Alien Vendetta

[Ninja]

Alien Vendetta is an awesome megawad, no doubt. But does it have its own storyline or does it follow the same storyline as Doom 2?

[CrazedImp]

I don't think any Doom2 megawad has a storyline apart from you start off somewhere, then run and shoot stuff for 32 maps. So pretty much, yes it does follow the same storyline.

[Ninja]

I don't think any Doom2 megawad has a storyline apart from you start off somewhere, then run and shoot stuff for 32 maps. So pretty much, yes it does follow the same storyline.

Some megawads do have storylines. Such as Icarus, Eternal Doom, The Darkening, Memento Mori, Memento Mori 2, Daedalus etc. Go and see for yourself. But I see no storyline for Alien Vendetta. So it must be following the normal Doom2 storyline.

[CrazedImp]

I know they have a storyline on which they are based, but out of all of those only Daedalus can be picked out of the lot, because that is made for ZDoom and has different gameplay to the others, which are basically normal Doom2 megawads, meaning its basically run and gun, unlike Daedalus, which is heavily puzzle based.

[Ninja_of_DooM]

Alien vendetta follows no plot, timeline or whatever and it certainly doesn't follow the Doom II storyline. It's just run-and-gun action like pretty much every other wad out there. SOme people tie their wads together with storylines and plots. We'll take Icarus and Daedalus for example here.

Anyway, your answer is no. It doesn't.

[+Acyclitor+]

doom wads for the most part are special in that a story is not necessary. even the ones that do have stories written for them are more just like a premise and the levels actually don't do anything to advance the plot.

[Kristian]

Alien Vendetta has a unique story line made by Miguel "myk" Folatelli. The new story line is included in the .zip (it's included via a new .exe with changed intermission texts).

[LordRaven]

Some megawads do have storylines. Such as Icarus, Eternal Doom, The Darkening, Memento Mori, Memento Mori 2, Daedalus etc. Go and see for yourself. But I see no storyline for Alien Vendetta. So it must be following the normal Doom2 storyline.

Hmn... I thought eternal doom was just a compilation of maps made by different mappers...

Alien Vendetta has a unique story line made by Miguel "myk" Folatelli. The new story line is included in the .zip (it's included via a new .exe with changed intermission texts)
Interesting, could you post the txt file? I have the bad habbit of not keeping the txt bundled with most of my wads

[Kristian]

Copying/pasting straight from the .deh.

After map 6 comes this ->

HAVING BRAVELY BLASTED YOUR WAY THROUGH
THE URBAN OUTSKIRTS KNOWN AS THE 'OLD
CITY' AND WIPING YOUR BROW AS YOU
GET READY TO LEAVE THE FORTIFIED OUTPOST,
YOU ACTIVATE THE HIDDEN TELEPORTER THAT
WILL TAKE YOU TO THE GATEHOUSE.

THE GATEHOUSE LEADS TO AN ASSORTMENT OF
CASTLES AND FORTIFICATIONS FROM WHERE THE
DENIZENS FROM HELL OPPRESS THE WORLD.

YOU'RE READY FOR MORE. IT'S GONNA GET
WORSE. TOUGH LUCK.
After map 11 comes this ->

YOU'VE RAISED QUITE A RUCKUS MAKING YOUR
WAY THROUGH THE HELL-PATROLLED LANDS. HEH,
NOW THEY AREN'T SURE THEY'RE IN CHARGE
ANYMORE. GOOD. NOT THAT YOU'RE DONE YET.

YOU SWIM WESTWARDS, LEAVING THE TWILIGHT
BEHIND, REACHING 'THE COMPLEX,' A NETWORK
OF INTERCONNECTED BASES WHERE, FOR YEARS,
THE UAC AND THE POWERS OF EVIL HAVE WORKED
TOGETHER IN MUTUAL BENEFIT. OR SO THE UAC
OFFICERS AND LEADERS THOUGHT, FOR IT SEEMS
LIKE THEY HAVE BEEN FULLY ASSIMILATED.

YOU ADJUST YOU GEAR, COUNT YOUR AMMO, AND
ADVANCE STEADILY, READY TO DEAL OUT A FEW
THOUSAND ROUNDS OF DAMAGE IN YET ANOTHER
FORSAKEN, HELL-INFECTED, UAC BASE.

After map 20 comes this ->

AS YOU WADED THROUGH BLOODSHED ALONG THE
NETWORK, YOU NOTED THAT THE ARCHITECTURE
GRADUALLY GAINED A DEMONIC TWIST, GIVING
YOU THE IMPRESSION THAT YOUR DOOM WAS TO
END UP IN HELL.

STEPPING THROUGH THE ANCIENT PORTALS
UNTOUCHED BY MORTALS IN AEONS, YOU FEEL
YOU'RE LEAVING THE KNOWN UNIVERSE.

WILL YOU EVER RETURN?

After map 30 comes this (the "victory" text) ->

THERE YOU GO. YOU FIRED THE BOSS. WHO'S
IN CHARGE NOW? THAT'S NOT YOUR PROBLEM,
AND YOU DON'T CARE. THEY HAD IT COMING.

YOU STUFF YOUR ROCKET LAUNCHER IN YOUR
BACKPACK AND START STROLLING AROUND THE
RUINS OF HELL. YOU WONDER IF YOU CAN
FIND A CAB OR SOMETHING, CAUSE AFTER
ALL THIS CARNAGE AND RUNNING AROUND,
YOU THINK YOU'VE EARNED YOURSELF A
GOOD REST, NOT TO MENTION SOME
EXTRAORDINARY REWARD. YOU STAND THERE,
LOOKING UPWARDS, TAPPING YOUR FOOT
PATIENTLY, WAITING...

The secret and supersecret map texts aren't much different from the original ones and add nothing to the story.

[JohnnyRancid]

Good Megawads dont need storylines.

[gary]

Why when I use Doomsday to play this wad, I don't get the AV intermission messages but instead I get the Doom II intermission messages? Does this have to do with the fact that I'm using 1.8.6?

[Ninja_of_DooM]

Why don't you take your question to the Doomsday forum (http://forums.newdoom.com/forumdisplay.php?f=57)? They can help you.

[hawkwind2]

Why when I use Doomsday to play this wad, I don't get the AV intermission messages but instead I get the Doom II intermission messages? Does this have to do with the fact that I'm using 1.8.6?

Is AV.DEH in the run\jDoom folder ? If memory serves me correct Doomdsay needs the dehacked file in this folder to work.

Alternatively, if you know how to use XWE, just make a DEHACKED lump and place the AV.DEH info in AV.wad.