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Running DOOM on a Windows for Workgroups v3.1 network
Note: much of this is based on work from Ron Kundla
(kundla@cis.ohio-state.edu) and I'm indebted to
him for taking the time to do the dirty work.
Note: This worked on older versions of Doom and the early
commercial version. I have not tested this method on v1.4
or newer versions, but it will probably work
Note: (yes, again). This is for WFWG 3.1, which comes with all
the necessary IPX drivers. Users of WFWG v3.11 will need
to find some drivers not shipped with that version. One
source is DOOMIP.ZIP, in the Action Game Aids Library
(#8) of the GAMERS forum on Compuserve.
Note: (the last, I promise) To be safe, save PROTOCOL.INI,
SYSTEM.INI, AUTOEXEC.BAT, and CONFIG.SYS before starting.
If something goes wrong, restoring these files should get
you back to the old system settings.
1. Start up Windows. Bring up the Main folder and double-click on the
Control Panel. Double-click on the Network icon. Look at the bottom
of the window this action generates and you should see several large,
grey buttons, one of which is labelled Networks. Double click on it.
2. We now will be adding the Novell IPX network protocol drivers. Note
this will result in the drivers being loaded at boot time, not just
when WFWG is run; this procedure modified Autoexec.bat and Config.sys
Let it do so - if you desire, later on you can create options within
the files to use the drivers or not, but first let's get it working.
The screen should now show two boxes, labelled "Available Network Types"
and "Other Networks in Use", with Novell Network on the left box.
(if it's on the right box, it is already installed - albeit maybe not
correctly). Click once on the Novell line, then click on the ADD button
(be sure to have your original disks handy, as you'll probably need to
supply one or more as WFWG searches for the drivers). The Novell line
should show up on the right box. Click on OK to exit the screen. Two
files are installed to your hard drive: NETX and MSIPX.
3. WFWG will probably want to reboot, but click on Don't Reboot. Go to File
on the menu, select RUN and type SYSEDIT. Click on the Autoexec.bat
window to bring it to the front if it isn't there already and search for
the line
c:\windows\netx.exe
change it to read
rem c:\windows\netx.exe
which will disable that line (netx apparently goes out and checks for a
real Novell Netware network and load a shell program, which you obviously
don't have). Save the file, exit Sysedit, shut down WFWG like normal
(really! Shut it down, don't go into a DOS box) and reboot the computer.
As it boots, look for comments about BINDING. If you don't get a message
about incomplete bindings, you're probably all set! If you get errors,
then things are not going well - the ipx drivers didn't like your net-
work card or ....something else is wrong <g>.
4. Now, at the DOS prompt (yes, DOS. The drivers are already loaded in
memory; there's no need to go into WFWG), start the network with the
command
NET.EXE LOGON <username> <password> /YES
where <username> and <password> are your userid and <password>,
respectively, and the capital letters are literaly what you type in. If you
don't have a password, then don't enter anything for it. This starts the
network connection on your machine. Go into Doom's Setup and configure the
game for network play. You'll need to select a socket number greater than 1
(think of a socket as a telephone number). All members (1-4) of a group
must use the same socket number.
Note: on older versions of DOOM, the sockets would not release after being
used, so subsequent play required choosing a new socket. I haven't tried it,
but assume that it was fixed in later releases.
Oh, one other comment, one I get from a lot of newbie network doomers. No,
some of the cheat codes just won't work in network play. Any command that
starts with an 'i', for example, since pressing 'i' transmits the successive
text to the 'indigo' (relating to the jacket color of one of the group's
on-screen persona) player.
Finally, if you have the older broadcast-method version of Doom and are
playing on a company network, please, please, please, please? Get a newer
version that doesn't use broadcast transmission, so you don't bog down the
network for other people. Let's keep the killing on-screen <g>.
Dave Timoney
Humongous Entertainment
72662,1360