No light switches in DOOM?

Scott Amspoker

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Apr 19, 1994, 11:32:44 PM4/19/94

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I thought it would be cute to have a dark room with a light switch on the
wall by the door just like in a real building. How strange that the
only 'light on' switch is a walkover. Am I missing something or is
this a DOOM oversight?

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Mike Newton

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Apr 24, 1994, 10:04:10 PM4/24/94

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In article <1994Apr19....@bbx.basis.com> sc...@bbx.basis.com (Scott Amspoker) writes:
>I thought it would be cute to have a dark room with a light switch on the
>wall by the door just like in a real building. How strange that the
>only 'light on' switch is a walkover. Am I missing something or is
>this a DOOM oversight?

I, too, have wished for light switches on occation. You can, I think, have a
switch which turns the lights off, but none for on. It is strange and
definitely too bad. Oh well.

Mike
<m...@netcom.com>

Michael Gallagher

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Apr 25, 1994, 6:18:02 AM4/25/94

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Well, if you want light, you can do one of two things...If you already
don't know these two tricks, that is....

1. Hit your F11 key (turns Gamma correction on)

2. Type IDBEHOLD, then select 'L' for light-amlification visor...

Mike

Scott F. Earnest

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Apr 24, 1994, 10:58:11 PM4/24/94

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Excerpts from netnews.alt.games.doom: 24-Apr-94 Re: No light switches in
DOOM? by Mike New...@netcom.com

If you're using DEU 5.0, select linedef, hit enter to edit, choose Type,
then look under the "Special..." listings. I think there two switches,
one that goes to full light, one that goes to full dark.

-Scott E.
ti...@cmu.edu

Bob Tausworthe

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Apr 26, 1994, 5:23:32 PM4/26/94

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Tom Neff (tn...@panix.com) wrote:
: (But did you like my cooperative deathmatch exits, TNDMEXIT? I upload
: and nobody sends me any cookies...)

I didn't know that you needed ego stroking? Although I haven't played
tndmexit, I have posted a couple of times fawning over tncross. I that
enough? :-)

BTW. I like the idea of cooperative exits. I am in the process of
constructing a dethstac.wad which is a best-of for all the deathmatch
only levels. I was planning on editing the pwads just enough to put
cooperative exits on all of them. I think this is important for the
"areana" style levels (I can see advantages of the "kill your enemy and
then flip the exit switch scenarios in other types of deathmatch play)

tozz

Tom Neff

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Apr 26, 1994, 2:05:42 AM4/26/94

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In article <1994Apr25.2...@bbx.basis.com>,
Scott Amspoker <sc...@bbx.basis.com> wrote:

>In article <whija3a00...@andrew.cmu.edu> "Scott F. Earnest" <tio...@CMU.EDU> writes:
>>If you're using DEU 5.0, select linedef, hit enter to edit, choose Type,
>>then look under the "Special..." listings. I think there two switches,
>>one that goes to full light, one that goes to full dark.
>

>The problem is that these switches are "walkover" switches. I was looking
>for a basic wall switch.

Right, and there isn't one. I have some half-a**ed workarounds, but
they'll wait for my own WADs, thank you very much. :-)

(But did you like my cooperative deathmatch exits, TNDMEXIT? I upload
and nobody sends me any cookies...)

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Tom Neff tn...@panix.com ...!panix!tneff

Scott Amspoker

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Apr 25, 1994, 8:43:06 PM4/25/94

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In article <whija3a00...@andrew.cmu.edu> "Scott F. Earnest" <tio...@CMU.EDU> writes:

>If you're using DEU 5.0, select linedef, hit enter to edit, choose Type,
>then look under the "Special..." listings. I think there two switches,
>one that goes to full light, one that goes to full dark.

The problem is that these switches are "walkover" switches. I was looking

for a basic wall switch.

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