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#elif STRIFE
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#define DEFAULT_IWAD strife1.wad
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#endif
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== LONG_GAME_NAME installation ==
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# LONG_GAME_NAME installation
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These are instructions for how to install and set up LONG_GAME_NAME
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for play.
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#if !PRECOMPILED
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== Building LONG_GAME_NAME ==
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# Building LONG_GAME_NAME
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Before you can play LONG_GAME_NAME, you need to compile a binary that
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you can run. For compilation, LONG_GAME_NAME requires the following
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@ -30,9 +29,9 @@ to be installed:
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Follow the standard instructions for installing an autotools-based
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package:
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1. Run './configure' to initialize the package.
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2. Run 'make' to compile the package.
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3. Run 'make install' to install the package.
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1. Run `./configure` to initialize the package.
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2. Run `make` to compile the package.
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3. Run `make install` to install the package.
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An automated build script is available that installs the necessary
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dependencies and builds the source code automatically. See the build
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information.
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#endif
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== Obtaining an IWAD file ==
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# Obtaining an IWAD file
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To play, you need an IWAD file. This file contains the game data
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(graphics, sounds, etc). The full versions of the games are
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proprietary and need to be bought. The IWAD file has one of the
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following names:
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| IWAD | Game |
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| -------------------------- | ------------------------------- |
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#if DOOM
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doom1.wad (Shareware Doom)
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doom.wad (Registered / Ultimate Doom)
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doom2.wad (Doom 2)
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tnt.wad (Final Doom: TNT: Evilution)
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plutonia.wad (Final Doom: Plutonia Experiment)
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chex.wad (Chex Quest)
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freedm.wad (FreeDM)
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| doom1.wad | Shareware Doom |
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| doom.wad | Registered / Ultimate Doom |
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| doom2.wad | Doom 2 |
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| tnt.wad | Final Doom: TNT: Evilution |
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| plutonia.wad | Final Doom: Plutonia Experiment |
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| chex.wad | Chex Quest |
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| freedm.wad | FreeDM |
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#endif
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#if HERETIC
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heretic1.wad (Shareware Heretic)
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heretic.wad (Registered / Commercial Heretic)
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| heretic1.wad | Shareware Heretic |
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| heretic.wad | Registered / Commercial Heretic |
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#endif
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#if HEXEN
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hexen.wad (Hexen)
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| hexen.wad | Hexen |
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#endif
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#if STRIFE
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strife1.wad (+voices.wad) (Strife)
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| strife1.wad (+voices.wad) | Strife |
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#endif
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#if DOOM
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If you don't have a copy of a commercial version, you can download
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If you don’t have a copy of a commercial version, you can download
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the shareware version of Doom (extract the file named doom1.wad):
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* https://www.doomworld.com/idgames/idstuff/doom/win95/doom95
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The Doom games, along with Heretic and Hexen, are available to buy
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for download on Steam (http://www.steampowered.com/), but are only
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available for Windows. To find the IWAD files on a Windows system,
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look in the Steam directory (usually within "Program Files"), under
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the "steamapps/common" path.
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look in the Steam directory (usually within “Program Files”), under
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the “steamapps/common” path.
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#endif
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#endif
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#if DOOM || HERETIC
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Older floppy disk versions are harder to deal with. The easiest way
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to install from floppies is to run the original installer program
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inside an emulator such as DOSbox (http://www.dosbox.com/).
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inside an emulator such as DOSbox (https://www.dosbox.com/).
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As an alternative to using an emulator, it is possible to extract the
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files manually. On the install disk(s), you will find several files
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with numbered extensions (eg. "doom_se.1").
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with numbered extensions (eg. “doom_se.1”).
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From the command line it is possible to combine these files into a
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single large file, using a command similar to the following:
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@ -119,17 +120,17 @@ using an LHA archive tool (there is one available for almost every
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operating system).
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#endif
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== Running the game ==
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# Running the game
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#if __MACOSX__
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Once you have an IWAD file, you can specify its location within the
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graphical launcher program. Click the "Configure..." button, and then
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click "Set..." for each IWAD to choose its location. From the main
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graphical launcher program. Click the “Configure...” button, and then
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click “Set...” for each IWAD to choose its location. From the main
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launcher dialog you can then choose which game you want to play and
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click the "Launch" button to start the game.
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click the “Launch” button to start the game.
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If you are an advanced user and like to run Doom from the command
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line, you can use the "Command Prompt..." menu item to open a Terminal
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line, you can use the “Command Prompt...” menu item to open a Terminal
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window. The DOOMWADPATH environment variable is preconfigured
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to point to the locations of the IWAD files set within the launcher.
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You can launch the game with a specific IWAD file by typing, for
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#if _WIN32
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* Within Explorer, simply place the IWAD file in the same folder as
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the LONG_GAME_NAME files, and double-click LONG_EXE_NAME.exe.
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the LONG_GAME_NAME files, and double-click `LONG_EXE_NAME.exe`.
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* Run LONG_GAME_NAME from the command prompt with the '-iwad' command
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* Run LONG_GAME_NAME from the command prompt with the `-iwad` command
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line parameter to specify the IWAD file to use, eg.
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LONG_EXE_NAME -iwad c:\games\DEFAULT_IWAD
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of directories to search (similar to the PATH environment
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variable).
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#else
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* Run LONG_GAME_NAME from the Unix console with the '-iwad' command
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* Run LONG_GAME_NAME from the Unix console with the `-iwad` command
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line parameter to specify the IWAD file to use, eg.
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LONG_EXE_NAME -iwad /root/DEFAULT_IWAD
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* Put the file into one of the following directories:
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$HOME/.local/share/games/doom
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/usr/share/games/doom
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/usr/local/share/games/doom
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#endif
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#if DOOM
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== Playing with Freedoom ==
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# Playing with Freedoom
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Freedoom is an open content project to create a Doom engine-based game
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that is entirely free software. The website can be found here:
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The main Freedoom IWAD files are not currently compatible with
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LONG_GAME_NAME. However, you can play using FreeDM, the
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deathmatch spinoff project. If you want to play single player games,
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you'll need to download additional fan-made WAD files to use in
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conjunction with it. Check out the Chocolate Doom wiki's page on
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Freedoom for some suggestions.
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you’ll need to download additional fan-made WAD files to use in
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conjunction with it. Check out the [Chocolate Doom wiki’s page on
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Freedoom](https://www.chocolate-doom.org/wiki/index.php/Freedoom)
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for some suggestions.
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== Playing with Chex Quest ==
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# Playing with Chex Quest
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Chex Quest is a game based on Doom with some minor modifications that
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was distributed with boxes of Chex cereal in 1997. It is possible to
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play Chex Quest using LONG_GAME_NAME. To do this, the following files
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are needed:
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* The IWAD file 'chex.wad', from the Chex Quest CD.
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* The IWAD file “chex.wad”, from the Chex Quest CD.
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* The dehacked patch 'chex.deh', which can be found here:
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* The dehacked patch “chex.deh”, which can be found here:
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https://www.doomworld.com/idgames/utils/exe_edit/patches/chexdeh
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(utils/exe_edit/patches/chexdeh.zip in your nearest /idgames mirror)
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Copy these files into a directory together and use the '-iwad' command
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Copy these files into a directory together and use the `-iwad` command
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line parameter to specify the Chex Quest IWAD file:
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LONG_EXE_NAME -iwad chex.wad
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#endif
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== Installing upgrades ==
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# Installing upgrades
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#if DOOM
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LONG_GAME_NAME requires a version 1.9 IWAD file. Generally, if you
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LONG_GAME_NAME requires a version 1.2 IWAD file. Generally, if you
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install a recent version of Strife you should have a version 1.2 IWAD.
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Please note that Strife version 1.3 does not update the IWAD, if your
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version.txt file says "STRIFE(TM) VERSION 1.3", you are still good.
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version.txt file says “STRIFE(TM) VERSION 1.3”, you are still good.
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#endif
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However, if you are installing from a very old CD version or from
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floppy disks, you might find you have an older version.
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The most obvious symptom of an out of date IWAD file is that the game
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will exit at the title screen before the demo starts, with the message
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"Demo is from a different game version!". If this happens, your IWAD
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“Demo is from a different game version!”. If this happens, your IWAD
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file is out of date and you need to upgrade.
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Upgrade patches are available that will update your game to the latest
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version, the following sites have the patches:
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#if DOOM
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<http://www.doom2.net/doom2/utils.html>
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<http://www.gamers.org/pub/idgames/idstuff/doom>
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<http://www.gamers.org/pub/idgames/idstuff/doom2>
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* http://www.doom2.net/doom2/utils.html
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* http://www.gamers.org/pub/idgames/idstuff/doom
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* http://www.gamers.org/pub/idgames/idstuff/doom2
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#elif HERETIC
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<http://www.gamers.org/pub/idgames/idstuff/heretic>
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* http://www.gamers.org/pub/idgames/idstuff/heretic
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#elif HEXEN
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<http://www.gamers.org/pub/idgames/idstuff/hexen>
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* http://www.gamers.org/pub/idgames/idstuff/hexen
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#elif STRIFE
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<http://www.gamers.org/pub/idgames/roguestuff>
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* http://www.gamers.org/pub/idgames/roguestuff
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#endif
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Please see <http://doomwiki.org/wiki/Game_patch> for more information.
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Please see the
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[Doom Wiki’s page on game patches](https://doomwiki.org/wiki/Game_patch)
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for more information.
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#if _WIN32
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As the patches are binary patches that run as DOS executables, on
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will need to use a DOS emulator (such as DOSBox) to run them.
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#endif
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== Music support ==
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# Music support
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LONG_GAME_NAME includes OPL emulation code that accurately reproduces
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the way that the in-game music sounded under DOS when using an
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Adlib/Soundblaster card. This is, however, not to everyone's taste.
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Adlib/Soundblaster card. This is, however, not to everyone’s taste.
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LONG_GAME_NAME includes a number of different options for better
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quality MIDI playback; see the file README.Music for more details of
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before installing SDL2_mixer.
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#endif
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# vim: tw=70
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