Doom done Quicker
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(0) Index
(1) Introduction
(1.1) What's Doom done Quicker?
(1.2) Installation instructions
(1.3) Credits
(2) More details about the run
(2.1) Timing
(2.2) How the run was recorded
(3) Statistics
(3.1) Special note
(4) Contact info
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(1) Introduction
(1.1) What's Doom done Quicker?
Doom done Quicker is a speedrun through The Ultimate Doom on Ultra-Violence
skill, in 16:05. It is the sequel to Doom Done Quick, a similar run made in
1998, with a time of 19:43*. Almost none of the times included can truly be
said to be optimal - the only certainty in speed-running is that you can
always do it faster somehow. The demo is made in a similar way to the Quake
done Quick demos - each level is recorded separately and then they are joined
together with a third party utility to make a single run. As such it is NOT
an official competition demo of any sort and is provided merely for
entertainment. No one expects you to be able to do these times in one go. So
relax. :). However, we would like to note that this is not a TAS demo - i.e.,
each level was recorded whole. We did not use the utilities that allow each
level to be broken into smaller chunks to record.
* = see special note, section 3.1
(1.2) Installation instructions
Unzip ddqr-1605.zip into your Doom directory. This should give you:
DdQr.wad
DdQr.bat
DQr-1605.txt
routes.txt
**IMPORTANT**
Even though it is a .wad file, DdQr MUST be unzipped into your actual Doom
directory, since demo playback does not function from subdirectories.
To play a single episode, type:
doom -file ddqr.wad -playdemo ddqr-ep?
Replace ? with the episode number, for example: doom -playdemo ddqr-ep3
Or, to watch the entire movie, just run the included ddqr.bat file.
You will need The Ultimate Doom version 1.9 to play back this demo! If you
have an earlier version of Doom, you will need to upgrade it, patches are
available from ftp.idsoftware.com. It is possible to play back episodes 1, 2
and 3 under normal Doom v1.9, but you can only play episode 4 with The
Ultimate Doom v1.9. Please note that this run is NOT guaranteed to work with
source ports such as ZDoom, Doom Legacy and Boom. If you want to watch the
action in higher resolution, there are several ways of doing it:
If you have v0.47 of DosDoom, this should play all four runs back fine, and
allows you to choose your resolution with the command-line parameters -height
and -width.
If you don't have, and can't find, this version of DosDoom, DdQstats.exe -
available from the QdQ site - should work too.
If you'd like to try a modern port, we find that PRBoom and MBF will play back
episodes 1, 2 and 3 OK, although episode 4 does not work. This should also
go for LxDoom. However, none of this is in any way guaranteed, and if the
demos seem to screw up, you should revert to Doom.exe.
(1.3) Credits
The people who created Doom done Quick are:
Adam Hegyi
playing, compilation and tactics
Adam Williamson
playing and tactics
Jonathan Rimmer
playing and tactics
Vincent Catalaa
playing and tactics
Fredrik Johansson
Title picture
If you want to send a mail to the whole team (you know, to tell us how great
we all are ;>) the address is:
qdq-doom@list.gamespy.com
The utilities we used included:
DdQStats, a modified version of DosDoom. DosDoom is the Dos port of the Doom
source code, which also has a few other features. It was made by Chi Hoang.
The modification for DosDoom to make it possible to start with the right
stats was done by Yonatan Donner. DdQStats is also available from the QdQ
page.
LMPC by Uwe Girlich to connect the demos together. It is available from
http://www.planetquake.com/demospecs/
(2) More details about the movie
(2.1) Timing
Just a quick explanation of why we say we completed Doom in 16:05.
Doom shows times for every level, except the last levels in every episode.
But since it is possible to find the exact times of those as well using
LMPC, we decided to include them as well. So the 16:05 time includes all 32
levels in this recording. (We didn't go to the secret levels, because it's
just a waste of time.) It does NOT include millisecond times for each level.
What does this mean? Well, it is possible to find out the exact time for
every run, down to the milliseconds, which Doom always rounds down (0:09.97
will always show as 0:09 in Doom). Omitting these times has always been
convention in speedrun timing, so we followed it in timing these runs and just
added up the whole second times.
(2.2) How the run was recorded
Each level was recorded separately on skill 4 (Ultra-Violence), starting
from the exact same stats we ended the previous level with. (It is possible
with DdQStats, available from the QdQ page.) Then the demos were connected
using LMPC into this run.
(3) Statistics
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Level Map Player Time DdQ Saving
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Hangar E1M1 Adam H 0:09 0:12 0:03
Nuclear Plant E1M2 Adam W 0:22 0:24 0:02
Toxin Refinery E1M3 John R 0:40 0:44 0:04
Command Control E1M4 Adam H 0:14 0:22 0:08
Phobos Lab E1M5 Adam W 0:57 1:10 0:13
Cewntral Processing E1M6 Adam W 1:01 1:15 0:14
Computer Station E1M7 Adam W 1:15 1:24 0:09
Phobos Anomaly E1M8 Adam H 0:24 0:27 0:03 see 3.1
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Episode 1 - Knee Deep in the Dead 5:02 5:58 0:56
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Deimos Anomaly E2M1 Adam H 0:36 0:39 0:03
Containment Area E2M2 Adam H 0:15 0:16 0:01
Refinery E2M3 Adam W 0:29 0:31 0:02
Deimos Lab E2M4 Adam H 0:40 0:42 0:02
Command Center E2M5 Adam H 0:29 0:30 0:01
Halls of the Damned E2M6 Adam H 1:10 1:14 0:04
Spawning Vats E2M7 John R 0:10 0:36 0:26
Tower of Babel E2M8 Adam W 0:26 0:34 0:08
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Episode 2 - The Shores of Hell 4:15 5:02 0:47
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Hell Keep E3M1 Adam H 0:30 0:35 0:05
Slough of Despair E3M2 Adam H 0:13 0:17 0:04
Pandemonium E3M3 Adam H 0:26 0:27 0:01
House of Pain E3M4 Adam H 0:39 0:47 0:08
Unholy Cathedral E3M5 Adam H 0:24 0:25 0:01
Mt. Erebus E3M6 Adam H 0:24 0:28 0:04
Gate to Limbo E3M7 Adam H 0:55 1:01 0:06
Dis E3M8 Adam H 0:07 0:23 0:16
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Episode 3 - Inferno! 3:38 4:23 0:45
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Hell Beneath E4M1 Vincent 0:25 0:34 0:09
Perfect Hatred E4M2 John R 0:17 0:20 0:03
Sever the Wicked E4M3 Adam H 0:09 0:36 0:27
Unruly Evil E4M4 Adam H 0:35 0:38 0:03
They Will Repent E4M5 Adam H 0:25 0:31 0:06
Against Thee Wickedly E4M6 Adam W 0:31 0:39 0:08
And Hell Followed E4M7 John R 0:10 0:11 0:01
Unto the Cruel E4M8 Adam H 0:38 0:51 0:13
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Episode 4 - Thy Flesh Consumed 3:10 4:20 1:10
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Doom done Quicker 16:05 19:43 3:38
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(3.1) Special note
The original DdQ is named ddq-1941 and given a time of 19:41. However, the
time for e1m8 was in fact measured incorrectly and is 0:27, not 0:25 as stated
in the DdQ text file. To give an accurate comparison, the genuine E1M8, EP1
and DdQ times (0:27, 5:58 and 19:43 respectively) are used in our table.
(4) Contact info
For QdQ news and future projects visit http://www.PlanetQuake.com/QdQ/.
For questions and comments (even if you just want to say you liked the
demo), email us, our email addresses are listed in the "credits" section.
(5) Version History
6th November 2000: Pre-release 1. All demos present.
20th November 2000: Pre-release 2. All demos and first draft text file.
21st November 2000: Pre-release 3. Text file revised to clarify that DdQr
doesn't work with ports. Routes.txt updated with info
on E4M8 exit jump and SR50 technique. DdQr.bat created.
22nd November 2000: Pre-release 4. Demos extended with idle endspace so that
end-game sequences show. Demos rolled into DdQr.wad.
Routes.txt substantially modified, DQr-1605.txt somewhat
changed. DdQr.bat changed to reflect conversion to .wad
format.
22nd November 2000: Pre-release 5. DdQr-ep4.lmp had not been properly
extended in pre-release 4: fixed.
24th November 2000: Pre-release 6. First cut of ENDOOM lump added.
24th November 2000: Pre-release 7. Second cut of ENDOOM lump added.
24th November 2000: Pre-release 8. TITLEPIC added.
05th December 2000: Pre-release 9. Fredrik's TITLEPIC added, Fredrik credited
in text.
08th December 2000: Pre-release 10. Minor textfile changes, re-compilation
for release.
10th December 2000: Pre-release 10 released as v1.0.
Enjoy Doom done Quicker!
8th December 2000
This text file based heavily on DdQ-1941.txt, for which thanks to Yonatan.
ddq_health 94
ddq_armortype 0
ddq_armorvalue 0
ddq_rng 143
ddq_weapon 2
ddq_bull 78
ddq_shel 24
ddq_rckt 0
ddq_cell 0
ddq_haveCS 0
ddq_haveSG 1
ddq_haveSSG 0
ddq_haveCG 0
ddq_haveRL 0
ddq_havePG 0
ddq_haveBFG 0
ddq_backpack 0
mouse_sensitivity 32
sfx_volume 15
music_volume 15
show_messages 1
key_right 77
key_left 75
key_up 17
key_down 31
key_strafeleft 30
key_straferight 32
key_fire 1
key_use 57
key_strafe 56
key_speed 29
use_mouse 1
mouseb_fire 0
mouseb_strafe 1
mouseb_forward 2
use_joystick 0
joyb_fire 0
joyb_strafe 1
joyb_use 3
joyb_speed 2
screenblocks 10
detaillevel 0
snd_channels 8
snd_musicdevice 8
snd_sfxdevice 3
snd_sbport 544
snd_sbirq 5
snd_sbdma 1
snd_mport 816
showmessages 1
comport 1
usegamma 3
chatmacro0 "Lemming in."
chatmacro1 "One dead marine, coming right up..."
chatmacro2 "Oh what a load of blood and gore..."
chatmacro3 "I'm not looking too good!"
chatmacro4 "Help!"
chatmacro5 "You suck!"
chatmacro6 "Next time, scumbag..."
chatmacro7 "Come here!"
chatmacro8 "I'll take care of it."
chatmacro9 "Yes"