Pedle Zelnip's Duke Nukem 3D Theme for Windows 95 v1.0 ======================================================== 1) Introduction 2) Installation Instructions 3) Editors Used 4) Links 5) How To Reach Me 6) Other Pedle Zelnip Creations 7) Legalities ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Introduction -------------- Well, here it is, my Duke Nukem 3D theme. I was pretty disappointed with all the Duke3D themes I'd seen thus far, and so since I had a whole slew of Duke .WAV's sitting around, I thought I'd make my own. This theme also includes a neat My Computer trick, which in order to see you *MUST* follow the installation instructions listed below. To see the trick, after installing the theme, right-click on My Computer and select Properties. I plan to include similar images with all of my themes. If there is anyone who has a game-oriented theme that they'd like to see, by all means email me and I'll see if I can create something for ya. =8-> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Installation Instructions --------------------------- Please note: I do not have the MS Plus! pack, but rather I use the excellent shareware program called Desktop Themes from Leftside Software. So these instructions may not be entirely accurate for those of you who use the Plus! pack. I apologize for any inconvienience this may cause. HOWEVER, STEP 1 IS THE SAME REGARDLESS OF WHETHER OR NOT YOU USE DESKTOP THEMES OR THE MS PLUS! PACK. 1) Place the OEMLOGO.BMP and OEMINFO.INI files into your WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory. If they already exist, then back up your originals before overwriting them. 2) Unzip the rest of this archive into a PedleDuke3D\ folder. 3) Install the theme. If the Icons don't quite look right (ie - the colors are garbled) then run the included ICON COLOR LEVEL.EXE program, and select "Show icons using all possible colors". ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Editors Used -------------- This is the section for those of you who wonder "How did he . . .?". In no particular order, here are the editors/programs used in the creation of this theme. 1) Duke Nukem 3D v1.3d (Shareware) - Yes, that's right, I still don't have the registered version yet. Anyone who likes this theme may feel free to donate to the "Buy Pedle some new games fund". =8-> 2) WinTex v4.2 - An excellent WAD/GRP browser/editor/extractor. I *HIGHLY* recommend it (or DeuTex, it's DOS counterpart) to anyone who wants to do some serious DOOM/DUKE editing. This program was used to extract the resources from the DUKE3D.GRP file. 3) Neopaint v3.2 - The superb art/paint program from NeoSoft Corp. Now if only they'd come out with a decent Windows version. . . Used to tinker with the wallpaper/My Computer images. 4) Microangelo v2.1 - Very solid cursor/icon/animated cursor editor. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Links ------- These are the web sites on which you may find many of the programs mentioned in the "Editors Used" section. Apogee/3D Realms http://www.apogee1.com Left Side Software http://www.lss.com.au NeoSoft Corp. http://www.neosoftware.com/~neosft/ Monash University FTP Server ftp://ftp.cc.monash.edu.au/pub/win95.themes/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- How To Reach Me ----------------- I'm one of those people who likes getting tons of email. Especially when it's feedback from people who are using something that I've created. So please, feel free to email me with words of praise, criticisms, or (heaven forbid) bug reports, or even if you just want to say hi. My email address is: pzelnip@lightspeed.bc.ca ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other Pedle Zelnip Creations ------------------------------ All my themes are uploaded to the Monash University FTP Server and (unless they get canned by an op) can be downloaded from there. Anyway, here's a list of my finished creations: Pedle Zelnip's Quake Theme - Located at ftp://ftp.cc.monash.edu.au/pub/win95.themes/pedquake.zip ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Legalities ------------ All images and sounds used in this theme from the game Duke Nukem 3D are the copyrighted material of Apogee/3D Realms Software. Used WITHOUT permission.