changing IWADs (long)

[fiend]

could someone please please please please PLEASE tell me the correct way to switch IWAD files in jdoom? i've gotten doom.wad to play fine (without specifying during installation, and then copying doom.wad into the directory), but i have yet to figure out how to load DOOM2, tnt, or plutonia. and, needless to say, i haven't even thought about trying to load any external WADs. i prefer being able to just copy the files into the jdoom folder, if it's possible to make it work across all four games. i know this is a stupid question, and it probably requires an obvious answer, but i can't seem to figure it out on my own. i can copy the other three wads into the directory, but the only option i have for an IWAD is doom.wad. when i right click to change the wad file, i have to specify a path back to the jdoom folder, and when i try to launch the game... well, it just crashes (it will tell me that no IWAD is specified, even though it is checked). it seems like i should have the four IWADS listed separately, so that i just check which one i want to use, being careful not to specify more than one version at a time in my settings (i.e. like the original doom95 launcher). should all the wads i want to use be in the directory before i run dlaunch the first time? i've tried using the command line options, to no avail (but i am new to this, so i'm sure i just need a little more explicit direction here), and i'm a little confused about editing the .cfg file. i tried changing "doom version" from autodetect, but once i make any change to the IWAD field, i can't seem to get the game to work-- at all. i have just uninstalled, and would like some suggestions before i reinstall, and anything is appreciated because i feel like an absolute idiot at this point! thanks.

[fiend]

btw, i know that the faq @ the jdoom page provides an answer to the question i'm asking, but i suppose it needs to be dumbed down a bit before it finally ever sinks in.
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[ddraigcymraeg]

Okay, I would run a .bat file. Just open up notepad and put this in it:

Doomsday -game jDoom.dll -gl drD3D.dll
-iwad "DOOM2.WAD"

..if the Doom2.wad file is in the root of your JDoom directory. Change the -gl parameter to drOpenGL.dll if you are not using the D3D driver. Save the .bat file in the Jdoom directory as say 'Doom2.bat'. Double click on it and it will run.
Repeat for plutonia.wad and TNT.wad(substituting the -iwad value of course.!)
To load a pwad (custom wad just add an extra '-file "nameofwad.wad"' if the wad is in the JDoom root. You can use relative pathnames for the -iwad and and -file values if the IWAD or PWAD is in a sub directory. Else you just put in the full path to the IWAD or PWAD.
hope this helps.

[fiend]

so are you saying that if i create the batch file, i have to search for it and doubleclick the file to run the other wads?
or, if i create the batch file, can i access it from the launcher? i'm so sorry, but i think i'm a little more confused now.
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[ddraigcymraeg]

Yeah..You'd create a seperate bat file for whatever iwad you have. You then navigate to the JDoom directory and double click whatever bat file you want to run. You can put the bat files on your desktop and click them from there. But you would need to put fully qualified path name for the doomsday.exe in the bat file. Like 'c:\progra~1\jdoom\doomsday -gl ... -iwad .....'

Just try getting the bat file to run as I showed you before by navigating ot the JDoom directory. If you would rather use the launcher than bat files, Im sorry but I dont use the launcher ;-)

[Jive]

What's the hell with that thread??? http://forums.newdoom.com/UBB/smilies/cwm24.gif

You have a launcher with Jdoom, named "DLaunch.exe"...
USE IT !!! http://forums.newdoom.com/UBB/smilies/cwm25.gif

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[fiend]

I KNOW. i WANT to use dlaunch (which i've used without any major problems for ultimate doom) with the other three main wads. but apparently i'm too dumb to figure it out. if someone can please tell me the simplest way to do this (within dlaunch), i would much appreciate it. however, thank you to ddraigcymraeg for the info on the .bat file. even if i figure out the way i want to use it, i still appreciate your help.

thanks

[fiend]

i have another question related to this thread i've started: the jdoom faq mentions adding additional wads to the "default wads" string in jdoom.cfg. is this a solution? i've located the string in the cfg file, but i'm not sure of how i would need to enter the wad name if this is what i needed to do. it simply says "default wads," followed by "..." or "---" (i'm not sure which characters). would the wad names come before, or after, on the line below, or in place of, these dots/dashes? and would it be like "-plutonia.wad" or something like that? i know i sound like an idiot, but that's only because i am one.
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[Jive]

In the DLaunch, if you want to add or modify something, you just have to right click on it http://forums.newdoom.com/UBB/smilies/cwm4.gif

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[fiend]

i know about right clicking to change/modify, but if you right click "IWAD," you end up specifying a path to the IWAD. it won't just change it to DOOM2.WAD, plutonia.wad, or tnt.wad. UNLESS, and i haven't thought of this until just now, you simply type the name of the wad, and don't click on the wad file-- inside the directory-- you're wanting. it still seems as though it's gonna just specify a path to the wad, though, because you don't get the usual dialog box like you get when you change the screen resolution, etc. anyway, everytime i've tried right clicking the IWAD option, i end up specifying the path, like i said before, and it completely screws up everything. i can't even get it back to "doom.wad" like it was originally. i always eventually end up uninstalling/ reinstalling to get back to square one.
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[ddraigcymraeg]

Well thats appreciation for you... eh?
Didn't mean to confusion, just I find bat files *nicer*

[KING ELVIS]

heh, you should use the KDX ...which will provide you superior frontend capablilities...not only for JDoom http://forums.newdoom.com/UBB/smile.gif

Get it at http://kickme.to/theking

[sharifsalah]

damn right KE!

[KING ELVIS]

Hehe, you are biased concerning this http://forums.newdoom.com/UBB/smile.gif
But you were DAMNED right !

[fiend]

so, is there a resource page or anything for King Doom's Frontend (like stimpee's page)? i assume i would need the newbie download, and then maybe the 3.1 build 22 update? does this thing interfere with my existing jdoom? or does it just work in tandem with it if you use it? looks very interesting, but the info is a little scarce (instruction-wise) on KE's webpage. if anybody here using it could give me some upfront tips, they'd be appreciated.

oh, and i wasn't trying to be unappreciative about the batch files! i just like the launcher, and am a little lazy. honest.

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