An0maly_76

So, now that my post count has reset, I would like to clarify a few things. First, as it was apparently decided you can only post three times a day and send three PM's a day, I was unable to continue conversation of any sort. While I understand the need to silence those who flood and spam, such a binary approach defeats the purpose of having such a site if you ask me. That being said, I appreciate the helpful responses my post has gotten. Second, EVERY Doom engine I have downloaded (including this one that I got from DOOMWADSTATION.NET – which kind of implies that the standard WAD would be included) included a WAD file of some sort, even if it was only the first episode in 16-bit. So when it came to Doom, even with the Island mod, I RARELY had to deal with that sort of thing that much. Even the Island mod came with a batch file that I only needed to create a desktop shortcut for, and I played it for perhaps three years before my desktop nuked itself. I don't remember having to do much other than install it, so perhaps I already had the Doom II engine, presuming it can load WADS from the original game. Third, I am quite familiar with file systems, hailing from the days of MS-DOS when you had no choice BUT to know these things. Thus, I am aware that non-standard WADS generally require a command-line syntax parameter. However, I never really had to use these syntax parameters, as the few I might use are generally covered by cheat codes, and I have not played DOOM in over three years either. Last but not least, I try not to mention this, but I have Asperger's Syndrome, a high-functioning form of autism. Hence, not only do I have difficulty retaining certain things due to what amount to related developmental issues, I often can see things that other people don't see, but generally don't see things the way other people see them. Gaming is one of the few things that keeps me from bouncing off the walls – or worse. To explain my original post title, I also get easily frustrated when things do not work as they should or go as planned. This disorder often leads to regression, meaning it gets worse, something I show a lot of indicators of. I don't ask for sympathy here, but some empathy would be nice, rather than smart-assed responses implying that I simply don't want to learn what I'm doing. Those who did so – NOT COOL. It wasn't called for, and you're not helping. As I explained earlier, I did this before and it's not working the way it did before. And before anyone starts hollering 'snowflake', I can appreciate sarcasm when it's not at anyone else's expense. That being said, with some of the responses received, I believe I will “ride off into the sunset”, and if I get the Island mod working, so be it. If not, so be it. It doesn't really seem that this site is the place for me to be. TelicAx7, I'm PM'ing you shortly so we can continue our conversation elsewhere. I should think gzdoom IS a Doom 2 engine, given its later release date, but perhaps not.

Four Episodes, so I have the full standard WAD. But all I remember doing with Island before was simply installing it into the same directory, maybe. It's been awhile. What do you mean by dragging the mod file into gzdoom.exe?

Okay, so I managed to download a standard doom wad that works. So why doesn't the island pack I downloaded before work with this?

If memory serves, pk3 is another wad format, so I find it strange that gzdoom came with pk3s, as well as the island wad I received is a pk3, yet apparently gzdoom doesn't support them. *smh* I'm all about improvements, but I hate when people reinvent the wheel.

I was into Doom from the days when it was new around the early 1990s. Got into playing with custom WADs, etc (The Island was one of my faves). Then both my laptop and my desktop nuked themselves late 2018. I wound up getting a newer gaming rig and have not been able to load or play this game since. By the way, the security check to register for this site is near impossible if you haven't played in a long time, or just played it to play it and never got into character names, etc. I know GZDoom is older, but after my experience with Steam, I avoid it at all costs at this point -- I don't care whether they offer better games at lower cost. I've downloaded GZDoom, and extracted it, as well as a test of downloading ISLAND.WAD. Error messages abounds, with a Ryzen 7 1700, 32GB RAM, ASUS TUF Gaming GTX1650 Super 4GB OC, with a 1 TB M.2 SSD as my primary storage. I've updated drivers each time I've attempted to figure out what I'm doing wrong. WTH? This is the error message I get... I've never had to edit any configuration files to make this game run before, also, it generally comes with a standard WAD. So what is the problem? Can anyone help?