E3M6: In The Deal (Army of Darkness TC)

Army of Darkness TC maps
E3M1: Evil Dead E3M2: Arthur's Castle E3M3: The Pit E3M4: Good Ash vs Bad Ash E3M5: Necronomicon Ex Mortis E3M6: In The Deal E3M7: Let's Go E3M8: Shop S-Mart E3M9: Slept Too Long E2M1: Multiplayer Level

This level occupies the map slot E3M6. For other maps which occupy this slot, see Category:E3M6.

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E3M6: In The Deal is the sixth map of Army of Darkness TC. It appears as MAP06 in the PWAD's Doom II conversion. It was designed by Stefan Maes and uses the music track ? by Rick Sparks (Suture).

The design is a modification of standalone level Excalibur released separately by Stefan in 1994. v1.1 was uploaded to the idgames archive on April 11, 1995 to make Army of Darkness TC's entry the third revision of this level.

Walkthrough

Map of In The Deal

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.

Secrets

1. From the start, head south and turn left at the T-junction. At the end is a wall with a skull decoration - shooting it opens it to reveal an exploding barrel, a Winchester, a box of shotgun shells, a stimpack, and a medikit. (sector 368)
2. At the start are four small nukage pits. The south-west one is escapable to the west (the wall is marked differently), and it leads to several items including an armor, a megaarmor (in a secret room to the west of the curved staircase), a computer area map, and a crossbow. (sector 433)
3. Head up the curved staircase near the blue key and walk along the ledge to the west and south. At the end, press the wall to the east (it is also possible to press this wall from below). Now head to the south-west corner of the corridor surrounding the main area - the north-east corner is a secret door leading to two floating torsos, four ghosts (hard skill only), a catapult and some gunpowder. (sector 532)

Bugs

100% kills is not possible on this map as there is a floating torso (thing 485) that is too large to reach the teleporter and so cannot warp in to the main area.

Areas / screenshots

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  The start

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  The banners

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  Outside

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  The blue key room

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  The stairs room

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  The living room

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  The Necronomicon room

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  Another bad Ash

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  The kitchen

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  Outside the castle

Speedrunning

Current records

The records for the map at the Doom Speed Demo Archive are:

Run	Time	Player	Date	File	Notes
UV speed
NM speed
UV max
NM 100S
UV -fast
UV -respawn
UV Tyson
UV pacifist

The (absence of) data was last verified in its entirety on December 12, 2021.

Deathmatch

Player spawns

This level contains ten spawn points:

1. facing south. (thing 644)
2. facing east. (thing 645)
3. facing north. (thing 646)
4. facing north-west. (thing 647)
5. facing north-west. (thing 648)
6. facing west. (thing 649)
7. facing north. (thing 650)
8. facing north. (thing 651)
9. facing west. (thing 652)
10. facing east. (thing 653)

Statistics

Map data

Things	739
Vertices	2407*
Linedefs	2781
Sidedefs	4115
Sectors	656

* The vertex count without the effect of node building is 2071.

Things

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

Single-player
Monsters	1-2	3	4-5
Four-legged soldier	122	142	153
Skeleton	18	20	22
Invisible skeleton	12	16	20
Ghost	33	38	50
Floating torso	15	15	16
Skeleton captain	6	6	7
Bad Ash	1
Weapons	1-2	3	4-5
Chainsaw	1
Shotgun	2
Winchester repeater	5
Flaming crossbow	6
Torch	2
Catapult	1
Ammunition	1-2	3	4-5
Clip	25	25	26
Box of bullets	4
4 shotgun shells	37
Box of shotgun shells	10
Arrow	8	7	7
Bag of arrows	14
Some gunpowder	5
Health & Armor	1-2	3	4-5
Stimpack	26
Medikit	7
Armor	2
Megaarmor	1
Items	1-2	3	4-5
Armor bonus	62
Health bonus	80
Invulnerability	1
Partial invisibility	1
Map scroll	1
Keys	1-2	3	4-5
Blue skull key	1
Necronomicon!	1
Miscellaneous	1-2	3	4-5
Exploding barrel	1
Teleport landing	2

Multiplayer
Monsters	1-2	3	4-5
Four-legged soldier	122	142	153
Skeleton	18	20	22
Invisible skeleton	12	16	20
Ghost	33	38	50
Floating torso	15	15	16
Skeleton captain	6	6	7
Bad Ash	1
Weapons	1-2	3	4-5
Chainsaw	4
Shotgun	5
Winchester repeater	5
Flaming crossbow	7
Torch	3	2	2
Catapult	1
Ammunition	1-2	3	4-5
Clip	25	25	26
Box of bullets	4
4 shotgun shells	37
Box of shotgun shells	15
Arrow	8	7	7
Bag of arrows	14
Some gunpowder	5
Health & Armor	1-2	3	4-5
Stimpack	26
Medikit	7
Armor	2
Megaarmor	1
Items	1-2	3	4-5
Armor bonus	62
Health bonus	80
Invulnerability	1
Partial invisibility	1
Map scroll	1
Keys	1-2	3	4-5
Blue skull key	1
Necronomicon!	1
Miscellaneous	1-2	3	4-5
Cooperative start	4
Deathmatch start	10
Exploding barrel	1
Teleport landing	2

Inspiration and development

"This is the 3rd revision of my very first WAD I built, and which got me involved in this project. Previously released as Excalibur, AND elected as an All-Time Best DOOM Level on DoomGate, this version finally looks like I really wanted it to. The use of DOOM2 textures made quite a difference."

― Stefan Maes

External links

• Army of Darkness TC demos at the Doom Speed Demo Archive
• Excalibur v1.0 (archived 🏛) on WAD Archive (archived 🏛)
• Excalibur v1.1 at Doomworld/idgames