Best place to get NRFTL for PC

[Face23785]

I know I'll get a "use the search function" but dude I've been googling and searching here and I am getting conflicting info.

 

I have Doom 2 on PC already. I have a standalone copy, paid for that I've had for years, I don't have it through Steam. I'd like to try No Rest for the Living. I've read you can get it with Doom 3: BFG Edition through Steam but I was looking at the BFG Edition on there and I don't see any mention of NRFTL. I saw someone saying to get Doom Classic Complete from Steam, but then I saw others saying that doesn't have it, and the listing for that in Steam doesn't mention it either.

 

I was going to settle for console because I could swear I bought BFG Edition years ago from the Playstation Store, but I must have deleted it a while back to make disc space. I went to the store to re-download it and can't even find it now.

 

So now I'm getting kinda irritated and I figured I'd just ask you guys, where the hell can I get it? I have a major preference towards getting it on PC. I'd do console as a last resort. I'd appreciate any help. Thanks.

[Edward850]

There are two places to get it:

Doom 2 on Steam. It's included as a downloadable addon for all platforms with the new port, which is provided for free in this version.
Doom3 BFG on Steam. It includes versions of Doom and Doom2, that are based on the XBLA code where NRFTL was included (as nerve.wad), and thus has them too. The Steam page does not mention this because marketing wise it's not important.

Edited July 18, 2022 by Edward850

[Face23785]

And either of those will give me access to the .wad so I can play it with whatever port I choose? I normally play using CrispyDoom.

 

Re: it not being important for marketing, it was in this case lol because if I didn't think to ask here, it was going to cost them a sale.

[Edward850]

1 minute ago, Face23785 said:

Re: it not being important for marketing, it was in this case lol because if I didn't think to ask here, it was going to cost them a sale.

NRFTL is largely unimportant in the scheme of things, so yes.

 

1 minute ago, Face23785 said:

And either of those will give me access to the .wad so I can play it with whatever port I choose? I normally play using CrispyDoom.

Yes. As previously mentioned, BFG has it as NERVE.WAD, and the new Classic port stores it (when downloaded) in 

C:\Users\<username>\Saved Games\id Software\DOOM 2\WADs\3

as a file called '3', which you can just copy and rename to nerve.wad for any other port. Though it's probably better played in the classic port due to it having a special map order that not all ports support out of the box.

[Face23785]

Well thanks for clearing that up! Money is a little tight right now and I didn't want to just start buying stuff without being certain it would have the add-on, since that's all I'm after. I appreciate it.

[Face23785]

Wow so that's quite the experience. Bought and installed Doom 2 on Steam, ran it through Steam. Once the game starts, the menu thinks you're on XBox. It is glitchy as hell and the menu prompts are all wanting me to use the Y, X, B, A, or RB and LB buttons. Mouse works sporadically. It was a bitch getting logged into Bethesda and downloading any addons and getting them enabled. Once I actually load up a level it seems to work fine though, I'll have to give it a shot tomorrow. Crazy oversight.

[Edward850]

It doesn't think you're on Xbox, that would be absurd for so many reasons. The menu adapts to what input device you're using (gamepad or keyboard/mouse), but in your case you seem to have an Xinput controller connected in causing interference or a driver in the background virtualising an xinput controller, likely one that's faulty and constantly pushing inputs, resulting in the menu being confused as to what device you're actually using.

Edited July 18, 2022 by Edward850