MAP23: Trinary Temple (Ancient Aliens)

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This level occupies the map slot MAP23. For other maps which occupy this slot, see Category:MAP23.

MAP23: Trinary Temple is the twenty-third map of Ancient Aliens. It was designed by Pinchy and uses the music track "The Greater Good," composed by Stuart Rynn (stewboy). The par time is 20:00.

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Walkthrough

Map of Trinary Temple

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. At the open-roof temple where the red key is, it is possible to shoot the northwestern switch near the temple entrance. This lowers a lift in the northwest corner of the red key chamber. Take this up to find a computer area map. (sector 476)
2. Inside the temple, to get the blur artifact in the northwest corner, you need to press two switches. The first switch is in the garden south of the powerup, and the second is the switch in the center of the temple, accessible once you flip the switch on top of the fountain. Go up the stairs to claim the powerup, and the sector you teleport to counts as a secret. Fight zombiemen, lost souls, and shotgun guys to claim a megasphere and leave this area. (sector 1130)
3. At the main entrance to the temple, look to the west and spot one of the wall tiles being wider than the rest. Use this tile to lower it, and follow the path of shotgun shells to a soul sphere. (sector 2236)

Bugs

Six chaingunners that are meant to teleport in after the raisable bridge is crossed may never do so, depending on the source port. They fail to teleport in Zandronum 3.1 and GZDoom versions older than v4.3.1 unless the option compat_pointonline is set to true.

Speedrunning

Current records

The records for the map at the Doom Speed Demo Archive are:

Run	Time	Player	Date	File	Notes
UV speed	3:05.31	kvothesixstring	2021-08-31	aa23p305.zip	Cross-listed from Pacifist
NM speed	2:57.20	kvothesixstring	2021-09-02	aa23n257.zip
UV max	13:23.49	Daerik	2021-08-09	aa23m1323.zip
NM 100S
UV -fast
UV -respawn
UV Tyson
UV pacifist	3:05.31	kvothesixstring	2021-08-31	aa23p305.zip
NoMo	2:10.34	Inuk	2022-12-26	aa23o210.zip
NoMo 100S	2:57.17	Inuk	2023-06-30	aa23os257.zip

The data was last verified in its entirety on July 10, 2023.

Deathmatch

Player spawns

This level contains ten spawn points:

1. facing north. (thing 4)
2. facing north. (thing 1507)
3. facing west. (thing 1508)
4. facing north-west. (thing 1509)
5. facing south-east. (thing 1511)
6. facing west. (thing 1514)
7. facing south-east. (thing 1515)
8. facing west. (thing 1517)
9. facing north-east. (thing 1520)
10. facing south-east. (thing 1523)

Statistics

Map data

Things	1670
Vertices	18776*
Linedefs	21327
Sidedefs	37982
Sectors	3152

* The vertex count without the effect of node building is 18776.

Things

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

Single-player
Monsters	1-2	3	4-5
Zombieman	73	112	149
Shotgun guy	11	21	25
Heavy weapon dude	25	34	40
Imp	92	127	161
Lost soul	12	16	19
Demon	10	15	19
Spectre	11	16	19
Revenant	6	13	13
Cacodemon	17	28	34
Pain elemental	2
Hell knight	8	11	13
Baron of Hell	0	0	1
Arachnotron	19	34	35
Mancubus	8	14	15
Arch-vile	2	5	5
Cyberdemon	0	1	2
Stealth plasma alien	10	17	19
Alien guardian	12	20	28
Weapons	1-2	3	4-5
Shotgun	1
Super shotgun	3
Chaingun	2
Rocket launcher	2
Plasma gun	1
BFG9000	1
Ammunition	1-2	3	4-5
Clip	35
Box of bullets	29
4 shotgun shells	78
Box of shotgun shells	17
Rocket	44
Box of rockets	18
Energy cell	19	19	15
Energy cell pack	3
Health & Armor	1-2	3	4-5
Stimpack	23
Medikit	52
Armor	4
Megaarmor	2
Items	1-2	3	4-5
Armor bonus	42
Supercharge	3	4	4
Megasphere	2	1	1
Backpack	3
Berserk	1
Computer area map	1
Partial invisibility	1
Keys	1-2	3	4-5
Blue skull key	1
Red skull key	1
Yellow skull key	1
Miscellaneous	1-2	3	4-5
Exploding barrel	17
Teleport landing	220
Voodoo doll	23

Cooperative
Monsters	1-2	3	4-5
Zombieman	98	137	174
Shotgun guy	20	30	34
Heavy weapon dude	25	34	40
Imp	98	133	167
Lost soul	12	16	19
Demon	18	23	27
Spectre	11	16	19
Revenant	6	13	13
Cacodemon	24	35	41
Pain elemental	2
Hell knight	12	15	17
Baron of Hell	0	0	1
Arachnotron	22	37	38
Mancubus	8	14	15
Arch-vile	3	6	6
Cyberdemon	0	1	2
Stealth plasma alien	13	20	22
Alien guardian	12	20	28
Weapons	1-2	3	4-5
Shotgun	10
Super shotgun	3
Chaingun	7
Rocket launcher	5
Plasma gun	3
BFG9000	1
Ammunition	1-2	3	4-5
Clip	35
Box of bullets	34
4 shotgun shells	81
Box of shotgun shells	17
Rocket	44
Box of rockets	18
Energy cell	19	19	15
Energy cell pack	3
Health & Armor	1-2	3	4-5
Stimpack	23
Medikit	53
Armor	7
Megaarmor	6
Items	1-2	3	4-5
Armor bonus	42
Supercharge	3	4	4
Megasphere	2	1	1
Backpack	9
Berserk	1
Computer area map	1
Partial invisibility	1
Keys	1-2	3	4-5
Blue skull key	1
Red skull key	1
Yellow skull key	1
Miscellaneous	1-2	3	4-5
Cooperative start	4
Exploding barrel	17
Teleport landing	220
Voodoo doll	23

Deathmatch
Monsters	1-2	3	4-5
Zombieman	98	137	174
Shotgun guy	20	30	34
Heavy weapon dude	25	34	40
Imp	98	133	167
Lost soul	12	16	19
Demon	18	23	27
Spectre	11	16	19
Revenant	6	13	13
Cacodemon	24	35	41
Pain elemental	2
Hell knight	12	15	17
Baron of Hell	0	0	1
Arachnotron	22	37	38
Mancubus	8	14	15
Arch-vile	3	6	6
Cyberdemon	0	1	2
Stealth plasma alien	13	20	22
Alien guardian	12	20	28
Weapons	1-2	3	4-5
Shotgun	10
Super shotgun	3
Chaingun	3
Rocket launcher	5
Plasma gun	3
BFG9000	1
Ammunition	1-2	3	4-5
Clip	37
Box of bullets	34
4 shotgun shells	81
Box of shotgun shells	17
Rocket	44
Box of rockets	18
Energy cell	19	19	15
Energy cell pack	3
Health & Armor	1-2	3	4-5
Stimpack	23
Medikit	53
Armor	7
Megaarmor	6
Items	1-2	3	4-5
Armor bonus	42
Supercharge	3	4	4
Megasphere	2	1	1
Backpack	9
Berserk	1
Computer area map	1
Partial invisibility	1
Miscellaneous	1-2	3	4-5
Deathmatch start	10
Exploding barrel	17
Teleport landing	220

Trivia

• It is possible to skip the barrels at the start of the level. If you then do not attack, almost none of the monsters in the level will spawn, making for a very empty experience.
• In the comment section under the playthrough of this map on decino's YouTube channel, skillsaw shared the following information about this level:

"I don't dare play this map without saves. The fight at the end is a bit much for me.

Other than that, the combat doesn't really stand out, but I like the map's other qualities - mostly the sense of adventure and the DoomCute stuff scattered around, like the terraced farm in the temple exterior with various houses, the various triangle and alien glyph motifs, the garden maze, and the machinery..."

―Paul DeBruyne (skillsaw) 

External links

• Ancient Aliens demos at the Doom Speed Demo Archive