Can't hit the switch

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3 total messages Started by pcal... Patrick John Calahan Mon, 17 Jan 1994 09:39

#1960

Author: pcal... Patrick John Calahan
Date: Mon, 17 Jan 1994 09:39

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Sorry if this is a FAQ, but...

I haven't registered my copy of doom yet.  I'm playing, and sometimes
I come to a switch that I can't get to (end of level 2) or which just
won't respond (middle of level 5).  I have never gotten past
level 5 because of this.  I know I'm supposed to be able to switch 
the thing from watching the demo.  A bug?  What does one do?


Thanks,

-p

Re: Can't hit the switch

#1961

Author: s... Scott P Evernden
Date: Mon, 17 Jan 1994 15:39

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In article <2hdmd5$6...@scratchy.reed.edu> pcal...@reed.edu (Patrick John Calahan) writes:
>
>Sorry if this is a FAQ, but...
>
>I haven't registered my copy of doom yet.  I'm playing, and sometimes
>I come to a switch that I can't get to (end of level 2) or which just
>won't respond (middle of level 5).  I have never gotten past
>level 5 because of this.  I know I'm supposed to be able to switch 
>the thing from watching the demo.  A bug?  What does one do?

It seems that you really can't save a level and then play it thru after
re-starting.  Once you re-start a level from a saved position, then certain
important switches don't seem to work anymore.  I not sure I see this behaviour
with the the registered version (I don't recall).  Anyways, what I did with the
shareware version was to save at the _end_ of each level.  If you die, then
restart from this position.

Also, I can't seem to save more than 4 games on the 6 save-game page on any
versions.

-scott

Re: Can't hit the switch

#1962

Author: haym... Ed Haymore
Date: Tue, 18 Jan 1994 06:04

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Scott P Evernden (s...@world.std.com) wrote:
| In article <2hdmd5$6...@scratchy.reed.edu> pcal...@reed.edu (Patrick John Calahan) writes:
| >I haven't registered my copy of doom yet.  I'm playing, and sometimes
| >I come to a switch that I can't get to (end of level 2) or which just
| >won't respond (middle of level 5).  I have never gotten past

| It seems that you really can't save a level and then play it thru after
| re-starting.  Once you re-start a level from a saved position, then certain
| important switches don't seem to work anymore.  I not sure I see this behaviour

I thought this was fixed in the 1.11 patch -- at least for me it was.

--
Ed Haymore   |   AA6EJ
e...@byu.edu   |   Live long and prosper.

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