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- D O O M E D
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- v. 0.90
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- DOOM Saved Game Editor
- by
- Arun Bhalla
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- "DOOM" is a registered trademark of Id Software, Inc.
- DOOM (c) 1993 Id Software, Inc.
- DOOMED (c) 1993 Arun Bhalla Software
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- What is DOOMED?
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- What do you mean? What is it like to be doomed? Maybe I should play Doom
- to find out.
- This is DOOMED. It is? I would feel terrible to be doomed.
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- Sorry about the puns, but DOOMED is a DOOM saved game editor. Probably
- the best so far, and it will get better. Yes, that's right, this is
- Arun "Mr. Saved Game Editor" Bhalla, having also put out PRINCED and CIVED,
- for Prince of Persia & Civilization, respectively. I can almost contend
- that I can make a cheat for any game, as long as the data files are not
- encoded or uses a checksum in such a way that only a computer could do it.
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- (Send me your requests. If I have the game, I could attempt a cheat for it.)
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- Why is it DOOMED?
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- In following the xxxED series (saved game editors), DOOM's saved game editor
- thus becomes DOOMED. This series is maintained by Arun Bhalla Software
- (that's me!), the company being formed after AUTORND ( a nifty batch file
- randomization program, pretty handy for people who like random processes,
- such as at startups, etc).
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- Upon seeing other DOOM saved game editors (DOOMEDIT v.3.0 & DOOM Cheat by
- Joe Snow), I decided that 1) they were not compatible with DOOM v.1.1,
- 2) they were not really neat enough/user-friendly, or 3) this isn't just
- comprehensive enough. So I created DOOMED, made in a little over day
- or day and a half. After hacking through my DOOM saved games, and a lot of
- guesswork, I created DOOMED, shoved pretty much into the CIVED engine, just
- repainted. After that, I decided that Id Software occasionally screwed up
- the format, but oh well... it's their format, and I'm not one to complain.
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- I should probably get started on the instructions <it's simple>
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- How to be DOOMED:
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- After that lengthy opening screen, which you'll probably hardly scan through,
- I will remind you to _make backups_, unless you like to live risks. I
- can say that DOOMED shouldn't have a problem with the saved game, but DOOM
- might dislike having an exceedingly high value for your ammo or health,
- but, of course, you could always re-modify the saved game with DOOMED instead
- of copying doomsav0.bak to doomsav0.dsg. It's really your choice.
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- Anyhow, on the second screen, just enter the saved game number that you want
- to use (0-5 in accordance with DOOM). Yes, you can even see the descriptions!
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- The third screen will be known as the status screen. You will notice the
- filename of the saved game, description, and version number [1.0 or 1.1].
- Below is the level you're on, the health you have, the armor you have,
- the keys you have, the weapons you have, the ammo you have, and the modes/
- suits you have activated, with the time left.
- Note that the keys are color-coded, so if you see a blue-colored text as
- "Access card", it means you have a blue access card. Simple, isn't it.
- Note that time is in minutes, everywhere.
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- The next screen is the menu screen.
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- You can choose to:
- 0) abort all changes and exit
- 1) edit the health, armor, difficulty level, and saved game
- description <- handy!
- 2) edit the keys you have
- 3) edit the weapons you have
- 4) edit the ammo for each weapon, along with the maximum
- 5) edit the suits/modes you have, and the time left for each
- 6) save all changes and exit
- 7) quickly "max out" on everything and exit
- (which is very handy when you want everything)
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- In most cases, when the program requires that you enter a single-digit
- number (as is the case with the keys or weapons or menus), you do not
- need to press the Enter key. Generally, you can press a number and wait
- a second. If it doesn't do anything, you'll need to press Enter. If it does
- do something, you don't need to press Enter.
- On each screen, there will be some notes about what you are about to edit,
- so you might want to read that. You can always press 0 to go back to the
- previous screen.
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- What's next?:
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- Ok, so I didn't need that much for instructions. I tried to make an editor
- that was user-friendly and less computerish and yet powerful enough for
- people to fool around with the numbers. The numbers are mostly long integers
- with a maximum at a little over 4 billion (4,294,967,295) just for your
- sake. Fool around a bit... however, keep in mind that sometimes editing
- produces weird results, mostly because of the way DOOM was programmed.
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- Soon I'll probably fix-up DOOMED to popup & pull-down menus and other sorts
- of things. Something to look forward to.
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- What's the catch?
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- Officially this is shareware. However, in the spirit of DOOM (and Christmas),
- if you use this program, you MUST send me a postcard (cardware) :)
- I will accept donations (usually monetary), and donations of $8 or more will
- result in you receiving a registered, personalized copy from of DOOMED, plus
- more incentives, such as a discount off my other saved game editors, and a
- discount off my future saved game editor for a whole bunch of shareware games.
- Plus a whole slew of information about DOOM.
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- For donations of $8 or more, please print out and mail/fax REGISTER.FRM.
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- I do offer technical support for DOOMED right now...
- call (708) 961-5678 during weekends & holidays
- or (708) 907-5605 during weekdays
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- or mail me at abhalla@imsa.edu or abhalla@aol.com.
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- Thanks for trying DOOMED out, and call Shadows in the Rain BBS, the main
- distribution site for DOOMED v.0.90! (call 708-305-3491). You can even
- mail me...send all mail for me to "WOLF" on that BBS. Please send me any
- questions, comments, or concerns.
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- Greetings to Shane, Phil D. (if this ever gets to you), David W., people at
- IMSA, Vijay Kapoor (if this ever gets to you), Jay Wilbur & the rest of
- Id Software, Ryan P., and other people I know, but I didn't put down here.
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- Happy holidays, happy new year, and happy DOOMING!
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- PRINCED (c) & TM 1993 of Arun Bhalla Software
- CIVED (c) & TM 1993 of Arun Bhalla Software
- Prince of Persia (c) & TM 1993 Broderbund Software/Jordan Mechner
- Civilization (c) & TM 1993 Microprose Software
- DOOMED (c) & TM 1993 of Arun Bhalla Software
- [end of documentation 12/30/93]
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