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- Compatibility issues
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-
- This Episode PWAD, entitled Return to Phobos, is designed to operate with
- v1.2 and v1.3 of the D**m executable. I have tested the levels with v1.6
- BETA and certain aspects may not be possible due to game engine changes.
- For best performance both over multiplayer and single player games, try
- to use v1.3 of the D**m engine, if you can. Also, for slower machines
- using the v1.3 executable, try adding "-noblit" and "-nodraw" to the command
- line.
-
- For serial netplay, try using DOOMSER2.ARJ, which contains a sersetup
- replacement. The program is written by Tony Da Costa (several months ago)
- and out performs even v1.4 of SERSETUP. Other programs I have tried:
- RMSSETUP (ptttbtt! hopefully the 3-man performance will outdo 2 person),
- SER1 thru SER4 (ptttbtt! nice features...but still choppy!), and that
- one that came out long, long ago...a name like BTS..or somthing weird...
- (ptttbtt!)...slow..but *not* choppy! So, do yourself a favor and get
- DOOMSER2.ARJ...it freezes every so often...*but* that is much better
- than choppy movement. I'd say that 80% I forget I'm under netplay *and*
- this is with v1.3 BETA of the executable with an 8250 UART at the other
- end. I run 9600 BAUD thru a (very long) null-modem cable. If anyone knows
- why DOOMSER2.ARJ has seizures, *please* contact me. I'd like to see that
- fixed...for now...it's back to switching to low detail and shrinking the
- screen to minimum (it really works!) I believe that the 8250 has something
- to do with it.
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-
- Some people held doubts about the completion of E1M8 by warping without
- possessing any weapons. Try watching *all* three recorded demos before
- giving up hope; they may hold the answer you seek.
-
- Lastly, *please* delete any previous versions of this PWAD.
-
- Thank you for your support,
-
- Michael Kelsey
-