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DOOMENU (c) 1994 v1.0 -1-
by Keith Cooper
Thank you for trying DOOMENU. My intention was to create
an easy to use interface to take advantage of the great
developer tools within the game DOOM (c).
There should be four files included in the SFX zip file
DOOMMENU.EXE:
DOOMENU.EXE >executable
DOOMENU.PIC >menu screen
DOOMENU.TXT >this file
DOOMENU.CFG >setup\config file
The DOOMENU.CFG file is an editable ascii text file that
supplies needed information to run DOOMENU. In the first
line, it tells DOOMENU how many games you have saved by
the use of the record demo mode. (R from Doomenu)
The next twenty lines hold places for up to twenty saved
games. From top to bottom the saved games are listed in
order. If a line doesn't have a game name saved there,
-2-
then it will have a dash (-) instead. Anything besides a
dash will be treated as a saved game title. The last 3
lines of the DOOMENU.CFG file are for displaying the
name of text or graphic programs used by DOOMENU. You
can also enter your favorite ones. (see F3 key: SETUP)
When you start DOOMENU, you see the main menu screen.
Pick and press the letter to the left of the option
you want to execute. i.e. P> PLAY DOOM ; pressing P
will load DOOM as if you typed DOOM from the DOS prompt.
F1 key: HELP\CAPTURE SCREEN
Through most menu screens, you'll see option buttons on
the right side of DOOMENU. F1,F2 and F3. If they are not
there, you can't access them at that time (i.e. while
viewing the list of saved games)
F1 will display quick help screens. You use the up and down
arrows to page through the text.
When you are playing DOOM, as you might know, F1 brings up
an onformation screen, pressing it again will bring up help
for DOOM. But when you are in DEVELOPER MODES, (i.e."Start
DOOM at level?", "Recording save game", "Playing back saved
game") Then the F1 key can be used to capture a screen in
-3-
PCX format. Every time press it, the current screen will
be saved in the DOOM directory. These pictures must be
deleted manually. And you can view them easily using DOOMENU.
F2 key: PAYING THE PIPER
While running DOOMENU, F2 key brings up the most extraordinary
information you will ever see in your life. If you run it,
you'll certainly want a pen and paper ready in case it never
comes up again. I can't tell you any more about it but wield
it's power carefully.
F3 key: SETUP
F3 in DOOMENU, rewrites the configuration file (DOOMENU.CFG)
to update your graphic and text viewers. I have been using
CSHOW (Available almost everywhere and of course, Compuserve
is the surest place to get the latest copy...it's theirs)
CompuShow shows the saved screens in their original palette.
Something some others can't do. You can choose the listed
suggested ones or type in your own. If you don't know what
the command line should look like to view all PCX's and GIF's,
then refer to the programs own help screens or files.
Afterwards it will prompt you to put in the path to find the
graphic viewer. Enter if you have it in the DOOM directory
-4-
(leaving it blank). Since CSHOW has many files (and will put
up a delayed warning screen if it can't find them all) I keep
them in a separate directory. If your viewer is one file (i.e.
PICEM, then you can put it into the DOOM directory and leave
the pathing blank.
Next it will ask you for a text viewer. Any one will do, but
it needs to be in the DOOM dir or in your path structure. If
DOS is in your path then EDIT or TYPE will work fine. If you use
BROWSE or README, etc., rename it to LIST (or edit DOOMENU.CFG)
RECORD GAMES
If you are recording a game and it runs out of space or time,
then DOOM dumps you back to the menu. It will not save the game,
and it will still be on the viewer list in DOOMENU. You can
remedy this by using a text editor such as DOS edit, and editing
DOOMENU.CFG. Find the game that is errant and replace the name
a dash. Then on the very first line, change the number to one
less than it says. (i.e. line one says 9, make it an 8 because
you just took a game off the list.) Also DO NOT leave blank
(-'s) BETWEEN game names in DOOMENU.CFG. When DOOMENU sees the
first dash on the list it stops looking. So if you take a name
off the list in DOOMENU.CFG from the middle, you can easily
just delete the line and add a dash line at the end of the dash
-5-
lines (but before the last three path\program lines of the file)
START ANY LEVEL
You can warp to any level and any danger level by using this
funtion. It will put you in developer mode which means you
can take PCX snap shots anytime while you are playing.
EXAMINE SCREEN SHOTS
This uses your graphic viewer to show any PCX files in the DOOM
directory.
VIEW CHEAT DOCS
There is a file available that lists all the cheat key modes
you can use while you play DOOM. The latest I have is DOOMCHT3.DOC
This is where I got the information to write this interface.
If you get another version, either rename it DOOMCHT?.DOC
or edit the DOOMENU.CFG file to the file name you want displayed.
(DOOMENU looks for DOOMCHT*.DOC so DOOMCHT4 or DOOMCHT5 etc will
be displayed as is setup.)
VIEW MAPS
There is also a ZIP file out there that has GIF's of each level
map. Put the GIF files into the DOOM directory.
-6-
DISCLAIMER NOTICE
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DOOMENU is shareware and is copyrighted. The authors cannot be
held responsible for any damage from use or misuse of DOOMENU.
The user accepts all responsibilty by running DOOMENU. Please
distribute DOOMENU wherever DOOM may be found. Only distribute
the original SFX file DOOMMENU.EXE with it's contents intact.
(see above for file list) Thank you again for trying DOOMENU.
Please register it. Registered users can get upgrades free to
support future DOOM episodes (if developer mode is intact.)
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