Afterlands takes place directly after Cyrgoth's Revenge. You take the portal from Cyrgoth's Dark Acropolis as it begins to collapse, and find yourself in the heart of his final realm. You make your way through an underground aqueduct that leads into a cave. Upon spotting your first enemy, you prepare yet again for another long journey through hostile territories.
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Advanced engine needed : ZDoom Based Port
Primary purpose : Single+Coop play
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Title : Afterlands
Filename : AFTLAND1.WAD
Release date : 11/30/2020
Author : Seidolon
Other Files By Author : Cyrgoth's Revenge, Cyrgoth's Manor, Arcane Dungeons, Realm of Carnage, Brutal Hexen RPG, Brutal Heretic RPG, Earth Assault, Seid's Deathmatch Megapack, and more...
Description : Afterlands takes place directly after Cyrgoth's Revenge. You take the portal from Cyrgoth's Dark Acropolis as it begins to collapse, and find yourself in the heart of his final realm. You make your way through an underground aqueduct that leads into a cave. Upon spotting your first enemy, you prepare yet again for another long journey through hostile territories.
Additional Credits to : Ichor for letting me use his custom font for the Title Graphic. Tower on MAP04 and MAP05 sampled from E6M2 of Heretic: Shadow of the Serpent Riders.
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* What is included *
New levels : 10
Sounds : No
Music : No
Graphics : Titlescreen and Ending Screens
Dehacked/BEX Patch : No
Demos : No
Other files required : HEXEN.WAD
* Play Information *
Game : Hexen
Map # : MAP01 - MAP10
Single Player : Designed for
Cooperative 2-4 Player : Designed for
Deathmatch 2-4 Player : Designed for
Difficulty Settings : Yes
* Construction *
Base : New from scratch
Build Time : About a year
Editor(s) used : Slade 3, Slumped (for deciding music tracks), GZDoom Builder, Gimp 2.10
Known Bugs : None currently known to me.
Tested With : GZDoom, Zandronum
Where is a swamp key?
On Skaffolith, but you need to take a portal from the Flooded Crypts to get to it.
Hi there
I am up to the part where "a bridge has appeared in the ravine" on Skaffolith - but I can't seem to find where said bridge has appeared. Also, for the life of me, I cannot seem to find the Dungeon Key anywhere on any of the maps. Please help!
Sorry for the delayed response. The bridge on the Skaffolith should have appeared going across into the inaccessible center area from the east side of the map. The dungeon key is on Vadum Sepulcris. Once you solve the symbol puzzle there, you should just be able to progress until you see it behind some bars in an outdoor area. Then progress further until you find a teleporter that will take you behind those bars to access the key.
I finally finished this with all three characters after replaying the first two episodes. An excellent ending to a classic trilogy. There were several times I wanted to contact you for help, but I also wanted to figure it out for myself and I'm so glad I did; it feels more personal that way. The secret level is very intense on the hardest difficulty, I almost got into savescum territory. I feel like I had more to say because I've spent so much time with these maps, but they are on par if not better than Hexen and Deathkings and I hope you keep making maps!
-Wanted to say this on Doomworld but am afraid to bump older threads, so I hope you see this!
Awesome! Glad to hear you liked the trilogy! If you are talking about the Ice Fissure when you refer to the secret level, that is actually not one of the secret maps. The Ice Fissure is an optional level that is required for the "Good Ending" to the WAD. I'm glad you were able to beat it without help, not that I would be unwilling to provide assistance. And don't worry about bumping older threads on doomworld. I personally like it when my threads get bumped because they get pushed to the front page again, gaining new eyes in the process. ;) I am working on a new Hexen WAD too. This one will have multiple hubs featuring maps from multiple level designers including myself, as well as new music and new keys/puzzle items. It will use vanilla textures/weapons/monsters however, much like the Cyrgoth trilogy. Can't say when it will be released, but it will probably be a while (more than a year).
Sounds exciting! If there's room for more music I'd love to contribute. I did almost all the music for Realms of Cronos by whirledtsar and submitted about six songs for Jimmy's Deathkings MIDI project. I'm sure the music is already sorted, but I thought I'd announce my interest for future potential projects.
Don't you think about merging all three parts of the trilogy into one wad?
That's something I definitely want to get around to some day. It would need major rebalancing in the earlier levels.
This is every bit as good as Cyrgoth's Revenge, but man, Ice Fisure was tough as hell, hardest Hexen map I've ever played.
We played this cool WAD with my friend in coop and it was super awesome! but we searched every bit of every level and couldnt find the final secret level. We found the 3 puzzle switches in the first secret level in caves, we found thhe 3 door that these switches opened in three different maps, but thats all. There was nothing there, which was dissapointing. Can you please tell me where can I find the final secret levels? We are totally helpless....
Sorry for the late reply. If you found the cave secret level, then the one that you're missing is Duskwood. That one can be accessed from the Funereal Garth. You need to have completed the Ice Fissure in order to get access to it. There should be a pair of silver doors in Funereal Garth in the sewer area in the southeast section of the map. If you passed through the Ice Fissure beforehand, the doors should be open. Head up the steps from there, and you will find the portal to Duskwood hidden behind a stained glass window.
Ty for advices, but we have Duskwood already completed. I mean different secret level. I tried map warp cheat and you start in sewers in that level. Or it is something uncompleted and unaccessible?
Edit: that level is named Dark Chancel