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- *DOOM RED DOT SIGHT*
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- Okay, here's another little add-on for all you DOOM junkies
- out there. Nothing spectacular, just a little thing I created
- for myself because I enjoy sniping almost more than clearing a
- room with a chaingun. For up close and personal encounters, it
- really won't help you much (but who cares, right?)
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- Basically what this is is a RED DOT SIGHT... now remember
- that doesn't mean laser sight, it's just a little red dot the
- size of a pixel that is suspended in front of your view at
- approximately (depending on the weapon) the point of impact. I am
- assuming that the point of impact will be pretty much universal.
- I have found it to be true that the lead-slingers tend to have a
- point of impact a little to the left (a couple pixels)
- of the iron sights. For this reason, I have adjusted the dot to
- compensate. I take no responsibility for a misaligned sight.
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- Unfortunately, because this is part of the current weapon's
- image, the red dot will fade as the room gets darker, as if it were
- physically part of you, not an illuminated image, so be ready to
- compensate for this.
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- I have only added a red dot to the pistol, shotgun, and
- chaingun since the other weapons tend to either have a blast radius,
- or are fairly well self-aiming (within a certain area.)
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- The installation is easy, just like most of the graphic-altering
- stuff out there. Unzip the files and put them with your DOOM.WAD (or, as
- I prefer, move the DOOM.WAD to the files) and type "REDIN" to insert the
- appropriate .GIF's. If you're paranoid about losing your original DOOM.WAD,
- you can back it up, although the program saves the original stuff. Just
- type "REDOUT" to restore your original DOOM.WAD.
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- And just for those of you who care about this kind of stuff, I just
- extracted the original art from DOOM, and altered it with Photoshop in
- Windows. The hardest part was aligning the graphic back in the game,
- I think.
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- Remember, when you're shooting the pistol, if you hold down the
- trigger, every shot after the first will stray a bit, like a real weapon,
- so when you're sniping, wait a little between shots and you'll hit your
- mark every time. Have fun, and if you find this little thing useful,
- drop me a line and let me know! Keep on DOOMing!
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- Hoss
- hoss@kaiwan.com
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