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On Tue, 03 Mar 2009 20:28:04 -0800, Volfie999 wrote:

> Is there anyway to play it in Windows Vista?
> 
> The old computer with Windows 2000 plays it as well as it ever did, but
> is it possible to do it on Vista?  It installed on the computer, from
> the original DOOM II disk, but it never loaded up.  Just the music
> played.  (Which was kinda hilarious, cause just the main DOOM theme song
> was going, and nothing else was happening. :))
> 
> Any suggestions, or help??

Play it on the Win 2000 machine.

Duh.


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On Mar 4, 10:45 pm, Dan C <youmustbejok...@lan.invalid> wrote:
> On Tue, 03 Mar 2009 20:28:04 -0800, Volfie999 wrote:
> > Is there anyway to play it in Windows Vista?
>
> > The old computer with Windows 2000 plays it as well as it ever did, but
> > is it possible to do it on Vista?  It installed on the computer, from
> > the original DOOM II disk, but it never loaded up.  Just the music
> > played.  (Which was kinda hilarious, cause just the main DOOM theme song
> > was going, and nothing else was happening. :))
>
> > Any suggestions, or help??
>
> Play it on the Win 2000 machine.
>
> Duh.
>
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You just never tire of taking the piss, do you....

On 03/03/09 11:28 PM, Volfie999 wrote:

> Is there anyway to play it in Windows Vista?

http://doom.wikia.com/wiki/How_to_play_Doom_on_Windows_XP

It says XP, but will probably work for Vista, too...

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On Mar 5, 8:15 pm, Chris Odorjan <codor...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 03/03/09 11:28 PM, Volfie999 wrote:
>
> > Is there anyway to play it in Windows Vista?
>
> http://doom.wikia.com/wiki/How_to_play_Doom_on_Windows_XP
>
> It says XP, but will probably work for Vista, too...
>
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Thank you much.

On Mar 4, 1:28 am, Volfie999 <mooseboys...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Is there anyway to play it in Windows Vista?
>
> The old computer with Windows 2000 plays it as well as it ever did,
> but is it possible to do it on Vista?  It installed on the computer,
> from the original DOOM II disk, but it never loaded up.  Just the
> music played.  (Which was kinda hilarious, cause just the main DOOM
> theme song was going, and nothing else was happening. :))
>
> Any suggestions, or help??
>
> Thanks

DOSBox will allow you to run the DOOM games (among many other old DOS
games) on modern systems.

http://www.dosbox.com/

I'm guessing you're using Doom95, or else you'd have some sound
problems in windows 2000.

You can get the DOS executable from the shareware, if it wasn't
included in your CD.

ftp://ftp.idsoftware.com/idstuff/doom/doom19s.zip

On Mar 11, 6:37 pm, myk <miguelfolate...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mar 4, 1:28 am, Volfie999 <mooseboys...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Is there anyway to play it in Windows Vista?
>
> > The old computer with Windows 2000 plays it as well as it ever did,
> > but is it possible to do it on Vista?  It installed on the computer,
> > from the original DOOM II disk, but it never loaded up.  Just the
> > music played.  (Which was kinda hilarious, cause just the main DOOM
> > theme song was going, and nothing else was happening. :))
>
> > Any suggestions, or help??
>
> > Thanks
>
> DOSBox will allow you to run the DOOM games (among many other old DOS
> games) on modern systems.
>
> http://www.dosbox.com/
>
> I'm guessing you're using Doom95, or else you'd have some sound
> problems in windows 2000.
>
> You can get the DOS executable from the shareware, if it wasn't
> included in your CD.
>
> ftp://ftp.idsoftware.com/idstuff/doom/doom19s.zip

Thank you as well.

On Tue, 3 Mar 2009 20:28:04 -0800 (PST), Volfie999
<mooseboyskip@hotmail.com> wrote:

>Is there anyway to play it in Windows Vista?
>
>The old computer with Windows 2000 plays it as well as it ever did,
>but is it possible to do it on Vista?  It installed on the computer,
>from the original DOOM II disk, but it never loaded up.  Just the
>music played.  (Which was kinda hilarious, cause just the main DOOM
>theme song was going, and nothing else was happening. :))

Not a dumb question. 

I dont run Vista yet (still on XP Professional). These sites might
help

http://www.mydigitallife.info/2007/12/31/running-old-and-older-programs-or-games-on-vista/
http://www.vistax64.com/vista-games/144391-old-games-vista.html

But the other alternative is to download JDoom or PrBoom and use  a
port to play DOOM2.WAD.

Stephen Howe

On Mar 15, 4:01 pm, Stephen Howe <sjhoweATdialDOTpipexDOTcom> wrote:
> On Tue, 3 Mar 2009 20:28:04 -0800 (PST), Volfie999
>
> <mooseboys...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >Is there anyway to play it in Windows Vista?
>
> >The old computer with Windows 2000 plays it as well as it ever did,
> >but is it possible to do it on Vista?  It installed on the computer,
> >from the original DOOM II disk, but it never loaded up.  Just the
> >music played.  (Which was kinda hilarious, cause just the main DOOM
> >theme song was going, and nothing else was happening. :))
>
> Not a dumb question.
>
> I dont run Vista yet (still on XP Professional). These sites might
> help
>
> http://www.mydigitallife.info/2007/12/31/running-old-and-older-progra...http://www.vistax64.com/vista-games/144391-old-games-vista.html
>
> But the other alternative is to download JDoom or PrBoom and use  a
> port to play DOOM2.WAD.
>
> Stephen Howe

Just FYI (and thanks!) to everyone who replied: I got ZDoom working
perfectly fine under Vista.  Though personally, I hate the maps on
ZDoom compared to the ones I'm used to. :)

Volfie999 posted:
>Though personally, I hate the maps on ZDoom compared to the ones I'm
>used to. :)

Out of interest, how so?

I have a hard time switching engines - they all "feel" different, one
way or another.

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On Mar 25, 4:30 pm, RjY <R...@sp.am> wrote:
> Volfie999 posted:
>
> >Though personally, I hate the maps on ZDoom compared to the ones I'm
> >used to. :)
>
> Out of interest, how so?
>
> I have a hard time switching engines - they all "feel" different, one
> way or another.

The ones I'm used to, the non-Zdoom ones, are much easier for me to
examine and figure out where the heck things are.  I mean, the color
coding on ZDoom is nice, but I'm used to the regular ones, is all. :)
(I'm talking about the auto-mapping, when you hit Tab, not the levels
themselves.)

Volfie999 posted:
>On Mar 25, 4:30 pm, RjY <R...@sp.am> wrote:
>> Volfie999 posted:
>> >Though personally, I hate the maps on ZDoom compared to the ones I'm
>> >used to. :)
>> Out of interest, how so?
>The ones I'm used to, the non-Zdoom ones, are much easier for me to
>examine and figure out where the heck things are.  I mean, the color
>coding on ZDoom is nice, but I'm used to the regular ones, is all. :)
>(I'm talking about the auto-mapping, when you hit Tab, not the levels
>themselves.)

Oh, map as in automap! I see what you mean now.

There's an option that makes the map colours behave like Doom, which I
believe is "map color set" in the automap menu. This is probably the
easiest way to get sane map colours. Otherwise, I agree the defaults are
terrible, but they all seem to be able to be independently reconfigured,
if you can be bothered to make the effort to do so.

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>> Out of interest, how so?
>>
>> I have a hard time switching engines - they all "feel" different, one
>> way or another.
>
>The ones I'm used to, the non-Zdoom ones, are much easier for me to
>examine and figure out where the heck things are.  I mean, the color
>coding on ZDoom is nice, but I'm used to the regular ones, is all. :)
>(I'm talking about the auto-mapping, when you hit Tab, not the levels
>themselves.)

I know what you mean :-)

I would like a  map that is cross between JDoom and PrBoom

JDoom's is such that yellow, red and blue doors (both card and skull)
are brightened yellow, red and blue compared with other lines. 
This is useful on very large levels where it may not be obvious where
the door are.

PrBoom is such that secret areas are marked in purple.

Stephen Howe

Stephen Howe posted:
>I would like a  map that is cross between JDoom and PrBoom
>
>JDoom's is such that yellow, red and blue doors (both card and skull)
>are brightened yellow, red and blue compared with other lines. 

PrBoom does this as well, but arguably the defaults for other lines are
such that locked doors don't really stand out that well. I reconfigured
all the map colours years ago.

>PrBoom is such that secret areas are marked in purple.

Indeed. But I do think it shouldn't show up unvisited secrets at all,
unless you've used iddt. map_secret_after should be removed.

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