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Title:	DOOM: Threshold Of Pain - Special Edition
Filename:	levels/doom2/Ports/s-u/scl_tops.zip
Size:	41.94 MB
Date:	05/25/14
Author:	John Gourley AKA scalliano
Description:	Threshold of Pain is a ZDoom episode which attempts to recreate the look and feel of Midway's famous PSX conversion of Doom whilst maintaining the core elements of the PC versions and a level of difficulty PC players would expect. PSX Doom fans will know that ToP gets its name from the final level of PSX Ultimate Doom. Like many others, my first proper Doom experience was on the Playstation, so when fenderc01 released the PSX TC last year I was excited to get to play these levels again, only this time with PC controls! Whilst he did an amazing job, I found it to be way too easy, even on UV setting. This was not fender's fault, merely a testament to the compromises Midway had to make in bringing such a game to a console. ToP attempts to redress the balance whilst maintaining the brooding atmosphere that Midway brought to the game. It is NOT a PSX TC - many features which were missing from the Playstation remain, so expect to encounter the Archvile! In light of the soon-to-be-released Threshold II, this "Special Edition" features graphical enhancements only made possible by recent advances in the GZDoom engine that Threshold II uses, all with the goal of giving the game a more accurate PSX look and feel, and also to aid consistency between the two mods. Also features a swathe of bugfixes that never made the cut the first time around! New features include: Tons of coloured lighting, but nothing too garish. The infamous PSX burning sky, given a ZDoom makeover. PSX/N64 audio. New Weapons - the Minigun and the Unmaker. The PSX Final Doom SSG. A new powerup - the Doomsphere. New monsters - the nightmare class monsters from PSX Doom and Doom64, a handful from the Realm667 Bestiary and ZDCMP, plus a new final boss... A few other PSX/N64-style gameplay tweaks.
Credits:	Id Software for the Doom 1 textures Midway for the PSX Doom textures Universal Studios for the title screen and menu Aubrey Hodges for the PSX/N64 audio Kaiser for sussing out how to get at the PSX resources in the first place fenderc01 for the original fire sky and making the PSX TC a reality Raz for the PSX Final Doom-style SSG lafoxxx for his remastered PSX audio SkullTag for the Minigun and the Doomsphere Eriance for the Doomsphere sprites AgentSpork, Carnevil and Ghastly Dragon for the Hectebus Vader and Bouncy for the Lord of Heresy Ixnatifual for his modified DECORATE code for the Lord of Heresy Nanami, Keksdose, Espi (RIP) and Ebola for the Afrit Vader, Ghastly_dragon and Keksdose for the Bruiser Demon Chris Neilson, DoomKn1ght and lafoxxx for the Nightmare Spectre Captain Toenail for the purple fireball sprites Tormentor667, CaptainToenail, Ghastly_dragon, Bouncy and Dreadopp for the Plasma Zombie Tormentor667 for the UTnT cloud textures Bouncy and Graf Zahl for the Chainsaw Zombie and Nightmare Cacodemon Eriance and Ghastly_dragon for the Guardian Cube Xim, TheDarkArchon and Scuba Steve for the Unmaker Xim for the Unmaker Zombie ItsNatureToDie for the centred Unmaker sprites NiGHTMARE for the other (non-PSX) textures JoeyTD and HellCatX for the Doomguy death sprites Kaiser and Agent Spork for the Doom64-style monster-fade code Dutch Devil for the sprite set used by the Protodemon (DECORATE code and projectile sprites by myself) JG/CyberJG based on the Unmaker Marine by Xim, the Source Guardian by Tormentor667 and Moloch by ProjectAngel (DECORATE code and sprite edits by myself) Ed The Bat for his assistance in abandoning the old KEYCONF format for the new weapons CaptainToenail, Gez, Super Jamie, Vermil and ALMN for their bug spotting.
Base:	New from scratch
Build time:	Just over a year, on and off
Editor(s) used:	Doom Builder, Deutex, XWE, PSP5
Bugs:	None (yet)
Rating:	(13 votes) Log in at the Doomworld forums to comment.

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Reviews:

taufan99	We need more WADs designed after the PSX version of DOOM like Threshold of Pain.	x
mrthejoshmon	Every Doom PSX players wet dream.	x
MajorRawne	Anyone who's ever been on Doomworld ever knows how I feel about PSX Doom. I've been told to shut up about it enough times. Threshold of Pain is quite simply a milestone for fellow PSXers, effortlessly combining the scale and mods of PC Doom with the truly Doomed feeling of the PSX. Others, not many, have tried, but no original mapset comes close to this. It's the fething daddy - it's YOUR daddy - and daddy's come home. There's gonna be a spanking.	x
Anonymous	Recommended for everyone who loved atmosphere and soundtrack of PSX Doom TC, but found it too easy and underdetailed.	x
Anonymous	Kinda pointless. No new content of any sort, Threshold Of Pain was already bug-free so these bugfixes can't be anything essential, visual upgrades are barely noticable. I gave four stars to old Threshold Of Pain, this gets three stars simply cos it has barely any differences to old version and offers nothing that would warrant another playthrough.	x
Anonymous	Scalliano's Threshold Of Pain was and still is an amazing love-letter to console Dooms. HOWEVER, I do question the need to upload another 40+ MB file to archive, since differences and improvements to original ToP are really minimal.	x
Anonymous	Enhanced version of (imo) one of 2010's finest wads. Not much to add that wasn't already said in reviews of original version. Simply put this is a real must-play for any fan of PSX Doom.	x

View scl_tops.txt

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Archive Maintainer      :
Update to               :
Advanced engine needed  : ZDoom (GZDoom/Skulltag recommended)
Primary purpose         : Solo play
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Title                   : DOOM: Threshold Of Pain - Special Edition
Filename                : scl_tops.wad
Release date            : 18th May 2014
Author                  : John Gourley AKA scalliano
Email Address           : scalliano@hotmail.com
Other Files By Author   : The 667 Shuffle, Jaguar Doom TC, 32x Doom TC
Misc. Author Info       : Also makes music under the alias "JG"

Description             : Threshold of Pain is a ZDoom episode which
			  attempts to recreate the look and feel of
			  Midway's famous PSX conversion of Doom whilst
			  maintaining the core elements of the PC
			  versions and a level of difficulty PC players
			  would expect.

PSX Doom fans will know that ToP gets its name
			  from the final level of PSX Ultimate Doom. Like
			  many others, my first proper Doom experience
			  was on the Playstation, so when fenderc01
			  released the PSX TC last year I was excited to
			  get to play these levels again, only this time
			  with PC controls! Whilst he did an amazing job,
			  I found it to be way too easy, even on UV
			  setting. This was not fender's fault, merely a
			  testament to the compromises Midway had to
			  make in bringing such a game to a console.

ToP attempts to redress the balance whilst
			  maintaining the brooding atmosphere that Midway
			  brought to the game. It is NOT a PSX TC - many
			  features which were missing from the Playstation
			  remain, so expect to encounter the Archvile!

In light of the soon-to-be-released Threshold II,
			  this "Special Edition" features graphical
			  enhancements only made possible by recent
			  advances in the GZDoom engine that Threshold II
			  uses, all with the goal of giving the game a more
			  accurate PSX look and feel, and also to aid
			  consistency between the two mods. Also features
			  a swathe of bugfixes that never made the cut the
			  first time around!

New features include:

Tons of coloured lighting, but nothing too
			  garish.

The infamous PSX burning sky, given a ZDoom
			  makeover.

PSX/N64 audio.

New Weapons - the Minigun and the Unmaker.

The PSX Final Doom SSG.

A new powerup - the Doomsphere.

New monsters - the nightmare class monsters
			  from PSX Doom and Doom64, a handful from the
			  Realm667 Bestiary and ZDCMP, plus a new final
			  boss...

A few other PSX/N64-style gameplay tweaks.

The Story		: After saving humanity from the threat of 
			  extinction more times than you could remember and
			  establishing yourself as the only one to call
			  upon when the UAC screwed things up again, it was
			  only a matter of time before things got personal.

The UAC's newest and best-equipped facility,
			  stationed in a secluded mountain range on Triton,
			  Neptune's primary satellite, had only gone 
			  operational six months ago. The new UAC bigwigs
			  had declared that all security issues had been
			  addressed so that the dimensional portal 
			  research could be recommenced, and that nothing
			  would go wrong this time. The facility was only 
			  accessible from the air and was heavily guarded
			  by marines with the heaviest artillery the UAC
			  could provide, so they could at least give the
			  impression that they had it all under control.

Last night all transmissions from Triton ceased.

The breifing was all too familiar to you now.
			  The final few broadcasts were of the sounds you'd
			  become accustomed to; screams, growls, tearing of
			  flesh, gunfire, more screams, and so on.

Only this time, there was something else. Just 
			  before the end of the last broadcast, there was a
			  voice. It did not sound human, but you could
			  hear it clearly.

It was calling your name.

Seems like they want you dead. As if you didn't
			  know that already. And you're not the type to
			  back down from a challenge ...

Marine Command has sent you up there to clear out
			  the facility. You're being dropped into the
			  surrounding mountains to secure the perimeter and
			  get inside. Once inside ... you know the rest ...

Additional Credits to   : Id Software for the Doom 1 textures

Midway for the PSX Doom textures

Universal Studios for the title screen and menu

Aubrey Hodges for the PSX/N64 audio

Kaiser for sussing out how to get at the PSX 
			  resources in the first place

fenderc01 for the original fire sky and making
			  the PSX TC a reality

Raz for the PSX Final Doom-style SSG

lafoxxx for his remastered PSX audio

SkullTag for the Minigun and the Doomsphere

Eriance for the Doomsphere sprites

AgentSpork, Carnevil and Ghastly Dragon for the
			  Hectebus

Vader and Bouncy for the Lord of Heresy

Ixnatifual for his modified DECORATE code for
			  the Lord of Heresy

Nanami, Keksdose, Espi (RIP) and Ebola for the
			  Afrit

Vader, Ghastly_dragon and Keksdose for the
                          Bruiser Demon

Chris Neilson, DoomKn1ght and lafoxxx for the
			  Nightmare Spectre

Captain Toenail for the purple fireball sprites

Tormentor667, CaptainToenail, Ghastly_dragon,
			  Bouncy and Dreadopp for the Plasma Zombie

Tormentor667 for the UTnT cloud textures

Bouncy and Graf Zahl for the Chainsaw Zombie and
			  Nightmare Cacodemon

Eriance and Ghastly_dragon for the Guardian Cube

Xim, TheDarkArchon and Scuba Steve for the
			  Unmaker

Xim for the Unmaker Zombie

ItsNatureToDie for the centred Unmaker sprites

NiGHTMARE for the other (non-PSX) textures

JoeyTD and HellCatX for the Doomguy death sprites

Kaiser and Agent Spork for the Doom64-style
			  monster-fade code

Dutch Devil for the sprite set used by the 
			  Protodemon (DECORATE code and projectile sprites
			  by myself)

JG/CyberJG based on the Unmaker Marine by Xim,
			  the Source Guardian by Tormentor667 and Moloch
			  by ProjectAngel (DECORATE code and sprite edits
			  by myself)

Ed The Bat for his assistance in abandoning the
			  old KEYCONF format for the new weapons

CaptainToenail, Gez, Super Jamie, Vermil and ALMN
			  for their bug spotting.

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* What is included *

New levels              : 12
New Sounds              : Yes
New Music               : Yes (see below)
New Graphics            : Yes
Dehacked/BEX Patch      : No
Demos                   : No
Other                   : No
Other files required    : No

* Play Information *

Game                    : DOOM2
Map #                   : Map01 through MAP12
Single Player           : Designed for
Cooperative 2-4 Player  : No
Deathmatch 2-4 Player   : No
Other game styles       : No
Difficulty Settings     : Yes

* Construction *

Base                    : New from scratch
Build Time              : Just over a year, on and off
Editor(s) used          : Doom Builder, Deutex, XWE, PSP5
Known Bugs              : None (yet)
May Not Run With        : Anything that isn't ZDoom or GZDoom.
Tested With             : ZDoom 2.3.1.1480, GZDoom 1.2.1.309

* Copyright / Permissions *

Authors MAY use the contents of this file as a base for
modification or reuse.  Permissions have been obtained from original 
authors for any of their resources modified or included in this file.

You MAY distribute this file, provided you include this text file, with
no modifications.  You may distribute this file in any electronic
format (BBS, Diskette, CD, etc) as long as you include this file 
intact.  I have received permission from the original authors of any
modified or included content in this file to allow further distribution.

* Where to get the file that this text file describes *

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KNOWN ISSUES

Coloured lighting is crap in software mode, but hey, what can you do?

There are a few texture alignment errors in software mode. I'm at a
loss as to what's causing them as they show up fine in GZDoom...

Wad file structure is a bit haphazard (I've kind of been adding stuff
as I go), but it works :)

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