| Title: | Doom - The Game |
| Notice: | Doom stuff - see 183 Out of HOURS Access |
| Moderator: | BAHTAT::HILTON |
| Created: | Tue Jun 14 1994 |
| Last Modified: | Thu Jun 05 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
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Could somebody give some help to a novice DOOMER? (DOOMII)
What's the difference between the regular WAD files and the
PWAD files. I know how to use/start a regular *.WAD file, but
how can I use a PWAD file?
Thanks
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| 167.1 | FORTY2::HOWELL | Just get to the point... | Mon Feb 20 1995 06:13 | 23 | |
They're the same thing.
Some terminology :-
IWAD (Internal Wad)
The original wad. Very big. Holds details on EVERYTHING (the
graphics, the level layouts, the sounds, and so on...)
PWAD (Patch Wad)
A wad file which can be 'overlayed' over DOOM's existing, internal
wad. This will just replace specific parts (ie. levels, sprites,
sounds, pictures, etc) and leave others unchanged if desired.
WAD
This is just a general term - it could mean either of the
above though, in normal chit-chat, it usually refers to a PWAD.
Does this help?
Cheers,
Dan
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| 167.2 | files w/.000 extention | GLDOA::LITZENBERG | Mon Jun 05 1995 16:30 | 6 | |
Related to WAD files, I downloaded some from Cserve recently. Some
came in .ZIP format and some were in .000 file extentions. What do I
do with the .000 files?
Thanks,
Litz
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| 167.3 | FORTY2::HOWELL | Just get to the point... | Tue Jun 06 1995 05:45 | 7 | |
The .000 files might just be index files - try TYPEing them and seeing
if they're just a text file. Failing that, I can only guess they're
maybe some UUENCODED files or something... you'll need a UUDECODE
utility to decode them. But I'd imagine they're more the former ;-)
Cheers,
Dan
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| 167.4 | BAHTAT::HILTON | Beer...now there's a temporary solution | Tue Jun 06 1995 07:00 | 1 | |
Or they are multiple zip files maybe? | |||||
| 167.5 | FORTY2::HOWELL | Just get to the point... | Tue Jun 06 1995 07:02 | 6 | |
If so, why the .000 extension? You mean, one for each floppy disc?
Hmmm.... maybe. But normally the naming scheme goes more like
ZIPFILE1.ZIP, ZIPFILE2.ZIP, etc for multiple floppy-disc files.
Cheers,
Dan
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| 167.6 | PLAYER::BROWNL | Tyro-Delphi-hacker | Tue Jun 06 1995 08:23 | 3 | |
Sounds like they're ARJ files...
Cheers, Laurie.
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