1 Sector Community Project

[iddq_tea]

Original thread by bobstremglav

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(Not even UDB was ready for this!)

 

How far can Doom mapping be pushed? In this project, one sector is all you get to work with, so put your knowledge to a test and make the most of it!

 

The idea of this project is to keep the limitations very strict to encourage creative solutions. You will get lots of use out of middle textures, which allow for fake elevations, hidden passageways, and more!

 

Screenshots:

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author: Quin

 

author: iddq_tea

 

author: Plerb

 

Screenshots taken in Woof!

 

Restrictions:

- CL9 (Boom v2.02)

- Texture pack to use freely: onesectortex (Contents: Patched up Textures, Doom 1 textures for Doom 2)

- Custom textures outside the linked packs are allowed, but avoid over-usage so your map does not feel too out of place (secret maps are an exception)

- Joined sectors are allowed, since the engine counts them as one

- Vanilla monsters and decorations only

- Custom midi is allowed: if you do not include a track with your map, one will be picked or created for you (feel free to make suggestions!)

- Max. 4 maps per person

- Test your maps in software mode before submitting to ensure compatibility

- UMAPINFO is up for discussion (defaults will exist for backwards compatibility with older sourceports)- Any possible exceptions to these rules can be discussed here or on the Discord server

 

Important notice:

Due to an engine quirk, the game does not properly initialize the reject table in a map with only one sector, which causes a rather odd line of sight bug where the player is invisible to all monsters. I recommend using the ZDBSP nodebuilder to avoid this issue.

 

Deadline for submissions is August 1st.

 

Participants/slots taken:

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List of slots ordered by the way they appear in-game rather than internally. Let me know if you'd like your map moved to another slot!

Slots may be re-arranged based on difficulty: harder maps will generally appear towards the end.

 

Level 1 - @DuckyCart

Level 2 - @Pistoolkip

Level 3 - @Quin

Level 4 - @Proxy-MIDI

Level 5 - @RED77

Level 6 - @DynamiteKaitorn

Level 7 - @wasdbee

Level 8 - @iddq_tea

Level 9 - @Plerb

Level 10 - @Korni27

Level 11 - @wasdbee

Level 12 - @Grizzly Old B (secret exit 1)

Level 13 - @DuckyCart

Level 14 - @NinthBurn

Level 15 - @Hebonky

Level 16 - @plums

Level 17 - @URROVA

Level 18 - @Scorpius

Level 19 - @BFGandorf

Level 20 - @Chainie

Level 21 - @Kras

Level 22 - @The Almighty Egg

Level 23 - @Walter confetti

Level 24 - @stridertech (secret exit 2)

Level 25 - @ivymagnapinna

Level 26 - @LSC Lasico

Level 27 - @Doomy__Doom

Level 28 - @AnArchaicApparatus

Level 29 - @DuckyCart

Level 30 - @stochastic

Level 31 - @Pancrasio

Level 32 - @iddq_tea

Level 33 - @Korni27

Level 34 - @Forgotten Soul

Level 35 - @Scionox

Level 36 - @JackDBS (secret exit 3)

Level 37 - @Spectere

Level 38 - @AnArchaicApparatus

Level 39 - @JackDBS

Level 40 - @Pistoolkip

Level 41 - @Grizzly Old B (secret map 1)

Level 42 - @Korni27 (secret map 2)

Level 43 - @Phoenyx (secret map 3)

 

To make the wad work with Boom, a few changes will be made internally, such as re-routing a few exits to different map slots. None of this will impact gameplay on the surface and the list above shows the maps in the chronological order, with the changes taken into account.

 

What happened to the original thread?

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This project was started privately between me and Bobby, but misunderstandings on the original thread made him step down from the project as it proved to be too stressful for him. He gave me permission to take over and preserve the progress that's been made. The rules were made clearer, but if there are any further questions, feel free to ask!

 

Edited June 21 by iddq_tea

[NinthBurn]

Same question as before: is sector joining allowed? If so, I'd like slot 14.

[BeachThunder]

Might be a bit before I get to it, but sign me up for a Fibonacci-numbered slot.

[iddq_tea]

@NinthBurn

 

If that's to avoid the line of sight bug, it does not prevent that, I checked, but if you have other tricks in mind, I'd be curious to see what you've got so sure, go ahead.

[Pistoolkip]

I would like map02, if it's still open. 

 

Does anyone know if the Icon of Sin / Monster Spawner has additional issues? Otherwise, I'll take MAP30 as well.

[plums]

5 hours ago, iddq_tea said:

- CL9 (Boom v2.02)

- Custom textures are allowed, but avoid over-usage

I would like to change my claimed slot to MAP16. The map I was making was based on custom textures, that are also too tall for original Boom, so I am going to withdraw it. However I have another idea for a map that should be fine with these clearer limitations. No hard feelings against you or Bobstremglav.

 

I'd appreciate a harder guideline about what "over-usage" of custom textures is, though it's not urgent. One option you might want to consider is providing a texture pack and limiting new textures to that pack; possibly Gothic's PatchTex which is new textures based on existing patches, and which @Quin's map already used.

https://www.doomworld.com/forum/post/2016811

 

 

edit: @Pistoolkip

The only relevant bug I know of with the IoS is that you can't have spawn spots that are exactly east or west of the spawner.

https://doomwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Spawn_cubes_miss_east_and_west_targets

Edited May 15 by plums

[Clippy]

35 minutes ago, Pistoolkip said:

I would like map02, if it's still open. 

 

Does anyone know if the Icon of Sin / Monster Spawner has additional issues? Otherwise, I'll take MAP30 as well.

You're like addicted to map 30s

[Pistoolkip]

3 minutes ago, Clippy said:

You're like addicted to map 30s

 

A one-sector Icon of Sin is going to be pretty interesting. No idea what exactly I'm going to do yet, though 

[iddq_tea]

@plums

 

Good suggestion! Doom 1 textures for Doom 2 should also be among the permitted texture packs. I will link both on the main thread.

 

The guideline is a bit unclear, I'll reword that too, but the idea is to not overuse non-vanilla (also the vanilla patches and Doom 1) textures as they would make the map look like it was taken out of a completely different project. This was what I'd originally written but then I decided to shorten it, in hindsight not a good idea.

[Astar]

Again, thank you so much for taking this on @iddq_tea

[Hebonky]

I'll take a map where-ever

[Raith138]

If someone could tell me what is going on here that would be great.

On GZdoom the midtextures appear but the sky transfer doesn't and on other ports it is the opposite.

1sector.zip

[plums]

48 minutes ago, iddq_tea said:

Good suggestion! Doom 1 textures for Doom 2 should also be among the permitted texture packs. I will link both on the main thread.

 

Here's a texture pack that compiles both Doom 1 textures and Gothic's Patchedv2.wad, plus animated waterfall, mudfall, and lavafall textures, into one wad. Hopefully this is all OK to use.

https://user.fm/files/v2-95d4684367e57e29f09afc11ade7031b/onesectortex.wad

 

Make sure to credit @Gothic in the release.

[JackDBS]

map29

[iddq_tea]

@plums

 

Nice find, but I'm afraid the extra animated fall textures will break backwards compatibility which I was hoping to preserve in this wad (for example, if someone uses sky transfers in their map, there would still be default agreed upon sky textures that will appear in sourceports with no sky transfer support). Or is there a way to add new animated textures into Boom maps that I'm unaware of?

 

Gothic is already credited in my personal notes alongside the midi artists :)

[plums]

5 minutes ago, iddq_tea said:

Or is there a way to add new animated textures into Boom maps that I'm unaware of?

Yes, Boom introduced an ANIMATED lump for that purpose, and that wad uses one.

https://doomwiki.org/wiki/ANIMATED

 

I compiled the wad by myself btw, though I don't need any credit for it.

Edited May 15 by plums

[iddq_tea]

@plums

 

Oh, that's very nice, thanks for the info! I think it's worth replacing the two linked wads with the combined wad then.

[DuckyCart]

That's a pretty cool community project you got going. 1 sector? That's gonna be fun! Can I have map01?

[URROVA]

Can i take map17?

[iddq_tea]

6 hours ago, BeachThunder said:

Might be a bit before I get to it, but sign me up for a Fibonacci-numbered slot.

Seems like all are taken, I could have someone pick another slot or you can pick a non-Fibonacci number. I'm curious though, why such a seemingly random preference?

[Grizzly Old B]

Hej there, I'd like to sign up for map 7.

[iddq_tea]

@Grizzly Old B

 

I actually had a person already snatch that one, but they are in the middle of creating a Doomworld account so I didn't get to close up the slot yet. My bad for not reserving it anyway :p Are you maybe interested in a different one?

[Grizzly Old B]

Then I'd like to claim map 15. Especially if it comes with the duty to provide an additional secret exit.

[iddq_tea]

Only secret map slot 31 is remaining. If there are more people interested in contributing, I will increase the total slot count for this project, which is fine because the maps are mostly 1-3 minutes long, but it will break backwards compatibility with the older and more faithful sourceports which was something I planned to preserve originally. What would you guys think?

[Grizzly Old B]

Lemme take 31 as well! 😁

[BeachThunder]

1 hour ago, iddq_tea said:

Seems like all are taken, I could have someone pick another slot or you can pick a non-Fibonacci number. I'm curious though, why such a seemingly random preference?

Honestly, because I thought it'd be amusing to ask for something weirdly specific. But then I started actually thinking about a Fibonacci number-related map...

 

We were going to go beyond 32, right? Because 34 is a Fibonacci number

[Scionox]

Ill take late or secret slot if any available

[Grizzly Old B]

5 minutes ago, iddq_tea said:

Only secret map slot 31 is remaining. If there are more people interested in contributing, I will increase the total slot count for this project, which is fine because the maps are mostly 1-3 minutes long, but it will break backwards compatibility with the older and more faithful sourceports which was something I planned to preserve originally. What would you guys think?

As an old guy (I turned 50 last month) I have an oldschool opinion on this. Keep it to 30+2 maps. Gather further applications for another one and release both wads simultaneously as “1 Sector Community Project Vol. I & II”, just like Guns'n'Roses did with their “Use Your Illusion” double album. 😁

[NinthBurn]

Let's go for a walk, shall we?

 

Info

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Map Name: Go Outside
Slot: 14
Format: Boom
Textures: included
MIDI: Sigil II E6M2, "Sleep of Reason" by James Paddock
Sectors: 1 :P
Tested with GZDoom, PRBoom+, Woof! & DSDA-Doom using complevel 9
Difficulty settings are implemented, and it does have coop spawns.

Download link.

 

Screenshots

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There are some textures included, but I only use half of them. I used the others in order to create the TEXTURE1 lump. I have added a marker inside the WAD to indicate the textures that I have used, there are not that many(some, like LAVAFAL and WFALL seem to be included in the resources mentioned by others).

Edited May 15 by NinthBurn
typo

[Spectere]

44 minutes ago, iddq_tea said:

Only secret map slot 31 is remaining. If there are more people interested in contributing, I will increase the total slot count for this project, which is fine because the maps are mostly 1-3 minutes long, but it will break backwards compatibility with the older and more faithful sourceports which was something I planned to preserve originally. What would you guys think?

 

Personally, I'm sick to death of the rigid 30+2 formula. I think opening up more slots would be fantastic.