Quasar
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Though long-delayed, work on EE 3.37.00 continues. I've completed revamping the semantics of the new -game command-line parameter, which specifies the game folder to use under the base directory. The new semantics allow any DOOM mod, or even a set of unrelated files, to be treated as a game.
Here's what's supported:
* default.gfs
Each game folder can contain a default.gfs file, which like all GFS, can specify an IWAD, root EDF, and any number of WAD, DEH/BEX, and CSC files anywhere on your hard drive. Settings specified in this GFS file override other settings.
* IWADs
When -iwad isn't used and the default.gfs doesn't specify an iwad, <game>.wad is first looked for (ex: if -game doom is used, base/doom/doom.wad is the first IWAD looked for). If this file doesn't exist, base/game is checked for any other standard-named IWADs before going on with the ordinary IWAD file search process.
* root.edf
If -edf isn't used and the default.gfs doesn't specify a root EDF file, a file named root.edf will be loaded from the base/game directory if it exists (otherwise the default base/root.edf is used as normal).
* base/game/autoload
All WAD, DEH/BEX, and CSC files under the base/game/autoload folder (if it exists) are loaded or run.
* Resource wad
If "eternity.wad" exists under base/game, that file will be loaded as the engine resource wad. If it does not, the default resource wad from base/doom will be used.
Together, these features allow running the normal games, 3rd party mods, and other sets of files with a single command-line argument. Here are some examples:
eternity -game doom
eternity -game doom2
eternity -game heretic
eternity -game alienstc
eternity -game batman
The latter two assume you've created alienstc and batman folders under your EE base directory, and either used default.gfs to point the game to the proper files to load, or utilized a combination of IWAD placement and/or the autoload directory to have the game find the proper files. It's very flexible and powerful.
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08-20-07 20:51 
