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limespider

doom2 networking

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i've set up 2 computers on a home network - 1 running XP, the other 98. i started to play doom2 in a multiplayer game but as soon as i start i get a "consistency error" which then shuts down the game. any ideas on how to fix this or what the cause is?

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What engine are you using? The original or any other doom engine? ZDaemon, csDoom, Doom Legacy, JDoom, ZDoom... what?

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Doom2 doesn't run properly on XP... unless you mean Doom95 (which runs but without mouse support.)

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I'm biased, but of course I'd say use Legacy. It's really easy to run over a network. As long as your computers are connected, just launch legacy, start a server, and every other computer on teh network should see it fine and it's a snap to join a game in progress.

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Make sure you use the EXACT SAME version of Doom2 on both computers. That said, I've been told that XP handles some DOS stuff differently, leading to different game results and thus a consistency error. Try using a Windows source port (NOT doom95) instead of doom2.exe .

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