=== Amiga-specific informations about ADOM === === (c) Copyright 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 by Thomas Biskup === === All Rights Reserved === === Amiga port by Jochen Terstiege (jochen@terstiege.de) === === For more recent news check out http://www.terstiege.de/adom.html === TABLE OF CONTENTS ----------------- A. How to install ADOM B. Using the launcher window C. Changing the tooltypes D. How to recover after a crash E. Configuration files F. What is...? G. Known Bugs (read this section!) H. Credits CONTENTS -------- A. How to install ADOM ---------------------- When installing ADOM you have two choices. Either you choose the automatic installation with the Installer or you install it by hand. · Using Installer Extract the archive into a temporary directory (e.g. RAM: disk). Double click the Installer icon to start the installation. Follow the on screen instructions. · Manual installation Extract the archive into a temporary directory (e.g. RAM: disk). Create a target directory (e.g. Adom) and copy all files (except the Installer) into this directory. If you want to be able to call ADOM from anywhere in your system you must set the environment variable 'ADOM_HOME' to the directory in which ADOM was installed. B. Using the launcher window ---------------------------- ADOM now has a launcher window which simplifies the change of Amiga specific settings like screenmode or font. The usage should be obvious, therefore I only give some additional comments. The launcher window can be closed with the space, escape, return or "r" key. Note: the launcher window is now only shown if you start the game for the first time or if some tooltypes were damaged/removed. If you want to change some of the Adom settings you have to hold down the left Amiga key while you start the program! · Screen Type You can select wether ADOM should open its own custom screen or should open the window on a publicscreen. To use the publicscreen you need at least Kickstart 3.0! · Screenmode Within the screenmode window you change the screenmode which ADOM should use for the custom screen. The list only contains screenmodes which can be used by ADOM (modes like HAM or EHB are not displayed). You can use the cursor up/down keys to step through the list. · Publicscreen Within the publicscreen window you change the name of the publicscreen which ADOM should use. The list contains all actual publicscreens. Attention: the game only checks if the publicscreen can be used after you start it! You can use the cursor up/down keys to step through the list. · Font Within the font window you change the name, size and style of the font   which ADOM should use. The fonts for custom and public screen can be changed separately. The list only contains non proportional fonts which fit onto the currently selected screen! You can use the cursor up/down keys to step through the list. You can change the size with the cursor left/right keys. · About Some informations about ADOM. · Start ADOM Start the game with this gadget. C. Changing the tooltypes ------------------------- It is not recommended that you change the tooltypes by yourself. But if you really need to change one of the settings, here is a list of all tooltypes: · SCREEN_TYPE = Screen type: 0 = custom screen, 1 = public screen · DISPLAY_ID = Display id used for custom screen · PUBLICSCREEN = Name of publicscreen · TOP= · LEFT= Upper left position of the ADOM window on the public screen · CUSTOM_FONT = Name of font used for custom screen · CUSTOM_SIZE = Size of font used for custom screen · CUSTOM_STYLE = Style of font used for custom screen: 0x0 = normal, 0x2 = bold · PUBLIC_FONT = Name of font used for public screen · PUBLIC_SIZE = Size of font used for public screen · PUBLIC_STYLE = Style of font used for public screen: 0x0 = normal, 0x2 = bold · LAUNCHER_TOP = · LAUNCHER_LEFT = Upper left position of the launcher window D. How to recover after a crash ------------------------------- As much as I believe that there are no longer any fatal bugs in ADOM for Amiga there still probably is some way to get it to crash. If ADOM crashes   you normally won't be able to just restart it without risking to ruin   further games, because several directories used by ADOM will be in an   unhealthy state. If ADOM crashes while you are playing, you will have to do   the following two things to ensure, that you can play safely: 1) delete ".adom.prc" from the ADOM data directory (if in doubt see "adom -d") 2) Enter the temporary directory (if in doubt see "adom -d") and delete all files in that directory. If this directory does not exist there is no need to worry. The document "readme.1st" will tell you, what to do, if you encounter a fatal bug in ADOM. E. Configuration files ---------------------- Appendix D in the manual (refer to the file "manual.doc") explains how to   write a local configuration file for ADOM. F. What is...? -------------- · Adom The executable of the game. · Readme.1st "An attempt to answer all meta-questions regarding Adom..." · Manual.doc The manual containing all the infos necessary to play the game. · AdomFAQ.txt The official ADOM FAQ file · Adom-Amiga.txt You are reading it right now. · adom.data/ A directory created by ADOM to save all data files. · adom.data/savedg/ A directory created by ADOM to hold all the save files. · adom.data/tmpdat/ A temporary directory created by ADOM to store temporary data during a game. This directory should be gone after a game is ended. If this is not so you are probably facing a bug. · adom.data/adom.cfg The configuration file for each user. · adom.data/adom.kbd The keymap for the game. · adom.data/HISCORE The highscore file. G. Known Bugs ------------- None :) H. Credits ---------- Thanks and greetings go to the following people: · Thomas Biskup for developing ADOM and for being a good friend! · Giacomo Di Giacomo, Mark Howson, Thomas Lorenz, Michael Nielsen, Sami Niromaa, Mark Parsons and Justin Webb for testing the PPC version of ADOM · Steffen Haeuser for many information about PPC coding · all people who sent comments about the Amiga port · SAS Institute Inc. for developing a great compiler which has never disappointed me