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- Bloodlands text file 3 August 1996
-
- Contents:
- 1. Announcement
- 2. Installation
- 3. Troubleshooting
- 4. System requirements
- 5. Where to find files
- 6. How to get help
- 7. Some legalities
-
- ---------------
- 1. ANNOUNCEMENT
- ---------------
-
- TeamTNT proudly announces the release of
-
- +--------------------------+
- | Bloodlands - Episode One |
- | The Deathmatch Levels |
- +--------------------------+
-
- Bloodlands is a set of 32 DOOM II Deathmatch-only levels from
- TeamTNT. It is now available on ftp.cdrom.com and its mirrors.
- See below for the exact path.
-
- We tried to pay attention to deathmatch in Icarus: Alien Vanguard,
- but there's no substitute for dedication. Bloodlands is all
- deathmatch, all the time. We have small levels for tight, high
- frag-count mayhem, and larger ones for more players and for the
- folks who like hunt-and-seek deathmatch. But in every case it's
- going to be a fun time.
-
- You wondered what happened to the weekend when you played Icarus.
- You'll wonder what happened to the month when you play Bloodlands.
-
- Features:
-
- - 32 brand new levels by some of the best Deathmatchers
- - Difficulty levels used to fine-tune game rules
- - Three 5-minute fragfest demos with 3 and 4 players
- - All in one WAD, easy to run
- - Works with DOOM II version 1.9 or Final DOOM
- - Intermission music by David Shaw
- - Small overall WAD size of 3MB, zipped to fit on a diskette
- - It's by TeamTNT members, so you know it's good
- - Startup batch file included
- - Kept small by limiting new graphics and music
-
-
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- 2. INSTALLATION
- ---------------
- Bloodlands comes in one WAD file, zipped into one ZIP file. You'll
- need PKUNZIP.EXE or an equivalent unzipping utility to unpack
- TNTBLOOD.ZIP. This will produce TNTBLOOD.WAD and TNTBLOOD.BAT (and
- another copy of this file).
-
- Just unzip it into your DOOM2 directory and run TNTBLOOD.BAT, or
- load TNTBLOOD.WAD in your favorite front-end program.
-
- Floppy download:
-
- Not a problem. Bloodlands fits on a floppy--it's barely over a meg
- when zipped.
-
-
- ------------------
- 3. TROUBLESHOOTING
- ------------------
-
- Not much can go wrong, since this is just one WAD file. However,
- since not much can go wrong, something might, and maybe a few
- steps here will help.
-
- a. First, verify that TNTBLOOD.BAT and TNTBLOOD.WAD are in your
- DOOM2 directory, and that you are in that directory when you
- type TNTBLOOD.
-
- b. Spell TNTBLOOD right.
-
- c. If it starts up and crashes with a message similar to
-
- "Demo is from a different version"
-
- then you're not running DOOM2 version 1.9. You'll need to
- upgrade if you're going to look at the demos (which are
- well worth the trouble). Upgrade files are available all
- over the place, and particularly at ftp.cdrom.com or
- ftp.idsoftware.com. Your DOOM2 version number will appear
- at the top of the screen while DOOM2 is initializing.
-
- d. If you notice that the full-screen intermission texts (like
- between MAP06 and MAP07) don't make sense any more, or that
- the automap names don't match the level names, that's because
- we chose to honor id Software's wish that we not alter their
- DOOM2.EXE file, and that's where that stuff is stored.
-
-
- ----------------------
- 4. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
- ----------------------
-
- A computer that will play DOOM2 well. Deathmatch is deathmatch,
- and you won't need any more computer or modem power than you'd
- need with DOOM2 by itself.
-
- You'll like it better if you have a good sound card, but if you
- do much deathmatch you already know that.
-
- The WAD file is a bit over 3MB, and you'll need about 5MB
- free available during unzipping.
-
- Any other requirements (modem, network stuff) are no different
- than if you were running DOOM2 without Bloodlands.
-
-
- ---------------------
- 5. WHERE TO GET FILES
- ---------------------
-
- Bloodlands was uploaded to ftp.cdrom.com at
- 1:00 PM CDT on Saturday 2 August 1996. It will be moved to its
- own directory and will be propagated to the cdrom.com
- mirrors after that. We expect to also upload it over the few
- days following that date, to Compuserve, AOL, Fidonet and
- possibly some others. As of this writing, only ftp.cdrom.com
- has it, and that's the place you can be guaranteed to find
- the most recent version.
-
- So, FTP to ftp.cdrom.com and look in directory (mixed case)
- /pub/doom2/themes/TeamTNT
-
- While you're there, get Icarus if you don't already have it.
-
- ------------------
- 6. HOW TO GET HELP
- ------------------
-
- If it's about DOOM2 itself, contact id Software.
-
- If it's about Bloodlands, don't contact id Software.
-
- Bloodlands questions can be handled by other players on the
- usenet newsgroups, various forums on Compuserve and other
- services, and by TeamTNT by email. Either write to us at
-
- teamtnt@neosoft.com
-
- or go to our web page at
-
- <http://www.neosoft.com/~teamtnt>
-
-
- ------------------
- 7. SOME LEGALITIES
- ------------------
-
- Bloodlands is a copyrighted work and though free
- is not public property ("public domain"). Don't take stuff
- out of our levels, and don't take our levels out of Bloodlands.
- Bloodlands should have been free to you (connection times and
- stuff notwithstanding) and shouldn't have shown up on
- someone's DM collection or CD. If it does, let us know right
- away.
-
- We thank you for trying Bloodlands. Let us know what you think
- about it. Try out Icarus and Final DOOM too, and check back
- around October '96 for another episode of Bloodlands.
-
- Bloodlands - Episode One and associated files are
- (C) Copyright 1996 TeamTNT
-
- ///End of file