IDoom

From iPodLinux

The title of this article should be iDoom. The initial letter is capitalized due to technical limitations.

Check idoom.hyarion.com for more information.

Contents 1 Installation 2 Whats differs iDoom from nxdoom 3 What you need 4 Keys 5 Things to fix/add 6 Video

Installation

To get iDoom installed on your iPod is a very simple process. All you need to have is an iPod that has podzilla2 or podzilla legacy running on it and a computer (Mac, PC, Linux doesn't matter). Download iDoom

1. Unzip the downloaded file.
2. Get the folder iDoom with the files in it and copy or move them to anywhere on your iPod that you can get to in the File Browser of podzilla.
3. Disconnect your iPod and boot into Linux.
4. Go to the File Browser (select "mnt" in WinPods) and find the iDoom folder.
5. Once you're in the iDoom Folder just select the file iDoom, a text will run past and you will be able to play Doom.

If you get an out of memory error...

Use the Experimental Kernel OR

Set up a Loader2 option by adding the following line to your loader.cfg :

For WinPods:

iDoom @ (hd0,2)/linux.bin cd /mnt/iDoom && /mnt/iDoom/iDoom && reboot

And for MacPods:

iDoom @ (hd0,1)/linux.bin cd /iDoom && /iDoom/iDoom && reboot

If you get a W_InitFiles: no files found error:

Go to /etc in your iPodLinux partition. Open the file rc and replace this:

if [ -x /bin/getLoader2Args ]; then
  if [ "`/bin/getLoader2Args`" != "" ]; then
    exec `/bin/getLoader2Args`
  fi
fi
if [ -e /bin/gui ]; then
  exec /bin/gui
else
  exec podzilla
fi

with this:

if [ -f /bin/getLoader2Args ] ; then 
   args=`/bin/getLoader2Args` 
   echo "Args: $args" 
fi 
if [ "$args" = "" ]; then 
   podzilla 
else 
   eval $args  
fi

Don't worry, it only changes the way Loader2 arguments are handled.

Whats differs iDoom from nxdoom

• Complete new port, developed from original Doom source code.
• Correct screen size.
• Nice looking dithered graphics¹.
• 10-15 fps².
• Works on all iPodLinux enabled iPods.
• Does not depend on Nano-X/microwindows.

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¹for B&W models only.

²only ~8fps for iPods with PP5002 due to broken cache

What you need

Click here to download iDoom

Keys

Rewind	Left
Fastforward	Right
Menu	Forward
Play/Pause	Fire
Hold	Menu
Action	Use
Right on the wheel	Y
Left on the wheel	Enter

Things to fix/add

• Overhead map.
• Wad selector.
• Sound.

Video

iDoom running on iPod Photo

Note that the videos are compressed tarballs which can be uncompressed with gnutar or WinZIP or Stuffit. Once uncompressed, the video is in QuickTime format.