MAP12: Kinetics (Memento Mori)

This level occupies the map slot MAP12. For other maps which occupy this slot, see Category:MAP12.

MAP12: Kinetics is the twelfth level of Memento Mori. It was designed by Mackey "Avatar" McCandlish (credited simply as "Avatar") and uses the music track "Scary 2" by Mark Klem. It is notable for possessing an extremely tall, rising, spiral staircase (called "the mother of all building staircases" in the Infopack.)

Walkthrough

Map of MAP12

Letters in italics refer to marked spots on the map. Sector numbers in boldface are secrets which count toward the end-of-level tally.

Essentials

Single-player:

Walk forward, and kill all of the enemies that appear while the elevator lowers. Once you reach the bottom, rush south, go to the east side, and push the switch, but make sure you are not under the ceiling after you do so (see Bugs.) After the stairs have formed, go around the hallway, jump across the gap, and grab the yellow key at the end. Go north, open the doors, and head east. Go down the lift, head around the hallway east, and grab the red key. Backtrack to the central hallway, and head through the western doorway. Go west, and head north to be faced with the choice of going east or west. Both of them lead to the red door in different ways.

If you wish to go east, drop down the eastern hole, go down the lift, and open the yellow door. Walk forward, and the barriers in front of you will open. Drop into the hole, go upstairs, and head to the east of your destination to activate a secret lift. If you wish to go west, drop down the pit to the west, open the yellow door, and jump down acros the platforms until you reach the one northeast of the western teleporter. Walk (not run) into the teleporter. Push on any of the walls around you, and step off. Wait until the walls have lowered, and take either stairway down. At the foot of the steps, go through the doorway, and head east to activate a secret lift. In either case, open the red door and step into the teleporter.

Go around to the north of the next area, and drop into the hole. Activate the switch, and step on either one of the southern corners to raise the floor. Once you are at the top, push on the wooden pillar to find the blue key, grab it. Stepping on the blue key platform opens a teleport in the southwest; rush in there as quickly as you can. Return to where you found the red key, and open the blue door. Press on either one of the switches at the north or south, and jump into the eastern portal.

Cooperative multiplayer:

Walk forward, and kill all of the enemies that appear while the floor lowers. Once you reach the bottom, dash south, go to the east side, and push the switch, but make sure you are not under the ceiling after you do it (see Bugs.) After the stairs have formed, go around the hallway, jump across the gap, and grab the yellow key at the end. Go north, open the doors, and head east. Go down the lift, head around the hallway east, and grab the red key. Backtrack to the central hallway, and head through the western doorway. Go west, and head north to be faced with the choice of going east or west. Both of them lead to the red door in different ways.

If you wish to go east, drop down the eastern hole, go down the lift, and open the yellow door. Walk forward, and the barriers in front of you will open. Drop into the hole, go upstairs, and head to the east of your destination to activate a secret lift. If you wish to go west, drop down the pit to the west, open the yellow door, and jump down acros the platforms until you reach the one northeast of the western teleporter. Walk (not run) into the teleporter. Push on any of the walls around you, and step off. Wait until the walls have lowered, and take either stairway down. At the foot of the steps, go through the doorway, and head east to activate a secret lift. In either case, open the red door and step into the teleporter.

Head around to the north of the next area, and jump into the hole. Activate the switch, and step on either one of the southern corners to raise the floor. Once you are at the top, push on the wooden pillar to find the blue key, grab it. Stepping on the blue key platform opens a teleport in the southwest; rush in there as quickly as you can. Have one player wait at the skull switch south of the central hallway, and backtrack to where you found the red key. Open the blue door, and head to the east of the curved hallway. At this point, have the one player press the switch, and the barrier will lower. Quickly jump into the portal.

Secrets

There are no official secrets in this level.

Bugs

If you do not move back from under the small ceiling after you flip the switch that raises the stairways, you will be crushed by the rising floor underneath you.

At the area where you find the blue key, it is possible to trigger the linedef raising the walls without falling into the hole, and then drop off the wall you are standing on to the ground while it rises. If you do this, it will become impossible to finish the level, unless you use the noclip cheat.

Speedrunning

Current records

The Compet-N records for the map are:

Run	Time	Player	Date	File	Notes
UV speed	04:37	Casey Alvis	2002-09-27	mm12-437.zip
NM speed
UV max	05:30	Casey Alvis	2004-03-30	mm12-530.zip
NM100S
UV -fast
UV -respawn
UV Tyson
UV pacifist

Miscellaneous demos

Run	Time	Player	Date	File	Notes
				.zip

Statistics

Map data

Things	229
Vertexes	956
Linedefs	1247
Sidedefs	1910
Sectors	226

Things

Monsters	ITYTD and HNTR	HMP	UV and NM
Arachnotrons	0	0	4
Arch-viles	1	1	1
Barons of hell	1	1	2
Cacodemons	0	3	3
Demons	6	7	8
Heavy weapon dudes	5	8	7
Hell knights	0	6	10
Imps	24	20	17
Mancubi	1	1	2
Revenants	3	7	7
Shotgun guys	9	26	24
Spectres	1	1	1
Zombiemen	7	0	0
Powerups	ITYTD and HNTR	HMP	UV and NM
Berserk packs	0	1	1
Medikits	29	23	14
Stimpacks	4	0	0
Weapons	ITYTD and HNTR	HMP	UV and NM
Shotguns	4	4	2
Super shotguns	1	1	1
Chainguns	1	1	1
Rocket launchers	1	1	1
Ammunition	ITYTD and HNTR	HMP	UV and NM
4 shotgun shells	0	4	0
Shell boxes	6	4	4
Rocket boxes	7	7	7
Energy cell packs	2	2	2
Keys	ITYTD and HNTR	HMP	UV and NM
Blue cards	1	1	1
Red cards	1	1	1
Yellow cards	1	1	1

External links

• Memento Mori demos from the Compet-N database