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| 1 | +# Chocolate Doom |
| 2 | + |
| 3 | +Chocolate Doom aims to accurately reproduce the original DOS version of |
| 4 | +Doom and other games based on the Doom engine in a form that can be |
| 5 | +run on modern computers. |
| 6 | + |
| 7 | +Originally, Chocolate Doom was only a Doom source port. The project |
| 8 | +now includes ports of Heretic and Hexen, and Strife. |
| 9 | + |
| 10 | +Chocolate Doom’s aims are: |
| 11 | + |
| 12 | + * To always be 100% Free and Open Source software. |
| 13 | + * Portability to as many different operating systems as possible. |
| 14 | + * Accurate reproduction of the original DOS versions of the games, |
| 15 | + including bugs. |
| 16 | + * Compatibility with the DOS demo, configuration and savegame files. |
| 17 | + * To provide an accurate retro “feel” (display and input should |
| 18 | + behave the same). |
| 19 | + |
| 20 | +More information about the philosophy and design behind Chocolate Doom |
| 21 | +can be found in the PHILOSOPHY file distributed with the source code. |
| 22 | + |
| 23 | +## Setting up gameplay |
| 24 | + |
| 25 | +For instructions on how to set up Chocolate Doom for play, see the |
| 26 | +INSTALL file. |
| 27 | + |
| 28 | +## Configuration File |
| 29 | + |
| 30 | +Chocolate Doom is compatible with the DOS Doom configuration file |
| 31 | +(normally named `default.cfg`). Existing configuration files for DOS |
| 32 | +Doom should therefore simply work out of the box. However, Chocolate |
| 33 | +Doom also provides some extra settings. These are stored in a |
| 34 | +separate file named `chocolate-doom.cfg`. |
| 35 | + |
| 36 | +The configuration can be edited using the chocolate-setup tool. |
| 37 | + |
| 38 | +## Command line options |
| 39 | + |
| 40 | +Chocolate Doom supports a number of command line parameters, including |
| 41 | +some extras that were not originally suported by the DOS versions. For |
| 42 | +binary distributions, see the CMDLINE file included with your |
| 43 | +download; more information is also available on the Chocolate Doom |
| 44 | +website. |
| 45 | + |
| 46 | +## Playing TCs |
| 47 | + |
| 48 | +With Vanilla Doom there is no way to include sprites in PWAD files. |
| 49 | +Chocolate Doom’s ‘-file’ command line option behaves exactly the same |
| 50 | +as Vanilla Doom, and trying to play TCs by adding the WAD files using |
| 51 | +‘-file’ will not work. |
| 52 | + |
| 53 | +Many Total Conversions (TCs) are distributed as a PWAD file which must |
| 54 | +be merged into the main IWAD. Typically a copy of DEUSF.EXE is |
| 55 | +included which performs this merge. Chocolate Doom includes a new |
| 56 | +option, ‘-merge’, which will simulate this merge. Essentially, the |
| 57 | +WAD directory is merged in memory, removing the need to modify the |
| 58 | +IWAD on disk. |
| 59 | + |
| 60 | +To play TCs using Chocolate Doom, run like this: |
| 61 | + |
| 62 | +``` |
| 63 | +chocolate-doom -merge thetc.wad |
| 64 | +``` |
| 65 | + |
| 66 | +Here are some examples: |
| 67 | + |
| 68 | +``` |
| 69 | +chocolate-doom -merge batman.wad -deh batman.deh vbatman.deh (Batman Doom) |
| 70 | +chocolate-doom -merge aoddoom1.wad -deh aoddoom1.deh (Army of Darkness Doom) |
| 71 | +``` |
| 72 | + |
| 73 | +## Other information |
| 74 | + |
| 75 | + * Chocolate Doom includes a number of different options for music |
| 76 | + playback. See the README.Music file for more details. |
| 77 | + |
| 78 | + * More information, including information about how to play various |
| 79 | + classic TCs, is available on the Chocolate Doom website: |
| 80 | + |
| 81 | + https://www.chocolate-doom.org/ |
| 82 | + |
| 83 | + You are encouraged to sign up and contribute any useful information |
| 84 | + you may have regarding the port! |
| 85 | + |
| 86 | + * Chocolate Doom is not perfect. Although it aims to accurately |
| 87 | + emulate and reproduce the DOS executables, some behavior can be very |
| 88 | + difficult to reproduce. Because of the nature of the project, you |
| 89 | + may also encounter Vanilla Doom bugs; these are intentionally |
| 90 | + present; see the NOT-BUGS file for more information. |
| 91 | + |
| 92 | + New bug reports can be submitted to the issue tracker on Github: |
| 93 | + |
| 94 | + https://github.com/chocolate-doom/chocolate-doom/issues |
| 95 | + |
| 96 | + * Source code patches are welcome, but please follow the style |
| 97 | + guidelines - see the file named HACKING included with the source |
| 98 | + distribution. |
| 99 | + |
| 100 | + * Chocolate Doom is distributed under the GNU GPL. See the COPYING |
| 101 | + file for more information. |
| 102 | + |
| 103 | + * Please send any feedback, questions or suggestions to |
| 104 | + chocolate-doom-dev-list@chocolate-doom.org. Thanks! |
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