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== DOOM Under OS/2 ==
 
Last Updated: 18th January, 1994
Last Updated: 18th January, 1994


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First of all, you have to understand that you CANNOT get DOOM/DOOMII to use your audio adapter under OS/2 2.x/ Warp. I must confess that the only sound-card I have experience with is my old SoundBlaster Pro II.
 
If you've gotten ANY other card to work, I'd like to hear your horror-stories!  
First of all, you have to understand that you CANNOT get DOOM/DOOMII to
use your audio adapter under OS/2 2.x/ Warp. I must confess that the
only sound-card I have experience with is my old SoundBlaster Pro II.
If you've gotten ANY other card to work, I'd like to hear your horror-
stories!  
 
IBM admits that DOOM(2) cannot use audio-adapters under OS/2 or Warp.
IBM is working on a native OS/2 version of the DOOM/DOOMII .EXE that will
allow full audio support. It will work with your DOS wad-files, and it
will be downloadable via ftp.
 
 
With that in mind, follow the following procedures to run DOOM/DOOMII
(without audio-adapter support) under OS/2 2.x or Warp:


IBM admits that DOOM(2) cannot use audio-adapters under OS/2 or Warp. IBM is working on a native OS/2 version of the DOOM/DOOMII.EXE that will allow full audio support. It will work with your DOS wad-files, and it will be downloadable via ftp.


With that in mind, follow the following procedures to run DOOM/DOOMII (without audio-adapter support) under OS/2 2.x or Warp:
# Copy DOOM(2)'s "default.cfg" to "default.dos"
# Copy DOOM(2)'s "default.cfg" to "default.dos"
# Run DOOM(2)'s "Setup" utility and select "NONE" for both     "Music Card" and "Sound FX Card".  (Optionally, you can     select "PC Speaker" for your Sound FX. Personally, I find     PC Speaker sounds to be highly irritating.)
# Run DOOM(2)'s "Setup" utility and select "NONE" for both "Music Card" and "Sound FX Card".  (Optionally, you can select "PC Speaker" for your Sound FX. Personally, I find PC Speaker sounds to be highly irritating.)
# Strike <ESC> to leave "Setup".
# Strike <ESC> to leave "Setup".
# Save your settings before leaving.
# Save your settings before leaving.
# Copy "default.cfg" to "default.os2"
# Copy "default.cfg" to "default.os2"
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# Flip to the "Session" page.
# Flip to the "Session" page.
# Open the object's "DOS Settings" list.
# Open the object's "DOS Settings" list.
# Set your DOS settings to the values recommended     in the "DMFAQ58.TXT" file that came with DOOM(2).
# Set your DOS settings to the values recommended in the "DMFAQ58.TXT" file that came with DOOM(2).
# Add "-config default.os2" to the "Parameters" field of the     "Program" settings-page.
# Add "-config default.os2" to the "Parameters" field of the "Program" settings-page.
# Save and close the object's "Settings" folder.
# Save and close the object's "Settings" folder.
# Double-click your DOOM(2) object to begin your game.
# Double-click your DOOM(2) object to begin your game.
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[[Trevor Hemsley]] writes (25th November, 1995):
[[Trevor Hemsley]] writes (25th November, 1995):


A *much* easier workaround is simply to go into the settings page in OS/2 and add the optional parameter
A *much* easier workaround is simply to go into the settings page in OS/2 and add the optional parameter <tt>-nosound</tt> and then this overrides the default setting from the config file. You can use SETUP in DOS to set sound on and then use this method to override it for OS/2. No duplicate files needed.
 
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-nosound
 
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and then this overrides the default setting from the config file. You
can use SETUP in DOS to set sound on and then use this method
to override it for OS/2. No duplicate files needed.
 
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Last Updated: 18th January, 1994

First of all, you have to understand that you CANNOT get DOOM/DOOMII to use your audio adapter under OS/2 2.x/ Warp. I must confess that the only sound-card I have experience with is my old SoundBlaster Pro II. If you've gotten ANY other card to work, I'd like to hear your horror-stories!

IBM admits that DOOM(2) cannot use audio-adapters under OS/2 or Warp. IBM is working on a native OS/2 version of the DOOM/DOOMII.EXE that will allow full audio support. It will work with your DOS wad-files, and it will be downloadable via ftp.

With that in mind, follow the following procedures to run DOOM/DOOMII (without audio-adapter support) under OS/2 2.x or Warp:

  1. Copy DOOM(2)'s "default.cfg" to "default.dos"
  2. Run DOOM(2)'s "Setup" utility and select "NONE" for both "Music Card" and "Sound FX Card". (Optionally, you can select "PC Speaker" for your Sound FX. Personally, I find PC Speaker sounds to be highly irritating.)
  3. Strike <ESC> to leave "Setup".
  4. Save your settings before leaving.
  5. Copy "default.cfg" to "default.os2"
  6. Copy "default.dos" to "default.cfg"
  7. Delete "default.dos" (but KEEP "default.cfg" & "default.os2").
  8. Get to the OS/2 or Warp desktop.
  9. If you haven't yet created a DOOM(2) object, do so now.
  10. Open your DOOM(2) object's "Settings" folder.
  11. Flip to the "Session" page.
  12. Open the object's "DOS Settings" list.
  13. Set your DOS settings to the values recommended in the "DMFAQ58.TXT" file that came with DOOM(2).
  14. Add "-config default.os2" to the "Parameters" field of the "Program" settings-page.
  15. Save and close the object's "Settings" folder.
  16. Double-click your DOOM(2) object to begin your game.

Trevor Hemsley writes (25th November, 1995):

A *much* easier workaround is simply to go into the settings page in OS/2 and add the optional parameter -nosound and then this overrides the default setting from the config file. You can use SETUP in DOS to set sound on and then use this method to override it for OS/2. No duplicate files needed.


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