Relics Of Power (A.K.A. Artifacts Of Power) is a wad that contains 3 maps which are hard but large and detailed. The story, information and credits are in the description.
Story:
After unearthing a mysterious, energy-emanating artifact/relic within the Andean wilderness, the UAC began quietly searching for more, with the hope of using them as an exploitable power source. They eventually uncovered ancient ruins of an unknown civilization, which did indeed contain other similar artifacts/relics. But little did they know that these ruins and the artifacts/relics contained therein hold a close connection to Hell. Somehow, the UAC's meddling has opened a new portal to Hell; days after locating the ruins, a swarm of demons descended upon the area. The UAC attempted to resolve the problem with their own security forces but failed catastrophically. Now desperate, they have revealed their secret operation and called upon you for help. With any luck, you'll be able to locate the source of the invasion and close it off before Hell can wreak havoc on Earth for a second time. But time is of the essence, and Hell surely will not make things easy.
WAD Info:
Maps: 3 (originally planned to make 4-7 maps but was abandoned)
Inspired by: Indiana Jones, Serious Sam and Tomb Raider
Source port needed: None (Limit-removing)
Tested with: Crispy Doom and GZDoom
Implemented difficulty settings: Yes
Made for: Singleplayer only
Started: November 12, 2022
Finished: February 18, 2023
Freelook: Enabled
Jumping and Crouching: Disabled
Credits:
-MIDIs made by AD_79, James Paddock (Jimmy) and Stewboy
-Map 2 was made by Chrono, and Map 3 was made by Ak-01
-Textures from 32in24-15 tex
-Realm667 for Root Pack, Small Trees and Bushes, and Custom Monster Sprites/Sounds
-The sky is a slightly modified texture from Neural-Upscaled Doom by hidfan
This is possibly the best project I've ever made.
Hey, guys. I'd like to point out that Map 3 (Skyward) can heavily affect your FPS with major frame drops. I ran a test with GZDoom (without RoP and with RoP).
Comparison (using GZDoom):
Vanilla Doom - 180-220 FPS.
Relics of Power - 150-160 FPS.
Relics of Power (Map 3) - 90-100 FPS.
I recommend using other source ports such as Crispy Doom, PrBoom+ or Doom Retro (except for LZDoom since the same problem occurs) so it would be smooth.
I'm using LZDoom and it worked fine so far up to the end of Map 3.
I guess your computer was good enough to handle the outdoor area of Map 3 or maybe because LZDoom runs Map 3 smoother than how GZDoom does.
I used my old laptop to test it (again) and the results went bad.
The first 2 maps were ran with an average of 30 FPS.
However... The 3rd map was ran with an average of 5-10 FPS (in the outdoor area), making it literally unplayable.
Until I tested it with Doom Retro. It ran all of the maps smoothly.
I prefer to use LZDoom anyway than the latest GZDoom engine and I'm also using a laptop, it can fortunately handle NUTS.wad smoothly without mods.