IronEagle Competition 52: Into the Code

Welcome to a new month and a new opportunity for playing Doom. To that end, we have a new month of the IronEagle competition, the ironman challenge that welcomes everyone, regardless of whether you're a grizzled veteran who does Tyson runs (without a berserk pack) or you're still figuring out how to avoid blowing yourself up with a rocket. As long as you like Doom (or even if you don't, but are willing to give it a shot), you can join us! Come on in, the water's fine.

 

This month, participants will challenge themselves against Into the Code. Into the Code is a mostly vanilla-compatible 6-map set for Doom 2, created by Doomworld's very own @Obsidian and released in 2014. This mapset tells the story of a Doom player who tries to get rid of a computer virus that has made a home in their copy of Doom by booting up the game and clearing out the virus personally.

 

Participants must play these maps on complevel 2 or Doom(strict). There is a dehacked file that is included in the wad or can be loaded separately, but it just changes the map names displayed on the automap. There is a possible VPO on Map 04 and some possible drawseg overflows on Map 05, hence my labeling this as "mostly vanilla."

 

Download Into the Code here.

 

Into the Code starts at Map 01. Survival is finishing Map 06. There are no secret maps.

 

Enjoy!

 

Congratulations to this month's winners (further details are in the post below).

 

UV: @Asbadagba (Runner-up: @dt_)

HMP: @xX_Lol6_Xx (Runner-up: @Goofy_1966)

HNTR: Pegleg (Runner-up: @Andromeda)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rules:

The rules are basically the same as they have been. Either demos or streams are permissible. If you are creating a demo, post the demo. If you are streaming, post a video of the stream. Even if streaming, you can still submit a demo, if you want to.

The basic rule is that you submit a demo/stream played at a particular difficulty level (HNTR, HMP, or UV) and you play without saving and reloading, ending your run when you die (or survive).

 

The following are allowed (but not required):

• Freelook
• Crosshair
• Mods that are COSMETIC ONLY

 

The following are NOT allowed:

• Crouching
• Jumping
• Mods that change ANY aspect of base gameplay, including (but not limited to) enemy behavior, enemy speed, player abilities, player speed, weapon damage, ammo, and enemy drops.

 

Further, more specific, rules are listed below:

Any port is accepted provided it will actually run the mapset. There is no preference.
 

 

Category System:

• Category 1: Blind run.
  • This explains itself. You have no knowledge of the wad and have not played/seen it before. I'm willing to be somewhat lenient with this Category.
    • For example, if you die early in Map 01, and then decide to play again for your run, you can still call it Category 1.
• Category 2: Non-blind.
  • If you have played the wad before and/or possess significant foreknowledge, your run is non-blind. Basically, anything that is not Category 1 is Category 2.

 

If you're unhappy with your blind run, feel free to record a new run, and submit that run instead. (Just don't submit your first run.) If you want to submit your first run, no matter how you perform, by all means, go ahead and do it. You shouldn't feel that you HAVE to submit a run you're dissatisfied with, just to preserve a "Category 1" status. If you want to go back and submit a second run, you're welcome to do so, but, at this time, it won't be counted.

 

 

Difficulty System:

You may submit a demo/stream for only one of HNTR, HMP, or UV. Choose only one, because subsequent submissions will be rejected (i.e., if you submit a HMP demo, the HNTR demo you then submit will be rejected). We're not using the 1CC rule set here. Your first submission is what counts.

 

Only runs from the same difficulty will be pitted against each other. Each difficulty will be graded separately.

 

 

Submission:

When you submit your run, please the include the following information:

• The category (1 or 2)
• The difficulty
• If you survived, your time
• If you didn't survive, the map where you died
• Time of death
• Kill count upon death
• The port you used (if you included a demo)
• A link to the stream/video (if you did a stream)

 

You may include a commentary about the maps or details about them, if you want to. If you do include specific information about the map (e.g. "The demon trap in Map 08 is rough"), please put it in a spoiler, so that people that want a completely blind experience won't be tipped off. If you're just putting in a general comment (e.g., "Pro tip: don't get hit"), then no need for a spoiler.

 

Attempting to max the maps is not necessary to win.
 

Ranking for this mapset will be determined by:

• Survival
• Time for survival
• Map of death (in descending order: Map 06, Map 05, Map 04, Map 03, Map 02, Map 01)
• Time it took to reach the map of death
• Kill count in the map of death

 

If you die, please wait a few seconds before quitting.

 

 

Breaks:

Everyone gets tired. Sometimes people survive longer than they expected. Nature calls. Every now and then, there are family emergencies. Needing to take a break shouldn't necessarily end a promising run. While you should try to complete the run in a single setting, this isn't always possible. If you have to take a break, try to make it quick.

 

 

Happy Dooming!

 

 

 

Previous IronEagle Competitions

Edited April 2, 2023 by Pegleg : EDIT 1: Add monthly winners and runners up. EDIT 2: Add link to post.

Oh jeez, why are y'all playing this old thing!?

Category: 1
Difficulty: UV
Dead on: Map03 at ~7:55
Kills: 13/85

DSDA-Doom v.025.6

ie52_code_mari.zip

 

DEAD: Map02

Difficulty: UV

Category: 1 (Blind)

Time of Arrival: 2:19

Time of Death: 10:31

Kills: 21/45

Port: DSDA-Doom 0.25

Demo: noisy_TheCode_ironeagle.zip

 

3 hours ago, Obsidian said:

Oh jeez, why are y'all playing this old thing!?

 

1. I sometimes try to find less mapsets that are less well-known/more obscure, but still well-made and fun, for the IronEagle.
2. "Into the Code," despite its age, seems to have been well-received.
3. You're welcome to submit a run, Obsidian. Just because you made the mapset doesn't exclude you from participating. In fact, there's a proud tradition of authors joining the fun.

DEAD: MAP06
DIFFICULTY: UV
CATEGORY: 1

ARRIVAL IN: 33:01

DEATH IN: 34:33

KILLS: 17/22

PORT: prBoom+ 2.5.1.4

DEMO: ironeagle_feb23_naza.zip

 

 

Category: 2

Difficulty: HNTR

Dead on: Map 03

Arrival: 5:32

Time: 5:53

Kills: 0/70

Port: PrBoom+ 2.5.1.4

 

ie_pegleg_intocode.zip

 

Pro tip: Being able to dodge well is a good skill to have.

Pro tip 2: This run is NOT a good example of dodging well.

Edited February 4, 2023 by Pegleg : EDIT: Added difficulty.

cat 1 UV
survived in 27:39
dsdadoom 0.25
ironeagle_2023feb_asbadagba.zip

@Pegleg I think you forgot to write the difficulty you chose.

 

Category: 1

Difficulty: HNTR

Dead on: MAP03

Time: 9:31

Kills: 13/70

 

The sign read "DIE" and I obliged.

 

ie_andromeda_thecode.zip

Interesting mapset. Didn't go through the whole thing but I had a good time with it :-)

All relevant info *with a little spoiler* in the text file.

IETheCodeLol6.zip

 

 

1 hour ago, Andromeda said:

I think you forgot to write the difficulty you chose.

 

Indeed I did forget, and I have remedied the omission. Thank you for catching that Andromeda.

Cat 1, UV, dead on map05 with 69/93 at 31:54. For some reason on map02 I just couldn't see a necessary switch at all for like 5 minutes, maybe my renderer and gamma settings or just brain problems.

 

ie-bx-thecode.zip

Category: 2 (multiple attempts)

Difficulty: UV
Dead on: Map 04

Kills: 30/41

Time at death: 20:33 (half of which was spent on map 4)

DWIE_23-02_thecode_scf.zip

 

Well, that was an adventure.

 

 

Cat: 1

Difficulty: UV

Dead on: Map 02

Not sure about kills or time of death

horus_ironeagle_2023_02.zip

https://youtu.be/KPmNU6B2244

 

Category 1 run on UV, died on map 3 to THAT chaingunner trap. (22/85 monsters killed)

Cat 1 survival (UV)

 

https://www.dropbox.com/s/7xeoyhtvhd82u1s/dtcode.lmp?dl=1

 

Took ages though, think about an hour

Category: 1

Difficulty: UV
Dead on: MAP06

Kills: 18/26 (8 monsters remaining)

Entered MAP06 at 33:09.

 

Interesting mapset, not the most blind friendly though.

Love the mood in MAP04, although it does have kind of really cryptic progression.

 

 

Video here, HD still processing:

 

 

 

 

https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1750978908

 

Cat 2

HMP

Map 3 Death (8/85) Chaingunners Care Not for Cheese)

 

IEthecodeHMPhc.zip

Category: 1

Difficulty: HMP

Dead in MAP03 with 15 kills.

 

I went back with saves afterward to see the rest. I'm not that big a fan of such constricting, claustrophobic environments, but this set uses that mood of discomfort quite compellingly, and it's got some great, nasty surprises. I especially liked 03 & 04's "reality breaking down / being possessed" themes.

A hearty thank you to everyone who showed up and challenged themselves against Obsidian's Into the Code. This post is a few days late, but here it is nonetheless, and it will soon be followed by another month of ironmanning fun. I hope to see everyone back again in March, and feel free to bring a few friends.

 

Without further ado, here are the standings for this month's IronEagle.

 

UV

1. Asbadagba (Survived)
2. dt_ (Survived)
3. NaZa (Map 06)
4. ginc (Map 06)
5. BoxY (Map 05)
6. SCF (Map 04)
7. Maribo (Map 03)
8. Suitepee (Map 03)
9. Noisy Velvet (Map 02)
10. Horus (Map 02)

 

HMP

1. xX_Lol 6_Xx (Map 04)
2. Goofy_1966 (Map 03)
3. head_cannon (Map 03)

 

HNTR

1. Pegleg (Map 03)
2. Andromeda (Map 03)

Cat: 1 
UV 
Dead on Map 2 
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1786878916

1st half of stream