Special Delivery!

So testing is always fun. Especially when you've finished unspoiler-i-fying Open Beta 3 and do a little test run of the first couple maps and wait- frickin' I forgot to tag the doorframe 'lower unpegged' again!

Still, I feel it's playable as a beta.

Behold! Fifteen days after my self-imposed deadline, I give you... Open Beta 3!

Link and instructions after the break!




I have decided that it will be easiest to keep it as a downloadable .zip file, so find that here:
Open Beta 3.zip

When that unzips, you should see something like this:

I've included zdoom 2.7.0 (because that's what I playtested on), but you can get 2.7.1 from the ZDoom website if you really want an update (none of the updated features are used, though, so it's probably not worth it). Open Beta 3 should work as a pwad for any zdoom-based port, though, so if you want to run it on gzdoom or zandronum or some other port you totally should and tell me if it works.

If you just want to play the game, read on.
Click Open Beta 3.wad, and, while holding down ctrl, click on rarimusic.pk3, and then drag both of them on top of zdoom.exe.

If you just double-click on zdoom, you'll be playing Chex Quest 3. Which, to be honest,
is actually really good for a shareware cereal commercial.

Open Beta 3 is the .wad where all the data is, and rarimusic.pk3 is the music I've chosen for the game. I've tried to strike a balance between typical "brony music" and the rock motifs of the original DooM, but... let's just say I might be adjusting the balance a bit in episode 4.

It should open and play right away (if you have installed this to a folder with other wads, use chex3 as your IWAD; otherwise the sprites break on the death animations). The default zdoom behavior is to launch the game full-screen and for some reason that took a while to load when I tested it, but it does work.

The next thing you should do (after admiring the titlepic which is totally not the same as the one in Open Beta 2) is adjust your controls.

1. Press Escape (or any key) to bring up the main menu.
2. Go to Options (you can use keyboard or mouse for this)
3. Go to Customize Controls (first option)
4. Make sure you have an option for jump and crouch (some levels have been designed with them in mind)
   

Jump is highlighted; crouch is right below it.

      5.  Press Escape to get out of the menu.

I've also found it helpful to go to Hud options (right above Miscellaneous options in step 2 above) and set a crosshair (third option; first blue option). If that bothers you, the weapon will generally fire at the center of the screen (doom aims up and down automatically) so just face your enemy head-on.

Now for the rest of the stuff in the download:
Changeling pack.wad is a wad with just the changeling sprites, so if you wanted to play, I dunno, freedoom but with changelings, you totally could. Just drag and drop changeling pack.wad onto zdoom.exe and when it asks you to select the IWAD choose Doom2 (or whichever you want to play).
chex3.wad is the IWAD needed to play, so if you delete that, raridoom won't run.
fmodex.dll is the file zdoom needs to play music, so only delete that if you like silent games.
licenses.zip is the licenses file, obviously.
more credits.txt is a list of where I got the banners and music and such, complete with links, so go check out the originals.
zdoom.pk3 is a configuration file for zdoom.

That's about it, I think. Download, enjoy, and comment any bugs or mistakes!