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Doom Network Menu System
Version 12.0, Aug 22 1994
Copyright 1994, Jason Sandlin
All Rights Reserved
You can find the latest version of DooMenu thru internet's anonymous FTP at
wuarchive.wustl.edu
in /pub/MSDOS_UPLOADS/games/doomstuff <---|
infant2.sphs.indiana.edu <---| |
in /pub/doom/incoming <---| | |
or in /pub/doom/misc <--- It should be called DOOMEN*.ZIP
or in /pub/doom/multi_doom/modem <---| |
or in /pub/doom/multi_doom/net <---|
MAKE SURE YOU ARE USING DOOM V1.2 or HIGHER!!!
**** What is DooMenu:
DooMenu now fully support Death Match v2.0 and -fast if you use v1.4+ of
Doom. DooMenu will search thru WAD files for the correct map/episode for
easy play! It will now even load multi-pwads! It will also allow IPX
network, modem, and null-modem play, or stand alone play quickly and easily
thru a menu which is far better than the one packaged with Doom. DooMenu
allows you to choose coorperative, or deathmatch with respawn or no monsters
on or off, it can load a save game, or use an external WAD file. It will ask
you for the skill, episode, episode map, number to dial, and weather to
disable call waiting. It can store up to 9 different default friends for
speed dialing. DooMenu now supports DEH files to be used with DeHacked.
It is very quick and does a lot more than the Doom setup does. The Doom
setup does not support -nomonsters, -file, -fast, or call waiting. DooMenu
does this and more.
**** How to Start:
Just type DOOMENU and follow the instructions.
After you have configured doomenu, all you need to do is to type DOOMENU
and it will load up and ask you a series of questions. Answer them and
eventully it will load up ipxsetup.exe, doom.exe, or sersetup.exe with the
proper parameters.
If you ever need to reconfigure DooMenu just type
DOOMENU /C
If you want to change the colors to your liking type
DOOMENU /COLOR
**** HELP! DooMenu is screwing up and I can't figure it out!
Try typing del doomenu.* and unzip the orginal again. Sometimes that seems
to help. If it still does not work, leave me a comment on internet.
**** Explain How DooMenu use external WAD files?
DooMenu looks in the user defined wad directory for all wad files
besides the main doom wad file. If any are found it adds the option to load
an external wad file at the episode prompt. Once you select this you are
given a list of all wad file in the dir. Use the arrow keys and highlight
the one you want and then it will use that wad file in to play. Make sure
the person your playing with also has loaded the same wad file. Once you
have selected the wads you want, if you tell it to doomenu automatically
looks in the wad file to find the first level the external wad edited, and
then automatically warp to that level. DooMenu will also record the number
of times each of wad you have has been played, so it will be easy to spot
wads you haven't tried yet. This will be stored in DOOMENU.WDI. Sadly Doom
v1.4+ does not support loading external wad files so you will either have to
registered Doom or change to doom v1.2. If you find that you can't get wads
to work and have read the docs fully, leave me a comment and maybe it's not
you.
**** Explain How DooMenu use DEH files?
First off DooMenu and DEHACKED by Greg Lewis will only work with the
registered version of Doom. DooMenu looks in the user defined DEH directory
for all DEH files. Once you select the option to load a DEH file you are
given a list of all wad file in the dir. Use the arrow keys and highlight
the one you want and then it will use that DEH file with the DEHACKED
exectutable which must be in the user defined DEH directory. Make sure the
person your playing with also has loaded the same DEH file. If you find
that you can't get the DEH files to work and have read the docs fully, leave
me a comment and maybe it's not you.
**** Does DooMenu support different SERSETUP's not made by ID?
Yes. It will send the commands as normal to sersetup.exe, so just name
your new sersetup to sersetup.exe. If you need to add an command line option
to sersetup everytime, for example you need to send -14400 then just type
'DOOMENU -14400'. You can pass up to 9 commands thru doomenu to the new
sersetup.
**** Sometimes I get a warning message about my command line being long?
I am telling this to tell you about a MAJOR problem you will almost
definatly ecounter if you use DOOM v1.2 with DOOMENU or any other DOOMENU
clone. What is this problem? I'll tell you. There are major bugs in
passing more than 155 character command lines to doom v1.2 or sersetup, like
doomenu can. With the ability to load more than one external wad file its
easy to go far beyond 155 characters. I think DOS v6.0+ (5?) and 4DOS can
support command lines more than 155 characters, but it seems that DOOM is not
reconizing them. Anyways I am just warning you that there will be error if
you try to do TOO much. DooMenu will beep at you and display a warning
message if this occurs so if that never happens you will be fine. In v1.4+
there is a @RESPONCE file which removes the 155 barrier which DooMenu fully
supports, but the shareware v1.4+ doesn't exactly need it cause you can't
load pwads :(.
**** How do pay tribute to this great shareware author?
For full details of registered please view DOOMENU.REG. By registering you
can receive, if you wish, the source code (written in Turbo Pascal v7.0) to
the latest copy of DooMenu, and the lastest copy of DooMenu.
Thanks for your support.
The very least you can do if you have internet access is just to leave me a
message expessing your opinion of DooMenu.
**** Do you have any thing else to say?
I would like to thank everyone on internet for helping me with ideas on
how to improve DOOMENU, and of course for those that registered with DooMenu
with me. I am amazed at internet's ability for mass information, and how
that it is only getting bigger. I'd also like to thank ID, alt.games.doom,
and the sysop of infant2.sphs.indiana.edu for obvious reasons. I'd like to
thank Greg Lewis for writing DeHackEd and making another util that makes
doom once again interesting. I'd also like to thank Rob Verenna for
making/hacking that pretty little PCX file displayed when you reconfigure.
If you find any errors or have any suggestions get in touch, but try to make
sure that you have the newest version. See the top of this file for location
on where to get it on internet.