E2M8: The Sulacco (Aliens TC)

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Aliens TC maps
E2M1: Landing Pads E2M2: Atmospheric Processor E2M3: Med-Labs and Operations E2M4: Med-Labs and Operations E2M5: Atmospheric Processor E2M6: Atmospheric Processor E2M7: Alien Hive E2M8: The Sulacco E2M9: Alien Host Ship Bonus maps: E3M1, E3M2

This level occupies the map slot E2M8. For other maps which occupy this slot, see Category:E2M8.

E2M8: The Sulacco is the eighth and final map of Aliens TC, and features a boss battle with the Alien Queen. It was designed by Justin Fisher.

The map's subtitle on the intermission screen is Survive!.

Walkthrough

Map of The Sulacco

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

There are no official secrets in this level.

Bugs

According to Justin Fisher, this level is one of two extreme cases where he exceeded the two-sided linedef limit in Doom v1.2. When viewed from a distance, the cargo bay area can induce a large HOM.

In the Ultimate Doom version, killing the Queen does not end the game due to the changes in tag 666's behavior. Quasar's "v2.0" package fixed this by copying the new spider mastermind sprites and frames to the cyberdemon.

Speedrunning

As this level does not contain official secrets, the NM 100S category is redundant.

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	2:36.74	Océan silencieux	2025-03-28	alienstce2m8.zip
UV -fast
UV -respawn
UV Tyson
UV pacifist

The data was last verified in its entirety on April 10, 2025.

Deathmatch

Player spawns

This level contains twelve spawn points:

1. facing west. (thing 5)
2. facing west. (thing 6)
3. facing east. (thing 7)
4. facing east. (thing 8)
5. facing north. (thing 9)
6. facing south. (thing 10)
7. facing north. (thing 11)
8. facing south. (thing 12)
9. facing north-east. (thing 13)
10. facing south. (thing 14)
11. facing south-east. (thing 15)
12. facing east. (thing 16)

Statistics

Map data

Things	39
Vertices	241*
Linedefs	224
Sidedefs	375
Sectors	32

* The vertex count without the effect of node building is 180.

Things

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

Monsters	1-2	3	4-5
Egg (dormant)	1	1	1
Alien queen	1	1	1
Weapons	1-2	3	4-5
Cargo bay loader	4	4	4
Keys	1-2	3	4-5
Red keycard	1	1	1

Sources

• "Is there any Zdoom version of Aliens Tc", thread at the Doomworld forums

External links

• Aliens TC demos at the Doom Speed Demo Archive