How do I launch the game with command line parameters in dsda-doom?

[Kwisior]

I've been trying to play Scythe with fast monsters, but can't find this whole "command line". What do I do? Sorry if this was asked a million times already, but I couldn't find a thread relevant to my case.

Edited April 29, 2023 by Kwisior

[ducon]

dsda-doom -file /where/your/PWAD/is -iwad /where/your/IWAD/is -fast

If you need help:

dsda-doom --help

 

Edited April 30, 2023 by ducon

[PsychEyeball]

If you're on Windows, in order to enter these command line parameters, either use the Run command (Windows key + R) or you can use the Command Prompt. In the DSDA-Doom directory, which will also have Scythe and DOOM2.WAD, enter this:

 

dsda-doom -file scythe.wad -iwad doom2.wad -fast

The easiest way however would be to get yourself a Launcher program to allow you to just generate all of these lines by itself or make the process easier. I'm partial to Doom Launcher myself.

[Kwisior]

12 minutes ago, PsychEyeball said:

If you're on Windows, in order to enter these command line parameters, either use the Run command (Windows key + R) or you can use the Command Prompt. In the DSDA-Doom directory, which will also have Scythe and DOOM2.WAD, enter this:

 

dsda-doom -file scythe.wad -iwad doom2.wad -fast

The easiest way however would be to get yourself a Launcher program to allow you to just generate all of these lines by itself or make the process easier. I'm partial to Doom Launcher myself.

I got it to work, so thanks man! I'll check Doom Launcher out.

[Hajo_official]

Regurtitating that which was said by others, you could  use an external launcher like ZDL/ZDoom Launcher https://zdoom.org/wiki/ZDL

Contrary to its name, it actually works with every source port.

It has a command box where you can add self-defined parameters.

 

The other way would be to make a parameter loading shortcut to dsda-doom.exe in the dsda-doom folder. If you make a shortcut, right click > Properties > Target. 

In the Target line, behind dsdadoom.exe you can add your parameters.

An example for complevel 2 with fast monsters:

Target: C:\dsda-doom\dsda-doom.exe -complevel 2 -fast

If you use the launcher of dsda-doom (in the settings I think it's on the first or second page), you can load whatever wads you'd like and they will always have complevel 2 and fast monsters applied.

 

Hope this helps!