
  0README.1ST / QUICK-START for RAL4HALL.ZIP :-

  A more detailed desciption of this Collection of RAL4HALL .LMP Files
  including this "SetUp" procedure is contained in - "HAL4HALL.TXT"

  First of all - This collection of .LMP Files will ONLY WORK with the
  DOOM.WAD from a Full "Registered" copy of DOOM Version 1.2, or more
  precisely if the DOOM.WAD is Not "10,399,316" bytes long, Or it is
  Not date-stamped "17/02/94" With a time-stanp of "1:20" it will NOT
  WORK. So if the .WAD has been modified in any way, you should get a
  "Clean" copy from your Back-Up's or Re-Install DOOM From "Scratch"!

  However, Note that this DOOM.WAD WILL itself Get Modified in order
  to view these .LMP files so if you've not got a good Back-Up or are
  Not prepared to Re-install it from scratch you should *STOP NOW* !!


  Right then I'll begin - Assuming you've got each of the files :

  RAL4HAL1.ZIP  Which Should be About  1,100,000  Bytes Long
  RAL4HAL2.ZIP  Which Should be About    700,000  Bytes Long
  RAL4HAL3.ZIP  Which Should be About    800,000  Bytes Long

  So, choose a drive with "plenty" of free space - PkUnZip'd, these
  files will take up about 2.6 Mb but the Required DOOM.WAD is over
  10.4 Mb and the following routines need another 3.6 Mb of space -

  Bottom line - you'll need just under 17 MegaBytes of Free Space !!!


  0) Boot-Up your (Faster-the-Better) PC in "Ready-to-Run-DOOM" Mode.

  1) Make a Separate DIRectory for all of the RAL4HALL files.

     eg. MD C:\HALLSALL

  2) PkUnZip each of the RAL4HAL?.ZIP into this DIRectory ...

     eg. PkUnZip [d:\pathname\]RAL4HAL1 C:\HALLSALL /N
         PkUnZip [d:\pathname\]RAL4HAL2 C:\HALLSALL /N
         PkUnZip [d:\pathname\]RAL4HAL3 C:\HALLSALL /N

     Where "d:\pathname\" is the drive and path to each RAL4HAL?.ZIP.
     If the RAL4HAL? .ZIP's are on your first floppy this is - "A:\"

     If you don't use an /N switch (for "newer files only") (or an /O
     switch for "overwrite existing files") then you will get some :-

       "... already exists.  Overwrite (y/n/a/r)?"  prompts.

     If so just answer these any way you like ;-) it doesn't really
     matter at all but All Y(es) or All N(o) responces is sensible.

  3) Now, I Suggest that you make All of the files in this DIRectory
     READ-Only - so that you can later issue a "Del *.*" in this DIR
     without losing any of these files (it will save a bit of space)

     eg. Attrib +R *.*  ( while in the "C:\HALLSALL>" DIR )

  4) Then Move or Copy or PkUnZip a Registered Version 1.2 DOOM.WAD
     to the DIRectory where you've just put all the RAL4HALL files.

       Exactly how you do this I'll leave entirely up to you ...
       But I'll just say that anyone that has multiple copies of a
       (Compressable ;-) Ten MegaByte file on their drive ... Well ??


  So You're Now Ready to run MY Very Own "SETHALL" .BAT Setup File !!

  But before you do, Please Make Sure you've got DOS and PkUnZip on
  the DOS "Path" [ Right I've just added a "Can't FIND "FIND" Error"
  to MY "SetHall.BAT" and that's the LAST Time I Edit the Damn thing
  - Every Time I look at it I end up Adding yet Another Error-Check
  line-or-four to it !! I'm NOT looking again ... Grumble, grumble ]

  Please Read the following ... BEFORE Running MY "SetHall" .BAT :-


  This is Basically what "SetHall" Does ...

  First of all it checks for the presence of the DOOM.WAD file.

  Then it Displays how much free disk space is required. If there is
  Not enough - You must tell it whether or Not to proceed. [ It will
  Bug-Out (later on - though probably with a Very Wrong and UnHelpful
  Error message) if there's not enough free disk space. ] Please try
  to give the program the correct response to this helpful Prompt.

  Also it will try to determine whether or NOT both DOS and PkUnZip
  are on the DOS Path - If Not then it will quite sensibly Bug-Out.

  Next it checks the DOOM.WAD to see if it's already Patched-Up to be
  "1.5 Beta Compatible" - If Not, Is it capable of being patched and
  If so it will Patch it up to be "1.5 Beta Compatible".

  After this step, it will then Check for DOOM.EXE, HALLSALL.WAD and
  LMPC10.EXE :-) If they are Not Present, It will then Look For and
  PkUnZip their corresponding .ZIP files, while checking for errors
  as it proceeds. If any Errors do occur it will stop and (hopefully)
  give a "meaningful" error message. [ This may Not occur in every
  case! ] If SetHall complains that it doesn't like the "look" of a
  particular file - then you may well have run out of disk space -
  Delete the file that SetHall doesn't like the look of and Try it
  again (taking extra-special care over the free-disk-space prompt).


  Re-running "SetHall" _should_ be quite safe - I've designed it to
  ONLY initialise the "stuff" that it needs to in order to be ready
  to view the .LMP files - it won't re-do anything that is required
  (to view the .LMP files) that has already been done.


  I've tried (really quite hard) to make this .BAT "bullet proof" but
  but it could bug out unexpectedly - I don't have an extensive set
  of "bata-testers" to blow holes through it - I've only tested this
  myself on "my" (it's not actually mine - just "mine" to use :-) own
  machine but "C-mon it's only a .BAT". If it's buggy in some way on
  your PC with your Config.etc - you could have a go at it yourself.


  Final Note - The actual .LMP files remain as compessed .ZIP files.
  They'll get decompressed on-the-fly by "PlayLmp" as Called by the
  "GoHall?" .BAT's (and then deleted) as and when they're required.


  NOW (that you know what it's all going to try to do) RUN "SETHALL"
                                                       ------------

  If everything has gone All Right you should see the following :


NOTE - Remember to Run "SetUp" to tell DOOM what SoundCard You Have!

OKAY! Hopefully everything has gone All Right, so Run GOHALL[2 to 9]


  Which is a Reminder to First Run DOOM's "SETUP.EXE" to tell it what
  "Type" of Sound Card You've got if it's different from mine ...

  Genuine SB-Pro-Delux :-  Port 220 - IRQ 5 - DMA 1 - 3 Channels

  You'll only need to do this Once [ Then make Default.CFG READ-Only ]

  Then Use :-)  Enjoy !! - Have Fun watching us Get ... FRAG'd !!!

  GOHALL2.BAT
  GOHALL3.BAT
  GOHALL4.BAT
  GOHALL5.BAT
  GOHALL6.BAT
  GOHALL7.BAT
  GOHALL9.BAT

Okay which [Episode] ".WAD" do we try next...

DOOM On...

C.U.

S.

