E4M9: Sand Wedges (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 E4M9. For other maps which occupy this slot, see Category:E4M9.
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E4M9: Sand Wedges is the ninth map in the Frontier of Chaos episode of The Joy of Mapping 4: Summer School. It was designed by Pinchy and uses the music track "Violence Makes Violets" by James Paddock (Jimmy). The par time defined in MAPINFO is 7:30.

Walkthrough[edit]

Map of Sand Wedges
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]

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Secrets[edit]

  1. At the yellow key, use the terminal east of the key to open a wall to the west which has a megaarmor and stimpacks. (sector 659)
  2. Get on the fan east of the starting point and fall on the inside of its northwest side to get a plasma gun. (thing 4)
  3. At the north end, get on the saucer at the north side and follow the claws to the east to find a box of rockets. (thing 532)

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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 844
Vertices 4450
Linedefs 5382
Sidedefs 8733
Sectors 1053

Things[edit]

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

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