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In article <1994Apr27....@cs.sfu.ca> hui...@cs.sfu.ca (Huishan Zhou) writes:
>
>	Title says all,  I wonder if there is or will be a VGA version of
>doom.   I don't know much about programming,  but I figure it wouldn't be
         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>that hard to do this, am I right?

No kidding, you don't know much about programming.  DOOM _IS_ in VGA!  It 
runns in 320x200x256 color mode, which is VGA.

Richard

hui...@cs.sfu.ca (Huishan Zhou) writes:
>
>	Title says all,  I wonder if there is or will be a VGA version of
>doom.   I don't know much about programming,  but I figure it wouldn't be
>that hard to do this, am I right?

Afraid not.  According to Id, there isn't enough of an installed base of VGA
equipted computers to make a VGA version profitable.  Until there are, Doom
will be strictly an ANSI text based game.  However, I did hear a rumer that
someone is trying to hack Doom to work in CGA mode.  We can only hope!

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In <1994Apr27....@cs.sfu.ca>, hui...@cs.sfu.ca (Huishan Zhou) writes:
>
>	Title says all,  I wonder if there is or will be a VGA version of
>doom.   I don't know much about programming,  but I figure it wouldn't be
>that hard to do this, am I right?

No, Id has no intention of releasing anything but the monochrome
version, although they did mention possibly a CGA port by another
company.


Like duh stupid question.  What the hell video mode do you think it
runs in?

In article <rrwardCo...@netcom.com> rrw...@netcom.com (Richard Ward) writes:
>>       Title says all,  I wonder if there is or will be a VGA version of
>>doom.   I don't know much about programming,  but I figure it wouldn't be
>         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>>that hard to do this, am I right?

>No kidding, you don't know much about programming.  DOOM _IS_ in VGA!  It 
>runns in 320x200x256 color mode, which is VGA.

Maybe the writer meant higher resolution VGA.  He would probably appreciate an 
honest answer rather than a flame.  Would you answer this question the same 
way if you met him face to face and he asked it?  I don't understand what 
makes people think that communicating over the net requires a different answer 
than face to face, unless people are generally this snide.

[I'm sure I'll get flamed for this one.  I'm just sick of seeing these kinds 
of responses.  It probably won't do any good, anyway.]

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JCS

: Like duh stupid question.  What the hell video mode do you think it
: runs in?

Well, I think most of us recognized what the original poster was trying 
to say.  He confused SVGA with VGA.  We're not all computer geniuses, y'know.

(And if you really wanna get picky, Doom is actually running in MCGA 
mode, which most VGA/SVGA boards support.)

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In article <rrwardCo...@netcom.com>,
Richard Ward <rrw...@netcom.com> wrote:
>In article <1994Apr27....@cs.sfu.ca> hui...@cs.sfu.ca (Huishan Zhou) writes:
>>
>>	Title says all,  I wonder if there is or will be a VGA version of
>>doom.   I don't know much about programming,  but I figure it wouldn't be
>         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>>that hard to do this, am I right?
>
>No kidding, you don't know much about programming.  DOOM _IS_ in VGA!  It 
>runns in 320x200x256 color mode, which is VGA.
>
>Richard
>
>


Yes, DOOM is in VGA. I, for one, would LOVE to see DOOM in a Super VGA 
mode. Here I am with a 1MB Diamond Viper video card being used at 
half-mast. Perhaps there's a Super VGA version in the horizon?  ;>
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In article <CoyKy...@news.cis.umn.edu> wag...@main.mndly.umn.edu (Rick Wagner) writes:
>In <1994Apr27....@cs.sfu.ca>, hui...@cs.sfu.ca (Huishan Zhou) writes:
>>
>>	Title says all,  I wonder if there is or will be a VGA version of
>>doom.   I don't know much about programming,  but I figure it wouldn't be
>>that hard to do this, am I right?
[deletion]
>Like duh stupid question.  What the hell video mode do you think it
>runs in?

This guy may have been joking.  But still, he may have meant a REAL vga
mode. 8^)  You know, like 640x480x256.  That would look very cool, but
would probably be unplayable on most or all machines (well, at the least
it would be slow).  Doom is a serious resource hog (see Windows), and
quaddrupling the number of pixels is not going to help matters.  Perhaps
the really high-end machines like the Pentium (tm) could handle it.  Of
course the video cards would have to be 'top of the line' too.  Don't look
for it anytime soon. 8^)

-- 
Joseph W. Dixon | di...@mc.edu | "I wish I was like you...easily amuzed."

In article <john.stroebe...@msgate.medtronic.com> john.s...@msgate.medtronic.com (John Stroebel) writes:
>
>Maybe the writer meant higher resolution VGA.  He would probably appreciate an 
>honest answer rather than a flame.  Would you answer this question the same 
>way if you met him face to face and he asked it?  I don't understand what 
>makes people think that communicating over the net requires a different answer 
>than face to face, unless people are generally this snide.

It too easy to blast away at a computer screen.  Put a human in front of these
people and they're really nice.  Too bad, soooo sad.

>[I'm sure I'll get flamed for this one.  I'm just sick of seeing these kinds 
>of responses.  It probably won't do any good, anyway.]

I don't expect flamage.  But you're probably right - It won't do any good.

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In article <1994Apr27....@cs.sfu.ca>, hui...@cs.sfu.ca (Huishan Zhou) writes:
>
>	Title says all,  I wonder if there is or will be a VGA version of
>doom.   I don't know much about programming,  but I figure it wouldn't be
>that hard to do this, am I right?
>
>
>Thanx
>

Excuse me, but DOOM is already VGA.  It was from the beginning.  Unless, you
meant SVGA?

 

		Save the tuna, eat more dolphin.

jfl...@charlie.usd.edu
John Flack

John Stroebel (john.s...@msgate.medtronic.com) wrote:

: In article <rrwardCo...@netcom.com> rrw...@netcom.com (Richard Ward) writes:
: >>       Title says all,  I wonder if there is or will be a VGA version of
: >>doom.   I don't know much about programming,  but I figure it wouldn't be
: >         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
: >>that hard to do this, am I right?

: >No kidding, you don't know much about programming.  DOOM _IS_ in VGA!  It 
: >runns in 320x200x256 color mode, which is VGA.

: Maybe the writer meant higher resolution VGA.  He would probably appreciate an 
: honest answer rather than a flame.  Would you answer this question the same 
: way if you met him face to face and he asked it?  I don't understand what 
: makes people think that communicating over the net requires a different answer 
: than face to face, unless people are generally this snide.

: [I'm sure I'll get flamed for this one.  I'm just sick of seeing these kinds 
: of responses.  It probably won't do any good, anyway.]

Woah.. a bit sensitive, are we?  Come on, he did give an honest answer to a 
question that may be "stupid" to some of us.  And the answer wasn't THAT 
bad... it could have been much worse, like "hey, idiot!  Have you had your 
head up your a@@ for the past half decade?" (Just an example).

BTW, your post also technically qualifies as a flame. ;)

Anyways, a lot of people on the net are just indifferent to others for the 
very reason you stated: they will probably never come face to face with the 
other individual.  Therefore, they may seem rude sometimes (or a lot of 
times).  Kind of sad, but true.  


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No offense, but I don't think you know what VGA is. Doom is Vga! You
might be thinking of SVGA. Look closly at the Doom title screen. You
cant tell me that you can count only 16 colors used. Just to try it out,
you can type DOOM -devparm to load up Doom. When you get to the title
screen press F1. This will capture the screen to a PCX file. Use a paint
program to open the PCX file. When you go to look at  its statistics it
should say something like 320x240x256. Which means the width and the
height and finally the colors. If I'm correct, 320x200x256 is a Vga
mode. Ega can't display all those colors. I personally would like to see
an Svga version of Doom, but None are in the works. BTW, the title
screen doesn't look that bad. In fact, I like it.

         Brian

In article <1994Apr27....@cs.sfu.ca>, hui...@cs.sfu.ca (Huishan Zhou) writes:
- 
- 	Title says all,  I wonder if there is or will be a VGA version of
- doom.   

Huh? Doom _IS_ VGA.......

- I don't know much about programming,  but I figure it wouldn't be
- that hard to do this, am I right?

Not since it already does VGA, nope... :)

-- 
Dave Ratcliffe                      vogon1!frackit!da...@cse.psu.edu
Harrisburg, Pa.

In article <1994Apr27....@cs.sfu.ca>,
Huishan Zhou <hui...@cs.sfu.ca> wrote:
>
>	Title says all,  I wonder if there is or will be a VGA version of
>doom.   I don't know much about programming,  but I figure it wouldn't be
>that hard to do this, am I right?
>
>
>Thanx
>


You must've missed that last several hundred posts :)

DOOM is VGA. Low res, high color, sure. VGA nevertheless. Perhaps, like 
me, you wish to see a higher res version like 800x600 (!). Just imagine 
watching the arteries melt from plasma fire! ;>
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      =(_)=   (Am not now nor will I ever be a Boeing spokesperson)

On Sat, 30 Apr 1994 03:12:23 GMT, Tim Berger (bm...@rci.ripco.com) scribbled:
-] Anyways, a lot of people on the net are just indifferent to others for the 
-] very reason you stated: they will probably never come face to face with the 
-] other individual.  Therefore, they may seem rude sometimes (or a lot of 
-] times).  Kind of sad, but true.  

And besides, what can you expect from a bunch of people who run around 
toxic hallways blasting demons and expecting sudden death at any time?  
This ain't the Ritz, ya know...

Stuart Whitmore
whit...@tahoma.cwu.edu
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