E3M7: Strange, Strange Instruments (Tarnsman's Projectile Hell)

Tarnsman's Projectile Hell maps
Episode 1: Eternal Night Vignette M1 M2 M3 M4 M5 M6 M7 M8 M9
Episode 2: Strange Oriental Discourse M1 M2 M3 M4 M5 M6 M7 M8 M9
Episode 3: Catastrophe in Bhavaagra E3M1: Bhavaagra As Seen Through a Child's Mind E3M2: Love-colored Master Spark E3M3: A Popular Location E3M4: The Centennial Festival for Magical Girls E3M5: Dr. Latency's Freak Report E3M6: The Doll Maker of Bucuresti E3M7: Strange, Strange Instruments E3M8: This Dull World's Unchanging Pessimism E3M9: Dimension of Reverie
Episode 4: Hopeless Masquerade M1 M2 M3 M4 M5 M6 M7 M8 M9

This level occupies the map slot E3M7. For other maps which occupy this slot, see Category:E3M7.

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E3M7: Strange, Strange Instruments is the seventh map in episode Catastrophe in Bhavaagra of Tarnsman's Projectile Hell. It was designed by Richard Frei (Tarnsman) and uses the music track "Decade" by Sarah Mancuso (esselfortium). The par time defined in MAPINFO is 11:00.

Walkthrough

Map of Strange, Strange Instruments

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 north and northwest from the starting building into the lava to find health bonuses and a soul sphere (megasphere on Not Too Rough or lower). (sector 1441)
2. Head directly south from the previous secret, through more lava, following the path all the way to a secret where if you continue south, you can find a plasma gun and energy cells. (sector 1099)
3. In the small hall connecting to the south central part of the map, open the northeast door to a megaarmor and energy cell packs. There is a button on the south wall. When you press it, go southwest from the door and take the teleporter to get an invulnerability. (sector 3564)
4. Teleport out of the southwest arena, then get on the bridge to the north. Jump southwest onto a high ledge and go south to get a megaarmor. (sector 412)
5. Get back on the bridge and when the doors open, jump northwest and continue in that direction. Head southwest and follow the path all the way to a dead end. At the northernmost end, press on the gray square, then head northeast and into the hole to get a megasphere. (sector 1294)
6. In the shack with the HE gauss shotgun, when the lifts lower, get on the middle one on the south side. At the top, head counter-clockwise and use the switch at the end. Head southeast from the shack to find a box of ammo and stimpacks, as well as a passage to the right. (sector 1684)
7. Take the passage from Secret #6 all the way until you lower into the blood. Head southwest and press the switch, then head back and go through the northwest bloodfall to get medikits. (sector 3536)
8. Head out of Secret #6 and head through the lava south of it, then east into a cave. At the end is a radiation suit and a stimpack. (sector 3532)
9. At the southeasternmost end, head west through the lava and when the path forks, keep going west. At the next fork, head south and east to get a medikit and shotgun shells. (sector 3209)
10. Open the blue door at the west end and use the wall with the electricity symbol to find a passage leading to a megasphere. (sector 2627)

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 May 7, 2022.

Statistics

Map data

Things	1486
Vertices	16930*
Linedefs	20909
Sidedefs	34139
Sectors	3722

* The vertex count without the effect of node building is 16930.

Things

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

Single-player
Monsters	1-2	3	4-5
Shotgun guy	35	14	14
Heavy weapon dude	42	68	67
Imp	103	91	96
Lost soul	12	4	0
Spectre	12	14	18
Revenant	61	68	73
Cacodemon	2	5	7
Pain elemental	0	0	1
Arachnotron	11
Mancubus	12	18	20
Arch-vile	12	22	24
Bomber	18	19	25
Chaingun spider	5	5	7
Mini cyberdemon	2	8	13
Weapons	1-2	3	4-5
Plasma gun	4	3	3
Standard issue rifle	1
Almost-super shotgun	3
Bullet dispenser	2	1	1
Missile launcher	1	2	2
HE gauss shotgun	1
Ammunition	1-2	3	4-5
Clip	17	17	25
Box of bullets	30	30	25
4 shotgun shells	36	40	40
Box of shotgun shells	18	16	16
Rocket	37	39	39
Box of rockets	36	35	36
Energy cell	12
Energy cell pack	4
Health & Armor	1-2	3	4-5
Stimpack	45	51	64
Medikit	52	37	30
Armor	2	3	2
Megaarmor	5	4	3
Items	1-2	3	4-5
Armor bonus	51	52	56
Health bonus	36	39	39
Supercharge	7	8	5
Megasphere	7	6	2
Backpack	4	4	3
Invulnerability	2	1	1
Radiation shielding suit	4	4	3
Megazerk	2	0	0
Keys	1-2	3	4-5
Blue keycard	1
Red skull key	1
Yellow keycard	1
Miscellaneous	1-2	3	4-5
Exploding barrel	24
Teleport landing	86	87	87
Voodoo doll	2

Multiplayer
Monsters	1-2	3	4-5
Shotgun guy	35	14	14
Heavy weapon dude	47	73	72
Imp	133	121	126
Lost soul	12	4	0
Spectre	12	14	18
Revenant	63	70	75
Cacodemon	2	5	7
Pain elemental	0	0	1
Arachnotron	11
Mancubus	12	18	20
Arch-vile	13	23	25
Bomber	18	19	25
Chaingun spider	5	5	7
Mini cyberdemon	2	8	13
Weapons	1-2	3	4-5
Plasma gun	4	3	3
Standard issue rifle	1
Almost-super shotgun	3
Bullet dispenser	2	1	1
Missile launcher	1	2	2
HE gauss shotgun	1
Ammunition	1-2	3	4-5
Clip	17	17	25
Box of bullets	31	31	26
4 shotgun shells	38	42	42
Box of shotgun shells	18	16	16
Rocket	37	39	39
Box of rockets	36	35	36
Energy cell	12
Energy cell pack	4
Health & Armor	1-2	3	4-5
Stimpack	45	51	64
Medikit	52	37	30
Armor	2	3	2
Megaarmor	5	4	3
Items	1-2	3	4-5
Armor bonus	51	52	56
Health bonus	36	39	39
Supercharge	7	8	5
Megasphere	7	6	2
Backpack	4	4	3
Invulnerability	2	1	1
Radiation shielding suit	4	4	3
Megazerk	2	0	0
Keys	1-2	3	4-5
Blue keycard	1
Red skull key	1
Yellow keycard	1
Miscellaneous	1-2	3	4-5
Cooperative start	4
Exploding barrel	24
Teleport landing	86	87	87
Voodoo doll	2

Trivia

• The map is named after the staff roll theme from Touhou 14 Double Dealing Character.