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EMP09_beta1.zip

Howdy!

This is a beta of my new map, Into Hell (EMP09). The MAPINFO makes it stand-alone, so don't load it with my other maps. I plan to add more ammo in the release version, but until then, please test this with infinite ammo. The release version will be included in empyrion_v28.wad. The specific questions I need answers for are:

1) Is the music a good choice?
2) Is the map too hard, relative to my other maps?
3) I have experienced a bug where I take damage from no apparent cause and if it kills me, the obit either says I was killed by a Baron of Hell or a Hell Knight. This occurs mostly in the western portion of the "box" area (outside the building where you get the chaingun) and the southern portion of the "star" area (outside the building where you spawn). Can you reproduce the bug, or even better, can you explain why this is happening?
4) As always, how can I make it better?

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You should use woman's common sense, if you want people to test it, you should say "please don't test my map"...








K, I'll test it when I'm home

Very long map, I don't like speed run but I was forced to do that.

1) The song is fine for me.
2) The map isn't hard, you just have to kill the zombies and you can ignore the rest or let them infight.

Here's what I'm going to say:
1. Music isn't a good choice because its more of a Dock themed music than a Hellish themed music.
2. The map is too hard and you can reduce the size of a bit and also the amount of monsters and cell packs as well.
3. I don't know where the hell the bug came from but yes that's a bug that kills the player almost instantly. So try to at least fix it.
4. The way you can make it better is by adding more details.

I added totalinfighting to the MAPINFO after I playtested it, trying to make it a little bit easier.

That song came from UT '99, and as a bonus, it is from the same artist as the song I use for Descent. I had considered this song from UT 2004, KR-HELL.ogg, but it sounded like the fire-and-brimstone version of Hell, not the Doom version, and this song, KR-Infernal-Realm.ogg, sounds even more so.

Empyre wrote: I added totalinfighting to the MAPINFO after I playtested it, trying to make it a little bit easier.

That song came from UT '99, and as a bonus, it is from the same artist as the song I use for Descent. I had considered this song from UT 2004, KR-HELL.ogg, but it sounded like the fire-and-brimstone version of Hell, not the Doom version, and this song, KR-Infernal-Realm.ogg, sounds even more so.

I know the song was from Unreal Tournament and it's the Razorback music. I planned to use that music in a map called "Industrial Docks" for the Chaos Armageddon level pack which would come after I made the first 3 level packs of my Necrophobia mod series. I think the music should still be changed. Infernal Realm looks like a good music to use your map.

Blast88 wrote: Infernal Realm looks like a good music to use your map.

I was unsure, but I gave it a try. In the game, it actually sounds really good, and not annoying at all, which I had feared it would be.

I love the size based on the screenshots, looking very grand indeed. Will comment more once home!

I have released the new map in empyrion_v28.wad with no bfg in coop (but it's there in single-player), and in empyrion_v28_bfg.wad with the bfg in both single-player and coop. I also uploaded them to Best Ever: empyrion_v28.wad and empyrion_v28_bfg.wad.

Thanks for the help! I will put it on my server as soon as I finish this post.