DNA technology laboratory wad for Doom ][ - Doomworld /idgames database frontend

Title:	DNA technology laboratory wad for Doom ][
Filename:	levels/doom2/d-f/dna_tech.zip
Size:	208.96 KB
Date:	08/28/95
Author:	Doug Ryerson (maker of many wads)
Description:
Credits:	Id Software, the authors of DCK22 and Wintex34.
Base:	New level from scratch
Build time:	No idea
Editor(s) used:	DCK 22 (despite a minor sector-join bug) and Wintex 34 (for the graphics)
Bugs:	Hate to say this, but yes, there are two places in the open areas where there are lines that don't exist in the level. This results in an invisible walls and an invisible floor. These areas do not exist in the editor and I don't know where they come from, perhaps from the node builder (BSP 1.2x). Sorry about this, but I don't know how to get rid of something that isn't there in the editor yet appears when you play the level. I have completed the level by working around these problems, so it should not cause too much of a problem. Perhaps the cure is to run it through another node builder. I wanted to post this anyway because I really liked the job I did on the graphics and didn't feel like redoing the level all over again because of this.
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Reviews:

Anonymous

Tons of monsters and new textures. It is of a Lab theme. Lot's of white walls which is good if you are using an advanced source port because the blood splats look good on the walls. 5/5 I really like lab themed levels. As of 2009, the author is my Flash Game teacher in college.

View dna_tech.txt

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Title                   : DNA technology laboratory wad for Doom ][
Filename                : DNA_TECH.WAD
Author                  : Doug Ryerson (maker of many wads)
Email Address           : dryerson@botany.utoronto.ca
Misc. Author Info       : If you read this section on my last wad (HVYFGHT
                          wad), you will find that I don't actually exist.
                          Well, I still don't exist. Feedback is very much
                          appreciated. Was it too hard, too easy?. I myself
                          have playtested it many times and kept making it
                          harder by removing ammo and health and adding more
                          bad guys. I think it is finally hard enough to make
                          it entertaining, but I don't really know for sure,
                          so I need email on this one.
Level Info              : Here is a level based on an, admittedly often used
                          idea, that of mutatory genetic experiments result-
                          ing in the production of hideous monsters who get
                          loose. Well, this level has something that few of
                          those other ones have, its own graphics, made spec-
                          ifically with the concept in mind. You see, the
                          graphics were made when I had the idea of giving
                          the level the "genetic experiment" theme. After
                          making the graphics, I then made the level (not the
                          other way around). So each of the graphic elements
                          was made with a specific purpose in mind, with the
                          room that it was supposed to go into already in my
                          head. The result is a level made to fit the graphics
                          not vice versa. This results in a better looking 
                          level. Each wall in DCK was placed with the already 
                          made graphic expecting to be set upon it. There  are 
                          five secrets in the game, see if you can get them all.
                          So play the level (using the batch file provided), 
                          shoot the bad guys, and email me. 
                          P.S. I believe this is my 24th level (I think it is 
                          the 10th for Doom ][).
                          P.S.S. The idea for some of the textures comes from
                          some screen shots I've seen from the upcoming game
                          TekWar.

Additional Credits to   : Id Software, the authors of DCK22 and Wintex34.
                          
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* Play Information *

Episode and Level #     : Doom ][ : MAP01
Single Player           : Yes.
Cooperative 2-4 Player  : Yes, player starts for it.
Deathmatch 2-4 Player   : Yes, player starts for it.
Difficulty Settings     : Yes.
New Sounds              : No.
New Graphics            : Yes (26 textures made, 25 used, couldn't find a
                          place to use one of them).
Demos Replaced          : None

* Construction *

Base                    : New level from scratch
Build Time              : No idea 
Editor(s) used          : DCK 22 (despite a minor sector-join bug) and 
                          Wintex 34 (for the graphics)
Known Bugs              : Hate to say this, but yes, there are two places
                          in the open areas where there are lines that don't
                          exist in the level. This results in an invisible
                          walls and an invisible floor. These areas do not
                          exist in the editor and I don't know where they
                          come from, perhaps from the node builder (BSP 1.2x).
                          Sorry about this, but I don't know how to get rid of
                          something that isn't there in the editor yet appears 
                          when you play the level. I have completed the level 
                          by working around these problems, so it should not 
                          cause too much of a problem. Perhaps the cure is to 
                          run it through another node builder. I wanted to 
                          post this anyway because I really liked the job I 
                          did on the graphics and didn't feel like redoing 
                          the level all over again because of this.

* Copyright / Permissions *

Authors may use this level as a base to build additional levels.
You may distribute this WAD, provided you include this file, with
no modifications.  You may distribute this file in any electronic
format (BBS, Diskette, CD, etc) as long as you include this file.

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