E4M5: Waste Recycling Facility (Solar Struggle)

Solar Struggle maps
Titan Terror M1 M2 M3 M4 M5 M6 M7 M8 M9
Ceres Carnage M1 M2 M3 M4 M5 M6 M7 M8 M9
Moon Madness M1 M2 M3 M4 M5 M6 M7 M8 M9
Venusian Violence E4M1: Docking Station E4M2: Customs Office E4M3: Commercial District E4M4: Residential Areas E4M5: Waste Recycling Facility E4M6: Mass Propulsion E4M7: The Tether E4M8: Impact Site E4M9: Cult Headquarters

This level occupies the map slot E4M5. For other maps which occupy this slot, see Category:E4M5.

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E4M5: Waste Recycling Facility is the fifth map in episode Venusian Violence of Solar Struggle. It was designed by MAN_WITH_GUN and uses the music track "Under Death," originally composed by Mark Klem for Requiem.

Walkthrough

Map of Waste Recycling Facility

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. Lower the door behind the start and enter the nukage. Head west through the corridor to find a radiation suit, a green armor, and a medikit. (sector 42)
2. Lower the door behind the start, then quickly run north to the blue door and enter the compartment to the west to get a berserk pack. (sector 263)
3. In the blue area near the north end, at the southwest ledge, go a bit north and west on the high platforms to a small corridor with boxes of rockets, energy cells, and an energy cell pack. (sector 1219)
4. In the blue area near the north end, at the southwest ledge, jump across to the east and take a lift up. At the top, head south and bridges will form, leading to the soul sphere to the south. (sector 604)
5. In the east maze, go through the blue corridor to the east. At the southwest end, open a wall there to get a megaarmor. (sector 1088)
6. In the east maze, after opening the southeast wall, go there and open a wall to the north to find a teleporter leading to forty health bonuses. (sector 1662)
7. After pressing the switch in the middle of the east maze, head back west to the maze entrance and into a compartment to the west. Open a wall to the west to get some ammo. (sector 169)
8. In the room northeast of the hub, take the northeast lift up, use the switch, and look at the south compartment. Shoot the red button to open the central column which has a computer area map. (sector 734)
9. At the southeast platform of the big outdoor area, jump southwest to the ledge and go to the west side. Open the south wall to get a radiation suit and a green armor. (sector 1711)
10. In the hall with crushers, head to the north end and use a slimy wall to the south to get to an invulnerability. (sector 1759)
11. After the hall with crushers, head back to the blue area at the northeast end. Use the red button to the northeast, then quickly run back through the crushers to the east side, where you can enter an alcove with a BFG9000 and a medikit. (sector 1780)

Bugs

The following multiplayer-only things have no flags set for any of the three difficulty classes, so they do not actually appear in the level:

• a dozen barons of Hell (things 129, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 145, 146, 147, 223)
• one cyberdemon (118)
• five imps (312, 313, 314, 362, 759)
• eight shotgun guys (130, 220, 221, 222, 224, 225, 226, 311)
• one supercharge (144)

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 December 11, 2022.

Statistics

Map data

Things	1595
Vertices	19522*
Linedefs	17299
Sidedefs	30707
Sectors	3142

* The vertex count without the effect of node building is 14959.

Things

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

Single-player
Monsters	1-2	3	4-5
Zombieman	85	78	97
Shotgun guy	28	83	84
Imp	121	198	229
Lost soul	47	54	70
Demon	37	57	72
Spectre	18	22	27
Cacodemon	13	45	63
Baron of Hell	4	13	26
Cyberdemon	0	1	1
Weapons	1-2	3	4-5
Chainsaw	1
Shotgun	1	0	0
Chaingun	1
Rocket launcher	1
Plasma gun	2
BFG9000	2
Ammunition	1-2	3	4-5
Clip	42	51	49
Box of bullets	7	14	16
4 shotgun shells	34	52	56
Box of shotgun shells	2	3	6
Rocket	29	39	45
Box of rockets	7	13	17
Energy cell	15	33	37
Energy cell pack	1	3	5
Health & Armor	1-2	3	4-5
Stimpack	26	32	39
Medikit	24	27	27
Armor	2	3	3
Megaarmor	2
Items	1-2	3	4-5
Armor bonus	59
Health bonus	185
Supercharge	4	3	3
Backpack	9	9	10
Berserk	1
Computer area map	1
Invulnerability	1
Light amplification visor	1
Radiation shielding suit	6	5	5
Keys	1-2	3	4-5
Blue keycard	1
Yellow keycard	1
Miscellaneous	1-2	3	4-5
Exploding barrel	46
Teleport landing	5	6	8

Multiplayer
Monsters	1-2	3	4-5
Zombieman	85	78	97
Shotgun guy	28	83	84
Imp	121	198	229
Lost soul	47	54	70
Demon	37	57	72
Spectre	18	22	27
Cacodemon	13	45	63
Baron of Hell	4	13	26
Cyberdemon	0	1	1
Weapons	1-2	3	4-5
Chainsaw	1
Shotgun	1	0	0
Chaingun	1
Rocket launcher	1
Plasma gun	2
BFG9000	2
Ammunition	1-2	3	4-5
Clip	42	51	49
Box of bullets	7	14	16
4 shotgun shells	34	52	56
Box of shotgun shells	2	3	6
Rocket	29	39	45
Box of rockets	7	13	17
Energy cell	15	33	37
Energy cell pack	1	3	5
Health & Armor	1-2	3	4-5
Stimpack	26	32	39
Medikit	24	27	27
Armor	2	3	3
Megaarmor	2
Items	1-2	3	4-5
Armor bonus	59
Health bonus	185
Supercharge	4	3	3
Backpack	9	9	10
Berserk	1
Computer area map	1
Invulnerability	1
Light amplification visor	1
Radiation shielding suit	6	5	5
Keys	1-2	3	4-5
Blue keycard	1
Yellow keycard	1
Miscellaneous	1-2	3	4-5
Cooperative start	4
Exploding barrel	46
Teleport landing	5	6	8

External links

• Solar Struggle demos at the Doom Speed Demo Archive