                             SER7.EXE Help File

Everything Should be pretty much Self explanitory, but I'll try to list
anything that may be difficult to figure out.

The Only Hidden Option to SER7 is an EMERGENCY Quit Key.  Should for Some
Reason you loose your Mouse and cannot get it Back, try hitting the "F10"
Key.  Depending on the layering of my windows, you may need to hit the
"F10" more than once to get out.  That should Drop you back to Text mode
to quit..... I have Done Alot of Testing to ensure this doesn't happen,
but if it does please report the conditions that it occurd to me.

The Phone Book Screen:
- Please Note that You cannot Add PhoneBook Data within SER7 (Maybe in SER8)
  Please edit the SER7.PBK file with a text editor
- The window will display the names of the people in your Phone Book, When
  Selecting a Name the Phone Number for That person will be displayed.
- The "Clear" Button under the Phone Number Box is used to Clear the
  Highlight if you really wanted to leave the field Blank for a Default
  Connection.
- The Up and Down Arrows Cycle through your Phone Book if you have more that
  5 Names.
- The "Dial" Button will only work with a Person's Name highlighted, in which
  case any configuration changes are read in from the phone book and the
  number is Dialed.
- The "Manual" Button is used to enter a phone Number that is not listed in
  your phone book.  All default game values will be used.
- The "Answer" button functions in TWO ways.  With No name highlighted, the
  Modem is Set to answer modem and ALL default game parameters will be
  Used(from SER7.CFG)  If you have highlighted a persons Name, the
  Configuration changes for that person will be made and then the Modem will
  wait for the Call.
- The "Cable" button is for a Null Modem or a Pre-existing Connection.  All
  Default parameters are used for this connection.
- The "Quit" Button will...........Quit the Program.

The Dialing/Answering Screen:
- Just sit and watch.....should you want to Abort, press the "Cancel" button.
- After pressing the "Cancel" button if the Modem was off the Hook, there
  will be a short pause while the modem is reset....this pause is normal.
- After the connection has been made, you will see the main interface.


Chatting Windows:
- Chatting is always active, accept when there is an open dialogue box
  that requires input from you.  All incomming characters will be held
  in the buffer until you finish.

Main Buttons: (Lower Right)
- These are all pretty self-explanitory
- The Radio Buttions just to the Right of the SER7 graphic are used to select which
  Game you are going to play.  Only Those Games Which are present on your
  Computer Will Be Shown!!

Selecting PWADS:
- To Select Files, Press the Select Files Button.
- The Selection is a typical File/Directory window.
    - Double Click on a Directory to move to that Directory.
    - Single Click on Multiple FileNames to Select more than One File
      Then Press the OK Button(Green Check Mark) to finish.
    - The Red "X" is the Cancel Button.
    - The Yellow "i" button will show the Wad Level Information.
      This will ONLY work if a filename is shown in the Filename Box.  This
      Will NOT work on highlighted files.
    - Change Drives by pressing the Arrow by the drive letter.
    - Change the File Search Spec by pressing the arrow by "*.WAD"  Only
      "*.WAD" and "*.*" are supported.
- Autowarping will search all Selected Wad Files and set the Map and Episode
  to the lowest value found.  If you have selected more than 6 files, SER7 
  will only search the first 6.  (specifically the 6 that are shown in the 
  selection window.

Selected Files Window: (Lower Right)
- The Window is made up of many different areas each with different functions.
   - Pressing a Button with the Name of a Pwad on it will Bring up the Display
     Showing the Levels contained in the Pwad.
   - Pressing the small Red "X" button to the right of a File Button will
     Remove that file from the list.
   - Pressing the Large Red "X" button at the bottom left of the window will
     Remove ALL files from the list.
   - Pressing with Up and Down Arrows will Scroll through the list of selected
     Files.

Configuration Windows: (Upper Left)
- Episode and Map are selected from the Same Window.  Note Heretic Currently
  only has 3 episodes, but SER7 will let you check E4 for future compatability.
  When Changing Between DOOM and DOOM 2 please watch these settings, as they
  may change.
- Co-op, and DeathMatch are Radio Buttons That unCheck the others
  automatically.
- Skill increase one level with each mouse click.
- Fast is for Fast Monsters without Respawn.  
- Loadgame shows the number of the game to load(0-5).  When selecting the
  Number, SER7 will search your Saved Game files and display the Text from
  the File to help you to select the same file.
- Timer is used for DeathMatch Games to limit the length of Play
- Turbo can be set from 0-255 to increase your speed.
- Miscellaneous Doom Command Line parameters can be entered here, These
  parameters are not checked in any way, so be sure you enter them correctly.

Advanced Options:
- DO NOT use unless you know what your doing, as improper settings will
  prevent The games from running.
- To make changes you have to check the enable box
- Player lets you change the default player number.  This can help when
  loading multiplayer games.
- ExtraTics will send an extra tic with every packet (Default is ON)
- TicDup will tell Doom to use Packet data more than once.  This is helpfull
  on very slow links, but will make your mouse more sensitive.  The Default 
  is "1" or DO Not duplicate Packets.
- Devparm will put the game into Developers mode, which does a number
  of things.
  A few Game options REQUIRE -DEVPARM and will enable it automatically.
*NOTE I took the list of options requiring -devparm from the DOOM FAQ, if
  you want to override the default setting, try it.
- The "Set Defaults" button will reset the advanced option to the default
  settings.

Transfering Files With Dsz or Gsz:
- Get the Gsz or Dsz Distribution files.  The SimTel archives on
  ftp.cdrom.com, or it mirrors carry these files.  The latest release is
  July 05, 1995.  Sending and receiving files is extremely easy.  When
  shelling out of SER7, your com port and port speed will be displayed on
  the screen.  If your running on COM1 at 19200 BAUD
  to send a file or files with Dsz use the command
    "DSZ SZ PORT 1 SPEED 19200 FILE1.ZIP FILE2.ZIP ..."
  and to receive files with Dsz use the command
    "DSZ RZ PORT 1 SPEED 19200"


That should be it......Like I said...pretty self explanitory.
Paul Hermann
<hermann@poly-eng.uakron.edu>

