Doom Runner (yet another graphical Doom launcher)

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Re: Doom Runner (yet another graphical Doom launcher)

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A 1:1 translation for Duke3D ports certainly won't be possible and also wouldn't make sense. Having something like this for Raze later on might still prove useful, even as a separate project. Suggested name btw: "Duke Runner" (obviously) 😆...
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Re: Doom Runner (yet another graphical Doom launcher)

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Like i said it works very well already for Raze if you look at the image I posted all of the Build engine games work when launched through Doom Runner with the"WADS" being replaced by the GRP or RFF file respectively the only one that requires anything in addition is to get the Blood expansion Crypt of Despair working you have to add -ini cryptic.ini to the additional command line arguments which is why it would be nice for the additional command line options to be assigned to profiles rather than globally.

The code to launch the games with Doom Runner and Raze dosn't actually need any modification just if you wanted to support launching games with Raze a couple of changes like the additional command line being part of the profile and possibly adding the option to show GRP and RFF extensions along with the WAD, PK3, ZIP to make it easier to find the correct files

Raze is being programmed by the Main Dev of GZDoom and uses its backend and a lot of its control code if you want more info you can see the announcement thread here viewtopic.php?f=1&t=67139

to run Duke Nukem 3D is
"Engines/Raze/raze.exe" -iwad "Wads/Duke Nukem 3D/Atomic Edition/DUKE3D.GRP"

to run with the Nuclear Winter expansion its
"Engines/Raze/raze.exe" -iwad "Wads/Duke Nukem 3D/Atomic Edition/DUKE3D.GRP" -file "Wads/Duke Nukem 3D/Duke Nuclear Winter/nwinter.grp"

One Whole Unit Blood its
"Engines/Raze/raze.exe" -config "Engines/Raze/raze-Edd.ini" -iwad "Wads/Blood/BLOOD.RFF"

for Blood: Crypt of Despair its
"Engines/Raze/raze.exe" -config "Engines/Raze/raze-Edd.ini" -iwad "Wads/Blood/BLOOD.RFF" -ini cryptic.ini
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Re: Doom Runner (yet another graphical Doom launcher)

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Thank you for creating this launcher. It has now totally replaced ZDL as my daily driver.

I do have one request, if you're interested. Would it be possible to add radio buttons/tick boxes for NO SOUND and NO MUSIC cvars? Ideally, I'd shorten the "Addition Command Line Arguments box and place the tick boxes to the right of it.

Regardless, thanks again.
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Hi. I will think about it. Adding a checkbox/combobox is not a problem. But i want to keep it somehow logically organized, so i have to think about its position.
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You are the man, man.
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Thanks for taking it under consideration. :)
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Just gave this a spin - this is promising. :) I am currently using ZDoom Executor and there are a few things that ZDE does right... I have made some improvement suggestions for Doom Runner on the Github Issues tab. Keep up the good work!
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Thank you, i hope i will find some time to work on it during Easter holidays.
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Praise the Lord! The highres Doomguy has spoken!
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There's no rush, take all the time you need. :) I am willing to switch to Doom Runner permanently if all of the conveniences of ZDE are brought over to DR. :D
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I've a strange issue with Doom 64 EX. The game loads fine using DoomRunner but there's no sound. If I run D64 EX from its own launcher the sound is there so I don't think it's the game itself. Any suggestions?
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Doom64 EX launcher may add an additional launch parameter that isn't automatically added when using other launchers. If that's the case, I wouldn't have the slightest clue which parameter that could be, though. It should also be checked how the game behaves when using other launchers.
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So, I checked out D64 EX through ZDL, Doom Launcher and Doom Explorer and the game ran fine and sound played as normal. I tried Doom Runner again just in case but sadly it still didn't play sound. It's quite perplexing.
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You mean that DoomRunner is the only launcher out of many, with which the sound doesn't play?
I've never tried Doom64, this was primarily for ZDoom-like engines, Doom64 might have some specific requirements. I will look into it later.
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Re: Doom Runner (yet another graphical Doom launcher)

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Yeah, that's right. I just presumed D64 EX would load just the same (same command line arguments etc) but perhaps I'm wrong - it wouldn't be the first time.

Thanks for looking into it. :)

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