Bethesda.net support

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Yarn366
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Bethesda.net support

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Pull request

This adds detection for Doom-engine games downloaded via the Bethesda.net Launcher. The process works like it does for Steam, where a certain registry key containing the Bethesda.net Launcher install location is read, and then the default location of each supported game is checked. The following games are currently detected:
  • Doom - Unity version and the included DOS version
  • Doom II - Unity version and the included DOS version
  • Doom 3: BFG Edition
  • Heretic
  • Hexen
  • Hexen: Deathkings of the Dark Citadel
The Bethesda.net Launcher also provides stand-alone DOS versions of Doom and Doom II, separate from the Unity versions; I added these to the code but commented them out. My comment in the source code explains why:
Alternate DOS versions of Doom and Doom II (referred to as "Original" in the Bethesda Launcher). While the DOS versions that come with the Unity ports are unaltered, these use WADs from the European PSN versions. These WADs are currently misdetected by GZDoom: DOOM.WAD is detected as the Unity version (which it's not), while DOOM2.WAD is detected as the original DOS release despite having Doom 3: BFG Edition's censored secret level titles (albeit only in the title patches, not in the automap). Unfortunately, these WADs have exactly the same lump names as the WADs they're misdetected as, so it's not currently possible to distinguish them using GZDoom's current IWAD detection system. To prevent them from possibly overriding the real Unity DOOM.WAD and DOS DOOM2.WAD, these paths have been commented out.
I also added and commented out the path to Doom Eternal's DOOM.WAD and DOOM2.WAD; these are identical to the misdetected PSN WADs mentioned in the comment.

(And Blzut3, if you're reading this and are interested in adding Bethesda.net support to ECWolf, the game data for Wolfenstein 3D is located in Wolfenstein 3D\base.)
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Re: Bethesda.net support

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Yarn366 wrote:
  • Heretic
  • Hexen
  • Hexen: Deathkings of the Dark Citadel
I'm a bit surprised they have these games.
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Re: Bethesda.net support

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Considering the retirement of the Bethesda.net launcher, one has to wonder if this is even needed anymore.
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Re: Bethesda.net support

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Yeah, probably not. It should be fine to just undo my changes.
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Re: Bethesda.net support

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I don't think it hurts to keep it, just for the people who have gotten it from there and installed it.
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Re: Bethesda.net support

Post by Graf Zahl »

Why should we take it out? It doesn't hurt anybody and might inconvenience those who actually bought it there in the past.

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