Memfis Posted January 23, 2017 I wish people stopped putting spaces in WAD filenames because it's annoying how you have to write -file "Bloody Rust 2 Beta" instead of -file Bloody Rust 2 Beta. I'm sure there are other technical difficulties that can be caused by this. 0 Quote Share this post Link to post
scifista42 Posted January 23, 2017 Having to write just 2 characters more than usual is not too bad. And technical difficulties would only occur with old tools. 0 Quote Share this post Link to post
EffinghamHuffnagel Posted January 23, 2017 I just re-named the file to BloodyRust2B. Doesn't mean I'll have time to play it, but if I ever do, it's ready. 0 Quote Share this post Link to post
hex11 Posted January 23, 2017 -file Bloody*.wad Or just write small script that does the quoting and runs whatever port. #!/bin/sh #(adapt as needed for your shell) chocolate-doom -merge "$*" Then associate that script with WAD file extension in your file manager. 0 Quote Share this post Link to post
Salt-Man Z Posted January 23, 2017 I rename every wad I download. (Of course, I leave 'em zipped and only rename the .zip, 'cause I use GZDoom.) 0 Quote Share this post Link to post
40oz Posted January 23, 2017 I use this hacky batch file front end and it does require me to type the exact file names. It doesn't pickup spaces, so I often have to rename the file to something else. I know its my fault for using my shitty batch scrip but I still hate other people for doing it. Make your wad filenames 8 characters or less and no spaces plz 0 Quote Share this post Link to post
Combinebobnt Posted January 23, 2017 https://zdoom.org/wiki/ZDL manual loading; been there, it sucks 0 Quote Share this post Link to post
Grazza Posted January 23, 2017 Of course, there are plenty of workarounds but why cause the need in the first place? There are lots of wads to choose from, so anything that makes it slightly more work to load makes it that little bit less likely to get played. 0 Quote Share this post Link to post
Graf Zahl Posted January 23, 2017 These people only know Drag&Drop - the concept of a console where you enter parameters MANUALLY is utterly alien to them. Otherwise these long, hard to type filenames would not exist. 0 Quote Share this post Link to post
Linguica Posted January 23, 2017 I always love when stories are like, "millennials are all Digital Natives who use a computer like it's second nature!" and it's like, lol no, they know how to use an iPhone. If a kid knows what a "file" is they are ahead of the curve already. 0 Quote Share this post Link to post
Arctangent Posted January 23, 2017 I feel like that would be behind on the curve, considering it meant they spent time learning how to work DOSBox instead of something that isn't growing less and less relevant by the day. 0 Quote Share this post Link to post
printz Posted January 23, 2017 Linguica said:Tab autocompletion my man. Windows is retarded about that, because it deletes everything after the cursor if you do that. 0 Quote Share this post Link to post
jmickle66666666 Posted January 23, 2017 If you're on windows, you'll wanna stop using cmd and start using something like this instead. made my life so much easier. 0 Quote Share this post Link to post
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