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Posted 18 June 2011 - 08:47 PM
Thank you so much Mr.Deviance for all your efforts. You have extended the replay value of DNF many times over in my eyes. Having Flawless Widescreen and access to the DevLog is great. But having this SOS console in the game now is FANTASTIC! For those of you who don't know what I am talking about, go back and read Mr.Deviance's first post in this thread. To say thanks, I would like to contribute myself.
If you have completed the game once through at any difficultly setting, you already know that you then get the option of replaying the game at the start of any chapter. For those of you who don't want to or are unable to finish the game, you now have another option. With just a bit of experimenting, I have now found that you can jump to and replay any checkpoint you want to in the game, not just the beginning of a chapter or map. Obviously the developers want players to play the game through from one chapter to the next. and not jump ahead and look at future levels without completing the levels before it. I would recommend this also. There are also problems involved with jumping forward involving not having the weapon you need to use at that point or sometimes not having any weapon at all! (See my update after the map listing.) That being said, here is what you need to do.
With the help of the Super High Clearance SOS Console, using the format "map mapXX" you can go to any one of 36 different maps in the game. In addition to the start of each map, you can also go to a checkpoint in each map by typing an additional checkpoint number using the format "map mapXX XX". This takes you to any one of 114 different checkpoints in the game, in addition to the start of each of 36 maps, for a total of 150 places you can jump to.
For example, "map map00 04" will send you to Duke in the penthouse right after the twins have left him on the couch. Likewise, "map map08 01" will take you right to the fight with the Queen Bitch, and "map map11c 01" will send you to the roof right before the epic fight on the top of Duke Burger takes place. Again, if you leave off the checkpoint number, it will take you to the start of the map which may or may not be the start of a chapter also. Of the 23 chapters, 9 have two parts, and 2 have three parts. You have to be careful that the map and checkpoint you want actually exists, or else you will get an error screen and it will kick you back to the main menu.
(For "Duke Nukem's Titty City" map 09, and "The Duke Burger" map 11, there are no checkpoints in those maps. If you try to enter a checkpoint, you will get an error. Simply list only the map number to go to the start of those maps.)
Here then are the list of maps and checkpoints in DNF that you can use with Mr. Deviance's SOS Console.
Use the format "map mapXX" to go to the start of a map.
Use the format "map mapXX XX" to go to a checkpoint in a map.
23 chapters
36 maps with 114 checkpoints (150 total starting points)
Duke Lives
map00 01 02 03 04
Damn! It's Late
map01 01
The Duke Cave
map02 01 02 03 04 05 06 07
Mothership Battle
map03 01 02
The Lady Killer
map04 01 02
map04b 01 02 03 04 05 06 07
map04c 01 02
Vegas In Ruin
map05 01 02 03 04 05 06 07
The Duke Dome
map06 01 02 03 04 05
map06b 01 02 03
The Hive
map07 01 02 03
map07b 01 02 03 04
Queen Bitch
map08 01
Duke Nukem's Titty City
map09
Crash Course
map10 01 02 03 04 05 06 07
The Duke Burger
map11
map11b 01 02 03 04 05
map11c 01 02 03
The Mighty Foot
map12 01 02
map12b 01 02 03
Ghost Town
map13 01 02 03 04
Highway Battle
map14 01 02
map14b 01 02 03 04 05 06
Dam Top
map15 01 02 03
The Shrunk Machine
map16 01 02
map16b 01 02 03 04 05
The Forkstop
map17 01 02
map17b 01
Generator Room
map18 01 02 03 04 05
Underground
map19 01 02
map19b 01 02
The Clarifier
map20 01 02 03
map20b 01 02
Blowin' The Dam
map21 01 02 03
map21b 01 02
Final Battle
map22 01 02
UPDATE: The map information above has been updated. I'm fairly sure everything is now correct. If someone finds an error please let me know and I will correct it.
Here are some of my favorite map jumping points for going straight to fights...
map map04b 06 Lady Killer Casino fight
map map05 06 Vegas In Ruin - Battle before BattleLord
map map08 01 Fight with the Queen Bitch
map map11c 01 Fight on top of Duke Burger
map map15 02 Dam Top fight before BattleLord
As stated above, you might encounter problems with jumping forward to a certain map or checkpoint which involves not having the weapon you need to use at that point or sometimes not having any weapon. Every map or checkpoint that you jump to, if you have not yet picked up a weapon, Duke will move slower and the sprint key will not work. You can fix this by either picking up a weapon or using a cheat such as "allammo" to drop all weapons at your feet if there aren't any around. (See my next post on other commands that I have tested that also work in the SOS console.)
This post has been edited by larryvgs: 22 June 2011 - 04:30 AM
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