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==Installing a Doom Resource file==
 
==Installing a Doom Resource file==
Odamex requires at least one of the following resource files, called IWAD's, in order to run.
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Odamex requires at least one resource file in order to run. Please read the [[FAQ]] for more information about which resource files are supported.
 
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{|border=1
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! Resource !!Title !!Version !!Availability
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|DOOM1.WAD
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|[http://www.idsoftware.com Doom 1: Knee-Deep in the Dead]
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|v1.9
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|style="color:orange"|
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shareware
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|DOOM.WAD
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|[http://www.idsoftware.com Ultimate Doom]
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|v1.9
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|style="color:red"|
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commercial
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|DOOM2.WAD
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|[http://www.idsoftware.com Doom II]
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|v1.9
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|style="color:red"|
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commercial
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|TNT.WAD
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|[http://www.idsoftware.com Final Doom: TNT Evilution]
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|v1.9
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|style="color:red"|
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commercial
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|PLUTONIA.WAD
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|[http://www.idsoftware.com Final Doom: The Plutonia Experiment]
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|v1.9
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|style="color:red"|
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commercial
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|FREEDOOM.WAD
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|[http://freedoom.sourceforge.net FreeDoom]
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|v0.5
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|style="color:green"|
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free
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|}
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The version number is important.  There are several versions of most of these resource files floating around, and resources from one version may not work with another, so for consistencies sake the latest version is assumed.  If you have a copy of Doom Collectors Edition or a version of Ultimate Doom or Doom 2 that is for Windows 95, then you are using the latest version of those resource files.  If you have a copy of Doom or Doom 2 for DOS, please patch your resource file to the latest version.  The WAD file is the only file that you need, once your game is fully patched, the other files are useless and can be discarded.
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Once you have the resource files you want, there are two methods of using the file with Odamex:
 
Once you have the resource files you want, there are two methods of using the file with Odamex:

Revision as of 07:25, 25 January 2007