Valiant

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Archive Maintainer      : Please place in levels/doom2/ports/megawads
Advanced engine needed  : MBF Compatible
Primary purpose         : Single player
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Title                   : Valiant
Filename                : valiant.zip
Release date            : February 7th, 2015
Author                  : Paul "skillsaw" DeBruyne
Email Address           : [email protected]
Other Files By Author   : Sector 666 (666.zip)
                          Aeternum (aeternum.zip)
                          Vanguard (vanguard.zip)
                          Lunatic (lunatic.zip)
                          Hanging Gardens (hgarden.zip)
                          
                          Contributions to various community, team, and
                          personal projects, including Back to Saturn X 
                          Episodes 1 and 2, Stronghold: On the Edge of 
                          Chaos, ZPack, Community Chest 4, Unholy Realms, 
                          and various 32in24 sessions.
                          
Misc. Author Info       : Makes maps for Doom

Description             : Valiant is a MBF megawad for Doom II featuring 32
                          new maps spanning 5 themed episodes. Each map is
                          designed to be played from a pistol start, but
                          some effort has been made to support continuous 
                          play as well.
                          
                          Additionally, Valiant includes a number of new
                          monsters and weapons implemented through an 
                          extensive MBF format DeHackEd patch.  As a 
                          result, Valiant is not compatible with gameplay 
                          mods, and can only be played in ports with full 
                          MBF DeHackEd support.  At present, these include 
                          ZDoom, GZDoom, PrBoom-plus (complevel 11), and 
                          Eternity.  Zandronum is also supported through 
                          DECORATE.

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Port Differences        : In ZDoom and Eternity, each episode is selected
                          from the main menu.  In PrBoom-plus, Valiant 
                          plays like a conventional 32 level megawad with a
                          death exit at the end of each episode.
                          
                          Episode ending texts and splash screens are
                          implemented using MAPINFO and therefore are only
                          present in (G)ZDoom, Eternity, and Zandronum.
                          
                          Music changer objects are used a few times. These
                          are not supported by Eternity, and thus Eternity
                          will simply continue playing the map's default 
                          midi track in these situations.
                          
                          The final boss will graphically glitch in ports
                          without DECORATE support but this does not impact
                          gameplay.
                          
                          I recommend playing in ZDoom or Eternity for the 
                          optimal experience.  If you would like to record 
                          demos or play multiplayer, PrBoom-plus or 
                          Zandronum are recommended, respectively.

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Special Thanks          : Special thanks to dew, esselfortium, 
                          Seele00TextOnly and Tarnsman for testing, quality
                          control, criticism, and technical advice, and 
                          also for being chill dudes.  Thanks so much for 
                          your help!
                          
                          Special thanks to the creators and maintainers of
                          utilities, source ports, and wikis, without which
                          this project wouldn't have been possible.
                          
                          Special thanks to the Doom community as a whole,
                          but especially the Doomworld forums and #doomtwid
                          for making me feel at home.

Texture Credits         : NiGHTMARE
                          Espi
                          Eriance
                          Fredrik Johansson
                          Janitor
                          DaGGeR
                          Ola Bjorling
                          Vader
                          XDelusion
                          esselfortium
                          RottKing
                          Nuxius
                          Afterglow
                          AgentSpork
                          Enjay
                          Huy Pham
                          SargeBaldy
                          Tormentor667
                          Iikka Keranen
                          Cage
                          FuzzballFox
                          zrrion the insect
                          Nightfall
                          Blue Shadow
                          skillsaw
                          GothicDM Team
                          Eternal Doom Team
                          id Software
                          Raven Software
                          Rogue Entertainment
                          Valve Software

Sprite Credits          : NMN
                          Eriance
                          Jimmy
                          Yurithehairfan
                          Huy Pham
                          IMX
                          Vader
                          Neoworm
                          Cyb
                          Icytux
                          Captain Toenail
                          Maelstrom
                          Tormentor667
                          skillsaw
                          id Software
                          Raven Software
                          3d Realms

Fonts                   : AgentSpork

Palette                 : Uses red range from 32in24-13 palette by 
                          esselfortium

GLDefs                  : Gez
                          
Misc Graphics, Splash
Screens, Status Bar     : skillsaw
                        
Music Credits           : MAP01 - "air.mid" (Stewboy)
                          MAP02 - "coldwires.mid" (Stewboy)
                          MAP03 - "window.mid" (Stewboy)
                          MAP04 - "river.mid" (Stewboy)
                          MAP05 - "core.mid" (Stewboy)
                          MAP06 - "Water World" (Bobby Prince)
                          MAP07 - "Aliens, Say Your Prayers" (Bobby Prince)
                          MAP08 - "Astral Dreadnought" (Jimmy)
                          MAP09 - "Dark Angel" (Jimmy)
                          MAP10 - "Fallen Sun" (Jimmy)
                          MAP11 - "Cataclysmic Impact" (Jimmy)
                          MAP12 - "Flatulence Protocol" (Jimmy)
                          MAP13 - "Postmodern Muck" (Jimmy)
                          MAP14 - "rustybridge.mid" (Stewboy)
                          MAP15 - "Goin' Down the Fast Way" (Lee Jackson)
                          MAP16 - "skytemple.mid" (Stewboy)
                          MAP17 - "Stealth Mode" (Jimmy)
                          MAP18 - "Prototype (extended) ft. Stuart Rynn
                                  (Jimmy)
                          MAP19 - "Sunset Over Babylon" (Jimmy)
                          MAP20 - "Anchor" (Mark Klem)
                          MAP21 - "Points of View (Jimmy)
                          MAP22 - "Baron's Province" (Jimmy)
                          MAP23 - "Industrial" (SlayeR)
                          MAP24 - "Frivolous Encounter" (Mark Klem)
                          MAP25 - "Death Scythe" (Gundam Wing: Endless 
                                   Duel)
                          MAP26 - "On Space Station" (Gundam Wing: Endless
                                  Duel)
                          MAP27 - "Epyon" (Gundam Wing: Endless Duel)
                          MAP28 - "Moon/Mars: Sukarabe Fight 3" (The Hybrid
                                  Front)
                          MAP29 - "Mercurius / Vayeate" (Gundam Wing: 
                                  Endless Duel)
                          MAP30 - "End Credits" (Thunder Force 4) and
                                  "Antarctic" (Gundam Wing: Endless Duel)
                          MAP31 - "stars.mid" (Stewboy)
                          MAP32 - "Aztec Gods" (Jimmy)
                          
                          Intermission - "Character Select" (Gundam Wing:
                                         Endless Duel)
                          Title - "Versus Screen" (Gundam Wing: Endless
                                  Duel)
                          Text screen - "Credits" (Gundam Wing: Endless
                                        Duel)

Sound Credits           : Jimmy
                          Eriance
                          Xaser
                          Monolith Games
                          Croteam
                          id Software
                          3d Realms
                          
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* What is included *

New levels              : 32
Sounds                  : Yes
Music                   : Yes
Graphics                : Yes
Dehacked/BEX Patch      : Yes
Demos                   : Yes
Other                   : MAPINFO, DECORATE, etc.
Other files required    : None


* Play Information *

Game                    : Doom 2
Map #                   : MAP01-MAP32
Single Player           : Designed for
Cooperative 2-4 Player  : Designed for
Deathmatch 2-4 Player   : No
Other game styles       : None
Difficulty Settings     : Yes


* Construction *

Base                    : Maps and DeHackEd new from scratch; 
                          texture wad based on CC4-tex
Build Time              : Three years, off and on
Editor(s) used          : Doom Builder, Slade, WhackEd, GIMP, Notepad++
Known Bugs              : There is a graphical glitch with the final boss
                          that occurs only in non-DECORATE based ports,
                          due to certain hard coded behaviours.
May Not Run With...     : Valiant will have conflicts with gameplay mods
                          due to its extensive use of DeHackEd.
                          
                          Valiant will not run with versions of PrBoom-plus
                          lower than 2.5.1.4, or any port without support
                          for MBF code pointers OR DECORATE, or on any
                          port that does not support ZDBSP extended nodes.
                          
                          ZDoom, GZDoom, PrBoom-plus (complevel 11), 
                          Eternity, or Zandronum are recommended.

* Copyright / Permissions *

Authors may NOT use the contents of this file as a base for modification or
reuse.  Permissions have been obtained from original authors for any of
their resources modified or included in this file.

(Note that if you'd like to use something from Valiant, feel free to
contact me and I can try to let you know it's source.  Anything I made
myself is totally free for reuse - but you should contact me just to make
sure that the resource you want to use is my own work.)

You MAY distribute this file, provided you include this text file, with no
modifications.  You may distribute this file in any electronic format (BBS,
Diskette, CD, etc) as long as you include this file intact.  I have
received permission from the original authors of any modified or included
content in this file to allow further distribution.

* Where to get the file that this text file describes *

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