DOOMBOOM
            

          A collection of outrageous sounds for Id Software's DOOM
                                      
        
   In respect of Id Software's wishes, this program will only work with
   the 3-episode registered version. This program is free so distribute 
   it freely to BBS's and DOOM fans and save the 5 bucks you might have 
   spent for it for registering DOOM if you haven't already. It's the 
   greatest PC game ever, can you think of a better way to blow $40? 
   
   There are 61 sounds here, 59 of which are different from the originals.
   If you have tried other sound collections, you may recognize some of them 
   but there are 40 brand new ones and the ones you might have heard may not 
   be in the same places. They give a completely different atmosphere to 
   DOOM (especially with the music off) and make just watching the demos a 
   riot. Speaking of which, have you ever tried starting DOOM with the 
   -DEATHMATCH (works for solo play, too) or -RESPAWN parameters? It has an 
   interesting effect on the demos.
   
   This program will switch the sounds back and forth as often as you like
   without having to have two DOOM.WAD files on your hard drive. It will do
   it in one of two ways:
   
   If you have PKZIP around, it will do it from the archives (ZIP files)
   deleting the WAV files after installation saving you half a meg of disk
   space. To do this, PKZIP.EXE and PKUNZIP.EXE must be in a directory 
   listed in the PATH statement in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file or in your DOOM
   directory. If you boot from a disk to play DOOM, you have no PATH; type 
   PATH C:\(YOURPKZIPDIRECTORY) at the prompt before running this program.
   
   If you don't have or don't want to use PKZIP, you have the option of
   leaving the 122 WAV files in your DOOM directory all the time. In this
   case DBMSOUND.ZIP and the archive with the original sound WAV files will
   be deleted. 
   
   You can change methods at any time for both or either set of sounds (just
   install them again and you will have the option) and the archives will be
   recreated and the WAVs deleted or vice-versa. It will never delete one if
   the other doesn't exist.
    
   Your DOOM.WAD file will be modified every time you switch sounds, so if
   you don't have a backup copy handy it is highly recommended that you make
   one before installing the new sounds. Switching back and forth seems to 
   have no ill effects but after 187 times, who knows? Also, a lock-up or
   something in the middle of the process will very likely ruin the file.
   
   A compressed (ZIPed) copy of DOOM.WAD is half the size of the original,
   saving you 5 megs of disk space but takes a moment or two to extract
   and longer to compress even on a fast machine. A compressed copy on the
   hard drive is real handy, but if you're tight on space, ZIP a copy to
   four 1.44 floppies (PKZIP -& A:DOOMWAD.ZIP DOOM.WAD)  
   
   If you have plenty of space, especially if you use RANDOOM or other
   modified stuff, you could just keep two full copies in your DOOM
   directory, renaming them to DOOM.ORG or DOOM.MOD and back to DOOM.WAD
   to use them. Making the original read only (attrib +r doom.wad) prevents
   getting them mixed up and modifying both.


   1. Extract DOOMBOOM.ZIP to your DOOM directory.

   2. Type DOOMBOOM in your DOOM directory. You will have the options of:
   
      -extracting original sounds    
      -installing new sounds
      -putting the original sounds back in
      -playing all the sounds currently in DOOM.WAD
   
   3. EXTRACT THE ORIGINAL SOUNDS FIRST OR THEY WILL BE GONE AND YOU WON'T 
      BE ABLE TO SWITCH BACK.
   

   Thanks and credit to Bill Neisius (bill@solaria.hac.com) for DMAUD which
   makes this possible, and to Enigma 13 for 20 of the sounds which were just
   too good to replace. Last but first, thanks to the guys at Id Software
   for giving us the slickest, quickest, buttkickinest PC game we've ever
   seen! (the original sounds are great, guys, but a little extra humor never
   hurt anybody, did it?)

   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   Comments:
   
   Guy Harris
   8208-B Cinder Bed Road
   Lorton, VA 22079-1102
   
   or leave me a message on Software Creations BBS (508) 368 7036