsters themselves. This level contains several great looking rooms, and several of them require battle plans to get through alive. This level is meant to be level 16 of my expected 32 level WAD. With several ambushes and puzzles, this level is the second best level I've ever seen. I hope you enjoy it - lots of work went into its creation. Its appearance ranks a 9. Try starting with just the pistol and see how far you can get. On Ultraviolence, it ranks a 9 for hardness. I can do it with 3 100%'s and OK health and armor in about 45 minutes. This level is a great 1-player, co-op, and deathmatch level. It's a little big for 2-player deathmatch though. But it's still fun. Instructions : Put ALSDOOM.WAD in your DOOM 2 directory, type "doom2 -file alsdoom.wad -warp 1 -skill <#>" Yes, it really is that easy! If you want to go straight to the arena, type "-warp 2" instead of "warp 1". Disclaimer : I'm sorry if these levels cause you any problems, but I'm not responsible for any problems you might experience related to the use of these levels. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ * Play Information * Episode and Level # : Map01 and Map02 Single Player : Yes : Tested fully Cooperative 2-4 Player : Yes : Tested fully Deathmatch 2-4 Player : Yes : Tested fully Difficulty Settings : All New Music : Yes New Sounds : No New Graphics : No Demos Replaced : No * Construction * Base : New level from scratch Build Time : 2-3 months for Map01 3-4 months for Map02 Editor(s) used : DoomEd for sector creation until it started crashing DMapEdit for everything else until it started crashing DCK for the finishing touches and builds Other Utilities : DOOM II by id Software RMB 2.1 by Jens Hykkelbjerg (made them faster) NWT 1.3 by TiC (exporting and importing music) Known Bugs : Both maps used to get visplane overflow, but this has been fixed on both maps. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ * Copyright / Permissions * Authors may use this WAD as inspiration for other WADs, but you may NOT modify this WAD. If you think any changes need to be made, please Email me instead. If you distribute this WAD, you MUST distribute this WAD with NO modifications, and with this text file included. You MUST distribute these files, in any electronic format (BBS, Diskette, CD, etc), for NON-PROFIT purposes. (For instance, you may include it on a CD that comes free with a book or magazine.) You MAY NOT distribute this WAD on any commercially released CD collection, any shareware CD, or any other CD for which you charge a fee of any sort without my prior permission. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ * Other WADs recommended by the Author * - Try all the WADs listed on my web page. - They will beat any other WAD. - If you still want more, send me Email. - Be careful, there's a lot of bad WADs out there, good luck.