New 5600 and doom?

[xamindar]

LOL, people don\'t know how to play doom any more.  Am I really that old?  And, you can not jump in doom, look for a switch that will allow you to get to things.

[wizzard]

Of course you are not old. But it is true, I have played very little Doom in my PC. At the start of the game, if I remember correctly, the door used to open if you went and stood in front of it (maybe you had to press \'space\'). In Freedoom, however, I can\'t see any door at all, leave alone open it. Could someone please tell me how to get out of the room?
Thanks

[TonyOlsen]

Press the BS/Del button.  That\'s the button to \"use/click\" stuff.  You an also change the keyboard mapping by pressing \"Fn\" (I think).

...but I still don\'t know how to jump.  Can you jump in Doom?

[TonyOlsen]

Oh... I forgot to mention... go to the door (so you\'re right up next to it), then press BS/Del.  It took me a while to figure that out too...

[wizzard]

Thanks Mr Olsen
But I still can\'t see the door!
I start in an empty room and see an EXIT sign in front. Below that on the wall there are rows of buttons. I go up to the buttons and press BS. Nothing happens. Behind me is a recessed wall eith a diagram. Where is the door?

Thanks

[TonyOlsen]

The door is on the side with the Exit sign.  There should be 2 buttons: a red one (which is lit) and a green one (which is darker / not lit).  You have to be touching the wall at that point for the BS to work.

It is possible that your keyboard is mapped differently.  Did you try pressing your FN button to see if the kayboard mapping appears?

[wizzard]

Thanks for the info. I\'ll try it & let you know if it worked.

[wizzard]

It worked. Thanks man.
You rock

[cmisip]

I cant find the door you guys are talking about.  There is a door with a dead marine in front.  Cant open that.  There is another white door beside the pool with the dead monster.  How do I open these doors?  I am using the shareware version.

Thanks.

[cmisip]

I dont seem to have midi music working either.  Is it included in Prboom?

[g0dless]

ToneOlsen : doom doesn\'t have a jump key

[TonyOlsen]

ToneOlsen : doom doesn\'t have a jump key

Thanks!    I\'m glad someone remembered to answer that question

...so, how do you get to the armor in the room with the 4 square pillor with the fire balls throwing snake-man creatures?

I cant find the door you guys are talking about. There is a door with a dead marine in front. Cant open that. There is another white door beside the pool with the dead monster. How do I open these doors? I am using the shareware version.  

Different doors require different keys.  A door with a partcular color around it needs a key of the same color.  It\'s a big treasure hunt to find the combinations of locations to find the various keys to progress to various doors in the game.  It isn\'t much like the new Quake games where thinking isn\'t needed as much as a fast firing button

I dont seem to have midi music working either. Is it included in Prboom?

I don\'t have music on mine...

[TonyOlsen]

Hold on a sec... are you refering to the 3rd level?  (The 1st is a simple door... no creatures.  The 2nd floor has lots of creatures and secret doors.  And the 3rd level is some doors... no secrets or creatures (or maybe only a few creatures)... but no colored doors or keys...)

I can\'t find the path beyond the 3rd level either...

[cmisip]

I am just on the first level, as soon as I start the game.  Cant get past the doors.  There is no colored key.

[cmisip]

For anyone interested, I got the midi working with prboom.

1. Download the timidity midi patch from http://www.linet.gr.jp/~tamuki/timidity/ea...required.tar.gz
2. Install it on your SD card since it takes a lot of space. I put it in /mnt/card/Documents/timidity
3. Edit the timidity.cfg so it points to current dir
4. Create a symlink from usr/local/lib/timidity
  ln -sf ln -sf /mnt/card/Documents/timidity /usr/local/lib/timidity

Now...If only I could get through the door.