E3M4: Ventose (Deadly Standards 3)

Deadly Standards 3 maps
Atypic Death E3M1: Burning Night E3M2: Mobius Flip E3M3: Aphotic Crypt E3M4: Ventose E3M5: Brazen Hell E3M6: Severed Realm E3M7: What Stares back E3M8: Without Remorse E3M9: Deja

This level occupies the map slot E3M4. For other maps which occupy this slot, see Category:E3M4.

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E3M4: Ventose is the fourth map of Deadly Standards 3. It was designed by Roofi and uses the music track "The Queens," originally composed by Jeremy Soule for Secret of Evermore, sequenced to MIDI.

Walkthrough

Map of Ventose

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. In the area near the south end that you lower to, head to the stimpacks on the south carpet, then use the face to the east. Shoot the wooden bars to find a medikit, health bonuses, and a switch behind a blue and red wall. (sector 2150)
2. Just before the dropoff to the northeast area, drop to a switch at the bottom of a ladder instead of all the way down. Flip it, then head up the ladder and head south a bit, until you can go east. Enter this area to find health bonuses and a hidden switch behind the blue and red wall. (sector 1697)
3. At the northeast tree, get to the west root and climb up. Shoot the tree here to get inside for armor bonuses, a green armor, and a hidden switch behind the blue and red wall. (sector 1794)
4. In the exit area, shoot the three barrels below and lower the wall behind them to find a plasma gun. (sector 289)
5. In the central area, head to the northeast switch, use it, descend the steps to the north, then quickly get on the lift. Head east, then south, hopping the gap, but do not enter the teleporter. Look west of it and shoot the button to remove the bars to the south, leading to two backpacks and a hidden switch behind the blue and red wall. (sector 1784)
6. Make your way to the southwest end, up some steps above the start. Head to the crates and use them to drop past a window to a switch, which lowers the vine-covered columns with armor bonuses. Get to the first column, then jump north to the big column there. Enter it through the north side to find a hidden switch behind the blue and red wall. (sector 1789)
7. Get to the high part of the northernmost area, then jump south to the plasma gun and southeast two platforms. Jump southwest one and use the north switch, then jump southeast two platforms and northeast to the wall that opens to find armor bonuses and a soul sphere. Head northeast and south to get health bonuses and a switch behind the blue and red wall. (sector 1883)
8. After finding eight hidden switches behind blue and red walls (six of them are in the secrets mentioned above, one is in the central area, and the last is near the exit area), return to the southeast side, shoot the eye switch, and follow the path. Defeat the hordes of monsters and get to the east side, then to the west lift. Ride it up and get the medikits and BFG9000 in the middle. (sector 757)

Bugs

A box of rockets (Thing 1678) on skills 1-3 is placed outside the playable map and cannot be picked up.

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	25:08.29	RedBoule	2024-11-10	stdr34m250829.zip
NM 100S
UV -fast
UV -respawn
UV Tyson
UV pacifist

The data was last verified in its entirety on November 28, 2024.

Deathmatch

Player spawns

This level contains six spawn points:

1. facing north-west. (thing 354)
2. facing north-east. (thing 1623)
3. facing north-west. (thing 1624)
4. facing south-east. (thing 1625)
5. facing north-west. (thing 1626)
6. facing north. (thing 1627)

Statistics

Map data

Things	1679
Vertices	14937*
Linedefs	13811
Sidedefs	22290
Sectors	2234

* The vertex count without the effect of node building is 11164.

Things

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

Single-player
Monsters	1-2	3	4-5
Zombieman	102	134	161
Shotgun guy	54	60	71
Imp	130	148	154
Lost soul	25	34	43
Demon	13	13	17
Spectre	11	17	22
Cacodemon	8	12	21
Baron of Hell	33	43	49
Cyberdemon	0	3	7
Weapons	1-2	3	4-5
Chainsaw	1
Shotgun	1	1	0
Chaingun	1
Rocket launcher	2
Plasma gun	4	3	3
BFG9000	1
Ammunition	1-2	3	4-5
Clip	38
Box of bullets	8
4 shotgun shells	18	18	16
Box of shotgun shells	8	6	5
Rocket	128	116	115
Box of rockets	20	20	13
Energy cell	51	51	47
Energy cell pack	11	10	8
Health & Armor	1-2	3	4-5
Stimpack	65	65	62
Medikit	29	28	28
Armor	7	5	4
Items	1-2	3	4-5
Armor bonus	122
Health bonus	130	130	129
Supercharge	7	6	4
Backpack	5
Berserk	1
Computer area map	1
Partial invisibility	2	1	1
Radiation shielding suit	20	12	5
Keys	1-2	3	4-5
Blue skull key	1
Red skull key	1
Yellow skull key	1
Miscellaneous	1-2	3	4-5
Exploding barrel	3
Teleport landing	21	21	23

Multiplayer
Monsters	1-2	3	4-5
Zombieman	102	134	161
Shotgun guy	54	60	71
Imp	130	148	154
Lost soul	25	34	43
Demon	13	13	17
Spectre	11	17	22
Cacodemon	9	13	22
Baron of Hell	33	43	49
Spiderdemon	2
Cyberdemon	9	12	16
Weapons	1-2	3	4-5
Chainsaw	1
Shotgun	1	1	0
Chaingun	1
Rocket launcher	2
Plasma gun	7	6	6
BFG9000	1
Ammunition	1-2	3	4-5
Clip	46
Box of bullets	9
4 shotgun shells	19	19	17
Box of shotgun shells	8	6	5
Rocket	129	117	116
Box of rockets	24	24	17
Energy cell	69	69	65
Energy cell pack	19	18	16
Health & Armor	1-2	3	4-5
Stimpack	69	69	66
Medikit	29	28	28
Armor	11	9	8
Items	1-2	3	4-5
Armor bonus	122
Health bonus	130	130	129
Supercharge	7	6	4
Backpack	5
Berserk	1
Computer area map	1
Partial invisibility	2	1	1
Radiation shielding suit	40	32	25
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
Deathmatch start	6
Exploding barrel	3
Teleport landing	21	21	23

External links

• Deadly Standards 3 demos at the Doom Speed Demo Archive