DOOM Under OS/2

Last Updated: 18th January, 1994
First of all, you have to understand that you CANNOT get DOOM/DOOMII to use your audio adapter under OS/2 2.x/ Warp. I must confess that the only sound-card I have experience with is my old SoundBlaster Pro II. If you've gotten ANY other card to work, I'd like to hear your horror- stories!

IBM admits that DOOM(2) cannot use audio-adapters under OS/2 or Warp. IBM is working on a native OS/2 version of the DOOM/DOOMII .EXE that will allow full audio support. It will work with your DOS wad-files, and it will be downloadable via ftp.

With that in mind, follow the following procedures to run DOOM/DOOMII (without audio-adapter support) under OS/2 2.x or Warp:

  1. Copy DOOM(2)'s "default.cfg" to "default.dos"

  2. Run DOOM(2)'s "Setup" utility and select "NONE" for both "Music Card" and "Sound FX Card". (Optionally, you can select "PC Speaker" for your Sound FX. Personally, I find PC Speaker sounds to be highly irritating.)

  3. Strike <ESC> to leave "Setup".

  4. Save your settings before leaving.

  5. Copy "default.cfg" to "default.os2"

  6. Copy "default.dos" to "default.cfg"

  7. Delete "default.dos" (but KEEP "default.cfg" & "default.os2").

  8. Get to the OS/2 or Warp desktop.

  9. If you haven't yet created a DOOM(2) object, do so now.

  10. Open your DOOM(2) object's "Settings" folder.

  11. Flip to the "Session" page.

  12. Open the object's "DOS Settings" list.

  13. Set your DOS settings to the values recommended in the "DMFAQ58.TXT" file that came with DOOM(2).

  14. Add "-config default.os2" to the "Parameters" field of the "Program" settings-page.

  15. Save and close the object's "Settings" folder.

  16. Double-click your DOOM(2) object to begin your game.
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