CHAPEL SHOGGOTH
by Marc Laidlaw

	"Do not go down into the Vale," they told me.  "You'll come to Chapel Shoggoth and you will not like it there."
	But that was exactly the sort of place I like:  haunted, full of secrets, and although I hardly am immune to fear, I gravitate to it....


CHAPEL SHOGGOTH (shoggoth.bsp)
A single player map by Marc Laidlaw.
mlaidlaw@pacbell.net or ml@townsend.com

ANAL RETENTIVE SECTION:  This map was made in January-February, 1997, on a
gasping and panting Pentium 60 using Worldcraft (versions 0.9-1a
registered).  Approx. 125 hours to build; probably more.  (25
min. to QBSP.  1 hr. to Light.  10 hours to VIS.)  It's my first
finished map.  Before this, I only wrote ABOUT Quake:  I authored
the id feature story in Wired ("The Egos of Id") and "The Book of
id" for the id Anthology.

SOLO PLAY ANYONE?  Chapel Shoggoth is intended for solo play
only, but I've included three cooperative starts in case anyone
wants to try that.  I don't think the map would work for
deathmatch, but if you're really desperate to try (unlikely
considering all the great maps out there), I'll send you
everything you need to do it yourself.  I haven't really played
deathmatch myself, so far be it from me to tell anyone what makes
a good deathmatch map.

TEXTURES:  All textures are standard id-issue, except for the
animated shoggoth stuff, which is my own.  Needless to say, none
of id's textures can be reproduced for commercial purposes
without violating id's copyright.  However, the whole gang of
mappers and Quakers is free to copy and distribute the map
amongst themselves in keeping with the honorable traditions of
the 3d-online community.  Keep the readme with it; you know the
drill.

BUGS:  If you jump out the windows in the chapel, you're on your
own.  A surplus of detail in a few spots is causing some
vanishing models in the catacombs--but heck, everybody knows
there's a monster behind every door!  (As for the abyss, with its
predictably slow framerates, once all the scrags get out of your
face, things pick up a bit.)  Everything I learned in making this
map is stuff I should have known before I started.  And if you
think it runs slow on your computer, you should try it on mine!

NO SKILL LEVELS:  Next time.  Maybe.  I've been apprised that
with the current population of monsters, a 4 year old can get
through the map but a 37 year old cannot.

INSTALLATION:  Copy shoggoth.bsp into your quake/id1/maps
directory.  From the console, type "map shoggoth".
 
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS:  Jim Lowell helped me every step of the way. 
Ben Morris sent me the registered Worldcraft as soon as it was
ready (and everybody who's been using it for more than 30 days
should pay up!).  I had some helpful beta-test feedback from Matt
Hooper at IONSTORM! (which I mostly had to ignore).  Everything I
know about textures I learned from Dan Bickell.  And I wouldn't
be doing this at all if it weren't for my pals at id Software and
IONSTORM!