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- A little know fact is that when you have a map file named say e1l1.map in
- your duke3d directory, duke3d /v1 /l1 will use that mapfile and not the
- e1l1.map in the duke3d.grp file.
-
- This batch file allows you to run your map files from the command line and
- still have your monsters present. To use it, place run.bat into your duke3d
- directory. If you have a whole directory full of e1l1.map, e2l3.map, etc.,
- this program may not work well for you. (BUT TRY IT ANYWAY)
- This file can do nothing catastrophic, it only renames files. If something
- goes wrong, your map file has either been renamed or nothing at all has
- happened, probably the later.
-
- Typing "run" by itself gives an alphabetical listing of your map files.
-
- Typing "run yourmapname" renames your map file e1l8.map and runs
- "duke3d /v1 /l8" and then renames it back.
- Typing "run yourmapname x y" renames your map file exly.map and runs
- "duke3d /vx /ly" and then renames it back.
-
- Typing "run /?" gives you a little info..
-
-
- What so great about all of this? Well it's easier than using setup all the
- time (if you want to have some monsters too). And you can listen to different
- music! Try "run yourmapname 2 1" and listen to some decent music!
-
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-
- Another interesting fact: if you rename map files e1l1.map, e1l2.map,
- exly.map, etc., when playing multiplayer games duke3d will use these
- map files instead of the levels in the group file. So if you and the
- people playing with you each rename a certain map file (or files) to
- the same exly.map, then you can play these map files without having to
- use specify them in setup.
-
- So you and your friend each copy fireplc.map to e1l1.map, copy
- firepnt.map to e1l2.map and use the modem game setup to specify some
- other user map. Then you can play my two maps by selecting
- episode one, levels 1 and 2 and still play that user map by
- selecting "start user map." Neat, huh?
-
- All of this will be totally irrelevant, of couse if 3d Realms adds decent
- command line parameters to duke3d.exe...