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Is this a bug or the way it's supposed to be?

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From: dds... SMITH DON DEEWAYNE
Date: Tue, 04 Jan 1994 14:13
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	Cool group. Hi, all the rest of you people infected (or soon to be
infected) with doom insanity! I have a question...has anyone else noticed this?
I got and finished the shareware v1.1 and immediately found what I consider to
be a real big problem...
	This ONLY goes for ultra-violence skill level...it's the only way I 
play! I found that on almost every level, if I save the game prior to actually
standing at the exit switch, the level in some way becomes unfinishable. 
	Level 2: The exit elevator becomes unenterable. Sometimes the imp won't
move, and sometimes even if it is dead, you just can't get on the elevator.
	Level 3: The pressure plate on the famous staircase doesn't activate
anything.
	(I haven't written these down, so I'm getting foggy here.)
	Level 4: The switch across the slime becomes inactive.
	Level 5 or 6: None of the secret doors function.

At any rate, NONE of these things happened when I played the level straight
through with no saves and no loads.

After I received my registered version in the mail yesterday, it seems this 
trend continues. I've found that the very first level in the 2nd episode does
the same thing. After saving and restoring, a *very* critical transporter
simply ceases to function, leaving you stuck.

Is this intentional?

At first, it really pissed me off. But as I spend time playing, it seems to 
make a certain kind of sense...if you're playing the hardest skill level, it
should be hard. So it's very frustrating, but at the same time, it makes it
feel like more of an accomplishment to finish a level.

And, if you're looking at this group and haven't tried DOOM (c) out yet, by
all means go out and try it!!!

Just the $0.02 worth from a confirmed doomaholic... 
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Subject: Is this a bug or the way it's supposed to be?
Date: 4 Jan 1994 14:13 CDT
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