my friend wanted to play some classic Doom but found the initial setup intimidating AND my Doom snobbiness kicked in hardcore, so i put together a ready-to-run starter pack to help make it equal parts painless and tasteful. since Cohost is about to eat it i thought i might as well share the result here, too. i'll take the file down when Cohost goes kaput, assuming copyright cops don't sack it sooner. for now, here's Doom:
this contains the seven major id-related IWADs, three source ports, two useful utilities, the launcher app DoomRunner, and a few vanilla-style enhancement wads, all nicely organized, configured, and ready to play in Windows (sorry, other OS ppl). to get started go to Launchers/Doom Runner and run the app.
the three included Doom flavors are...
So uhh... i went into a special interest fugue yesterday and the night before and made it better yet. new additions ready to play with one click:
- Sigil and Sigil II
- Master Levels, Final Doom, and No Rest for the Living
- Heretic, Hexen, and Strife
- (these were present as IWADs but not set up before)
and also
- Roland music packs for almost everything in Crispy and Nugget
- (why the filesize shot up)
- Refined several source port configs a bit
- now your Crispy player name won't be "Passive Lich" (???)
...i guess Crispy Doom bestows a randomized name on first run or something, lol. anyway, big upgrades, much more comprehensive. here's the link:
Definitely worth re-downloading if you got the first version. Go shoot some cacos!
