Re: Macintosh Levels & PC Compatibility?

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From: BW
Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2005 19:33

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> Nope.
> Macs use another byte-order than PCs.
> http://www.cs.umass.edu/~verts/cs32/endian.html
>
> Doom wads which are created for PC have to be processed ("byte-swapped")
to
> be used on macs, and vice versa,
> with programs like WADenizer.
> http://homepage.fcgnetworks.net/jwarren/doom/extra.html
>
>
> Chances are that most Doom wads for the Macintosh were made on PCs and
> processed for Mac, since the MacDoom
> scene is marginal compared to the PC Doom scene. So you would better look
> for wads in ftp.cdrom mirrors like sunet.se or the doomworld archives.
>
> ftp://ftp.sunet.se/pub/pc/games/idgames/levels/
>
> http://www.doomworld.com/idgames/
>
>
> Only few wads, like Laz Rojas WolfenDoom episodes, were created on Macs
and
> then converted for PCs.
>
> G.
>

*stands corrected but suprised*
You would have thought any endian-byte-swapping would be done by MacDoom, to
avoid the inconvenience of having to use different-format wads.

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