The page was really an exploration of an idea, not an advertisement for the program, which was a simple proof-of-concept. I wanted to see if the basic things could be done easily. And they can be! I also wanted to inspire people to implement cyberspace.
Advice for people who want to see this work on their machines:
Make sure that the unpatched Doom source will compile on your machine, then add the patch. I hope that the port is portable with only minor adjustments necessary.
I didn't change the Makefile, just the GNUmakefile. So if you are using the Makefile, add the object file "pr_process.o" to the dependencies.
Look at lines near the markers "--pid--". These are the lines of code that I added. I hacked them into the code in a day. And it shows. You can do better!
I am surrounded by Debian Linux boxes, so I really can't help those who can't get stuff to compile. Dennis
I just wrote the code a couple of days ago and have not had a chance to try it in other environments. I was intending to post this doom thing to slashdot next week, but you just can't stop the speed of the internet. Nadeem Riaz made a suggestion that might fix the code on some platforms. I just changed my patch to reflect this. In response to some of the comments: The doom process itself is not in the game. I thought it would be too weird for the program to kill itself. However, I did not filter out other processes, so everything is fair game. Yes, the player can die, but this is to ensure that an over-eager sysadmin does not get in over her head. Dennis
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I will post updates to the Doom project on the web page. I'll include new links and developments as well as responses to frequently asked questions.
Dennis"the government is rounding up the top 10 players as decided by those very turnaments. We will keep you posted as events unfold"
Remember "The Last Starfighter"?
DennisActually many machines (e.g. AIX) with extremely high loads randomly kill processes. Sounds horrifying, but what is an os to do?
DennisThe page was really an exploration of an idea, not an advertisement for the program, which was a simple proof-of-concept. I wanted to see if the basic things could be done easily. And they can be! I also wanted to inspire people to implement cyberspace.
Advice for people who want to see this work on their machines:
- Make sure that the unpatched Doom source will compile on your machine, then add the patch. I hope that the port is portable with only minor adjustments necessary.
- I didn't change the Makefile, just the GNUmakefile. So if you are using the Makefile, add the object file "pr_process.o" to the dependencies.
- Look at lines near the markers "--pid--". These are the lines of code that I added. I hacked them into the code in a day. And it shows. You can do better!
I am surrounded by Debian Linux boxes, so I really can't help those who can't get stuff to compile. DennisI just wrote the code a couple of days ago and have not had a chance to try it in other environments. I was intending to post this doom thing to slashdot next week, but you just can't stop the speed of the internet. Nadeem Riaz made a suggestion that might fix the code on some platforms. I just changed my patch to reflect this. In response to some of the comments: The doom process itself is not in the game. I thought it would be too weird for the program to kill itself. However, I did not filter out other processes, so everything is fair game. Yes, the player can die, but this is to ensure that an over-eager sysadmin does not get in over her head. Dennis
rename it to doom1.wad then put it in the data directory with the executable