5 seconds is really short, and it's a good trade-off for the removal of gold and experience penalties. Also don't forget you respawn in town with all your gear (no corpse is created, not even in town like in current version). Even potions in your belt do not drop anymore when you die. And if you're still so upset about it, then I suggest you simply don't die
Anyways, a few screenshots. I got rid of the game's limitations that prevented red portals from traveling to another act. Both source and destination areas had to be in the same act, and this was kind of cockblocking us for various features. This is no longer a problem, for example you can now open the cow level's portal from wherever you want
I've also fixed a client bug with act palettes for levels. First screenshot is before the fix, and the second screenshot is after the fix.