Conference 501clb::pcdoom

At the command line...

Type: Doom -devparm -wart %1 %2 -skill %3
        %1 is episode number
        %2 is map number (1-9)
        %3 is skill level (1-4)

        Ex: "Doom -devparm -wart 1 1 -skill 4" will start you on the first
            map of episode one with the hardest skill level.

Type: Doom -devparm -wart %1 %2 -skill %3 -record $a

  %1, %2, %3 are same as above.
        $a is the name of file you record to, don't include
        extension.

        Ex: "Doom -devparm -wart 1 2 -skill 1 -record Vhold" will put you on
            episode 1, map 2, skill level 1, and start recording what you do
            to a file named "Vhold.lmp"  To finish, you MUST either die or
            finish the level, then it will dump you to dos.  If you exit any
            other way, it won't save the file.

Type: Doom -devparm -playdemo $a
        $a is the name of the file you recorded.

        Ex: "Doom -playdemo Vhold" will playback the file vhold.lmp you
            recorded.

-devparm turns on Development mode, doing so makes F1 take screen shots
in the game and I'm sure it also enables the cheat keys I'm sure.  It is
necessary to use -devparm with the other commands other wise it gives you
the usual start-up menu and makes the other options null.

Type doom -timedemo -demo1 

Then leave your PC alone, when you die the demo will run on for a while longer,
then exit to DOS with the gametics and realtics numbers and then just use the 
formula gt*35/rt=FPS.

This will tell you the number of frames per second (FPS) Doom is running at.

    DOOM -devparm dem  (Command Line Parameter)
    
    How does it work?
    
    Chip

    
    Does anyone out there know what the cheat is to see your opponent on
    deathmatch?
    
    I read somewhere it was iddt but this just lets me type messages to my
    opponent.
    
    I am using V1.2 on sersetup playing starwar2.wad with nomonsters.
    and a null modem cable.
    
    aTdHvAaNnKcSe
    
    Mark (Doomaholic) Allen
    

    re. .3
    Thankfully Id disabled cheating while in deathmatch. If you were
    able to cheat what would be the point of playing deathmatch ???
    
    Gary
    

>    Does anyone out there know what the cheat is to see your opponent on
>    deathmatch?

    You don't need a "cheat" to see your opponent in DeathMatch - it just
    happens (t'wouldst be a bit pointless if that wasn't true)...

    Can anyone explain the difference between the following.
    
    -altdeath. I know it's a command line prompt, but does it give you
    	       anything out of the ordinary.
    
    Selecting deathmatch in setup.
    
    What is Deathmatch 2.0 under the warp screen.
    
    Does using one of the above give you something different in Deathmatch
    mode that another one wouldn't?
               

    Regarding -1
    
    Surely someone must know the difference for the Deathmatch selections
    that I was inquiring about.
    
    Nobody plays Deathmatch ????

    
         Hi all,
    
         RE: Deathmatch -altdeath
    
         Deathmatch 2.0 and -altdeath do basically the same thing, they
            allow respawning of items during a deathmatch mode except
            for invisibilities and invincibilitites.
    
                                                           Does this help?
                                                            Mike.
    

    
    I have a PWAD called Megadeth. Good fun in single player mode but it is
    designed for deathmatch. I play deathmatch on a serial connection and
    have no idea how to get one working using this PWAD. Can I do it from
    the 1.666 setup or do I have to do it through command line
    instructions?? It doesn't explain it in the TXT file. 

    I think it's something along the lines of :-
    
    SERSETUP -FILE MEGADETH.WAD -DEATHMATCH
    
    There are extra options for line speed, alternative deathmatch rules,
    no monsters, etc. but that should do it. Anyone?

    
    	Dan,
    
    	I'm getting closer. Tried your previous and it boots into
    deathmatch but at E1L1. Megadeth is E2L7.
    
    Tried >sersetup -file megadeth.wad -altdeath -wart 2 7 1.
    
    I now get it booting but it says can't open e:\doom\e2m7.wad.
    
    	How do I get to E2M7 ?
    
    Tony

    Ahh right no problem - this'll do it:
    
    SERSETUP -FILE MEGADETH.WAD -ALTDEATH -WARP 2 7
    
    ...I think ;-)
    
    (Wart?! Where did you get that one from?!)

> (Wart?! Where did you get that one from?!)



A frog?



Ba-Da-Boom!!!  :-)

    
    man, that was pretty poor....
    
    

    
    Wart.... I did wonder about that.
    
    Someone - don't know who, Dan put in 21.1

    Oh, that'll be Greg, he's got a warped sense of humour..
    
    or should that be warted..... hmmmm...
    
    <groan>
    
    Oh well, works now I take it?

    
    Thanks Dan,
    
    It works. Only two of us here play Deathmatch and I'm unbeaten. Usually
    only quick games - first to five frags. Last game on megadeth was a 5
    to -1 victory.
    
    Love it....

Can't hold out any longer.  For someone who's never played
Death Match and probably never will cuz he lives out in the
sticks, has only one PC, and has no network connection to
anywhere without a toll call...what's a "frag"?

    Bob,
    	I'm glad you asked that, I have been wondering myself.
    
    Pierce

    A frag is when one wipes out one's opponent in deathmatch.
    
    Cheers, Laurie.

> A frag is when one wipes out one's opponent in deathmatch.

Nah, a frag is what gives you warts!



:-)

    
    oh man......
    
    -frag -wart
    

    -ribbit

    We had a lot of trouble getting serial deathmatch to work last weekend.
    We managed to use standard DOOM1/2 ok via setup, but we wanted to use
    some DOOM1 deathmatch WADs via sersetup. We could load WADs ok, but if
    we used a -deathmatch switch, the extra WAD didn't work. As DOOM came
    up, it would claim to be loading the WAD, but it didn't appear. Here's
    the command line we were using on each machine (yes, the com port stuff
    is correct):
    
    sersetup -file wadname.wad -com1 -irq4 -57600 -deathmatch
    
    Should we have been using a [-nodes 2] command? Should we have used
    -warp to get to the correct level for the deathmatch wad (E1M1)? Does
    anyone know where we were going wrong?
    
    Cheers, Laurie.

    I think you *can* try the NODES 2 command, it might help. Other than
    that, I used to use the same command except I never bothered specifying
    an IRQ number?... :-(
    
    You shouldn't need to warp if it's the first level you want to go to
    (E1M1)... make sure each machine is using exactly the same WAD (just
    checking!!) and, apart from that, if one of the machines has a slower
    serial port try using a slower speed (ie. doesn't have one of those
    nice lovely 16550 UARTs, eh Laurie ;-) nudge nudge !!!)
    
    Cheers,
    Dan

    Both machines had a 16550 UART... Hmmm.
    
    Cheers, Laurie.

    What version is this, Laurie? V1.666? Didn't I read of a problem with
    16550 UARTs?? Oh where was it again....... errm.......
    
    All this stuff on FLYTE and you can never find what you're after :-)

    Here's the scoop:
    
    Machine A) Pentium P90
            B) 486DX2-80 Gigabyte EIDE, 16550 UART
            C) 486DX4-100 Promise EIDE, 16550 UART
    
    Machines A and B will talk to each other, neither will talk (properly)
    to machine C. The game comes up, and then hangs for a few seconds at a
    time at random intervals. Machine C has a bus mouse, others have a
    serial mouse. The occasional hangs make the game unplayable. Machine C
    plays DOOM perfectly well stand-alone, and only caused problems in
    serial mode after I installed the EIDE card.
    
    The command line problem is something else, and was happening between A
    and B. We could run either DOOM in deathmatch using SETUP, but command
    line SERSETUP wouldn't play if we tried to use an external WAD file. We
    were using the command line I mentioned earlier. And no Shaun, the
    margheritas only seemed to affect you that way! ;^)
    
    Cheers, Laurie.

    >>C) 486DX4-100 Promise EIDE, 16550 UART
    
    Hmmm... sounds familiar.... 2300+?.....Promise? AMD? ;-) ;-)
    
    	Is is something to do with the fact that the Promise's serial port
    is '16550 compatible' and not necessarily an actual '16550' ?? Plus it
    needs drivers loaded beforehand, yes?
    
    	As for the command line option, I dunno.... I'd have to check out
    the FAQ or something..... soz, Loz :-( can't help you there. More of a
    netty player, me.
    
    Cheers,
    	Dan, the person whose sole reason for getting the house to buy 4
    network cards was to play DOOM !!!!!!!!

RE:         <<< Note 21.30 by FORTY2::HOWELL "Just get to the point..." >>>

�    	Is is something to do with the fact that the Promise's serial port
�    is '16550 compatible' and not necessarily an actual '16550' ?? Plus it
�    needs drivers loaded beforehand, yes?
    
    Well, I checked my system last night (I swapped my 400meg Seagate for a
    540 meg) and some dork (8^)) had REMmed out the call to the COMS
    program that drives the serial port. Maybe that was it...
    
�    	As for the command line option, I dunno.... I'd have to check out
�    the FAQ or something..... soz, Loz :-( can't help you there. More of a
�    netty player, me.
    
    We did check the FAQ, several times... We still couldn't get it to
    work. Mind you, I, personally, wasn't thinking that straight, so maybe
    in the cold light of day we would have done a better job. In the end we
    blamed the WAD files (WHIP_ME and CHEESE, we gave up after that).
    
    Cheers, Laurie.

    with names like whip_me and cheese no wonder they didn't work they are
    purely for masochists, and they purposefully don't work.
    
    
    
    :-)
    
    
    Mark

    whip_me's actually a good Dmatch wad, albeit with a dodgy name :^)

    Thanks Greg... All I need to do is to be able to play the bloody thing!
    
    Laurie.

    Anytime Laurie :^)

    AAARRRRGGGGGHHHHH!