WHAT IT IS:
Valiant is a MBF megawad for Doom II featuring 32 new maps spanning 5 themed episodes. Each map is designed to be played from a pistol start, but some effort has been made to support continuous play as well.

Additionally, Valiant includes a number of new monsters and weapons implemented through an extensive MBF format DeHackEd patch. As a result, Valiant is not compatible with gameplay mods, and can only be played in ports with full MBF DeHackEd support. At present, these include ZDoom, GZDoom, PrBoom-plus 2.5.1.4(complevel 11), and Eternity. Zandronum is also supported through DECORATE. If you're using PrBoom-plus, make sure to update to the 2.5.1.4 build. You can download it here.

A big goal of Valiant is variety, and although you'll see many of my tropes over and over (hordes of weak monsters, Mancubus and Arachnotron snipers, 3-key doors, the occasional arena fight...) I did aim to make a wide variety of maps. There are short punchy maps (MAP03, MAP22), sandboxes (MAP06, MAP18), long adventure maps (MAP10, MAP28), silly gimmick maps (MAP07, MAP19), and everything in between. Most maps are densely packed with monsters, and occasionally you'll see something resembling full on slaughter (although Valiant is not a slaughter wad, MAP31 aside...).

Anyways, on to the good stuff...

SCREENSHOTS:






DOWNLOAD:
Final version:
http://www.doomworld.com/idgames/?file=levels/doom2/Ports/megawads/valiant.zip

http://www.mediafire.com/download/77yq6ppm3rjt50o

RC3 (outdated):
http://www.mediafire.com/download/dp6wgs75jgfwegu

RC2 (outdated):http://www.mediafire.com/download/uhi8uokal5p4d30

RC1 (outdated):http://www.mediafire.com/download/1b6rxv7t46roakk

DIFFERENCES IN SOURCE PORTS:
In (G)ZDoom, Eternity, and Zandronum, each episode is selected from the main menu. In PrBoom-plus, Valiant plays like a conventional 32 level megawad with a death exit at the end of each episode.

Episode ending texts and splash screens are implemented using MAPINFO and therefore are only present in (G)ZDoom, Eternity, and Zandronum.

Music changer objects are used a few times. These are not supported by Eternity, and thus Eternity will simply continue playing the map's default midi track in these situations.

The final boss will graphically glitch in ports without DECORATE support but this does not impact gameplay.

I recommend playing in ZDoom or Eternity for the optimal experience. If you would like to record demos or play multiplayer, PrBoom-plus or Zandronum are recommended, respectively.

PLAY INFO:
Valiant's difficulty is somewhat higher than Vanguard or Lunatic. If you've played either of those and found them too difficult, I recommend playing Valiant on skill 3 or skill 2.

As stated above, gameplay mods will not work with Valiant due to the extensive DeHackEd patch included.

HISTORY/DEVELOPMENT:
I started building Valiant in February 2012 as a speedmapped megawad focused on small maps. After making 10 or so of these, I grew tired of limiting myself to small maps and decided to make whatever maps I wanted to. It took three years of off and on work, with breaks from mapping lasting as long as 9 months to get here, and a total of 39 maps, but I'm finally done!

You can take a look at the map list and see when each map was made here: http://www.mediafire.com/view/4933m6r0i5tuavl

CREDITS:
Special thanks to dew, esselfortium, Seele00TextOnly and Tarnsman for testing, quality control, criticism, and technical advice, and also for being chill dudes. Thanks so much for your help!

Special thanks to the creators and maintainers of utilities, source ports, and wikis, without which this project wouldn't have been possible.

Special thanks to the Doom community as a whole, but especially the Doomworld forums and #doomtwid for making me feel at home.

Resource credits are included in Valiant.txt.