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Arriving at Fort Oasis was no vacation. The community of coal miners have mysteriously dissapeared and left facility looking like a wasteland. You receive a transmission on your radio about a sole survivor.... Explore the remains of the island, craft weapons and gear to survive, slay evil minions and more.
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Follow my step-by-step guide on installing, configuring and optimizing Total Chaos in GZDoom
Note: This guide applies to the Moddb Doom II version of Total Chaos. Other versions may require additional steps.
Tips & Specs:
To learn more about GZDoom, see the online manual: https://zdoom.org/wiki/GZDoom
Mint 19 64-bit
GeForce GTX 1060
Nvidia 396.54
GZDoom 3.6.0
Download GZDoom for your distro
https://zdoom.org/downloads
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Save it to your computer
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Double-click to install GZDoom
Click Install (Mint)
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Go to your Menu and run GZDoom one time
Click OK
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Download the Total Chaos Standalone
https://www.moddb.com/mods/total-chaos/downloads/total-chaos-10
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Click "Download Now"
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Note: There is also a "Retro Edition" for improved performance on lower spec computers.
Open "totalchaos_standalone_1000b.zip" with your Archive Manager
Select all files
Click Extract
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Navigate to the GZDoom directory
Full path:Click ExtractCode:/home/username/.config/gzdoom
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Click "Show the Files"
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The gzdoom directory now has the Total Chaos standalone installed
Here is the .pk3 we will use to launch it with GZDoom
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Note: I was not able to find a way to put all of the game files in a single folder and launch it with GZDoom
Test GZDoom and make sure Total Chaos launches
Open Terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T)
Type:Code:gzdoom -file totalchaos.pk3![]()
Code should start scrolling up and the game should launch after 10 seconds...
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Then you will see the title screen in fullscreen
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Controls
Total Chaos is using the standard Doom controls
Update the controls to WSAD and jump, crouch, etc.
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Grain Effect
The film grain effect might be a bit intense. You can turn it off in the Options, Post Processing menu
Shortcut to Total Chaos (Mint)
Right-click the menu
Click Configure
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Click "Open the menu editor"
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Select "Games"
Click "New Item"
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Name: Total Chaos
Command: gzdoom -file totalchaos.pk3
Click the icon
Navigate to the Total Chaos icon folder
Select the Total Chaos icon
Click OK
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Now you can launch Total Chaos from the Menu
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Conclusion:
Total Chaos runs pretty well, but has a few stutters... It didn't affect game-play and the developer is working on optimizing it. In fact, there is a "Retro Edition" that is already optimized for lower spec computers like laptops and netbooks.
I found the game to be a fun survival exploration action game. I love the levels, interaction, crafting and action mechanics. The developer spent a lot of time dialing in the game so it was a challenge, but still possible to have fun. The graphics and ambiance is amazing considering they are using a modified Doom engine.
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