MAP04: The Focus (Doom II)

This level occupies the map slot MAP04. For other maps which occupy this slot, see Category:MAP04.

This level occupies the map slot MAP34. For other maps which occupy this slot, see Category:MAP34.

MAP04: The Focus (MAP34 in PSX/Saturn) is the fourth map of Doom II. It was designed by American McGee and uses the music track "Between Levels". The par time is 2:00.

Map of MAP04

Walkthrough

Go through the door in front of you at the start of the level. In the next hall, go straight up the short staircase and flip the switch in the room at the top. This lowers the blue keycard later in the level (A). Return to the hallway and head to the other end (B) and through the door. To the left is a locked blue door, so continue right along the path until you reach the blue keycard. After you've retrieved it, head back the way you came. On your way back, you will be ambushed by a group of imps from a newly opened closet (C). Head back to the blue door by continuing to follow the path or by going through secret #2.

On the other side of the blue door, flip the light switch next to the door if you like. Make your way to the end of the hall and through the next door. In the next room, stand on the small box in the corner near the door to cause a crate in the middle of the room to lower. Ride it back up to get the red keycard (D). Go through secret #3 for a shortcut back to the red door near the beginning of the level.

Pass through the two red doors (E) and walk along the walkway to get the yellow keycard (F). Be prepared, as you will be ambushed by several chaingunners when you pick it up. Drop down to the left side of the walkway you are on and follow the tunnel to a teleporter (G), and go through. When you reach the other side, flip the switch on the wall to raise the exit walkway (H). Go through the teleporter to your left to be teleported back onto the raised walkway. Go through the now-accessible yellow door to the exit switch.

Secrets

1. At the far end of the first "L"-shaped hallway is a wall with blue triangles on it (I). Open this wall to access the areas behind the shutter windows.
2. Just before the platform where the blue keycard is found is an area with a seemingly inescapable pool of brown sludge. In fact, there is a misaligned texture on the northern wall of the pit that can be opened to get out (J). Inside is a super shotgun and ammo.
3. From the crate the red keycard is resting on, drop down to the left. There is a secret teleport that takes you to an area earlier in the level (K).

Bugs

HOM Effect in Vanilla Doom

1. The back side of linedef 456 is missing an upper texture. This is not easily noticable in vanilla doom because it is obscured by crates, however in source ports that allow jumping or flying, it is clearly visible.
2. There is a demon in the toxic slime pit that does not appear on any difficulty levels.

Speedrunning

Routes and tricks

With some skills, it is possible to reach the exit without raising the walkway that leads to the exit chamber. To do so, you can strafe jump from the left platform to the center platform. This may take a few tries to accomplish. Another trick, you can straferun from the incomplete bridge to the northwest, then southwest to the yellow key bypassing the traps, then to the switch and then northwest. This way you can easily get to the exit.

Records

The Compet-N records for the map are:

Run	Time	Player	Date	File	Notes
UV speed	00:28	Vincent Catalaá	1999-10-30	lv04-028.zip
NM speed	00:55	Vincent Catalaá	2000-08-17	nm04-055.zip
UV max	00:59	Anders Johnsen	2003-01-18	lv04-059.zip
NM100S	01:18	Radek Pecka	2004-03-28	ns04-118.zip
UV -fast	01:22	Henning Skogsto	1998-09-12	fa04-122.zip
UV -respawn	01:09	Radek Pecka	2001-05-21	re04-109.zip
UV Tyson	05:15	Xit Vono	2002-07-23	ty04-515.zip
UV pacifist	00:37	Adam Williamson	2001-12-23	pa04-037.zip

Statistics

Map data

Things	138
Vertices	494
Linedefs	591
Sidedefs	780
Sectors	122

Things

Monsters	ITYTD and HNTR	HMP	UV and NM
Sergeants	10	9	15
Spectres	0	1	3
Imps	8	16	20
Demons	1	1	1
Troopers	6	6	6
Chaingunners	1	5	10
Powerups	ITYTD and HNTR	HMP	UV and NM
Stim packs	8	8	8
Medikits	2	2	2
Health bonuses	11	11	11
Armor bonuses	23	23	23
Weapons	ITYTD and HNTR	HMP	UV and NM
Super shotguns	1	1	1
Ammunition	ITYTD and HNTR	HMP	UV and NM
Shells	3	3	3
Shell boxes	1	1	1
Keys	ITYTD and HNTR	HMP	UV and NM
Blue cards	1	1	1
Yellow cards	1	1	1
Red cards	1	1	1
Barrels	ITYTD and HNTR	HMP	UV and NM
Exploding barrels	4	4	4

Video

Doom II (1994) - MAP04 The Focus 4K 60FPS

External links

• MAP04 demos from the Compet-n database
• Top-down perspective view of all Doom II levels by Ian Albert
• This level has been adapted to Doom 3 by fans: http://planetdoom.gamespy.com/View.php?view=Doom3Maps.Detail&id=71

Entry from The Gantlet

Doom II Level

Exit to The Waste Tunnels