Author: Enric Alvarez
Released: 22nd June 1997
Rating: 95
Review by Kim Robinson on 1st August 2007
Equally playable as both SP and DM, Lem4 uses a whole lot of new textures to make things interesting - although the level's brilliant design, gameplay and ambience also contribute to its playability. Shading and lighting are great, and there's some nice respawning and sector altering effects thrown in for good measure - check out this classic if you haven't already.
Gameplay Type: SP
Requires:
Duke Nukem 3D v1.3d
Filesize: 253.03 KB
Level includes: new ART, new CON code, multiple difficulty settings
Download:
Lem4 (413)
Other releases by Enric Alvarez:
Lem,
Lem2,
Lem3,
Vertigo
Know of any other maps from this author? Let us know
Mapping template:
ENGLISH WARNING!!!!!! LEM4.ZIP WILL EXTRACT A FEW LEM4*.* FILES INTO YOUR DUKE3D DIRECTORY. ALTHOUGH IS NOT STRICTLY NECESSARY, BEFORE UNZIPPING AND PLAYING LEM IV, BACKUP ALL YOUR .CON AND .ART FILES. LEM IV HAS ITS OWN TILES014.ART FILE AND USER.CON.I HAVE RENAMED THESE FILES LEM4.*. ONCE YOU HAVE UNZIPPED LEM4.ZIP DON'T USE THE DUKE SETUP FOR PLAYING, SIMPLY TYPE LEM4,THAT WAY NEW TEXTURES WILL BE LOADED AND YOU'LL BE ABLE TO CHOICE BETWEEN SINGLE OR MULTIPLAYER GAME, KEEP IN MIND LEM4 HAS BEEN PRIMARILY DESIGNED AS A DUKEMATCH LEVEL BUT IMPLEMENTS AN INTERESTING SINGLE PLAY FEATURING LEVELS OF DIFFICULTY. THE LEM4.BAT FILE WILL RESTORE ALL YOUR ORIGINAL CON AND ART FILES AFTER PLAYING. IF YOU VIEW OR EDIT LEM IV WITH "BUILD" BE CAREFUL, THE MAP WORKS PERFECTLY BUT AFTER EDITING WITH "BUILD" YOU WILL REALIZE THERE ARE SOME UNSTABLE THINGS, I DON'T KNOW WHY.. YOU BETTER DON'T TOUCH THE FILE LEM4.MAP, AND IF YOU WANT TO EDIT IT MAKE COPIES OF THE FILE. IF, FOR ANY REASON, THE PROGRAM CRASH WHEN LOADING THE TEXTURES FILE OR WHEN PLAYING, YOU SHOULD RESTORE SOME CRITICAL FILES MANUALLY. WHAT IS IMPORTANT IS THE LEM4.BAT FILE CAN RESTORE AUTOMATICALLY WHEN EXITING THE ORIGINAL USER.CON AND TILES014.ART -THE LAST ONE ONLY IF YOU ALREADY GOT IT WITH YOUR OWN TEXTURES-. THE ORIGINAL PLUTONIUM FILES ARE RENAMED WITH THE EXTENSION "BIS", SO LOOK FOR THEM AND RENAME THEM USER.CON AND TILES014.ART. DO THAT ONLY IF THE LEM4.BAT WAS UNABLE TO RESTORE THESE FILES!!! TITLE : L E M IV THIS MAP IS ONLY FOR PLUTONIUM PAK FILENAME : LEM4.MAP, LEM4.ART, LEM4.CON, LEM4.BAT, LEM4.TXT. AUTHOR : ENRIC ALVAREZ E-MAIL ADDRESS : lem[at]grn.es MISC. AUTHOR INFO : ADDRESS: PRESIDENT MACIA 65, 17230 PALAMOS -GIRONA- SPAIN PHONE NUMBER: 972 60-13-70 DESCRIPTION : THIS IS THE LAST LEM MAP FOR DUKE 3D. I HOPE YOU LIKE THE LEM SERIES, I DID MY BEST.. LEM WAS MY VERY FIRST MAP AND I LEARNED "BUILD" WHEN EDITING; LEM2 WAS A TRY TO BUILD A DIFFERENT MAP FROM ALL THE REST PAYING AN SPECIAL ATTENTION TO AMBIENCE, DETAIL AND IMPLEMENTING DIVERSE FEATURES NO OFTEN SEEN IN A DUKE MAP; LEM3 IS AN EXTREME MAP IN ALL ASPECTS: DESIGN, DETAIL, SHADOWING, PLAYABILITY.. VERY EXTREME, SOMEONE HAVE DESCRIBED LEM3 "AS A HAMMER IN THE TEETH OF ANYONE WHO DARES TO BUILD MAPS"-I'm agree :-) :-) AND FINALLY LEM4 IS MY FIRST DUKEMATCH MAP, VERY DETAILED AND PROVIDED WITH AN INTERESTING SINGLE PLAY. ALL THESE MAPS HAVE A COMMON FACTOR, THEY ARE VERY DIFFERENT FROM THE LEVELS OF THE ORIGINAL GAME. WHY? BECAUSE I PREFER TO DIRECT MY EFFORTS TOWARDS CREATING SOMETHING NEW AND SURPRISING; I LOVE CLASSIC DUKE LEVELS AND I COULD BUILD A LEVEL LIKE THAT, BUT I'M NOT VERY INTERESTED IN EXISTING IDEAS, I PREFER THOUSAND TIMES USE MY IMAGINATION FROM THE BEGINNING TO THE END. I'M A HARD DIE GAMER AND I KNOW PERFECTLY WHEN A CONCEPT HAS BEEN USED IN A 3D GAME I LIKE, NORMALLY I KEEP UP THAT IDEA BUT I DON'T USE IT, AND IF I FIND ANY OTHER IDEA AS GOOD AS THE FIRST ONE BUT MORE ORIGINAL, I USE IT IMMEDIATELY. THE MOST IMPORTANT FOR ME IS CONTRIBUTE WITH GOOD LEVELS TO THE GAMERS COMMUNITY. I LOVE BUILDING 3D LEVELS, I'LL KEEP BUILDING LEVELS FOR OTHER 3D GAMES AND I HOPE YOU'LL KEEP PLAYING LEM MAPS. THANKS FOR DOWNLOADING LEM4, SURE IT WILL NOT DISAPPOINT YOU. ================================================================== * PLAY INFORMATION * EPISODE & LEVEL : LEM4.MAP REPLACES E1L1.MAP IN SINGLE PLAY SINGLE PLAYER : YES COOPERATIVE : YES DUKEMATCH : YEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAH!! LEM IV IS AN HYBRID MAP, SINGLE AND DUKEMATCH, BUT NOT AT 50% IT HAS BEEN PRIMARILY DESIGNED WITH COOL DUKEMATCH CAPABILITIES, THERE ARE LOTS OF FEATURES SPECIALLY OPTIMIZED FOR DUKEMATCH PLAYING. ON THE OTHER HAND LEM4 IS NOT AN USUAL DUKEMATCH, BUT GOOD OR BAD, ANY LEM MAP IS AN USUAL MAP... DIFFICULTY SETTINGS : OF COURSE. * CONSTRUCTION * TIME OF CONSTRUCTION : MMM.. MAYBE ONE MONTH BASE : NEW LEVEL FROM SCRATCH EDITOR USED : BUILD EDITOR THAT CAME WITH DUKE3D, WINTEX 4.2 FOR EXTRACTING TEXTURES AND SPRITES, PSP 4 FOR RETOUCHING THESE TEXTURES. NEW GRAPHICS : YEEEEEEEES!! INCLUDING THE WATER EFFECT FROM SHADOW WARRIOR!!! NEW SOUNDS : NO NEW MUSIC : NO KNOWN BUGS? : READ MY LIPS: NO * WHERE TO FIND LEM MAPS : ELITEGAMES WEBSITE HTTP://WWW.ELITEGAMES.COM GRIMM COMMANDER'S WEBSITE HTTP://WWW.IGLOBAL.COM/~COMMAND/3DGAME.HTM MIKE MILLER'S WEBSITE HTTP://WWW.BAYSERVE.NET/~MIKE/DUKE/ FELIX DE LA CONCEPCION WEBSITE HTTP://WWW.ARRAKIS.ES/~FLX/ * ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS : THANKS TO ALL THOSE PEOPLE WHO SENT ME MAILS CONGRATULATING ME ABOUT LEM LEVELS, SPECIALLY LEM2 AND LEM3, I BUILT THESE MAPS FOR YOU! SPECIAL THANKS TO ALAN BELLOWS FOR HIS SUPPORT TO MY MAPS AND FOR MAKING SOME OF THE BEST MAPS I'VE EVER SEEN. THANKS TO ALL THE WEBSITES THAT HAVE MY MAPS IN THEIR LISTS. VERY SPECIAL THANKS TO MY FRIENDS, WHO HAVE TESTED MY LEVELS: JOSEP VIVES FOR SOME VALUOUS SUGGESTIONS ON LEM2, JOSEP MARTI -NOSFERATU- FOR TESTING STOICLY THE DUKEMATCH CAPABILITIES OF LEM IV AND FELIX DE LA CONCEPCION FOR HIS SUPPORT AND FOR BEING ONE OF THE BEST DUKEMATCH PLAYERS I'VE EVER MET, HIS SUGGESTIONS ARE ALWAYS RIGHT. AND FINALLY, THANKS TO 3D REALMS GUYS!! I HAVE ENJOYED PLAYING DUKE 3D, BUT I HAVE INMENSELY ENJOYED BUILDING MAPS FOR IT. THANKS TO ALL OF YOU COMING SOON... NEW LEM LEVELS FOR NEW 3D GAMES. CASTELLANO ATENCION!!!! LEM4.ZIP COPIARA UNOS CUANTOS ARCHIVOS EN TU DIRECTORIO DUKE3D. SON ARCHIVOS NECESARIOS PARA JUGAR. TODOS SE LLAMARAN LEM4*.* ASI QUE LOS PODRAS BORRAR LIMPIAMENTE SI TE INTERESA -ESPERO QUE NO- NO USES EL SETUP DEL DUKE3D PARA JUGAR A LEM4, SIMPLEMENTE TECLEA LEM4 Y YA ESTA. EL ARCHIVO LEM4.BAT SUSTITUIRA TUS ARCHIVOS USER.CON Y TILES014.ART -SI LO TIENES- TEMPORALMENTE, CUANDO TERMINES DE JUGAR TALES ARCHIVOS SERAN RESTITUIDOS, PERO POR SI ACASO, ANTES DE HACER NADA HAZ COPIAS DE SEGURIDAD. SI POR ALGUNA RAZON EL PROGRAMA SE CUELGA ANTES DE QUE EL ARCHIVO LEM4.BAT PUEDA RESTITUIR LOS ARCHIVOS ORIGINALES QUE FUERON SUSTITUIDOS AL PRINCIPIO, DEBERAS RESTITUIRLOS TU MANUALMENTE. SE TRATA DE USER.BIS Y TILES014.BIS -ESTE ULTIMO SOLO SI YA TENIAS TU PROPIO ARCHIVO DE TEXTURAS- COMPRUEBA ANTES DE NADA QUE REALMENTE LOS ARCHIVOS NO FUERON RESTITUIDOS, HAZLO CARGANDO DUKE 3D CON EL COMANDO "DUKE3D" Y FIJATE SI EL PRIMER EPISODIO SE SIGUE LLAMANDO LEM EN LUGAR DE HOLLYWOOD HOLOCAUST, SI ES ASI, SAL DEL PROGRAMA Y RENOMBRA USER.BIS COMO USER.CON Y TILES014.BIS COMO TILES014.ART SOLO SI EXISTE. NO TOQUES NINGUN ARCHIVO QUE SE LLAME LEM4*.* TEN CUIDADO SI PIENSAS EDITAR LEM4 CON BUILD, HAZLO SOBRE UNA COPIA DE SEGURIDAD DEL MAPA, NO MANIPULES EL ARCHIVO LEM4.MAP PUES POR ALGUNA RAZON, HAY ALGUNAS COSAS INESTABLES; EL MAPA FUNCIONA PERFECTAMENTE PERO TRAS EDITARLO CON BUILD, ES POSIBLE QUE ALGUNAS COSAS NO VAYAN BIEN. TITULO : L E M IV ESTE MAPA ES SOLO PARA PLUTONIUM PAK. ARCHIVO : LEM4.MAP, LEM4.ART, LEM4.CON Y LEM4.BAT AUTOR : ENRIC ALVAREZ E-MAIL : lem[at]grn.es SE AGRADECERA TU OPINION. INF. DEL AUTOR : DIRECCION: PRESIDENT MACIA 65, 17230 PALAMOS -GIRONA- ESPA„A TELEFONO: 972 60-13-70 DESCRIPCION : ESTE ES MI ULTIMO MAPA PARA DUKE NUKEM. CREO QUE YA VA SIENDO HORA DE CAMBIAR DE AIRES, PUES PARECE QUE EL FANTASTICO BUILD YA HA DICHO TODO LO QUE TENIA QUE DECIR Y OTROS MOTORES MAS POTENTES, AUNQUE NO MAS AGRADABLES DE USAR, EMPIEZAN A DESTACAR. ESPERO DE VERDAD QUE LOS MAPAS LEM TE HAYAN GUSTADO, YO HE DISFRUTADO COMO UN ENANO CREANDOLOS, HE APRENDIDO UN MONTON DE COSAS E INCLUSO HA HABIDO TIEMPO PARA RECIBIR ALGUNA QUE OTRA OFERTA DE TRABAJO COMO DISE„ADOR DE NIVELES. POR SUPUESTO PIENSO SEGUIR CREANDO NIVELES PARA OTROS JUEGOS: QUAKE,HEXEN2, PREY, Y DESDE LUEGO DUKE NUKEM FOREVER. LES SEGUIRE LLAMANDO LEM, ASI QUE LOS PODRAS RECONOCER FACILMENTE ENTRE LA MARA„A DE INTERNET. LEM4 ES UN DUKEMATCH ATIPICO POR MUCHAS RAZONES, PERO HA SIDO ESPECIALMENTE DISE„ADO PARA EL JUEGO EN ESA MODALIDAD, A PESAR DE ELLO PUEDE SER JUGADO EN SINGLE PLAYER E INCORPORA NIVELES DE DIFICULTAD. NECESITARAS PLUTONIUM PAK PARA JUGARLO. ESPERO SINCERAMENTE QUE TE GUSTE. ================================================================== * INFORMACION DEL NIVEL * 1 JUGADOR : SI NIVEL COOPERATIVO : SI NIVEL DUKEMATCH : SIIIIIIIIII. NIVELES DE DIFICULTAD : POR SUPUESTO. * CONSTRUCCION TIEMPO DE CONSTRUCION : APROXIMADAMENTE UN MES. BASE : UN POCO DE AQUI.., UN POCO DE ALLA.. EDITOR USADO : BUILD, WINTEX 4.2 Y PSP3 ERRORES : LA DUDA OFENDE... * DONDE ENCONTRAR MAPAS LEM: ELITEGAMES WEBSITE HTTP://WWW.ELITEGAMES.COM GRIMM COMMANDER'S WEBSITE HTTP://WWW.IGLOBAL.COM/~COMMAND/3DGAME.HTM MIKE MILLER'S WEBSITE HTTP://WWW.BAYSERVE.NET/~MIKE/DUKE/ FELIX DE LA CONCEPCION WEBSITE HTTP://WWW.ARRAKIS.ES/~FLX/ * AGRADECIMIENTOS : GRACIAS MIL A TODA LA GENTE QUE ME HA ENVIADO MAILS FELICITANDOME POR MIS MAPAS, ESPECIALMENTE POR LEM2 Y LEM3. VUESTROS MENSAJES HAN SIDO MI MEJOR RECOMPENSA. GRACIAS ESPECIALES A ALAN BELLOWS POR SU APOYO Y POR CREAR ALGUNOS DE LOS MEJORES MAPAS QUE YO HAYA VISTO. GRACIAS A TODOS LOS WEBSITES QUE TIENEN MAPAS LEM; ESPECIALMENTE AGRADECIDO ESTOY CON MIS AMIGOS QUE HAN PROBADO MIS MAPAS Y HECHO VALIOSAS E INTERESANTES APORTACIONES: JOSEP VIVES POR SUS SUGERENCIAS SOBRE LEM2, JOSEP MARTI -NOSFERATU- POR PROBAR ESTOICAMENTE LEM4 EN MODO DUKEMATCH Y FELIX DE LA CONCEPCION POR SU APOYO A MIS MAPAS, POR HABER CONSTRUIDO A MEDIAS CONMIGO VERTIGO.MAP Y POR SER UNO DE LOS MEJORES DUKEMATCH PLAYERS QUE YO HAYA VISTO. POR ULTIMO GRACIAS A LA GENTE DE 3D REALMS, PORQUE SI DUKE 3D ES UN GRAN JUEGO, BUILD ES LA HOSTIA EN PATINETE!! HABRA ENGINES MAS POTENTES, PERO NO MAS AGRADABLES DE USAR NI MAS TRANSPARENTES. NOS VEMOS PROXIMAMENTE.. Y GRACIAS POR TODO.