E4M5: Escape Velocity (The Joy of Mapping 4)

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The Joy of Mapping 4 maps
Ep.1: Last Resort

M1 M2 M3 M4 M5 M6 M7 M8 M9 M10 FINAL

Ep.2: City of Dissidents

M1 M2 M3 M4 M5 M6 M7 M8 M9 M10 M11 FINAL

Ep.3: The Verdant Reaches

M1 M2 M3 M4 M5 M6 M7 M8 FINAL

Ep.4: Frontier of Chaos
This level occupies the map slot E4M5. For other maps which occupy this slot, see Category:E4M5.
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E4M5: Escape Velocity is the fifth map in the Frontier of Chaos episode of The Joy of Mapping 4: Summer School. It was designed by Alex Scott (Scotty) and uses the music track "TechnoDoom," originally composed by Mark Klem for STRAIN. The par time defined in MAPINFO is 1:00.

Walkthrough[edit]

Map of Escape Velocity
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.

Essentials[edit]

Other points of interest[edit]

Secrets[edit]

  1. Go to the plasma gun at the northeast end and jump to the west, in front of the pillar. Land on the ledge to the west and head northwest, dropping to a teleporter that takes you to boxes of rockets and a rocket launcher. (sector 190)

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Speedrunning[edit]

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Current records[edit]

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 February 24, 2023.

Statistics[edit]

Map data[edit]

Things 195
Vertices 1988*
Linedefs 1929
Sidedefs 3251
Sectors 285
* The vertex count without the effect of node building is 1665.

Things[edit]

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

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