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Chocolate Doom aims to accurately reproduce the original DOS version of
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Doom and other games based on the Doom engine in a form that can be
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run on modern computers.
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Originally, Chocolate Doom was only a Doom source port. The project
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now includes ports of Heretic and Hexen, and Strife.
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Chocolate Doom's aims are:
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* To always be 100% Free and Open Source software.
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* Portability to as many different operating systems as possible.
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* Accurate reproduction of the original DOS versions of the games,
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including bugs.
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* Compatibility with the DOS demo, configuration and savegame files.
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* To provide an accurate retro "feel" (display and input should
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behave the same).
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More information about the philosophy and design behind Chocolate Doom
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can be found in the PHILOSOPHY file distributed with the source code.
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== Setting up gameplay ==
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For instructions on how to set up Chocolate Doom for play, see the
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INSTALL file.
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== Configuration File ==
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Chocolate Doom is compatible with the DOS Doom configuration file
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(normally named 'default.cfg'). Existing configuration files for DOS
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Doom should therefore simply work out of the box. However, Chocolate
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Doom also provides some extra settings. These are stored in a
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separate file named 'chocolate-doom.cfg'.
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The configuration can be edited using the chocolate-setup tool.
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== Command line options ==
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Chocolate Doom supports a number of command line parameters, including
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some extras that were not originally suported by the DOS versions. For
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binary distributions, see the CMDLINE file included with your
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download; more information is also available on the Chocolate Doom
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website.
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== Playing TCs ==
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With Vanilla Doom there is no way to include sprites in PWAD files.
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Chocolate Doom's '-file' command line option behaves exactly the same
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as Vanilla Doom, and trying to play TCs by adding the WAD files using
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'-file' will not work.
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Many Total Conversions (TCs) are distributed as a PWAD file which must
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be merged into the main IWAD. Typically a copy of DEUSF.EXE is
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included which performs this merge. Chocolate Doom includes a new
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option, '-merge', which will simulate this merge. Essentially, the
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WAD directory is merged in memory, removing the need to modify the
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IWAD on disk.
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To play TCs using Chocolate Doom, run like this:
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chocolate-doom -merge thetc.wad
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Here are some examples:
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chocolate-doom -merge batman.wad -deh batman.deh vbatman.deh (Batman Doom)
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chocolate-doom -merge aoddoom1.wad -deh aoddoom1.deh (Army of Darkness Doom)
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== Other information ==
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* Chocolate Doom includes a number of different options for music
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playback. See the README.Music file for more details.
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* More information, including information about how to play various
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classic TCs, is available on the Chocolate Doom website:
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http://www.chocolate-doom.org/
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You are encouraged to sign up and contribute any useful information
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you may have regarding the port!
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* Chocolate Doom is not perfect. Although it aims to accurately
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emulate reproduce the DOS executables, some behavior can be very
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difficult to reproduce. Because of the nature of the project, you
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may also encounter Vanilla Doom bugs; these are intentionally
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present; see the NOT-BUGS file for more information.
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New bug reports can be submitted to the issue tracker on Github:
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https://github.com/chocolate-doom/chocolate-doom/issues
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* Source code patches are welcome, but please follow the style
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guidelines - see the file named HACKING included with the source
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distribution.
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* Chocolate Doom is distributed under the GNU GPL. See the COPYING
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file for more information.
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* Please send any feedback, questions or suggestions to
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fraggle@gmail.com. Thanks!
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# vim: tw=70
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