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- Multi-player DOOM Device Driver
- Copyright (c) British Telecommunications plc. 1996
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- About this driver
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- This driver (in conjuntion with the BT Wireplay server) allows two players to
- take part in a single game of DOOM, DOOM II, HERETIC or any other iD Software
- game based on the DOOM networking system.
-
- This DOOM device driver is intended for use with the BT Wireplay service, but
- will operate on direct serial port or modem-modem links like the standard
- SERSETUP.EXE driver supplied with DOOM.
-
- Compatible versions of DOOM
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- This driver requires version 1.6 or greater of DOOM. iD Software provide
- updates to the DOOM engine from their World Wide Web site:
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- http://www.idsoftware.com/
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- Command line arguments
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-
- In addition to the normal SERSETUP.EXE arguments (eg: -answer -19200 etc.)
- this driver accepts the following arguments:
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- -nodes <n> Number of players taking part in the game (default 2)
- -modem Assume a modem is being used [applies RTS/CTS flow control]
- (assumed if -dial or -answer are supplied)
- -ticdup <1-4> Duplicate game 'tic' information to reduce modem bandwidth
- and speed up the game (default 4 - minimum bandwidth)
- -extratics <0|1> Provide extra 'tic' information on each tic to make game
- smoother at the expense of some bandwidth (default 1 - on)
- -program <prog> Launch another program (default DOOM2.EXE then DOOM.EXE).
- NB: You must provide the file type extension eg:
- multiser -program DOOM19.EXE
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- Wireplay is a trademark of British Telecommunications plc.
- DOOM, DOOM II & HERETIC are trademarks of iD Software.
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