CURRENT.CATegories...


 ANNOUNCEMENT... sorry about the shouting ;-)


         * DooM (and DooM II) LMP's "Competition" Site *
           -------------------------------------------

            Has moved and is now on FTP.CDROM.COM :-)


 Every .LMP (that can be converted to version 1.9 format) has been
 Converted to Version 1.9 Format - This is now a Ver. 1.9 [ Only ]
 .LMP's Site. If you're going to upload any more DooM (or DooM II)
 Entries, Please Record them using Versions 1.9... or Else ;-)


 1) Introduction
2) "Site" Info.
+ 3) 9 Categories
- 4) Files So Far   <---   See separate text/post - CURRENT.FILes
 5) More Info. ?
 X) Thanks To...


 1) Introduction

 NoW long ago I noticed (actually I was "made" to notice) that The
 DooM (Only?) Site "Infant2" was getting, well, rather full and so
 was rejecting certain types of DooM contributions (LMP recordings
 were one of the first) and deleting others (eg. the "official" id
 upgrade patches - Really!) so here is my [temporary] attempt at a
 sort of replacement.

   ** [temporary]  now equals  on-going !!! :-)

 This will begin as just a collection of DooM (and DooM II) .LMP's
 that will, hopefully, eventually, depending on the amount of dis-
 interest, evolve into a "Competition" to create the very best set
 of DooM (and DooM II) .LMP file recordings that "you lot" can put
 together.


 2) "Site" Info.

 Site Name :-  FTP.CDROM.COM           [ Used to be "BRAINS..."

 IP Number :-                          ... But it got Fragged ]

 Login as "anonymous" and use your full E-mail as Password

     CD   to   PUB/DooM/LMPS/COMPET-N/...etc...

     And then...

     First type "BIN" for binary mode...
     And have a quick snoop around...
     "GET" whatever you like...
     The .TXT files first...

     Then "QUIT" Out.

     0README.1ST, 0README.2ND & COMPET-N.TXT
     would be a good choice to begin with... :-)


 3) 9 Categories

 Here's a (rather) brief run through of each of my suggested DooM (and
 DooM II) "Competition" Categories :-)


 Category 1 - "The DooM Levels"

 Each of the Individual DooM Levels...

 Ultra Violence (Only) .LMP Recordings of

 Episode 1 Mission 1 thru Episode 3 Mission 9
 Starting with just the Pistol and 100% Health

 (Excepting All Missions 8 - Later :-)

 Each Ending with 100% Kills And 100% Secrets
 [ Note that 100% Items is NOT Required ]

 eg. by

 DooM -Skill 4 -Warp 1 9 -MaxDemo 256 -Record filename

 Entries will be found
 in the DIR-ectory :

 COMPET-N\DOOM

 and will be named :

 EeMm-ttt.ZIP
 or
 Eem-tttt.ZIP

 Where tttt is the time taken (in MM:SS format)

 eg. COMPET-N\DOOM\E1M9-123.ZIP
 or  COMPET-N\DOOM\E19-1234.ZIP


 Category 2 - "DooM II Levels"

 as category 1 but this time for DooM II

 Each of the Individual DooM II Levels...

 Increasing Skill Level .LMP Recordings of

 Level 01 right thru to Level 32 of DooM II
 Starting with just the Pistol and 100% Health

 (Excepting The Final Level 30 - Later :-)

 Each Ending with 100% Kills And 100% Secrets
 [ Note that 100% Items is NOT Required ]

 eg. by

 Doom2 -Skill 4 -Warp 09 -MaxDemo 256 -Record filename

 Entries will be found
 in the DIR-ectory :

 COMPET-N\DOOM2

 and will be named :

 LVxx-ttt.ZIP
 or
 Lxx-tttt.ZIP

 Where tttt is the time taken (in MM:SS format)

 eg. COMPET-N\DOOM2\LV09-123.ZIP
 or  COMPET-N\DOOM2\L09-1234.ZIP


 Category 3 - "Quickest Levels"

 Can you beat the "Par" Times?

 Each of the Individual DooM Levels...

 Quickest Possible!
 Right down to the very last Second
 Ultra Violence (Only) .LMP Recordings of

 Episode 1 Mission 1 thru Episode 3 Mission 9
 Starting with just the Pistol and 100% Health

 (Excepting All Missions 8 - Later :-)

 Judged Purely on the Time Taken

 eg. by

 DooM -Skill 4 -Warp 1 9 [ -MaxDemo 128 ] -Record filename

 Entries will be found
 in the DIR-ectory :

 COMPET-N\DOOM\SPEED

 and will be named :

 EeMm-ttt.ZIP
 or
 Eem-tttt.ZIP

 Where tttt is the time taken (in MM:SS format)

 eg. COMPET-N\DOOM\SPEED\E1M9-123.ZIP


 Category 4 - "Fastest II Levels"

 Can you beat the "Par" Times?

 as category 3 but this time for DooM II

 Each of the Individual DooM II Levels...

 Fastest II Possible!
 Right down to the very last Second
 Increasing Skill Level .LMP Recordings of

 Level 01 right thru to Level 32 of DooM II
 Starting with just the Pistol and 100% Health

 (Excepting The Final Level 30 - Later :-)

 Judged Purely on the Time Taken

 eg. by

 Doom2 -Skill 4 -Warp 09 [ -MaxDemo 128 ] -Record filename

 Entries will be found
 in the DIR-ectory :

 COMPET-N\DOOM2\SPEED

 and will be named :

 LVxx-ttt.ZIP
 or
 Lxx-tttt.ZIP

 Where tttt is the time taken (in MM:SS format)

 eg. COMPET-N\DOOM2\SPEED\LV09-123.ZIP


 Category 5 - "Whole DooM Episodes"

 Quickest Possible!
 Right down to the very last Second
 Ultra Violence (Only) .LMP Recordings of

 A Whole Episode of DooM - Missions 1 thru 8
 Starting with just the Pistol and 100% Health

 Judged Absolutely on the Total Time Taken
 [ for Missions 1 thru 7 - 8 is "Free" ]

 eg. by

 DooM -Skill 4 -Episode 1 -MaxDemo 1024 -Record filename

 Entries will be found
 in the DIR-ectory :

 COMPET-N\DOOM\SPEED

 and will be named :

 EPx-tttt.ZIP

 Where tttt is the time taken (in MM:SS format)

 eg. COMPET-N\DOOM\SPEED\EP1-1238.ZIP


 Category 6 - [ Reserved for ] "DooM II as "Episodes""

 Fastest II Possible!
 Right down to the very last Second
 Increasing Skill Level .LMP Recordings of

 A Whole "Episode" of DooM II

 [  With each "Episode" being ...

    Epi.1 - Levels 01 thru' 10 - Possible.
    Epi.2 - Levels 11 thru' 20 - Possible ?
    Epi.3 - Levels 21 thru' 30 - Impossible!

    Alternatively Any TEN Consecutive Levels...
 ]

 Starting with just the Pistol and 100% Health

 AND Additionally

 Fastest II Possible!
 Right down to the very last Second
 Increasing Skill Level .LMP Recordings of

 DooM II - as MOVIEs...
 "Beginning to Death"
 FAST!

 eg. by

 Doom2 -Skill SK -Warp LV -MaxDemo 1024 -Record filename


 Entries will be found          OR...
 in the DIR-ectory :            in the DIR-ectory :

 COMPET-N\DOOM2\10LVS           COMPET-N\DOOM2\MOVIE

 and will be named :            and will be named :

 ttttSKlv.ZIP                   lvSKtttt.ZIP

 Where "tttt" is the Time taken in "MMSS" (Minutes and Seconds) format
 taken as dictated by the DooM engine only (and not by any stop-watch)

 And "lv" is either the "10LVS" STARTING Level - because the *tttt* is
 the most important factor OR it is the last completed "MOVIE" level -
 and only THEN does the *tttt* become the desciding factor.

 SK is the Skill - 1 (ITy), 2 (NTr), 3 (Hm), or 4 (UV!) or even 5 (NM!)


 eg. COMPET-N\DOOM2\10LVS\1621HM01.ZIP  -  in 16:21 - SK. 3 - ONE to 10

 or. COMPET-N\DOOM2\MOVIE\10HM1621.ZIP  -  01 TO TEN - SK. 3 - in 16:21


 Category 7 - [ Reserved for ] "The Heretic Levels"

 Each of the Individual Heretic Levels...

 "Ultra Violence" (Only) .LMP Recordings of

 Episode 1 Mission 1 thru Episode 3 Mission 9
 Starting with just the "Pistol" and 100% Health

 Each Ending with 100% Kills And 100% Secrets
 [ Note that 100% Items is NOT Required ]

   But since Heretic "-Record"-ing is "broken" - it
   uses the equivalent of the "DooM V.1.2 engine" -
   I say - "Wait until it's fixed!" ( Two weeks ;-)


 Category 8 - [ Reserved for ] "Heretic on Speed"

 Each of the Individual Heretic Levels...

 Quickest Possible!
 Right down to the very last Second

 "Ultra Violence" (Only) .LMP Recordings of

 Episode 1 Mission 1 thru Episode 3 Mission 9
 Starting with just the "Pistol" and 100% Health

 Judged Purely on the Time Taken

   But since Heretic "-Record"-ing is "broken" - it
   uses the equivalent of the "DooM V.1.2 engine" -
   I say - "Wait until it's fixed!" ( Two weeks ;-)


 Category 9 - [ Reserved for ] "DooM and DooM II NightMare"

 Just Record Any _Completed_ Level/s at "-Skill 5"
 [ with or without 100% Kills ] And Upload it !!!


 The Main Emphasis here is on the *Time* Taken - with this dictated by
 the DooM "Tally Screen" shown at the end of each level completed.

 Please, let the tally screen tick through and then wait 10-20 seconds
 before cleanly quitting the game to record your level.


 The One Hard "Competition" Rule! - 1 of 1 :-
 If the Time Taken Can NOT be Clearly Seen - It'll be DISqualified !!!


 And this is where I usually add...
 Except for "Rule" 2 of "1" ;-) Please - Absolutely NO "PAUSE-ing" !!!

 But I'll modify this to ...

 NO Pause-ing on single levels except for
 Only 1*1 min Pause on a difficult DooM II Level
 I was going to say NO Pause-ing on complete Episodes but...
 No excessive Pausing, any more than 1*3 or 3*1 min Pauses - Auto-DISq


 4) Files So Far

[ Chopped !! - See CURRENT.FIL ]


 If you wish to contribute some entries of your own please do view
 the examples, as well as read through the whole of COMPET-?.TXT -
 contributions not conforming to the suggested standards; ie. with
 limited pausing, the required waiting at the end, and packaged as
 a .ZIP with the .LMP file and also a .TXT and .BAT files; may get
 slightly delayed in being moved to their proper locations ;-(

 Also, if you could (for the present time) concentrate on "filling
 the gaps", eg. the Original DooM Levels - rather that beating the
 current best timed entries, that would be great!


 5) More Info. ?

 If you want to know more about the "rules" - actually just a neat
 set of guidelines - on making your own (acceptable) contributions
 or want to suggest a new "Competition Category", say for example,
 multi-player co-operative levels, or perhaps a Hurt-Me-Plenty try
 at getting as far into DooM II before getting killed... read more
 in the file/s...

 PUB\DOOM\LMPS\COMPET-N\0README.2ND

 AND

 PUB\DOOM\LMPS\COMPET-N\COMPET-N.TXT


 X) Thanks To...

 id Software  -  For... Errmmm... I forget... Something...

 Tony Nugent  -  For, well let's call it, "Inspiration"...

 J. Matthies  -  For a whole pile of DooM - Speed entries!

 G. Cauthon  -  For the Three! DooM Episode Speed entries.

 Eric Mullins  -  For - his "attempt to spawn competition"
                  ie. - some much needed encouragement ;-)

 & Sven Huth  -  For "many" of the initial DooM II Entries

 I Thank You All.


 Now the rest is up to "You Lot"...

 _THAT'S_ALL_


 Please feel free to copy this .DOC _Far_and_Wide_  :-)

S. Widlake

[email protected]




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