E3M9: Dimension of Reverie (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 E3M9. For other maps which occupy this slot, see Category:E3M9.

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E3M9: Dimension of Reverie is the ninth and secret map in episode Catastrophe in Bhavaagra of Tarnsman's Projectile Hell. It was designed by Richard Frei (Tarnsman) and uses the music track "Clouds" by Sambi Kitano. The par time defined in MAPINFO is 7:00.

Walkthrough

Map of Dimension of Reverie

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.

Other points of interest

Climb the steps at the southeasternmost end of the map and instead of taking the teleporter, continue north to a medikit. Run northeast through the fake wall to find another teleporter leading to an hidden room with a light amplification visor and an easter egg.

At the red key, you will see below an entrance to the southwest. Jump to it and take the teleporter at the end of the corridor. You will be in a room with a invisibility sphere. The switch lowers the walls behind you revealing chaingunners and a teleporter leading back to the starting building.

Secrets

1. Head to the building northwest of the starting building, then head southwest and south, heading around back inside the building. Behind the rocket launcher is a soul sphere. (sector 163)
2. Flip the switch at the start, head back, and open the north vent. Open the next vent, but instead of dropping down, quickly run back and south, then west to a door. Open it to find a megasphere and backpacks. (sector 177)
3. At the northernmost end of the map, climb the steps in the middle to a teleporter, but do not enter it. Instead, lower the east wall and follow the path to another teleporter. You will teleport to a room with energy cells, a plasma gun, stimpacks, and a megaarmor. (sector 477)

Bugs

A revenant (Thing 527) in a southeastern monster cache has no flags set for any of the three difficulty classes, so it does not actually appear in the level.

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	1004
Vertices	6782*
Linedefs	8081
Sidedefs	13134
Sectors	1404

* The vertex count without the effect of node building is 6782.

Things

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

Single-player
Monsters	1-2	3	4-5
Shotgun guy	2	2	0
Heavy weapon dude	15	18	20
Imp	64	59	57
Lost soul	2
Demon	11	11	12
Revenant	31	34	37
Arachnotron	21	20	18
Mancubus	7	10	10
Arch-vile	1	3	5
Bomber	7	15	15
Chaingun spider	1	3	5
Mini cyberdemon	3	5	6
Weapons	1-2	3	4-5
Plasma gun	1
Standard issue rifle	1
Almost-super shotgun	2
Bullet dispenser	1
Missile launcher	2	1	1
HE gauss shotgun	1
Ammunition	1-2	3	4-5
Clip	6	6	3
Box of bullets	11
4 shotgun shells	19
Box of shotgun shells	8
Rocket	17
Box of rockets	13
Energy cell	6
Health & Armor	1-2	3	4-5
Stimpack	20
Medikit	21	21	23
Armor	1	2	3
Megaarmor	4	3	1
Items	1-2	3	4-5
Armor bonus	12
Health bonus	19
Supercharge	3
Megasphere	3	2	1
Backpack	3
Light amplification visor	1
Partial invisibility	1	1	0
Megazerk	1	0	0
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	30	28	28

Inspiration and development

This map is inspired by MAP10: The Tech Towers from Reverie.

Trivia

• The map is named after the stage 2 theme from Touhou 05 Mystic Square.