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- TROUBLESHOOTING ADDENDUM
-
- IMPORTANT: Before changing your system or software setup we
- recommend that you review your system manuals to ensure that
- your modifications will not endanger any existing information
- or hardware on your system or network. Modifying your system
- or your software setup can be dangerous, and we cannot help
- you with any resulting problems.
-
- When DOOM runs, I get a "insufficient memory" error, or
- DOOM just doesn't run.
-
- You do not have enough free RAM to run DOOM. Try allocating
- more memory for DOOM by selecting the DOOM icon (click on it
- ONCE), then select "Get Info" from the File menu while in
- the Finder. Increase the number listed as the "Preferred Size".
- Also, quit all other applications. Turn off System Extensions
- and Control Panels.
-
- DOOM runs really slow, or locks or "pauses" on a fast
- system (such as a PowerPC-based Macintosh).
-
- Refer to the Read Me file about disabling System Extensions
- and Control Panels that are not required in order to run
- DOOM. Turn off all unnecessary Extensions and Control Panels.
- Also, you can select "Kill Finder" in the setup dialogs. Do
- not run from a CD/ROM, but copy the WAD file and the Music
- folder to your hard drive and eject any CDs.
-
- All PowerPC chips are not created equal. The PowerPC 601,
- for instance, is much faster than the 603. To increase
- playing speed, reduce the screen size, or change to Low
- Resolution by selecting the "Graphic Detail" item in the
- "Control" menu (it cycles between Low, Medium and High).
-
- One player may be accessing a menu or the keyboard options
- screen, which cause all other players in a multiplayer
- mode to wait until the operation is complete. Frag the
- player responsible to show your disapproval.
-
- The function keys don't seem to work as advertised.
-
- Some System Extensions (such as QuicKeys from CE Software)
- will "remap" the function keys to other uses. Disable these
- extensions, or temporarily turn them off while playing
- DOOM. Also check your key settings in the Key Configuration
- dialog, available by selecting "Movement..." from the Options
- menu.
-
- The Music sounds horrible, but I have QuickTime 2.0
- loaded.
-
- Ensure that you have a file called "QuickTime Musical
- Instruments" installed in your Extensions folder. That
- folder is located in your System Folder of your startup
- hard drive. If not, install it from the CD/disks into
- the Extensions folder.
-
- Music is slower on the Macintosh than it is on the
- IBM® PC.
-
- QuickTime is used for music (it's software), and is not as
- fast as the MIDI-compatible sound cards (hardware) that
- are common on IBM PCs. Thus, it has to share the processor
- time with DOOM. Turn the music off by selecting "Music"
- under the Options menu, or disable the QuickTime Extension
- altogether.
-
- I can't hear any music or sound effects even after changing
- the Sound and Music volumes using the DOOM menu.
-
- Check your master volume controls in the Sound Control panel.
- The volume controls in DOOM change the DOOM output to the
- range specified by the Macintosh's sound output volume
- setting.
-
- I've tried everything and still there's no music.
-
- Check to make sure that the "Music" folder is located in
- the same folder as the DOOM application. Also, QuickTime
- allocates memory in both the "system heap" and "application
- heap" and may not have enough memory. By disabling System
- Extensions and Control Panels and by selecting "Kill Finder"
- in the options dialog, you should free enough memory for
- QuickTime to make its needed memory allocations on a Macintosh
- with 8MB of installed RAM. You can determine the amount of
- installed RAM by selecting "About This Macintosh..." under
- the Apple menu while in the Finder. If the amount of RAM
- you allocate for DOOM is too high, however, you may prevent
- QuickTime from operating (see the error about "Insufficient
- Memory" above).
-
- I've received the message, "Consistency Failure" while
- running DOOM in multiplayer mode.
-
- For DOOM to run properly as a multiplayer game, all of
- the machines that are running DOOM must maintain a nearly
- identical status of the game during network play. If you
- receive this message, something has occurred which caused
- the multiplayer game on one computer to be different from
- the multiplayer games running on the other systems. If
- this occurs, all of the players must quit DOOM and restart
- the game.
-
- I've received the message, "Different versions of DOOM
- cannot play a net game".
-
- To improve DOOM, id Software updates it when necessary. You
- cannot play a multiplayer game with someone who is using
- a different version of DOOM. The Macintosh version number
- is not identical with the overall DOOM version number.
- Version 1.0 for Macintosh supports DOOM Version 1.9 for
- the PC. Any updates of the Macintosh version will specify
- the PC version needed. Updates ('patches') can be found
- on on-line services or on the internet.
-
- Why can't I get DOOM to run as a multiplayer game over
- IPX/MacIPX?
-
- If someone else is running DOOM in multiplayer mode over
- an IPX network you may receive a network port conflict.
- From the Multiplayer setup dialog, change DOOM to run
- under a different port. Consult with the person in
- charge of your network to receive a valid port address.
- You must also ensure that you are using a compatible
- version of IPX (most PCs use Ethernet 802.3, which can
- be specified in the MacIPX Control Panel). Also, make
- sure that you have "Always Auto-Configure Frame Type"
- turned off.
-
- Why isn't the motion smooth?
-
- If the animation isn't running smoothly on your system
- you should try reducing the window size and/or play
- DOOM in LOW resolution mode. Also ensure that you
- have disabled any unnecessary Extensions or Control
- Panels. Refer to your DOOM manual or the multiplayer
- addendum for instructions on these options.
-
- DOOM also reads data in from the WAD file as it is
- needed. If you have enough memory, create a RAM disk
- using the Memory Control Panel and copy your WAD
- file onto the disk image (it will show up on your
- desktop). Double-click the copy of the WAD file on your
- RAM disk to launch DOOM and use the RAM disk copy.
- The WAD files are quite alarge, so you will need a
- LOT of RAM to make use of this option (reduce DOOM's
- memory requirement to 4500K while using a RAM disk).
-
- I'm tired of looking at the company logos at
- startup.
-
- Press the Escape key or click the mouse button to
- skip the logos and begin a single player game. Or
- press "S" for single player options, or "M" for
- multiplayer options.
-
- I can't see the mouse or access the menubar.
-
- Press Command-K to return to Keyboard mode (mouse
- enabled for the menubar). To enable the mouse for
- control of movement within DOOM, press Command-M
- (or Command-J for Joystick).
-
- Created by id Software, Inc. DOOM ©1994, 1995 by
- id Software, Inc. All rights reserved. Macintosh
- conversion by Lion Entertainment, Inc.
-
- All trademarks are the property of their
- respective companies.