_MethoD_ Posted December 9, 2006 (edited) Episode 1 on DSDA aka darken Episode 2 on DSDA aka darken2 I did some max demos for Darkening. Map01 - 0:56 Map02 - 2:09 Map03 - 1:44 Map04 - 4:25 Map05 - 4:09 Map06 - 2:19 It's not perfect but i didn't give it much time...Especially i hope that someday i'll improve Map01 cause time around :52 is possible imo.. Get it here. Edited May 17, 2022 by Maribo 1 Share this post Link to post
Szymanski Posted January 1, 2007 _MethoD_ said:I did some max demos for Darkening Very nice :) 0 Share this post Link to post
xit-vono Posted January 2, 2007 Hey Method, cool to see that you are playing darkening. I think it's a good wad that people have forgotten about. I remember trying to do map06 in nightmare, but I gave up. I know it's possible though. 0 Share this post Link to post
Andy Olivera Posted March 15, 2009 Here's three The Darkening: Episode Two demos from a TAS collection I started long ago and haven't yet finished. My reasoning for doing it concurrently with the Eternal collection was mainly to give my brain a rest between levels, but also so I'd have something to release sooner rather than later. Like the Eternal collection, I'm just going to release them as they're created. MAP01: 2:16 MAP02: 1:56 MAP03: 3:15dark2tas.zip 0 Share this post Link to post
vdgg Posted November 16, 2009 MAP11 of Darkening 2 - My favourite. I decided to record an UV Max demo before Andy Olivera releases his spectacular un-beatable TAS demo. My time is about 2 minutes faster than Brad Spencer's. (7:41) There is also a UV Speed demo in 4:18.d211vdgg.zip 0 Share this post Link to post
vdgg Posted October 21, 2010 darken2 UV speed demos: MAP02 in :55 MAP03 in 2:09 Well, somehow these are records ATM, but a talented speedrunner will probably laugh at them.d2spd.zip 0 Share this post Link to post
xepop Posted October 22, 2010 darken2 UVspeed demos: Map01 in 0:46 Map02 in 0:41 Map03 in 0:57 Map04 in 2:39 I liked the aesthetics of this wad and thought I might record something. After map 4 I'm not sure if I want to see rest of the maps.drk2lmps.zip 0 Share this post Link to post
vdgg Posted October 23, 2010 ^^^^^^^^^^ These are truly great runs, xepop. MAP03 looks almost too easy for you, four demos recorded in one day - impressive stuff. Also a surprise for me to see them from a HR/HR2 recorder. Yep, darken2 is very demo-not-friendly. MAP04 is painful for Speed, MAP06 may be even worse. I tried it knowing a -nomonsters short time (only 27 seconds), but I didn't produce a single exit; once I died at the end and the time would be 2:10 or something. I've no idea how to skip 3 revenants and an arch-vile. Anyway, I attach MAP11 UV "Speed" in 4:06, recorded before I saw xepop's post.d211-406.zip 0 Share this post Link to post
xepop Posted October 23, 2010 darken2 UVspeed Map06 in 0:38 Phew. This was semi-interesting, but the very first chaingunner and the exit trap pissed me off a bit. Revenants are always fun and good to keep close and the archvile is not a problem if it doesn't wake up. Definitely hard, but I think map04 won that category (I hope you're right about these being the worst :).d206-038.zip 0 Share this post Link to post
vdgg Posted October 24, 2010 darken2 still... MAP12 max in 15:20d2121520.zip 0 Share this post Link to post
vdgg Posted October 24, 2010 and MAP10 max... I won't be surprised if a TAS demo appears very soon.d210-658.zip 0 Share this post Link to post
Andy Olivera Posted October 25, 2010 Cool, a burst of darken2 runs. And you're correct, vdgg: the MAP10 TAS should be up within a week or two. I'm working on the last area right now. Your new demo lead me to check the old records and I realized not just one but all of them miss that same Cacodemon. If you're looking for other levels to try, you could do MAP06. Another missed monster there, so the only valid max right now is my TAS. Good job with MAP12, BTW. That crate jumping sequence is the stuff of nightmares. 0 Share this post Link to post
vdgg Posted October 27, 2010 Andy Olivera said: you could do MAP06. Another missed monster there, so the only valid max right now is my TASI like this map, but there's a difference between "liking" and "being able to record a good Max demo" :) darken2 MAP01 UV Max in 2:48 MAP06 UV Max in 4:31moremax.zip 0 Share this post Link to post
kimo_xvirus Posted October 29, 2010 Hi vdgg, while watching your demo I was thinking about trying darken2 map01, Then I read your txt and it Led me to do it. I think I came up with a faster route :)d201-221.zip 0 Share this post Link to post
vdgg Posted November 4, 2010 darken2 UV Max Run Time 85:22. For comparison, UV Max records total: (non-TAS) MAP01 - MAP12 90:038522d2mx.zip 0 Share this post Link to post
vdgg Posted November 5, 2010 darken2 MAP10 UV Max - nothing new here except for a rocket jump mentioned by Andy. Now the level is easy :) Also, this one should end my darken2 spamming.d210-642.zip 0 Share this post Link to post
xepop Posted November 6, 2010 darken2 Map05 UV speed in 1:39 Map07 UV speed in 1:07 I looked map08 and probably have to say no for the rest. darken2 UV Max Run o.O, gz vddg!d2demos.zip 0 Share this post Link to post
xit-vono Posted January 29, 2011 Here is a nightmare for darkening episode 1 map06 in 3:03.dn06-303.zip 0 Share this post Link to post
xit-vono Posted January 30, 2011 darkening episode 1 map10: one more hole filled.dn10-225.zip 0 Share this post Link to post
Memfis Posted June 22, 2014 The Darkening Episode 2 MAP02 UV-Max in 1:47d202-147.zip 0 Share this post Link to post
Memfis Posted June 23, 2014 The Darkening MAP07 UV-Max in 2:43da07-243.zip 0 Share this post Link to post
ExclusiveAlias [CBD] Posted November 20, 2015 Incomplete The Darkening UV-Fast pack. MAP TIME MAP01 0:59 MAP02 2:39 MAP03 1:50 MAP04 5:34 MAP06 2:41 MAP07 3:36 MAP09 5:21 MAP11 3:20 High chance I will never be doing MAP05, MAP08, and MAP10darkenunfast.zip 0 Share this post Link to post
Hitherto Posted November 30, 2015 ExclusiveAlias [CBD] said:Incomplete The Darkening Some of demos don't have reference to RESOURCE.WAD in prb+ footer. It's funny to look for you (esp. on m01) or what? 0 Share this post Link to post
ExclusiveAlias [CBD] Posted November 30, 2015 Hitherto said:Some of demos don't have reference to RESOURCE.WAD in prb+ footer. It's funny to look for you (esp. on m01) or what? I combined RESOURCE.WAD with DARKEN.WAD like a wonkhead. Please don't tell me they desync? 0 Share this post Link to post
Hitherto Posted November 30, 2015 ExclusiveAlias [CBD] said:Please don't tell me they desync? No, just look silly. PS In map06 you missed a monster in (unmarked) secret right before the end. All other demos (except inexistant 07, see AO reply in DSDA thread) are OK. Those recorded in summer definitely looks crazier better than couple of later ones. 0 Share this post Link to post
vdgg Posted April 20, 2017 Now onto well-known classics... The Darkening MAP06 UV Max 2:15 MAP10 UV Max 3:21 dk06-215.zip dk10-321.zip 1 Share this post Link to post
baja blast rd. Posted April 21, 2017 (edited) ^ MAP06 UV-Max in 1:52 I was working on this one before you posted that, since I noticed you mention that the 2:16 was invalid. I wasn't intending to compete over it. :) Also I promised myself I'd start spending a few days at the minimum on my demos, yet here's another one of these. dk06-152.zip Edited April 21, 2017 by rdwpa 1 Share this post Link to post
vdgg Posted April 21, 2017 Luck-based this map may be, but no way I could get 1:52, so well done! And it could have been faster still (easy to say, but it's risky). Once you had arch-vile busy attacking the manc, you could've let them the loose and just concentrate on the revs in the meantime ;) 1 Share this post Link to post
Veinen Posted November 8, 2017 (edited) The Darkening Episode 2 map04 UV-max in 4:41 Sorry for doing this guys but I forgot I had come up with a small improvement for the final rocket and it was ticking me off a bit too much, so I had one more go at this with immediate success. It's a nothing improvement of 3 seconds but at least I can have peace of mind now :) The 4:41 demo is also included in the zip if someone is interested. map04 max in 4:38 d204-438.zip Edited November 8, 2017 by Veinen : new demo 5 Share this post Link to post
Veinen Posted November 12, 2017 The Darkening Episode 2 map05 max in 4:40 d205-440.zip 3 Share this post Link to post