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Title:	HELIPAD.WAD
Filename:	levels/doom/g-i/helipad.zip
Size:	35 KB
Date:	05/12/94
Author:	Sean R. Malloy
E-mail:	malloy@crash.cts.com
Description:	This level doesn't work as well as anything but the first level in an
Credits:
Base:	New level from scratch
Build time:	22 hours
Editor(s) used:	DEU 5.0
Bugs:	none The design of the level had to be stripped down in one spot from my
Rating:	(7 votes) Spambot check: 2 + 8 = Commenting as: Anonymous

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This is a fairly well-designed map (considering its age). It was included in the "Knee-Deep in the DEU" package. The gameplay is very fun. A design bug prevents the player from reaching the soulsphere as intended, however it can be reached with a rocket jump, so 100% kills and secrets is possible. A fun little map. --4/5	x
A nice enough map, though nothing spectacular, and it is a bit too easy to reach the exit. No need for an RJ to get across the gap to the soulsphere - strafe-50 is sufficient. I wonder what the intended method was though... Never mind - the trick route is cool anyway.	x
This is a fun but unpolished early map. You can run straight to the exit, and although there are keys, they only open up secret areas. There are some stuck demons, misaligned textures, and a broken non-secret that involves a one-dimensional switch. You can reach the soulsphere with strafe-40. You're supposed to raise some flooring to get the sphere, but you can't get to the switch (which is behind the blue key door). You can also get stuck in one of the imp alcoves.	x
Uh...I must have played this 3-4 times in the past out of boredom. Was actually pretty decent back then in 1995-1996. Today...well...not as much. 3/5 -Maes	x
Okay for 1994, but it hasn't aged well at all. 3/5	x
^Agree, especially since it's one of those maps that are mostly skippable (though not quite as blatant as one Nicholas Bell map - forget author's name for sure and don't remember name of wad, but it was a huge maps where you started RIGHT at the exit).	x
An interesting early WAD. Strange use of wall textures as doors. Lots of misaligned textures. Memorable basically for two things. 1: There's a neat idea of a helipad at the beginning. 2: The exit is literally right there as you enter the main part of the level, allowing you to skip everything. Overall...Yeah, it's a 1994 WAD :P	x

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Title			: HELIPAD.WAD   
Author			: Sean R. Malloy
Email Address		: malloy@crash.cts.com
Misc. Author Info	:

Description: 
     This level doesn't work as well as anything but the first level in an
episode (a purely esthetic consideration, to be sure), as the players start
out outside the structure. This doesn't prevent you from moving it
elsewhere; it's just an incongruous transition.

This is a thinking player's level; there's a puzzle built into the
design. You are shown the soul sphere for the level; it's in plain view
almost at the start. Your problem is to get to it; there are several things
you have to do in order to get to it, and if you don't do it right, you'll 
never be able to reach it. In addition, you will probably cut yourself out 
of getting 100% secrets and kills unless you solve the puzzle.

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* Play Information *

Episode and Level #	: E1M1
Single Player		: Yes
Cooperative 2-4 Player	: Yes
Deathmatch 2-4 Player	: No
Difficulty Settings	: Yes

* Construction *

Base			: New level from scratch
Build Time		: 22 hours
Editor(s) used		: DEU 5.0
Known Bugs		: none

The design of the level had to be stripped down in one spot from my
original design; I ran up against the rendering engine's 'sector-in-sector'
limitation, and had to rework it -- and rework it, and rework it, when 
earlier attempts to solve the problem failed -- in order to prevent HOM
wierdness.

The level has been designed so that it is impossible, even in a multiplayer 
game with the players splitting up and running all around the level, for a 
player to get trapped so they can't get to the exit or are stuck in a sector 
that sucks away their health.

* Copyright / Permissions *

This level may be distributed freely as long as no fee is charged for 
distribution beyond that required to recover the cost of the distribution
media.

Authors may use this level as a base to build additional levels so long as 
the above restriction on distribution is placed on any derivative levels.

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