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Also contains info on where to get the "Official" FAQ for id Software's popular action-oriented computer game "DOOM" Archive-name: games/doom/RGCD-faq Rec-games-computer-doom-announce-archive-name: RGCD-faq Posting-Frequency: weekly (every Wednesday) /\ \ _ \ / __ \ / __ \ \ __ \ //\\ | | | | | | |_| | | |_| | | \ | /Last\ | |_| | | | ____ | | | | | | Maintained By: /Update\ | / \ \\ / \ \___, | \ | | \Sep 07/ | |\ \ \ / \ / | \ | | Frans P de Vries \1999/ | | \_\ __ \__/ _ \__/ _ \ \/ | \\// | | |_ /_\ / \ \ / \/ |/ | | | \_X \_/ ()=========================================================================() || This is the "Official" RGCD FAQ.
html|| ()=========================================================================() ==** IMPORTANT NOTE **== Below is the list of DOOM FTP archives. All URLs (Uniform Resource Locators) of files on these sites have been generalized in this document. The template is shown as "{INS_site/path_HERE}" and MUST be replaced by a real site and path from this list when FTP'ing.
Where are DOOM source ports for DOS, Linux, Win95, WinNT, OS/2, DecAlpha, AmigaOS, BeOS, AcornRiscOS? Where are official DOOM ports for NeXT, SGI, QNX, Linux, Solaris, Mac, Win95, OS/2, BeOS, AcornRiscOS? What goes on at DOOM II Level 30 and how do I finish it? What are those two secret levels (31 and 32) in DOOM II? Are there lists of the secrets in DOOM, DOOM II, Final DOOM, Heretic, Hexen? How can I take screenshots in DOOM, DOOM II, Heretic, Hexen, Strife? Can I play user-created PWADs with shareware DOOM or Heretic? What can I do about demos from a different version in a PWAD? Where are the more spectacular PWADs I keep reading about? Where are the more spectacular demo movies I keep reading about? How can I convert DOOM, DOOM II, Heretic, Hexen levels to each other? Does DOOM benefit from a FPU for floating point calculations? Are there lists of DOOMers who play over modems or via the Internet? DOOM is a 3D first person perspective action computer game created and published by id Software. Important features are: highly immersive gameplay, texture mapped environment, modem/network play. It can also be extensively modified, which has resulted in a huge number of add-on utilities and new levels.
These 5 newsgroups are dedicated to the discussion of DOOM in any and all versions, sequels (DOOM II), ports and addons, as well as 3D action games (like Heretic) published by other companies that use DOOM-like concepts and techniques licensed from id Software. answers for info on how to read/post news articles via email/gophermail. help and aims to help (new) players by providing help files and answers to their questions.
org (Ian Mapleson) () Section 1 - Hot Topics -------------------------------------------------() 1A. zip Note: this is for Linux & X Windows, and has no sound/music support. Where are DOOM source ports for DOS, Linux, Win95, WinNT, OS/2, DecAlpha, AmigaOS, BeOS, AcornRiscOS?
hqx MacDOOM II has been released and is for sale in retail stores only. zip DOOM for OS/2 was in development by IBM but is apparently cancelled. DOOM for BeOS is in development by Chris Herborth and a beta is now available.
if you bought it legitimately, you should be able to return it for an upgrade. There has been rumor of a legitimate patch, but no factual information appears to be available on this. The original DOOM registered, extended with a new episode entitled "Thy Flesh Consumed", for sale in retail stores only.
PWADs like Trinity and A41_Coop that define new textures don't work in UDOOM because of a changed texture list (TEXTUREx). wad' to join the PWAD with the main wad, and deutex -restore' to undo this.
Alternatively, extract TEXTURE1, TEXTURE2 and PNAMES into a temporary PWAD and 'join' this with the main PWAD (avoids modifying the IWAD). Two variants of DOOM II by third-party authors, for sale in retail stores now. Each has 32 levels and new graphics, but no new weapons or monsters.
Hexen'95 has been released and is for sale in retail stores only. MacHexen has been released and is for sale in retail stores only. Hexen: Death Kings of the Dark Citadel is a data-disk with 3 new hubs (20 levels), 6 deathmatch levels and a few new enemies, for sale in retail stores only. Strife is a DOOM-like RPG game in a futuristic setting by Rogue, for sale in retail stores only.
The upgrade may have changed levels such that a saved game becomes inconsistent and unable to load. To bypass the check, use a binary editor near the beginning of the file to change eg. YMMV () Section 3 - Cheats & Secrets -------------------------------------------() 3A.
htm , which also includes cheat codes for DOOM'95 and all console versions. can't be injured, except in teleport frags cockadoodledoo - Chicken mode; turns player into chicken w/ 30% health massacre - Kill all monsters on level ponce - 100% health rambo - All Weapons, full Ammo (incl. Bag of Holding), 200% armor skel - All Keys shazam - Power mode; doubles power of weapons (== Tome of Power) gimme$# - Get artifact;
idkfa - "cheater - you don't deserve weapons" (Notes: To use the cheats, type 'em in while the game is in progress; One special cheat code to display your opponent in deathmatch was discovered. To activate, in Map Mode keep Alt down and type iddt' four times. This works in DOOM / DOOM II but not in Heretic with ravmap'. can't be injured, except in teleport frags, when falling from extreme heights, and by the large spikes shooting out of the ground ebiessman deliverance - Pig mode; turns player into pig w/ 30% health cstika butcher - Carnage; kill all monsters on level sgurno clubmed - 100% health crhinehart nra - All Weapons, full Mana, full Armor mraymondjudy locksmith - All Keys braffel indiana - Full Inventory;
jsumwalt where - Display map ## & x/y/z co-ordinates in decimal notation rrettenmund ticker - Display fps dots (fps = 70 / <dots+1>) kschilder noise - Display sound debug info pmacarther mrjones - Display version info reveal mapsco - Toggle map detail (can use in Map Mode only; repeatable) 3 modes: normal -> all walls -> all monsters (-> normal) quicken martek - 1st time: "trying to cheat? rambo conan - "cheater - you don't deserve weapons" wewin - disabled (wins the game; only in first demo version) ## - Play track ## of a CD (Notes: To use the cheats, type 'em in while the game is in progress; All cheats are disabled in Titan/Pope/Archimage skill and in multi-player games) 3E. can't be injured, except in teleport frags stuff - God mode;
Notes: To use the cheats, type 'em in while the game is in progress; What goes on at DOOM II Level 30 and how do I finish it? The backwards-sounding voice says, when played in reverse: "To win the game, you must kill me, John Romero." html (Fact #4) The head on the pole behind the Demon is DOOM programmer John Romero's. The only way to enter that area is to use the no clipping' cheat. What are those two secret levels (31 and 32) in DOOM II? They are levels from Wolfenstein-3D, predecessor of DOOM. They are accessed from level 15 through the secret exit in the south-west. There are 4 Commander Keen's hanging around' in level 32. Commander Keen and Wolf3D are earlier game series created by id and distributed through Apogee. Are there lists of the secrets in DOOM, DOOM II, Final DOOM, Heretic, Hexen?
How can I take screenshots in DOOM, DOOM II, Heretic, Hexen, Strife? Start them with doom -devparm', doom2 -devparm', heretic -ravpic', hexen -ravpic' or strife -devparm';
Or start a new game as soon as the title screen is shown. A very large level with many objects can exceed the savegame buffer as you try to save it, and thus crash the game. Level authors should try to keep the size of the savegame files below about 180Kb to avoid this. Where are the more spectacular PWADs I keep reading about?
"CyberMan: Wrong mouse driver - no SWIFT support" is a normal startup message when no Logitech CyberMan(tm) controller is connected. The cause is that no more than 20 Lost Souls are allowed on a level at any time. If a level starts out with more, Pain Elementals will be initially idle. Another phenomenon is stray Lost Souls _outside_ the playing area. When a Pain ...
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