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- DOOMICO VERSION 1.3
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- Here are some DOOM icons. The first three icons are regular 16 color ones
- that I made with an icon-drawing utility for version 1.0 and 1.1 of DOOMICO.
- All the icons after that are 256 colored These icons haven't been tested
- with 16 color monitors, but they have been tested with VGA monitors running
- 16 colors in Windows and they worked fine. These icons ARE freeware, but NOT
- public domain. If you would like to use any of these icons in one of your
- programs, please contact me... I'm pretty generous about it. Most of
- the time, all I'll want of you is to plug DOOMICO, and tell your audience
- where to find it. I did talk to some people on the Internet about using these
- icons, but after a few dialouges I didn't hear anything from them. If
- you are one of these people, PLEASE contact me before using these in one
- of your programs.
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- Also:
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- I am not with nor have any relation to id Software. If you have problems
- with these icons, don't contact them. All the 256-color icons are screens
- taken out of DOOM itself. I didn't draw them. All art credit for those
- icons have got to the great artists that help to create the great atmosphere
- of DOOM. Namely Kevin Cloud and Adrian Carmack.
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- Here's the files that you should have:
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- DOOM.ICO } Doom logo.
- DOOM2.ICO } Doom logo with red background.
- DOOM3.ICO } Doom playing screen-like icon.
- TITLEPIC.ICO } The opening screen in DOOM. I think it's the best icon of the
- bunch.
- SPLAT.ICO } Cool bloodsplat.
- DOOMLOGO.ICO } The Doom logo. Kind of squashed by otherwise, pretty cool.
- SMILEFAC.ICO } A perfect example of Windows converting the icons to its
- pallette. Its you (the marine guy) smiling devilishly.
- ID.ICO } It's the id Logo.
- CHAINSAW.ICO } The Chainsaw.
- CACO.ICO } Mr. Cacodaemon
- README.TXT } This file.
- FILE_ID.DIZ } Description file.
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- Installation:
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- 1) Click once on the icon of the program you want to change.
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- 2) Click on the Program Manager's "File" menu option. Then select the
- "Properties..." option from the list.
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- 3) A box pops up with some information and has five buttons on the right
- side. One of the buttons says "Change Icon...". Click on it.
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- 4) Another box pops up. Click on the "Browse..." button on the right.
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- 5) Find the file of the icon you want.
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- 6) Once you find the file, click on its name in the list of files in the
- left list box. Then press OK.
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- 7) Pick the icon you want by double-clicking on it or by clicking on it
- once and then pressing OK.
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- 9) Now you should be in the "Program Item Properties" box. The icon you
- chose should be on the lower left.
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- 10) Click the OK button if you are satisfied, and you are off and running!
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- History:
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- Version 1.0: First release of DOOMICO
- Released 2-31-94
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- Version 1.1: Change to DOOM2.ICO to make the background longer. Added
- installation instructions in the readme text.
- Released 3-03-94
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- Version 1.2: Added another icon, corrected grammatical errors.
- Released 5-21-94
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- Version 1.3: Bam! Lotsa new stuff!!! Tons o' icons, 256-colors, alot of
- stuff taken straight from DOOM!
- Released 8-24-94
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- Troubleshooting (Q & A):
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- Q: Sometimes when I pick the icon, I'll just see a blank square where I'm
- supposed to see the icon.
- A: This happened when I was using Plug In, a Windows Program Manager
- shell. My suggestion is to unload the shell and then install the icon.
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- Q: Why do some of the icons that you took straight from DOOM look different
- from when they're in the game?
- A: Windows converts the 256 color icons to their pallette. This became a
- big factor when I was picking which icons to put in this collection. I
- couldn't make a lot of really cool graphics into icons because they'd look
- horrible.
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- Q: Will these icons be compatible with Windows 4.0?
- A: They SHOULD be... I'm not sure because Windows 4.0 hasn't come out as of
- the time I'm writing this.
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- Q: Where's OS2 support?
- A: There's a few Windows to OS2 icon converters out there. I suggest
- you pick up one of those utilities.
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- Where you can reach me:
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- I love comments, so please feel free to give me your opinions, and ideas.
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- My Internet address is: robert_silva@microlinkbbs.com
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- Write to:
- Robert Silva
- 1250 Palo Verde
- Ridgecrest, California
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