Doom Wad Not Working - Need Some Help

[REB]

Hi I have this wad that I'm pretty sure used to work but I can't get it to load or anything. When I try to play it, it says, error this map has no vertices. Now I'm pretty new to the whole Doom world, besides me playing it avidly when I was like ten years old. Anyway I just wanted to know if any of one you great Doomers can take a look at the wad and see if you can't fix it or at least diagnose it. I'd really appreciate it, please if you find yourself some spare time, please take a look at it for me. Thanks.

ps. Wad is included in the post for download.

[Demolisher]

There are no maps, just garbage files labeled MAP01 - MAP09. They have the header "Doom2D" though.

[REB]

So what is this file? Could you be specific? The garbage files, what are they? I'm basically trying to find out what this wad was or what it was supposed to be. Could you just tell me everything you can about it, in laymens terms? If this was a wad that was like in the early stages of getting built, then what could you tell me about it. Any information would be great, thanks for looking at it Demolisher, it's appreciated.

[Ceeb]

I have never heard of that wad.

And what Demolisher means is that the file is corrupt. "Garbage" data is just that; garbage. Anything could've happened to it.

[Project Shadowcat]

It's so small -- is it possible that this WAD isn't meant for the Doom we know and love, but regarding Demolisher's observation, may be for any number of 2D games?

[REB]

I'm about 98% sure it was for Doom, but yeah if it could have been for anything else I'd appreciate if someone with the knowledge could find out for me. Is there any writing or notes in that "garbage" data, like a hint to what it could have been? Probably is a stupid question but I'm ignorant on the subject, so....

[Ceeb]

'Fraid not. Was there a text file with the wad?

Edit:

Fascinating. I opened the WAD in my trusty hex editor; there's names that look like what you'd expect in a Doom WAD, but also "Doom2D" a lot in the strings it could find.

[REB]

Unfortunately no.

[Sonnyboy]

DooM 2d was a real standalone game. I'm suprised most of you haven't heard of it.
It's probably a couple levels for that. It came with a level editor. It's all in the Russian language, though, so most of us laymen won't be able to play them...

It's not a bad game though. Just hard.

[REB]

What year did this 2d version come out?

[Sonnyboy]

What year did this 2d version come out?

There's a page on it on the DooM wiki.

http://doomwiki.org/wiki/Doom_2D

[Project Shadowcat]

DooM 2d was a real standalone game. I'm suprised most of you haven't heard of it.

I'm surprised you have, to be frank.

[Sonnyboy]

DooM 2d was a real standalone game. I'm suprised most of you haven't heard of it.

I'm surprised you have, to be frank.

I've spent my fair share of hours googling miscellenious DooM stuff.

[REB]

Ok thanks guys, I appreciate it, I'm probably never going back to this site again now that I have what I came for. Thanks again and have a nice life, happy Dooming....

[Project Shadowcat]

Ok thanks guys, I appreciate it, I'm probably never going back to this site again now that I have what I came for. Thanks again and have a nice life, happy Dooming....