Illumination is the thirty-fifth map of the single-player mode of Unreal.
Map description[]
A dramatic in-game cutscene ensues as the Skaarj Generator, destabilised by the player's intervention, consumes itself in a blinding flare of white light.
Weapons and pickups[]
Weapons[]
None.
Pickups[]
None.
Monsters[]
None.
Walkthrough[]
You've disabled the generator. Now, you get to watch as the generator tears itself apart, plunging the ship into darkness. Things are going to get a lot brighter first though...
You start at the bottom of the lift. Move off straight away so that you're not crushed by falling metal, and get right to the outside of the generator area, then look back at the generator. There will be several explosions, then the generator turns into a huge ball of light and destroys itself.
When the fog clears, all that is left of the colossal generator are the bases of the ramps and a sparkling crater. Time to return to the Mothership Core. It's dark now, so it's difficult to see, but look around for the longest cluster of hanging cables on the walls. Your exit is beneath these cables - so go across to them and go back through the door within to exit the level.
Quick Level Completion[]
- Go directly to the eastern door and wait for the generator to explode.
Difficulty Differences[]
None.
Tips and tricks[]
- Even though this map is merely a cutscene, staying in the starting area for too long is a sure way to get yourself killed by the collapsing reactor.
Trivia[]
- According to Cedric 'Inoxx' Fiorentino, technical limitations of the engine were the reason of why the Skaarj Generator exploding sequence had to be divided into two different levels (Skaarj Generator and Illumination).
- Levelshots for the map were added in the OldUnreal version 227j patch.
Author's Notes[]
The MotherShip Basement (ExtremeBeg)
The Skaarj Laboratories (ExtremeLab)
The MotherShip Core (ExtremeCore)
The Skaarj Generator (ExtremeGen)
Illumination (ExtremedGen)
The Darkening (Extreme Dark)
The Source Antechamber (ExtremeEnd).
I also did the Ending Sequence of the game (Endgame).
At the end of Extreme Core you reach the Skaarj Generator that provide the Energy for the MotherShip. After destroying it, you have to walk back in the core of the MotherShip which is unpowered this time. The power failure had some very unfortunate consequences : all the force fields which were locking the prisoners have been deactivated. Now all the badass Skaarj criminals, Mercenaries and furious Skaarj guinea pigs are walking free in the MotherShip. If you make you way through the MotherShip core again, you'll reach the end of the level and make the big jump to the Source."
One of the biggest advantage of the single player mode, is that you can have a progression. That's one of the main element when you design an adventure. It also allow you push the limit of the engine. For example in Unreal, you walk in this big Mothership, then you reach the Skaarj Generator and you destroy it. Then you go back to the Mothership which is unpowered. All the lights are gone, all the magnetic fields that locked the prisoners are off, all the lifts are broken.
This is not possible to do in a single Unreal level, especially the lighting part. You would have to use dynamic lights for the whole level and it would be terribly slow. So what I did is several copies of the level, one with lights, the other without light and you walk from one level to the other without noticing."
Gallery[]
External links and references[]
- ↑ Fiorentino, Cedric. "Extreme". Inoxx Industries. Archived from the original on May 09, 2006. Retrieved Jun 27, 2025.
- ↑ "Unreal Universe Interviews Inoxx". Unreal Universe. Archived from the original on Aug 17, 2000. Retrieved Jun 27, 2025.
See also[]
| Unreal Single Player maps |
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| Vortex Rikers • NyLeve's Falls • Rrajigar Mine • Depths of Rrajigar • Sacred Passage • Chizra - Nali Water God • The Ceremonial Chambers • Dark Arena • Harobed Village • Terraniux Underground • Terraniux • Noork's Elbow • Temple of Vandora • The Trench • ISV-Kran Deck 4 • ISV-Kran Decks 3 and 2 • ISV-Kran Deck 1 • Spire Village • The Sunspire • Gateway to Na Pali • Na Pali Haven • Outpost 3J • Velora Pass • Bluff Eversmoking • Dasa Mountain Pass • Cellars at Dasa Pass • Serpent Canyon • Nali Castle • Demonlord's Lair • Demon Crater • Mothership Basement • Mothership Lab • Mothership Core • Skaarj Generator • Illumination • The Darkening • The Source Antechamber • The Source |