Just bought Doom collectors edition,is it worth getting.....

flakoff · Post by **flakoff** » Fri Jul 02, 2004 2:39 am

ZDoom?I am running xp.If it is where can i get it?

Post by **Graf Zahl** » Fri Jul 02, 2004 2:42 am

Yes! ZDoom is worth getting!

You can get it right here!

http://www.zdoom.org/files/lars/63a.cab

flakoff · Post by **flakoff** » Fri Jul 02, 2004 2:58 am

Thanks for the link,is that the version 2 i've been reading about?Is it only version 2 that works with xp and lets you use mouse?

Nanami · Post by **Nanami** » Fri Jul 02, 2004 3:13 am

ZDoom does a lot more than let you run in XP and use a mouse. =)

And yes, it's a beta of 2.0. 2.0.63a beta, or something of the like.

flakoff · Post by **flakoff** » Fri Jul 02, 2004 3:21 am

Thanks for the replys.There is no read me file so where do i put all the files?

Post by **Graf Zahl** » Fri Jul 02, 2004 3:29 am

In the same folder as your WADs.

flakoff · Post by **flakoff** » Fri Jul 02, 2004 3:31 am

Thanks

Lexus Alyus · Post by **Lexus Alyus** » Fri Jul 02, 2004 6:03 am

No, don't do that! That's messy. Make a new folder called Zdoom and put the Zdoom files in there. Then you need to copy your Doom2.wad into that directory. If you want to play plutonia, Ultimate Doom, TNT, Heretic, Hexen or Strife just copy all of those wads into the Zdoom directory, then on start up it will ask you which game you want to play. If you then want to play some custom PWADS, extract those into the Zdoom directory and just drag the wad file over Zdoom.exe and select the right IWAD to play with if it prompts (if it doesn't prompt, don't worry, this means your only using one Iwad). dead easy, that's all you'll ever need to know, until you start editing

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anonone · Post by **anonone** » Fri Jul 02, 2004 8:38 am

If mess is your concern, and you want to save disk space, AND you're using the NTFS filesystem, why not make hardlinks instead of copying the IWADs? Use something like Hardlink Magic (I forget the URL) to make nifty *nix-style links in your ZDoom folder to the IWAD files. Works just like a copy, but doesn't use up the extra 40-odd megs of space. This is actually what I did, since I've got the IWADs in one location but PrBoom, Legacy, ZDoom, and EDGE all in their own folders.

Sticky · Post by **Sticky** » Fri Jul 02, 2004 10:50 am

As has been mentioned before, if you just include a path in the .ini file, zdoom will go looking for the IWADS..... Just edit the ini setting for [IWADSearch.Directories]
It's right at the top, it should be something like:

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[IWADSearch.Directories]
Path=E:\blahblahblah\this_is_where_my_wads_are\
Path=$DOOMWADDIR
Path=$HOME
Path=$PROGDIR

I'm pretty sure you can have multiple paths and it'll search one then the next, then the next until it finds what it's looking for (but I've no need for that, so I've never tried it).

alien3456 · Post by **alien3456** » Fri Jul 02, 2004 11:09 am

Also if you'd like to play online... download ZDaemon. It's pretty much the same thing as ZDoom, but for multiplayer games. You can play deathmatch, capture the flag, team deathmatch and Co-Op.

http://www.zdaemon.org/

Xenaero · Post by **Xenaero** » Fri Jul 02, 2004 11:20 am

Sticky, you stole the words outta my mouth

HotWax · Post by **HotWax** » Fri Jul 02, 2004 11:26 am

Lexus, Anonone, you're both wrong. Batch files are the way to go. Ultimate neatless + Ultimate ease and space-saving. Just stick each executable and support files in their own folder along with batch files pointing them at the right IWAD. No Windows required. Of course if you weren't born in MS-DOS like me, this might actually be more difficult for you -- and I would call you a pansy.

Curunir · Post by **Curunir** » Fri Jul 02, 2004 12:00 pm

o/~ you are wrong, fucked and overrated etc o/~

I used to use a launcher which spat out .bat-s, I used to make the .bat-s myself before that. Now I just drop the pwads on the .exe. There is no BEST way. So hush!

Nanami · Post by **Nanami** » Fri Jul 02, 2004 12:36 pm

You're ALL wrong! Cat juggling is the best way!