================================================================ Title : COAL MINE for DOOM II Filename : COAL.WAD Completion : October 2nd 1999 Author : Gregory Dick Email Address : greg_br549@yahoo.com Misc. Author Info : Still waiting for ID to make Doom 2000 Other WADS by Author : Hero.wad for Doom2 Bermuda.wad for Doom2 (port required) Pet Peeves : Women who can't tolerate their husbands playing/making Doom levels. Description : A Medium sized level based in a deep coal mine. Focus is on single play action. E-mail me your thoughts! Cheesy Doom story : Investigate an old abandoned coal mine infested with demonic rednecks and the demons who posses them! Kill anything that moves, find all three keys to escape their wrath. Additional Credits to : ID Software, the good folks at ftp.cdrom.com, Budweiser brewing company, and of course wad authors and doomers everywhere. ================================================================ * Play Information * Game : Doom2 Level # : Map 01 Single Player : Yes Cooperative 2-4 Player : Hell yes (not tested) Deathmatch 2-4 Player : 8 starts exist. (not tested) Difficulty Settings : Yes Ultra violence and Hurt me plenty. New Sounds : Yes, a few redneck sounds. New Graphics : No...too much damn work New Music : Yes...from e3-m3 Demos Replaced : None...Send me some!! ...even if you can't finish the level. ================================================================ * Construction * Base : New level from scratch Editor(s) used : Various map editing utilities Wintex 4.3 (Olivier Montanuy) Rmb 2.1 (Jens Hykkelbjerg) Build time : About 2 months of swearing...off and on. Known Bugs : You tell me. ================================================================ * Gameplay Hints * Ammo is scarce in the beginning. It's time to hone your chainsaw skills to stay alive. Anything less than a cacodemon should be sawed or you'll run out of ammo for the tough guys. Make it to the first (yellow) door and ammo will become more abundant. (as will the monsters!) As always...save often. ================================================================ * Installing this wad * To play this PWAD file, unzip it into the directory where you put DOOM 2 then start DOOM 2 command line like this: DOOM2 -FILE COAL.WAD Windows (95\98...) users. If you have a Windows based Doom engine that does not have a launcher, you can run this PWAD by creating a shortcut to your Doom2.exe file, then go to your shortcut's "properties" and add -FILE COAL.WAD to the command line. Start the game by running the shortcut. Use example below. This example assumes that the path to your Doom2.exe file is: C:\Doom2\Doom2.exe C:\Doom2\Doom2.exe -file coal.wad To play the suicidal demo included (coal.lmp), use example below. C:\Doom2\Doom2.exe -file coal.wad -playdemo coal.lmp recorded with v1.9 enjoy! ================================================================ RECOMMENDED WADDING! ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Sprike.wad (great traps...great textures!) John Bishop. ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/idgames/levels/doom2/Ports/s-u/sprike.zip Kboom_11.wad (one of the best boom levels out there!) Kurt Kesler. ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/idgames/levels/doom2/Ports/j-l/kboom_11.zip Inner_o.wad (unique....very unique!) Brian Martin. ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/idgames/levels/doom2/g-i/inner_o.zip Ahellday.wad (massive scale level...teleporting monsters everywhere! ) Michael Krause. ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/idgames/levels/doom2/Ports/a-c/ahellday.zip ================================================================ * Copyright / Permissions * Authors may NOT use this level as a base to build additional levels without the permission of it's author. 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 * FTP sites: ftp.cdrom.com ...you buffoon!! BBS numbers: what the...??? Other: