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                        DooM ][ is a trademark of id software.
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 Look out for a revolutionary program, named

   ---===== Doom II Extender ====---

          by Aleksey Sundeyev
 
[ Created primarily for multiplayer games on DWANGO and SIRDOOM. ]
[ You can also use it in single player mode and modem-to-modem.  ]

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SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS :

Sound card (I guess everybody has one!), mouse driver must be
loaded, disk caching program (smartdrv?) strongly recommended.

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HOW TO INSTALL :

Uncompress DEFxxx.ZIP to your DooM II directory. Done !

ATTENTION:
 
          DE may freeze on some systems when ran first or

          second time. In that case, just reboot and start DE again.

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HOW TO UNINSTALL :

Go to your DooM II directory and type UNINSTDE.

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NOTE: Standard features and Speed Boost might seem unnecessary for 
SIRDOOM players, but they are useful for DWANGO ones, and anyway,
its nice to be able of setting permanent command-line arguments
without typing them every time .


NOTE: Extended features (except Speed Boost) 
work ONLY if every player has DE installed
with same settings. 

Thats not because of DE, but because of the way DooM II was made.

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Highlights:

* Safe
* Has uninstallation utility (type UNINSTDE) which uninstalls DE in a matter 
  of seconds.
* Gives you features that no front-end has given you before.
* Supports SIRDOOM, DWANGO, single player and modem-to-modem.
  (to switch back and forth between multiplayer and modem-to-modem modes, 
   type DEMODEM.)
* Any of the options can be combined or got rid of any moment.
  Example : you can play GUNFINITY with MINES with LOW GRAVITY etc.
* Has nice mouse-supported interface.
* Gives you random voice comment after you finish the game.
* If you're going to play a WAD, presses ENTER key for you during 
  Doom II startup.
* It's FREEWARE.
* Doesn't have any bugs... If still has some, Email me.
* I use it all the time, so I keep updating it :)
  



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Standard Features :

* Demo recording (record multiplayer demos; ALL players must have it on;
demos are named like demo0001.lmp, demo0002.lmp etc, like screenshots)
* Development mode (take screenshots using F1 key)
* DeathMatch 1.0 (good old Dmatch where weapons are always there for you)

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Extended Features :

* Gunfinity (for ROTT fans, cool with DeathMatch 1.0)

* Low Gravity (make 'em fly around the level ! (you will, too, though))

* Super Weapons (if you feel like beating the hell out of monsters
instead of them doing that to you, play coop with Super Weapons...)

* Speed Boost (actually turbo:watch er speed increase up to 400% !)
NOTE: Considered cheating in DeathMatch.

* Permanent blood (shoot or get shot and see blood stay on the floor)

* Arnold mode (gives you advantage over monsters when using with Low Grav;
created for cooperative play)

* Mines (slows down your rockets , so Doom II starts looking like a strategy
game (WarCraft ?) and you have to think more with every move. Why ? Try it with
DeathMatch and find out.)

* Safe mode (makes you undestructable against shooting monsters, and you can
  go through windows, hidden & closed doors without keys or pressing switches.)

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        HOW TO USE IT ?
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If you use SIRDOOM, press ALT-J , type DE, set your options.
(Make sure other players have same options.)
Click "Save Settings" and you're back in SIRDOOM !

If you use DWANGO, press F6 , type DE, set your options.
(Make sure other players have same options.)
Click "Save Settings" and you're back in DWANGO !

Start your game and have fun !
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How to contact me :

send EMAIL to TheCleaner at the Game Server (415) 333-5333, best Game Server
around...

OR send EMAIL to : asunde01@hills.ccsf.cc.ca.us


I am waiting for comments & suggestions from people who like
DE and want me to keep improving it.
 
                                                         A.Sundeyev.

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   You can spread this ZIP file around as long as its UNMODIFIED.
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