Console RESTART Command Question

[rytz]

Hi:

I'm using the RESTART command to test my script changes and I'm unable to get the MAP or WARP commands to work along with it. I can use the same command via command line args and it works fine (warps straight to a map).

Say something like this command line works (DOES warp):
gzdoom -iwad doom.wad +map e1m1

But this doesn't from the console (does NOT warp):
restart -iwad doom.wad +map e1m1

According to this page, it seems they should work the same:
https://zdoom.org/wiki/CCMDs:Other

Is there a better way to test script changes without restarting ZDOOM?

Thanks.

[Graf Zahl]

The restart command cannot do everything you do from the command line, the engine was really never made to be restartable so a few limitations couldn't be removed.

[rytz]

The restart command cannot do everything you do from the command line, the engine was really never made to be restartable so a few limitations couldn't be removed.

Thanks for the info.

What's the most efficient way of testing script changes on the fly?

[Caligari87]

Quitting and restarting the engine, honestly. GZDoom isn't really set up to handle run-time resource changes.

I recommend setting up testing levels specifically for this, as you can run console commands from the commandline, like so

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gzdoom -file mytestfile.pk3 +map testmap +god +notarget +summon mytestmonster

[rytz]

Got it. Thanks.