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- Direct from id, with slight edits by yours truly, here's the
- newest DOOM info and answers to all of the questions everyone keeps
- asking. Everything in this document is very tentative and is subject
- to change.
-
- Your "Official" DOOM FAQ Writer,
-
- Hank Leukart
- (ap641@cleveland.freenet.edu)
-
- (1) Will DOOM v1.4 have new features? What are they?
-
- DOOM v1.4 WILL have new features. They are:
-
- * map bug fixes
- * sound code all re-written with Sound Blaster AWE32 support!
- * SETUP now has dialing directory
- * SETUP now lets you choose your modem from a list to create MODEM.CFG
- * new DeathMatch rules (selectable)! They are:
- + everything on the level respawns after 30 seconds
- except the INVISIBILITY and INVULNERABILITY
- + you can't kill yourself anymore. -1 frag for killing
- yourself!
- + you pick up a weapon, it goes away for 30 seconds like
- everything else!
- * old DeathMatch rules changed a little: you can't kill yourself, or
- -1 frag for you. It's now possible to have negative frags!
- * rewritten Network and Serial drivers for high-speed modems and
- more efficient network traffic
- * shareware v1.4 will NOT let you run external .WADs. People must
- register to have fun with the rest of the crowd.
-
- (2) When will v1.4 be released?
-
- It should be released in about 2 weeks.
-
- (yeah, I know, but that's what I was told!)
-
- (3) What will "DOOM II: Hell on Earth" have that is different from DOOM?
-
- "DOOM II: Hell on Earth" will have:
-
- * Chaingun dude. Kill him & pick up his weapon!
- * Archvile: Resurrects dead demons and does a Hellfire attack on ya!
- * Fatso: Shoots triple high-speed bruiser-damage shots, but moves
- around pretty slowly
- * Pain Elemental: A gray/brown Cacodemon that shoots Lost Souls! When
- you kill him, 3 Lost Souls birth from the goo!
- * Hell Knight: A weaker, lighter-colored version of the Baron of Hell
- * 30 levels
- * Lots of graphics
- * All new music
- * More sound effects
- * Runs a little faster than original DOOM due to further code
- optimizations!
- * Totally killer DeathMatch-designed levels!
-
- (4) How many copies of DOOM have been sold?
-
- id estimates that about 70 to 80 thousand copies have been sold.
-
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