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Title : Military Madness
Filename : MM.MAP
Author : Alejandro Glavic
E-mail : aglavic@yahoo.com.ar
ICQ# : 71261284
Web Page : Alejandro's Mapping Center
http://www.serpico.com.ar/duke3d
Misc. Author Info : I'm from Argentina, 16 years old.
Other Levels : ADG Episode, YMF500G, EDF Secret Base,
The Lost Moonbase, Hydrostation and
Eye-Witness.
Also I've made some levels for the Borg
Nukem and Grins of Divinity (E2) TCs.
Description (story) : M&Y Corporation is an enterprise that
illegaly sells weapons and military equipment
to another countries. They earn a very high
amount of money with this business and they
don't think that a possible war is coming...
Monday, 7:32 am, Duke was sleeping when he
receives a call from the EDF in his phone.
-"Duke, we have a new mission for you...
please report immediately to the EDF
headquarters".
Duke goes there and then he is informed
about the mission. The Gral. Heisafuck shows
him a computer screen which is showing an
eyewitness report telling them about what
is happening in that hidden enterprise.
Duke doesn't wait one second, gets his
pistol, his chaingun and his car, and he goes
immediately to the M&Y headquarters. After
getting there, he discovers that the things
are even worse than he imagined: They are not
selling weapons only to other countries. Duke
finds aliens working here and there and then
he understands that they wanted all these
hi-tech missiles that the company is selling,
so he only has to destroy the missile
assembling facility and all the stuff existing
there... and he's not allowed to fail because
if he does, we don't know the future of our
planet...
Then Duke receives a message from the EDF in
his pager: "Duke, we have an airstrike
prepared to destroy the place, but first you
have to clear the plant, because if there are
still aliens in that place, ther would be
able to activate their defense systems. So
you'll have to complete this mission alone,
we can't send more help. Kill all the aliens
and when you exit we'll destroy it all."
(By the way make sure you read all the screens
in the map to follow the story!)
Thanks to : My betatesters
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Antonio Rodriguez
Billy Boy
Bob Averill
DarkCrusher
Father-Marrow
Kevin Cools
Mikko Sandt
The Fly
Thanks to all these guys for comments and
suggestions, however I didn't do all because
I've reached the Build limits.
Also thanks to
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The guy at Serpico.com.ar (my dad heh) for
the hosting space, to TerminX for Mapster
and to Ken Silverman for this great engine
(however with small limits).
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* Play Information *
Episode and Level # : E1L8, but you just have to run it as
an usermap.
Single Player : Yes, of course.
DukeMatch 2-8 Player : Yes: The first player that starts in
the starting SP corridor has to hit a
switch (you'll see it) and then begins
the dukematch in the garage part.
Cooperative 2-8 Player : Too hard for you? (I mean NO)
Difficulty Settings : No, play the map as is.
Plutonium Pak Required : Yes, sorry 1.3D users... :(
New Art : No, original arts are good
New Music : Yes, Hangar 18 by Megadeth
(Thanks to the guy who made the midi,
however I don't know who is him, I've
found this MIDI lost in my hard drive...)
New Sound Effects : No, original sounds are good
New .CON Files : No, original cons are good heh
Demos Replaced : I've added demo cameras so if you like
this map please record a demo and mail
it to me, I will be happy :)
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* Construction *
Base : New level from a ugly empty grid
Level Editor(s) Used : Mapster
Art Editor(s) Used : None
Construction Time : 1867 hours, 27 mins and 40.3 secs
Umm... nah, really it took me 1 month.
Known Bugs : Looks like this map is too complex :) so
framerate should be low and this map won't
run in slow PCs. Also in one scene there
is a temperature switch which causes a big
explosion with some alien bodies near it.
Due to the jibs, glass pieces and explosions
in that scene there are about 4000 sprites
in the map and that should slow down most
of the PCs, or even the game may look
"crashed" (but anyway you hear the explosion
sounds, so it's not really crashed, just
wait to the end of this effect). Then I
have a recommendation for you in that part:
When you activate the temperature switch,
stay far from the door, otherwise you could
die in the explosion.
And yes there is one "problem" in this
map: When you start Dukematch and player
1 has to hit the big switch, if you're
running while you hit the switch you may
be trapped in the puzzle area with no
exit. I'm not going to correct this,
because if you do that, it'll be worse
for you :)
* Where to get this MAP file *
File location : The official download place is my own
website, http://www.serpico.com.ar/duke3d
Also I'm sure that this map will be at:
http://www.planetduke.com/msdn
http://www.planerduke.com/kef
http://duke-zone.tripod.com
If you put this map in your website, please
notice me via E-Mail.
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*Important Information*
Installation : Copy all the files to your Duke3d directory,
open the DOS prompt and type:
"duke3d map mm"
Important Notes : Originally this map was much better, but I
had to remove a lot of details and stuff
thanks to the Build limits :(
Also this is my last Duke3d map, until I
release a new one (duh).
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