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DeeP and HeeP Documentation
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Sensor Based Systems, Inc.
17010 NE 190th St
Woodinville, WA 98072
jackv56036@AOL.com
75454.773@COMPUSERVE.COM
(206) 827-8794
>>> All references to DeeP also apply to HeeP <<<
Table of Contents
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
For Ordering Information see ORDER.FRM.
1. Machine Requirements
2. Installation
3. How to start DeeP
How to start HeeP
4. Command line options
5. The DeeP.INI file and defaults
The HeeP.INI file and defaults
6. The DeeP Main Menu
7. The DeeP Map/Mission Editor
8. The commands
9. Tutorial
10. DeePbsp
11. DeePbsp and Windows << Be sure to view this
12. DeePbsp and QEMM << Be sure to view this
13. Future stuff
1. Requirements
~~~~~~~~~~~~
a. A 386 and above (a math co-processor is recommended).
b. A VGA monitor.
c. A VESA compatible video board with 512Kb (see below).
If you don't have a VESA board, download UNIVBE50.ZIP. There may be
others that will also work.
d. 540kb (610kb recommended) free memory.
e. DeeP requires approximately 1 MB of disk space.
f. Enough additional disk space to save DOOM levels you make.
g. A mouse (keyboard is a lot harder and not all things work).
h. DOS 6.2 is optional, but again makes everything else easier.
i. If you can, Shadow the Video and System BIOS. DOOM just tells you not
to, for the reasons listed below (shadowing exaggerates the problems).
j. Overview of system considerations:
DeeP stresses the DRAM refresh setting more than most programs.
If you have problems with the video, check the wait states on your DRAM.
If they are set too low, you will experience "lockups" or strange
symptoms. (Windows should also be GP faulting a lot.)
There is no "normal" system out there, but be careful if you have
a ZERO wait setting and your memory is 70ns or higher. Some 60ns chips
also do not work (on a 33Mhz system), depending on the DRAM and the board.
We have not found "ram" check programs that bring out these flaws. Every-
thing looks fine and stuff may even appear to work for a while. But if
your system likes to act up at random, take a second look at the settings.
Any system that has a "tweaked" speed (someone upped the clock speed) is
asking for trouble.
Use Smartdrive if you have enough memory, it helps speed up help, etc.
DOOM works fine (in fact loads much faster) with Smartdrive (latest one
anyway), but your system has to have more than 4MB. Smartdrive does take
memory away from the DPMI program DeePbsp, so if you run out of memory,
please reduce the size of the Smartdrive cache (how big did you make it?).
If your system acts up with Smartdrive, then of course do not use it.
DOS 6.2 is recommended to easily have 610KB available. Ask for advice
for your configuration to achieve this goal.
The default assumes a VESA compatible video board with 512Kb of memory.
Look at the DeeP.INI file and reconfigure the video if it fails to start.
The VGAONLY option should work for everyone (more video memory is OK).
If you can play DOOM reliably, you will probably be able to run DeeP.
2. Installation
~~~~~~~~~~~~
Compuserve changes the names of the files to DMDEEP.. and HRHEEP? (don't
know the last one yet, since this is the first upload of HeeP).
DeePshar.ZIP is the shareware zipped distribution files for DeeP and HeeP.
DeePreg.ZIP and HeePreg.ZIP are the zipped registered distribution files
for DeeP and HeeP.
DeePshar.EXE and DeePreg.EXE are self-extracting (if shipped).
In the examples below, the same directory is shown for DeeP and Heep.
If you run both programs, it is more efficient to put them both in the
same directory, so that the DPMI programs (discussed at end) are easily
available. Also, since the same help file is used for both, it makes it
easier to maintain. If you split them, support programs are either
required in the ROOT directory or available via the DOS PATH. These are
DeeProot.exe and the DPMI programs discussed below in DeePbsp.
If you get a new version of one program and not the other, be careful that
you don't read newer instructions that don't apply to the older program!).
In that case, you may wish to rename the help files and modify the .INI
files as required and/or put them in their own directory.
a. Use PKUNZIP (2.04 or later) to unzip DeeP.ZIP into any directory on your
hard drive. PKUNZIP is available from many sources, probably including
the one you obtained DeeP from. (Now this was probably in a zipped file
so you already know how to do this, right?)
Replace the DOOM2 directory with HERETIC if you have HERETIC and not
DOOM. The name is for illustration, this is just one way to do it!
Example for DOOM II (c:> prompt assumed): ------------------------
cd\DOOM2 [go to DOOM II directory ]
mkdir DeeP [create a directory for DeeP]
cd Deep [go to directory ]
-- for the shareware version--
pkunzip a:DeePshar.ZIP \doom\deep [unzip from your a: drive.]
-- for the registered version--
pkunzip a:DeePreg.ZIP \doom\deep [unzip from your a: drive.]
b. Run DeePZIP.exe in the directory of your choice and it extracts itself.
Example (c:> prompt assumed):
cd\DOOM2 [go to DOOM II directory ]
mkdir DeeP [create a directory for DeeP]
cd Deep [go to directory ]
-- for the shareware version--
copy a:DeePshar.EXE [copy to target directory ]
DeePshar.EXE [self extract into directory]
-- for the registered version--
copy a:DeePReg.EXE [copy to target directory ]
DeePreg.EXE [self extract into directory]
3. How to start DeeP
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
DeeP is started by typing: DeeP <command line options>
HeeP is started by typing: HeeP <command line options>
If your video or mouse misbehaves, see the DeeP.INI or HeeP.INI
for recommendations.
DeeP, HeeP and DeePbsp create a temporary file name ~DeeP.tmp.
This is used for memory overflow control. It may be deleted any time if you
are short of space. It is created every time you run either DeeP program.
The size of the file is usually 0, but for very large levels will be larger
than this.
The file ~DEEP.WAD is created when you rebuild Nodes from DeeP.
The file ~HEEP.WAD is created when you rebuild Nodes from HeeP.
This is a copy of your last saved level. You can use this to restore in case
something goes wrong with the node building. You will get the message level
"whatever you called it" not