"Lunar Apocalypse 3072: A Space Oprah" (Duke Nukem 3D user map) file

That is such a smart comment, yes obviously I'm aware of the normal sequencing. Just it was part of the exercise (by design) with those reinterpretations to retell the respective stories as closely as possible but within the confines of just one single map each, a restriction which completely impacts what's doable at large (and to a lesser extent, what's most desirable in the sequencing). That means in order to just be achievable as a product, some liberties would have to be taken and some corners would have to be cut. So in this map that is you don't reach lunar grounds as early as Tiberius Station, instead Occupied Territory/Tiberius Station are merged and act as one last gateway before being teleported to Dark Side. Lunar Reactor is (a bit symbolically) integrated between Occupied Territory and Tiberius Station because Duke 3D only lets you blow up one reactor per map without risking issues, and to me made sense to make that happen on the overrun station that has the moon portal (which here is more like an asteroid). And then Overlord mostly is just the battle (but can easily spill into Dark Side and take a cooler turn if you let it) because I was out of map resources and figured the aesthetics may be redundant with Fusion Station (which is big) anyway. You're limited to 16384 walls you can draw in just one map in Mapster32 and my levels typically max that out all the while being optimized in that sense (every split has some kind of purpose); sometimes also the sprite limit which you can rely on for extra detail instead of some walls/sectors but technically adding anything to these maps is impossible, if something isn't in it's because it couldn't be in. I've been calling this 'Johto Kanto'-ing the episodes, since by design you can only summarize the landscapes/experiences due to the context. Blast Radius main campaign takes Duke 3D and expands it, the three remakes instead shrink it. Shrapnel City had the smoothest cuts out of all three maybe. It's also the reason why the ship at the end of L.A. Meltdown 2047 takes off instead of digging into the ground and revealing a cave (which would have fit the narrative better), or the rocket in that map is just a bunch of sprites. Build limits are being stretched out and that choice comes at a cost (but hopefully not just that, engine is very much win some, lose some). Large Build/Duke maps aren't exactly draw as you feel and go nuts (although most every mapper wishes), they take constant consideration for the balancing of a lot in the context of the complete picture. Constructing one in a linear fashion that micromanages detail, you can paint yourself into a corner and fail very easily. A lot of my interest in the process precisely was to see the changes and derivations the shift in format naturally would dictate (or not), was a bit of an exercise of compression.

Hi Chris thanks for reporting the bugs, were you using an old version of the level by chance, those issues were present for a day or two after release until I noticed and fixed them. First secret should be safe in the current version, and the bug with the trains can still happen even now (you should still save before boarding or leaving) but is way less likely. Over time I'll keep refining things as I spot them and yes I want to incorporate the new aliens eventually, as well as keep going with Zero Zone but I have no idea when that'll be, these days I'm trying to take a break from screens. Be well, cheers.