how to make gzdoom.exe not load an iwad

[TIIKKETMASTER]

hello. i am making a TC game for GZDOOM. my problem is that the gzdoom.exe file will try to load a doom iwad automatically. when this happens i get this error:

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File gzdoom.pk3 is overriding core lump mapinfo/doom2.txt.

problem is, i have a mapinfo in my gzdoom.pk3 that is crucial to the game, but that is the thing that is causing the error. so i either have to intertwine that mapinfo.txt with my iwad file or get rid of it entirely, which im trying to go with the former.


any ideas as to what i could do? thanks!

[wildweasel]

To get it to not load (or recognize) commercial games, remove the game_support.pk3 file from the installation folder. It's probably wise to start a second install of GZDoom in another folder specifically for working on your standalone game, in that case.

However, this error message may be caused by something else, as the Doom IWAD does not contain any mapinfo lumps. If you're altering gzdoom.pk3, you probably shouldn't be doing that, and instead try moving the relevant lumps into your IWAD instead.

[TIIKKETMASTER]

To get it to not load (or recognize) commercial games, remove the game_support.pk3 file from the installation folder. It's probably wise to start a second install of GZDoom in another folder specifically for working on your standalone game, in that case.

However, this error message may be caused by something else, as the Doom IWAD does not contain any mapinfo lumps. If you're altering gzdoom.pk3, you probably shouldn't be doing that, and instead try moving the relevant lumps into your IWAD instead.

thank you for your insight.

i was wondering, how would i make the gzdoom.exe recognize that it should load another file that isnt of the ones it usually does, in this case the file being a new (P?)WAD?

[wildweasel]

If your file contains everything that is needed to play a game (including the PLAYPAL), just name it with a .ipk3 extension and the program will see it.

[TIIKKETMASTER]

If your file contains everything that is needed to play a game (including the PLAYPAL), just name it with a .ipk3 extension and the program will see it.

i got rid of the game_support.pk3 and renamed a freedoom file with the ipk3 as a test and it gave me this error:

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OS: Windows 10 (NT 10.0) Build 19045
    
GZDoom version g4.11.0
./freedoom2.ipk3: Unable to find IWADINFO
File has been removed from the list of IWADs
C:/Users/littl/Desktop/Rage of Chaos/freedoom2.ipk3: Unable to find IWADINFO
File has been removed from the list of IWADs

Execution could not continue.

Cannot find a game IWAD (doom.wad, doom2.wad, heretic.wad, etc.).
Did you install GZDoom properly? You can do either of the following:

1. Place one or more of these wads in the same directory as GZDoom.
2. Edit your gzdoom-username.ini and add the directories of your iwads
to the list beneath [IWADSearch.Directories]

what should i do? im completely lost...

[ramon.dexter]

First: stop modifying iwads. Making a TC doesn't involve modificarion of an existing iwad. If you want to make an iwad, Nash created a iwad base. Use this instead of modifying pre-existing one.

[Gez]

i got rid of the game_support.pk3 and renamed a freedoom file with the ipk3 as a test and it gave me this error:

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C:/Users/littl/Desktop/Rage of Chaos/freedoom2.ipk3: Unable to find IWADINFO
File has been removed from the list of IWADs

what should i do? im completely lost...

A custom IWAD needs its own IWADINFO lump.