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Offline DBBromberg

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I need help installing?????????????
« on: April 02, 2007, 10:41:01 »
I downloaded the Version 0.2 Alpha Windows 9x/2000/XP Starter Package and extracted all the files but I do not see a wizard or anything to install it or where I copy the wad files to I have no idea what to do to get this up and running?

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Re: I need help installing?????????????
« Reply #1 on: April 02, 2007, 15:29:00 »
There is no installer, just double click odalaunch.exe to list servers.

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Re: I need help installing?????????????
« Reply #2 on: April 02, 2007, 17:27:43 »
Ok I clicked on the launcher and a list of games popped up, I selected one and clicked on it and nothing happened, so what do I do now?
Do I have to copy the wad files from my DOOM collectors edition and if so where to?
What ports need to be forwarded for me to play?

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Re: I need help installing?????????????
« Reply #3 on: April 02, 2007, 18:13:28 »
You need to tell the launcher where your IWADs are or at least have a copy of one in the same directory as everything else.
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Re: I need help installing?????????????
« Reply #4 on: April 02, 2007, 19:00:36 »
Sorry that does not help I have the collector's edition so I have 4 games I know where the file is for the games but where do I go to tell the launcher where the wads are?

Again what ports do I need to forward to be able to play online?

Thanks
« Last Edit: April 02, 2007, 19:02:44 by DBBromberg »

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Re: I need help installing?????????????
« Reply #5 on: April 03, 2007, 04:03:54 »
Hello.

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Sorry that does not help I have the collector's edition so I have 4 games I know where the file is for the games but where do I go to tell the launcher where the wads are?

1) Open the launcher
2) Go to File->Settings
3) Click the Add button next to the wad dir, locate the Collectors Edition directory (usually under C:\program files\ directory somewhere)
4) Find the location of Ultimate Doom, Doom 2 and Final Doom IWAD files (filenames are doom2.wad, doom.wad), these may be located in subfolders
5) Repeat the process for all 3 game IWADS

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Again what ports do I need to forward to be able to play online?

Thanks

You shouldn't need to forward any ports unless you want to host servers

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Re: I need help installing?????????????
« Reply #6 on: April 03, 2007, 07:45:17 »
thank you for the information, I would like to know what ports to forward? I do host games now and then and I also find that I get a better connection (less chance of getting booted) when I am playing online if I have the ports forwarded

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Re: I need help installing?????????????
« Reply #7 on: April 03, 2007, 17:13:39 »
10666 is the default, but as Russell said, ports should only need to be forwarded when eunning your own servers, not when connecting to existing ones.
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Re: I need help installing?????????????
« Reply #8 on: April 03, 2007, 17:41:16 »
I know thank you