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- DM v1.4 -- The DeathManager
-
- What is DM?
-
- DM is an easy-to-use interface that replaces the hassle of typing command-
- line parameters to SERSETUP.EXE and IPXSETUP.EXE, the programs used to
- network our games DOOM, DOOM2, HERETIC and Hexen. It is also much easier
- than starting network games from the SETUP.EXE program as there are no
- menus to navigate, everything is on one screen. And the really nice
- feature of DM is that it saves all the information you enter, so the next
- time you run DM, all the options you last used are selected.
-
- Using DM
-
- To use DM, make sure that you're in the directory with DOOM, DOOM2,
- HERETIC or Hexen and type DM. A menu will pop up and you navigate it
- using the arrow keys. The spacebar or ENTER will change the status of
- an item. Some items are grouped together, so when you choose them they
- will deactivate other items in the same group. If you choose 3-player,
- then 2-player will be deactivated since you can't play 2-player and
- 3-player at the same time!
-
- Some items require input, such as the SKILL item. The legal range of values
- is listed below:
- Item Legal values Notes
- SKILL 1-5 1 = easiest, 5 = hardest
- EPISODE 1-3 1 = shareware, 2-3 = registered
- MAP 1-9 DOOM2/Hexen map values are 1-32
- TIMER 1-99 the number you enter is MINUTES you play the
- level before the game takes you to the
- intermission screen
- TURBO 1-250 This changes your speed in the game
- CALL 14-digit This is the number SERSETUP will call
-
- Some items are FLAGS, which specify whether to turn those options on or off
- in the game:
- No Monsters: If this option is selected, NO MONSTERS will appear in the
- game. Perfect for DeathMatch!
- Respawn This option will make monsters respawn after you kill them!
- WADs If this is set, the list of external WADs will be used,
- otherwise, DM just ignores the list, but still keeps
- it around for later use.
-
- In the "Connect Type" area are 3 options, Modem, IPX Network, and Serial
- Cable. This specifies how you will be connected playing a network game.
- If you choose Modem or Serial Cable, the "# of Players" will change to 2.
- If you choose Serial Cable, the "Modem/Serial" changes to Already Connected
- for you.
-
- In the "# of Players" area you can choose to play a 2,3 or 4-player game.
- You can only choose the 3 and 4-player options if you have "IPX Network"
- selected. DM will not allow you to change the number of players to anything
- other than 2 if you are connected by modem or serial cable.
-
- In the "Game Type" area are 3 options, DeathMatch, Cooperative, and Old
- DeathMatch. The DeathMatch option is really the DeathMatch 2.0 rules for
- DOOM and DOOM2, where in HERETIC and Hexen, there are no Old DeathMatch
- rules. In DOOM and DOOM2, the Old DeathMatch option will leave all the
- weapons where they are when a player picks them up and none of the items
- on the level respawn.
-
- In the "Modem/Serial" area, you specify how you are connected by modem or
- serial cable. If you are using IPX Network, DM will ignore any settings in
- this area. The "Already Connected" option is what you select if you are
- connected directly by serial cable, otherwise, if you are connected by modem
- you would choose either "Wait for call" so your modem auto-answers or type a
- phone number in the field to the right of Call.
-
- If you want to build a database of phone numbers that you can easily choose
- from, press the F2 key. Press the F1 key to create a new phone number
- entry. Another input dialog will come up with the Name and Number
- fields ready for you to edit. Press ENTER on the Name field and type the
- person's name, then press ENTER. Move the cursor to the Number field and
- press ENTER to edit the number. When you're finished editing the Name and
- Number info, press the F10 key to save the information.
-
- In the "Select person to call" dialog, pressing the ENTER key will take the
- phone number and put it in the field to the right of Call. There's no way
- to just delete a Name and Number entry, edit it instead.
-
- In the "Map Warping" area, there are two choices. If you are playing DOOM
- or HERETIC, choose the first option, DOOM or HERETIC so you can enter the
- Episode and Map values you want to warp to. If you don't want to warp to a
- level, press ESC while entering a map or episode value. Thus, if you want
- to get rid of the map warping flag, press ENTER on the option, then press
- ESC to turn it off.
-
- The "COM Port" area is used only if you are connecting by modem or serial
- cable. If you are playing on an IPX Network, DM will ignore the settings in
- this area.
-
- If you like playing PWAD files, you can tell DM which ones you want to use
- by pressing the F3 key. Press ENTER on the first empty field then type in
- the pathname of the PWAD file. For example, if you had a subdirectory off
- your DOOM2 directory named WADS and in that directory you had a PWAD named
- CLASSIC.WAD, you would input WADS\CLASSIC.WAD and press ENTER. To get rid
- of an entry, press the DEL key.
-
- To tell DM to use the PWAD files in the list, select the WADs option. When
- this option is turned on, DM will pass along the files in the WADfile list
- to the SERSETUP or IPXSETUP programs.
-
- Those are all the options that DM will handle for you. If you require use
- of even more advanced options, you can enter them on the command-line right
- after invoking DM. To record a demo, you could type "DM -record demo" and
- DM will pass the "-record demo" parameters along for you.
-
- To actually start playing your game, press the F10 key to launch SERSETUP
- or IPXSETUP (depending on your Connect Type). If you want to just launch
- the game without connecting, press the F1 key. This will directly launch
- DOOM, DOOM2, HERETIC or Hexen with all the options you've selected. Just
- make sure you select Cooperative so you don't start in a strange place in
- single-player mode!
-
- DM saves a configuration file named DM.CFG. If DM has a problem starting
- up, delete DM.CFG.
-
- When you finish your game and want to play again after changing some options,
- re-run DM after exiting the game. Now you are in a never-ending loop that
- will take hours to get out of. Have fun!
-