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Author	Eddie Nguyen
Port	Vanilla Doom
IWAD	Doom
Year	1994
Link	Doomworld/idgames

This level occupies the map slot E2M3. For other maps which occupy this slot, see Category:E2M3.

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Diopatra is a single-level PWAD for Doom. It was released in 1994 by Eddie Nguyen, and is the third in a series of single-level wads, following UCA and Talpoida and preceding Sapidus.

Walkthrough

Map of Diopatra

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

Essentials

Other points of interest

Secrets

In the room immediately north of you after descending the first staircase, one of the torches is green instead of red. Behind it is a secret door into a tunnel which leads to a shrine. (sector 70) Two boxes of ammo, a box of shells, and an energy cell pack can be found inside. If you jump down to collect the cell pack, you can escape by following the river of lava to a secret door to a hidden lift leading to secret #2.
In the hallway with the brown, cobblestone floor nearby the first room, there is an inverted cross on the east wall. The middle section is a secret door (sector 80) into a room containing two health bonuses and a backpack. While this secret can be accessed through the lift from secret #1, the secret door must be traversed for this secret to count.
After collecting the yellow key, open the yellow door behind the switch-activated door north from secret #2 and press the switch on the wall. This opens a nearby doorway (sector 93) into a slime pit with a supercharge. However, this is an inescapable booby trap that will slowly kill you, unless you also press the button in the compartment found midway through the sewage tunnel to the exit. If you intend only to collect the secret, you can step into the doorway without jumping in, and then back out.
In the slime cavern in the northeast, you can collect this secret by stepping on any of the following: the darkened middle point of the collapsing walkway; the darkened portion of the island behind the southern wall with the box of ammo; or the passage in the southwest that contains two medikits, an energy cell and a radiation suit. All of these are considered a single sector (sector 27).

Bugs

Various rivers of lava in the cavern (sector 45) and the red circle in the northwest (sector 38) have sector effect 11, a 20% damage floor which harms you through the radiation suit, as intended by designer Eddie Nguyen^[1]. However, this also ends the level when your health drops under 11% (as on E1M8), meaning you can finish the level by jumping into the nearest patch of cavern lava you can find.

Demo files

Areas / screenshots

Speedrunning

Routes and tricks

Current records

The records for the map at the Doomed Speed Demos Archive are:

Style	Time	Player	Date	File	Notes
UV speed
NM speed
UV max
NM100S
UV -fast
UV -respawn
UV Tyson
UV pacifist

Miscellaneous demos

Style	Time	Player	Date	File	Notes
				.zip

Deathmatch

Statistics

Map data

Things	309
Vertices	1277*
Linedefs	1241
Sidedefs	1728
Sectors	112

* The vertex count without the effect of node building is 947.

Things

This level contains the following numbers of things per skill level:

Single-player
Monsters	1-2	3	4-5
Zombieman	3	5	5
Shotgun guy	26	27	27
Imp	7
Lost soul	14
Demon	40	46	46
Spectre	1
Cacodemon	11	20	20
Baron of Hell	1	2	2
Weapons	1-2	3	4-5
Shotgun	3
Chaingun	1
Rocket launcher	1
Plasma gun	1
Ammunition	1-2	3	4-5
Clip	1
Box of bullets	15
4 shotgun shells	1
Box of shotgun shells	6
Rocket	1
Box of rockets	3
Energy cell	1
Energy cell pack	1
Health & Armor	1-2	3	4-5
Stimpack	1
Medikit	13
Armor	2
Megaarmor	1
Items	1-2	3	4-5
Armor bonus	4
Health bonus	2
Supercharge	1
Backpack	1
Invulnerability	2
Light amplification visor	3
Radiation shielding suit	4
Keys	1-2	3	4-5
Blue keycard	1
Red skull key	1
Yellow keycard	1

Multiplayer
Monsters	1-2	3	4-5
Zombieman	3	5	5
Shotgun guy	26	27	27
Imp	7
Lost soul	14
Demon	40	46	46
Spectre	1
Cacodemon	11	20	20
Baron of Hell	1	2	2
Weapons	1-2	3	4-5
Shotgun	3
Chaingun	1
Rocket launcher	1
Plasma gun	1
Ammunition	1-2	3	4-5
Clip	1
Box of bullets	15
4 shotgun shells	1
Box of shotgun shells	6
Rocket	1
Box of rockets	3
Energy cell	1
Energy cell pack	1
Health & Armor	1-2	3	4-5
Stimpack	1
Medikit	13
Armor	2
Megaarmor	1
Items	1-2	3	4-5
Armor bonus	4
Health bonus	2
Supercharge	1
Backpack	1
Invulnerability	2
Light amplification visor	3
Radiation shielding suit	4
Keys	1-2	3	4-5
Blue keycard	1
Red skull key	1
Yellow keycard	1
Miscellaneous	1-2	3	4-5
Cooperative start	4

Technical information

Inspiration and development

Trivia

Sources

↑ Nguyen, Eddie. "The cavernous tunnels are also laced with flowing lava, so watch how you walk. The radiation suits don't always provide adequate protection....". DIOPATRA.TXT from Diopatra at Doomworld/idgames. 1994-05-29. Retrieved 2017-11-12.

External links

Diopatra at Doomworld/idgames
Diopatra (archived 🏛) at the Doomed Speed Demos Archive

[DiopatraTxt-1] Nguyen, Eddie. "The cavernous tunnels are also laced with flowing lava, so watch how you walk. The radiation suits don't always provide adequate protection....". DIOPATRA.TXT from Diopatra at Doomworld/idgames. 1994-05-29. Retrieved 2017-11-12.

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@@ Line 19: / Line 19: @@
 ===Secrets===
-# ('''sector 27''')
+# In the room immediately north of you after descending the first staircase, one of the torches is green instead of red. Behind it is a secret door into a tunnel which leads to a shrine. ('''sector 70''') Two [[box of ammo|boxes of ammo]], a [[box of shells]], and an [[energy cell pack]] can be found inside. If you jump down to collect the cell pack, you can escape by following the river of lava to a secret door to a hidden lift leading to secret #2.
-# ('''sector 70''')
+# In the hallway with the brown, cobblestone floor nearby the first room, there is an inverted cross on the east wall. The middle section is a secret door ('''sector 80''') into a room containing two [[health bonus]]es and a [[backpack]]. While this secret can be accessed through the lift from secret #1, the secret door must be traversed for this secret to count.
-# ('''sector 80''')
+# After collecting the yellow key, open the yellow door behind the switch-activated door north from secret #2 and press the switch on the wall. This opens a nearby doorway ('''sector 93''') into a slime pit with a [[supercharge]]. However, this is an inescapable booby trap that will slowly kill you, unless you also press the button in the compartment found midway through the sewage tunnel to the exit. If you intend only to collect the secret, you can step into the doorway without jumping in, and then back out.
-# ('''sector 93''')
+# In the slime cavern in the northeast, you can collect this secret by stepping on any of the following: the darkened middle point of the collapsing walkway; the darkened portion of the island behind the southern wall with the box of ammo; or the passage in the southwest that contains two [[medikit]]s, an [[energy cell]] and a [[radiation suit]]. All of these are considered a single sector ('''sector 27''').
 ===Bugs===