MAP01: Cold Open (MAYhem 2024: Exemplary Cadaver)

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MAP01: Cold Open is the first map of MAYhem 2024: Exemplary Cadaver. It was designed by James Caldwell (Obsidian), Dylan Gill (TheV1perK1ller), kwc, BeachThunder, Salmon, Raith138, Walter Confalonieri (daimon), NiGHTS108 and BluePineapple72, and uses the music track "Nothing So Cruel" by Mark Klem, from Memento Mori II.

Walkthrough[edit]

Map of Cold Open
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. Get on the platform south of the one with the shotgun, then go west to get a berserk pack. (sector 626)
  2. Unlock the icy path in the middle of the east side and head there. Head to the south end, then return north and go through a wall to the north (a spectre will have emerged from here). You will find health bonuses and a box of shotgun shells. (sector 187)
  3. On the rocket launcher platform, drop to the west to get energy cells and a backpack. (sector 774)
  4. Head south from Secret #3, going into a cave to the southwest. There, enter the dark passage to the south and go all the way to a soul sphere. (sector 544)
  5. In the northwest area, there is a pillar with a megasphere at the northwest end. Go to it, then face southeast and find the section of slime that is red. Use it to lower the pillar. (sector 817)

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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 0:17.94 paymentplan 2024-12-14 m2401p017.zip Cross-listed from Pacifist
NM speed
UV max
NM 100S
UV -fast
UV -respawn
UV Tyson
UV pacifist 0:17.94 paymentplan 2024-12-14 m2401p017.zip
NoMo 0:15.54 paymentplan 2024-12-14 m24o015.zip

The data was last verified in its entirety on January 18, 2025.

Statistics[edit]

Map data[edit]

Things 626
Vertices 7210*
Linedefs 6366
Sidedefs 11048
Sectors 912
* The vertex count without the effect of node building is 5581.

Things[edit]

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

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