----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Multi-player DOOM Device Driver Copyright (c) British Telecommunications plc. 1996 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- About this driver ----------------- This driver (in conjuntion with the BT Wireplay server) allows two players to take part in a single game of DOOM, DOOM II, HERETIC or any other iD Software game based on the DOOM networking system. This DOOM device driver is intended for use with the BT Wireplay service, but will operate on direct serial port or modem-modem links like the standard SERSETUP.EXE driver supplied with DOOM. Compatible versions of DOOM --------------------------- This driver requires version 1.6 or greater of DOOM. iD Software provide updates to the DOOM engine from their World Wide Web site: http://www.idsoftware.com/ Command line arguments ---------------------- In addition to the normal SERSETUP.EXE arguments (eg: -answer -19200 etc.) this driver accepts the following arguments: -nodes Number of players taking part in the game (default 2) -modem Assume a modem is being used [applies RTS/CTS flow control] (assumed if -dial or -answer are supplied) -ticdup <1-4> Duplicate game 'tic' information to reduce modem bandwidth and speed up the game (default 4 - minimum bandwidth) -extratics <0|1> Provide extra 'tic' information on each tic to make game smoother at the expense of some bandwidth (default 1 - on) -program Launch another program (default DOOM2.EXE then DOOM.EXE). NB: You must provide the file type extension eg: multiser -program DOOM19.EXE ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wireplay is a trademark of British Telecommunications plc. DOOM, DOOM II & HERETIC are trademarks of iD Software. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------