3D Realms Times and Difficulty.

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4 total messages Started by Mjolnir Thu, 13 May 2004 04:34

#78176

Author: Mjolnir
Date: Thu, 13 May 2004 04:34

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Hi, this is a question for Duke 3D if anyone is still out there. I was 
wondering what difficulty the Par and 3D Realm's times (at the end of the 
level) were completed on. I am wondering this because 2-3 Warp Factor is 
friggin' impossible to get the 3D Realms time on Come Get Some difficulty. I 
got 20 s over the time on what I thought was a near perfect run. When I 
turned on the God mode I just met the time. However, when I played on Piece 
of Cake I got 10 s below the time. I have beaten the 3D Realms for various 
other levels, including all the ones before 2-3. Just wondering if someone 
could help :)

Re: 3D Realms Times and Difficulty.

#78177

Author: Raymond Martineau
Date: Fri, 14 May 2004 15:04

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On Thu, 13 May 2004 04:34:12 GMT, Mjolnir <default@default.com> wrote:

>Hi, this is a question for Duke 3D if anyone is still out there. I was 
>wondering what difficulty the Par and 3D Realm's times (at the end of the 
>level) were completed on. I am wondering this because 2-3 Warp Factor is 
>friggin' impossible to get the 3D Realms time on Come Get Some difficulty. I 
>got 20 s over the time on what I thought was a near perfect run. When I 
>turned on the God mode I just met the time. However, when I played on Piece 
>of Cake I got 10 s below the time. I have beaten the 3D Realms for various 
>other levels, including all the ones before 2-3. Just wondering if someone 
>could help :)

I'm not sure, but I suspect that it would be on a Medium Difficulty level.

This is just like Doom - a par time is given but no information on how it
was determined.  As always, it assums you have prior-knowledge of the map,
something that is not realistic for your first-time around (even if you are
an experienced player.)

3D Realms time are definatly speed runs taking the shortest route possible.
While I have heard these values being matched or beaten, they usually take
tons of tries before they even get close.  

I have doubts about speed runs done by developers - generally games don't
have that much time in development to do anything that fancy.

Re: 3D Realms Times and Difficulty.

#78178

Author: BulletRiddled
Date: Tue, 25 May 2004 22:08

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Just keep trying it over and over, you'll eventually get the fastest
routes and shortcuts memorized.  I can do Hollywood Hollocaust in less
than 20 seconds.

Re: 3D Realms Times and Difficulty.

#78179

Author: Mike
Date: Wed, 09 Jun 2004 18:26

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bullet_riddled_654@hotmail.com (BulletRiddled) wrote in message news:<e35578e4.0405251408.d24db79@posting.google.com>...
> Just keep trying it over and over, you'll eventually get the fastest
> routes and shortcuts memorized.  I can do Hollywood Hollocaust in less
> than 20 seconds.

Some one did it in 12 to 13 seconds.

13 second demo:
http://pages.quicksilver.net.nz/sgriffiths/dukedemos/demo1.dmo

12 second demo:
http://pages.quicksilver.net.nz/sgriffiths/dukedemos/newdemos/E1L1.dmo

Both need JonoF's port :)

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