DOOMATIC

Doomatic
THE FINEST IPX DEATHMATCH LAUNCHER FOR DOS & WIN95
by Fabrice Denis and Boris Pereira

Fab and Boris asks, "DOOMATIC - Why use it ?"

Top Ten Reasons to Use DM

10.	It's better than Doom SETUP.
9.	You've got plenty of time to copy the wad files and patches to your friends.
8.	Wad names like 'FTZ3XL15.WAD' are so easy to remember.
7.	Your preferred game is: "Guess who has not set the right options?"
6.	You just like playing always the same old boring levels.
5.	"DOS PROMPT' is tattooed accross your chest.
4.	You know by heart the name and map number of your thousands wads.
3.	You like to drink a coffee while your friends setup the right options into DM.
2.	Installing / deinstalling the patches after each game is such a small challenge, especially when everybody has to do it.
1.	Using DOOMATIC would be too easy.

Top Ten Reasons to Use Doomatic

10.	Well, you've got an urge need to frag.
9.	You've got this great patch to test right away with your friends.
8.	Once you've warmed up, you don't like cooling off while setting up the next game.
7.	You don't like to have always the same color.
6.	You have better things to do than copying the wad files and patches to everybody else.
5.	As a master, you like to kick undesirables out of your game!
4.	Using different patches every game is just good fun.
3.	You like entering descriptions to your maps, and checking which ones you've played the most.
2.	You are tired of the hundred crap launchers made for Doom.
1.	DOOMATIC do it automatically for you, so why bother ?

Tell me more !

Doomatic is the deathmatch launcher, and wad files manager you have ever dreamed of. Under DOS, you just run your usual IPX driver, Doomatic replaces Ipxsetup. Under Win95, you just click on Doomatic.exe, and there you go.

Here's the features:

Client / Server model à-la-Quake : one person chooses the level and options, everybody else simply joins the game!
Multiple Servers : if more than 4 persons are using Doomatic, you may see multiple Servers, and join the one of your choice. You can even see games that already started, so you know when people are playing Doom over the network !
Automatic file transfer if file is missing : when the Server starts the game, everyone who is missing files will receive them via network. You will receive the files in a sub directory of Doom called 'DOWNLOAD'.
Recursive search of the files : put your wad files wherever you want, DOOMATIC will search for them before copying. So you will never have two copies of the same file in separate directories.
Choose your preferred Color : the first players to join a game will receive their chosen color, the later to join will receive the remaining colors.
WADSET collection : a WADSET is a grouping of levels, patches, and game options like 'nomonsters, skill, map #' that are appropriate for the level. Once you have setup a WADSET for your preferred levels, you will never enter the options again, you just press 'Enter' on a WADSET, and the game is launched !
Automatic WADSET creation : choose the wad files into a directory, enter a description for your wadset and Doomatic adds the Wadset to your Wadset list.
Edit - Rename - Delete - Duplicate Wadsets : each Wadset has its own description , so you can find easily your preferred levels !
Usage sort : your WADSETs can be sorted in order of usage! The ones at the top of the list are the ones that you have played the most !
Enter your Name : when you join a game, everybody else see your name, and the names will be recorded into your demos !
Choose your Config : if you let someone play on your machine, no need to setup the config again and again, each player can have its own config.
Support for EXE patches : with each WADSET you can associate an EXE patch. A 'patch' Wadset can be activated on the top of another Wadset. You select the patch Wadset by pressing 'Space' on it, then you press 'Enter' on any other Wadset to launch the game.
Wad manager : you can rename and delete files from DOOMATIC.
Nice text-mode interface : with menu and mouse. You can use the keyboard if you like so.
Clean code, runs under Win95 : provided you have enough memory, DOOMATIC can run in a DOS box and will run perfectly! (You should have at least 16mb to run Doom2 under Win95).
and lot of more! (in Boris's own words)