JehovahGyra

I’ve never been able to get sound to work with Doom.exe or Boom.exe on my computer. Once, after searching for sound card values that were out of the setup.exe’s range and tweaking manually, I was able to get Doom.exe to play sound, but only after exiting to pure DOS, albeit often freezing up. I had all but given up on this, but then today I noticed that a screensaver type program called ‘deskdoom’ plays full sound when I run it. Of course, this program exits as soon as any button is pressed. But it seems to be based wholly on the same version of Boom I’m running, right down to the exit message. This seems really weird to a dummy like me. I don’t guess there’s a way to keep deskdoom.exe from exiting when I press a button without changing the exe, because the cfg file for it is identical to that of Boom’s. Are there any techy types around who might have a clue why the deskdoom incarnation of Boom will play sound while Boom.exe itself will not? Or maybe just plain tips on how to force Doom to work on newer soundcards (SB PCI512)? I always wanted to hone my skills in the original exe, but it’s just not worth it without sound.

Thanks

Thanks for the various advice. As far as the suggestions to use ZDoom, I do have Zdoom. I am the guy who made A Warm Place. Does anyone remember? It was like the ZDoomyest Zdoom Mod ever. Where are the 672 people who downloaded that thing? Like I said, my desire to play the original Doom more thoroughly was purley a purist desire. It's not that I don't have or like the new source ports. Zdoom is my favorite too. Well, thanks for the clues.

Jehovah Gyra, a group you might know from the likes of e1m1.mp3 and e1m8.mp3, is going to have a live show on July the 20th. There's gonna be at least one Doom song played live (an excuse for the singer to rest his vocal cords, heh.) I know it's a very, very, very, very long shot to the point of being just plain stupid to even mention it, but if there is anyone near the West Texas area (Big Spring), in theory you wouldn’t have to pay if you were from the Doom community, and you’d get to see the antics that will probably have the lead singer arrested by the end of the night. Just a thought. I'm not trying to be commercial or anything.

inferno_45: This might help with your ZDoom problem. http://www.notgod.com/phorum/read.php?f=11&i=2365&t=2365 Virgil: Thanks. I loved your seraph.wad. In fact, when I took a break from awp to download it I almost gave up on the project because I knew I couldn't compete with such skilled mappers. I'm encouraged to try and make a sequel to this map, but it will probably take much longer to finish. I have a question. Has anyone seen the "Interactive Beastiary"?? It doesn't come up on the new ZDoom for me!

inferno_45: [url=[url="http://www.notgod.com/phorum/read.php?f=11&i=2365&t=2365]Thi<font size=1]<samp>/url]">http://www.notgod.com/phorum/read.php?f=11&i=2365&t=2365]Thi<font size=1><samp>/url][/url] might help your ZDoom problem. I have a question. Has anyone seen the "Interactive Beastiary"??? It doesn't come up on the new ZDoom for me. :( Virgil: Thanks. I loved your seraph.wad. In fact, when I took a break from awp to download it I almost gave up on the project because I knew I couldn't compete with such skilled mappers. I'm encouraged to try and make a sequel to this map, but it will probably take much longer to finish.

Thanks Rich. This was my first experience with FPS mapping, and I'm glad to have feedback. Actually, the wad was broken there because there were WAY too many slime trails with the entire pre-Reactor Core all in one map. That's why you see so many pieces of the level stuck into a separate Map02. But you're right, it is very hard to trigger that linedef without opening the door. Neat anti-cheating device.

Okay, Randy has stated that the damage thing (0) glitch [i[/i]<font size=1><samp>/i] a glitch and that it has been fixed in his working copy of ZDoom. So I am not going to update the scripts. However, I’m going to update the level in a few places. There are even some HOMs that I never noticed. Did anyone who played AWP notice any major errors that should be fixed? I’d be very grateful to hear of any. And for those who think that the level is confusing, I’m going to include a demo of myself playing the level. I’m also going to include the mysteriously missing text file.

You have to hop up the platforms mario style. Hint - look for the health potion.

limzm: Um, yeah. I can tell that guy I guess. He lives kinda, inside my head so it shouldn’t be too hard to get the message out. But don’t plan on it being any bigger. A Warm Place was my first map, and it took me a long time. I doubt I can do better or bigger right at the moment. Crendowing: In the gravity room, after the gravity changes just check the doors.

limzm: Um, yeah. I can tell that guy I guess. He lives kinda, inside my head so it shouldn’t be too hard to get the message out. But don’t plan on it being any bigger. A Warm Place was my first map, and it took me a long time. I doubt I can do better or bigger right at the moment. Crendowing: In the gravity room, after the gravity changes just check the doors.

Well, I just had a lot of real life problems pop up, so I don't know how long it'll be. Maybe I'll make a shorter something or other.

I think both are pretty funny. In fact I think most of what happened in the mod was kinda campy and quirky. Me so sorry. Hm... Maybe I'll find time for a sequal and make it very serious. Ah, I just had a good idea...

Disappointment? Doesn’t anyone remember older video games? “We present you with another quest”? And didn’t Bigdog mention that in his review as well? Anyway, I like the idea of 2 different endings. I actually think the nonUV ending is funnier myself too. On the other hand, A Warm Place UV without cheating is hard for most people, and near impossible for me without saving.

Crendowing : The door is right behind the force field. This is where you don't want to try and open it without the level 5 key because of the beta 33 glitch. Damon: Open awpm.wad with wintex. There is a lump in that wad called e1m8. Use 'edit'&gt;'save entries to file', to extract this. Then change the extension or use 'open with' to play it in your mp3 playing program. I think I'll go ahead and upload just the mp3 itself to jehovahgyra.com.

You can also use wintex. Export e1m8.lmp and change the extention back to mp3.

Damon: Okay, please don't call me a creep because it hurts my feelings. Let me say this one more time: I'm sorry for the problem with the not dying, but WHEN I SENT THIS TO DOOMCENTER FOR REVIEW 1.28B WAS *THE LATEST BETA*. And because Bigdog was busy, he wasn't able to upload it for a month or so. So I did make it compatible with the latest beta, but the latest beta changed before the release. Also, there are a couple of other strange things here. In the reactor core lava pit, you can see semi-invisible red bars for some reason. And in the vent switch room also, there is a strange semi-visible wall around the blood pool. Lastly, when you try to grab the "fake" plasma rifle, beta 33 "grunts," and aslo you can hear the "broken lift" radio operator's voice before you get to it in beta 33, though it was originally designed so that you couldn't (because of the rising and falling pipes.) As far as the damage_thing problems go - I could fix those now that I know, but I never thought this level would be liked much by anyone - much less a topic of discussion here. Nash: Masterpiece - you make be blush. As far as the BFG - it's there, but you can only get it your second time through. Those arachnotrons might have something to say about that, though. :p Anyway, every weapon is offered to the player once, but ONLY once, so you have to be careful or you'll miss the SSG. To balance that I made sure the camera showed you the SSG before you leave the stage.

And let me point out again that this and similar problems didn't exist when A Warm Place was finished and originally presented to Doomcenter for hosting. If you are interested enough you can try with beta 28b (as stated in the text file - or was there even a text file in the zip? oops) and see for yourself. In any case, please don't think that I would put out a level with such a glaring error.

You have stumbled upon one of the glitches that occur with newer betas. You really are supposed to be killed, and it worked fine when it was finished with beta 28b (the latest at the time.) Short of using the older version of Zdoom, just avoid trying to open that door (you should always listen to computers, duh!) until after you really do have the key it's asking for. If you want more specific information you can email me.

Oh, I'm sure old Richo can come up with something, but it might not be as big. The poor guy just got engaged and fired, so he's gonna be busy.

If anyone thinks it's TOO hard, I shall produce a UV demo with no saves. Waha! ;)

I found a few glitches in this thing. Most of them are superficial, but a couple that happen with beta 33 (remember that this was designed more than a month ago with beta 28a) ruin scripts. That sucks. I was thinking of uploading a better version to newstuff, but it seems that MP3s can't be embedded in wads there. Darn. I hope not too many folks get messed up by these glitches.

Heh. Hey, I remember when I first "learned" DOS. I'm from the old school of white trash who learned about computers in grade school on a Mac with Claris Works. When I got my first PC and tried Doom, I remember spending days just yelling, "What the fuck is a 'command line'?" I felt really dumb. I finally gave in and bought a series of instructional videos that were on sale at OnCue for one dollar. True story.

It's possible that you don't have your MOD music volume turned up, or (maybe?) you forgot to include awpm.wad as well as awp.wad. Also make sure you have beta 28b (later betas will work, but with slight errors.) I hope you like the E1M8 music.

Yes, the thing I liked most was how little it tried to be like every other map. Keep the originality!