[SOLVED] "restart", standalone project, directories

[Nash]

I work on my standalone project from a directory. Apparently using

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game.exe -iwad directory

doesn't work, even though every required lump exists in my directory. So as a workaround, I make a dummy .PK3 IWAD containing the single lump that my game's "MustContain" requires, and then I do this:

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game.exe -iwad game.pk3 -file directory

This satisfies development workflow, but the problem is "restart" command won't work.

Execution could not continue.

Palette not found

So I add the PLAYPAL and COLOR into game.pk3, but still no go!

Execution could not continue.

You cannot use clearepisodes in a MAPINFO if you do not define any new episodes after it.

I gave up here. What is the proper way to solve my problem? The ONLY way the restart command works perfectly is if I build the full game.pk3 containing all the game's contents and run it as a regular IWAD, but that completely defeats the purpose of working with directories!

I really need the restart command to work with my directory workflow to reduce iteration time... it just hit me throughout all these years how much time I've wasted repeatedly quitting and re-launching the engine just to make 1 tiny change. :(

Why doesn't "game.exe -iwad directory" work anyway?

[Graf Zahl]

Restart without parameters will forget all '-file's and then select the first matching IWAD. And since that is empty the results are obvious...

[Nash]

Cool! I didn't know restart accepted parameters. All good now. :D

[Nash]

Sorry for double post, new question

It's not possible to use +map with restart? I tried this:

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restart -file directory +map TestMap

but it just takes me to the title screen.

(Also, opening the console from this point onwards might sometimes crash the engine)