Sapidus

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

This level occupies the map slot E2M4. For other maps which occupy this slot, see Category:E2M4.

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Sapidus is a single-level PWAD for Doom. It was released in 1994 by Eddie Nguyen, and is the fourth in a series of single-level wads, following UCA, Talpoida, and Diopatra. Unlike the other levels, it had two releases: SAPIDUS.WAD on June 5, 1994; and SAPIDUSB.WAD on June 9, 1994, the only version available on the idgames archive. The second release fixes an error with the slime pits in the level (see Bugs).

Walkthrough

Map of Sapidus

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

Immediately to the south of the north-western room, the eastern door has a secret door leading to a room with a box of bullets and a medikit. (sector 31)
Immediately north of the medikit in #1 is another secret door leading to a room with three spectres and a medikit. There is a secret lift in the south-west of this room, which on pressing reveals two switches. The eastern one raises a bridge ahead, on the other side of which is a door leading to a room with a spectre and two lost souls. There is another secret door in the south-west of this room. (sector 180)
Go west from the north-eastern room. The northern wall has a secret door leading to a backpack. (sector 79)

Bugs

In the original release, SAPIDUS.WAD, the slime pits in each corner of the level (sector 15) use sector effect 11, a 20% damaging floor that hurts you through the radiation suit, but also ends the level when your health drops below 11%, enabling an unintentionally quick exit. The second release, SAPIDUSB.WAD, changes this to sector effect 16, a 20% damage floor with a small chance of hurting you through a radiation suit, to fix the error.

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
UV speed
NM speed
UV max	11:55	Eric Baker (The Green Herring)	2010-04-12	sapi-1155.zip
NM100S
UV -fast
UV -respawn
UV Tyson
UV pacifist

Miscellaneous demos

Style	Time	Player	Date	File	Notes
UV speed alternate	00:09	Eric Baker (The Green Herring)	2010-04-12	sapi-009.zip	Demonstrates the bug in SAPIDUS.WAD.

Deathmatch

Player spawns

This level contains ten spawn points:

facing west. (thing 203)
facing west. (thing 204)
facing west. (thing 205)
facing west. (thing 206)
facing north. (thing 207)
facing north. (thing 208)
facing west. (thing 209)
facing west. (thing 210)
facing south. (thing 211)
facing west. (thing 212)

Statistics

Map data

Things	371
Vertices	1092*
Linedefs	1243
Sidedefs	1658
Sectors	189

* The vertex count without the effect of node building is 938.

Things

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

Single-player
Monsters	1-2	3	4-5
Zombieman	87	90	90
Shotgun guy	48	49	49
Imp	4	5	5
Lost soul	11
Demon	50	58	58
Spectre	25	30	30
Cacodemon	14	27	27
Baron of Hell	2	3	3
Weapons	1-2	3	4-5
Shotgun	2
Chaingun	1
Rocket launcher	1
Ammunition	1-2	3	4-5
Box of bullets	15
Box of shotgun shells	8
Box of rockets	4
Energy cell	2
Energy cell pack	5
Health & Armor	1-2	3	4-5
Stimpack	2
Medikit	20
Armor	3
Items	1-2	3	4-5
Supercharge	1
Backpack	1
Computer area map	1
Keys	1-2	3	4-5
Blue keycard	1
Red keycard	1
Yellow keycard	1
Miscellaneous	1-2	3	4-5
Teleport landing	1

Multiplayer
Monsters	1-2	3	4-5
Zombieman	87	90	90
Shotgun guy	48	49	49
Imp	4	5	5
Lost soul	11
Demon	50	58	58
Spectre	25	30	30
Cacodemon	14	27	27
Baron of Hell	2	3	3
Weapons	1-2	3	4-5
Shotgun	2
Chaingun	1
Rocket launcher	1
Ammunition	1-2	3	4-5
Box of bullets	15
Box of shotgun shells	8
Box of rockets	4
Energy cell	2
Energy cell pack	5
Health & Armor	1-2	3	4-5
Stimpack	2
Medikit	20
Armor	3
Items	1-2	3	4-5
Supercharge	1
Backpack	1
Computer area map	1
Keys	1-2	3	4-5
Blue keycard	1
Red keycard	1
Yellow keycard	1
Miscellaneous	1-2	3	4-5
Cooperative start	4
Deathmatch start	10
Teleport landing	1

Technical information

Inspiration and development

Trivia

Sources

External links

Sapidus at Doomworld/idgames
Sapidus (archived 🏛) at the Doomed Speed Demos Archive (includes both versions)