Anomaly Report - Released! A new 33-level megawad for vanilla Doom II.

[valkiriforce]

 

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Anomaly Report is a brand-new 33-level megawad for vanilla Doom 2 - inspired from my love for the original Doom 2 and Doom 2 The Way Id Did. It is intended to be an easygoing experience with a few nasty traps thrown into the mix. It is deliberately minimal in places and intended to work in any source port of choice. The wad was tested in chocorenderlimits, Woof! and DOOM Retro.

 

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Play Information:

 

Name: Anomaly Report (AR.WAD)

IWAD: Doom 2

Compatibility: Vanilla

Ports Tested: chocorenderlimits, Woof!, DOOM Retro

Map slots: MAP01-MAP33

Music: Mark Klem, David Shaw, Jeremy Doyle, Tom Mustaine, Charles Li

Gameplay: single-player/co-op

Difficulty Settings: Yes

Build Time: 11 months

Requirements: no jumping/crouching

 

Thanks to @galileo31dos01 for the status bar which was originally intended for Akeldama, but has found a new home here.

 

Downloads:

>>>Idgames<<<

>>>Doomshack<<<

>>>ModDB<<<

 

Maplist:

Spoiler

MAP01: Aerials
MAP02: Monkey Wrench
MAP03: Grasslands
MAP04: Watchtowers
MAP05: Canyon Station
MAP06: Crosswalk
MAP07: The Killing Arena
MAP08: Tanker
MAP09: Los Alamos
MAP10: Pendleton
MAP11: Countdown
MAP12: Water Temple
MAP13: The Crucible
MAP14: Fortress Floodgates
MAP15: Colosseum
MAP16: Wrecking Base
MAP17: Rebel Keep
MAP18: Sunset Villa
MAP19: Pavilion
MAP20: Diamond Apocalypse
MAP21: Highway Havoc
MAP22: Technochasm
MAP23: Deja Vu
MAP24: Sting Labs
MAP25: Nevermore
MAP26: Valley of Shadows
MAP27: The Trenches
MAP28: Nightfire
MAP29: End Times
MAP30: Anomaly
MAP31: Echoes Redux
MAP32: When In Romero
MAP33: X+Y

 

Soundtrack list:

Spoiler

MAP01: Anchor (Memento Mori II) - Mark Klem
MAP02: Interphaze (Memento Mori II) - David Shaw
MAP03: Recapture (Icarus: Alien Vanguard) - David Shaw
MAP04: Rage (Requiem) - Mark Klem
MAP05: Dreadnaught (Memento Mori) - Mark Klem
MAP06: Mummy Rags (Memento Mori) - Mark Klem
MAP07: Hunter's Lair (Requiem) - David Shaw
MAP08: DLA (Memento Mori) - Mark Klem
MAP09: Quarry (Icarus: Alien Vanguard) - Jeremy Doyle
MAP10: Engine Core (Icarus: Alien Vanguard) - Jeremy Doyle
MAP11: Ghost In The Machine (Icarus: Alien Vanguard) - David Shaw
MAP12: Gerbert (Memento Mori) - Mark Klem
MAP13: Give In (With Pleasure) (Memento Mori II) - Mark Klem
MAP14: Lordly Might (Requiem) - Mark Klem
MAP15: The Wind (Memento Mori) - Mark Klem
MAP16: Triangle of Fear (Memento Mori) - Mark Klem
MAP17: Shadows of The Dead (Memento Mori II) - Mark Klem
MAP18: Junkie Smack (Memento Mori II) - Mark Klem
MAP19: WarTemple (Icarus: Alien Vanguard) - Charles Li
MAP20: And Blood Will Spill (Memento Mori II) - David Shaw
MAP21: Scary 2 (Memento Mori) - Mark Klem
MAP22: Path of Destruction (Requiem) - Mark Klem
MAP23: Brutality (Icarus: Alien Vanguard) - Jeremy Doyle
MAP24: Under Death (Requiem) - Mark Klem
MAP25: Organic Gods (Memento Mori II) - Mark Klem
MAP26: Nothing So Cruel (Memento Mori II) - Mark Klem
MAP27: FastTrack (Icarus: Alien Vanguard) - Tom Mustaine
MAP28: The Helix (Requiem) - David Shaw
MAP29: Time Runner (Memento Mori II) - Mark Klem
MAP30: Gresta (Icarus: Alien Vanguard) - Tom Mustaine
MAP31: Anger (Memento Mori) - Mark Klem
MAP32: Slipper (Memento Mori) - Mark Klem
Intermission: Hydroponics (Icarus: Alien Vanguard) - Jeremy Doyle
Title Screen: Tempter (Memento Mori II) - Mark Klem
Text Screen: Skinny Puppy (Requiem) - Jeremy Doyle

 

Screenshots:

 

 

Edited May 11, 2022 by valkiriforce

[Decay]

Damn, this looks like potential fun, great work!

[Degree23]

I played through 4 maps so far. Really nice stuff here, I will definitely be continuing through this when I get a bit more time.

[Cammy]

Congrats on the release, VF! Gonna have to give this one a play for sure, screenshots look great.

[Captain Keen]

That Hell level near the end looks amazing. Will have to check this out!

[Korozive]

Sweet. Thxs for this. Will check it out on days off.

[Biodegradable]

Oh boy, Valk's done it again! Congratulations on the release, mate. :^)

[galileo31dos01]

It makes me happy to see both brand new content from yours and a status bar from mine in it, congrats! 

[VoanHead]

No fucking way. Tbh, I’d love to see you eventually do maps under boom or mbf21. Be cool to see what you can come up with.

[Firedust]

The screenshots you've been posting over the course of the last year were lovely, I cannot wait to blast this mf

[Lila Feuer]

You always know how to find the way to my heart, and it is 90's-ass D2 megawads.

[Shepardus]

Great to see a new megawad from you! I have a bug report for MAP02:

Spoiler

The window ledge (magenta in the automap) appears to be erroneously tagged as a secret. I don't see any way to get there, and even if I cheat my way there (with dsda-doom's fake arch-vile jump button) it's too small for the player to register.

 

[Lizardcommando]

This is really cool. I love these old-school style megawads.

[Krenium]

I can't believe this. You've made another solo megawad? (Aside from the music, of course.) How many times is this now? ^{I can't describe to you how stoked I am to try this out}

Edited April 4, 2022 by Krenium

[Hisymak]

The very first question that came up into my mind when I saw the thread name: How a vanilla megawad can have 33 maps? How can that work?

I'm a bit surprised nobody has asked/commented about that yet, but maybe I'm just missing something that has already been a commonplace in Doom world which won't surprise anybody?

Edited April 4, 2022 by Hisymak

[Nikku4211]

Nice WAD.

 

FDA-approved Chocolate Doom demo:

anrecazh.7z

[Egg Boy]

I'll have to check this out! Looks great, and I love a vanilla release.

[Walter confetti]

Looks really neat!

[Thelokk]

1 hour ago, Hisymak said:

The very first question that came up into my mind when I saw the thread name: How a vanilla megawad can have 33 maps? How can that work?

I'm a bit surprised nobody has asked/commented about that yet, but maybe I'm just missing something that has already been a commonplace in Doom world which won't surprise anybody?

 

Afaik with some hackery you can open up to MAP35 slot in vanilla.

[Bri]

Fantastic work! 

[CoolerDoomeR]

This looks really fun, Congrats on the release !

[blackthorn]

This looks fantastic! I love a vanilla-compatible megwad - will definitely be checking this out tonight. 

[Valboom]

It's time for a Classic Doom experience!

Congrats on the release!

[Gez]

3 hours ago, Hisymak said:

The very first question that came up into my mind when I saw the thread name: How a vanilla megawad can have 33 maps? How can that work?

I'm a bit surprised nobody has asked/commented about that yet, but maybe I'm just missing something that has already been a commonplace in Doom world which won't surprise anybody?

You can get up to MAP35 in vanilla, but with a few caveats.

 

1. You can only reach the level with idclev cheat code or -warp command line parameter. Vanilla doesn't have any way to lead you to there from another map.

2. Exiting the level also exits the game. (The intermission screen crashes.)

 

The reason why these three extra map slots work is that the three non-level tracks in Doom II (intermission, text screen, and title screen) are put after all the level tracks in the music table. So when you access MAP33, it goes for the 33rd music track in Doom II, and since it's valid, it works. If you go to MAP36, it goes out of the table and crashes instantly.

[Hisymak]

16 minutes ago, Gez said:

You can get up to MAP35 in vanilla, but with a few caveats.

 

1. You can only reach the level with idclev cheat code or -warp command line parameter. Vanilla doesn't have any way to lead you to there from another map.

2. Exiting the level also exits the game. (The intermission screen crashes.)

 

The reason why these three extra map slots work is that the three non-level tracks in Doom II (intermission, text screen, and title screen) are put after all the level tracks in the music table. So when you access MAP33, it goes for the 33rd music track in Doom II, and since it's valid, it works. If you go to MAP36, it goes out of the table and crashes instantly.

Thanks for explanation!

So... The map33 in this megawad is accessible only through "cheating" in vanilla? Appears a bit strange to me, maybe it's considered just a "bonus" map which is not meant to be part of classic continuous playthrough?

[NightFright]

Is it what I think it is? Oh yes, it's a widescreen statusbar...

ar_wide.zip

Edited April 4, 2022 by NightFright

[Gez]

8 minutes ago, Hisymak said:

So... The map33 in this megawad is accessible only through "cheating" in vanilla? Appears a bit strange to me, maybe it's considered just a "bonus" map which is not meant to be part of classic continuous playthrough?

Yep. If you want to play through MAP33 continuous, you will have to make yourself a MAPINFO lump and I guess make MAP32 exit to MAP33 and MAP33 exit to MAP16. And, of course, play with a MAPINFO-supporting port, not with vanilla.

Edited April 4, 2022 by Gez

[Biodegradable]

You're the gift that just keeps on giving, @NightFright. Bless your face.

[Kor]

I've played Doom Core, Reverie and Eternally Yours.  I like your stuff, so I will definitely give this a run-through.

Edited April 4, 2022 by Kor

[StyxGaming]

Just played through the first few maps and it's pretty dang solid so far. Few bugs (like the map 2 secret) but overall I'm enjoying it. Would love to play through it on my youtube channel.