New here, offering playtesting

Hullo.

I'm Alex, and I'm bad at doom. 

I recently did some playtesting/general playing with Lord Entropy's new WAD and I had a good time.

Such a good time I recorded myself, and I've decided to do this for others if interested?

Take a look below.

First recorded run, rage quit.

Second, to the end in a horrendous grind.

I've fixed that whole mic crackling issue. It's fine now. Sorry about that.

I'm bad at Dume, don't let that put you off.

WAD requests/suggestions welcome!

Hello.

 

Hello. Welcome to this shiny place.

Welcome!

Since this is a playtesting thread, I actually have a vanilla mapset I'm working on that I would like to have multiple views on.

I'm making it for NaNoWADMo, all info is in the TXT file included.

Thanks!

DEHACKED included in the wad, freelook optional but not recommended. Crouching and jumping may break the maps.

PafWADMo.zip

Thanks both!

Paf I'll take a look, watch this space

would appreciate it if you could give my megawad a shot. link's here:

any feedback at all would be v helpful

On 10/4/2021 at 10:26 PM, Paf said:

Welcome!

Since this is a playtesting thread, I actually have a vanilla mapset I'm working on that I would like to have multiple views on.

I'm making it for NaNoWADMo, all info is in the TXT file included.

Thanks!

DEHACKED included in the wad, freelook optional but not recommended. Crouching and jumping may break the maps.

PafWADMo.zip

Given them all a shot, here's the vid of the first one, others incoming.

There's a link to your WAD and profile there, let me know if you'd like me to remove them.

 

On 10/5/2021 at 6:54 PM, SMG_Man said:

would appreciate it if you could give my megawad a shot. link's here:

any feedback at all would be v helpful

Next in line ;)

1 hour ago, AlexIsBadAtDoom said:

Given them all a shot, here's the vid of the first one, others incoming.

Thanks!

How was the titlepic?

Also, the maps may be a bit too dark if you're using a non-software renderer.

Obligatory TMoD post.

@AlexIsBadAtDoom

Updated MAP04 and MAP09, they're now finished. Here's the updated zip:

PafWADMo.zip

Thanks!

Hey @AlexIsBadAtDoom, welcome to the party, pal!

I've got a few released maps I'd love feedback on as I'm planning to revisit at least some of them.

Anyway the ones I have released over the last year of lockdown are on IDGames:

https://www.doomworld.com/idgames/levels/doom2/Ports/g-i/ifortress

https://www.doomworld.com/idgames/levels/doom2/Ports/a-c/belruin

https://www.doomworld.com/idgames/levels/doom2/Ports/p-r/rectilinia

https://www.doomworld.com/idgames/levels/doom2/Ports/a-c/crushdepth

https://www.doomworld.com/idgames/levels/doom2/Ports/d-f/fuescher

https://www.doomworld.com/idgames/levels/doom2/Ports/s-u/tubeworm

https://www.doomworld.com/idgames/levels/heretic/Ports/cardinalsin

https://www.doomworld.com/idgames/levels/doom2/Ports/d-f/flamerbaron

https://www.doomworld.com/idgames/levels/doom2/Ports/a-c/anitsotw

https://www.doomworld.com/idgames/levels/doom2/Ports/a-c/corp-nm

They are a mixture of single and up to four maps per release. The earliest - and worst - are at the top of the list and my better ones are at the bottom.

I do have a big-arse map I have in progress, but it's taking a while as Real Life^TM has crept back in over the last couple of months. These should keep you busy for a while though. Have fun!...

Got a healthy que forming here! I will get to each of you in the order the requests come in, but making these takes a little time so I ask only for patience, especially slotting it into the rest of my life!

Paf I'm planning on doing at least a couple more for you this weekend. 

34 minutes ago, AlexIsBadAtDoom said:

Got a healthy que forming here! I will get to each of you in the order the requests come in, but making these takes a little time so I ask only for patience, especially slotting it into the rest of my life!

Paf I'm planning on doing at least a couple more for you this weekend. 

Thanks!

Second Level up here. 

For reasons that will become obvious this one took longer to make than the others will, but I've already got 3 and 32 recorded from this same run (did them all together, with the exception of the one I linked today.) So I'll get lvl3 up tomorrow hopefully then do 4 and get 32 up after, Ideally want them to be in the right order.

You're in this one @Paf Hope you don't mind!

Just now, AlexIsBadAtDoom said:

Second Level up here. 

For reasons that will become obvious this one took longer to make then the others, but I've already got 3 and 32 recorded from this run (did them all together, with the exception of the one I linked today.) So I'll get lvl3 up tomorrow hopefully then do 4 and get 32 up after, Ideally want them to be in the right order.

You're in this one @Paf Hope you don't mind!

Thanks!

6 minutes ago, AlexIsBadAtDoom said:

Second Level up here. 

For reasons that will become obvious this one took longer to make then the others, but I've already got 3 and 32 recorded from this run (did them all together, with the exception of the one I linked today.) So I'll get lvl3 up tomorrow hopefully then do 4 and get 32 up after, Ideally want them to be in the right order.

You're in this one @Paf Hope you don't mind!

One of the reasons you couldn't see anything was the sector light mode you had selected, the second reason was the renderer, which I'm assuming is OpenGL(?), I didn't know this was a problem as I only tested in Vanilla ports, and GZDoom with the vanilla sector light mode. Sorry for that.

The build engine sector light model usually makes it too dark.

Just now, Paf said:

One of the reasons you couldn't see anything was the sector light mode you had selected, the second reason was the renderer, which I'm assuming is OpenGL(?), I didn't know this was a problem as I only tested in Vanilla ports, and GZDoom with the vanilla sector light mode. Sorry for that.

No Worries at all man, I get I'm beta testing here I don't expect everything to be right. In fact, if it helped you find something then it seems ideal! Largely the point, I'm just doing the editing for fun, I'm grateful for what I hope to be a steady stream of maps to do it with! Plus means I got to have some fun with that sequence :D

Welcome to the most chaotic...i mean wonderful place here. If i had some maps ready to be playtested i'll drop them here, but i don't, sorry. Anyways welcome to like the one person said the shiny place.

1 minute ago, xScavengerWolfx said:

Welcome to the most chaotic...i mean wonderful place here. If i had some maps ready to be playtested i'll drop them here, but i don't, sorry. Anyways welcome to like the one person said the shiny place.

Thanks!

On 10/7/2021 at 9:47 PM, smeghammer said:

Hey @AlexIsBadAtDoom, welcome to the party, pal!

 

I've got a few released maps I'd love feedback on as I'm planning to revisit at least some of them.

 

Anyway the ones I have released over the last year of lockdown are on IDGames:

 

https://www.doomworld.com/idgames/levels/doom2/Ports/g-i/ifortress

https://www.doomworld.com/idgames/levels/doom2/Ports/a-c/belruin

https://www.doomworld.com/idgames/levels/doom2/Ports/p-r/rectilinia

https://www.doomworld.com/idgames/levels/doom2/Ports/a-c/crushdepth

https://www.doomworld.com/idgames/levels/doom2/Ports/d-f/fuescher

https://www.doomworld.com/idgames/levels/doom2/Ports/s-u/tubeworm

https://www.doomworld.com/idgames/levels/heretic/Ports/cardinalsin

https://www.doomworld.com/idgames/levels/doom2/Ports/d-f/flamerbaron

https://www.doomworld.com/idgames/levels/doom2/Ports/a-c/anitsotw

https://www.doomworld.com/idgames/levels/doom2/Ports/a-c/corp-nm

 

They are a mixture of single and up to four maps per release. The earliest - and worst - are at the top of the list and my better ones are at the bottom.

 

I do have a big-arse map I have in progress, but it's taking a while as Real Life^TM has crept back in over the last couple of months. These should keep you busy for a while though. Have fun!...

 

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And yes, there is a Heretic map in there too.

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks @smeghammer Glad to see a cheeky bit of Hexen!

Thanks man!

They are my output for the last 18 months or so over lockdown. The earlier ones (Island Fortress and Belial's Ruin in particular) were very much me learning - there may well be ACS debug prints still there, so apologies for that - I do plan on revisiting and tidying up at some point after I finish my current map. 

They are all built for GZDoom (4.4) and are in DiHF (because I use Eureka and that currently does not support UDMF) and I made them with freelook in mind, but no crouch or jump please. 

I hope you have fun with these...

Welcome @AlexIsBadAtDoom!

If you'd be interested in some New Fangled ZDoom filled maps. I created an Ultimate Doom episode (episode 6) for K8Vavoom (or GZDoom) 

It's called the Withered Dimension, it was an aggressive set of maps designed around Ultimate Dooms Limited Monster variety.

Try it out some time if you're looking for new material to play.

https://www.doomworld.com/idgames/levels/doom/Ports/m-o/nanowadvolt

23 minutes ago, AlexIsBadAtDoom said:

No Worries at all man, I get I'm beta testing here I don't expect everything to be right. In fact, if it helped you find something then it seems ideal! Largely the point, I'm just doing the editing for fun, I'm grateful for what I hope to be a steady stream of maps to do it with! Plus means I got to have some fun with that sequence :D

Alright, thank you!

20 minutes ago, MidnightMage said:

Welcome @AlexIsBadAtDoom!

 

aggressive set of maps

 

https://www.doomworld.com/idgames/levels/doom/Ports/m-o/nanowadvolt

I'm already afraid! I'm legit pretty bad at Doom, but the plan is to have a crack at everything posted in order of posting and get to the exit *somehow* without cheating. No promises..

And thank you!

The first map is an easy start, then they gradually ramp up in difficulty. I guarantee you will die at least once (probably more) in this mapset. lol

23 hours ago, MidnightMage said:

The first map is an easy start, then they gradually ramp up in difficulty. I guarantee you will die at least once (probably more) in this mapset. lol

Definitely a lot, but I'll get there!

@Paf Here is the map 3 recording

Just realised you'll have a deadline so I better pick up the pace. 

Here's 4. 

9 is recorded and so is 32.

@Paf

 

On 10/7/2021 at 3:12 AM, Paf said:

 

How was the titlepic?

 

The replacement opening image? Worked great! Not sure what it is though..

 

On 10/9/2021 at 8:28 PM, Paf said:

OpenGL(?)

Vulkan! Pretty sure I've got it working right with hardware now, I can see myself using your map2 for lighting calibration in the future (trying new settigns) :D Thanks for the assist on it.

It's only just uploaded so may take a bit to be available in 720p60

On 10/11/2021 at 6:41 PM, AlexIsBadAtDoom said:

The replacement opening image? Worked great! Not sure what it is though..

birthday bean cake

https://www.doomworld.com/idgames/levels/doom2/megawads/ur

If you can beat map 30 on this wad (use the warp cheat during a level by typing idclev30 to get to it) you are not bad at doom anymore.

On 10/13/2021 at 3:17 AM, vanilla_d00m said:

https://www.doomworld.com/idgames/levels/doom2/megawads/ur

 

If you can beat map 30 on this wad (use the warp cheat during a level by typing idclev30 to get to it) you are not bad at doom anymore.

Thanks! 

Consider it qued

@Paf Level 9 edited, that's a big one, 40 mins after two fast forward sections. Delay is that my internet is kind of a joke so I need to go to a buddies to upload anything over about 20 mins. May get 32 up before 9 at this rate. But it's incoming, hopefully tomorrow.

FYI youtube has a frame advance so if for any reason you want to watch me fail over and over, then the  < and > keys during playback will let you watch it relatively normally.

On 10/12/2021 at 8:24 PM, Paf said:

birthday bean cake

LMAO Enough with the birthday bean cake already @Paf! hahaha