I feel really stupid, free look

wyldstallyns2589 · Post by **wyldstallyns2589** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 4:51 pm

i had ZDoom a while ago and loved it because it made DOOM control like a modern FPS, i got rid of it because i could never find a full wad. well now i've acquired the collector's edition (so i have all the wads) and i redownloaded ZDoom. only problem is, free look isn't activated, and i can't figure out where the option is. can someone help me?

solarsnowfall · Post by **solarsnowfall** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 5:14 pm

Options > Mouse Options >

Enable Mouse = Yes

Always Mouselook = On

wyldstallyns2589 · Post by **wyldstallyns2589** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 6:06 pm

thanks. another question, i can't get that guy's portal wad to work, it doesn't show up in my list of wads.

The NUtcracker · Post by **The NUtcracker** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 6:12 pm

There are two portal wads: One by Cutmanmike and one by Farhaven. They both work fine for me.

Doomguy0505 · Post by **Doomguy0505** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 6:15 pm

You need to use the -file command, unfortunately ZDoom can't autodetect all of the mods.

Or get ZDL.

wyldstallyns2589 · Post by **wyldstallyns2589** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 6:43 pm

how do i use the -file command?

jallamann · Post by **jallamann** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 7:03 pm

[wiki=Installation_and_Execution_of_ZDoom]by using the wiki, which you should have checked before asking silly questions[/wiki]

wyldstallyns2589 · Post by **wyldstallyns2589** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 12:13 pm

great, still doesn't work. i still just get my list of the wads that came with doom collector's edition.

lizardcommando · Post by **lizardcommando** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 12:38 pm

Are you just opening ZDoom? Did you try dragging and dropping the wadfile onto ZDoom?

Matt · Post by **Matt** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 12:56 pm

First, you need to learn the difference between an "IWAD" and a "PWAD".

An IWAD is the wad file that contains the core game data. Anytime you run ZDoom you should load exactly one such file, as which IWAD you're running determines the game that you play (shareware Doom, registered Doom, Hexen, Strife, Heretic, Plutonia, etc.).

A PWAD is a wad file that contains extra stuff to be used in addition to or instead of the IWAD stuff. You can load as many PWADs as you want: if some PWADs overlap in data, whichever one you load later (i.e., type later in the command line) is used.

I'm guessing that the list you're getting means that you haven't specified the IWAD. That list won't give you the list of PWADs since you can load them from anywhere and ZDoom isn't the kind of program that intrudes into every part of your computer to try to root those files out. So if you typed the PWAD filename right, ZDoom should already be loading the PWAD, and the menu is just asking whether the PWADs you're running should be run with Doom 2, Ultimate Doom, or whatever.

wyldstallyns2589 · Post by **wyldstallyns2589** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 4:22 pm

i have no clue what im doing wrong. i type in the file name correctly, then i get a list of the IWADs (thanks for clearing that up) so i just pick one. the game is normal! am i supposed to type something somewhere to tell ZDoom to run the custom map/weapons inside the doom IWAD?

Matt · Post by **Matt** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 4:31 pm

Post the following:

What, exactly, you're typing into the command line

Which IWAD you're using

Which PWADs you're loading

wyldstallyns2589 · Post by **wyldstallyns2589** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 5:19 pm

"C:\Documents and Settings\Nathan\My Documents\Important Files\zdoom-2.1.7\zdoom.exe" -file C:\Documents and Settings\Nathan\My Documents\Important Files\zdoom-2.1.7\portalm.wad

im using the portalm.wad PWAD and the doom.wad IWAD.

Post by **Nash** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 5:25 pm

Maybe portalm.wad works for Doom 2 only... ?

wyldstallyns2589 · Post by **wyldstallyns2589** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 6:44 pm

okayyeah, it has to be doom 2, thanks.