jester
February 6th, 2007, 02:12 AM
I've had this idea for Legacy, but it's pretty meaty, so I figured I would start it as a new thread rather than put it in the feature request thread straight away. Basically my idea is that for each wad that you play with Doom, you could have some kind of config file.
First, each config file would include all the correct names for the maps in a wad, so that even if you're playing custom wads, you still get all the correct names inside the menus in Doom. Obviously someone would have to make up loads of config files for the old wads out there, but if you needed someone to do it I'd be willing to. They could also be set up to end a particular game and take the player back to the main menu once they've played all the custom maps in a particular wad (instead of just sending them to Doom2 map 2).
Also, the wad config file could also include which music file to play in each map. Of course if you're specifying a path for a certain piece of music then it'll be different for each player's computer, but maybe Legacy could do something like say can't find track x in this folder, please enter the correct folder here or something, when you first play the wad.
This would be really useful, say if you want to listen to the PSX Final Doom mp3s while you're playing PC Final Doom. The config file would come with the correct mp3s assigned to each map, and then all you have to do is tell Legacy the directory where you keep your PSX Final Doom mp3s at. Maybe each wad config file could include multiple music playlists, so you could choose between them in Legacy or something e.g. one playlist could be the Playstation music, another could be some of those high quality mp3s of the original PC Doom music that you can download off the net.
Wad config files could also include other information about the maps like which sky to use in them. For example, in Final Doom, the skies in Playstation version are much more impressive than on the PC (well, I think so). So if you could have a wad config file that allows you to specify which sky goes with which map, that would be cool.
Finally I'm also guessing this kind of thing would be pretty good for people who like editing stuff for Legacy? From what I've seen of the feature requests loads of people would find this kind of thing useful. On that note, I guess maybe wad config files could even include more detailed information, such as who made the levels, thumbnails for when you're choosing your map from a menu etc.
So that's my idea. Tell me what you think!
Cheers.
First, each config file would include all the correct names for the maps in a wad, so that even if you're playing custom wads, you still get all the correct names inside the menus in Doom. Obviously someone would have to make up loads of config files for the old wads out there, but if you needed someone to do it I'd be willing to. They could also be set up to end a particular game and take the player back to the main menu once they've played all the custom maps in a particular wad (instead of just sending them to Doom2 map 2).
Also, the wad config file could also include which music file to play in each map. Of course if you're specifying a path for a certain piece of music then it'll be different for each player's computer, but maybe Legacy could do something like say can't find track x in this folder, please enter the correct folder here or something, when you first play the wad.
This would be really useful, say if you want to listen to the PSX Final Doom mp3s while you're playing PC Final Doom. The config file would come with the correct mp3s assigned to each map, and then all you have to do is tell Legacy the directory where you keep your PSX Final Doom mp3s at. Maybe each wad config file could include multiple music playlists, so you could choose between them in Legacy or something e.g. one playlist could be the Playstation music, another could be some of those high quality mp3s of the original PC Doom music that you can download off the net.
Wad config files could also include other information about the maps like which sky to use in them. For example, in Final Doom, the skies in Playstation version are much more impressive than on the PC (well, I think so). So if you could have a wad config file that allows you to specify which sky goes with which map, that would be cool.
Finally I'm also guessing this kind of thing would be pretty good for people who like editing stuff for Legacy? From what I've seen of the feature requests loads of people would find this kind of thing useful. On that note, I guess maybe wad config files could even include more detailed information, such as who made the levels, thumbnails for when you're choosing your map from a menu etc.
So that's my idea. Tell me what you think!
Cheers.