Short: Amiga port of Chocolate DOOM Author: NovaCoder Uploader: novacoder yahoo co uk Type: game/shoot Version: 2.3.0.10 Architecture: m68k-amigaos >= 3.1.0 Distribution: Aminet Kurz: Amiga Portierung von Chocolate DOOM Overview: Amiga 68k port based on Chocolate Doom v2.3.0...includes ports of Heretic, Hexen and Strife. 1998 saw the public release of the Doom source code by its original authors, id Software. Since then, a large number of Doom "source ports" have been created by programmers, who have extended the code, adding new features and removing some of the limitations of DOS Doom (now commonly referred to as "Vanilla Doom" by fans). These efforts should be commended, and many of the modern Doom source ports are truly impressive pieces of work. Chocolate Doom takes a different approach to other source ports. Its aim is to accurately reproduce the experience of playing Vanilla Doom. It is a conservative, historically accurate Doom source port, which is compatible with the thousands of mods and levels that were made before the Doom source code was released. Rather than flashy new graphics, Chocolate Doom's main features are its accurate reproduction of the game as it was played in the 1990s. The project is developed around a carefully-considered philosophy that intentionally restricts which features may be added (and rejects any that affect gameplay). Originally just a port of the Doom source code, the project has grown to include ports of Heretic, Hexen and Strife, other commercial games that were based on the Doom engine. Requirements: 1) An RTG Amiga. 2) 68060 processor or better. 3) 32 MB of RAM. 4) AHI installed and configured (see links section below). 5) Music packs for digital music playback (see links section below). 6) CAMD library installed and configured for native MIDI playback (see links section below). 7) The original PC games (or demos). Configuration Options: When running from the Shell you must specify a stack of at least 300,000 The AHI device used will be the one setup in your AHI Prefs (unit 0). Please see the Chocolate Doom documentation for command line options, most of these can be set via Tooltypes. You need to use the Setup utility to configure each game, this can also be used to select the music device and set the display mode. Limitations: 1) No network or multi-player support. 2) No Joystick support because 2 button DOOM is boring. Version History: 2.3.0.01 - Added window mode support. 2.3.0.03 - Added native MIDI support (CAMD). 2.3.0.04 - Changed to update window even when inactive (DOOM and Strife). 2.3.0.05 - Fixed looping bug with MIDI playback. 2.3.0.06 - Updated mouse grab. 2.3.0.07 - SDL fixes for 8 bit window mode. 2.3.0.08 - Updated window mode and input capture handling. 2.3.0.09 - Updated custom WAD file handling. 2.3.0.10 - Fixed sound effects configuration. Performance Considerations: 1) If you have a Blizzard you should really be using BlizKick, Apollo users should be using RemApollo. 2) Fast File System is actually really slow, use PFS3 instead. 3) Playing OGG compressed music on a real Amiga will be very slow, try using WAV files instead. 4) Use v4.18 of AHI as the later versions are too slow on real hardware. 5) If you are using Paula stick with the 'FAST' 8 bit Mono/Stereo++ modes (AHI prefs). 6) A 16 bit sound card *might* be faster with a 16 bit mode (AHI prefs). 7) If you're still having performance problems, make sure you are using the latest/patched WAD files (see links section). Links: http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=106461 (Chocolate Doom thread on EAB) https://www.chocolate-doom.org/wiki/index.php/Chocolate_Doom (Chocolate Doom offical page) http://www.doomworld.com/classicdoom/info/patches.php (DOOM WAD versions) http://aminet.net/package/driver/audio/ahiusr_4.18 (AHI Audio system) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlkxvDx27sY (AHI setup guide) http://aminet.net/package/mus/edit/camd (Commodore Amiga MIDI driver) http://sc55.duke4.net/ (Roland SC-55 based OGG music packs) http://sycraft.org/content/audio/hexen.shtml (Hexen OGG music packs) https://www.dropbox.com/s/6avtah7kd3jsim3/Strife%20Music%20-%20Veteran%20Edition.zip (Strife music packs) http://aminet.net/package/game/shoot/BOOM_RTG (DOOM port) http://aminet.net/package/game/shoot/PrBoom (DOOM port) http://aminet.net/package/game/shoot/ZDOOM_RTG (DOOM port) http://aminet.net/package/game/shoot/ODAMEX_RTG (DOOM port)