Batch file + DosBox = DooM (BooM)

[DynamiteKaitorn]

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I need help trying to create a .bat file that launches DosBox that then launches BooM inside DosBox. I can make D.B launch BooM manually when I type in the necessary commands but I have literally no idea how to run all of this in a simple .bat file (If this is even possible).

 

PS: Yes I know BooM has been updated to the modern age but I kinda wanna experience the old versions of the engine (and, if this is possible to do with .bat then I might try editing the file and running MBF with it as well).

 

 

EDIT:

Okay, to clear things up for you guys, let me explain in a clearer manner.

I have an old version of the BooM engine, PRE-PR/GL boom era that runs under DosBox. I need a batch file that loads BooM inside DosBox so that I just simply need to run the .bat file to instantly play BooM. If I can do this, then I can create a copy of the .bat, edit it and get it to run MBF as well.

Mostly want to do this since UDB (Ultimate DooM Builder) supports loading .bat files as an executable.

Edited March 23, 2020 by DynamiteKaitorn
Cleaned up question

[Nine Inch Heels]

2 hours ago, DynamiteKaitorn said:

BooM inside DosBox.

You mean PrBoom+ 2.5.1.5? Not happening.

 

PrBoom+ guide: https://www.dsdarchive.com/guides/prboom_plus

 

Guide on how to create .bat-files: https://www.windowscentral.com/how-create-and-run-batch-file-windows-10

 

Edited March 23, 2020 by Nine Inch Heels

[andrewj]

12 minutes ago, Nine Inch Heels said:

You mean PrBoom+ 2.5.1.5?

It was probably before your time, but the original Boom was a DOS program.

 

To the OP: DosBox has a config file which you can create and setup not only the configuration stuff (video card to emulate, etc) but also to run a particular program at startup (the autoexec section).  I suggest you read the fine manual.

Edited March 23, 2020 by andrewj

[Nine Inch Heels]

1 minute ago, andrewj said:

It was probably before your time, but the original Boom was a DOS program.

That old DOS executable didn't support MBF as far as I'm aware, which is what the OP is asking for. So I assumed they were looking for a slightly less ancient iteration of PrBoom+.

 

In any case, it seems easier to me to create a DOSbox shortcut with the added command line arguments needed to launch an old boom-port instead of trying this with a .bat that tries to launch one program "inside" another.

[Fonze]

This sounds like a job for D-Fend!

[Diabolución]

Edit the conf file of DosBox to include an [autoexec] section like this, after unpacking boom202.zip and the IWADs into a folder named

c:\doom\dosbox\boom\.

[autoexec]
mount c: c:\doom\dosbox\ -freesize 1000
cd c:\boom
boom -iwad doom2.wad -file coolwad.wad -deh coolwad.deh -skill 4 -warp
exit

Or simply use PrBoom 2.02, this version is a port of Boom 2.02 to Win32.

[Redneckerz]

On 3/23/2020 at 3:39 AM, DynamiteKaitorn said:

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I need help trying to create a .bat file that launches DosBox that then launches BooM inside DosBox. I can make D.B launch BooM manually when I type in the necessary commands but I have literally no idea how to run all of this in a simple .bat file (If this is even possible).

 

PS: Yes I know BooM has been updated to the modern age but I kinda wanna experience the old versions of the engine (and, if this is possible to do with .bat then I might try editing the file and running MBF with it as well).

 

 

EDIT:

Okay, to clear things up for you guys, let me explain in a clearer manner.

I have an old version of the BooM engine, PRE-PR/GL boom era that runs under DosBox. I need a batch file that loads BooM inside DosBox so that I just simply need to run the .bat file to instantly play BooM. If I can do this, then I can create a copy of the .bat, edit it and get it to run MBF as well.

Boom and MBF are not one and the same.

On 3/23/2020 at 3:39 AM, DynamiteKaitorn said:

Mostly want to do this since UDB (Ultimate DooM Builder) supports loading .bat files as an executable.

What would be the use case here? Just because UDB allows this for whatever reason, what is the net benefit of using this?

 

If you are going for MBF, use the unofficial MBF 2.04 build, which contains several improvements over MBF 2.03.

 

On 3/23/2020 at 6:45 AM, Nine Inch Heels said:

That old DOS executable didn't support MBF as far as I'm aware, which is what the OP is asking for. So I assumed they were looking for a slightly less ancient iteration of PrBoom+.

MBF and Boom are both DOS based engines.

 

There are actually two deviations inbetween that are far more obscure in that specific timerame, the hilariously named Steve Boom and its successor PrjDoom (Project Doom).

1 hour ago, Diabolución said:

Edit the conf file of DosBox to include an [autoexec] section like this, after unpacking boom202.zip and the IWADs into a folder named

c:\doom\dosbox\boom\.

[autoexec]
mount c: c:\doom\dosbox\ -freesize 1000
cd c:\boom
boom -iwad doom2.wad -file coolwad.wad -deh coolwad.deh -skill 4 -warp
exit

Or simply use PrBoom 2.02, this version is a port of Boom 2.02 to Win32.

That would be the best case scenario if you want stock Boom but not in DOS. PrBoom is a separate version.

(Also, yes Diabo, its Separate and not Seperate. I learned my lessons on the Wiki. ;))

[DynamiteKaitorn]

32 minutes ago, Redneckerz said:

Boom and MBF are not one and the same.

Yes. I know that. .-.

32 minutes ago, Redneckerz said:

What would be the use case here? Just because UDB allows this for whatever reason, what is the net benefit of using this?

A: Convenience and B: Cause I wanna mess around with an outdated build of an engine that I know has modern builds. :P