MAP41: Descent into Madness (Doomworld Maximum Project 2023)

Doomworld Maximum Project 2023 maps
Vanilla/Limit-removing HUB 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10
Vanilla/Limit-removing 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
Boom/MBF-compatible 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
Boom/MBF-compatible 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40
ZDoom/GZDoom-compatible MAP41: Descent into Madness MAP42: Something Ain't Right MAP43: Blood Masters MAP44: Loathed Industry MAP45: Through Water MAP46: The Abhorration Beneath Taintborne Keep MAP47: Revenge of John Karnak MAP48: Blood Processing MAP49: Flipside MAP50: Grotesque Demonic Lair MAP51: UAC Blacksite MAP52: Meltdown MAP53: Floating Object in the Sky MAP54: Escape from Hell

This level occupies the map slot MAP41. For other maps which occupy this slot, see Category:MAP41.

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MAP41: Descent into Madness is the forty-first map of Doomworld Maximum Project 2023. It was designed by smeghammer and uses the music track "The Demon's Dead" by Robert Prince.

Walkthrough

Map of Descent into Madness

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 area with crates, climb up at the middle and maneuver to the northeast to get a chaingun. (sector 304)
2. In the same area, head to the middle to get a soul sphere. (sector 364)
3. In the same area, maneuver to the northeast of that to get a box of rockets. (sector 372)
4. At the west side of the area with crates, head behind the crates at the northwest and open a door to get a rocket launcher. (sector 458)
5. At the west side of the area with crates, climb up to the computer area map at the west side. (sector 473)
6. In the block maze past the red door, approaching the west side will block the way west. Head all the way north, then east, then south, opening the door there, but afterwards, backtrack to the previously blocked-off path which is now open. You can now get the megaarmor. (sector 722)
7. Make it to the east switch in the block maze area and backtrack to the maze itself, getting the megasphere there. Afterwards, go back to the door that led to the switch and head east and south, then west to get health bonuses, ammo, and a computer area map. (sector 692)
8. Go through the south bloodfall in Secret #7 to find armor bonuses, a plasma gun, and a box of ammo. (sector 739)
9. At the blue keycard, jump southeast, then to the plasma gun to the west. (sector 928)
10. In the blue key area, go through the fence at the northeast end and enter three alcoves to the north to get an energy cell pack, a backpack, and a megasphere. (sector 970)
11. See Secret #10. (sector 971)
12. See Secret #10. (sector 972)
13. Keep going east from the previous three secrets, then south, taking a lift to a BFG9000. (sector 956)
14. In the red hall, go through the south bloodfalls to find a rocket launcher. (sector 813)
15. Head east from Secret #14 and drop down the hole at the end to get a green armor and a medikit. You can access this from the bottom of the blood here as well. (sector 814)
16. On the high beams of the red hall northeast of the hub, go through the northeast bloodfall to find energy cell packs. (sector 1612)
17. In the red hall, go through the north bloodfalls for an alternate passage. This has five secret sectors, but two are not accessible. (sector 1685)
18. See Secret #17. (sector 1691)
19. See Secret #17. (sector 1692)
20. See Secret #17. (sector 1693)
21. See Secret #17. (sector 1694)
22. In the path past the blue door, head west of the steps to get a chaingun. (sector 1191)
23. After falling down the third hole, go northeast and drop to a BFG9000. (sector 1674)

Bugs

The player 1-4 starts (Things 0-3) have no flags set for any of the three difficulty classes, but because of special handling in the engine, they function normally in the level.

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 March 6, 2024.

Statistics

Map data

Things	391
Vertices	6143*
Linedefs	6426
Sidedefs	10926
Sectors	1696

* The vertex count without the effect of node building is 4807.

Things

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

Single-player
Monsters	1-2	3	4-5
Zombieman	17
Shotgun guy	18
Heavy weapon dude	19
Imp	45
Lost soul	13
Demon	1
Revenant	9
Cacodemon	7
Pain elemental	9
Hell knight	16
Baron of Hell	8
Arachnotron	5
Mancubus	4
Weapons	1-2	3	4-5
Shotgun	2
Super shotgun	1
Chaingun	5
Rocket launcher	3
Plasma gun	2
BFG9000	2
Ammunition	1-2	3	4-5
Clip	25
Box of bullets	5
4 shotgun shells	7
Box of shotgun shells	5
Rocket	11
Box of rockets	6
Energy cell	25
Energy cell pack	6
Health & Armor	1-2	3	4-5
Stimpack	2
Medikit	4
Armor	4
Megaarmor	1
Items	1-2	3	4-5
Armor bonus	15
Health bonus	21
Supercharge	2
Megasphere	2
Backpack	2
Berserk	1
Computer area map	2
Radiation shielding suit	1
Keys	1-2	3	4-5
Blue keycard	1
Red keycard	1
Yellow keycard	1
Miscellaneous	1-2	3	4-5
Teleport landing	6

Cooperative
Monsters	1-2	3	4-5
Zombieman	17
Shotgun guy	18
Heavy weapon dude	19
Imp	45
Lost soul	13
Demon	1
Revenant	9
Cacodemon	7
Pain elemental	9
Hell knight	16
Baron of Hell	8
Arachnotron	5
Mancubus	4
Weapons	1-2	3	4-5
Shotgun	2
Super shotgun	1
Chaingun	5
Rocket launcher	3
Plasma gun	2
BFG9000	2
Ammunition	1-2	3	4-5
Clip	25
Box of bullets	5
4 shotgun shells	7
Box of shotgun shells	5
Rocket	11
Box of rockets	6
Energy cell	25
Energy cell pack	6
Health & Armor	1-2	3	4-5
Stimpack	2
Medikit	4
Armor	4
Megaarmor	1
Items	1-2	3	4-5
Armor bonus	15
Health bonus	21
Supercharge	2
Megasphere	2
Backpack	2
Berserk	1
Computer area map	2
Radiation shielding suit	1
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	6