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Subject: 1WOLF3D FAQL


From: FAQ
Subject: How to read this FAQL

If you are using the newsreader "nn" then may read this article like
reading a news group by using "G" followed by "%".

From:
Subject: What is 1WOLF3D ?

1WOLF3D is a game published by Apogee Software.

It is a game for IBM compatible personal computers.

The game is about a war prisoner trying to escape a Nazi jail.
The name of the jail is "Castle Wolfenstein".

In the game you play the jailed person who tries to escape.
You move the character around the dungeon like jail.
While you move you can see the jail in 3D.

The goal is to find the exit of the jail. Guards and dogs try to prevent
you from escaping. You are given a gun and a knife to kill both guards
and dogs.

The violent part of the game has been discussed on the net.

From:
Subject: Please help with the compilation of this FAQL !

I'd be very happy if someone would help me editing it to make it a
better frequently asked questions list (FAQL).

I am sure this list could help a lot of people who have questions
about 1WOLF3D.

Remarks and questions by me are marked with "[SG:]".
If you have an answer to any of these questions, please email them
to me. Thanks!

From:
Subject: What news groups to read for 1WOLF3D

The news group I recommend is "comp.sys.ibm.pc.games".

There is also "rec.games.misc". BUT I would like to ask all of you to
post to "comp.sys.ibm.pc.games", as this group is the most appropriate
for this.


From:
Subject: Some information about 1WOLF3D of APOGEE:

[SG] The following is the first article I saw about the existence
     of 1WOLF3D.

Jamie Walsh ([e-mail]) [6 May 92 12:58:45 EST]

Apogee just released Wolfenstein 3D.  I saw it in uploads of
Channel 1 BBS yesterday, presumably uploaded by Scott Miller
of Apogee. I called Software Creations BBS voice phone, and
sysop Dan Linton confirmed that it was genuinely released two
days ago with the filename #1wolf3d.zip.

It requires VGA and a 286 or better CPU to run.
Being of a violent nature, and showing bloody graphics,
Apogee gave the game a parental warning rating of "PC-13."

From:
Subject: FAQ: Distribution laws

[SG] The violence within the game naturally caused discussion about
     its playability and distribution.
     Therefore would like to draw your attention to the following article.

Stephan Petersen ([e-mail]) [7 May 92 12:40:33 GMT]

I've heard that this game violates German law and can't
therefore be distributed by the German representatives of
Apogee, nor should it be uploaded to a German ftp site or
bulletin board. I haven't seen the game and can't judge
whether these measures by the German authorities are
appropriate, but if it's illegal to use/distribute it in
Germany it's not because of "nothing". Please kindly consider
the above when mailing or uploading to German sites as this
might cause trouble for the system administrators.

From:
Subject: FAQ: Where can I get 1WOLF3D ?

The game is available via "anonymous ftp" on several sites.

[SG]
Most of the given information is incomplete.
I would like to give the information in the form
"host(internet address):/path/file[size][date]".
In case you know the missing information, please consider telling
me about it via email.


Host name          (Internet address):/path/file[size][date]
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
wuarchive.wustl.edu(128.252.135.4  ):/pub/MSDOS_UPLOADS/1wolf3d.zip
    ftp.ulowell.edu(129.63.32.1    ):/msdos/Games/Apogee/1wolf3d.zip
       info.umd.edu(128.8.10.29    ):/info/Computers/PC/AfterHours/Recreation

ccu.umanitoba.ca   (130.179.16.8   ):/path/file

    The program has also been posted to comp.binaries.ibm.pc.archives
    at the beginning of May 1992.
    It consisted in 15 parts. Decoding it yields
    "1wolf3d.zoo" [size: 651701 bytes].

From:
Subject: FAQ: Sound

Q: What do I do if I lose the sound after encounter with a dog ?
A: Hit F4 and ESC.

From:
Subject: FAQ: 1WOLF3D on OS/2:

Q: What settings do I have to use to run 1WOLF3D under OS/2 ?
A1: Try turning HW_TIMER on and VIDEO_RETRACE_EMULATION off.
A2:
 From: [e-mail] (Jay Thierry HAN)
 Subject: Answer: Wolf 3D under OS/2 2.0
 Date: 18 May 92 02:32:25 GMT

DOS_DEVICE = d:\os2\mdos\emm386.sys EMS 2048
DOS_HIGH = On
EMS_MEMORY_LIMIT = 2048
HW_TIMER = On
VIDEO_RETRACE_EMULATION = Off

I think that's all. I'm not sure if any of them are standard settings, so
just try them out. I'm not sure either if 2Megs of EMS really help or not.
It works fine this way, and let OS/2 manage it for you! Have fun.


Q: What do I do to get the special sounds, e.g. gun fire ?
A: Use the sounds option (F6).


From: FAQ
Subject: 1WOLF3D: Video problems

Some paradise cards and the video board built into the Dells
card support the split screen mode needed to pull of the effects.
The programmers are looking for a fix.

"The score numbers and status areas are all messed up."
This is due to a problem with the images in latch memory.
Apogee is working on it.

"The game messes up one way or another. I am using QEMM 5.11."
Upgrade to QEMM 6.0 or higher.

"The game hangs when I'm blasting around the levels.
Especially when I'm in a long hall."
You can't see it, but you got a divide by zero error.
It's been noted and the next version will correct the problem.

From: FAQ
Subject: 1WOLF3D: Hints for playing the game

Q: Why does the door not open ?
A: If a door won't open then you must have missed picking up
   the appropriate key.

Q: When I walk over a pool of blood why do I get that funny sound ?
A: Because you can "SLUUURRP" it.
   [SG] Does this have any other effect on the game ?

Q: How do you kill that big guy that says 'Guten Tag!' ?
A: You can kill him in one pass if you have the heavy machine gun.
   After you open that door, backup immediately, like you should
   ALWAYS do, and hold down the fire key.

Q: What is the best way to get around the levels ?
A: Edward Lee ([e-mail]):

The following trick is old news, but it may be worth mentioning
here.  When you travel through a maze like the ones in this game,
you can use the strategy of moving through the maze as if one of
your hands were always on a wall.  This will get you through the
entire maze except for the rooms whose walls are not directly
connected with the rest of the maze walls (ignoring the floor and
ceiling).

The reason this strategy works is that you can imagine the entire
maze as one elastic surface, a bubble.  You can squeeze the bubble
and make a long corridor, then stretch out different parts of the
corridor to make other corridors, and so on.  When you look at the
final maze, it may bear little resemblance to the original bubble,
but all of the walls that were formed from the original bubble are
still connected to each other, continuously.  When you keep the same
hand on the wall at all times while travelling through the maze,
you will eventually come back to where you started from.  This is
easiest to see in the case of a maze with just one corridor.  This
traversal method is known as the depth-first search strategy.  It
is one of the strategies used in computer programs to visit all
the nodes (rooms) in binary trees and in other similar graphs.

In Wolfenstein 3D, there are sometimes small, isolated bubbles
within the larger bubble of the maze.  So, for these, you may want
to temporarily switch hands.

From:
Subject: FAQ: Are there any cheats for 1WOLF3D ?

Start the game like this:

WOLF3D /TEDLEVEL #

Where # is the "level number" or "level name".

# := "0" | "1" | "2" | "3" | "4" | "5" | "6" | "7" | "8" | "9" |
    "boss" | "secret"

Note: # = "0"  has the same effect as # = "1".

Remark:
This switch also works with KEEN 4, although it's buggy.
When you finish the level, or if you try to quit the game,
it hangs (on my computer anyway).

There are also some cheat programs.

Manfred Rost        [e-mail]
            [13 May 92 11:23:00 GMT]
Cheat programs:
(Radio Baldham 2:246/61):
W3CHTINC.LZH     2508  24.04.92   <3> Castle Wolfenstein 3D, Cheat
WOLFTRN.LZH      2273  24.04.92   <3> Castle Wolfenstein 3D, Trainer

Q: How do I get to level 10 within the game ?
A:
You can get directly to level 10 by finding the secret door on
level 1 near the elevator.  There are two secret doors inside
of that secret area. One has a secret elvator, and another had
an extra man once.

[SG] There is a program that prints out the maps for all levels:

Bill Neisius ([e-mail]) [15 May 92 14:21:59 GMT]

There is a program called WMAP21.ZIP on wuarchive.wustl.edu in
/pub/MSDOS_UPLOADS that prints maps for all 10 levels of W3D.
Also  included on the maps:  First aid kits, Ammo, Food, Guns,
Keys, Treasure,as well as Dogs, and Guards (both kinds).

Larry Hastings    ([e-mail]) has announced
[17 May 92 09:36:29 GMT] a slight change of this program.
It will now print the level maps in standard ASCII.


    Bill Kirby ([e-mail]) [16 May 92 03:35:00 GMT]
    Wolfenstein 3-D graphics editor:
    First, kudos to the author of that WMAP program.  I've been
    digging around in that d*mn maptemp.wl1 file for about a week
    now and couldn't figure anything out. I've had a LOT more fun
    trying to figure out these file formats than actually playing
    this game.  :-)

    Anyway, I have a program that lets you edit the 64x64 pixel
    graphic images that are "texture mapped" onto the walls.  The
    file VSWAP.WL1 contains graphics for both the wall images and
    the guards, etc.  But I haven't figured out the way the guards
    are stored, so you can't do anything with them yet.

    The program requires VGA (duh) and a mouse.  It's not very clean,
    but it works.  If there is enough interest, I'll clean it up a
    bit and upload it to wuarchive.

    Jeffrey Michael Bryer ([e-mail]) [Thu, 14 May 1992 20:18:11 GMT]
    Wolfenstein 3D - Map Update(4):

    Due to popular demand I have made the PostScript verision of my
    maps available.  The PS version is courtesy of George Dolbier
    ([e-mail]) and is simply a conversion from the PCX
    format to Encapsulated PS.

    As a bonus the files are roughly the same size but (of course)
    PS compresses much nicer than PCX where the PCX zoo archive is
    167KB the PS zoo archive is only 37KB.

    Both formats are available at ccu.umanitoba.ca in pub as
    1wolfmap.zoo.ps  for the PS  version
    1wolfmap.zoo.pcx for the PCX version

    Are people still interested in an ascii version of the maps
    (now that the size of the files has been greatly reduced due to
    the use of PS)?  I realize that not all people have access to PS
    printers and I have not seen the quality of printing that the
    maps have on dot-matrix or inkjet printers.

    Once our scanner is accessable again (May 26) I will add levels
    4-10 and get them converted to PS.



From:
Subject: FAQ: Troubleshooting

Memory:

    We had problems on some machines that used QEMM memory management.
    Wolfenstein writes directly to video memory, and QEMM was trying to
    move it, or only recognized part of the video RAM and had put
    high-RAM in some areas.  It ran okay without QEMM loaded.
    Apogee is working on fixes.


From:
Subject: Acknowledgements

The information included has been taken from postings of the
following people:

Ben Ziegler        [e-mail]
Charles Evans        [e-mail]
Jian Liu        [e-mail]
Stephen M Smith        [e-mail]
Bill Kirby        [e-mail]
Ryan tanner        [e-mail]
G. Steve Arnold        [e-mail]
Jamie Walsh        [e-mail]
John W. Kale        [e-mail]
Bill Rubin        [e-mail]
John Abanco        [e-mail]
?            [e-mail]

Thanks to all of you.
SG

Sven

From:
Subject: FAQ: Trainer program for 1WOLF3D in Germany
Date: 15 May 92 06:29:00 GMT

[e-mail] (Dan Kaestner)

Buratino-Box ( 02602-180315 - Fido: 2:243/50.70-HST-V32-V42b )

WOLF-FIX.ARJ [02] Castle Wolfenstein 3D File Fix
WOLFEND.ARJ  [01] Saves games for Castle Wolfenstein
WOLFPACK.ARJ [02] Wolfpack, UNLOCK for Missions
WOLFTRN.ARJ  [02] Trainer for Castle Wolfenstein 3-D
W3CHTINC.ARJ [02] Castle Wolfstein 3D - Info Patch
W3CHTINC.ARJ [02] Castle Wolfstein 3D - Info Patch
W3EDTINC.ARJ [05] Super Cheat for Castle Wolfenstein (silver and gold keys)

From: [e-mail] (George Heinz)
Subject: So you think Wolf is too easy . . .
Date: Mon, 18 May 1992 02:02:27 GMT

After messing around with the Wolfenstein mapping program, I started
messing around with the map to change things around.  So if you think
that Wolfenstein is too easy as is, try downloading NEWWMAP.ZIP from
WUARCHIVE.  Levels 1-3 have been slightly modified (especially level 1).
Guards are now more aggressive and will open doors to come after you
from several rooms away.  Level one also has a few Gutentag guys to
greet you.

I am working on some kind of editor for the game.  I don't know what the
odds of finishing it are (I start working full time on Monday), but anyone
could write one based on the source code for the WMAP21 program.

If you can actually kill everyone on the modified level one then I am very
impressed . . .

PS.  To help you out you have a machine gun in your cell . . . ha ha ha :)

George Heinz

From: [e-mail] (Thomas Michael Proudfoot)
Subject: Re: So you think Wolf is too easy . . .
Date: 18 May 92 03:17:16 GMT


  The second I saw George's article, I broke out of my newsreader,
downloaded the new map, and played level one. All I can say is....
great! awesome! violent! the way Death Incarnate should be!

  I was running like hell the whole way through, too... like an
escaped prisoner should. Thanks, George. I would like to take this
opportunity to shamelessly beg for you to finish the map-making program,
I think it would be great! But, in the meantime, thanks for reviving
my interest in this now much-bloodier game!

From: [e-mail]
Subject: WARNING! WLFCHEAT.ZIP is a trojan !
Date: 18 May 92 08:12:19 PDT

W A R N I N G !

I just heard about a file that is starting to make the rounds that
is reported to contain a TROJAN.   The file named is WLFCHEAT.ZIP.
This is supposed to be a cheat program for Wolfstein Castle-3D.
It is reported that this file when run, will wipe out the boot sector
of the current HD, and it does so very quickly.  None of the current
virus scanners detected this trojan. WLFCHEAT.EXE contains a signature
of WoLfIe at 3863H.

I have not seen this file, but the information comes from a reliable
source, so I thought I'd post the info here.

Mike Huffstatler
[e-mail]



From: [e-mail] (MORTEN GRAESBY)
Subject: FAQ: Map for level 10 of 1WOLF3D
Date: Mon, 18 May 1992 13:29:37 GMT

.  W= wall
   ?= secret door
.                      LAST ROOM AT LEVEL 1: