How to play custom WADs?

[DoomedDude]

After downloading a custom map like Scythe or Alien Vendetta, how to you actually configure the downloaded file to pay it on a source port like crispy doom or prboom+? Do I just copy the WAD file and send it to the source port file?

[Impboy4]

Drag and drop over the source port executable, it's that simple.

[yakfak]

if you want more options open up command line or a batch file

typing some nonsense like "prboom-plus -iwad doom2 -file av.wad -complevel 9 -nomusic" can be pretty powerful

[xvertigox]

I'd recommend using Doom Launcher. It has idgames archive integration so you can download and play the wads all through Doom Launcher itself.

[Noiser]

On 5/9/2019 at 3:34 PM, Impboy4 said:

Drag and drop over the source port executable, it's that simple.

This will not work with Chocolate or Crispy Doom.

You can open your notepad and copypaste a command line: 
Crispy-doom -merge WADNAME.wad

 

Change "WADNAME" with the pwad you want to play. Then save the file with a .CMD extention:

 

 

If want to play maps for Doom 1, use this:

Crispy-doom -iwad doom.wad -merge WADNAME.wad

Edited May 11, 2019 by Noiser

[Misty]

I use zdl, it's good for launching any port,iwad and pwad of your choice.

https://zdoom.org/wiki/ZDL 

[Empyre]

7 hours ago, Noiser said:

This will not work with Chocolate or Crispy Doom.

You can open your notepad and copypaste a command line: 
Crispy-doom -merge WADNAME.wad

 

Change "WADNAME" with the pwad you want to play. Then save the file with a .CMD extention:

 

 

If want to play maps for Doom 1, use this:

Crispy-doom -iwad doom.wad -merge WADNAME.wad

I have two questions: cmd instead of bat?  -merge instead of -file?

[Noiser]

1 hour ago, Empyre said:

I have two questions: cmd instead of bat?  -merge instead of -file?

"-merge" will work for both crispy and chocolate doom, since vanilla can't load custom sprites without "merging" them. You can use "-file" on chocolate if you're not gonna use sprites, but "-merge" is a better option by default.

 

I don't know any difference between bat or cmd though. I think you can use any of them.

Edited May 11, 2019 by Noiser

[Empyre]

10 hours ago, Noiser said:

"-merge" will work for both crispy and chocolate doom, since vanilla can't load custom sprites without "merging" them. You can use "-file" on chocolate if you're not gonna use sprites, but "-merge" is a better option by default.

 

I don't know any difference between bat or cmd though. I think you can use any of them.

Thank you for explaining that.  I guess it shows that I have never played Chocolate or Crispy.  It has been ages since I played vanilla.  I did write a lot of bet files back in the day.