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[3]

That's not bad. That's not bad at all. Try running twice that distance over lava.

[zchris13]

I had an envirosuit.

For some reason, I had the strange urge to slap bulk mods onto my BFG.  It now holds 220 cells.  That's 5 shots with change, people.

Mortuary cleared.

Ok, should I enter the lava pits or not? I have plenty of armour...

[zchris13]

HELL YES. HMP

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 DoomRL (v.0.9.9) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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 Tom Sawyer, level 13 Cacodemon Sergeant, defeated the Cyberdemon
 on level 25 of the Phobos base.
 He survived 194095 turns and scored 190846 points.
 He played for 4 hours and 14 seconds.
 He wasn't afraid to be hurt plenty.

 He killed 761 out of 769 hellspawn. (98%)
 He held his right to remain violent.


 He saved himself 2 times.

-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------

  UAC Star (bronze cluster)
  Aurora Medallion
  Grim Reaper's Badge
  Hell Champion Medal
  UAC Silver Badge

-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------

  ###########################################################
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  ###########################################################

-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------

  Health 16/50   Experience 72968/13
  ToHit Ranged +0  ToHit Melee +0  ToDmg Ranged +2  ToDmg Melee +2

-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------

    Finesse          (Level 2)
    Hellrunner       (Level 2)
    Son of a bitch   (Level 2)
    Juggler          (Level 1)
    Dodgemaster      (Level 1)
    Whizkid          (Level 2)
    Triggerhappy     (Level 2)
    Ammochain        (Level 1)

  SoB->Fin->SoB->Fin->WK->TH->MAc->TH->WK->Jug->HR->HR->DM->

-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------

    [a] [ Armor      ]   Angelic Armor [3/7] (29%)
    [b] [ Weapon     ]   modified plasma rifle (1d7)x6 [40/40] (A3)
    [c] [ Boots      ]   plasteel boots [4/4] (100%)
    [d] [ Prepared   ]   advanced BFG 9000 (12d8) [100/100] (P2)

-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------

    [a] modified BFG 9000 (10d8) [220/220] (B3)
    [b] Revenant's Launcher (7d6) [1/1]
    [c] modified Missile Launcher (7d6) [5/5] (B1)
    [d] red armor [4/4] (100%)
    [e] modified red armor [3/6] (48%) (BP)
    [f] red armor [2/4] (46%)
    [g] rocket (x14)
    [h] rocket (x14)
    [i] rocket (x7)
    [j] power cell (x70)
    [k] power cell (x70)
    [l] large med-pack
    [m] large med-pack
    [n] large med-pack
    [o] envirosuit pack
    [p] envirosuit pack
    [q] thermonuclear bomb

-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------

    117 former humans
    98 former sergeants
    55 former captains
    73 imps
    83 demons
    61 lost souls
    62 cacodemons
    60 barons of hell
    1 Cyberdemon
    39 hell knights
    20 arachnotrons
    18 former commandos
    6 pain elementals
    26 arch-viles
    34 mancubi
    8 revenants

-- History ---------------------------------------------------

  He started his journey on the surface of Phobos.
  On level 3 he entered Hell's Arena.
  He left the Arena as a champion!
  On level 4 he stormed the Chained Court.
  On level 12 he witnessed the Wall.
  He massacred the evil behind the Wall!
  On level 14 he ventured into the Halls of Carnage.
  On level 15 he found the Anti-Freak Jackal!
  On level 18 he entered the Vaults.
  On level 18 he found the Missile Launcher!
  He came, he saw, but he left.
  On level 22 he found the Revenant's Launcher!
  On level 22 he was foolish enough to enter the Mortuary!
  On level 22 he found the Angelic Armor!
  He managed to clear the Mortuary from evil!
  On level 23 he found the Cybernetic Armor!
  Then at last he found Phobos Arena!
  On level 25 he finally defeated the Cyberdemon.

-- Messages --------------------------------------------------

 hits the Cyberdemon. The missile hits the Cyberdemon. The missile hits the
 Cyberdemon. The Cyberdemon hits you. Your Angelic Armor is damaged!
 Chain fire (full) -- Choose target or abort...
   The missile hits the Cyberdemon. The missile hits the Cyberdemon. The
 missile hits the Cyberdemon. The missile hits the Cyberdemon. The
 missile hits the Cyberdemon. The missile hits the Cyberdemon. The missile
 hits the Cyberdemon. The missile hits the Cyberdemon. The missile
 hits the Cyberdemon. The missile hits the Cyberdemon. The missile hits the
 Cyberdemon. The Cyberdemon hits you.
 Chain fire (full) -- Choose target or abort...
   The missile hits the Cyberdemon. The missile hits the Cyberdemon. The
 missile hits the Cyberdemon. The missile hits the Cyberdemon. The
 missile hits the Cyberdemon. The missile hits the Cyberdemon. The missile
 hits the Cyberdemon. The missile hits the Cyberdemon. The Cyberdemon
 dies. You feel relatively safe now. Congratulations! You defeated the

-- General ---------------------------------------------------

 Before him 205 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
 194 of those were killed.
 1 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
 And 9 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.

 Some rumours though, say that the Cyberdemon was killed already!
 Is he immortal? 1 souls claim to have killed him...
 1 killed the bastard and survived.

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[SolarShado]

To anyone having trouble running the game on Vista: do NOT put in in Program Files, just unzip in to a folder on your desktop or something (I've got it in a sub-folder of downloads). It runs fine on my vista laptop, whether I run the .exe or the .bat.

I still haven't manages to make it to Cybie in this version... I did do rather well with a pistol build in AoLT the other day. Got my bronze badge for it.

[Vester]

To anyone having trouble running the game on Vista: do NOT put in in Program Files, just unzip in to a folder on your desktop or something (I've got it in a sub-folder of downloads). It runs fine on my vista laptop, whether I run the .exe or the .bat.

I still haven't manages to make it to Cybie in this version... I did do rather well with a pistol build in AoLT the other day. Got my bronze badge for it.

(For that matter, if you have Vista, don't put anything in Program Files at all. Seriously. Just stick 'em in C.)

[deadlycairn]

That's weird. I put my games in Program Files - only the big installed ones though, like Dark Crusade and TF2. Everything else goes straight to the desktop for easy access.

[JoshuaFH]

Wah, my heart sinks, I had all the ingredients, but I just couldn't get my hands on an invulnerability orb in the final run.

Another win, medium difficulty:

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 DoomRL (v.0.9.9) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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 Grey Spitter, level 10 Demon Lance Corporal, defeated the Cyberdemon
 on level 25 of the Phobos base.
 He survived 120771 turns and scored 93157 points.
 He played for 2 hours, 13 minutes and 31 seconds.
 He didn't like it too rough.

 He killed 448 out of 453 hellspawn. (98%)
 He held his right to remain violent.


-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------

  Hell Champion Medal

-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------

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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------

  Health 42/60   Experience 45614/10
  ToHit Ranged +0  ToHit Melee +0  ToDmg Ranged +3  ToDmg Melee +3

-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------

    Ironman          (Level 1)
    Finesse          (Level 2)
    Son of a bitch   (Level 3)
    Whizkid          (Level 1)
    Triggerhappy     (Level 2)
    Ammochain        (Level 1)

  SoB->SoB->TH->Fin->Fin->WK->MAc->SoB->TH->Iro->

-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------

    [a] [ Armor      ]   blue armor [0/2] (18%)
    [b] [ Weapon     ]   modified BFG 9000 (10d8) [10/130] (A1B1)
    [c] [ Boots      ]   plasteel boots [4/4] (100%)
    [d] [ Prepared   ]   modified plasma rifle (1d7)x6 [0/40] (A1T1)

-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------

    [a] blue armor [2/2] (100%)
    [b] power cell (x20)
    [c] power cell (x70)
    [d] power cell (x70)
    [e] power cell (x70)
    [f] power cell (x70)
    [g] power cell (x70)
    [h] power cell (x70)
    [i] small med-pack
    [j] large med-pack
    [k] large med-pack
    [l] large med-pack
    [m] large med-pack
    [n] large med-pack
    [o] homing phase device
    [p] thermonuclear bomb
    [q] thermonuclear bomb

-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------

    83 former humans
    77 former sergeants
    24 former captains
    83 imps
    39 demons
    33 lost souls
    30 cacodemons
    16 barons of hell
    1 Cyberdemon
    19 hell knights
    15 arachnotrons
    6 former commandos
    1 pain elemental
    8 arch-viles
    6 mancubi
    7 revenants

-- History ---------------------------------------------------

  He started his journey on the surface of Phobos.
  On level 3 he entered Hell's Arena.
  He left the Arena as a champion!
  On level 8 he witnessed the Wall.
  He massacred the evil behind the Wall!
  On level 12 he ventured into the Halls of Carnage.
  Then at last he found Phobos Arena!
  On level 25 he finally defeated the Cyberdemon.

-- Messages --------------------------------------------------

   The missile hits the Cyberdemon.
 You reload the BFG 9000 with power cell. The Cyberdemon fires! You are hit!
 Your blue armor is damaged! The Cyberdemon reloads his rocket launcher.
 Fire -- Choose target...
 
 You use a large med-pack. You feel fully healed. The Cyberdemon fires! You
 are hit! Your blue armor is damaged!
 Fire -- Choose target...
   The missile hits the Cyberdemon. The Cyberdemon reloads his rocket
 launcher.
 Fire -- Choose target...
   The missile hits the Cyberdemon.
 Fire -- Choose target...
   The missile hits the Cyberdemon. The Cyberdemon dies. You feel
 relatively safe now. Congratulations! You defeated the Cyberdemon!

-- General ---------------------------------------------------

 Before him 6 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
 2 of those were killed.

 Some rumours though, say that the Cyberdemon was killed already!
 Is he immortal? 4 souls claim to have killed him...
 1 killed the bastard and survived.
 3 showed that it can outsmart hell itself.

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This was an ammochain build, which I now enjoy even more.

I'm really getting the hang of the Arena, those cacodemons aren't so intimidating anymore. I think I got through all three rushes and only got hit once. All I know is that this is the only way of getting a guaranteed rocket launcher, which I need for doing the wall. I love me some backpack, yessir.

What's interesting is that I REALLY thought I was going to die after doing the Wall, which literally exhausted all my resources, despite going as in prepared as possible. What ensued on the next level was me being chased by a Hell Knight and an imp, on critically low health, making the most epic mad dash in the history of mankind to a large health globe, dodging something like 10 attacks in a row in what I can only call a miracle.

Cyberdemon was a pushover with the inventory which I had pimped out to take on Carmack. Too bad I had to settle for little Cybie. I'm pretty sure I need invulnerability, but now that I look at the mortem map, it looks like the staircase isn't covered in stone. Could I have used my Homing Phase Device to bypass Cybie altogether and tackle Carmack? Probably not, but... gah! I need to know!

[Itnetlolor]

To anyone having trouble running the game on Vista: do NOT put in in Program Files, just unzip in to a folder on your desktop or something (I've got it in a sub-folder of downloads). It runs fine on my vista laptop, whether I run the .exe or the .bat.

I still haven't manages to make it to Cybie in this version... I did do rather well with a pistol build in AoLT the other day. Got my bronze badge for it.

(For that matter, if you have Vista, don't put anything in Program Files at all. Seriously. Just stick 'em in C.)

What I ususally do is, with my larger drive, where most of my programs and documents have migrated to anyhow, I have tons of categories, with many sub-categories within each.

Spoiler: An example is something like this: (click to show/hide)

L:\_DOCUMENTS
L:\_GAMES
L:\_MOVIES
L:\_MUSIC
L:\_PICTURES

Spoiler: And there are sub-categories: (click to show/hide)

L:\_GAMES\_DOS
L:\_GAMES\_EMULATION
L:\_GAMES\_VISTA
L:\_GAMES\_WIN3_1
L:\_GAMES\_WIN95
L:\_GAMES\_WIN98
L:\_GAMES\_WINXP (OR 2000)

And place games mostly related to each system accordingly. The Emulation directory is just as complex with the emulators and roms separated. This system is by far the most effective/organized thing I've done with my computer. Hell, it makes mantainence hell of alot easier. What especially helps is using this for programs like WinDirStat, where it gives you a visual representation of your hard drive; this REEEEEAAALLLY simplifies everything.

I also don't bother giving one name for certain programs. Especially if I have the Winrar option to just copy the name of the file as a directory. Reason: Version tracking. I do this with DF now, with maybe a followup description for any modding of the files (DF #_#_## -- no_cave_ins).

And to explain all the underscores; those make it so if anything isn't a category, the categories are always on top. Add additional underscores to increase priority as well.

Spoiler: An illustration of what I'm talking about: (click to show/hide)

___Dwarf
__Zebra
_Elephant
Orc

Sorry if this was a bit of a wall of text. But this method is super-effective for just about any purpose. Better than just sticking things in C: (or other base directory, like categories, or drive base). Actually, The system makes sure the base directory is virtually empty (folders, and maybe an instructional text file aside).

I have Vista, and this method works like a dream for just about any program I have. DoomRL included.

It also helps keep my desktop rather neat and clean minimizing shortcuts.

[Farce]

I try to keep my stuff sorted, but I inevitably just put stuff where ever.  It makes it very hard to find things.


On an unrelated note, up 'till now my speakers have very soft.  Now that I have my laptop back I can use my earphones, which may make it possible for me to hear the sounds monsters allegedly make.

On a related matter, up 'till now I've never used shotgun scouting.


Also, I shouldn't play so impatiently.  I believe my last two deaths were COMPLETELY avoidable, had I taken the time between/during fights to look at how much life I had left.  My characters were doing pretty well, too.  :\

Derp.

[3]

Hilarious YASD.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

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 DoomRL (v.0.9.9) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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 Adam Ring, level 7 Cacodemon Lance Corporal, committed a stupid suicide
 on level 18 of the Phobos base.
 He survived 87996 turns and scored 41611 points.
 He played for 51 minutes and 39 seconds.
 He didn't like it too rough.

 He killed 310 out of 353 hellspawn. (87%)
 He was an Angel of Marksmanship!


-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------

  Hell Champion Medal

-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------

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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------

  Health -8/50   Experience 21592/7
  ToHit Ranged +0  ToHit Melee +0  ToDmg Ranged +3  ToDmg Melee +3

-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------

    Son of a bitch   (Level 3)
    Son of a gun     (Level 3)
    Dualgunner       (Level 1)

  SoG->SoG->DG->SoG->SoB->SoB->SoB->

-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------

    [a] [ Armor      ]   Malek's Armor [3/3] (52%)
    [b] [ Weapon     ]   modified pistol (2d4) [6/6] (A1)
    [c] [ Boots      ]   modified steel boots [1/1] (88%) (A)
    [d] [ Prepared   ]   modified pistol (2d4) [6/6] (T1)

-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------

    [a] modified red armor [6/6] (100%) (P)
    [b] modified red armor [6/6] (100%) (P)
    [c] 10mm ammo (x17)
    [d] 10mm ammo (x100)
    [e] 10mm ammo (x100)
    [f] 10mm ammo (x100)
    [g] 10mm ammo (x100)
    [h] 10mm ammo (x100)
    [i] 10mm ammo (x100)
    [j] 10mm ammo (x100)
    [k] 10mm ammo (x100)
    [l] small med-pack
    [m] small med-pack
    [n] large med-pack
    [o] large med-pack
    [p] large med-pack
    [q] large med-pack
    [r] large med-pack
    [s] phase device
    [t] homing phase device
    [u] envirosuit pack

-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------

    90 former humans
    47 former sergeants
    12 former captains
    38 imps
    49 demons
    26 lost souls
    26 cacodemons
    6 barons of hell
    4 hell knights
    1 arachnotron
    7 former commandos
    2 pain elementals
    1 mancubus
    1 revenant

-- History ---------------------------------------------------

  He started his journey on the surface of Phobos.
  On level 3 he entered Hell's Arena.
  He left the Arena as a champion!
  On level 6 he stormed the Chained Court.
  On level 11 he ventured into the Halls of Carnage.
  On level 13 he found the Malek's Armor!
  On level 18 he finally committed a stupid suicide.

-- Messages --------------------------------------------------

 You dualreload your guns! There is a plasma rifle (1d7)x6 [40/40] lying here.
 There is a armour shard lying here.
 There is a small med-pack lying here.
 You don't have enough place in your backpack. There is a small med-pack
 lying here.
 You open the door.
 There is a red armor [4/4] (100%) lying here.
 You don't have enough place in your backpack. There is a red armor [4/4]
 (100%) lying here.
 There are stairs leading downward here.
 
 You enter Phobos Hell, level 3. Where the hell is the way out of here!?!
 You sense a passage to a place beyond...
 You dodge!
 The arch-vile raises his arms! You are engulfed in flames! The barrel

-- General ---------------------------------------------------

 Before him 184 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
 167 of those were killed.
 1 of those was killed by something unknown.
 And 16 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.

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As you can see, I was trying out the pistol build on that guide linked a little while back. It was going well - extremely well, in fact, despite the fact that I was only two levels into hell and was rapidly running out of ammo. Full health, two modded red armours, and Malek's Armor. I walk down the stairs, take two steps, and - an Archvile appears, immolates me and the barrel I'm standing next to, which obviously blows up and kills me on the spot. I didn't even get a chance to fire.

[JoshuaFH]

How is having 800+ 10mm ammo "Rapidly running out"?

[3]

I had 10 stacks two levels prior. The issue is that once you get to the hell levels, former captains (and regular former humans, of course) seem to stop spawning, or at least become very rare. Former commandos do spawn, but with packs of sergeants, nothing more useful.

That's also likely one of the reasons why shotgun builds can be so ammo-effective - they get a consistent source of ammo throughout the entire game, so a shotgunner won't ever need more than a few stacks at once.

[zchris13]

They send you a couple chaingunners at the worst possible moments.

[Rooster]

I finally gave a go at the newest version and I must admit
Kornel is my programming authority! (Sorry Toady, but he's my fellow country-man)

I just wonder, is it possible to finish the game with shotguns?
Because I got a hang on a double shotgun, and got a trait that gave me the ability to reload it on the go. But later when I got rocket launcher and BFG it wasn't such a great weapon...

[ToonyMan]

Double shotgun has a piss-poor range.

I wouldn't stick with 'em later on.  Early game is awesome though.