Tutorial: Running SIGIL on Pentium MMX

[rizzoislandgame]

Hi there!

 

Not sure if anyone has posted a tutorial yet on how to get this mod running on an older Pentium PC, and I wanted to be the person to do it!

 

Requires a CD-ROM drive (floppies can be used but that takes a loooooooooooooong time to do and is outside the scope of this tutorial)

Tutorial:

 

If you don't have a physical copy of The Ultimate Doom:

 

Step 1: Download SIGIL from the Romero Games Site

 

Step 2: Download the Doom source port Boom

 

Step 3: Buy Ultimate Doom from GOG and download the installer (Not GOG Galaxy)

 

Step 4: Create a folder anywhere on your modern computer called SIGIL

 

Step 5: Install Ultimate Doom to the SIGIL folder

 

Step 6: Delete all the files except for DOOM.WAD

 

Step 7: Extract SIGIL_COMPAT.WAD to the folder you created and rename it SIGIL.WAD

 

Step 8: Extract all the files from the Boom zip file into the SIGIL folder

 

Step 9: Make a new textfile in the SIGIL folder and rename it to SIGIL.BAT

 

Step 10: Edit the bat file and type in:

boom -iwad Doom -file SIGIL.wad

then save the file

 

Step 11: Put in a blank CD and choose "With a CD/DVD Player" when it asks you how you want to use the disc

 

Step 12: Copy the SIGIL folder with all the files onto the CD then burn it to the disk

 

Step 13: Once the disc is finished burning, put the CD into your old 486 or Pentium DOS machine.

 

Step 14: Type:

MKDIR C:\SIGIL

Step 15: Type:

COPY D:\SIGIL\*.* C:\SIGIL

Step 16: Wait for the transfer to finish then type:

CD C:\SIGIL

Step 17: Type:

SIGIL

 

It should start right after you press enter!

 

Thanks everyone! I hope this tutorial was good!

 

Here are my PC Specs:

 

OS: DOS 6.22

Processor: Pentium w/MMX

RAM: 128MB

HDD: 2GB

GFX Card: ATI Mach64 VGA Accelerator

Sound Card: Soundblaster 16

[Vorpal]

lol? How is any of this related to a particular cpu, and why so many steps if you're just going to run a batch command

[Graf Zahl]

I think this post can be summarized as "17 reasons why DOS fell out of favor..." :P

 

[mgtroyas]

Well, first 13 steps are only to get the files on the DOS computer, a good networking stack would do wonders.

[Pegleg]

Welcome to Doomworld!

 

Interesting tutorial. I figure a number of newer gamers have rarely, if ever, ventured into the world of DOS and all the things that come along with it.

 

On 7/8/2019 at 5:53 PM, rizzoislandgame said:

floppies can be used but that takes a loooooooooooooong time to do and is outside the scope of this tutorial

 

For some reason, this is my favorite statement from the entire post. I think it's because of the "outside the scope of the tutorial" bit.

 

On 7/8/2019 at 5:53 PM, rizzoislandgame said:

Download the Doom source port Boom

 

Why Boom? I would think Crispy Doom would be the more faithful representation of a period-accurate (mid-90's) Sigil experience, since Chocolate has problems with it.

[unerxai]

11 minutes ago, Pegleg said:

Welcome to Doomworld!

 

Interesting tutorial. I figure a number of newer gamers have rarely, if ever, ventured into the world of DOS and all the things that come along with it.

 

 

For some reason, this is my favorite statement from the entire post. I think it's because of the "outside the scope of the tutorial" bit.

 

 

Why Boom? I would think Crispy Doom would be the more faithful representation of a period-accurate (mid-90's) Sigil experience, since Chocolate has problems with it.

Crispy Doom on DOS?