File talk:E2m4wik4.lmp

Minor disclaimer
The original version of this demo was so long that I couldn't test it for compatibility (the maximum size appears to be 3067K in vanilla, 3001K in Doom95). While I have heard many players say that they can set -maxdemo 4096  with no problems, and while eventually someone else would have either verified the file or replaced it, I feel as though I should not wait for "eventually" because the testing system is an essentially unmodified XP installation, which I know is very common among our non-editing readers (i.e. the gaming world at large).

There is normally a certain amount of "fat trimming" in these demos anyway, for purely pedagogical reasons, but to get this one under the time limit (3001K &hArr; 365:50 for a solo recording), I modified the route in two illogical ways:


 * Getting the blue key before secret #3, so I could kill the demons/spectres from the crooked catwalk instead of the square lift area (like in the HMP demo). Although I didn't shoot the baron in this case, I did spend quite a bit more time in his line of fire, so I would have preferred to increase my health first.  I estimate that the added risk saved 100-110 minutes.


 * The method of killing the baron in the lava pool room is really not very foolproof because any monster can get stuck against the edge of one of the other metal doorways, possibly preventing infighting. Strictly speaking, I should have visited the bend in the hallway each time I heard a door open to my left, not just each time I heard a monster die, which could easily have added 60-120 minutes to the run.

Ryan W 00:56, 7 October 2008 (UTC)


 * Well, the demo is too long in the same way an article could be too wordy or expansive for its subject. Who would want to sit through five hours? That's even long for a motion picture, if you know what I mean. A person can get 100%/100%/100% for UV in a good time. I just played through the level and managed 12 minutes with all 100s... and could certainly have done something faster if I were to optimize it (my route was silly).


 * Anyhow, a demo that was recorded in a port and then does not play in Doom (this demo crashes the engine for me when it is trying to load the 2.5 MB lump) doesn't show that something can be done with the unmodified game. Who is like God? 11:36, 7 October 2008 (UTC)