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Title:	SERENITY v2.01
Filename:	levels/doom/s-u/serenity.zip
Size:	396.04 KB
Date:	10/30/94
Author:	Bjorn Hermans and Holger Nathrath
Description:	This set of 8 levels has been made with the word quality in mind. It's Mind here, not Muscles! Many days and weeks have gone into testing, designing and fine-tuning. Although this isn't a hack&kill kind of level, you will get your share of bloody action (especially when playing "Ultraviolent"). Some of the levels may be a breeze, others may be a real pain in the *ss. But remember one thing: YOU DON'T HAVE TO USE THE CHEATS!!! There are a few very though places, but they can be done. When it seems you can't get around them without using the cheats, you may be doing it the wrong way and/or you may have missed one or more (valuable!) hidden rooms (which contain power-ups, weapons and/or ammo). Hidden rooms, by the way, can always be recognized in some way (different texture, different light-level, etc.). To give you a rough estimation of how long it will take you to finish this level: it took us more than half an hour to finish SERENITY on "Hurt Me Plenty". But then again: we know them inch by inch...
Credits:	DEU (5.2GCC and 5.21), BSP (1.2x) and their many contributors; Id (no comment); all those people who have been so kind to send us remarks and feed-back about our previous wad-file (NATHRATH); every WADmaker whose WAD has been a source of inspiration for the rooms in SERENITY; And all those many others we have forgotten.
Base:	4 new levels from scratch, levels 2, 4, 5, and 7 have been releases previously under the name of "Nathrath's Fab Four". These last four levels have been re-edited and re-vamped with the help of the comments that we received about it. Level two is the one that has undergone the most changes. How long it took us?? Two months is probably the most rough estimation we can make on that one... We don't know that for sure, but than again: we don't care 8-)) (it's fun!!)
Build time:
Editor(s) used:	DEU 5.21 and 5.22GCC, plus BSP 1.2x and IDBSP.
Bugs:	There is one minor HOM in level 4. It can be seen as you open the door that needs a red key. Doom 1.666 may not have this, but we are not a 100% sure of that. There is one Moire-effect when you go 'underground'. We can't do much about it. Doom 1.666 shouldn't have it, as it no longer poses the limitations on ceiling height that cause the Moire.
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Title                   : SERENITY v2.01
                          A full replacement for the third episode of
                          Doom (which means there are 8 levels - sorry,
                          no bonus level in this one, but you won't miss
                          it...).
                          In this re-release we have refined some of the
                          alligning a bit, corrected one minor mistake
                          in level 6, where the elevator that lead you
                          to the yellow key wouldn't go down again. In
                          this way, you could get trapped if you took
                          this elevator when you hadn't found the yellow
                          key.
                          Also, a few graphics-patches have been added.
IMPORTANT               : Do NOT move this level to another episode,
                          since you can't finish our last level if it
                          isn't played as being E3M8!

Filename                : SERENITY.WAD (previously: NATHRATH.WAD)
Authors                 : Bjorn Hermans and Holger Nathrath
Email Address Hermans   : Hermans@hermans.org, or
                          Doom@hermans.org
Misc. Author Info       : Two guys with too much spare time...

Description             : This set of 8 levels has been made with the
                          word quality in mind. It's Mind here, not
                          Muscles! Many days and weeks have gone into
                          testing, designing and fine-tuning. Although
                          this isn't a hack&kill kind of level, you will
                          get your share of bloody action (especially
                          when playing "Ultraviolent").
                          Some of the levels may be a breeze, others may
                          be a real pain in the *ss. But remember one
                          thing: YOU DON'T HAVE TO USE THE CHEATS!!!
                          There are a few very though places, but they
                          can be done. When it seems you can't get
                          around them without using the cheats, you may
                          be doing it the wrong way and/or you may have
                          missed one or more (valuable!) hidden rooms
                          (which contain power-ups, weapons and/or ammo).
                          Hidden rooms, by the way, can always be
                          recognized in some way (different texture,
                          different light-level, etc.).
                          To give you a rough estimation of how long it
                          will take you to finish this level: it took
                          us more than half an hour to finish SERENITY on
                          "Hurt Me Plenty". But then again: we know them
                          inch by inch...

Additional Credits to   : DEU (5.2GCC and 5.21), BSP (1.2x) and their
                          many contributors; Id (no comment); all those
                          people who have been so kind to send us
                          remarks and feed-back about our previous
                          wad-file (NATHRATH); every WADmaker whose WAD
                          has been a source of inspiration for the rooms
                          in SERENITY;

And all those many others we have forgotten.

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* Play Information *

Episode and Level #     : E3M1 through E3M8, see below for descriptions
Single Player           : Yes
Cooperative 2-4 Player  : Yes (although untested)
Deathmatch 2-4 Player   : Yes (although untested)
Difficulty Settings     : Yes, there are three.
                          The "Ultraviolent" setting may be a bit to
                          easy for the real die-hards. On the other
                          hand (and with a lot of practice), someone who
                          normally plays "Hurt Me Plenty" might be able
                          to finish SERENITY in "Ultraviolent" too.
New Sounds              : No (See "Other Releases"!)
New Graphics            : Yes, although most Wad-managers won't spot
                          them. We are especially very pleased with the
                          graphic-patches in the last level (you'll see
                          why).
                          All patches work just fine in both 1.2 and 1.666.
New Music               : Yes (a different song for each level)
Demos Replaced          : None

* Descriptions *

Level 1 Description     : "A Warm Welcome"
                          This first level is a warm welcome into the
                          mysterious world of Serenity. It gives you a
                          idea of what you might encounter in the
                          following levels.

Level 2 Description     : "Doom - The Movie"
                          This level includes some nice, spiffy looking
                          structures like a big archway, a plaza, and a
                          movie theater ("Aliens" seems to score
                          big-time at the Doom Box Office).

Level 3 Description     : "R You Lonesome?"
                          Hell isn't supposed to be fun, is it?

Level 4 Description     : "All The Marbles"
                          Here you will go through an underground
                          section that has more in it than meets the
                          eye... There is a maze also, but it has been
                          kept simple (?) enough to keep it from getting
                          boring.

Level 5 Description     : "Dungeons Of The Dark"
                          A level of considerable size. It's dark. It
                          scares. It puzzles.

Level 6 Description     : "I'm Here. I'm There. Stairs Are Everywhere"
                          If you hate lots of stairs & switches, this
                          level sure is Hell for you! You can finish
                          this one in lots of ways. Be smart: take but
                          one way, and that is the RIGHT way!
                          This level, just to reassure you, is the only
                          one that makes this heavy use of switches,
                          stairs and lifts. We just wanted one level
                          that had it, and this is it.

Level 7 Description     : "Big Time"
                          The name says it all!

Level 8 Description     : "Church of The Poisened Minds"
                          Bring enlightment to all those lost souls &
                          sinners that you encounter here. Stand firm,
                          and you will ultimately find there is a Heaven
                          in Hell...

**Spoiler**
                          The barrel-puzzle you will probably encounter,
                          may seem like it can only be solved by using a
                          cheat. This is however not necessary. You will
                          have to play around to get it (or perhaps
                          we're just overestimating this one, YOU tell
                          us!).

* Construction *

Base                    : 4 new levels from scratch, levels 2, 4, 5, and
                          7 have been releases previously under the name
                          of "Nathrath's Fab Four". These last four
                          levels have been re-edited and re-vamped with
                          the help of the comments that we received
                          about it. Level two is the one that has
                          undergone the most changes.
                          How long it took us?? Two months is probably
                          the most rough estimation we can make on that
                          one... We don't know that for sure, but than
                          again: we don't care 8-)) (it's fun!!)

Editor(s) used          : DEU 5.21 and 5.22GCC, plus BSP 1.2x and IDBSP.

Known Bugs              : There is one minor HOM in level 4. It can be
                          seen as you open the door that needs a red
                          key. Doom 1.666 may not have this, but we
                          are not a 100% sure of that.

There is one Moire-effect when you go
                          'underground'. We can't do much about it. Doom
                          1.666 shouldn't have it, as it no longer poses
                          the limitations on ceiling height that cause
                          the Moire.

* Philosophy *

Appearance/Design       : A lot of effort was put into making things look
                          good. Especially the last level deserves to
                          be given a second look after having killed all
                          the monsters (except that FINAL one...).

Not everything has a purpose. Some things are
                          just there for artistic or architectural interest.
                          We think that is one of the things that made the
                          original DOOM levels so good.

Traps                   : All levels have been designed in a way that
                          they do not contain places where you can get
                          trapped (at least not without providing you
                          with some kind of 'emergency exit').
                          Yet, should there be a place where you do get
                          stuck, and cannot get out except by using
                          'IDSPISPOPD', then let us know!

Secret Areas            : You do not have to get into the secret areas
                          to complete a level. Keys or switches to open
                          doors or areas are never located in secret areas.

All secret areas/doors are marked in some way
                          (for instance by giving it another light
                          level, or a slightly different texture).

Monsters                : We prefer quality over quantity, but on the
                          other hand we also want a WAD that offers lots
                          of action. We have tried to find a good balance
                          between quality and quantity.
                          We did make an exception though for
                          "Ultraviolence". Here there are an awfully lot
                          of monsters, and it should give those who like a
                          lot of fragging & fighting the challenge and
                          action you want (so we hope...).

* Copyright / Permissions *

Authors may use this level as a source of inspiration to build
new levels. Please don't copy parts of this WAD, and leave us
unmentioned in your description file...

You MAY distribute this WAD, provided you include this file, with
no modifications.  You may distribute this file in any electronic
format (BBS, Diskette, CD-ROM, etc) as long as you include this file
intact (free copies of a CD-ROM that contains this WAD are warmly
welcomed by the authors 8-)

* Where to get this WAD *

You can get this, and all our other WADs, at our FTP site:
  ftp.hermans.org in the doom/ directory.
More information about this level can be found at
  http://www.hermans.org/doom/serenity.htm
Information about our other DOOM releases can be found at
  http://www.hermans.org/doom

* Other Releases *

Besides this WAD, we have two other complete new episodes to play. These
are called SERENITY II aka ETERNITY, and SERENITY III aka INFINITY.
If you like SERENITY, you will most definitely like ETERNITY and
INFINITY...!
We have also released a sound-WAD (SERSOUND.WAD) with the complete collection
of our favourite Doom sounds. And we have released two DOOM II WADs.
Once again: check our WWW pages for more information!

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Enjoy!

Bjorn Hermans & Holger Nathrath.

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