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Title : Insurance Overload (aka EDF Bureau)
Date Finished : September 5th, 2014
Author : Alias Conrad Coldwood
Website : http://gaarabis.free.fr
Email Address : aliasconradcoldwood@gmail.com
Story : Duke meets some aliens, *boom* play dead, hooray!
Description : Looks like it is the Earth Defence Force's
headquarters: there's a security office, a bunch
of desks, a couple of meeting rooms, a server room,
and the organization's logo all over the place.
Yeah, it has to be. Let's hope they are well-insured.
Levels by this Author : I'm just going to point out that I designed Needle
Time 9 years ago. Holy shit time flies (and I'm still
playing video games. Aha, take THAT peer pressure!)
Additional notes : I tried to focus on the layout so the backtracking
feels natural: you get to discover shortcuts to
previously visited areas whenever you actually need
to get back there. Also, after watching 3D Realms'
levels, I noticed the skill level only affects the
ennemy forces while the amount of ammos, items, and
medkits remains the same. So I made a first run in
"Piece of Cake" and put about enough ammo for you to
shoot everyone. For "Let's Rock", I added more sneaky
ennemies (ready to shoot in dead angles...) and some
ammo and medkits in "non-obvious" places. For "Come
Get Some", I added extra forces as reinforcement and
backups (so you can encounter small packs of ennemies,
which is more or less the same ennemy with higher fire
power) and added a few more ammos in hidden places. It
is still possible to complete the level in "Damn I'm
Good" without knowing the map and all of its secret
hideouts, but it won't be as easy. In short: ammo and
medkits are in same quantity, no matter the skill
level (it's the exact opposit of what I did with
Needle Time)
Additional Credits to : Everyone and anyone involved in Duke Nukem 3D. This
game's almost twenty, still runs on modern hardware
and is still a lot of fun. Thanks everybody!
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* Play Information *
Loading : Here are the files you need to copy to your Duke
directory (you may also put them in a sub directory
and load it as a resource in EDuke32)
> _EDFBuro.map (the level)
> Tiles014.art (extra textures & sprites)
> ACC.con (extra objects)
** IMPORTANT **
You need to include ACC.CON to GAME.CON, to do that,
open GAME.CON and add "include ACC.CON" right after
the "include USER.CON" line. Alternatively, you may
try to launch the game with "-mx ACC.CON" (works in
EDuke32). This level should work with both the Atomic
Edition and the original release of Duke Nukem 3D.
Single Player : Yes
Cooperative : Supported, but untested
Deathmatch : Supported, but untested
Difficulty Settings : Yes
New Sounds : No
New Music : No
New Graphics : Yes
New Demos : No
PAR Time : 04:52 (Come Get Some)
Best Time : 02:16 (Damn I'm Good -- 55 kills)
* Construction *
Base : New level from scratch
Build Time : About three weeks
Editor(s) used : Mapster32 (EDuke32 port)
Statistics : 1014/1024 Sectors
6968/8192 Walls
1171/4096 Sprites
Known Bugs : None that I'm aware, let me know if you find any.
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* Revision 1: Balance *
Date Finished : September 7th, 2014
Build Time : A couple of hours
Statistics : 1024/1024 Sectors
7023/8192 Walls
1231/4096 Sprites
Additional Credits to : I'd like to thank MetHy, FistMarin, Paul B for their
opinion, feedbacks and playthrough; thanks for everyone
who downloaded and played the map (either you liked it
or not, it means a lot to me), and thank you for reading
this far!
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* Revision 2: Compatibility issues *
Date Finished : September 16th, 2014
Build Time : One hour
Statistics : 1013/1024 Sectors
6970/8192 Walls
1203/4096 Sprites
Additional notes : I have no idea why, there were three untagged Sector
Effectors hanging around... also fixed the bathroom
doors (works fine in EDuke, doesn't in vanilla),
opened the level a little bit and added one last pack
of shotgun shells. I've spent too much time on this...
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* Copyright / Permissions *
You know what? Do what you will. Have fun, be crazy and all that jazz!
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