What to do when "PNAMES not found"

[skyjake]

When you receive the error message "W_GetNumForName: PNAMES not found", it means JDoom hasn't found your Doom.wad (or any of the other recognized IWADs). What you need to do is use the -file or -iwad option to tell the game where to load the wad, for instance: "jdoom -file d:\games\doom\doom.wad".

Just a little bit of info to those who need it.