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Title:	Persephone Volume 3
Filename:	levels/doom2/Ports/p-r/ph_best3.zip
Size:	5.5 MB
Date:	07/29/19
Author:	James "Phobus" Cresswell
Description:	This is the third and final volume of Persephone, my "best of", featuring 14 previously-released maps. MAP23 leads into MAP23A, B, C and D in a linear fasion with no intermissions, because of how small each map is, so the episode should still feel like a 10-map set. Minor alterations were made to MAP22 and MAP30 to account for the updated slope calculations in ZDoom since they were originally made, whilst MAP28 has had a crusher near the end made considerably less dangerous because I wasn't happy with it in hindsight. MAP27 has had a minor texture change to avoid needing to add a whole extra switch compilation texture for only one use in the entire map set. Of note is MAP29: A Labour of Hate, which was originally submitted to Back to Saturn X as a potential "Hunter Complex" map. I've retextured this entirely and removed two walls that were put in to maintain vanilla compatibility, also changing the music. I believe this constitutes the first wide release of that map.
Credits:
Base:	Compiled from previous works of mine
Build time:	13 years of my life, plus about 60 hours to compile and test it all
Editor(s) used:	DoomBuilder, DoomBuilder 2, GZDoomBuilder-bugfix, DBX, XWE, SLumpEd, SLADE3, Microsoft Paint XP, Microsoft Paint, DoomWord
Bugs:	None
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Archive Maintainer      : 
Update to               : 
Advanced engine needed  : ZDoom 2.8.1 Final or higher
Primary purpose         : Single Player
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Title                   : Persephone Volume 3
Filename                : ph_best3.zip
Release date            : 29/07/19
Author                  : James "Phobus" Cresswell
Email Address           : [redacted]
Other Files By Author   : All available at https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1W9YJEHQ_6xt1ldH3Oo3Kh2kvWT70oLDZ

Misc. Author Info       : Is getting on a bit now...

Description             : This is the third and final volume of Persephone, my "best of", featuring 14 previously-released maps. MAP23 leads into MAP23A, B, C and D in a linear fasion with no intermissions, because of how small each map is, so the episode should still feel like a 10-map set. Minor alterations were made to MAP22 and MAP30 to account for the updated slope calculations in ZDoom since they were originally made, whilst MAP28 has had a crusher near the end made considerably less dangerous because I wasn't happy with it in hindsight. MAP27 has had a minor texture change to avoid needing to add a whole extra switch compilation texture for only one use in the entire map set. Of note is MAP29: A Labour of Hate, which was originally submitted to Back to Saturn X as a potential "Hunter Complex" map. I've retextured this entirely and removed two walls that were put in to maintain vanilla compatibility, also changing the music. I believe this constitutes the first wide release of that map.

Additional Credits to   :
id Software (Doom, Doom II, Doom3, Quake)
Randi Heit, Graf Zahl and other contributors (ZDoom, GZDoom)
CodeImp, MaxEd, anotak and other contributors (DoomBuilder in it's many forms)
Simon Judd (SLumpEd, SLADE3)
Csabo (XWE)
aap (DoomWord)
Microsoft (Paint XP, Paint, Sound Recorder)
Jeremy Philips (yaasp.wad [aliensnd.wad in Alien Doom v1.0] - the "DSA_" sounds used in TINY5 [now MAP21])
David Lobser, Mike Dickson, David Matteson, Dan S. Goldwasser, Marc Gordon (Alien Doom v1.0)
JAM Software (Blake Stone scientist sprites)
Tormentor667 and other contributors (Organising and sourcing resources for ZPack)
Sivak Drac ("The Planet Fortuna" from Star Fox/Wing MIDI sequence)
Mark K. Gresbach Jr. (LEDGESI.WAD - the inspiration for TINY0 [now MAP23])
Erik Alm (Scythe RSKY2)
Mike Garnett at vgmusic.com (Remix of "Ominous" from Jill of the Jungle)
The Green Herring (project organisation for Community Chest 3 and 4)
esselfortium and others (cc4-tex resource sourcing and organisation)
Community Chest 4 testing team
Rammstein and an anonymous MIDI maker ("Sonne" MIDI)
Nick Baker and other sources for the Gothic Mix textures
TheMionicDonut, Marcaek and Walter Confalonieri (Organising and compiling MAYhem 1500)
Belial, Enjay & many other forumers (all for playing the early release of Scourge and making constructive comments, along with advising me on what to do about Warpzone and how to go about doing it)
My brothers for testing Warpzone and providing an idea or two
My team of Warpzone playtesters - Belial, KingofFlames, ace, TheDarkArchon and solarsnowfall
Tom Docherty (Warpzone Music)
esselfortium (again) and the BtSX Team (playtesting and feedback on A Labour of Hate)

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* What is included *

New levels              : 14
Sounds                  : Yes
Music                   : Yes
Graphics                : Yes
Dehacked/BEX Patch      : No
Demos                   : No
Other                   : ANIMDEFS, DECORATE, GLDEFS, LOADACS, MAPINFO, SNDINFO
Other files required    : None, although it should work with both previous volumes of Persephone (ph_best1 and ph_best2) if loaded after them, which is intentional

* Play Information *

Game                    : DOOM2
Map #                   : MAP21-30, MAP23A-MAP23D
Single Player           : Designed for
Cooperative 2-4 Player	: No
Deathmatch 2-4 Player   : No
Other game styles       : None
Difficulty Settings     : Yes

* Construction *

Base                    : Compiled from previous works of mine
Build Time              : 13 years of my life, plus about 60 hours to compile and test it all
Editor(s) used          : DoomBuilder, DoomBuilder 2, GZDoomBuilder-bugfix, DBX, XWE, SLumpEd, SLADE3, Microsoft Paint XP,
                          Microsoft Paint, DoomWord
Known Bugs              : None
May Not Run With...     : Any non-ZDoom port and any ZDoom-based port not at 2.8.1 or later, including Zandronum

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