How to search only specific WADs in a directory?

[masterkark]

Currently, I have [IWADSearch.Directories] with a custom path. I also use a separate shortcut to gzdoom.exe which loads a separate .ini config file, which in turn loads Brutal Doom's pk3. That way, I can separate vanilla Doom from Brutal Doom without having to install GZDoom twice.

The problem is, I want GZDoom to detect only some wads for Brutal Doom because only some are compatible with it. The only way I managed to do this is to make a separate WADs directory for it, but this is not a good solution since I must have 2 copies of DOOM wads and it wastes space. I tried adding entries like "Path=(...)/wads/doom.wad" for each Brutal Doom's WAD but it doesn't work.

[Rachael]

As the header implies it allows for "Directories" - meaning you can specify more than one.

In both configurations, pick a common path for your Doom wads and add that to the end of the list of search paths. You can simply copy-paste a previous line to do that. If you are using Windows, it is good practice (but not required) when using GZDoom to prefer forward-slash (/) folder markers. Windows by default uses the DOS convention of backslash (\). The reason for this is because some text parsers may misinterpret \-laden path names as an escape sequence (following a C/C++ standard), and you do not want that. It also makes it easier to transfer your configuration file to Mac or Linux later on - both systems use the / path delineation marker, and do not support using \ at all.

So for example, if you have Doom.wad loaded in your documents folder, you would make the section look like this:

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[IWADSearch.Directories]
Path=.
Path=$DOOMWADDIR
Path=$HOME
Path=$PROGDIR
Path=C:/Users/masterkark/Documents

If you remove the $DOOMWADDIR and "." entries, it will prevent GZDoom from attempting to search your Brutal Doom folder for an IWAD.