[GZDOOM] BREAK// POINT// - FINAL [now on /idgames!]

[Major Arlene]

Welcome to Break Point, a 9-map Doom II UDMF episode featuring colorful 3D environments from some of the best and brightest of modern GZDoom mappers.
This idea for this set was originally conjured up as an experiment for myself to see if I could stop mapping with marble for a minute and make a techbase. Along the way, I picked up @jazzmaster9, @Guardsoul, @Remmirath, and @Velvetic, and we came together to make an episode that I hope will please players of a wide range of play styles and tastes.
 

/IDGAMES FILE: https://www.doomworld.com/idgames/levels/doom2/Ports/a-c/breakpoint

BACKUP:  https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Jl64JEHe1J3r7U5WkV4pH9MzinSmPDaq/view?usp=sharing

 

THE SCREENSHOTS:

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TECHNICAL STUFF:

 

• Please use GZDoom 4.8 series for this- newer/older versions are untested and may crash or have unintended side effects.
• Supercharge 2.9 is included in this PK3. Loading other mods on top may have unintended side effects or crashes.
• Maps are tested both in continuous and pistol start. Supercharge has a pistol start feature you can use for ease of pistol-starting each map.
• Please play in Vulkan mode, or hardware mode if your hardware does not support Vulkan. You may need a beefier computer to play this as maps take full advantage of current GZDoom/UDMF options.
• Please have dynamic lights and brightmaps enabled for best visual effects.
• Be sure to bind a reload key!
• Freelook is recommended at least for MAP08, but for everything if you want to see cool ceilings!

 

SPECIAL THANKS:

 

• To my fellow mappers! This would have been a lesser quality project without your expertise and guidance. Big thanks to Remmirath who did much of the graphical gussying-up.
• To my playtesters: @Bridgeburner56, @Insane_Gazebo, @ginc, @ProverbialGamer, @Ennello, @Pegleg, @Biodegradable, @notTyrone, Numnzel, and if I forgot you I apologize!
• To @Jimmyfor his bespoke track for the secret map.
• To @ukiro for OTEX.
• To @Tango for Supercharge. It is my favorite mod to work with and has enhanced gameplay experience tremendously for this set.
• To anyone and everyone who plays this set, leaves feedback, etc.

Edited January 15, 2023 by Major Arlene
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[Biodegradable]

#1 Supercharged map set of the year!

[Scuba Steve]

Fuck you, I was about to go to bed.

[thelamp]

I feel like this will be a good introduction to supercharge for me!

 

 

[Bridgeburner56]

Scrumptious

[Tango]

goddamn this looks so sick!

[Sapfiar]

1. it was an accident to find a secret level, you can immediately see the work of all the mappers who made fragments and reunions of this map into one), the whole set went through and I really liked it, I'm counting on the second episode! :)

 

2. and Tango, as always, did a hard job for his gamemod!:)

Edited December 19, 2022 by Sapfiar

[RonnieJamesDiner]

Good heavens... this looks fantastic! Congrats on the release!

[Vile]

Excellent set, not that I need an excuse to play a Supercharge mapset but this was quite complimentary to it.  Unfortunately the levels were a bit dark and I didn't realize until afterwards it was because I had dynamic lights turned off, but that was my mistake.

[Major Arlene]

4 hours ago, Vile said:

Excellent set, not that I need an excuse to play a Supercharge mapset but this was quite complimentary to it.  Unfortunately the levels were a bit dark and I didn't realize until afterwards it was because I had dynamic lights turned off, but that was my mistake.

I will update OP, thanks for letting me know!

[thelamp]

This map combined with supercharge is a bit much for my PC, but, still playable. Hopefully I can make it to the end without my computer catching on fire haha

 

 

[RED77]

Just played the first two maps. S tier stuff.

[Daytime Waitress]

21 hours ago, Major Arlene said:

THE SCREENSHOTS:

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Ma'am, this is a Doom forum - please find someplace else to post your Quake maps.

[NovaRain]

While Break Point seems taking my Supercharge settings, the "chaingun replace assault rifle" setting doesn't work.

On the maps there are only placed assault rifles and the variant of chaingun guy that drops only clips on death.

[Tango]

1 hour ago, NovaRain said:

While Break Point seems taking my Supercharge settings, the "chaingun replace assault rifle" setting doesn't work.

On the maps there are only placed assault rifles and the variant of chaingun guy that drops only clips on death.

 

Supercharge has specific Things for mappers to override those - both the weapon and the chaingunguy variants - so that mappers can force one or the other in sets where they've been balanced specifically for one of the two. so I reckon that's what's happening here

[Major Arlene]

7 hours ago, NovaRain said:

While Break Point seems taking my Supercharge settings, the "chaingun replace assault rifle" setting doesn't work.

On the maps there are only placed assault rifles and the variant of chaingun guy that drops only clips on death.

 

5 hours ago, Tango said:

 

Supercharge has specific Things for mappers to override those - both the weapon and the chaingunguy variants - so that mappers can force one or the other in sets where they've been balanced specifically for one of the two. so I reckon that's what's happening here

Correct, this set has been balanced for the assault rifle.

[Redneckerz]

Yeah this has @Major Arlene's signature written all over it. These grandesque manifestations of hell is a trait and it keeps on looking awesome. The whoa moment is there.

 

Voters, take cue and mention this for Caco 2023 as a real early bird entry! :)

[Muleke_Trairao]

Great stuff! Gonna play it today! :)

 

Question: Is mouselook optional for this set?

[Guardsoul]

2 hours ago, Muleke_Trairao said:

Great stuff! Gonna play it today! :)

 

Question: Is mouselook optional for this set?

If you don´t care about 100% enemies, it´s optional. Otherwise you´ll need it for a couple of maps.

[thelamp]

5 hours ago, Muleke_Trairao said:

Great stuff! Gonna play it today! :)

 

Question: Is mouselook optional for this set?

I've been playing without mouselook and it's been working out fine. I did miss some perched enemies but I'll bet I could've gotten those enemies from some vantage point somewhere, if I had looked around for one

 

 

[boris]

Played the first three maps so far, pretty good stuff. I'm playing on HMP and enjoy that they are not slaughtery (so far?). Videos:

 

 

 

 

 

[Muleke_Trairao]

Just finished the whole set, including the secret map.

Holy shit, what a ride! Had a blast! :D

[boris]

Played the rest of the maps. Really nice map set overall. Length and difficulty of the maps was pretty much perfect for me.

 

In map 6 some of the floor slopes are annoying because it's easy to get stuck on them due to the weird pysics.

 

I didn't find the exit to the secret map, so I had to warp to it. Very unique map.

 

Boss map spoiler:
 

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Reading the map name I was a bit wary because I was expecting yet another icon of sin map. That it wasn't so was a nice surprise, it's actually a pretty cool fight. For whatever reason the map didn't end the first time I got Abadon and the Sinful Gate to 0 hitpoints. Work the second time.

 

 

Videos of playthoughs:

 

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Map 4:

 

Map 5:

 

Map 6:

 

Map 7:

 

Map 8 (boss):

 

Map 9 (secret):

 

 

[Murdoch]

Looks quite epic. 

[Underqualified_Gunman]

after i do a run through of this might wire tear this for Hideous. might be fun to try in coop based off of what i've seen.

[Guardsoul]

10 hours ago, boris said:

Played the rest of the maps. Really nice map set overall. Length and difficulty of the maps was pretty much perfect for me.

 

In map 6 some of the floor slopes are annoying because it's easy to get stuck on them due to the weird pysics.

 

I didn't find the exit to the secret map, so I had to warp to it. Very unique map.

 

Boss map spoiler:
 

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Reading the map name I was a bit wary because I was expecting yet another icon of sin map. That it wasn't so was a nice surprise, it's actually a pretty cool fight. For whatever reason the map didn't end the first time I got Abadon and the Sinful Gate to 0 hitpoints. Work the second time.

 

 

 

 

 

Videos of playthoughs:

 

  Reveal hidden contents

 

Map 4:

 

Map 5:

 

Map 6:

 

Map 7:

 

Map 8 (boss):

 

Map 9 (secret):

 

 

 

 

 

Checking the boss video I figured out what happened, the boss bar displays zero but it's actually something like 0.3% so the boss wasn't dead. I'll tweak the script to display 1% when that happens. Glad that you liked it despite that!

[Blip]

Finished the whole wad yesterday, including the secret map. Amazing mapset, really good use of the supercharge mod!

[thelamp]

I really like the overgrown vegetation on top of brutalism going on in this map, and the sloped sectors are actually not too strange to walk on. Still feels a lot like quake haha :)

 

 

[NovaRain]

Just finished the wad. It's still possible to pick up a chaingun from chaingun guys in map06 with the SC option enabled, probably an oversight (placing the normal variant instead of clip/AR dropping ones).

Got my butt kicked at the boss(es) a few times. I was hoping killing one would stop the reinforcement, only to run out of ammo and overwhelmed by mobs.

[thelamp]

Great use of a big lowering central hub in this level!