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By using this software you agree to not hold the authors responsible for anything. 0.1 It is recommended that you upgrade to at least 1.666 version of DooM and/or DooM ][. 1) INSTALLATION -------------- 1.0 This installation proceedure may be done in a DOS multitasking environment, such as Windows, so that you can follow the instructions set out below. But remember to quit multitasking before running DooM. 1.1 Please DELETE the following files from previous versions of DooM Assistant from you DooM and/or DooM ][ directories. Don't be concerned if you don't have some of these files. DA.BAT DA.CFG DA.RSP DADOOM.BAT DASSIST.DOC DASSIST.EXE DASSIST.WDB DA.WDB 1.2 Rename DA.PDB to DASSIST.PDB if you have this file. Rename DA.CFG to DASSIST.CFG if you have this file. 1.3 Unarchive DASST166.??? into your DooM and/or DooM ][ directory. Overwrite every file except DASSIST.PDB (Phone Number Database) and DASSIST.CFG (DooM Assistant Configuration File) if the archiver prompts you for a response. 1.4 If your PWADs are in a separate directory besides the DOOM.EXE or DOOM2.EXE then edit DASSIST.CFG as follows: Doom1PwadsDir= <Full Path to DooM I PWADs Directory> Doom2PwadsDir= <Full Path to DooM ][ PWADs Directory> 1.5 Type DA and hit return. 1.6 If you are using the advanced WAD archiving feature (see Advanced Features below) you will be prompted by a message something like: Examine AGOODWAD.ZIP for PWAD details? [y,N,a,q] Press 'A' 1.7 If you are familiar with DooM and DooM shells then the screen you are presented with (after examining you PWADs) should be self explanatory. If you are unfamiliar with anything then read on or quit you DOS multitasking environment and give it a go. 2) UNIVERSAL FUNCTION KEYS -------------------------- 2.0 Universal Function Keys work from within any window. They are F2 - Phone DataBase (Select, Edit, Delete phone numbers) F10 - Run DooM or DooM ][ Space - Forward Cycle, Enable/Disable, Tag/Untag Left Arrow - Backward Cycle, Enable/Disable, Tag/Untag Right Arrow - Forward Cycle, Enable/Disable, Tag/Untag Down Arrow - Move Selector Down Up Arrow - Move Selector Up TAB - TAB to next window (See Chapter 3.0) Shift-TAB - TAB to previous window (See Chapter 3.0) 3) DOOM ASSISTANT SETTINGS -------------------------- 3.0 The left half of the DooM Assistant screen is divided into smaller windows which group together related DooM settings. You can cycle through each setting by using the space, enter or left and right arrow keys. Use the up and down arrow keys to move to another setting. Lets run through each option: 3.1 Level Settings ------------------ 3.1.1 Level Settings determine what Episode and/or Map you wish to start playing DooM from. DooM I (or just plain DooM) is divided up into 3 Episodes and each of these 3 episodes is divided up into 9 Maps. This is usually written in the short form E1M2 ie Episode 1, Map 2. In DooM both Episode and Map are changeable. DooM ][ on the other hand is divided up into 32 Maps without the use of Episodes. The short form is written as MAP06 ie Map 6. Therefore only Map is changeable. This explaination should describe there the first 2 settings. Starting DooM in another besides the initial level is called Warping. 3.1.2 The third option 'Level Timer' is used in DEATHMATCH games to end each level after so many minutes. 3.2 Skill Settings ------------------ 3.2.0 Skill Settings are used to set the difficulty of play you wish to encounter. 3.2.1 Skill Level is used to determine how many enemy monsters you wish to encounter. 'No Skill Level' will equate to no monsters at all and 'NIGHTMARE!' means that the monsters will come back to life (respawn) after 30 seconds of being dead! The settings in between only affect the amount of monsters encountered, who do not respawn. 3.2.2 Monster setting allows you to have 'No Monsters, 'Normal' Monsters, or 'RESPAWNING!' monsters regardless of the settings in Skill Level (see 3.2.1) 3.2.3 Turbo allows you to increase or decrease your player's responsiveness 'Disabled' or '100%' is normal whilst below 100% would be slow and above 100% would be faster and more responsive. 3.2.4 Fast Monsters may be 'Disabled' normal or 'Enabled' where the monsters shoot and move faster. 3.3 Multi-Player Settings ------------------------- 3.3.0 Multi-Player Settings are used for playing DooM with another person by serial cable or modem connection. (DooM Assistant does not support DooM games via a computer network) 3.3.1 Game Type allows you to select a single or multiplayer game. The types are: 3.3.1.1 Single Player - just you. 3.3.1.2 Cooperative - Two players connected by modem or serial cable working cooperatively to kill the evil monsters. 3.3.1.3 DEATHMATCH - Two players connected by modem or serial cable in a death match to kill they other the most. This Game Type does not have respawning ammunition or items and therefore the ammunition may run out before you are finnished (See 3.3.1.3 DEATHMATCH 2.0) 3.3.1.4 DEATHMATCH 2.0 - The same as DEATHMATCH except that ammunition and items will respawn after 30 seconds for continued game play. ============================================================================== NOTE: If you choose a Game Type other than Single Player you will need to check all the settings in the Multi-Player Settings window and verify that they are correct. See the rest of Chapter 3.3. ============================================================================== 3.3.2 Connect Method tells SERSETUP.EXE (a DooM utility that looks after 2 player serial connection games) in what manner you will connect to the other players PC. 3.3.2.1 Dial - means that you will be dialing the other PC via modem connected to your serial port. They will therefore need to select Answer. 3.3.2.2 Already Connected - means the the two PCs are already connected via a null modem cable (a null modem cable is a cable that fools two PCs into thinking that they are communicating with each other via modem) or you have already established a connection via other terminal software. 3.3.2.3 Answer - means that you will be answering the other PC via modem connected to your serial port. They will therefore need to select Dial. 3.3.3 Modem Port is used to specify what COM Port your modem or null cable is connected to. ie COM1, COM2, COM3 or COM4. 3.3.4 Baud Rate specifies the serial PORT speed and MODEM speed. The minimum Baud Rate is 9600 and therefore your modem must be able to send and data receive at the speed without error correction and data compression enabled. NOTE: You will most likely need to edit the MODEM.CFG file in the DOOM directory before making your first modem connect. The first line of the file is an initialization string and it will need to be edited to: * Turn off error correction. * Turn off data compression. * Lock your modem at 9600 Baud Rate for 9600 BPS modems " " " " 9600 Baud Rate for 12000 BPS modems " " " " 14400 Baud Rate for 14400 BPS modems " " " " 19200 Baud Rate for 28800 BPS modems * Turn off all hardware and software flow control. (Please consult your modem documentation or latest DooM FAQ) 3.3.5 Phone # is used to select the persons phone number that you wish to connect to. The first line shows the number that will be dialed and the second line shows their name. Select F2 to edit the Phone DataBase. 3.3.5.1 Phone DataBase To add a new number (or delete an old number) select F2 at anytime. Use the up and down arrow keys to highlight a number or blank space. Hit Enter to edit, Space to select it for dialing or Esc to abort. 3.4 Other Settings ------------------ 3.4.0 Other Settings covers miscellaneous settings. 3.4.1 Saved Games allows you to run DooM from a previously saved game. You will need to be sure to load the same PWAD and Map/Episode. DooM can hold upto 6 Saved Game positions. 3.4.2 Use PWads. This feature is the heart of DooM Assistant. To play External Patch WADs this must be 'Enabled'. (See Chapter 4) To play ordinary DooM 'Disable' this setting. When you re-'Enable' Use PWads those PWADs that you had tagged previously will be remembered! ============================================================================== ADVANCED FEATURES ============================================================================== 4) EXTERNAL PWADS - THE PWADS WINDOW ------------------------------------ 4.0 The wonderful people at id Software have written DooM so that it can also play external or patch WADs written by other authors. A Patch WAD (or PWAD) is usually a whole new level of DooM and may include new monsters, items, weapons, graphics, sounds & music. To Run DooM with a PWAD you must have Use Pwads 'Enabled' (See Chapter 3.4.2) 4.1 The right-hand window gives a detailed listing of your PWADs and relevant information. This window is called the PWADs window. 4.1.1 The heading of PWADs window indicates the number of PWADs tagged. This is useful incase you fail to realise that a PWAD is tagged on a page not visible to you. (See Chapter 4.1.6) 4.1.2 The first column lists all the PWADs (WAD extension) and ZIP compressed files (ZIP extension). It is assumed by DooM Assistant that all ZIPs contain a WAD (See Chapter 5). 4.1.3 The second column contains the Episode/Map where the PWAD starts from. 4.1.4 The third column contains the highest Episode/Map that the PWAD (or PWADs, in the case that more than one is found in a ZIP - See Chapter 5). If only one Episode/Level is found then the second column is intentionally left blank. 4.1.5 The fourth and final column contains flags indicating the Game Type (See Chapter 3.3.1) that the PWAD is designed for. These flags indicate: S - Single Player (ie. Player 1 start + monsters) C - Cooperative (ie. Player 1 & 2 starts + monsters) D - DEATHMATCH & DEATHMATCH 2.0 (ie. DEATHMATCH player starts) 4.1.6 If you have more than one page worth of PWADs to display a scroll bar will appear on the right border indicating what page you are viewing of you list of PWADs. The highlighted blue box at the top of the screen indicates the top page. The format is the same as the Windows scroll bar. 4.1.7 If your PWADs are kept in another directory besides the directory where DooM Assistant is then the PWAD directory will be indicated at the bottom of the window. (If you wish to edit the location of the PWAD directory see Chapter 1.4) 4.2 Function Keys in the PWAD window are: Page Up, Page Down - that should be hard to work out :) Up Arrow, Down Arrow - to move PWAD selector Left Arrow, Right Arrow, Space, Enter - Tag/Untag PWAD for playing Ctrl-U - Untag all PWADs (Good idea before selecting a new PWAD) Ctrl-T - Tag All PWADs (Only if you have a series of PWADs all belonging to the one theme. Del - Delete a PWAD (WAD or ZIP extension) which is highlighted by the selector. Any tagged PWAD or ZIP will not be deleted. 5) PWAD ARCHIVAL STORAGE ------------------------ 5.0 Another great feature of DooM Assistant is its ability to store your PWADS in compressed PKZIP format. PWAD files compress very well and thereby save you alot of hard drive disk space. 5.1 To take advantage of this feature all you need to do is to PKZIP those PWADS which get played together into a recognisable ZIP file. Mostly you will have a single PWAD in a ZIP but occasionally you may get a bunch of PWADs to do with a theme that are required to run together. For example one PWAD may change the level layout, another the monsters, another the wall, floor and ceiling textures and finally another the music and sounds. These 4 PWADS you would then archive into one ZIP file. DooM Assistant will find all these PWADs when you tag the single ZIP and add them all to DooM for you. Isn't that nice!! :) 6) TROUBLE SHOOTING ------------------- 6.1.1 Communications problems during modem play - DooM SerSetup parameter overflow Some versions of SerSetup (v1.666 for example) pass parameters to DooM whilst others (v1.9 for example) use response files. If after tagging a number of PWADs you have connection problems then you will need to upgrade your DooM and SerSetup to the latest versions. These upgrades are available from the Internet: ftp.cdrom.com 6.1.2 Some/all PWADs not added - Insufficient disk space to uncompress PWADs Check that you have enough free Hard Drive space to uncompress all the tagged compressed PWADs. 7) OTHER STUFF -------------- 7.1 Contact the authors via: Scott Hall FidoNet 3:712/393 Internet shall@world.net David Greene FidoNet 3:712/393 Internet davidg@world.net 7.2 Copyright - All Trade Marks etc. are acknowledged.