MAP24: Tough Skin River (BTSX-E1)

Back to Saturn X E1 maps 24-25 & 31-32
MAP24: Tough Skin River MAP25: The Unsinkable Fats Domino MAP31: Optical Hopscotch (Secret map) MAP32: The Hard Way (Secret map)
01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 (24 - 25, 31 - 32)

This level occupies the map slot MAP24. For other maps which occupy this slot, see Category:MAP24.

MAP24: Tough Skin River is the twenty-fourth and final level of the first episode of Back to Saturn X. It was designed by John Oksasoglu (Tango), and uses the music track "Within Reach" by James Paddock.

Tough Skin River was featured in Doomworld's Top 100 Most Memorable Maps, placing 24th.

Walkthrough

Map of Tough Skin River

Letters in italics refer to marked spots on the map. Sector numbers in boldface are secrets which count toward the end-of-level tally.

Secrets

1. In the area with the multitude of blocks where you are locked in and are fighting imps, press the two switches to lower the pillar to the next area. Just after getting past that pillar, use the block to the left as a lift, and use the next one on the left for a box of rockets. (sector 169)

Speedrunning

Current records

The records for the map at the Doomed Speed Demos Archive are:

Run	Time	Player	Date	File	Notes
UV speed
NM speed
UV max
NM100S
UV -fast
UV -respawn
UV Tyson
UV pacifist

Miscellaneous demos

Style	Time	Player	Date	File	Notes

This information was last verified in its entirety on January 20, 2018.

Statistics

Map data

Things	1124
Vertices	6704*
Linedefs	6924
Sidedefs	10888
Sectors	1269

* The vertex count without the effect of node building is 5491.

Things

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

Single-player
Monsters	1-2	3	4-5
Zombieman	5	7	3
Shotgun guy	6	7	17
Heavy weapon dude	6	9	23
Imp	93	144	173
Lost soul	4	0	0
Demon	30	37	44
Spectre	5	7	10
Revenant	9	12	19
Cacodemon	59	65	68
Pain elemental	0	2	2
Hell knight	6	8	9
Baron of Hell	0	1	1
Arachnotron	0	2	2
Mancubus	19	23	40
Arch-vile	3	6	8
Cyberdemon	1	1	2
Weapons	1-2	3	4-5
Chainsaw	1
Shotgun	2
Super shotgun	2
Chaingun	1	1	0
Rocket launcher	2
Plasma gun	1
Ammunition	1-2	3	4-5
Clip	8
Box of bullets	7	7	11
4 shotgun shells	55
Box of shotgun shells	20	20	24
Rocket	17
Box of rockets	28	27	33
Energy cell	12
Energy cell pack	8	8	5
Health & Armor	1-2	3	4-5
Stimpack	50	50	54
Medikit	26
Armor	3
Items	1-2	3	4-5
Armor bonus	18
Health bonus	43	96	96
Supercharge	1	3	1
Megasphere	1
Backpack	1	1	2
Partial invisibility	0	0	2
Keys	1-2	3	4-5
Blue keycard	1
Red keycard	1
Yellow keycard	1
Miscellaneous	1-2	3	4-5
Teleport landing	34

Multiplayer
Monsters	1-2	3	4-5
Zombieman	5	7	3
Shotgun guy	6	7	17
Heavy weapon dude	7	10	24
Imp	102	169	198
Lost soul	4	0	0
Demon	37	50	57
Spectre	7	9	12
Revenant	9	21	28
Cacodemon	110	116	119
Pain elemental	1	3	3
Hell knight	6	8	9
Baron of Hell	0	1	1
Arachnotron	0	2	2
Mancubus	19	31	48
Arch-vile	6	13	15
Cyberdemon	1	1	4
Weapons	1-2	3	4-5
Chainsaw	1
Shotgun	2
Super shotgun	2
Chaingun	1	1	0
Rocket launcher	2
Plasma gun	1
BFG9000	2
Ammunition	1-2	3	4-5
Clip	8
Box of bullets	10	10	14
4 shotgun shells	63
Box of shotgun shells	23	23	27
Rocket	19
Box of rockets	30	29	35
Energy cell	12
Energy cell pack	13	13	15
Health & Armor	1-2	3	4-5
Stimpack	59	59	63
Medikit	26
Armor	4	4	6
Megaarmor	1
Items	1-2	3	4-5
Armor bonus	18
Health bonus	43	96	96
Supercharge	1	5	3
Megasphere	1
Backpack	1	1	2
Partial invisibility	0	0	2
Keys	1-2	3	4-5
Blue keycard	1
Red keycard	1
Yellow keycard	1
Miscellaneous	1-2	3	4-5
Cooperative start	4
Teleport landing	34

Inspiration and development

• In versions of Back to Saturn X up to 0.99i8, this map held the MAP23 slot. In versions starting from 0.99i8, the addition of a new MAP19 moved some maps forward by one slot.

External links

• Back to Saturn X E1 demos at the Doomed Speed Demos Archive