=========================================================================== Primary purpose : No levels included =========================================================================== Title : DooM II - downgrade from v. 1.9 to v. 1.666 Filename : dm2dwngr.zip Release date : 27.01.2005 (second upload: 28.01.2005, with a cleaner batch process) Author : FunDuke Email Address : funduke@hotmail.com Other Files By Author : herdwngr.zip (Heretic downgrade 1.3 --> 1.0) Misc. Author Info : DooM archaeologist :) Description : This patch downgrades a Doom II -version 1.9, down to v. 1.666. That version can then be upgraded to v. 1.7a by using the official upgrade patch. The doom2- version, that has been used as a base for this downgrade, had the timestamp 29. August 1994 ( 8-29-94 ), so you have to use the upgrade for that 'sub-version'. What you win by using this patch is the ability to use demo-lmps and dehacked-patches, that have been made for pre-1.9-versions of doom2. To install just extract the content of the zip-file into your doom2-folder and run the batch-file '19to1666.bat'. Wait patiently until the process is done. Ignore the 'batch-file-not -found'-message. Run setup.exe and play the game. The upgrade from 1.666 to 1.7 can be found here: ftp://ftp.sunet.se/pub/pc/games/idgames/idstuff/doom2/doom2p.zip ftp://ftp.sunet.se/pub/pc/games/idgames/idstuff/doom2/doom2p.txt (You have to run PATCHA.BAT) If ftp.sunet.se disappears from the online world, replace the part: 'ftp://ftp.sunet.se/pub/pc/games/idgames/' in the above URL with any mirror of archives.3dgamers.com. You can find a list of current mirrors at the end of this file. By the way: This patch is for the DOS-version of DooM II, not DooM95. The installation of the DOS- version is started with INSTALL.BAT, somewhere on your DooM2-CD. Additional Credits to : Lee Killough, for making the downgrade patch for Ultimate DooM (downgrd.zip) ebay, where i found somebody, who sold me the old floppy version. *Thank you* to : Ty Halderman, /idgames-maintainer, for his patience with me, because i'm a re-upper from hell! =========================================================================== * What is included * Files Included : pcwPatch.exe --> The patching-executable 19to1666.bat --> The patch-batch dm2dwngr.txt --> The file that you are currently looking at. *.dif --> The files that contain the differences between the versions. Other files required : Full DOS-version of Doom II v. 1.9 * Play Information * Game : DOOM2 * Construction * Base : DooM II, v. 1.9 and 1.666 Known Bugs : So far none. Please report any problem that you find to: funduke@hotmail.com * Copyright / Permissions * You MAY distribute this file, provided you include this text file, with no modifications. You may distribute this file in any electronic format (BBS, Diskette, CD, etc) as long as you include this file intact. * Where to get the file that this text file describes * You can find this file in the /idgames-ftp-archives at: utils/exe_edit/dm2dwngr.zip Please choose one of the mirrors. The Usual: ftp://archives.3dgamers.com/pub/idgames/ <-- That's where this file has been initially uploaded to. list (not hall :)) of mirrors: ftp://ftp.sunet.se/pub/pc/games/idgames/ http://ftp.sunet.se/pub/pc/games/idgames/ http://public.ftp.planetmirror.com/pub/idgames/ http://www.gamers.org/pub/idgames/ ftp://ftp.ntua.gr/pub/vendors/idgames/ http://youfailit.net/pub/idgames/ http://ftp.fdn.fr/games/idgames/ ftp://ftp.clinet.fi/pub/mirrors/archives.3dgamers.com/idgames/ ftp://ftp.fu-berlin.de/pc/msdos/games/idgames/ ftp://ftp.task.gda.pl/pub/games/idgames/ ftp://ftp.netc.pt/pub/idgames/ http://ftp.netc.pt/pub/idgames/ http://crydee.sai.msu.ru/ftproot/pub/rec/games/idgames/ =========================================================================== Submitted to the /idgames-ftp-archives by FunDuke --> funduke@hotmail.com