Editing E3M4: House of Pain (Doom)

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'''E3M4: House of Pain''' is the fourth map of [[Inferno]] in [[Doom]]. It was designed by [[Sandy Petersen]] and uses the [[Doom music|music]] track "Sign of Evil". The [[par time]] is 2:30.

== Walkthrough ==
[[File:E3M4 map.png|thumb|300x300px|Map of House of Pain]]
{{map spots}}

===Essentials===
Collect the [[rocket launcher]] and [[rocket]]s in this starting room, then go straight forward up the stairs. Once you get to the top, follow the hallway to a door. Open it to enter a bigger area and kill all the monsters here, then run up to the three switches in this room. Hit the one in the middle, and turn around to see a platform rise (it will not work if the [[Crushing ceiling|crusher]] above it has been activated first), and collect the [[chaingun]] and goodies. Then, go back and hit the switch on the left, and turn around again and see a platform rise (as before, it will not rise if the crusher directly above it has been activated). Within the new platform that just raised, collect the [[invulnerability]] powerup and health. Now go back and hit the switch on the right. Then enter through the opening to the right of it. Follow this hall to another opening.

Go through the opening, and go straight. Enter the marble hall, and then go all the way straight in this hall (skip the two large openings to the right), and then there will be a walkway to your left. Skip it, and keep going eastward. Kill the [[lost soul]]s and the [[baron of Hell]] that appear here on Hurt Me Plenty [[Skill level#Doom and Doom II skill levels|skill level]] and up, and get the blue skull [[key]]. Then turn around, backtrack and go right. Take another right into the walkway that leads north you skipped. Get to the other end of the room to the blue door. Open it.

Kill the [[imp]]s in this room, then open the tech wall directly ahead (not the door on your left) and go round the corner to find a room with a blue square. Step on it a few times, and a door should open that you cannot open on manually. When the door is open, run through it, and go right. Follow this tunnel to another room, turn right, kill the imps in here, and run to the pillars that have switches. Go to the pillar on the left, and hit the switch on the west side of the pillar. Turn left, and go straight to a small [[blood]] pool, and turn right again. Go through the opening you just opened, and get the yellow key. Now go back, and hit the west switch on the right pillar. Take the eastern corridor and go straight to another blood pool, and go right, into another opening you just opened. Now open the yellow door, and get the red key. Return to the pillars, and hit the south switch on the right pillar. Now take the eastern corridor again and head right into another opening. Open the red door in this room.

Go left and then turn left, run straight through the red rock tunnel (which does [[Damaging floor|hurt]], be careful), grabbing the health. Then, when you reach the room on the other side, drop yourself down. Turn right in this room and open the south-east door. Follow the hall to the exit door, and then go through the exit [[teleporter]].

===Secrets===
====Official====
# From the start, go left and walk along the path crossing a blood pool. Resting in the blood at the far end of the room is a teleporter; go through it to reach an otherwise inaccessible area from where you can shoot from a small hole in the wall. ('''sector 91''')
# After passing through the blue door, take the door on the left. Continue along this path through another two doors until you reach a room with three other exits. Take the one to the left (south). Inside this next room is a "&lt;" shaped wall; open it to reveal a secret with two [[medikit]]s, [[energy cell pack]]s and numerous [[Box of rockets|rocket boxes]]. ('''sector 177''')
# From secret #2, return to the previous room. Take the small door to the north. Walk through the lava and drop into the pit. A [[BFG9000]] rests at the bottom. Flip the switch to get out. ('''sector 98''')
# After going through the red door, you will be find narrow hallway with three alcoves to the right. Turn around and open the wall directly south to reveal a [[radiation shielding suit]]. ('''sector 124''')

====Non-official====
# From the start, go right and in the far left corner of the room with the blood river there will be a section with an [[armor bonus]] in front of it, open that section for a shotgun and some shells.

===Bugs===
One "hanging leg" decoration ([[thing]] 283) has no flags set for any of the difficulty classes, so it does not actually appear in the level.

After the area with the crushers, you come to a room with demons at either side. After this room if you turn around and press use, it opens the sector as a door and then closes after. It can be opened again from that side but if you open the sector and go back towards the start, you will get trapped and have to kill yourself or load a saved game, or in online play restart the game completely.[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OI-pghDE9ZQ] This can in some rare cases be triggered by a monster, much more likely in advanced [[source port]]s than in [[vanilla Doom]].

To the east of the main marble hall, there are two adjacent doors. If the northern door is opened from the west, it will automatically close. If you are inside the room right to the east of the door at this point, you will have to use the switch in order to open the door again. The door will not automatically close, but the switch can be used only once. It should still be possible to open and close the door from the west. In case you enter the room after the door gets closed again, you will get trapped. As in the preceding example, this can be triggered by a monster.

===Design oddities===
Inside the giant room where one side holds the yellow key and the other holds the red key, there is a way to grab the key through the wall on the red key side. You must position yourself perfectly or this will not work. You must make a run straight into the wall precisely where the key is located on the other side. You cannot run along the wall, you have to run into it. This is a great technique for speedrunners.

== Areas / screenshots ==
<gallery mode=nolines widths=160px>
E3M4 start.png|Entrance.
E3m4 optional1.PNG|Optional room east from the start.
E3m4 optional2.PNG|Optional room west from the start.
E3m4 crushing1.PNG|The area with two crushers.
E3m4 crushing2.PNG|The same area.
E3m4 room.PNG|A massacre in the room.
E3m4 marble2.png|An optional marble room.
E3m4 marble1.PNG|Main marble hall.
E3m4 key1.PNG|In the same hall the blue key is obtained.
E3m4 baron.Png|A baron of Hell.
E3m4 berserk.PNG|Items and a berserk pack.
E3m4 danger.PNG|The floor kills in this room, so you will need a protection.
E3m4 barrel.PNG|A massacre in the marble room.
E3m4 star1.PNG|The first star textured room.
E3m4 exit.PNG|Tech-themed room.
E3m4 enemies.PNG|Two skulls to the right and left.
E3M4 end.png|Arriving at the exit.
</gallery>

== Speedrunning ==

===Routes and tricks===

===Current Compet-n records===
The [[Compet-n]] records for the map are:

{| {{prettytable}}
! Run !! Time !! Player !! Date !! File !! Notes
|-
|[[UV speed]]||00:38||[[Hi Jango]]||2005-09-26||{{competnftp|doom/speed/e3m4-038.zip|e3m4-038.zip}}||
|-
|[[NM speed]]||00:47||[[Adam Williamson]]||1999-11-04||{{competnftp|doom/nmare/n3m4-047.zip|n3m4-047.zip}}||
|-
|[[UV max]]||03:57||[[Tatsuya Ito (Tatsurd-cacocaco)]]||2019-01-22||{{competnftp|doom/max/e3m4-357.zip|e3m4-357.zip}}||
|-
|[[NM100S]]||01:23||[[Radek Pecka]]||2003-07-02||{{competnftp|doom/nm100s/n3s4-123.zip|n3s4-123.zip}}||
|-
|[[UV -fast]]||05:26||[[Radek Pecka]]||2001-09-17||{{competnftp|doom/fast/f3m4-526.zip|f3m4-526.zip}}||
|-
|[[UV -respawn]]||04:09||[[Radek Pecka]]||2000-11-27||{{competnftp|doom/respawn/r3m4-409.zip|r3m4-409.zip}}||
|-
|[[UV Tyson]]||06:22||[[Jim Leonard (Xit Vono)]]||2003-04-07||{{competnftp|doom/tyson/t3m4-622.zip|t3m4-622.zip}}||
|-
|[[UV pacifist]]||00:39||[[Adam Hegyi]]||1999-11-08||{{competnftp|doom/pacifist/e3m4-039.zip|e3m4-039.zip}}||
|}

''The data was last verified in its entirety on July 6, 2020.''

===Current DSDA records===
The records for the map at the [[Doom Speed Demo Archive]] are:

{| {{prettytable}}
! Run !! Time !! Player !! Date !! File !! Notes
|-
|[[UV speed]]||0:37.94||[[Jonathan Rimmer]]||2021-03-17||{{dsda2ftp|doom/51956/e3m4-037.zip|e3m4-037.zip}}||
|-
|[[NM speed]]||0:40.43||[[Aleksey Kamenev (4shockblast)]]||2023-02-20||{{dsda2ftp|doom/72916/e3m4n4043.zip|e3m4n4043.zip}}||
|-
|[[UV max]]||3:28.94||[[Jim Leonard (Xit Vono)]]||2023-08-30||{{dsda2ftp|doom/81638/e3m4-328.zip|e3m4-328.zip}}||
|-
|[[NM 100S]]||1:20.31||{{dsda2user|id=t0yota|title=T0yOta|linkonly=1}}||2022-10-31||{{dsda2ftp|doom/68642/N3S4-120.zip|N3S4-120.zip}}||
|-
|[[UV -fast]]||4:01.74||{{dsda2user|id=bfgandorf|title=BFGandorf|linkonly=1}}||2023-11-04||{{dsda2ftp|doom/83603/e3m4f40174.zip|e3m4f40174.zip}}||
|-
|[[UV -respawn]]||3:23.34||[[Jim Leonard (Xit Vono)]]||2023-08-18||{{dsda2ftp|doom/81349/r3m4-323.zip|r3m4-323.zip}}||
|-
|[[UV Tyson]]||6:10.83||[[Jim Leonard (Xit Vono)]]||2023-06-13||{{dsda2ftp|doom/78850/t3m4-610.zip|t3m4-610.zip}}||
|-
|[[UV pacifist]]||0:39.80||[[Adam Hegyi]]||1999-11-08||{{dsda2ftp|doom/37054/p3m4-039.zip|p3m4-039.zip}}||
|-
|[[NoMo]]||0:33.86||[[Aleksey Kamenev (4shockblast)]]||2016-09-09||{{dsda2ftp|doom/37073/e3m4o033.zip|e3m4o033.zip}}||
|-
|[[Stroller]]||1:36.11||{{dsda2user|id=slowfade|title=slowfade|linkonly=1}}||2023-06-13||{{dsda2ftp|doom/78768/e3m4str136.zip|e3m4str136.zip}}||
|}

''The data was last verified in its entirety on November 16, 2023.''

== Deathmatch ==

===Player spawns===
This level contains four spawn points:
# facing south. ('''thing 322''')
# facing south. ('''thing 323''')
# facing north. ('''thing 324''')
# facing south. ('''thing 325''')

== Statistics ==
===Map data===
{{mapdata|
  things=374|
  vertexes=1027|
  linedefs=1099|
  sidedefs=1369|
  sectors=186|
  vertexbefore=907}}

===Things===
This level contains the following numbers of [[thing]]s per [[Skill level#Doom and Doom II skill levels|skill level]]:

{{col-begin}}
{{col-break|width=33%}}
{| {{prettytable|style=text-align: center;}}
!colspan="4"|Single-player
|-
![[Monster|Monsters]]!!1-2!!3!!4-5
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|[[Zombieman]]||14||22||22
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|[[Shotgun guy]]||3||8||18
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|[[Imp]]||4||22||26
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|[[Lost soul]]||3||10||21
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|[[Demon]]||9||28||53
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|[[Spectre]]||0||0||5
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|[[Cacodemon]]||4||7||13
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|[[Baron of Hell]]||0||3||3
|-
![[Weapon|Weapons]]!!1-2!!3!!4-5
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|[[Shotgun]]||colspan="3"|1
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|[[Chaingun]]||colspan="3"|1
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|[[Rocket launcher]]||colspan="3"|1
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|[[BFG9000]]||colspan="3"|1
|-
![[Ammo|Ammunition]]!!1-2!!3!!4-5
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|[[Clip]]||11||15||15
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|[[Box of bullets]]||5||5||4
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|[[4 shotgun shells]]||6||7||7
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|[[Box of shotgun shells]]||colspan="3"|7
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|[[Rocket]]||0||0||2
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|[[Box of rockets]]||colspan="3"|6
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|[[Energy cell (Doom)|Energy cell]]||colspan="3"|4
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|[[Energy cell pack]]||2||2||1
|-
![[Item#Doom games|Health & Armor]]!!1-2!!3!!4-5
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|[[Stimpack]]||23||23||22
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|[[Medikit]]||colspan="3"|19
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|[[Armor]]||3||2||2
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|[[Megaarmor]]||colspan="3"|2
|-
!Items!!1-2!!3!!4-5
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|[[Armor bonus]]||colspan="3"|6
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|[[Health bonus]]||colspan="3"|37
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|[[Supercharge]]||colspan="3"|1
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|[[Backpack]]||colspan="3"|1
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|[[Berserk]]||colspan="3"|1
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|[[Invulnerability]]||colspan="3"|2
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|[[Partial invisibility]]||colspan="3"|1
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|[[Radiation shielding suit]]||colspan="3"|1
|-
![[Key|Keys]]!!1-2!!3!!4-5
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|Blue skull key||colspan="3"|1
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|Red skull key||colspan="3"|1
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|Yellow skull key||colspan="3"|1
|-
!Miscellaneous!!1-2!!3!!4-5
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|[[Barrel|Exploding barrel]]||colspan="3"|15
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|[[Teleporter|Teleport landing]]||colspan="3"|2
|}
{{col-break}}
{| {{prettytable|style=text-align: center;}}
!colspan="4"|Multiplayer
|-
!Monsters!!1-2!!3!!4-5
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|Zombieman||14||22||22
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|Shotgun guy||3||8||18
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|Imp||4||22||26
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|Lost soul||3||10||21
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|Demon||9||28||53
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|Spectre||0||0||5
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|Cacodemon||4||7||13
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|Baron of Hell||0||3||3
|-
!Weapons!!1-2!!3!!4-5
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|Shotgun||colspan="3"|1
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|Chaingun||colspan="3"|1
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|Rocket launcher||colspan="3"|1
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|BFG9000||colspan="3"|1
|-
!Ammunition!!1-2!!3!!4-5
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|Clip||11||15||15
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|Box of bullets||5||5||4
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|4 shotgun shells||6||7||7
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|Box of shotgun shells||colspan="3"|7
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|Rocket||0||0||2
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|Box of rockets||colspan="3"|6
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|Energy cell||colspan="3"|4
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|Energy cell pack||2||2||1
|-
!Health & Armor!!1-2!!3!!4-5
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|Stimpack||23||23||22
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|Medikit||colspan="3"|19
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|Armor||3||2||2
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|Megaarmor||colspan="3"|2
|-
!Items!!1-2!!3!!4-5
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|Armor bonus||colspan="3"|6
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|Health bonus||colspan="3"|37
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|Supercharge||colspan="3"|1
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|Backpack||colspan="3"|1
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|Berserk||colspan="3"|1
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|Invulnerability||colspan="3"|2
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|Partial invisibility||colspan="3"|1
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|Radiation shielding suit||colspan="3"|1
|-
!Keys!!1-2!!3!!4-5
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|Blue skull key||colspan="3"|1
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|Red skull key||colspan="3"|1
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|Yellow skull key||colspan="3"|1
|-
!Miscellaneous!!1-2!!3!!4-5
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|[[Multiplayer#Cooperative|Cooperative start]]||colspan="3"|4
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|[[Deathmatch start]]||colspan="3"|4
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|Exploding barrel||colspan="3"|15
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|Teleport landing||colspan="3"|2
|}
{{col-end}}

== Trivia ==
* The level title may be a reference to a passage in ''{{wp|The Island of Dr. Moreau}}'' Chapter 12, in which a reference to "the House of Pain" occurs in a series of chants.
* According to Sandy Petersen, the design is roughly based on the positioning of human organs, with lungs and stomach still prominently visible on the map. <ref>digitalculturebooks (2013), [http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/idx/l/lvg/11878639.0001.001/1:12/--doom-scarydarkfast?g=dculture;rgn=div1;view=fulltext;xc=1 "Doom: Scarydarkfast"], by Dan Pinchbeck. Retrieved on September 28, 2016.</ref>

== See also ==
* [[House of Pain (Doom 2016)]] for this level's re-created version in [[Doom (2016)]].

== External links ==
* {{competnmap|1|134|E3M4}}
* {{dsda2|wad=doom|map=E3M4|title=E3M4 demos}}
* [http://ian-albert.com/games/doom_maps/ Top-down perspective view of all Doom levels] by Ian Albert

== References ==
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[[Category:Sandy Petersen levels]]
[[Category:Levels named after music groups]]