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Title:	The Hives
Filename:	levels/doom/g-i/hives.zip
Size:	84.25 KB
Date:	07/08/97
Author:	William Benfold
Description:	<--- I hate this trying to fill this line, but many people like a bit of story, so I better think of one >:-< Okay, hows this: After cleaning up phobos, deimos, hell, and earth, you got a little slack, relaxed yourself, etc. Aren't heroes (or heroines, to be politically correct) supposed to get fat juicy rewards? You still have your souvenir bunny impaled on a stake, but it's hardly a king's (or queen's) ransom. If you had asked for money BEFORE saving the world, you could have been the richest man (stuff the equal opportunities, it's getting tedious) on earth. Now you are sharing a run-down shack with some mice, a million spiders, and a rare form of fungus. you are listed as "experiencing moderate financial difficulties" (ie. you can't afford a piece of paper on which to work out how deeply you are in debt). There is only one way left to earn a living: bounty hunting. That is where a (substantial) reward is agreed on before you risk life and limb for the salvation of mankind. You have heard about a military bunker, roughly two miles north of deimos, which could easily have been infected. Using a little blackmail, you secure a nice hefty sum for assassination of the tyrant ruling the adjoining subterranean caves. However, in a (feeble) attempt to withstand the invasion, the occupants of the base did their best to seal off the caves, so access will not be easy... >:->
Credits:	Matt Tagliaferri for DoomCAD Olivier Montanuy for Wintex id software for Doom
Base:	New level from scratch
Build time:
Editor(s) used:	DoomCAD 6.1, Wintex 4.3
Bugs:	An irritating one in the caves, if I fix it, it just comes back somewhere else. SEE BELOW for possible Doom 1.2 bug
Rating:	(1 vote)

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Anonymous

If the author had five friends, they could be called "Benfold's Five". My joke. This is a large and very bland level without much detail; lots of empty square rooms and Dr Who corridors. It's behind the times for 1997 and feels very spartan and imaginative today. There are a couple of decent bits (some imps feasting on a corpse, and... that's it). Monster fights unimpressive, separated by silence. One good lava chasm, but it's slim pickings.

View hives.txt

================================================================

IF YOU DO NOT WISH TO READ ALL OF THIS README,
	YOU MUST KNOW THAT YOU NEED TO USE IDCLEV TO WARP
	TO E2M8.  IF YOU DO NOT KNOW HOW OR WHAT THAT
	MEANS, YOU HAD BETTER READ (SOME OF) THIS FILE.
	ALSO, READ ABOUT DOOM 1.2 BUG

================================================================
Game			: DOOM I, v1.2 users watch out: see below (bugs) :(
Title                   : The Hives   
Filename                : Hives.WAD, or LowHives.WAD if you experience crashes
Author                  : William Benfold
Email Address           : benfold5@sprynet.co.uk

Misc. Author Info       : I put this level together to take my mind off my
			  GCSEs, and now that they are over, I am beginning
			  to wonder why I bothered.  I have the answer though:
			  		I ENJOYED CREATING IT  :)
			  I don't really mind what people think of it, 
			  if you like it, please Email me to tell me so.  If
			  you have any constructive criticism, I suppose that
			  wouldn't go amiss :)

Description             : <--- I hate this trying to fill this line, but many
			       people like a bit of story, so I better think
			       of one >:-<

Okay, hows this:

After cleaning up phobos, deimos, hell, and earth,
			  you got a little slack, relaxed yourself, etc.
			  Aren't heroes (or heroines, to be politically correct)
			  supposed to get fat juicy rewards?  You still have your
			  souvenir bunny impaled on a stake, but it's hardly a king's
			  (or queen's) ransom.  If you had asked for money BEFORE
			  saving the world, you could have been the richest man
			  (stuff the equal opportunities, it's getting tedious)
			  on earth.

Now you are sharing a run-down shack with some mice, a
			  million spiders, and a rare form of fungus.  you are
			  listed as "experiencing moderate financial difficulties"
			  (ie. you can't afford a piece of paper on which to work
			  out how deeply you are in debt).

There is only one way left to earn a living: bounty
			  hunting.  That is where a (substantial) reward is agreed
			  on before you risk life and limb for the salvation of
			  mankind.

You have heard about a military bunker, roughly two miles
			  north of deimos, which could easily have been infected.
			  Using a little blackmail, you secure a nice hefty sum for
			  assassination of the tyrant ruling the adjoining
			  subterranean caves.  However, in a (feeble) attempt to
			  withstand the invasion, the occupants of the base did
			  their best to seal off the caves, so access will not be
			  easy...   >:->

Additional Credits to   : Matt Tagliaferri for DoomCAD
			  Olivier Montanuy for Wintex
			  id software for Doom
================================================================

* Play Information *

Episode and Level #     : E2M8
		     
		      	  Use doom -file hives.wad to start doom
HOW TO PLAY IT -------->  begin a new game (any episode), and type
			  IDCLEV28 to warp to the level.
		     	
Single Player           : Yes
Cooperative 2-4 Player  : Yes, but not tested
Deathmatch 2-4 Player   : Yes, but not tested
Difficulty Settings     : Yes
New Sounds              : No
New Graphics            : No
New Music               : No
Demos Replaced          : None

* Construction *

Base                    : New level from scratch
Editor(s) used          : DoomCAD 6.1, Wintex 4.3
Known Bugs              : An irritating one in the caves, if I fix it,
			  it just comes back somewhere else.
			  SEE BELOW for possible Doom 1.2 bug

* ---------------------THE DOOM 1.2 BUG------------------------ *

I have "The Ultimate Doom", and I have not tested this level on an
earlier version (or Doom ][ for that matter).  One of the sectors
(the biggest one) is larger than 1023 units, which DoomCAD tells
me is the limit for Doom 1.2, although it (seems to) work on higher
versions.  If Doom crashes on you, then you should use the file
LowHives.WAD instead, which will not give you the same problem,
but loses some of the effect when you fall.  When you reach it,
SAVE, and then fall off, it's worth it if you are using Hives.wad :)

ADDENDUM: Do not fall off the ledge backwards in hives.wad, or
	  Doom (probably any version) will quit to DOS with a
	  Z_MapPlane error.

* ------------------------------------------------------------- *

* If you like this WAD *

This product is thankmeware.
You may distribute it as described below in the legal bit,
but you are encouraged to thank me if you like it.
If you do not like it, there is no obligation to
thank me.  Remember, it is the thanks wad authors get
which encourages them to create more wads.

I have made other wads, but they may or may not have been put on
this site, depending on whether or not I, and the cdrom.com
people think they are any good.  Even if I do release them,
I will probably have to change some of the names, which have
already been used by other authors ;-(

ocatagons.wad - my first ever WAD, very small, pointless, too hard,
		it was full of bugs until I recently fixed them,
		ABIT IT5H

cross.wad     -	my second WAD, still not too good, but better than no. 1

temple.wad    - much better than previous two WADS, but ridiculously
		difficult to find the secret exit.

village.wad   - ranks close to hives.wad, my most recent creation, all
		bugs ironed out, if I release any more, this will be
		the next.

secret.wad    -	took me only four hours, a bit cheesy, but no bugs or
		anything.

Alternatively, I may do another three and make a full episode, which
is what I originally intended to do.  I am not sure if people prefer
to play nine single levels, or a whole episode.  Hives was intended to
be the last one, which is why it is set as E2M8.  It does not work
properly if set to anything else.

* Copyright / Permissions *

Authors MAY ASK ME if they can 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 
intact.

* Where to get this WAD *

WHY ARE YOU READING THIS ?  YOU ALREADY HAVE THIS WAD!!!

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