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Obituary, 1/95 by TiC, The Innocent Crew, denis@doomsday.shnet.org
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THIS IS THE UPDATE PATCH FOR OBITUARY. 5/95 by TiC
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This will fix several problems installing/playing Obituary.
Now it should work with every version of Doom 2.
Use this, if:
- you could not install Obituary correctly
- you have HELL KNIGHTS in the levels
- Doom 2 is breaking with 'numlumps errors'
Otherwise just skip this.
If you don't like to update, you can download the already updated
version of Obituary. Look out for the file OBTIC11.ZIP, it contains
the complete Obituary v1.1.
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Obituary is distributed as freeware. You are not allowed to change
this package. We (TiC) are not liable for any direct or indirect
damage caused as a result of using this software. Use it at your own
risk.
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Be sure to get all 3 files. OBTIC1.ZIP, OBTIC2.ZIP and OBTIC3.ZIP.
Don't try to play Obituary without all files!
(Don't use OBTIC11.ZIP, it contains the already updated version.)
-> Please read at least this section! It contains important
-> information on how to install/update Obituary.
First, sorry guys out there who could not install Obituary.
Hope this helps.
--[ Updating Obituary ]----------------------------------------------
* Install a clean version of Doom II. I mean CLEAN, you know.
Obituary should (now) run with every version. Best is to update
Doom II to version 1.9! (the demos will be version 1.9)
* Copy ALL files of OBTIC1.ZIP and OBTIC2.ZIP to your Doom II
directory or a special 'update' directory. The file FILES.LST
contains a list of all files you need to update/run Obituary.
AFTER this, copy all files of OBTIC3.ZIP in the same directory,
OVERWRITING existing files.
-> Start UPDATE.EXE to update your Obituary files. <-
-> This can take a while, don't panic. <-
-> After completing you can delete UPDATE.EXE and UPDATE.WAD. <-
--[ Running Obituary ]-----------------------------------------------
You will need at least 7 MB free disk space to play Obituary!
Be sure to have ONLY Doom 2 in your directory, NOT DOOM!
* Start OBTIC.EXE to install Obituary (be sure to copy all files
into your Doom 2 directory before running this)
Hit F1 or F2 to install Obituary. Anytime your are in this menu,
you can re-install Obituary. If you want to check out the weapons,
just hit F2 - if you don't like them, just hit F1 to install the
normal add-on.
OBTIC.EXE will change your DOOM2.WAD and DOOM2.EXE file. Don't
panic, you can uninstall everytime, restoring your original Doom II.
If you want to play normal Doom II again - you have to uninstall
Obituary first.
-> If the install process of OBTIC.EXE does NOT work, I included
-> 3 batchfiles to install Obituary. They will pause after
-> every job, if you have problems - let me know which job does
-> not work! More about batchfiles at the end of the file.
* After installing, play Obituary by pressing F5. See the original
OBTIC.DOC for details about running Obituary in serial or network
games.
-> If you have a few Hell Knights in the first level -
-> THE DEHACKED PATCHES DID NOT WORK.
-> Try to install Obituary with the batchfiles!
--[ Possible problems running Obituary ]-----------------------------
(1) - OBTIC.EXE is hanging during Install.
Try to press ENTER/RETURN and wait a few seconds. If this
is not running, try to install Obituary yourself.
(See batchfiles at the end of this file.)
(3) - Doom II is not running. It hangs before/during the WAD-init.
You forgot to uninstall Obituary. You tried to run Doom 2
with Obituary installed or with any other PWADs than
OBTIC1.WAD and OBTIC2.WAD.
(4) - Doom II is not running. It hangs during the Doom refresh
daemon init.
You forgot the PWADs. Add the files OBTIC1.WAD & OBTIC2.WAD
when starting Doom II. Don't use OBTIC3.WAD.
(5) - Doom II is not running. It hangs at the Playloop init.
This is a kind of special failure and we could not find
out why this happens. The only way to solve this, is to
uninstall Obituary and to check the files DOOM2.EXE and
DOOM2.WAD, they MUST be in exact original state.
If not, reinstall Doom 2.
If this isn't working, use the Batchfiles to install
Obituary and e-mail me which jobs failed!
--[ Batch files to install Obituary ]--------------------------------
You have full control of what will be changed. Press Return after
every job. E-mail me which jobs are not running!
OBNORM.BAT -> installs normal Obituary.
OBWEAP.BAT -> installs Obituary with the special weapon patch.
OBUNINST.BAT -> uninstalls Obituary. Should work only if you
have installed Obituary before.
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PLEASE REPORT ANY BUGS & PROBLEMS WITH OBITUARY TO:
denis@doomsday.shnet.org
or
denis.moeller@kiel.netsurf.de
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Thanks to Steffen Voigt for reporting a lot of bugs.
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