Uploaded April 2020 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Official thread: doomworld.com/forum/topic/113723-the-city-of-the-damned-remaster-v20-released
Requires GZDoom to be played.
I've been involved into beta testing of this remastered WAD, so it wasn't that difficult for me to beat it on Ultra-Violence from the first try. Release version is different from betas (aka. release candidates), so I didn't expect much changes. For example, I was watching my back at because an invisible archvile spawned in betas after I'd cross a linedef. Now it's removed.
Played on GZDoom 4.4pre-303-g994550fb0 because the title screen is optimized for 4.4 and newer versions. Otherwise, it works fine on GZDoom 4.3 as well.
I was forced to play in windowed mode because AMD ReLive can't record custom programs in full screen.
Set bit rate: 100 MB/s
Overall bit rate: 75.9 Mb/s (MediaInfo)
Official thread: doomworld.com/forum/topic/113723-the-city-of-the-damned-remaster-v20-released
Requires GZDoom to be played.
I've been involved into beta testing of this remastered WAD, so it wasn't that difficult for me to beat it on Ultra-Violence from the first try. Release version is different from betas (aka. release candidates), so I didn't expect much changes. For example, I was watching my back at because an invisible archvile spawned in betas after I'd cross a linedef. Now it's removed.
Played on GZDoom 4.4pre-303-g994550fb0 because the title screen is optimized for 4.4 and newer versions. Otherwise, it works fine on GZDoom 4.3 as well.
I was forced to play in windowed mode because AMD ReLive can't record custom programs in full screen.
Set bit rate: 100 MB/s
Overall bit rate: 75.9 Mb/s (MediaInfo)
![[TAS] Gravity Defied: Trial Racing - Level 1 (Intro) in 0:05.85](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/B3ZdePPjqcw/mqdefault.jpg "[TAS] Gravity Defied: Trial Racing - Level 1 (Intro) in 0:05.85
Despite all my struggles and attempts, this run is slower than the Android RTA WR by 1 second 38 milliseconds.
https://www.speedrun.com/gravity_defied_trial_racing/runs/y22gp65y
I tried repeating the RTA frame by frame, but I didnt achieve the same effect. The Android port runs at 90 FPS as opposed to the original J2ME release running at 30 fps. I tried running the game at 15 FPS and got a similar timing result. I think high framerates affect the in-game physics, or maybe thats the port which tweaked some logic parts for more convenient play.")
![[TAS] Doom: Rowdy Rudy II - Map 2 UV-Max in 0:54 by Dimon12321](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/BDssG0NkZrc/mqdefault.jpg "[TAS] Doom: Rowdy Rudy II - Map 2 UV-Max in 0:54 by Dimon12321
Completed this map in a full day. At first, I was planning to remade the ending of Map 1 to have some shotgun ammo for a more aggressive beginning, but Im still proud of the result.
I expected to spend more time on monsters in the lake, but they died quicker. Also, infighting really came in handy.
Not that Im a shotgun master, but the random was so good through the whole map. I somehow managed to deal 100 damage of a shot which was never seen in practice. The random also helped me deal high damage on big distances with little to no input mashing.
And the overall time is really long. My 4 players Co-op TAS was basically a UV-Speed TAS while killing all the monsters. When 1 player has to do everything, that certainly takes much longer (0:23 there vs 0:54 here).
Watch that TAS Co-op here, BTW: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hfclj3JaAc")
![[TAS] Doom 2: Congestion 384 - UV-Speed in 1:58 by SuperWeaponDude](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/BQX9dVlutqA/mqdefault.jpg "[TAS] Doom 2: Congestion 384 - UV-Speed in 1:58 by SuperWeaponDude
|| ULTRA-VIOLENCE SPEED MOVIE OF CONGESTION-384 ||
|| THIS IS A TOOLS ASSISTED DEMO ||
About Demo:
Game: Doom 2
Pwad: cyc-384.wad
Pwad Name: Congestion - 384
Category: UV-Speed(TAS)
Skill: Ultra Violence
Maps: 01-20 (D2ALL)
Time: 01:58
Tools: Permanent Strafe50,Strafe50 on turns, Slow Motion Recording, Segmenting and Xdre2
Author Info:
Nick: SuperWeaponDude
E-Mail: mailtosam95@gmail.com
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/91sergius
Warning:
A bit of a JERKY RUN so i recommend using smooth demo playback feauture of prboom plus for watching.
Time:
Map - Time (seconds)
01 - 04.54
02 - 07.77
03 - 09.57
04 - 08.43
05 - 05.80
06 - 05.63
07 - 02.86
08 - 01.09
09 - 08.46
10 - 07.57
11 - 01.09
12 - 02.46
13 - 02.20
14 - 09.46
15 - 04.29
16 - 03.94
17 - 09.71
18 - 12.60
19 - 11.26
20 - 09.06
TOTAL - 1:58
MAP COMMENTS
Map1 - 3 second sounds possible. But i had no luck passing the final imp. There is not enough space to manuever. Maybe avoiding the shotgun might help but i dont see how.
Map2 - I guess 7 seconds is ok.
Map3 - OK run again. 8 should be possible (better spectre handling).
Map4 - I tried hard for 7 but no luck. Also i could not find a way to move through that imp crowd faster. Chainigunner helped a bit too.
Map5 - 4 should be optimal. If that revenant doesnt block your way ;)
Map6 - Even if i cleared that zombie faster, there isnt much difference. 5 tics maybe but thats not enough. Also it asks for monsters to block your way.
Map7 - I saw that 1 seconds was impossible anyway and did not put much effort.
Map8 - Damn that door. This should be optimal. (I hope)
Map9 - Those demons..... I had a really hard time moving through them.
Map10 - OK run. I see here 6 might just be possible but a lot of effort is needed.
Map11 - Wtf? seriously?. I needed 4 tics and I wish those hell knights were facing me ;(.
Map12 - Again 1 second is not possible.
Map13 - 1 second should be possible i guess. But that rev made things harder.
Map14 - I doubt 8 seconds in this map.
Map15 - I doubt 3 seconds here. For that door to open enough (for doomguy to pass) it takes around 4.09 tics or so and you have that active archie. Also this run shows a cool trick imo.
Map16 - Obvious Run. Also Memfiss run was great.
Map17 - 8 might be possible but for me to stay alive in that lift was really hard. So i settled with this.
Map18 - 11 is surely possible. It all depends on that imp crowd. But i had enough of this map after trying a dozen times.
Map19 - again 10 should be possible but i dont get how. I believe ive done everything here. The glide is almost instant. This is one of my quickest glides thanks to bruteforce functionality.
Map20 - Stupid timer. This is unfair. I launch those rockets in the fastest possible manner and still end up 3 tics late?.
Map21 - Nothing. I figured it was just a room with numbers 384 written in it lol.
COMMENTS
Some dumb sort of thing that i decided to do with my limited building skills after gettng a bit bored and taking a break from CyberDreams TAS (watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGrorcsRPwQ).
I wanted to do something short so i picked this wad and it took me just 2 days. It was a bit fun to be honest and i didnt really care much about optimization. Even though i tried really hard in some maps, there was no success and it all depends on how monsters would co-operate. If you consider this run as bad then its not your fault, because thats how it looks on most occasions. Ending a map at .20 centiseconds and not trying to take 10 ticks off might sound lazy but that doesnt mean i did not try. I tried as much as i could and since all maps are limited to 384x384 square and are crowded with monsters there is not enough space to improve most of the time. And the exit door consumes almost 1 and a half seconds on most maps imo. Anyways, if you are the one who enjoys almost every kind of TAS then this is for you.
CREDITS:
Demoers on DSDA, Cycloid for this fantastic wad and People who are going to watch this TAS ;P")
![[TAS] TMNT 2: Battle Nexus - Episode 11-1 Route Comparison](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Bx04JdekeiM/mqdefault.jpg "[TAS] TMNT 2: Battle Nexus - Episode 11-1 Route Comparison
This video shows a side-by-side comparison of platforming section routes. I decided to check if it makes sense to use the Box Glide route for speedrunning.
Both routes were built frame-by-frame. As you can see, normal route is faster by ~2.4 secs.
Its weird that, in the Box Glide route, the screen doesnt fade out as soon as I reach the lantern light circle. Maybe thats because I break the box with shurikens at the very end and the item should completely fall down before the fading is allowed. Anyway, this time lose is not included.
The Box Glide was discovered by @Veekron")
![[TAS] Doom: Maskim Xul - Map 1 UV-Pacifist in 0:55 by Dimon12321](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/C4657msbNAM/mqdefault.jpg "[TAS] Doom: Maskim Xul - Map 1 UV-Pacifist in 0:55 by Dimon12321
Watch other Maskim Xul TASes in this playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3V0eG1j-1vLhfEu_wpDLX66eUafWIcSA
This is a tool-assisted speedrun!
IWAD: Doom2.wad
WAD: Maskim Xul
WAD filename: MaskimXul.wad
Category: UV-Pacifist, TAS
Map: Map 1 - Edin Na Zu!
Source port: PrBoom+ 2.5.1.4
Complevel: 9
Time: 0:55
Playback command: G:prboom-plus-2.5.1.4glboom-plus.exe -iwad doom2.wad -file MaskimXul.wad -playdemo mxul01px055.lmp
Comments
This map is just a warm-up for a player to get prepared for a maze adventure (a.k.a. Map 2). There is no ammo and the turrets cant be destroyed. I love the way how Obsidian uses silent teleports. It takes a single tic to move you to a different place and you dont even lose momentum.
Im pretty sure its possible to pybass linedefs 2244 and 2250, and get the final room quicker, but regardless of my tries, my dummy gets telefragged and I die. So I had to run around and deactivate the laser gate to get the lift.
The run was made in XDRE 2.20. Not perfect, I wasnt trying that much. Just wanted to make a smooth walkthrough.")
![[TAS] Eternal Doom - Map 1 UV-Speed in 0:23](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/C7Yx3JBnG2Y/mqdefault.jpg "[TAS] Eternal Doom - Map 1 UV-Speed in 0:23
During my first attempt, which resulted in et01x047, I gave a try to perform a zero-press on the switch behind the red bars which would be an even better shortcut. Unfortunately, I didnt get a positive result and took red key path, being sure that zero-press is impossible.
After a long while, El Juancho proved its actually possible to perform that zero-press, and I decided to give it another try. After 1 full day of brute forcing, I made it and learned more about this trick.
My main oversight is that if a switch cannot be activated using .000000 trick, then zero-press is impossible. Usually it works if the distance doesnt exceed a specific number of map units, but sometimes it works if your target coordinate (either X or Y, in relation to the switch side) can vary by ±0.01 (yeah, you can do this even while standing slightly behind a switch). It takes 3-4 tics to brute force mashing small numbers of SR and SL.
As I found for the second time, it makes sense to kill the shotgunner (thing 74) and take the gun on your way in, to have your gun ready for removing an obstacle on your way out of the yellow key section. This time I got lucky - nothing was blocking my way on the stairs and I performed a wallrunning trick while in the air.
As a result, I moved from using Andrey Budkos slow-motion TAS, to using ELMLEs red key item grabbing trick, to performing a zero-press discovered by El Juancho.
P.S: the lighting is pretty bad on Software render here. Wish I could switch to OpenGL on VirtualBox.")
![[TAS] Doom: BTSX Episode 1 - Map 24 NoMo in 1:02](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/CuT--gv9RTQ/mqdefault.jpg "[TAS] Doom: BTSX Episode 1 - Map 24 NoMo in 1:02
This is a lazy comeback to where it all began. To be precise, to my BTSX E1 D2All TAS which I made in May, 2019 as my first public work on Doom TASing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqzLkr5jMDM
Back then I was an unskilled doomer who discovered certain possibilities of PrBoom+ and wished to surprise the world. I got positive feedback despite all the flaws, but there was a valuable feedback too.
On the same day, Kraflab mentioned the void glide on Map 24, pointed at the right corner which should be used and even disclosed who discovered that trick - Zero-Master.
Since I was a noob, of course, I failed to perform it. Since I was a noname, I decided not to disturb Zero-Master about my problem. As a result, I dropped and left it as is.
In Discord channel, that glide has been being occasionally mentioned by people, but Zero-Master didnt comment on it. On March 13, 2022, Sayeth#9255 asked about that trick and I expressed my willing to perform it if I knew how. On March 29, Zero-Master responded to me and provided the demo how he executed that trick. It turned out, that was done without any rocket launchers or arbitrary boosts, by running into the corner.
So, I performed this void glide by repeating his conditions: I ran along the waterfall wall.
Basically, there is nothing much else to say. I wasnt trying hard to optimize my movement, but momenthum preservations and short wallruns are fine, I think.")
![[TAS] Feeding Frenzy - Stage 4 in 0:15.27 (RTA)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/D-NcrXDMyDs/mqdefault.jpg "[TAS] Feeding Frenzy - Stage 4 in 0:15.27 (RTA)
[TAS] Feeding Frenzy - Stage 4 in 0:15.27 (RTA)")
![[TAS] Feeding Frenzy - Stage 3 in 0:36.133](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/DF3wuLbGrdU/mqdefault.jpg "[TAS] Feeding Frenzy - Stage 3 in 0:36.133
Start: first frame after map loading screen.
End: first frame of Stage complete.
Fish density is quite low this time.")
