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Revision as of 12:02, 12 April 2006

Requirements

What are the minimum hardware requirements?

Odamex is very flexible, and can run on any of the following chipsets:

  • Intel/Advanced Micro Devices x86
  • Apple/IBM/Motorola PowerPC
  • Sun SPARC

However, beyond this, there is no established 'minimum' hardware requirements that have been pinned down. If your computer is capable of running your operating system of choice comfortably, most likely Odamex will run just fine.

What are the minimum operating system requirements?

Odamex has been tested and has been confirmed to compile and run on the following operating systems:

  • Windows 2000/XP
  • Windows 98/Me
  • Linux
  • FreeBSD
  • Mac OS X
  • Solairs

However, as there are many different versions of these operating systems, the absolute minimum version requirements for each operating system have not yet been fully established. Check target platforms for the latest information.

What libraries are required?

  • SDL
  • SDL mixer

What data files are required?

Odamex requires a resource file from Doom or Doom 2 in order to play online. The most common resource files needed to play are:

Resource Title Version Availability
DOOM2.WAD Doom 2 v1.9

commercial

DOOM.WAD Ultimate Doom v1.9

commercial

TNT.WAD Final Doom v1.9

commercial

PLUTONIA.WAD Final Doom v1.9

commercial

DOOM1.WAD Shareware Doom v1.9

shareware

FREEDOOM.WAD FreeDoom v0.4.1

free

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 consistancies 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 last two resource files on the list are free to download and distribute.

Playing

Help! Everyone moves too fast and I get killed within seconds!

Please read the article about gameplay for a short introduction to Doom's very unique style of Deathmatch.

Misc

What does Odamex stand for?

Some suggestions of what it could mean follow:

  • What fraggle says when he is trying to get X working in Linux. "<fraggle> oh, damn X!"
  • "Oh! Yes! Fur!" as read in Russian