Dark Tide

Dark Tide
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Author	Christopher Lutz
Port	Limit-removing
IWAD	Doom II
Year	2017
Link	Doomworld/idgames
	This mod was a runner-up for the 2017 Cacowards on Doomworld!

This level occupies the map slot MAP01. For other maps which occupy this slot, see Category:MAP01.

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Dark Tide is a single-level PWAD for Doom II along with a limit removing source port that was released in November 2017. It was created by Christopher Lutz and also requires resources from The Return by TeamTNT. It became a runner-up at the 24th Cacowards proceedings.

Walkthrough

Map of Dark Tide

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. Head onto the wall west of the castle entrance. From there, climb the steps and cross the bridge heading west and north towards the lift. Instead of taking the lift down, look right and use the misaligned wall for a passage leading up to energy cells and a plasma gun. (sector 1918)
2. At the northwest high terrace, which is just north of the boat where the blue key is, run east and spot a switch just before you head indoors. Use it and keep heading east to the floating skull rock. A wall will have lowered here, take the lift down and get the megasphere. (sector 3220)

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	21:01.23	vdgg	2019-10-25	dt-lutz-2101.zip
NM 100S
UV -fast
UV -respawn
UV Tyson
UV pacifist

The data was last verified in its entirety on June 4, 2022.

Statistics

Map data

Things	1398
Vertices	34705*
Linedefs	46267
Sidedefs	41657
Sectors	5035

* The vertex count without the effect of node building is 34705.

Things

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

Single-player
Monsters	1-2	3	4-5
Zombieman	11	20	27
Shotgun guy	32	58	79
Heavy weapon dude	42	62	88
Imp	33	54	68
Demon	7	11	14
Spectre	3	6	9
Revenant	14	21	28
Cacodemon	11	23	33
Pain elemental	1	2	2
Hell knight	9	14	21
Baron of Hell	12
Arachnotron	1	2	3
Mancubus	5	8	10
Arch-vile	4
Spiderdemon	2
Cyberdemon	2
Weapons	1-2	3	4-5
Shotgun	2
Super shotgun	4
Chaingun	3
Rocket launcher	7
Plasma gun	3
BFG9000	1
Ammunition	1-2	3	4-5
Clip	30
Box of bullets	8
4 shotgun shells	56
Box of shotgun shells	8
Rocket	44
Box of rockets	6
Energy cell	23
Energy cell pack	3
Health & Armor	1-2	3	4-5
Stimpack	57
Medikit	23
Armor	1
Megaarmor	3
Items	1-2	3	4-5
Armor bonus	32
Health bonus	24
Supercharge	2
Megasphere	2
Backpack	4
Berserk	3
Partial invisibility	1
Keys	1-2	3	4-5
Blue skull key	1
Red skull key	1
Yellow skull key	1
Miscellaneous	1-2	3	4-5
Teleport landing	20

Multiplayer
Monsters	1-2	3	4-5
Zombieman	11	20	27
Shotgun guy	32	58	79
Heavy weapon dude	42	62	88
Imp	33	54	68
Demon	7	11	14
Spectre	3	6	9
Revenant	14	21	28
Cacodemon	11	23	33
Pain elemental	1	2	2
Hell knight	9	14	21
Baron of Hell	12
Arachnotron	1	2	3
Mancubus	5	8	10
Arch-vile	4
Spiderdemon	2
Cyberdemon	2
Weapons	1-2	3	4-5
Shotgun	2
Super shotgun	4
Chaingun	3
Rocket launcher	7
Plasma gun	3
BFG9000	1
Ammunition	1-2	3	4-5
Clip	30
Box of bullets	8
4 shotgun shells	56
Box of shotgun shells	8
Rocket	44
Box of rockets	6
Energy cell	23
Energy cell pack	3
Health & Armor	1-2	3	4-5
Stimpack	57
Medikit	23
Armor	1
Megaarmor	3
Items	1-2	3	4-5
Armor bonus	32
Health bonus	24
Supercharge	2
Megasphere	2
Backpack	4
Berserk	3
Partial invisibility	1
Keys	1-2	3	4-5
Blue skull key	1
Red skull key	1
Yellow skull key	1
Miscellaneous	1-2	3	4-5
Cooperative start	4
Teleport landing	20

External links

• Dark Tide at Doomworld/idgames
• Dark Tide at the Doom Speed Demo Archive
• Review at ONEMANDOOM: WAD Reviews