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- *** DMCHECK by Jean-Serge Gagnon <az589@freenet.carleton.ca> ***
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- *** Check ftp.cdrom.com or the Synapse BBS at (819) 246-2344 for the ***
- *** latest version. ***
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- ** GENERAL **
-
- A utility for DOOM, versions 1.0 to 1.9 for DOOM 1 and DOOM ][!
-
- This is a handy little program for all you PWAD authors out there that want
- a way of knowing what version of DOOM the user is using. You can use
- DMCHECK to verify the version of DOOM. It will also tell you if it is
- registered or not. I added a few useful features for those who have more
- complex PWAD setups, like patches for monsters and floors, you'll want to
- know if there's enough room on the hard disk to do the update and you may
- also want to set the time and date back to their original state after
- modifying a file or two. As an added bonus, I added a function to control a
- batch file with questions asked to a user, so you can change the outcome of
- the batch file based on user input. All that can be done with DMCHECK.
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- ** FILES **
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- This archive should contain all these files. If it doesn't, then it means
- you do not have the original release. You may get it from the DOOM FTP site
- ftp.cdrom.com or the Synapse BBS at (819) 246-2344 or check with me for it.
-
- README.1ST Copyright, thanks and history of DMCHECK.
- DMCHECK.DOC This file.
- DMCHECK.TXT Short description for FTP sites.
- FILE_ID.DIZ Short description for BBSs.
- DMCHECK.EXE The DOS executable of DMCHECK.
- TRYME.BAT Batch file to show sample usage of DMCHECK.
- SOURCE\ Source code files of DMCHECK.
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- ** USAGE **
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- First off, let me say that all the help needed is on-line! Just use the /H
- parameter to get help. You can also use the /H parameter in addition to an
- other parameter (like Space or What) to get additional help on that
- function.
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- Thanks for using DMCHECK, a utility for batch files and DOOM PWAD or
- DEHACKED creators. DMCHECK will permit you to know if you can apply your
- patch to the installed version of DOOM. You can also use DMCHECK to make
- sure that there's enough free space on the hard disk, change the date and
- time of any file and enhance a batch file with the ask function found in so
- many other utilities. The idea first came when I decided to create a new
- PWAD for DOOM called OTTAWAU. It was more than a normal PWAD with only new
- graphics wall patches, it also had new floors, ceilings, sprites and
- monsters. With version 1.2 of DOOM, it wasn't possible to have those kinds
- of objects in a PWAD file, and until OTTAWAU, I had only seen two ways of
- distributing those kinds of graphics, either by patching the DOOM.WAD
- file with DMGRAPH (with a bunch of GIF files) or by distributing the PWAD
- with all of the sprites or floors, which I understood as being a breach of
- copyright because some of the distributed material was part of id's
- property. I wanted an other way of doing it, so I found a binary patching
- utility and went ahead and started creating that way. I needed a way of
- making sure that there was enough space on the disk when the patch was
- applied, so I got a utility for that. When version 1.666 of DOOM came out,
- I decided to create DMCHECK for all that, so here it is...
-
-
- Jean-Serge Gagnon
- <az589@freenet.carleton.ca>
-