Outskirts of the Nuclear Reactor or Nuclear is a Multiplayer level. This level is rather large and made up of a series of interconnected rooms. The Thunderbolt and Rocket Launcher are intended to be challenging to retrieve.
Note that there are two different versions of this level. The original version was a .MAP and was made on August 14, 1996 for the 0.91 shareware. An updated version was released a day later as a .BSP for 1.01.
Josh Robison intended to add Monsters in the next release, this was done in Outskirts of the Nuclear Reactor (SP).
Spawn Locations
- Near Grenade Launcher of Water Room.
- Sealed area above ramp of Ventilation Room. (corrupt)
- Ventilation Room, near doorway to Lower Tunnels.
- Slime Section, below Elevator, in Slime.
- Slope of section leading to Rocket Launcher, Water Room.
Important Item Locations
Weapons
- Double-Barrelled Shotgun - Ventilation Room.
- Double-Barrelled Shotgun - Dead end of Lower Tunnels, Teleporter side.
- Nailgun - Lower Tunnels, below doorway from Ventilation Room.
- Super Nailgun - Slime Section, below Elevator, in Slime.
- Grenade Launcher - Small corner platform of Water Room, opposite Teleporter, Slime Section side.
- Rocket Launcher - Middle rafter overlooking Ventilation Room.
- Thunderbolt - Slime Section, middle of thin platform in Lava room. Picking it up causes the message "Ready for a little swim?" to be displayed.
Powerups
- Biosuit - Slime Section, thin platform between Slime and doorways to Water Room.
- Green Armor - Small corner platform of Water Room, opposite Teleporter, opposite Elevator Section side.
Room-By-Room Summarization
Outskirts of the Nuclear Reactor
Ventilation Room
- Double-Barrelled Shotgun beside doorway to Water Room.
- Rocket Launcher on middle rafter overlooking room.
- 2 Nails, 1 on each pillar beside doorway to Lower Tunnels.
- Lava under vent in the middle of the room.
Lower Tunnels
- Double-Barrelled Shotgun at dead end, Teleporter side.
- Nailgun below doorway from Ventilation Room.
- 25 Health below doorway from Ventilation Room.
Water Room
- Green Armor on small corner platform, opposite Teleporter, opposite Elevator Section side.
- Grenade Launcher on small corner platform, opposite Teleporter, Elevator Section side.
- 25 Health on platform halfway between doorway to Ventilation Room and lower floor.
- 25 Health on lower Elevator leading to Rocket Launcher of Ventilation Room.
- Water in area between doorway to Ventilation Room and platforms.
- Teleporter to Ventilation Room beside wall, Double-Barrelled Shotgun of Ventilation Room side.
- Lower Elevator across from sloped platform, on wall looking into room, leads to higher Elevator.
- Higher Elevator across from lower Elevator, leads to Rocket Launcher of Ventilation Room.
Slime Section
- Biosuit on thin platform between Slime and doorways to Water Room.
- Super Nailgun below Elevator in Slime.
- Thunderbolt on middle of thin platform in Lava room. Picking it up causes the message "Ready for a little swim?" to be displayed.
- Cells on thin platform in Lava room. Picking it up causes the message "Ready for a little swim?" to be displayed.
- 25 Health beside wall of thin Biosuit platform.
- Slime covering most of room closer to Water Room.
- Lava covering most of room further from Water Room.
- Elevator in middle of Slime room.
- Elevator in middle of Lava room, underneath Lava.
Version Differences
- Yellow Armor in Ventilation Room.
- No Double-Barrelled Shotgun in Lower Tunnels.
- 2nd Cells in Slime Section.
- Deathmatch spawn locations do not exist, meaning it is impossible to play this in Deathmatch.
Gallery
The .MAP version with the Yellow Armor.
Outskirts of the Nuclear Reactor (.MAP Version)
Alternate Versions
Aftershock for Quake version using the Aftershock Level Theme. This is based off the original .MAP.
Outskirts of the Nuclear Reactor (MP, Aftershock)