RanDOOM 1.1 IS OUT (was Re: RanDOOM problems ...)
Scott Coleman
>wd...@netcom.com (Walter DAO) writes:
>>With a lot of hope, I got RanDoom and executed it with the more conservative
>>setting :
>>Randoom -M0 .
>>Well, a few things that got me were :
>>-objects are mixed by WHOLE episodes, not by MAP level.
>> So I found on map 1 of episode 1 a total of 2 rocket launchers and tons
>> of ammo and monsters even at the easiest/wimpiest level ("dont hurt me")
>No, the items are mixed from the current level only - guaranteed.
>>-On episode 1 and map 2 , I got teleported onto the disco area.
>> There was no way of going beyond the Red Door. (-> the key was behind it).
>> I could warp to Map 3 but it still sucked to have <100% secrets/maps.
>This is interesting. Apparently DOOM itself does some changes to the
>items in the map when you start it up, replacing some items with others
>(i.e. to increase difficulty). My understanding of this process is
>naturally somewhat limited and incomplete; from a quick test I did, I
>found that my player was appearing on a space which in the WAD file
>contains the code for a former human. Some more investigation is called
>for here.
OK, the new and improved version of RanDOOM has just been uploaded to
ftp.uwp.edu in the /pub/incoming/id directory. It takes care of the
problems described in the original post for this thread. Also changed
is the WAD restore function, which is now faster than in 1.0.
Also included are some more sample weight files.
Keep those bug reports and comments coming! ;-)
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ejm...@iastate.edu
E2L1 for me, making it impossible to finish the level unless you turn off
the clipping and wander around through walls....
I'll try it with the new version.
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Taylor Gautier
keeping doom more exciting than ever!!
I would like to point out to the author, though, these three things.
1) You said 1.1 fixed the problem of placing objects in walls. IT still
seems to happen, especially with spiders :(.
2) I usually use RanDoom for netplay. It seems that you have provided
the switch for the random seed to avoid pointless xfers of the 10 meg wad
file. I seem to get consistency failures though.
3) Once, I decided to play out the first episode again after randooming.
Disappointingly, I was unable to complete the last level. When I got
there, the Baron's were there as usual, but there was another roaming the
star as well. After killing everyhting, the walls failed to lower,
leaving me stuck. Any ideas?
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Snausages
: there, the Baron's were there as usual, but there was another roaming the
: star as well. After killing everyhting, the walls failed to lower,
: leaving me stuck. Any ideas?
: -- Taylor Gautier -- ez00...@hamlet.ucdavis.edu
I can answer #3: The star walls will lower once ALL BARONS on that level are
killed. You said youve killed all of them, BUT: in the secret room north
of the star (where you get teleported to, and usually your ass kicked),
there may be another baron - these too must be killed. I couldn't figure
out why the walls didn't drop for me, so I turned off clipping, and
snuck into that room (you can see it with idbehold-a), and lo and behold
there were 3 more barons in that room. After blasting the w/ the BFG
a couple of times, they died, and I heard the walls dropping. Turned around
and they had. I think this is particular to this level - the other finales
don't have hidden rooms. Perhaps the next version can make sure no barons
appear in that secret room. Other than that - RanDoom is THE most awesome
randomizer out to date - Great Job!
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Prime Risk
: I haven't tried version 1.1, but version 1.0 disabled the transporter on
: E2L1 for me, making it impossible to finish the level unless you turn off
: the clipping and wander around through walls....
: I'll try it with the new version.
I just got version 1.1 in the mail on Friday. I checked E2L1, it seem
fine. In 1.1 they have included a
new DOSExtender version.... the old one worked fine, but oh well. The
problem I am having is that I can only save in the first 4 Save Slots...
if I try to save in 5 and 6 the saves are written to 1 and 2 respectivly.
Anyone else having this bug?
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Michael H Price II
: I would first like to say that RanDOOM is great! Excellent utility for
: I would like to point out to the author, though, these three things.
: 1) You said 1.1 fixed the problem of placing objects in walls. IT still
: seems to happen, especially with spiders :(.
Actually, it is written very plainly that this bug has not yet been fixed. It
is more of a programming problem than a bug. If you can figure a way around
this then why don't you write a randomizer instead of getting picky.
Mike.
Chilly
Mark D. Rogers
In article <CK5A...@cscns.com> pr...@cscns.com (Prime Risk) writes:
> new DOSExtender version.... the old one worked fine, but oh well. The
> problem I am having is that I can only save in the first 4 Save Slots...
> if I try to save in 5 and 6 the saves are written to 1 and 2 respectivly.
> Anyone else having this bug?
Yeah - i have the shareware v1.1. Same problem, very annoying.
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Clive W. Humble
> I have the same saving problem. Help!
>
I missed the original post but I experienced probs saving games when
I installed DOOM. My C:\ drive has only 5 megs allocated to it and
because DOOM +insists+ on saving to C, games failed due to corrupted
data.
Hope this helps,
Clive
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