Liam
the Bard formerly known as the Bard
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Okay, well, you're running WinXP so of course you know the original DOS doom executables are emulated, so they may run slow or without sound or not at all or whatever.
First thing you need is a source port. Anyone here will tell you Doom95 sucks and not to use it, so uh don't. Get a better source port...
Zdoom: I don't like it but most people do, it's probably the most popular port. It changes the gameplay of the original Doom a tad bit so if you're a hardcore purist don't dl it.
Legacy: My favorite port. Has opengl/glide mode, CD audio, mouse code is good, feels more or less the same as the original doom with some spiffy editing features and graphic candy.
PRBoom: The ultimate oldschool port, doesn't even let you go past the default res if you're not running it in Opengl if i'm not mistaken.
I'd just say give those three a shot and see which one you like best. If you want an eyecandy port, your choices are pretty much Legacy in GL mode, JDoom, and ZdoomGL. JDoom is blurry as fuck and it plays funny, ZdoomGL is buggy as fuck and it's well... zdoom, so I'd recommend Legacy GL.
Download Zdaemon if you want to play online, it's a client server version of Zdoom... uh, 'optimized' for netplay.
Also, don't bother reading the documentation for every port. Ports all work the same - put them in the same folder as your doom or doom2 IWAD file (doom.wad or doom2.wad) and run the port's .exe file. Just play around with all of them until you find one that suits you.
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05-05-02 04:11 
