Is it possible to load Thy Flesh Consumed/No Rest for the Living/Si6iL automatically?.

[Thiago Salgoa]

Hi and thanks in advance.

 

I usually use a different mod combination or source port altogether, so the experience at least looks completely different from one game to another whenever I play each of the above WADs, and I was wondering if it's possible to automatically load the campaigns as if I were playing a different iWAD altogether.

 

For example, if I want to play Thy Flesh Consumed, instead of having to select it from the episode screen, I want to skip the episode selection screen and automatically load E4M1 when I set it up on a loader like ZDL.

 

Is this possible?

Edited July 21, 2023 by Thiago Salgoa

[Gez]

On vendredi 21 juillet 2023 at 7:44 PM, Thiago Salgoa said:

My question is if there is a way to mod/force the game to skip this menu and automatically load E5M1, as if it was the only available campaign in the game, while also maintaining the title screen and the main menu?

You'd need to write a custom MAPINFO to clear out alread-defined episodes and then add back just E5. When there's only one episode available, the episode selection screen is skipped.

 

This requires using a port that supports some type of MAPINFO and lets you clear and redefine episodes. So it's not universally possible.

[Stabbey]

Yeah, absolutely. This was possible back in the DOS days. You could start it up with "doom -warp 4 1" and you'd skip the title screen and menu and just start up in-game on E4M1. The parameter might vary depending on the loader you use, you'd need to verify the specific command, but it should be very possible. You probably also need to throw in "-skill 3" as well for Ultra-Violence, otherwise it'll default to Hurt Me Plenty.

Edited July 21, 2023 by Stabbey

[Stabbey]

So what you're asking for is a port of Doom 1 into Doom 2 for continuous play without having to select episodes? If that is not what you mean, then I have no idea what you are asking for.

[Kappes Buur]

Try WadSmoosh

[irukanjji]

23 hours ago, Thiago Salgoa said:

 

I'll give it a look. Thanks. 

and use this also:

 

Full Run for WadSmoosh'd GZDoom

 

"Use this file to play a "full run" of all 171 maps in all id releases as a single campaign, from Doom E1M1 to Plutonia MAP30. Requires a "doom_complete.pk3" file created with WadSmoosh and assumes you have ALL of the following: Ultimate Doom, Sigil, Doom 2, No Rest For The Living, The Master Levels, TNT: Evilution and The Plutonia Experiment."

 

https://jp.itch.io/doom-fullrun

[Gez]

1 hour ago, Thiago Salgoa said:

I'm using LZDooM 3.87c. It has support for MAPINFO, correct?

Yes, it should support everything you need from the ZDoom syntax of MAPINFO.

https://zdoom.org/wiki/MAPINFO/Episode_definition

[Thiago Salgoa]

22 minutes ago, Stabbey said:

Yeah, absolutely. This was possible back in the DOS days. You could start it up with "doom -warp 4 1" and you'd skip the title screen and menu and just start up in-game on E4M1. The parameter might vary depending on the loader you use, you'd need to verify the specific command, but it should be very possible. You probably also need to throw in "-skill 3" as well for Ultra-Violence, otherwise it'll default to Hurt Me Plenty.

 

Thanks for your answer, but what I meant to ask was if it is possible to make it work like DooM II, where after loading the title screen and choosing the difficulty, the 32 level campaign automatically loads without the need to choose a episode, but instead of DooM II, with Thy Flesh Consumed or any of the other WADs.

 

Is this possible?

Edited July 21, 2023 by Thiago Salgoa

[Thiago Salgoa]

1 hour ago, Stabbey said:

So what you're asking for is a port of Doom 1 into Doom 2 for continuous play without having to select episodes? If that is not what you mean, then I have no idea what you are asking for.

 

Not really. For example, if i want to play Si6iL, it appears as the fifth selectable episode on the "Which Episode?" menu.

 

My question is if there is a way to mod/force the game to skip this menu and automatically load E5M1, as if it was the only available campaign in the game, while also maintaining the title screen and the main menu?

 

I'm sorry if I make it hard to understand what I mean. English is not my first language.

 

Edited July 21, 2023 by Thiago Salgoa

[Thiago Salgoa]

On 7/21/2023 at 5:07 PM, Kappes Buur said:

Try WadSmoosh

 

I'll give it a look. Thanks. 

[Thiago Salgoa]

18 hours ago, irukanjji said:

and use this also:

 

Full Run for WadSmoosh'd GZDoom

 

"Use this file to play a "full run" of all 171 maps in all id releases as a single campaign, from Doom E1M1 to Plutonia MAP30. Requires a "doom_complete.pk3" file created with WadSmoosh and assumes you have ALL of the following: Ultimate Doom, Sigil, Doom 2, No Rest For The Living, The Master Levels, TNT: Evilution and The Plutonia Experiment."

 

https://jp.itch.io/doom-fullrun

 

Great! I'll check it out as well. Thanks.

[Thiago Salgoa]

18 hours ago, Gez said:

You'd need to write a custom MAPINFO to clear out alread-defined episodes and then add back just E5. When there's only one episode available, the episode selection screen is skipped.

 

This requires using a port that supports some type of MAPINFO and lets you clear and redefine episodes. So it's not universally possible.

 

I'm using LZDooM 3.87c. It has support for MAPINFO, correct?

[Thiago Salgoa]

18 minutes ago, Gez said:

Yes, it should support everything you need from the ZDoom syntax of MAPINFO.

https://zdoom.org/wiki/MAPINFO/Episode_definition

 

Great! Now, it's time to learn about MAPINFO. Thank you very much Gez.