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Proto:Quake (PC)/Qtest1/Levels

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This is a sub-page of Proto:Quake (PC)/Qtest1.

Levels

Three maps are included with Qtest1; Test1, Test2 and Test3. Test1 is a prototype version of DM1, Test2 is a prototype version of DM2, while Test3 is a prototype of DM3.

Test1 (DM1)

Test1 has undergone the least amount of changes when comparing the Qtest1 and the final versions.

The biggest change are the switches used in the map. In Qtest1, the switches use regular wall textures, while the final switches use a texture that is only used on switches throughout the single player levels.

Prototype Final
What a phoned-in looking switch. You can feel Satan oozing from this screenshot.
Prototype Final
Tonight at 11: Switch or random slab of stone? More pentagrams=more spookiness.

Test1 is unique in that it is the only map that uses a sprite torch in the entire game. In the final, these were replaced with the torch model.

Prototype Final
Doom throwback! This is why companies don't make fire models.

Test2 (DM2)

The basic layout of Test2 remains the same as the final's DM2, but there are a few changed details, one of which changes the map flow.

The biggest change is that the alcove that has a Quad Damage and the path leading to it does not exist in Qtest1. To compensate for this, an extra Rocket Launcher and Rocket ammo pack have been placed near the entrance to the Quad Damage path.

Prototype Final
Whew. At least some companies don't put in OP powerups. DAMN YOU ID YOU'VE RUINED THE MAP.
Prototype Final
Looks kinda plain. Looks better, but the poor RL had to be sacrificed.

The way to access the secret Red Armor room is a bit different in Qtest1. Instead of shooting a Jesus switch on a wall, the player must walk over a part of the floor on the passage that leads to the water room.

Prototype Final
Speedbump! Shoot Jesus, receive armor.

In the final version, a part of the floor uses a unique design that is not seen in the Qtest1 version.

Prototype Final
zzzzzzzzz. Kewl.

The Jesus switches are less detailed than they are in the final version.

Prototype Final
Jesus. Gotta give Quake credit; it's the only game out there that uses Jesus as a part of the map.

Both the water and lava textures are different between the proto and final versions. Prototype lava textures are actually taken from Doom, another bad palette converted thing.

Prototype Final
Is that supposed to be water? I wish iD would stop reusing this water texture already.
Prototype Final
Looks vicious. Now it looks like a lava-themed bee hive.

The area containing the Nailgun does not have a spawn pad behind the Nailgun in Qtest1.

Prototype Final
Now where am I supposed to spawn at??? Pay no attention to the corpse behind the Nailgun.

Test3 (DM3)

Test3 has gone through the most item placement changes out of all the maps, but this is mostly because some of the items in the final version do not exist in Qtest1.

The only notable physical change the map has gone through is that all of the teleporters are gone in Qtest1. This makes the Ring of Shadows wing of the map flow less, but otherwise does not affect the map.

Prototype Final
There goes my map flow. Thanks a million, iD. Hmm, this game might be salvageable after all.
Prototype Final
Another lack of teleporter? That's it, I'm getting a refund; these chucklefucks don't know how to design a game at all. Fuck iD. Waste of $10. Too little, too late iD. I'm not going to forget this.


The Rocket Launcher and Nailgun locations have been reversed in Qtest1.

Prototype Final
A randomly placed RL turns into... ...a Nailgun! Isn't that a cool trick?
Prototype Final
I don't think anyone would take a side-route to grab the damn Nailgun. Well this explains the box of nails next to the RL.

There is no Lightning Gun and Cell ammo in Qtest1, so they do not appear here.

Prototype Final
What a boring corner. Now it's hip and cool!
Prototype Final
Sure is lonely here. There we go! Much better!.

Nothing has replaced the missing powerups.

Prototype Final
A generic corner for a cool MP map. Don't you feel bad for it? Its just sitting there, cowering in the corner, while its dad, the Ring of Shadows, stares at it across the room.
Prototype Final
Why would you install lights there? So a Ring of Shadows can hide from the sunlight.
Prototype Final
What a nice yard. A floating pentagram doesn't fit when it's in the middle of a bright yard.