Doom not launching in Multiplayer

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Gilderoy_Zockhart
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Doom not launching in Multiplayer

Post by Gilderoy_Zockhart »

The moment I add -join or -host to my startup configuration, uz/gzdoom displays a black window crashing instantly. This occurs on linux native and via lutris/wine.
gzdoom 4.11 runs great, the same with singleplayer on every version.
I play on Fedora 44 with AMD Radeon™ RX 7900 XT. I use ZDL.

Thanks very much :-)
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Kappes Buur
 
 
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Re: Doom not launching in Multiplayer

Post by Kappes Buur »

viewtopic.php?t=45124 has a section on trou8bleshooting.

UZDoom Preview and UZDoom Experimental, both have a multiplayer menu.



Try that.

Note:
Make sure that the game builds match for each player.
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Gilderoy_Zockhart
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Graphics Processor: ATI/AMD with Vulkan/Metal Support

Re: Doom not launching in Multiplayer

Post by Gilderoy_Zockhart »

Yes, it works with the experimental builds. Didn't know about them, thanks a lot. Does even make ZDL redundant :-)
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