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The first problem with realistic maps comes from the Doom engine limitations, when compared to engines like "Build" of Duke Nukem 3D, which was created for the very purpose of making realistic maps. Most typical elements of architecture are impossible to reconstruct accurately; they always are blocky. The lack of 3D floors makes it impossible to create completely realistic buildings since the Doom engine is incapable of having a room on top of another room. Another problem is the lack of appropriate textures; those available in Doom are fit for technical bases, gothic castles and hellish landscapes of the original, but not for e.g. a city, which usually forces the designer to import his own textures if he is to achieve good results.

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rdfs:comment	The first problem with realistic maps comes from the Doom engine limitations, when compared to engines like "Build" of Duke Nukem 3D, which was created for the very purpose of making realistic maps. Most typical elements of architecture are impossible to reconstruct accurately; they always are blocky. The lack of 3D floors makes it impossible to create completely realistic buildings since the Doom engine is incapable of having a room on top of another room. Another problem is the lack of appropriate textures; those available in Doom are fit for technical bases, gothic castles and hellish landscapes of the original, but not for e.g. a city, which usually forces the designer to import his own textures if he is to achieve good results.
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abstract	The first problem with realistic maps comes from the Doom engine limitations, when compared to engines like "Build" of Duke Nukem 3D, which was created for the very purpose of making realistic maps. Most typical elements of architecture are impossible to reconstruct accurately; they always are blocky. The lack of 3D floors makes it impossible to create completely realistic buildings since the Doom engine is incapable of having a room on top of another room. Another problem is the lack of appropriate textures; those available in Doom are fit for technical bases, gothic castles and hellish landscapes of the original, but not for e.g. a city, which usually forces the designer to import his own textures if he is to achieve good results. Another problem is that such maps usually have bad gameplay. Real-life buildings aren't constructed with the purpose of being used for a Doom map. Many of realistic maps have long, bland corridors with doors that lead to several identical, non-interconnected rooms; going through all such rooms will annoy the player. Furthermore, the emphasis on real-world detail encourages the designer to spend his limited time adding rows of trees, parking garages, televisions, and - a notorious early design trope - toilet cubicles, rather than gameplay and action. [T]he fact is that most real-life locations are poorly suited to serve as game environments. A variety of factors conspire against the level designer that seeks to use actual buildings and spaces in a simulation, but the primary issue is that most real world locations are not designed to be played in, making for an unmemorable experience. (Gamasutra, "Educational Feature: A History and Analysis of Level Design in 3D Computer Games")

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