Welcome to Realcity.map

Introduction
Story
Locations
List of Files
Miscellaneous Information
Hints and Tips
Additional Credits

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INTRODUCTION

Hello, and Welcome to Realcity.map.
Our first order of business is to clear up any misconceptions about the name "Realcity". This map is not supposed to be the best city level in existence. Nor is it very realistic. So why do you ask did I name it Realcity?
It came to me in a vision. Next question...

The ultimate mission of Realcity.map was to provide a city location with totally new ideas. I've dropped the overused duke city locations like the sushi bars, wham-bam hotels, and X-Rated bookstores. And added new ideas, like furniture stores, go karts, put-put golf, pawn shops, and health clubs. The only exception to this is the movie theater, but even that has a little more than what you might be used to.

So why is it two maps then?
This map, originally one huge mass of sectors, is now divided into two parts. The first is realcity.map where duke starts the game. Once he finishes that, he will then be taken right to Morecity.map thanks to the convenience of user.con. There is over 3 months of time invested in this and I hope you will like these levels.
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THE STORY OF REALCITY.MAP

It is 2 years after the massacre at Aquapark, where Duke has haulted the ailen invasion before it started. Contented at saving the world, He is now living comfortably in a place called Realcity, he has absolutely no idea of its geographic location, but he definately knows he's living there.

Unfortunately now the world now has a new threat.

With their breeding facility gone the Dominion of Covert Ailen Operations (D.A.C.O.) Has started a new breeding ground. The sewers of Realcity, have been infested for a long time and now that infestation has uprooted itself. Slimers hatched and slowly made their way through pluming systems of the residential community. Once inside a house they would attack and posess the victim. Making him or her "assimilated". Then the real terror arrives. As word was spread of the infestation, mobs of people tired flee the city. An ailen destroyer launched directly form the mothership then descended to slaughter the remanining inhabitants. The force then moves on to the next city.

Duke has just returned from his cabin in the rockies (A little remote location he likes to call "His breeding ground"). His arrival is strangely marked, as he sees empty streets. Then he sees that now he is too late. He has caught the tail end of the invasion. He returns home from the airport in his rental car to find his Own car the 2044 Ferrari, in flames!

Duke is now pissed.

He must now destroy the enemy occupation of Realcity and hope to defeat its the Lunar Assult Commander that is behind the invasion...

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LOCATIONS

Here are the locations and major points of interest in the North Side and the South Side of Realcity. (In order that they should be visited.)

NORTH SIDE LOCATIONS

• 1. Duke's House
  Many authors have depicted duke's lifestyle through his homestead. Apparently in this version Duke is a roadsign collector and keeps bodies in his closet...
  
  
• 2. The Streets
  The vast streets may actually count as a location. If such is true, than they are the most dangerous of all places to be. The alien destroyer will target duke with missiles as he tries to walk the streets. Steroids and health are abundant in the streets so a few indirect hits may be sustained at a time.
  
  
• 3. Electric World
  Rumor has it that the DACO used this place to analize human technology. After they discovered all they could they abandoned the place and sealed it tight.
  
  
• 4. Movie Theater
  One of the more familiar sights you'll see (unfortunately) in realcity is the movie theater. I know, I know, its been done many times before. But the architecture of this area and the "total control" projection room made my decision to keep it.
  
  
• 5. The Quake Site
  A sight not to be taken for granted. If the displays in this nightclub of questionable content don't tempt you enough, wander to the back of the bar to the dance area Known as "The Pit".
  
  
• 6. Chamber Of Commerce
  On the more bizarre side is the chamber of commerce. This institution keeps the entire business sector of the city under its grip. It controls when all businesses open and close. And to get anywhere in the map duke must first storm this place.
  
  
• 7. Space Karts
  A go Kart Track with a touch of Sci Fi. Pilot an EDF or Alien fighter through the dark reaches of the unknown. And then go a second lap.
  
  
• 8. Northside Bowling Lanes
  A taste of Actual Bowling! The ball is a poolball and the pins are simply "Horizontally Challenged" Stripeballs. Send the ball down the lane and try to make all the pins move.
  
  
• 9. Pawn Shop
  One of the more secretive areas of this map is the pawn shop.
  Remodeled from an old apartment it has gone unnoticed by the Realcity chamber of commerce for some time now. (Despite being located right behind it).
  
  
• 10. Transit Station
  The transit station is home of the run-down monorail system. This particular machination dates back to the early 80's and is rusted out and full of graffiti. You will have a hard time navigating this area, and it is your final goal in this half of the level.
  
  

SOUTH SIDE LOCATIONS

• 1. The Streets
  The alien destroyer has not yet reached the Southside, so it's not quite as dangerous as the Northside. However the alien infantry is mounting assault here. They are ready for duke's attack and will oppose him with great force.
  
  
• 2. Adventure Golf
  Actual Working Put Put Golf Course (org. Concept by Matt Carver) Travel Through many themes, like The Jungle, Hades, Caverns, on your quest for the final DUKEHOLE, #9. This should be your first stop on the Morecity campaign. Play a few holes and keep your eyes open.
  
  
• 3. Rooms To Show
  Need furniture fast? Rooms to Show can help! Browse the exquisite selection of furniture and acessories of all those household needs. However if your not into blocky digital furniture then go upstairs and do something useful.
  
  
• 4. Community Center
  The Community center is home to all the health fanatics of the realcity area. Here you can take a few laps in the olympic-sized pool, watch the live filming of an aerobics class, or play a game of soccer with a poolball. This is also a place to be if you want to get anywhere in the level.
  
  
• 5. The Realcity First Federal Bank
  The well guarded RFFB bank is the most vital economic center in realcity. From here stock brokers connect to the world to receive stock information. If the network servers should fail in this building disaster will occur. It will most likely make the 5:00 news and this is especially bad since there is nobody alive at the station!
  
  
• 6. The Skyway Lounge
  The skyway lounge is the east-town towers corporate playground. Home of an elitist society, the skyway lounge has bouncers to "remove" unwanted guests. Make sure you are not one of them, because at that height, getting thrown out on the curb is a serious matter./
  
  

That concludes the list of locations, everything else is DACO territory and not to be covered on the regular tour.

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LIST OF FILES

Here is what you should have received with this zip file:

• Realcity.map - The first of the two single player maps.


• Morecity.map - The second single player level.


• Realcity.txt - Plain text version of this file.


• Realcity.bat - Batch file that renames user.con and installs realcity.con


• Logo.txt - ASCII logo needed by the batch file.


• Realcity.con - Links the two maps together, changes midis, does not change anyting else.


• Rc_atom.con - Atomic version of realcity.con.



• Realduke.zip Dukematch levels made from realcity. (see Realduke.txt for more info on each map)


• Realduke.txt - Text File describing the dukematch levels.


• R_golf.map - The "Adventure Golf" Area refitted to play from 2 to 4 people.


• R_Karts.map - The go kart track with bunkers, shooters, and no limits.


• R_Soccer.map - A poolball soccer game played in the Community Center.


• R_Joust.map - The transit stations reconfigured for 2 players to have a "Joust" on the monorail system.



• Realcity.htm - A Html Version of this file, The fastest way to browse all information contained here.


• Fboards.gif - Background Texture for the HTML Page.
• Rclogo.gif - Title image of the HTML page.

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MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION

This is all the little bits and pieces of information required by template.txt, With a few extra notations and copyright information added just for all you lawyers out there.

BASIC INFORMATION
Title	The Real City
Author	Jason Mclauchlin
E-mail	jfmcl@grove.net
Misc. Author Info	High School Senior
Previous Maps	Aquapark.map
Authors Favorite Map	Betatwo.map The size and detail of this incredible level provided inspiration for Aquapark and every level I have yet to do. My compliments to Robert Travis, his devotion to the art inspires us all.

PLAY INFORMATION
Episode and Level #	E2L1 and E2L2
Single Player	Yes
DukeMatch Level	3 dukematch and 1 Co-op level included, Realcity.map and Morecity.map are not dukematch levels.
Cooperative Play	Yes
Difficulty Settings	Not implemented
Plutonium Pak Required	No
New Art	No
New Music	Nothing you haven't heard before.
New Sound Effects	No
New Con Files	Yes, Realcity.con supports the standard edition, RC_Atom.con supports the atomic edition. The batch file will know what version you have.

CONSTRUCTION
Base	Realcity origionally was the outside of Aquapark.map. It has been clipped off and made into a separate level.
Editor(s) used	Build, What else is there?
Known Bugs	This map has been fumigated, thanks to Philip Hebert, John R. Leonard, and András Piroska.
Completion Time	Too Long! (Lets just say 3 months)

COPYRIGHT ISSUES
Who Did What	All parts of all maps contained herein were done entirely by yours truly, With the exception of the mirror door in the second level. It is by the benevolence of Philip Hebert that the door is there. All modifications to user.con, Batch File, Logo Art, and HTML file also done by me. (Not to be pompous or anything) :-)
Additional Levels	Authors may NOT use ANY of these maps as a base for additional levels.
Distribuition	This map set must be distributed in it original zip file. It must contain all the files listed, and without alteration of any files. Distribution of individual levels is possible, but must be authorized by me. I have no problem if you want to post Ex. only the dukematch levels on you site, I just need notification so I can change the documentation to support independent levels.
Concepts	Realcity contains a lot of original concepts, Bowling Alleys, Soccer Game, Car Crash. Authors may freely implement these ideas in their levels. I will even show how to make some of the complicated ones like the crashing car, as long as the additional level statement is not violated.

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HINTS AND TIPS

Having a little trouble getting though the map? I don't blame you I made it to be more of a mental puzzler than a combat challenge.

Here is how to complete both maps.

How to Complete Realcity.map

• BLUE KEY
  The blue key is used in the movie theater to grant access to the projection room. It is found In the electronic store (the big black and silver building right next to dukes apartment. Walk cautiously around the outside of the store, one of 3 sides will blow open and allow you entry. Kill the inhabitants and get the blue key in the very back of the store behind the third table.
  
  
• RED KEY
  The red key is used to open the Chamber of Commerce. It is behind the screen at the movie theater in the bottom of the level. Blow open the ticket booth for the movie theater and walk in, take a left turn. You should see the access plate, put the card in and open the door. Go up the steps and once you come to the projection room, Go to the window and hit the slotdoor switch and the light switch, the curtains will slide away, and unless you activated a movie there will be a commander guarding the key. Get the key and head for the Chamber of Commerce.
  
  
• YELLOW KEY
  Now it gets tricky. There is a lot involved with getting this key. First open the Chamber of Commerce and go to the room on the right. Hit the switch marked "Open All Businesses", you are now free to travel to most of the areas on the map. Now you must go to "Space Karts". In here break the glass in the admissions booth, Hit the airlock switch just under the desk, and open the door to the airlock. Hit the switch on the left and a combination entry will appear on the right. Here is the combination form left to right. 1010 Where 1's are depressed switches. Then open the unlocked door and you will see the track. On this track are a series of large dpswitches, You have to hit every one of them to unlock the engine room in the middle of the track. This is accomplished by either riding a car around or going on foot. A car is safer but more difficult, Ride a few laps to take out troopers and get a feel for the track, then proceed cautiously on foot until you see the "UNLOCKED" message. When this occurs do not jump on a car and ride to the middle. Walk on foot, Jumping off a car is a sure way to get killed. Once in the engine room make your way through all the gears and jump to the middle of the reactor to find the yellow key. Then walk WITH the flow of the cars until you are home free.
  
  
• EXIT
  If you have the yellow key and you've seen enough of this level head for the exit. It's in the upper transit station. Open the door and ignore the yellow key slot for now, Head through the rotating door and face the commander in the hall. After he's gone head down the conveyor belt and get the devistator at the end of the hall. Now head back to the slot and put the key in and open the door directly left of it. Once inside hop in the ticket booth and hit the switch inside there. Then go up the ramp labeled "boarding" and walk on to the tram you see there. You will now be taken up to the top where you board the monorail. Now hit the switch inside the booth on the left and wait for the car to come. Once it arrives board it and hit the switch. Travel to the other side and exit through the back door. Walk down the hall, take out the commander and once you reach the bottom of the ramp you will be taken to the next level.
  
  

How to Complete Morecity.map

• BLUE KEY
  Head through the exit chamber of the Transit Station. Once you come to the lobby open the switch in the newsstand. Then open the main door to the station. Now in the parking lot, go forward to the road and go left until you see "Adventure Golf", proceed inside and go to the counter on the right. Hit the switch behind it and run to the black door with the moving blue lights. Go through it and you will be in the course. Go thorough the jungle, the cave, and then the mini-city until you reach the underworld. Jump in the red lake and look for an octobrain. Right behind it is a crack. Hit it with a rocket and get the key out of the cave that you see there.
  
  
• RED KEY
  A really tricky one. Open the ADP parking garage (right in front of the transit station) by putting the blue key in the slot that is in the glass-covered booth. Then go up the ramp and on the top level go to the janitors closet directly opposite of the booth. Hit the switch in there and open Rooms to Show. Inside the building look for a door on the right. Open it and proceed up the steps. Then take the 180 degree bend and look for the vent of the right. Shoot it out and jump through the duct. Now in this room there are a lot of fans and panels. Look for odd-colored ones and you will find a secret or two. But your objective is a fan. Shoot it out and walk through the ducts that span the bank and rooms 2 show. Warning: Do not shoot out the bottom panels, you will fall out and you might have to restart the level in order to get to the other side. If only a few are shot out, shoot out a top one and cross on top of the ducts. Once on the other side, enter the vault room and prepare for the timing puzzle. You must hit the switch directly across from the vault, then hit the one behind the door that opens right next it. Then swing around quickly to the back and hit the switch there. Keep trying and you will know what I'm talking about. Once its done a door will open over the desk, shoot this combination sequence (101) and the safe will open. Mind the tripbombs and get the key.
  
  
• YELLOW KEY
  This is more of a combat challenge than a mental one. To get this proceed to the community center area. You will find the alien infantry waiting in full force. Engage them and make you way into the community center. Once inside go left and enter the swimming area. Drop in the pool and shoot out the underwater vent. Then you will come to a pool at the end of the tunnel. Surface and do battle with Octobrains and Slimers. Once that's done put the red key in and shoot the back of the switch when the door opens. The wall between the card and the switch will lower and you will face a battlelord. The yellow key is in his chamber.
  
  
• EXIT
  The exit is in the transit station where you started. To reach the exit you must solve a 9 button combination lock. Now you could just stand there and shoot the locks with the chaingun cannon in some hope of reaching the right sequence. Or you can just go around the level looking for the combinations that are written down. If you want to find the combinations on your own look in these places: Skyway lounge, behind the counter. Parking Garage, on the upper left side. Rooms 2 Show, right side of the dresser that you see when you first walk in (through the door that is). Once you have found those keys proceed to the lock and open it. You will find a lobby there. Head to the ramp in the other side of the room. Open the yellow door and go through. From there it is up to you. All that I can say is that you will face a huge maze of ductways and dangerous drops, so be alert. Also at the end of this map, like Aquapark, have the option to choose your own ending. Either just nuke the city with the button or kill the final boss. Either way you will win, but we all know which way duke would take...
  
  That is all for the two levels.
  
  

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ADDITIONAL CREDITS

A Wise man by the name of Hallmark once said,

"Thanks is such a little word, but I hope you see that there is a lot more attached in the form of appreciation."

Here is to whom I say thanks.

Philip Hebert: BETA TESTER
Philip is a computer science major at Georgia Tech and among the first of the great duke architects. Everyone with duke and a modem has played one of Philip's levels, His map 911 has the all time download record on Elitegames taking in over 5600 hits, more than 2000 higher than the nearest competitor. I was ecstatic when he agreed to take a look at my first level and test it, and now much later I'm grateful for his beta-testing of this map. Philip is also responsible for the sliding mirror door in the Community Center in the second level. An inredible feat.
My thanks Philip!

John R. Leonard (KASAI): BETA TESTER
John has been a long-time keyboard pal of mine. He's an awesome Network Engineer who has saved the world on a few occasions. :-) He's a die hard Duker, Mapmaker, and one hell of a comrade. He works over 12 hours a day and still finds time to write letters and beta-test levels for me! John and I have now undertaken a joint-map project that is a full-blown theme park. Something I've always wanted to do. Look for dukeland.map in the near future, And play John's Maps CAVES and CAVES2 for many a hour of subterranean mayhem.
Thank you John!

András Piroska: BETA TESTER
As a High School student, András and I have a lot in common. We are also in the same unnamed TC group working on an unnamed project. Andras has amazing technical skill and was my toughest critic. He tested the map to the limits, finding little things that I had overlooked a thousand times. He has a no-limits attitude about maps, something my 486 heavily contradicts, but a respectable skill nevertheless. To see András's talent first hand, check out Shopcntr.map and Cadammed.map.
Thanks András!

BARTMAN
I thank BARTMAN for Reviewing Aquapark, and Realcity. Not to mention about 1,000 other favors! If it wasn't for Bartman's response to my pleas for help, Aquapark would probably still be languishing at the bottom of the EG server. His review of Aqua_DM also gave me an idea of how to finally make a decent dukematch level. Hopefully the ones I'm including will be up to par.
THANKS!

Matt Carver
Matt is in here for allowing me to use his brilliant put put golf course idea and expand on it by adding themes. It was the coolest idea I've seen in any level. And it also inspired my idea of the working bowling alley and the soccer field. To see the original course check out Apark.map.
Thanks a lot Matt!

And finally all the sites that took in Aquapark and made it at home:

DeAd mEaT's DUKE NUKEM 3D Zone
3D World - Legion's Duke Nukem Maps
ELITEGAMES.COM - Duke Nukem 3D Pages
Largedog's Duke Page
Snoz's Duke single player maps page
Stals.CoM - Ultimate Duke Nukem 3D Site
The LAZER'S BEAM
Welcome to King Link & Games!
Duke Nukem 3D at the Mecca

Thanks to all of those generous webmasters who managed to find room for a 150kb zip file!

Finally I thank you!
The dukers who have sent mail positive and negative, about Aquapark. The positive mail was overwhelming! I thank you all!
And the same to everyone who sent negative mail, least it shows that my map has made some impact, and I appreciate all time taken to send a letter.
Thank you very much and keep it coming!



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Realcity.htm last updated March 10, 1997 by Jason Mclauchlin.