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Here you will find updated info on DOOM, DOOM II, Heretic, and QUAKE.

If there is something else you would like to see updates on please

send mail to american@idsoftware.com.

>IF YOU DON'T SEE ANY UPDATES THAT MEANS THAT THERE IS NOTHING

>TO UPDATE YOU ON. I WILL TRY TO MAKE NOTE OF THE IMPORTANT ITEMS,

>BUT I DON'T INTEND FOR THIS TO BE AN ID SOFTWARE DAILY JOURNAL.

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Disclaimer:

All of the stuff you read here could be a TOTAL LIE. I am not going

to be held liable for misinforming millions of people. I just work here.

-American

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(they're both the same, but we prefer you use fsp, if you can)

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Status of DOOM---Updated: Mon, Apr 17th 12:10pm

We have mastered The Ultimate DOOM! This is a special release of

the original DOOM for retail with an ADDITIONAL FOURTH EPISODE

titled "Thy Flesh Consumed". The box also contains a validation

for 5 free hours of DWANGO time (DOOM modem network play). The DOOM

box has been redesigned as to look unique in the stores next to all

the original DOOM shareware boxes.

We are planning an upgrade policy for registered DOOM owners to

move up to The Ultimate DOOM. Please do NOT hassle us about how it

will work! We will tell you when we know.

Status of Shareware DOOM:

GET VERSION 1.9 FROM ftp.idsoftware.com

The latest patch for Registered/Shareware DOOM is: 1.7 to 1.9

The latest version of Registered DOOM is: 1.9

The latest version of Shareware/Beta DOOM is: 1.9

The latest patch for DOOM II is: 1.7a to 1.9

1.9 is it. There will be NO MORE.

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Status of DOOM II---Updated: Fri, Jan 27th 4:05pm

If you have a version dated 8-25 it is pirate. Do NOT write

us asking how to patch it.

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Status of games using the DOOM engine---Updated: Fri, Mar 31st 3:51pm

Heretic: The Raven guys are still working on a patch for this. There

is no release date for the patch, but they do understand that everyone

is getting a little anxious... It should be out soon.

Strife: Still working. No updates. I will try to put something in here

soon about Strife.

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Status of DOOM The Movie---Updated Thu, Nov 3rd 1:35pm

Still in the birth process. Many very cool people have shown

interest in the project. There is no release date for the movie.

Nothing new.

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Status of DOOM ports---Updated: Fri, Mar 31 1995 4:48pm

OS/2: May is when the shareware should be out. Do not send us mail

about this.

MAC: Lion Software is working on this right now. They are VERY close

to having it finished. At the moment they are trying to get the DOS/

MAC network code working. They are also working on optimizing the

code to make it run faster. They should have everything ready to go

in two weeks. DO NOT SEND ME MAIL ABOUT THIS. I *WILL* DELETE IT!

WINDOWS: We just got a beta of this. Looks AWESOME. Still no

release date. The Microsoft guys are working on this. NO CHANGE.

THERE IS NO NEW INFO ABOUT THIS...

SGI Irix v5.2: ftp.uwp.edu:/pub/msdos/games/id/sgixdoom.tar.Z.

It is integrated with the v1.6ish DOOM version. It supports

pixel-doubling, -tripling, -quadrupling as well as 16-bit sound

for clearer mixing. Now compiled with -mips1 flag. Do not send

us mail about this. We will delete it. NO CHANGE.

Sun Solaris 2.4: ftp.idsoftware.com:/new/sundoom.tar.gz. Same as

SGI but uses direct frame buffer access for faster blitting. Do

not send us mail about this port. We will delete it. NO CHANGE.

LINUX: the linux version is at:

ftp.cc.gatech.edu:/pub/Linux/games/doom/linuxsdoom.tar.gz (full-screen)

ftp.cc.gatech.edu:/pub/Linux/games/doom/linuxxdoom.tar.gz (X windows)

ftp.cc.gatech.edu:/pub/Linux/games/doom/sndserver.gz (bug fixed)

ftp.cc.gatech.edu:/pub/Linux/games/doom/doom1v18.wad.gz

and may be moved to whatever appropriate directory later. Do not

send us mail about this. We will delete it. NO CHANGE.

QNX: DOOM for the QNX OS is anonymously ftp'able from quics.qnx.com.

It's compiled with Pentium optimizations and supports sound, music,

the VGA console and X Windows with pixel doubling and tripling.

We don't support this version, QNX Software Systems did the port.

This version will run the shareware, registered, or doom2 wadfile.

The files to ftp are:

/usr/free/doom/qnxdoom.pax.gz - Console and X versions of QNX DOOM

/usr/free/doom/doom1.wad.gz - DOOM v1.666 wad file

/usr/free/doom/qnxdoom.faq - Installation instructions and other

details

NEXTSTEP: URL for the info page at Omni's WWW site:

http://www.omnigroup.com/Software/Doom/

There is a DOOM and a DOOM II beta version.

If you have any other questions about Doom (under NEXTSTEP),

contact doom@omnigroup.com .

JAG: It's out now. Go buy it. Everyone likes it.

Sega 32X: Released. Buy it.

Ultra 64: We have licensed Williams Entertainment to develop a

unique version of DOOM for Nintendo's U-64. It is to be available

for the consumer release of the platform.

There will never be a port to these machines:

Amiga, Sinclair 2000, Apple //gs, TRS-80.

If there is not a release date on one of the above that means it

doesn't have one. Please DO NOT send mail asking for info on the ports.

If I had more I would put it here.

*NOTE: Some of you are morons. When I ask you NOT to send me mail about

*this stuff, I mean it. We get enough mail as it is... when you send

*us mail about this it just slows us down. Don't be a moron.

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Status of QUAKE---Updated: Tue, Jan 24th 8:48pm

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THERE IS NO BETA VERSION OF THIS OUT *ANYWHERE*!

THERE IS NOTHING FOR ANYONE TO TEST RIGHT NOW EITHER.

WE ARE STILL VERY MUCH IN DEVELOPMENT.

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This will not be out until sometime in the Winter of '95.

Ok, ok... you guys wanted more.

As of today the following things are working/semi-working:

Network play

Basic Engine

Object Modeling

Map Editor

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Network Play:

Server/Client code is functioning great. Set up a Quake server on

a DOS, NeXT, Linux, or SGI etc... box. Once the server is running you

get on another machine (DOS, NeXT, Linux, SGI, etc) and log into the

server. A play window opens and you can see the other players, move

around, quit out, get back in, etc... There is no DeathMatch yet, but

this will be the first part of the game to be working... monsters etc,

will be added in later.

Basic Engine:

This is running pretty fast. In network mode it slows down somewhat,

but this will be reversed soon. (Network will be faster than single

player.) Right now we are using a part of DOOM map 1 1 to test the

engine.

Object Modeling:

Kevin created a model of a person that only consists of about 200

polygons. This model looks surprisingly good... we had thought we

would need more polygons per model to create the amount of detail

we want. So far this is the only "thing" in the game. He does not

animate, but it is still cool to watch him be "born". At the moment

he is textured with the art from the CyberDemon.

Map Editor:

John also has a map editor in the works. At this point it looks

somewhat like 3D studio, with a camera view and a top down view

of the thing you are working on. You can add and subtract blocks

of "material" from the view. These are the building blocks of the

world... No, you will not be limited to blocks in the finished game.

**We will not be adding anything new to this for a while.

There are MANY cool new things going into the game right now, but

we do not want to give it all away just yet. We have been creating

small test levels for the past few weeks, and these are looking

awesome. The general game idea has started to solidify, but please

do not write asking what it is.

I will add some new stuff here when there is *alot* more to add.

Read alt.games.quake for occasional new info.

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WHAT IS id?

1id \'id\ n

[NL, fr. L, it]

(1924)

:the one of the three divisions of the psyche in psychoanalytic

theory that is completely unconscious and is the source of psychic

energy derived from instinctual needs and drives P compare EGO,

SUPEREGO

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DOOM / DOOM II / HERETIC TECH DOCS CAN BE FOUND BY MAILING

help@idsoftware.com WITH THE Subject: INDEX

"help" IS NOW COMPLETELY AUTOMATED AND MAIL SENT THERE IS *NOT*

READ BY HUMAN EYES. IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION THAT YOU MUST HAVE

ANSWERED BY US PLEASE MAIL IT TO shawng@idsoftware.com.

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Here you have found updated info on DOOM, DOOM II, HERETIC and QUAKE.

If there is something else you would like to see updates on please

send mail to american@idsoftware.com.