How to make GZDoom recognize a .pk3

[Spaceshiporion]

I've been tinkering with my first actual Doom level, and I really wanted to include the D64 Unmaker into it.

A really cool user named PhoenixCyanFire gave me a .pk3, which works perfectly in Doom Builder when I add it into resources.
Of course, I want my .wad to be playable by dragging it into GZDoom, and I'm not sure how to include the .pk3 into this equation...

I tried leaving the .pk3 in the GZDoom Folder, and also Just including the .Pk3 into my .wad with Slade.
The Unmaker keeps showing up as an Exclamation point icon.

I would love to learn how to add .Pk3 resources to a .wad file.

[Gez]

A pk3 is a zip file, which is a different type of archive from a wad -- the way the resources are organized within the archive are completely different, as a pk3/zip contains files that are in folders, just like on your harddrive; while a wad contains lumps that are just purely sequential.

However, you can still move resources from one to the other. You'll need SLADE for that. And read the wiki.

Alternatively, you can have in your wad a GAMEINFO lump that contains the line

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LOAD =  d64unmaker.pk3

(or whatever the name of that pk3 is)

and then GZDoom will automatically look for the file with the provided name and load it first if it finds it.

[Spaceshiporion]

A pk3 is a zip file, which is a different type of archive from a wad -- the way the resources are organized within the archive are completely different, as a pk3/zip contains files that are in folders, just like on your harddrive; while a wad contains lumps that are just purely sequential.

However, you can still move resources from one to the other. You'll need SLADE for that. And read the wiki.

Alternatively, you can have in your wad a GAMEINFO lump that contains the line

Code: Select all

LOAD =  d64unmaker.pk3

(or whatever the name of that pk3 is)

and then GZDoom will automatically look for the file with the provided name and load it first if it finds it.

This is gonna help LOADS! Thank you!

[Spaceshiporion]

A pk3 is a zip file, which is a different type of archive from a wad -- the way the resources are organized within the archive are completely different, as a pk3/zip contains files that are in folders, just like on your harddrive; while a wad contains lumps that are just purely sequential.

However, you can still move resources from one to the other. You'll need SLADE for that. And read the wiki.

Alternatively, you can have in your wad a GAMEINFO lump that contains the line

Code: Select all

LOAD =  d64unmaker.pk3

(or whatever the name of that pk3 is)

and then GZDoom will automatically look for the file with the provided name and load it first if it finds it.

I've read through the wiki, and tried putting the "LOAD" property into "GAMEINFO" to no avail, unfortunately...
This is what my .Wad looks like Slade.

https://imgur.com/a/WM0jUJK

I've tried with and without apostrophe's,
but Slade doesn't seem to even humor the word "LOAD".

...I think I still need a little help.

[Gez]

GAMEINFO is a separate lump from MAPINFO. That's why you get this error message.

[Spaceshiporion]

GAMEINFO is a separate lump from MAPINFO. That's why you get this error message.

Haha, I'm such a dummy. I'll try again soon, then.
Thanks again.

[Spaceshiporion]

GAMEINFO is a separate lump from MAPINFO. That's why you get this error message.

https://imgur.com/a/Tk0SbqJ

Damn, I really thought I was close. Even remembered to add ".Pk3" to GameInfo when it first didn't work.
Still just an exclamation point.

Do you see any other mistakes I've made?
I really think I'm close.

[Gez]

Do you have unmaykr.pk3 in the same folder as your wad? Not inside the wad, mind you, a separate file. There's no mechanism for loading a pk3 from within a wad.

You can open the console and scroll up to see what files GZDoom loaded. It should be at the top, first you have a line with the OS and then another with GZDoom version, after that you have a line that says W_Init: Init WADFiles and after that comes the list of loaded files, e.g. "adding gzdoom.pk3, 679 lumps" and so on.

[Spaceshiporion]

Do you have unmaykr.pk3 in the same folder as your wad? Not inside the wad, mind you, a separate file. There's no mechanism for loading a pk3 from within a wad.

You can open the console and scroll up to see what files GZDoom loaded. It should be at the top, first you have a line with the OS and then another with GZDoom version, after that you have a line that says W_Init: Init WADFiles and after that comes the list of loaded files, e.g. "adding gzdoom.pk3, 679 lumps" and so on.

Interesting, I did add the Unmakyr to the GZDoom Directory too.
When I scrolled back into the console, it said it can't find the .pk3, despite loading the other .pk3's

https://imgur.com/a/rmFvdRZ

I'm confident I'll find a solution, but after this update I'll probably go to sleep soon

[axredneck]

UNMAKYR vs UNMAYKR

[Spaceshiporion]

UNMAKYR vs UNMAYKR

???????

...i
i have a lot of practice to do.

Thank you. The Unmakyr shows up now.