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============================================================================= This is an ASCII resource for APCiDOOM. Do **NOT** edit this file! Editing this file may disable your copy of APCiDOOM. APCIDOOM.DAT Version 4.0 Last updated 8/30/94 Anyone attempting to edit this file will be killed. Really. We're serious. ============================================================================= | You're a marine, one of Earth's toughest, hardened in combat and trained for action. Three years ago you assaulted a superior officer for ordering his soldiers to fire upon civilians. He and his body cast were shipped to Pearl Harbor, while you were transferred to Mars, home of the Union Aerospace Corporation. The UAC is a multi-planetary conglomerate with radioactive waste facilities on Mars and its two moons, Phobos and Deimos. With no action for fifty million miles, your day consisted of suckin' dust and watchin' restricted flicks in the rec room. For the last four years the military, UAC's biggest supplier, has used the remote facilities on Phobos and Deimos to conduct various secret projects, including research on inter-dimensional space travel. So far they have been able to open gateways between Phobos and Deimos, throwing a few gadgets into one and watching them come out the other. Recently however, the Gateways have grown dangerously unstable. Military "volunteers" entering them have either disappeared or been stricken with a strange form of insanity--babbling vulgarities, bludgeoning anything that breathes, and finally suffering an untimely death of full- body explosion. Matching heads with torsos to send home to the folks became a full-time job. Latest military reports state that the research is suffering a small set-back, but everything is under control. A few hours ago, Mars received a garbled message from Phobos. "We require immediate military support. Something fraggin' evil is coming out of the Gateways! Computer systems have gone berserk!" The rest was incoherent. Soon afterwards, Deimos simply vanished from the sky. Since then, attempts to establish contact with either moon have been unsuccessful. You and your buddies, the only combat troop for fifty million miles were sent up pronto to Phobos. You were ordered to secure the perimeter of the base while the rest of the team went inside. For several hours, your radio picked up the sounds of combat: guns firing, men yelling orders, screams, bones cracking, then finally, silence. Seems your buddies are dead. It's Up To You Things aren't looking too good. You'll never navigate off the planet on your own. Plus, all the heavy weapons have been taken by the assault team leaving you with only a pistol. If only you could get your hands around a plasma rifle or even a shotgun you could take a few down on your way out. Whatever killed your buddies deserves a couple of pellets in the forehead. Securing your helmet, you exit the landing pod. Hopefully you can find more substantial firepower somewhere within the station. As you walk through the main entrance of the base, you hear animal-like growls echoing throughout the distant corridors. They know you're here. There's no turning back now. | Acubit 14.4 fax v32 AT &F &C1 &D2 %C0 \N1 X4 AT&T Data Port 14.4 FaxM. AT &F &C1 &D2 S41=3 \N0 %C0 X4 Boca 14.4 fax AT &F &C1 &D2 S46=0 N0 &D2 &K0 X4 Boca 14.4 v32 fax AT &F &C1 &D2 \N0 \G0 &K0 %C0 N0 X4 Cardinal 14.4 v32 AT &F &C1 &D2 N0 X4 Cardinal 9600fax AT &F &C1 &D2 &Q6 &K0 %C0 \N0 N0 X4 Digicom Scout Plus 14.4 Fax AT &F &C1 &D2 *M0 *E0 X4 Gateway Telepath 14.4 fax AT &F &C1 &D2 B0 N0 \N0 %C0 &K0 X4 Gateway Telepath 550 AT &F &C1 &D2 S27=32 S15=16 S13=64 &B0 &H2 &I1 &K0 &M0 X4 GENERIC 14.4 - Not Recommended! 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M_PHONE_0=1-618-632-7664 M_NAME_1=APCI (LOCAL) M_PHONE_1=632-7664 M_NAME_2=NONE M_PHONE_2= M_NAME_3=NONE M_PHONE_3= M_NAME_4=NONE M_PHONE_4= S_NAME_0=NONE S_PHONE_0= S_NAME_1=NONE S_PHONE_1= S_NAME_2=NONE S_PHONE_2= S_NAME_3=NONE S_PHONE_3= S_NAME_4=NONE S_PHONE_4= ; GAME SETTINGS NOMONSTERS=1 RESPAWN=0 EPISODE=1 LEVEL=1 SKILL=4 DEATHMATCH=0 20DEATHMATCH=1 ; NEXT GAME OPTIONS THISGAME=-NOMONSTERS -EPISODE 1 -SKILL 4 -DEATHMATCH -ALTDEATH GAMEDESCRIPTION=NO MONSTERS, EPISODE 1, LEVEL 1, SKILL 4, DEATHMATCH 2.0 ; ADD-IN WAD SETTINGS | Help with Help! READ THIS! DOOM and data communications. Configuring APCiLINK to play MultiPlayer DOOM. Using APCiTERM to connect to other players. CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT configurations. Playing DOOM with the original WAD file. Playing DOOM with a third-party WAD file. Saving and resuming MultiPlayer DOOM games. Using cheats and modified WAD files... A note on disconnecting... TROUBLESHOOTING INFORMATION... Suggestions...? Special thanks (and strokes)... Release History | Select a topic by clicking on one of the items below. If you have not read APCIREAD.ME!, please exit and read it right now. Following directions will save you, other players, and sysops lots of frustration. GO READ IT! | IMPORTANT INFORMATION! DOOM and data communications. Simply stated, data communications is nearly a miracle. Phone lines are unstable, modems are different, computers are different, and configurations are different. Because of this, you can expect some momentary delays or choppiness while playing such data-intensive games as DOOM. There are literally thousands of factors that effect the stability and smoothness of each game, and very few of them are manageable, not to mention controllable. MultiPlayer DOOM games are always synchronized. If your player seems a little sluggish, don't worry, your opponents are exactly the same way. When your system pauses, so does theirs and vice versa. So, if you get your butt kicked royally in a good Deathmatch, don't blame it on sluggishness or choppiness. The game was the same for the player that toasted you. YOU LOST, FAIR AND SQUARE! Below is the "choppy DOOM game" top-ten reason list: 1 - Compression/Error Correction/Flow Control has not been disabled on one of the player's modems. Be sure to use the correct modem init string! 2 - DOOM just "bogs" sometimes, even on really fast systems. This is usually caused by HD access. 3 - Your system is somewhat slow because of hardware or configuration problems. 4 - Another player's system is even worse that yours. 5 - You have a "dirty" phone line. 6 - Another player has a "dirty" phone line. 7 - Solar flares. Yeah, that's it! 8 - You forgot to disable call waiting by putting *70 before your BBS phone number when dialing. 9 - Some other idiot forgot to disable his call waiting. (What a jerk!) 10 - The BBS you are using is wimpy and can't handle the MultiPlayer load. | Using APCiLINK The APCiLINK software (part of APCiDOOM) connects you to up to three other players across the APCi MultiPlayer Game Server. It allows modem DOOM players to finally experience the same game available to network-owning players! Using APCiLINK is simple - APCiDOOM handles most of the work for you. All you need to do is supply a few pieces of critical information. Under the FILE menu, you will find an option called APCiLINK SETUP. Selecting it displays the configuration screen for APCiLINK. APCiLINK set up will run the first time you run APCiDOOM. Below is a list of required setup values and their descriptions. USER ID - Your User ID identifies you while in the special chat area before playing DOOM. The APCi MultiPlayer Game Server uses this information to keep the players straight during a three or four player game. MODEM INIT STRING - This is the command which will be used by APCiTERM to initialize your modem and optimize it for use with the APCi MultiPlayer Game Server. You may find a suitable init string in a listing found by pressing the INIT STRINGS button. MODEM COM PORT - This is your modem's communications port. APCiLINK will automatically detect the UART used and enable 16550 FIFOs for improved performance on systems that support FIFO operation. Be sure that your COM port ports are set to their "standard" values. APCiLINK supports COM ports in the following configurations only: COM BASE IRQ --- ---- --- 1 3F8 4 2 2F8 3 3 3E8 4 4 2E8 3 If you have two devices on the same IRQ, you will have conflicts and proper operation of this software is not likely. If your modem is on a non-standard IRQ, fix it! Modems should ALWAYS be on COM1 or COM2, no matter what Compaq or Packard Bell has to say about it! MODEM PORT SPEED - This is the baud rate at which your system communicates with your modem. A port speed of 19200 is standard. Faster port speeds should not be used without 16550 UARTs. If you aren't sure, leave it at 19200. SERIAL COM PORT - This is the serial port which will be used to connect to another computer via null modem serial link. SERIAL PORT SPEED - This is the baud rate at which your computer will communicate with another system when connected via null modem serial link. The baud rate must be the same as the other system. There really is no reason to go faster than 19200, so don't change it. IPX SOCKET - If APCiDOOM detects an IPX network driver loaded, you will be able to change your network socket. Socket zero represents the default DOOM IPX socket as assigned by Novell. Any other socket number is literal. All players must be on the same socket to play together. Unless you know precisely what you are doing, don't mess with this either. By the way, playing DOOM across your Novell LAN at work is GUARANTEED to piss of your LAN administrator. Tell him that IPX is for games and that he should have installed UNIX if expected to get any real work done. DOOM VERSION - This will tell other users what version of DOOM you are supposedly using. It will be displayed immediately following your name in APCiCHAT. You may type whatever you want, but try not to be stupid. ADVANCED SETTINGS - Leave this alone. Messing with these settings is GUARANTEED to keep you from playing network DOOM through your communications ports. | Using APCiTERM to connect to other players. APCiTERM is a simplified ANSI terminal emulation program that may be used to connect to another player or to the host BBS of an APCi MultiPlayer Game Server. It will use the dialing directories which may be maintained from the FILE menu. It will automatically redial until it establishes a connection or until you press escape. DIRECT CONNECTIONS Upon connecting directly to another player, you will immediately begin APCiCHAT, a helpful utility that allows players to chat and to change game settings before and after each game. Players may change settings by exiting the chat utility and using the SETTINGS menu. HOST BBS CONNECTIONS When calling a host BBS, it is necessary to use the BBS menus to find and connect to the APCi MultiPlayer Game Server. Once connected to the game server, follow any additional instructions. To enter APCiCHAT, press ALT-M or click on the blue status bar at the top of the terminal emulation screen to pop up the terminal menu. Pressing F5 or clicking on the DOOM! button will immediately begin the chat utility. When you have completed your on-line session, you may use your terminal menu and select HANG UP. If you do not log off the BBS or otherwise hang up your modem, you may be on-line for quite a while, possibly incurring on-line fees or phone charges. Always log off properly to avoid such a situation. | CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT configurations. It is very STRONGLY suggested that you boot your computer cleanly before playing DOOM with APCiDOOM. If you are loading a mouse driver and/or configuring sound devices, you may want to customize your CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT files to use MS-DOS 6 "multi-config". See your DOS manual or type "help" at a DOS prompt for info. Do NOT use QEMM, EMM386, or any other expanded memory management utilities. An extended memory manager such as HIMEM.SYS may be used if absolutely necessary. | Playing DOOM with the original WAD file. DOOM uses a large resource file with a "WAD" extension. This file is basically a large database of all of DOOM's elements, including graphics and sound. Each WAD file contains one or more game "episodes" which contain multiple levels. Before you begin each MultiPlayer game, you must agree upon the games settings. The following configuration options are available: EPISODE - The shareware version of DOOM contains only one episode, "Knee-Deep in the Dead." However, the registered version contains two additional episodes. It is recommended that you play these episodes in order as they increase in difficulty. TYPE - You may play cooperatively with other players and help each other solve DOOM, or you may play against others for points. Either way, the monsters are against you and you can kill anything including the other players. Purposely killing others during a cooperative match is guaranteed to label yourself an annoying player, so try to resist the temptation! DOOM v1.4 introduced a new Deathmatch v2.0 game: items respawn! LEVEL - Each episode may contain several levels. It is recommended that you play the levels in order as they increase in difficulty. SKILL - You may choose from the following difficulty levels: 1 - I'm too young to die. This level is good for learning your way around and learning to control your player. Otherwise, it's for wimps! 2 - Hey, not too rough. Another wimpy level for those who need more practice. More monsters than level 1. 3 - Hurt me plenty. This is the first challenging level but still doesn't cut it for a blood-thirsty DOOM veteran. Yet more monsters than level 2. 4 - Ultra-violence. Now were talking carnage! This is the way REAL soldiers play DOOM. Monsters around every corner, and they really know how to fight! 5 - NIGHTMARE! No kidding! Same number of monsters as level 4, but they move and shoot much much faster. Worse yet, once you think they're dead, look out! Monsters "respawn" (come back to life) after just eight seconds. Good luck, and nice knowing you. OTHER - If you are really a wimp, or if you want to play an unobstructed "deathmatch" game, you may chose the "NO MONSTERS" option. If you want just a little taste of NIGHTMARE, choose "RESPAWN" and monsters will come back to life after eight seconds. This is also a great way to play "deathmatch." REMEMBER!!! All players MUST have EXACTLY the same options! If you don't have the same options, THE GAME WILL NOT START! All players MUST be using the same version of DOOM! Please do NOT use this software with any version of DOOM prior to 1.6 beta. Earlier versions will NO LONGER work! Really. The PREVIEW button allows players to take a look at the level map before starting the game. Using keyboard or mouse allows players to pan across level maps and zoom in and out for detail or overviews. Always SAVE your options. Pressing CANCEL will ignore any and all changes you have made. | Playing DOOM with a third-party add-in WAD file. The registered version of DOOM allows for playing of many third-party WAD files that contain home-made episodes. The settings for third-party WAD files are very similar to the standard WAD file settings. You may play these WAD files with other players, but all players MUST be using the same one. Id Software does NOT provide support for these WAD files, so if you have problems, you need to contact the author. Most WAD files are found on BBSs and the Internet. | Saving and resuming MultiPlayer DOOM games. You may save your DOOM game at any time by pressing ESCAPE and selecting SAVE from the DOOM main menu, or by pressing the F2 key. Once you have created a save file, you may update it quickly by pressing F6. Saving a MultiPlayer game will write a save file to the hard disk drives of all players in the game. To resume a saved game, you MUST be playing with the same players that were in the game when it was saved. Each player must go to the SETTINGS menu and select STANDARD SAVEGAME SETUP. If you were using a third-party WAD file when your game was saved, you must go to the SETTINGS menu and select ADD-IN SAVEGAME SETUP and select the appropriate WAD file. | Using cheats and modified WAD files Cheats will NOT work in MultiPlayer DOOM. If you have relied upon cheats in the past, chances are you are in for a rude awakening. REAL DOOMers don't use cheats. Cheats are tools for testing new WAD files. If you have edited your WAD file, or in some cases even loaded it into an editor then saved it, you will probably crash in MultiPlayer DOOM. All players MUST have exactly the same WAD file. | Don't disconnect during MultiPlayer DOOM games! If you must leave a game, please use the menus to quit properly. This sends a very important message to all other players which enables their copy of DOOM to go on without you. Remember, DOOM is in constant synchronization. If a player leaves without properly "telling" all other players, then other players are left "hanging" while they wait for more information. Therefore, please heed the following: 1 - ALWAYS disable call-waiting before you play modem DOOM. In most areas, this can be done by adding "*70," to the beginning of the phone number to be dialed. Check the front of your local phone directory or contact your local phone service provider for more information. 2 - NEVER drop carrier while in a DOOM game. Pay attention to how long your session will last if you are on limited time on the host BBS. If the BBS drops you during a game, all other players will be left hanging. | TROUBLESHOOTING INFORMATION... If you read all of this documentation as well as the APCIREAD.ME! file, chances are you will not have any serious problems. If you haven't read all of the documentation, please drop to a DOS prompt and type "FORMAT C: /U". This will fix all of your problems as well as most of ours. First of all, this is not your father's MoDOOM! This is not SERSETUP. This is true network DOOM but over modems! It is MUCH more intensive than the others. DO NOT assume that a system configuration or modem initialization string that works with SERSETUP or its replacements will work with this program. DO AS YOU ARE TOLD, or don't use it. If you are having problems getting APCiDOOM to work with your modem: 1 - Make sure you have a modem. It's the electronic thingy that connects to the phone jack. 2 - Make sure you have selected the correct modem COM port in the APCiLINK Setup under the FILE menu. 3 - If you are using an external modem, make sure that it is connected to your computer's COM port with a standard modem cable, NOT a null modem cable. Also, make sure your modem is powered on. 4 - Make sure that your modem is on a standard COM port, address, and IRQ as found in the "Using APCiLINK" help topic. If your modem is on COM1, make sure nothing is on COM3. If your modem is on COM2, make sure nothing is on COM4. If your modem is on COM3 or COM4, put it back where it belongs! If you are having problems connecting to another player or to a host BBS with an APCi MultiPlayer Game Server: 1 - Make sure your modem is connected to a phone line. 2 - Make sure your phone line is connected to the phone company. 3 - Make sure you are using the correct initialization string (see APCiLINK Setup). You may need to refer to your modem documentation to ensure that your initialization commands are all valid. 4 - Refer to your modem documentation to ensure that all data compression, error correction, and flow control has been disabled. Aren't modems a pain in the ass? If you are having problems connecting to another player via null modem serial link: 1 - Make sure you are using a NULL MODEM CABLE! 2 - Make sure you and the other player are using the same port speed (see APCiLINK setup). 3 - Make sure you and the other player are using the same version of APCiDOOM. 4 - Make sure you and the other player are both sober. 5 - Make sure that all players are using the same version of APCiDOOM and DOOM. Use only DOOM version 1.6 beta or later. If you are having problems connecting to other players via IPX network connections: 1 - Make sure you have an IPX driver correctly loaded. See your network interface card for information. Don't ask your network administrator because he will promptly delete your copy of DOOM! 2 - Make sure you and the players you wish to play with are using the same socket number (and the same LAN!) 3 - Make sure you and the players you wish to play with are on the same network segment. You can NOT play DOOM across bridges or routers. 4 - Make sure your network interface card is properly connected to the network and that terminators are used where necessary. 5 - Make sure that all players are using the same version of APCiDOOM and DOOM. Use only DOOM version 1.6 beta or later. If your system "locks up" when you try to play DOOM with this program: 1 - Do not use a modem or serial link PORT SPEED higher than 19200bps. 2 - Make sure that there are no interrupt (IRQ) conflicts between COM ports and/or modems or between sound cards and parallel ports. 3 - Make sure that you don't have cheap equipment, like maybe a Packar...er...nevermind. 4 - Make sure that you are not using a different WAD file than the other players. 5 - Make sure that all players are using the same version of APCiDOOM and DOOM. Use only DOOM version 1.6 beta or later. | Suggestions...? If you have suggestions for improved game performance such as modified modem init strings and system configurations, please contact APCi at 1-800-535-APCi. id Software will provide absolutely NO support for this software. APCi will provide absolutely NO support for inferior hardware that doesn't work. If you bought cheap stuff, DARN! | Special thanks (and strokes)... First of all, thank you to the sick sons of....well, guys at id Software for writing the greatest game ever! Thanks for giving us just enough hints for us to figure out EXACTLY how DOOM talks to itself. And to John Carmack, thanks a billion for revising the packet duplication function. We owe you a lot of beer and pizza. Thank you to Hayes for building the best modem money can buy. Thank you to DigiBoard for building an intelligent multiport interface that SCREAMS, and works every time, and is reasonably simple to talk to. Thank you to Novell for providing us a way to avoid the damn "bog-down" headaches that came with our BBS software. Thank you to Borland for providing us with better tools than Microsoft will ever dream of. Thank you all of the technicians of the dozens of companies that we have bugged the hell out of about their products even though we didn't buy any of them. Thank you to TheSoft Programming Services for TheDRAW, an excellent "Dolor and Monochrome Screen Editor." And yes, their title screen really says "Dolor!" Thank you to all the die-hard DOOM addicts (and dorks) that spent their (or their parents') hard-earned money calling us long-distance just to try out MultiPlayer modem DOOM! | APCiDOOM Release History. Version Notes ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~ 4.0 > Major enhancements. INCOMPATIBLE WITH PREVIOUS VERSIONS!!! * Supports up to six selectable chat pools. * Fixed minor cleanup error. * Implemented work-around for DOOM.EXE's "The-green-dude-loaded-before-me-and- I'm-using-digital-sound-and-DOOM.EXE- won't-let-me-send-data" bug. DOH! (aka "the black screen" bug). * Implemented automatic redial in APCiTERM. * Updated modem init strings....HELP! * Disabled typing when "READY TO KILL!" has been selected in APCiCHAT. 3.0 > Major enhancements. BIG TIME! * Supports IPX Chat and Play. * Supports Modem-to-Modem Chat and Play. * Supports Serial Link Chat and Play. * Fixed display bug in map preview for non-mouse users. * Version-checking. Will not run if installed over a previous version. * Improved menu system. * Improved help system. * Improved idiot-proofing. Users MUST run APCIDOOM.BAT to start the program. * Chat slowdown corrected. * Chat disappearance corrected. * Fourth player drop-out corrected. * Client buffer overflows corrected. * Improved game shutdown/delink routine. * Updated modem init strings. Especially ZOOMs and USRs. 2.0 > Major enhancements. * All new packet routing. * Built-in ANSI terminal program! * Updated APCiLINK Setup to support the new terminal settings. * Fixed "early F10" bug in Chat. * Changed flow-control settings in APCiLINK. * Added version numbers to more screens. * Added save game number to the save game menus so you know which "Net Game" is which. No more guessing! * Init string listing access moved from the HELP menu to the APCiLINK setup. * Init string database updated! Please check the list for any changes! * Removed PACKET CANCELLATION option in the APCiLINK advanced setup. 1.3 > Major enhancements. * Support for DOOM v1.4 Deathmatch v2.0. * DOOM WAD level map preview option added to Standard/Add-In DOOM WAD Setup options under the GAME menu. * Episode selection added to Add-In WAD file setup. * Corrected SAVEGAME bug. * Corrected Add-In WAD level selection bug. * User names now limited to 20 characters. * All init strings updated to help disable data compression. PLEASE CHECK LIST! 1.2 > Minor enhancements. * Update to correct linkup problems with several modem brands. * Chat checks players' network settings to be sure they match. 1.1 > First public release. * Enhanced interface. * Improved COM handling /w/ error checking. * Improved linkup routines. * Chat shows users who is reading help. * Extended chat "vape" time. * All players in chat must now have the same game settings before the game will start, not just those set to READY TO KILL. 1.0 > Initial controlled release for testing. |