2oFB BBS - DOOM NetPlay Meetup Event!

Come along with TechHeart as we utilize our bulletin board system to promote a DOOM NetPlay event that was held on 02/03/2024!! mikethemac has helped 2o fOr beeRS with a Zandronum/DoomSeeker DOOM server - and over 20 players joined up for this event!!!

Here you'll find some video from the meetup - I hope you'll both enjoy the stream - and come by next month as we're going to do this every month on the 1st Saturday @ 6PM PST / 9PM EST...

If you need infoz on how to install/setup both Zandronum and DoomSeeker, it can be found @ 2o fOr beeRS BBS in rhe DOOM Menu, or down below in text!!!

20ForBeers.com:1337 is the address to the ANSI BBS - use SyncTERM or Netrunner and connect today!!

You can join our DOOM NetPlay meetups the 1st Saturday of every month @ 6PM PST / 9PM EST by using DoomSeeker & Zandronum - just search for "20 FOR BEERS" in DoomSeeker 24/7!

Discord @ https://discord.gg/3qFm9TyK

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DETAILED ZANDRONUM/DOOMSEEKER INSTRUCTIONS:

The 2oFB DOOM Deathmatch Server is hosted on a Zandronum-Server and listed on
DoomSeeker. Players will need to have Zandronum and DoomSeeker installed
locally - and have a base set of commercial .WADs [DOOM maps] to start. More
maps will be automatically downloaded thru Doomseeker when needed - does none
of this make sense? Here's more infoz:

Zandronum - A modern DOOM player for Linux, MacOS and Windows. Allows you to
play DOOM .WADs on modern hardware.
DoomSeeker - A front-end for Zandronum [and other software] that lists servers
running DOOM games - DoomSeeker is normally INCLUDED with
Zandronum, but on some platforms [Arch Linux] DoomSeeker needs to
be installed separately.

INSTALLING ZANDRONUM -

Linux:
Depending on your Linux distribution, there are a few ways to install... we
can use Flatpak on any distro that has flatpak installed; in a terminal, run:

$ flatpak install com.zandronum.Zandronum

We can also download and install right from https://zandronum.com/download .
There are instructions to add an apt repository or download a .deb package.

MacOS:
Download the Installer (Bundled with Doomseeker) from
https://zandronum.com/download . Double-click 'zandronum3.1-macosx.dmg' and
then open the 'Zandronum' drive that was opened. Drag both 'Zandronum' and
'DoomSeeker' to 'Applications' .

Zandronum is available in the Apple App Store, and the brew package manager
but do not include DoomSeeker - they are not recommended because of this.

Windows:
Download the Installer (Bundled with Doomseeker) from
https://zandronum.com/download . Install 'zandronum3.1-win32-installer.exe' .

WADS -

At the bare minimum, you'll need doom2.wad. (Other legacy commercial DOOM .wad files can be added, too - like doom.wad. The first time you connect to the 20 FOR BEERS DOOM server, our specific .wad & .pk3 files will be added... 2o fOr beeRS bbS can be useful in obtaining these, too.....)

We need to add these .WADs to the Zandronum config folder, and add that
folder path to the DoomSeeker front-end.

On Linux, that path is ~/.config/zandronum.

If you installed with Flatpak, that path is
~/.var/app/com.zandronum.Zandronum/.config/zandronum.

If you installed on MacOS, that path is ~/Library/Application
Support/zandronum. (You may need to create it.)

Add your base commercial .WADs, or unzip ONLINE-DOOM-WADS.ZIP in that
directory.

DOOMSEEKER SETUP -

In the DoomSeeker front-end, you need to click on the 'Options' tab and
select 'Configure'. Then, in 'File Paths', click 'Add Empty' and type in the
directory from the last step that contains your DOOM .WADs.

ODDS & ENDS -

Is your Zandronum window TINY? You need to modify the Zandronum options and
select full-screen and/or a different aspect ratio (screen size). The easiest
way I found to do this, with a TINY window that couldn't even be read, is to
modify zandronum.ini directly - this .ini file might be in the same path as
your .WADs, ~/Library/Preferences (MacOS); open it in a text editor, and
modify the line:

fullscreen=false

Change it to 'fullscreen=true' and re-run Zandronum - now you can read the
screen and go into 'Options', 'Set Video Mode' to modify the video mode and
aspect ratio. (This will allow you to make sure on-screen text is large.)

In some instances, Zandronum isn't setup with controls like you are used to -
My CTRL button wasn't mapped to 'fire' and SPACEBAR wasn't mapped to 'open' -
just go into 'Options', 'Customize Controls' and make any changes that you
need.

LET'S FRAG -

Open DoomSeeker, or Zandronum if DoomSeeeker is packaged inside of it, and
search for '20 FOR BEERS Classic Deathmatch Server' - double-click and get
ready to R0CK N R0LL!!

Find us on Discord @1204957799700889620 -
https://discord.com/channels/1204957799700889620/1204957800157937746

techheart.life