Guide & F.A.Q.

• 'Off' for local hi scores (you set your own hi scores)
• 'Regular' for competing against others on a hi score server in regular mode (saves allowed any time).
• 'Hardcore' for competing against others on a hi score server in hardcore mode (only beginning of level auto-saves allowed).
• 'Off' for local hi scoring only (compete against your own hi scores or against others on the same computer).

• 'Off' for normal Doom Behaviour. Monsters can fight and damage each other.
• 'On' so that monsters neither fight nor damage each other. This increases difficulty.

4.1 Chaingun, Rocket Launcher, Plasma Rifle & BFG Alt-Fire

Scoredoom adds 4 new firemodes to some of the standard weaponary of Doom. The chaingun, rocket launcher, plasma rifle & BFG now both have secondary modes of fire, which can help create higher scores. Altfire is maintained by the right mouse-button by default.
The Chaingun alt-fire doubles the fire-rate, but doubles the inaccuracy.
The Rocket Launcher alt-fire lobs rockets like a grenade launcher, good for reaching around corners.
The Plasma Rifle alt-fire is a railgun shot which can penetrate multiple enemies at 100 damage each. Each shot consumes 5 cells.
The BFG alt-fire is a devestating nuclear warhead missile. Each shot consumes 400 cells.

4.2 Scoring

(i) Damage: Players get points for the amount of damage they inflict on monsters.

(ii) Kills: Players also get bonus points for making a kill which is 10% of the total health of the monster. The Boss Brain gives +5000 points on death.

(iii) Extreme Death Kill Bonuses: On top of the Kill points, players also get bonus points for making an 'extreme death' kill which takes the monsters health down to more than negative it's initial health. This bonus gives 10% of the total health of the monster. Extreme deaths are when certain monsters explode into gibs. This rewards players creating more carnage with powerful weapons.(*NOTE: Extreme death bonuses do not apply to monsters with health less than 20HP, i.e. imp trite*)

(iv) Secrets: Finding a secret gives +250 points.

(v) Map Objectives: In multiplayer, bonus points are given for players who reach certain objectives in the level first. These include: getting to a keycard or skullkey first (+250 points), opening a door with a keycard or skullkey first (+250 points), reaching the level exit first (+250 points), reaching a secret level exit first (+500 points). In SP, bonus points are still given for reaching these objectives, since in some wad levels: keys, colored doors and secret level exits can be optional depending on secrets found etc... Additional support has also been given for 'any key' (+250), 'All 3 keys' (+750), and 'All 6 Keys' (+1500) doors.

(vi) Map Items: Collecting a map item gives +5 points. Any item counted as a map item in Doom, is one that can always be picked up, and goes towards the Item Count percentages at intermission screens. Items like blue health flasks, armor helmet bonuses, radiation suits, artifact powerups, automap pickups, beserk packs, infrared goggles etc... Not armor suits, health pickups, ammo or weapons.

(vii) Par Bonus: The bonus/penalty to be added depending on how well the player beat the map's ScoreDoom par time. Its based on a percentage of the total points scored so far for the level.

(viii) Chain Bonuses: If a player can kill 4 monsters in a very short time, they will get a small bonus of +5 points or more (depending on the monster's starting health), which accumulates up to a +5 or more point bonus, for every other monster killed after that, just as quickly. If the player can keep the rampage going, they will eventually get a full Chain Bonus of +5 or more points per monster. (NOTE: Any extreme death bonus will also be added to the chain bonus score for the killed monster, which essentially doubles the extreme death bonus during chain bonuses. This rewards players creating more carnage with powerful weapons.)(*NOTE2: Chain bonuses do not apply to monsters with health less than 20HP, i.e. imp trite*)

(ix) Co-op Death: There is a -1000pt penalty for death in co-op games which come from monsters, environmental hazards or suicide. Death from other players has no penality. Points can never be less than 0. This was added in mind to stop players taking advantage of deliberate suicides, as well as a general penalty. This score does not get applied in SP, since the level is reset on death.

(x) Monster Infighting Deaths and Monster Suicides: Since monster deaths due to infighting and suicides are ultimately player assisted, there is a small bonus for these deaths too. In SP, it is equal to the kill bonus of the monster (10% of the original health). In Co-op, the current level points leader (*not the total wad score leader on the HUD!*) scores a bonus equal to the creature's kill bonus, whereas every other player scores a fraction of this depending on the ratio of their score for the level to the level points leader score. No player can get less than 1pt, and only the current level points leader will (should!) get the full bonus. The rationale behind this was that the level points leader probably deserves the bigger bonuses, and it also forces the other players to attack more to get in front.

(xi) Barrels: Barrels give +5 points when destroyed.

(xii) 100% Complete Bonuses: At the end of a level, 100 extra bonus points are awarded when: 100% of all monsters are slain, 100% of all items are found, 100% of all secrets are found, 100% of all barrels are exploded: For a potential total of 400 bonus points. Levels with no barrels etc... dont give these bonus points.
Note: Playing with the add-on pack, some levels are simply impossible to complete with 100% kills due to a couple of the monster replacements not being mobile, and thus cannot warp into the main map.

(xiii) Summoned/Resurrected Monsters: Monsters such as Lost Souls which are spawned by Pain Elementals etc..., and monsters resurrected by Archviles etc.., do NOT score points. This also applies to monsters spawned in from cubes emitted by The Icon of Sin. Lost Souls etc..., by themselves, (i.e. not summoned from Pain Elementals. etc...) DO score.

(xiv) Artifacts: Clever use of ScoreDoom artifacts can help contribute to very large scores.

Each player has a 'Wad/Epi Score' for the whole wad(s) being played and 'Level Score' for each map being played.

4.3 ScoreDoom Par Time & Par Bonus in Detail

ScoreDoom uses a fairly simple formula based on the amount of monsters, secrets & items in a level to dynamically determine a reasonable par time for the players to complete a level AND kill all the monsters. For the official Doom & Doom 2 levels, it works out to be very roughly at least around 3x the standard par times, sometimes a lot higher. Higher skill levels (more monsters) will give higher par times. For lower skill levels the par time should never be less than the standard default par time.

Additionally, from version 2.2b onwards, ScoreDoom will count the amount of sectors in a map, and if the par time is too low for the sector count, it will compensate. This gives more realistic par times for wads like TeamTNT's Return from oblivion which relies on monsters being spawned after the map is loaded, and thus not taken account of in the regular par time calculations.

The Par Bonus is a little more complicated, but it is also calculated using a fairly simple formula based on the elapsed time for the level, the ScoreDoom par time and the player's points for the level. The Par Bonus will be seen to go down and this may be confusing, but the Par Bonus is actually the points which would be added should the player complete the level RIGHT NOW. It is set up so that players will lose all their points for a level should they take from 10 to 20 minutes after the par time is over to complete the level. This is meant to stop players taking advantage of arch-viles and pain elementals to rack up infinite scores, as well as making them kill/score faster within the par time.

The formula to compute the par bonus is as follows: (level par time - time taken)*(points scored)/(level par time * 5)

Players will lose all their par bonus points if they fail to complete the level within the par time. When the time taken goes over the par time, a warning is issued to the players, and a new but similar formula is used, based on the the level par time, which more quickly penalizes the players. Players may lose all their points for the level, if they fail to complete the level within 10->20 minutes after the par time is over. (See below for more details).

A quick example may also be instructive of how the par bonus works. Suppose a player racks up a level score of 1000 points and then completes the level at 1/4 par time, 1/2 par time, 3/4 par time and finally at full par time. Another player does the same thing but finishes with 2000 points, the following table shows the respective scores the players will get:

Players with higher scores thus have more to lose, the longer it takes to complete the level.

Maps with ScoreDoom par times up to 5 minutes, will allow the players 10 minutes to complete the level with a score more than 0 points after the SD partime is over. Maps with par times between 10 and 20 minutes will give the players an extra amount equal to the par time to complete the level. Maps with par times over 20 minutes will only give the players an extra 20 minutes to complete the map, over the SD par time of the level. So when the players go over the SD par time, the par bonus can become a serious par penalty.

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4.4 Hi Score System

Offline Hi Scores are saved in the zdoom-yourusername.ini file, under [HiScores] so make sure you back up that file or section.

Hi Scores in general are only saved after a level is completed (i.e. during intermission screens & finale screens).

Hi Scores are determined based on the current wad configuration loaded. So if you play with say '-file icarus.wad' then again with say '-file icarus.wad -icar28a.wad' or with other wads loaded, they will all have their own hi scores. So it is important to be consistent with what wads are loaded and also the wad order (when using a bunch of single level wads together say).

Hi Scores do not apply to multiplayer, so scores will not be saved in co-op.

Hi Scores in Nightmare Mode will not be saved.

When using custom monsters, the distribution of monsters in SP may change with updates to ScoreDoom, which can affect Hi Scores.

A note on Level Hi Scores VS Wad/Epi Hi Scores: Wad/Epi Hi Scores are based on scores added up for a single session of play across one level or more within a wad configuration. Score Doom supports saved games for this also. Level Hi Scores are also recorded per level. It is possible to play a single level and beat it's hi score without changing the Wad/Epi Hi Score, thus the sum of the Level Hi Scores can be greater than the Wad/Epi Hi Score, for a wad configuration in the [HiScores] section. Level Hi Scores are probably better attempted during a session of play (this includes saved games) across several levels or full megawads, since players likely start off with extra weapons at the start of levels.

4.5 Hubs

Zdoom wads like Hell Factory utilize a hub based world design, whereby levels can be exited and re-entered within the hub. Scoredoom calculates a par time for each level within a hub and keeps track of the time spent within the level regardless of how many times a level is re-entered, which can effect the total score for the wad being played. The intermission or finale screen after completing a hub will only display the total (wad) points so far for the wad/game, since a level score makes no sense at the end of a hub. These screens will also display the accumulated ScoreDoom par time for each level encountered within the hub (the ScoreDoom hub par time). Each level though will have its own score and even high score displayed as you play through the game/wad.

4.6 Boss Rush (Add-On Pack Only)

When playing with the Add-On Pack, the final levels of Ultimate Doom (E1M8, E2M8, E3M8, E4M8) will require that a series of Bosses be vanquished before the episode can be completed. Rather than the single boss(es) without the add-on pack.

Scoredoom 2.0 is very stringent in checking for any potential actions which could lead

 to unfairly posting a new hi score (like using the console). If Scoredoom detects an illegal

 action it will notify you with a siren noise and automatically revert to local hi scoring.

 You will need to restart Scoredoom, even to play with a previous OK saved game.

 If you dont see any green player names in the bottom R.H.S. of the HUD, it means online hi

 scoring has been disabled. You can check the console to see why.



 	i.Startup

 	---------

 	cfg file and autoexec files are not allowed.

 	'+' commands in the command line are not allowed (with a few exceptions like +compatflags & +gennodes).

 	patch files must be loaded with -deh (i.e. -deh x.deh b.bex etc...)

 	pk3 files, zip files and raw lumps are allowed, but they will give a different MD5 value used

 	by the hi score server (see section iv below).





 	ii.During Gameplay

 	------------------

 	Once the game has been started you may use the menu options (setting compatibility options etc...),

 	but soon as a level is started, you should only being using the main menu, to load saved games,

 	start a new one, exit and to save a game.



	iii. Hiscore Server Problems

	----------------------------

	Online scoring will be disabled if you have problems logging onto the hi score server, or if the

	server gives back an error.





	iv. MD5 file checking

	---------------------

	The executable does an MD5 checksum of itself (gzscoredoom.exe) and of the gzscoredoom.pk3, as well

	as any wads and patches applied. The hash generated by the iwads, pwads and patches is used as a

	key on the hi score server. It is important that the files are not tampered with, and the wads not
	contained in any archive files (zips, pk3s) and that the wad order is maintained.





	v. Saved Games

	--------------

	When online hi scoring is enabled, any loaded save games will be checked to see if they were saved ok

	(w.o. 'any cheating'),

	else the save game will cause scoredoom to flag for cheating.



	vi. dmflags & dmflags2

	----------------------

	Scoredoom enforces dmflags & dmflags to be 0 for all levels played, unless it finds a MAPINFO lump.

	MAPINFO can set dmflags for the level to allow/disallow jumping,running & freelook. Scoredoom will

	then enforce these flags only for the level.





	vii. Other Stuff

	----------------

	Dont set sp_random_custom_monsters=true in the ini file.

	For the Add-On Pack version you are using, you must use the default configuration values for it.
	There is a default-config.txt file that comes with each Add-On Pack version which contains the
	values expected for online hi-scoring with that Add-On Pack. Simply copy from this file and
	overwrite the the values in your ini file.

	Monsters placements, and extra health/armor and artifact drops can now be edited in the zdoom-.ini file.
	(NOTE: *Since ScoreDoom 2.9, edit the sdcustom.ini file instead!*)


	The chance of a default monster being replaced by another is set by
	sd_rep_(DEFAULTMONSTERNAME)chance (0->100)

	(also see sd_artifact_chance & sd_extrahealth_chance)

	To configure what monsters will replace what default monster, and what chance each
	replacee has of occuring, are set as a list under:
	[DEFAULTMONSTERNAMEReplacements]

	An example is illustrative:

	'...
	sd_rep_baronofhell_chance=75

	...

	[BaronOfHellReplacements]
	Cyberbaron=1
	Desolator=2
	ChainGunnerTankS=1:2
	ChainGunnerTankF=1:1

	....'


	This means that a BaronOfHell has 75% chance of being replaced. When it is replaced, a Desolator has
	50% chance of being used, the Cyberbaron 25%.
	Entries ending with ':1' specify to use the monster only for Doom/Ultimate Doom wads. ':2' means to
	only use the monster for Doom2/Evilution/Plutonia based wads. So ChainGunnerTankF has 25% chance of
	being used for Ultimate Doom.

	(also see [ArtiReplacements], [ExtraHealthReplacements], [ExplosiveBarrelReplacements] &
	[BurningBarrelReplacements])

	sd_artifact_chance (default=10) and sd_extrahealth_chance (default=35) control the rate of
	extra scoredoom artifacts and other doom health/armor. Values are 0->255 (100%).

	*NOTE*: When adding your own monsters, BaronOfHell, Fatso, Arachnotron, Cyberdemon & SpiderMastermind
	replacements should have 'A_BossDeath' called in their 'Death' State DECORATE, or certain maps will
	 not work. Also the height and radius of the replacement should not be larger than the default it is
	 replacing, or you may get spawn problems.

	For zdoom DECORATE etc... see: http://zdoom.org/wiki/Main_Page

The weapons are there for deathmatch purposes. Unfortunately Doom doesn't distinguish between co-op

and DM weapon spawning, so you'll either have to use those or manually turn off multiplayer weapons.

Go into the menu, hit "OPTIONS" and go to "gameplay options". You should see a big list of stuff to

check off. Take a moment to check off everything you want (and get rid of anything you don't want),

then once you're done write down the two numbers that show up. Remember which is under "dmflags" and

which is under "dmflags2"! Then quit ZDoom and start setting up your game.

When you start up the game, add "+dmflags  +dmflags2 " to the command line.

For instance, if you want default values for everything except you don't want those extra weapons,

you add "+dmflags 1048576" (omitting dmflags2 since you don't need to specify anything for it).

When the game starts, you should see the normal, singleplayer weapon placements.



To apply from the command line just start it with +dmflags *dmflagsnumber* and +dmflags2 *yourdmflags2number*



somewhere in there, example:



gzscoredoom.exe -iwad doom2.wad -file impencse.wad -host 2 -warp 25 -skill 3 +dmflags *dmflagsnumber* +dmflags2 *dmflags2number*

*DragonsBrethren, Doom64Hunter, Edward850, dljosef, The Green Herring, NovaDragon & DavidB1000 for QA and beta-testing, which has helped me increase the quality of the
mod significantly*



ID Software, Monolith Software, 3D Realms

Graf Zahl, Randy Heit for zdoom & gzdoom

BlackCecil05 for the video replays

Eriance and the Demon Eclipse team for artifact powerup graphics.

Xaser, Jimmy 91, Skulltag Team for extra powerup ideas and graphics

Tormentor667 for the promotion of zdoom custom monsters.

WildWeasel, DBThanatos for their custom zdoom content, which I learnt a lot from.

Enjay, for supplying the BBA.rff (BBA.wad) of the Bloodbath Announcer

Everyone else.