Playing Doom 64 for the first time...

Post by **MKJ** » Sun Jul 31, 2005 11:05 am

not much to mess up I reckon. extract and add the music and doom2.wad to Bin\Data\doom64\Auto, aye ?

Post by **busetibi** » Sun Jul 31, 2005 12:55 pm

Mogul wrote:It is the same music. And yes, that is the coolest part of DOOM 64.

the music is great,

Post by **Mogul** » Sun Jul 31, 2005 8:23 pm

mkj -- yeah, I believe that's all there is to it. You didn't extract it to a weird folder that already had jdoom or another source port did you?

Post by **MKJ** » Sun Jul 31, 2005 8:27 pm

i first extracted it into a seperate folder in my doom dir. so it was zdoom/absolution/bin etc.
then i tried installing it in my C: root.
no dice

Post by **Mogul** » Sun Jul 31, 2005 8:30 pm

OK... video card issue, maybe? Does the main menu come up properly when you start the program?

Post by **MKJ** » Sun Jul 31, 2005 8:33 pm

aye, the menu works good. once i load a map i keep getting a HoM. if i open up the menu ingame the problem goes away till i close it again

Post by **Mogul** » Sun Jul 31, 2005 8:43 pm

Interesting. I wonder if it has to do with your video card, though, for some reason. I remember a couple of years ago, I had jDoom running on an old system and while I didn't have mirrors, the text in the menu and in-game was completely screwed up.

I don't remember if I had nvidia or ati back then.

Post by **MKJ** » Sun Jul 31, 2005 8:46 pm

you might think a gf3 should do the trick

i find the total lack of support quite discouraging btw. that kaiser dude is like "yea it works for me so if it doesnt work for you youre a dolt"

[edit] off to bed now. more fiddling tomorrow

Post by **Mogul** » Mon Aug 22, 2005 4:48 pm

You ever fix that problem?

Post by **MKJ** » Mon Aug 22, 2005 5:14 pm

nope

Post by **Kaiser`** » Thu Sep 01, 2005 6:05 am

MKJ wrote: that kaiser dude is like "yea it works for me so if it doesnt work for you youre a dolt"

Since when would I say something like that? :icon26:

Anyways, its more likely an issue with the video card. But it wouldn't matter, the engine is getting a huge makeover and hopfully should run on a wider selection of video cards...
You can check the doomsday forums to view its progression..

The TC will be re-designed for the Doomsday engine, so you will no longer be forced to use that worthless absolution.exe

Post by **Mogul** » Thu Sep 01, 2005 7:09 am

You just need Doom2.wad, which is basically all the game info/assets. You don't need the original executable or anything though.

Post by **MKJ** » Sun Sep 25, 2005 10:21 am

Kaiser` wrote:
MKJ wrote: that kaiser dude is like "yea it works for me so if it doesnt work for you youre a dolt"
Since when would I say something like that? :icon26:

Anyways, its more likely an issue with the video card. But it wouldn't matter, the engine is getting a huge makeover and hopfully should run on a wider selection of video cards...
You can check the doomsday forums to view its progression..

The TC will be re-designed for the Doomsday engine, so you will no longer be forced to use that worthless absolution.exe

haha sorry about that, i was getting frustrated and checked some forums; and i saw a post from you along hte lines of "i dont know what you're talking about. it works fine for me and im not here to give support" or summat

Post by **SOAPboy** » Sun Sep 25, 2005 10:43 am

Mogul wrote:You just need Doom2.wad, which is basically all the game info/assets. You don't need the original executable or anything though.

And me not being able to find my fucking doom 2 disks.. :icon33:

Edit, found em./.

So..... how exactly can i rebind my controls.. like.. maybe get some strafe going on?

Post by **Mogul** » Mon Sep 26, 2005 2:40 am

Well, if you're using a source port like ZDaemon, Skulltag, ZDoom, Doomsday, jDoom, or prBoom, everything you need should be in the in-game options.

If you're using Doom.exe or Doom2.exe, you'll just need to run the setup program that's in the install directory. It's the one where you have to configure your sound card and all that. The keyboard and mouse controls are found there.

But if you're a casual DOOM player, a source port should be pretty much infinitely superior.

Post by **SOAPboy** » Mon Sep 26, 2005 11:03 pm

Mogul wrote:Well, if you're using a source port like ZDaemon, Skulltag, ZDoom, Doomsday, jDoom, or prBoom, everything you need should be in the in-game options.

If you're using Doom.exe or Doom2.exe, you'll just need to run the setup program that's in the install directory. It's the one where you have to configure your sound card and all that. The keyboard and mouse controls are found there.

But if you're a casual DOOM player, a source port should be pretty much infinitely superior.

Im just using the Doom64 thing from the site, no zdoom or nothing..

*shrug

so im guessing its just the exe and ill have to use the setup and what not..

Post by **Mogul** » Tue Sep 27, 2005 4:25 am

Yeah, running Absolution should be a breeze. Read the manual.

Post by **Don Carlos** » Fri Sep 30, 2005 3:45 pm

screens?!

Post by **Mogul** » Fri Sep 30, 2005 7:10 pm

http://www.doom2.net/~doomdepot/abs-screen.html