DOOM - If you want to play without the game

[chops]

Right recently from uploading this on to a friends computer I figured that to play old school doom online you don't actually need the oringal games like I thought you had to.

After the amount of people asking me to set this up on there computer i decided to make chops guide to playing doom online in easy steps.

So here's my guide how to install and be able to play Doom online on your computer...


================Step 1=============



morbidangel.com/Zdoom/ChambersofDis.zip - this is TREY'S ( morbid angel ) custom map that also contains a crack in it (don't ask but it most do so u dont need to buy the oringal doom )

and download it and unzip it on your C:/ so it should be a folder called C:/doom2

===============Step 2===============

Make 3 new folders in C:/Doom2 and call them

Zdaemon
Custom Files
Servers

=============== Step 3 ===============

Download the LATEST version of Zdoom from www.zdoom.org/files/lars/63a.cab to update over Treys custom Zdoom (this is currently the latest update) however if that link is not valid go to zdoom.org and find the latest version and download and unzip into your C:/Doom2 folder

Now you have done that from your C:/Doom2 look for doom2.wad (which is 14.263kb big) and COPY it then PASTE IT INTO your C:/Doom2/Zdaemon folder !!

Basiclly Zdoom is the updated engine of doom which allows you to freelook aswell as many other things and of course ONLINE GAMING!!

============== Step 4 ==================

Download the latest Zdaemon file (make sure its "nothing else needed")and make sure its the latest from in C:/Doom2/zdaemon box and install it in there

www.zdaemon.org/

Currently the latest wad is 217.160.175.91/zdaemon107-setup.exe (direct link) to download from europe

Once downloaded of course open it up and install and so on

============= Step 5 ==================

So now you have everything all you need is some servers to play from, I recommend IDE (Internet Doom Explorer) download this into your C:/Doom2/Servers file

This can be found at nfdfn.jinr.ru/~bond/csdoom/

The current version is 3.75 DIRECT LINK = nfdfn.jinr.ru/~bond/csdoom/ide375.zip

HOW TO SET UP IDE???

Ok install it in C:/Doom2/Servers then open it (the logo is of a pink doom man) new account and then when you go into it at the top click

"Options" then to your left under Directories you will see "Programs" and under "Zdaemon" set up the client program location as C:\Doom2\ZDaemon\zdaemon.exe . Then also in the server location box bellow it make sure that is C:\Doom2\zdoom.exe in Zdaemon box

Also under the "Options" under Directories you will see "Wads" and make sure the getwad folder is selected to C:/Doom2/Custom Files (this is where all the maps and skins, sounds e.t.c get downloaded into, these are the wads and what the server will search for before going into a game that has a wad you do not have)

FINALLY - Still under options in IDE go to "optional components" and make sure your getwad download path is C:/Doom2/Custom Files


As for SINGLE PLAYER In your C:/Doom2 diretory just search for zdoom icon and go from there, if it starts with 2 zombie soliders in front of you then youve clicked the right one!!


Any problems with this please PM me or whatever

Cheers AND KEEP FRAGGIN!!!

Chops


AND IF YOUR STILL BORED!!! - THERE IS MORE THAN JUST ZDAEMON!!

Basiclly you installed Zdaemon on your computer which is the biggest used game type for playing doom online HOWEVER you can play more type such as SKULLTAG, CSDOOM, JDOOM and many more, if you want to try more all you need to do is make a new folder in C:/doom2 based on what you want to download (lets say... SKULLTAG!) make a new folder C:/doom2/skulltag download adn install the it and the latest patch/version from the website (in skulltags case www.skulltag.com/ ) then COPY AND PASTE your doom2.wad (like in step 3!) into C:/doom2/skulltag