Only real DOOM hackers should read

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4 total messages Started by ml... Michael Earl Lowe Sat, 08 Jan 1994 20:27

#825

Author: ml... Michael Earl Lowe
Date: Sat, 08 Jan 1994 20:27

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That was just to get your attention.

There has been talk of command line parameters and actual success in
getting doom to use 2 or more monitors to get a panoramic view.

The way this works (To the best of my knowledge) is thus;
One machine has an actual player, another 1(or more) becomes drone(s) for
the first player.

What good is that?

Well, it works out that if you have a couple of extra monitors & networked
syetems that are able to run doom, you can set one up to be your LEFT view,
another to be your RIGHT view, and your machine to be your frontal view.

I have hacked at some of these commands and have had some limited success
getting it to work, so I'm posting what I know - on the off-chance that
maybe someone else will figure out what I'm missing, and tell us all how to
do it.

Command lines:
DOOM -right (a number here)
results in the system stating that another system requested a drone, but it
doesn't play.

DOOM -left (a number here) see above.


DOOM -dude (number here) It plays the game as a one player network game.

DOOM -drone (number here?)
I've read about someone trying this parameter, but haven't tried it myself.


That's it.

Good luck!














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Re: Only real DOOM hackers should read

#826

Author: oc... Owen Crow
Date: Sun, 09 Jan 1994 05:39

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In article <CJBvI...@rci.ripco.com>,
Michael Earl Lowe <ml...@rci.ripco.com> wrote:
>There has been talk of command line parameters and actual success in
>getting doom to use 2 or more monitors to get a panoramic view.

Try:
doom -net 3 -left		<- left computer
doom -net 3			<- middle computer
doom -net 3 -right		<- right computer

's really slow though.

Good luck,
Owen
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"Oh Benson... dear Benson, you are so mercifully free of the ravages
 of intelligence." - Evil, _Time_Bandits_

Re: Only real DOOM hackers should read

#827

Author: app... matthew appler
Date: Thu, 13 Jan 1994 20:02

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Michael Earl Lowe (ml...@rci.ripco.com) wrote:
: That was just to get your attention.

: There has been talk of command line parameters and actual success in
: getting doom to use 2 or more monitors to get a panoramic view.

: The way this works (To the best of my knowledge) is thus;
: One machine has an actual player, another 1(or more) becomes drone(s) for
: the first player.

That is how it works.  Unfortunately, it is UNPLAYABLE.  I tried it on a
network with ZERO traffic (other than me) and it was not playable.  It was
SOOO slow and the monitors were not sync'ed properly.  It's a nice thought,
and one that would be kool to port to other games (Flight Simulator
perhaps?).....but, it doesn't work at all.   Oh well, nice try ID.  it was 
a kool thought.

  Matt


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Re: Only real DOOM hackers should read

#828

Author: gun... WonderBoy
Date: Tue, 18 Jan 1994 07:04

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In article <CJL3o...@hub.cs.jmu.edu> app...@tch1.cs.jmu.edu (matthew appler     ) writes:

>That is how it works.  Unfortunately, it is UNPLAYABLE.  I tried it on a
>network with ZERO traffic (other than me) and it was not playable.  It was
>SOOO slow and the monitors were not sync'ed properly.  It's a nice thought,
>and one that would be kool to port to other games (Flight Simulator
>perhaps?).....but, it doesn't work at all.   Oh well, nice try ID.  it was 
>a kool thought.

It worked just fine here on our 486dx50's. Nice framerate and incredable 
felling of 'being there'. Only problem I had was that I kept getting a CRC 
error on the left view pc about 5 minutes after gamestart.

gun...@dhhalden.no

-=::Peel a man that looks like an onion, 
    and I'll show you a man that looks like a peeled onion.

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