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Xref: sserve comp.os.386bsd.apps:993 comp.os.linux.misc:10509 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!bruce.cs.monash.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!yeshua.marcam.com!MathWorks.Com!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!howland.reston.ans.net!cs.utexas.edu!geraldo.cc.utexas.edu!daisy.cc.utexas.edu!not-for-mail From: ddt@daisy.cc.utexas.edu (David Taylor) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.apps,comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: DOOM for X Date: 4 Mar 1994 19:12:19 -0600 Organization: id Software Lines: 50 Message-ID: <2l8m9j$frb@daisy.cc.utexas.edu> References: <2jf56m$7r@u.cc.utah.edu> <CM24Hn.6CJ@rex.uokhsc.edu> <1994Mar3.131137.27311@infodev.cam.ac.uk> <glen.762775342@paladine> NNTP-Posting-Host: daisy.cc.utexas.edu In article <glen.762775342@paladine>, Glen Harris <glen@paladine.ece.jcu.edu.au> wrote: > id has DOOM running as beta under Linux/X11 at the moment. The last I >heard (a week ago), was that the sound code needed ironing out to work >with the /dev/* interfaces to the sound h/ware of various cards. > > From what I've been told, we'll have to buy a whole new package. I have >_NOT_ been told, but I _hope_ that we'll get a discount if we already >own the DOS version..... > Egads. Perhaps I should intervene before this gets out of hand. It's not a beta. I've had it running under Linux for some time. That doesn't mean it's finished, ready for testing, which is what I think beta means. The sound code is not finished. I've got some basic stuff working. You hear the sounds, they mix, etc, but there's no distance effects or stereo yet. And the window doesn't scale in size, yet, something I was hoping to do for the more powerful machines. I did indeed use X because I want it to be portable. It looks as though there will be other UNIX ports. I also used it because I know it. Harm tried to sell me on svgalib, and it's neat (i've played with it and will use it for Jaguar Doom simulation), but it's a portability issue, not a statement of svgalib's quality or features. Lastly, the game will *not* require you to buy a new version of Doom. I've got it all running out of the DOS wadfile. You will simply need a new xdoom executable and sndserver executable. If you want to play the whole game, you can buy the registered copy of Doom, pull out the wadfile, and plug in the new binaries. Normally, we wouldn't make it a sort of kluge like this, but we figure most Linux people are way above average brightness-wise, a favorable statistic which is conversely the only thing keeping Linux from becoming wildly popular. A neat favor y'all could do for me when it's released is to send some e-mail saying that you bought the DOS wadfile to play the Linux game. I think UNIX games are going to be an important part of the future. It'd be swell to get some statistics that agree. =-ddt-> (btw, just got my first linux journal. haven't even cracked it, but i'm just totally pleased to have something in my lap w/ that title :)