============================ Instant DOOM(tm) Levels Sams Publishing ============================ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ What's on the CD-ROM ------------------------------------------------------------------------ * More than 1,000 additional game levels * Instructional sample level (.wad) files discussed in the electronic book * A collection of the finest level editors, tools, and utilities available, including special editions or registered versions of the main editors discussed in the electronic book ----------------------------------------------------------- Installing the DOS software ----------------------------------------------------------- To install the DOS programs from the CD-ROM, 1. From a DOS prompt, change to the drive that contains the CD-ROM. For example, if the disc is in drive D, type D: and press Enter. 2. Type \DOOMCD and press Enter. You will see an installation application which features buttons for each DOS application discussed in the book. Use your mouse to select the application of your choice. Each application will display a separate page with install options, giving you the choice to install the software, view the software's documentation, and print the software's documentation. Use the buttons along the bottom of the page to navigate around the installation application. The arrow keys allow you to leaf through each page and the MENU button returns you to the main menu. Press the HELP button at any time to review the navigation methods. ----------------------------------------------------------- Installing the Windows software ----------------------------------------------------------- To install the Windows applications from the CD-ROM, 1. Start Windows. 2. Select Run from the Program Manager File menu. 3. Type D:\SETUP, where D is the letter of your CD-ROM drive. 4. Follow the instructions provided by the setup program. The Windows installation application will create a Program Group named "DOOM Utilities," which contains icons for installing the Windows programs included on the disc. Click on the ReadMe icons for program-specific details. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Using the CD-ROM ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Most of the editors and utilities and some of the level files included on this disc must be copied to your hard drive to function properly. The DOS and Windows install applications will copy the utilities and applications to your hard drive for you. Refer to the respective chapters in the electronic book and the documentation files accompanying the programs on the CD-ROM for detailed instructions about configuring and using the programs. To make playing the WADs from the CD-ROM easier, the WAD files for each game appear in: * \DOOM1\PLAY * \DOOM2\PLAY * \HERETIC\PLAY Use these CD-ROM directories as the locations of WAD files in front-end DOOM loading tools like DOOM-IT. The \PLAY directories include only those WADs that can be played from the CD-ROM without special configuration. To install DOOM-IT, start the DOOMCD menu program (see the instructions opposite the CD-ROM or in the "Installing software from the CD-ROM" section in this file). This program is located under the "Entering the Abyss" section of the DOOMCD menu. See the file PLAYING.TXT, or the Chapter on DOOM-IT in the electronic book, for instructions on using this tool to play the game levels from the CD-ROM. Other WADs and patches can be copied to your hard drive to be played. Please refer to the documentation with the WADs and patches for specific instructions. The patches (example: \DOOM1\WADS\PATCHES) will alter your original WAD files (DOOM.WAD, etc.) or the game executable (DOOM.EXE, etc.), so be sure to backup your game before experimenting! Most patches provide batch files to extract original graphics and sound, replacing them with new objects. These batch files will usually save the original objects, so they can be restored with a de-installing batch file. This can be a safe operation, but errors are possible, and that can leave you with corrupt game files. Make backups! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ How the CD-ROM is Organized ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Level editors and general utilities which are discussed in this book can be found in the directories \EDITORS and \UTILS. All other editors, tools, and utilities are located in \BONUS. The ready-to-play game levels are located in the \WADS directory. They are separated into three main categories: DOOM levels: \WADS\DOOM1\PLAY DOOM II levels: \WADS\DOOM2\PLAY Heretic levels: \WADS\HERETIC\PLAY See the file PLAYING.TXT for more information on how to play these extra game levels. Because of copyright issues, some of the files discussed in Episode 3, "The Land of the Gods" are not included on the CD-ROM. See Episode 5, Mission 1, Room 2, "Places to Go and People to See" (in the electronic book) for places where you can get these files on the Internet. ----------------------------------------------------------- Product Support ----------------------------------------------------------- We can't help you with general computer problems, or with building WAD levels, but we can assist you with problems you have with the CD-ROM itself and the software on it. If you contact us, please be prepared to give us the complete name of the book, specific details of the problem you're having, and complete information on your computer system setup. 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