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-OBLIGE v6 is a random level generator for Doom, Doom II, and their
-expansion packs. The goal is to produce high quality levels which are
-fun to play.
+OBLIGE is a random level generator for Doom, Doom II, and their expansion
+packs. The goal is to produce high quality levels which are fun to play.
A Doom engine is required if you actually want to play the levels you
generate. Currently there are builds on SBo for zdoom, gzdoom, prboom,
-chocolate-doom, odamex, skulltag, and maybe a few more.
+odamex, skulltag, and maybe a few more. Note that chocolate-doom won't
+work with oblige's levels, a limit-removing engine is needed.
Also required: the data file(s) for whichever game(s) you're playing
(registered versions, not shareware):
@@ -19,3 +19,10 @@ Plutonia plutonia.wad
Older versions of oblige had support for Heretic and Quake. If you need
these, install oblige-legacy4 (which can co-exist with this version).
+
+Oblige 6 and 7 take completely different approaches to level generation.
+Some people might prefer version 6, so this script supports both. By
+default, the version in the .info file (currently 7.50) is built. To build
+version 6 instead, get oblige-620-source.tar.gz from the author's site,
+place it in the SlackBuild directory, and run the script with VERSION=6.20
+in the environment.