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- RUNNER -- FIRST RELEASE
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- (created for Doom/Doom II -- Heretic version also available)
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- DISCLAIMER: I, PAUL POLLACK, CANNOT TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY HARM
- CAUSED BY THIS PROGRAM. THIS IS DISTRIBUTED "AS IS" WITH
- NO WARRANTY EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED.
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- IMPORTANT NOTE: IF DISTRIBUTED SEPARATELY, RENAME F.DIZ AND D.SDI TO
- FILE_ID.DIZ AND DESC.SDI BEFORE UPLOADING. THANK YOU.
-
- Preface: What is Runner?
-
- Runner is a customizable program that allows users to execute your
- PWAD without having to type in arcane commands from the command line. It
- was developed by Paul Pollack of DragonHawk Productions, and may be freely
- distributed with your PWAD provided that some acknowledgement is given, and
- that it is NOT distributed with PWAD's that work with the shareware version
- of DOOM. This is according to id's wishes, since otherwise I might somehow
- be discouraging others from registering.
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- This version of Runner has been created specifically to work with
- Doom or Doom II, both by id software. A version that supports Heretic
- and its PWADs is also available; both are included in Doom Level Design
- for Laymen version 1.5 or above.
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- PART I: REQUIREMENTS
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- - An ANSI driver loaded before running the program
- - EDIT, included with DOS 5.0 and higher
- - A PWAD you wish to have a runner for
- - Doom/Doom II
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- PART II: SETTING IT UP
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- One of the features that sets RUNNER apart from other similar
- programs is its ease of use. Included in this release are 8 files you
- should edit in order to get RUNNER to work correctly. First of all,
- use the DOS EDIT command to EDIT RUNDATA.DAT (DO NOT EDIT RUNNER.DAT!!!).
-
- Each line of RUNDATA.DAT contains differnet information about
- your PWAD that RUNNER needs to know in order for it to execute properly.
- The first line is the name of the WAD, e.g., Imps Unleashed... Thus,
- the first line would look like this:
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- IMPS UNLEASHED
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- The second line contains the WAD title name again, this one to
- be displayed prominently on your main menu screen. An example would be:
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- IMPS UNLEASHED -- PART 1 BY SLIMY SOFTWARE
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- The third line of the file contains information to be displayed
- right under the previous line's contents (remember, DMRUNNER automatically
- centers these for you, so you don't have to worry about spacing). It
- might look something like this:
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- WITHOUT IMPS UNLEASHED, DOOM IS JUST ANOTHER 3D GAME...
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- The fourth line is a miscellaneous message, to be displayed
- right above the choices. You might want it to look something like this,
- if we're continuing along the IMPS UNLEASHED theme:
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- SELECT AN OPTION FOR IMPS UNLEASHED NOW!
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- The next line is the one which contains the name of the EXE file
- you want your PWAD to run -- (e.g. DOOM2). Replace it and move on...
-
- The sixth line contains the actual filename of your level. For
- example, you might have:
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- IMPUNLSD.WAD
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- The exit message is stored on the last line. This will be displayed
- after your PWAD has been run, and you exit Doom. You might want it to
- say:
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- Thanks for running Imps Unleashed. It's been a pleasure.
-
- The last line is simple, and usually short. It contains the
- level number you'd like Doom to warp to. For example, you might want
- this line to read
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- 1
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- if you're running a Doom II PWAD which starts off on the first level.
-
- Then again, you might want it to say:
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- 2 3
-
- if you're running a Doom I PWAD that starts off on the third level
- of episode 2. After replacing the contents, save the file. Viewing it
- with a text editor, or such, it should look something like this (with
- one line provided above and below the actual file contents):
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- IMPS UNLEASHED
- IMPS UNLEASHED -- PART 1 BY SLIMY SOFTWARE
- WITHOUT IMPS UNLEASHED, DOOM IS JUST ANOTHER 3D GAME...
- SELECT AN OPTION FOR IMPS UNLEASHED NOW!
- DOOM2
- IMPUNLSD.WAD
- Thanks for running Imps Unleashed. It's been a pleasure.
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- We're done, right? Not quite... Now that you've finished with those
- files, run DMRUNNER.EXE and see how you like it. Not bad, eh? Now rename the
- file DMRUNNER.EXE to whatever you want the runner's EXE name to be, for
- example, IMPUNLSD.EXE. Copy all the files, except RUNNER.BAS, wherever
- you'd like them, whether in your PWAD directory so you can ZIP and U/L
- your PWAD ASAP, or to your Doom/Doom II directory, so you check out how
- it'll work for the average user.
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- PART III: DISTRIBUTION
-
- You may distribute DMRUNNER.EXE (or whatever you've renamed it) with
- your PWAD; in fact, I encourage to do just that. Remember, however, that
- you may NOT use this as a runner for PWAD's that intentionally work with
- the shareware version of Doom, nor may you use this without acknowledging
- me at least somewhere in your PWAD's documentation.
-
- PART IV: SOURCE CODE
-
- I've included RUNNER.BAS (created by QuickBASIC 4.5 and stored
- in text format), the only file (aside from this one) not needed by
- DMRUNNER.EXE, to give you an idea of how RUNNER was made. You may use this to
- modify RUNNER, and/or improve on it, provided that you state that the
- original program was created by Paul Pollack.
-
- PART V: GOOD LUCK!
-
- Good luck creating the PWAD runner of your dreams! If you have
- any questions I can be reached on the Board of Trade BBS as Paul Pollack,
- or on the Internet as paul.pollack@intol.com. Thanks for downloading and
- happy DOOMING!
-
- -- Paul Pollack
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- Future Version Wish List
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- These features may or may not be in the next version of RUNNER:
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- 1. Removal of the one-line limit
- 3. Any user suggestions
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- THANKS FOR DOWNLOADING!!!
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