The DOOM2 Pacifist Collection This page was created and is maintained by Steffen Udluft Version 2.0: Feb 21 1999 Table of contents: * What is Pacifist style? * Comparison with other styles. * About this collection. * Which recordings are valid? * The lmp collection with summary table * See also: o the DOOM1 Pacifist Collection o a primitive text version of this page (if your browser can't handle tables). What is Pacifist style? Pacifist style is finishing a DOOM level in Ultra-Violence without harming any monster. That is: no boxing, chainsawing or shooting at monsters, not even shooting barrels that do explode next to monsters, not even pressing switches that activate crushers harming monsters. But it is allowed to make the monsters fight each others, if they are so stupid and agressive, well that's their problem. Note: Even a pacifist cannot always avoid telefrags. This new style of playing doom has been invented recently to give live to a new Doom Honorific Title - the "Doom2 Pacifist". There are currently 13 people who hold this title (click here to download their exams). Comparison with other styles. There are two major aspects in pacifist: one is to make the monsters fight each others very much like in Tyson, the other is to run slalom through crowds of monsters without fighting them as often required when playing under PAR or for COMPET-N speed entries. In some aspects pacifist is more difficult than Tyson, because you don't even can use pistol or fist to get rid of monsters, on the other hand you are not forced to kill all of them. About this collection. The collection consists of three types of recordings. The first, the fastest and miscellaneus. As said before the "Pacifist" is a rather new style of dooming, thus all the first recordings have been collected. The first is not always the best, so the fastest recordings are collected too. And if there exist a paticularly interesting recording of a level it will find its way to the collection even if it is slower. If you know of any older, faster or interesting recording, be sure to send it to the new COMPET-N incoming directory or directely to me (the ultimate goal would of course be to do an uncompleted map for the first time!). Which recordings are valid? In a valid recording the player has to start from scratch and play until the level is finished (i.e. the endscreen is shown). This endscreen must be visible for at least 5 seconds. Do not use the [pause] key for more then two times during a recording. In the case that two recordings have the same run time, one with pauses, one w/o, only the pause free recording will be kept. The player might die during a recording ONLY immeditially after doing a DHT dance or when exiting. The recording must be the product of normal gameplay, absolutely no cheats are allowed. Read some more details if you are not sure what is considered cheating. For the miscellaneus section in which interesting recordings are kept, even cheated recording are valid as long as the player claims correctly how the recording has been produced (e.g. played with doom V1.9 and edited with lmpc). The Collection: The following table summarizes all the lmps in this collection. If you click on the date of the first recording (fourth column), it will download that "classic" lmp. If you click on the time of the fastest recording (sixth column), it will download this lmp. File name of the recordings is of the form: pa(map number)-(time in mmss).lmp. However, the dash is eaten up for recordings longer than 9:59. You can download all the lmps in this collection, 200 kB zipped, 1.5 MB uncompressed) by clicking below. If you want to view more than two of these recordings, this is the way to do it. Download entire collection (195 kB) Level DHT6 First lmp by Date Fastest lmp Time Comments Rating by Apr This level is 01 Easiest Simon 25 Thomas New! trivial in Pacifist Widlake Pilger 0:05 1995 style. This looks 02 - uncompleted - ucompleted - impossible, many sergeants and very little health. Mai Lot's of armor, 03 Medium Robert Reevy 30 Robert Reevy 0:39 health and the blur 1997 sphere make it possible. This looks impossible, many 04 - uncompleted - uncompleted - chaingunners and sergeants, with no armor and very little health. Mai A tough map, 05 Hard Istvan 31 Thomas 0:37 especially if you do Pataki Pilger not even take the 1997 megaarmor. Jun 06 Hardest Kai-Uwe 11 still 6:39 Just watch it! Humpert fastest 1997 07 - uncompleted - uncompleted - Impossible by construction. Mai Beeing invulnerable 08 Easy Richard J. 28 Andy Badorek 0:30 most of the time, Sham the only problem is 1997 not to get stuck. Jun You got to be a real 09 Hard Peo Sjoblom 02 Andy Badorek New! slalom expert to 1997 2:00 reach the yellow key. The major problem is to find the right way through this complex level. Mai (Steve Terry has 10 Medium Steffen 28 Steffen 0:39 done it first, but Udluft Udluft 1997 his lmp doesn't playback. Please mail me if you find a way to get it going.) The main problem are the two imps blocking the last switches. In Thomas' Feb incredible fast 11 Hardest Thomas 19 still 0:53 recording everything Pilger fastest 1998 looks easy, but watch the first nearly sucessful try Kai-Uwe made in 1997 for the proposal. Mai The problem is to 12 Hard Istvan 31 Thomas 0:45 hit all the switches Pataki Pilger behind the 1997 cacodemons. You have to convince a "friendly" monster Jun to kill all the imps 13 Hard Istvan 12 Steffen New! blocking the yellow Pataki Udluft 8:47 1997 key. Watch how Istvan "tamed" the cacodemon. Without the jump tricks Istvan Jun invented for 14 Hard Istvan 03 Thomas 1:07 COMPET-N it would be Pataki Pilger 1997 impossible, even with them it's a hard level. You can do the conventional jump to the switch or press Mai it from below. The 15 Easy Steffen 27 Thomas 0:39 latter solution is Udluft Pilger 1997 the faster one if you do it w/o the radsuit like Thomas ... Mai The most critical 16 Easy Steffen 27 Thomas 0:45 part is to pass the Udluft Pilger two spectres at the 1997 red key. The end sequence 17 - uncompleted - uncompleted - alone makes this map absolutely impossible. Another classic Apr pacifist map, first 18 Easy Istvan 24 Thomas 0:25 done by Istvan as a Pataki Pilger 1996 COMPET-N speed entry. There are three very different ways to play this level: press the first switch by running a fulminant slalom Jun through the imps; 19 Medium Peo Sjoblom 01 Thomas 1:03 let the arachnotron 1997 Pilger kill those imps; or play it the easy way by passing the candle barrier (using this new discovered route the level is EASY). Mai A nice level to play 20 Easy Steffen 27 Thomas 0:46 pacifist, you can Udluft Pilger choose many ways to 1997 the exit. In this map the spectres are a pacifists best Mai friend, they serve 21 Medium Steffen 31 Andy Badorek New! as transparent Udluft 1:03 shields and are able 1997 to kill the nasty sergeants. Istvan did this map on nightmare. In principle this map should be possible, because 22 - uncompleted - uncompleted - all blocking monsters may kill each other - but be sure they will kill you first! If you prevent the wall from going down and trapping you Mai within the herd of 23 Hard Patrick 30 Andy Badorek 0:58 demons you can make Martin 1997 your way through without beeing too much of a slalom expert. Anthe's first pacifist recording which he did for COMPET-N has been a major inspiration to propose the pacifist Jun title. It is really 24 Hard Andreas Kren 08 Esko New! worth watching how 1996 Koskimaa 0:40 the strategies for COMPET-N changed to pacifist! Most DHT6 players followed his route quite closely. Watch this remarkable exception. If you don't like to do Anthe's jump to Jun the megasphere you 25 Medium Andreas Kren 01 Thomas 0:59 must convince the 1997 Pilger monsters to shoot the blocking barrels for you. It looks impossible 26 - uncompleted - uncompleted - to reach the red key. A very fast one if Sep you make the 27 Easy Laszlo 20 still 0:16 arch-vile cooperate. Magori fastest It's also possible 1996 on the conventional route. If you know the right route through Mai that level you can 28 Easy Steffen 27 Andy Badorek New! play it invulnerable Udluft 0:56 most of the time 1997 without too much danger of getting stuck. Blocked and 29 - uncompleted - uncompleted - impossible to survive. 30 - uncompleted - uncompleted - Impossible by construction Nov This level is 31 Easiest Michael Kren 01 Adam Hegyi New! trivial Pacifist 1995 0:32 style. Mai Not as trivial as 01 32 Easiest Steffen 26 Adam Hegyi 0:26 and 31 but also very Udluft easy, just let cybie 1997 shoot the Keens. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ This collection may be updated every couple of months, if and when better recordings come in. ------------------------------------------------------------------------