ARRIVAL (Now available on /idgames) - A limit-removing episode for Doom II

[pavera]

 

Arrival - v1.1.1 - /idgames

 

Recommended to play in complevel 2. Note that versions of prboom+ earlier than 2.5.1.5 will only support sky transfers on cl9 and higher.

 

[Now available on /idgames]

After a bit of delayed reaction, I've finally got around to putting this thing on /idgames. Please consider this to be the final version, and feel free to make everlasting demos, if you so desire.

 

[Arrival has Arrived on Unity!]

Beep beep, we are now an official Unity addon. Thanks so much everyone for the support, this is incredibly exciting!

 

[Change Log]

v1.1.1:

- Added missing coop starts to some levels

 

v1.1:

See changes: https://pastebin.com/pr44Stqx

 

v1.0.1:

- Fixed the broken player start in MAP09 (big oof)

- Fixed a bugged midi

 

[Description]
9 + 1 (+ 1?) limit-removing levels for Doom II. Designed with stock Doom II resources in mind, utilizing the lovely skies provided by Mek's "box o' skies".

 

You may see a familiar space or two
I implore you treat them as if they were new
For the love from which these lands are derived
Has been waiting patiently for you to arrive

 

May your heart's true will
Be ultimately fulfilled
For eternity

 

[Presented By]
Walker "Pavera" Wright - level design
Brayden "AD_79" Hart - music

 

[Screenshots]

Edited October 8, 2022 by Pavera
idgames-ed

[AD_79]

Congrats on the release! This was a ton of fun to help out with, not to mention massively enjoyable to play through.

[Csonicgo]

Those greens are so good. Definitely checking this out now.

[Egg Boy]

wowee

[Noiser]

Looks amazing!

[Tarnsman]

Very cool looking Pavs. Will definitely check out.

[GarrettChan]

Pavera maps + AD music, oh no, no time to sleep.

[Uni]

Lovely screenshots Pavera, I'll be sure to play and provide feedback soon.

[Valboom]

Wow!

[Egg Boy]

Found a softlock in map05 right after the red key door, the player can archvile jump out of the room and then be stuck outside of the red key door.

[VoanHead]

looks great, gonna try this one out tomorrow

[TheHoodieGuy02]

Oh jolly, I gotta check this out this after hours. Might as well try to load this with my TODD 

[Omniarch]

Ooo a new Pavera set! Definitely gonna play this. Your maps for the DTWiD cinematic universe and Syringe are some of my favourites from those respective sets. Love the verticality and complex yet clean geometry.

 

Edit: played the first level, and loved it, skimmed the rest, and am looking forward to playing 'em too. This is pure Pavera goodness right here!

 

^{Also, you thought you could hide Dad Bod from me? You rascal!}

Edited April 15, 2021 by Omniarch

[Final Verdict]

 

This looks really good, I wish I could check it out. I can't play anything at the moment and it's driving me mad. For now I'll just toss you an upvote, I'll check it out in a couple of weeks as soon as I'm able.

 

Fantastic looking maps.

[SP_FACE1]

I had played Waste Abandonment and the Ledge before. Delighted to see a whole bunch levels in the same style!

[esselfortium]

Congrats on the release! Been looking forward to this one for a while :)

[pavera]

Posted this and went to bed. Thank you for the nice responses! I've been working on this project for quite a while. I hope everyone has fun.

I'll be checking for feedback and bugs, so please let me know how it goes.

 

Also, it does have difficulty settings but admittedly they are not quite as thoroughly implemented as I originally wanted to. I plan to have them a little more fleshed out by the next update to make easy mode a little nicer. I apologize for any frustrations this set causes to less skilled players.

 

Please be sure to turn up the tunes, as my good friend and colleague @AD_79 really outdid himself here.

 

Thank you for playing!

[pavera]

4 hours ago, Final Verdict said:

 

This looks really good, I wish I could check it out. I can't play anything at the moment and it's driving me mad. For now I'll just toss you an upvote, I'll check it out in a couple of weeks as soon as I'm able.

 

Fantastic looking maps.

No rush my friend. Please enjoy on your own time.

[Jimmy]

Brand new Pavera maps!! Today is a happy day.

[Sapfiar]

Congrats on the release! Сompleted the first 3 levels, looks great!

[Kor]

Played the first level.  Pretty good.  Will continue playing.

Edited April 16, 2021 by Kor

[pavera]

Hi all

 

It's come to my attention that MAP09 has a bugged starting point. I will post an updated link tonight when I am free, for now I've removed the download. Sorry for the dumb and the inconvenience.

[P41R47]

i was thinking on something like this today while quoting with @rd.
You read my mind, pal! ;)
9+ is a good number for something to be official ;)

[baja blast rd.]

Huh? I think you misinterpreted something.

[pavera]

Just posted the fixed version of the wad. MAP09 should now start the player in the proper location. Just another episode of PAVERA IS A BIG IDIOT, thanks bye.

[Pirx]

Wow looks great! 

[PeterMoro]

Will play today.

[Veinen]

Awesome stuff, I had a LOT of fun playing through the set. I love that the maps are pretty beefy in terms of scale and opposition but you're quite generous with the bigger guns, ammo and health so you can progress with a good pace and things never turn into a slog. Happily played through the first version of map09 too without noticing anything wrong, a little weird weapon progression sure but it worked surprisingly well still heh.

 

FDA's for the first unfixed version in the attachment. Map08 FDA is in two parts, first ends in a death but it was already late so I didn't restart immediately. Also included is a playthrough of map09 with the v.1.0.1 fixed version. Played with glboom+ 2.5.1.3 cl2 on UV.

 

A couple of bugs:

• Map01: A couple of pools of blood (things 531 and 613) start floating when the floor lowers
• Map05: Linedef 2566 has a missing texture which shows when you close the door again
• Map09: I think something went wrong in the fixed version of map09 as I completely skipped the final fights on the void island before the exit. Or at least there were a couple of tele ambushes there in the first version.

 

FDA_arrival.zip

[pavera]

1 hour ago, Veinen said:

• Map09: I think something went wrong in the fixed version of map09 as I completely skipped the final fights on the void island before the exit. Or at least there were a couple of tele ambushes there in the first version.

 

Odd thing there. Admittedly I have not tested explicitly in glboom with cl2. I think @AD_79 told me that when he tested in DSDA doom that some teleport ambushes were failing to load throughout the wad, but when he specified cl9 they worked properly. Can you try this and verify if you get a chance? If that's the case I may need to specify cl9 as the way to go.

 

From my end I am not seeing an issue with the final fights failing to trigger, but I am generally using ports where specifying a complevel is unnecessary. FWIW I just tested the encounter in glboom as well with completely default settings, and it worked fine.

 

2 hours ago, Veinen said:

Map01: A couple of pools of blood (things 531 and 613) start floating when the floor lowers

CURSES

Seems I cannot escape the floating blood pool, haha. Thanks for spotting, will fix in next version.

 

 

It's interesting that I have heard a couple people now tell me that MAP09 worked well even with the bugged start. I certainly prefer that players experience the "correct" progression there, but it's kinda fun to think about a strange alternative version of that map floating around out there.

[P41R47]

12 hours ago, rd. said:

Huh? I think you misinterpreted something.

care to explain it on  PM to not derail the thread?