Pleasure Elemental Posted February 15, 2014 Hi all I recently rediscovered Doom - hadn't played it for years. Played the original games again, and Final Doom, and now I'm hungry for more! Where do I go to play/download good fan-made levels, and which ones would you recommend? I know it's a Noob question, so apologies but I'm new to this, so if someone could point me in the right direction that would be great cheers 0 Share this post Link to post
RichardDS90 Posted February 15, 2014 Hey Pleasure Elemental, I'd look on the /idgames archive for levels, as for recommendations, have a look at the Top 100 WADs of Doomworld and the Cacowards, hope this helps. 0 Share this post Link to post
Megamur Posted February 15, 2014 Try this out for starters: http://doomwiki.org/wiki/Top_100_WADs_of_All_Time I personally recommend the Serenity series (Serenity, Eternity and Infinity), Icarus: Alien Vanguard, and if you're feeling brave, Hell Revealed. 0 Share this post Link to post
Tarnsman Posted February 15, 2014 KMX also maintains a review archive that is a good source. http://onemandoom.blogspot.com/ 0 Share this post Link to post
Pleasure Elemental Posted February 16, 2014 OK thanks for the advice guys I downloaded Serenity from http://www.doomworld.com/idgames (is that the right archive?) but how do I open it now? I need to open a WAD file I guess 0 Share this post Link to post
Megamur Posted February 16, 2014 Do you know what engine you're using to play Doom? Are you playing it in DOSBox/via Steam? Are you using Doom95? Perhaps some other source port, like ZDoom or PrBoom+? 0 Share this post Link to post
Superluigieth1 Posted February 16, 2014 Pleasure Elemental said:I'm playing it on Steam Oh Noes! Download GZDoom, Skulltag or Zandronum IMMEDIATELY! 0 Share this post Link to post
Pleasure Elemental Posted February 16, 2014 is GZdoom a program to make the graphics better? That was actaully another question I was going to ask - I don't want to play it with the old shitty graphics any more 0 Share this post Link to post
Megamur Posted February 16, 2014 Pleasure Elemental said:I'm playing it on Steam I think that uses DOSBox. Hm. That makes things a little trickier. You can certainly run mods with Doom in DOSBox, but it's harder than using a more advanced Doom engine, like the aforementioned ZDoom/GZDoom. You can download ZDoom here. You can download GZDoom here. ZDoom and GZDoom are largely the same, but GZDoom has more graphics features, and I think ZDoom might be marginally more compatible with more add-on levels. I can't say for sure. But it's mostly personal preference. So, unpack ZDoom/GZDoom into whatever folder you want, then do a search on your hard drive for DOOM.WAD and DOOM2.WAD. Once you find them, copy them to the folder you unpacked ZDoom/GZDoom into. Then put SERENITY.WAD (or whatever add-on level you want to play) into that same folder. Then simply click and drag SERENITY.WAD (or, again, whatever WAD you want to play) into ZDOOM.EXE/GZDOOM.EXE. This should automatically load the add-on for you. Then select what game you want to play (you'd select Ultimate Doom if you're playing Serenity), and you're ready to go! If you have any more questions, let us know. 0 Share this post Link to post
Avoozl Posted February 16, 2014 Pleasure Elemental said:is GZdoom a program to make the graphics better? There's various texture packs out there which up the resolution of the textures and detail them more or less, you need source ports to use them of course, GZDoom is one of them. 0 Share this post Link to post
dg93 Posted February 16, 2014 The idgames database contains thousands of wads ranging from singleplayer/co-op to Capture The Flag and Deathmatch. However, your best bet to find really decent wads is to go to: http://www.doomwadstation.net/ http://www.paulcorfiatis.com/doomwads.html Some of my favorite single player/Co-op wads are: Alien Vendetta Hell Revealed Hell Revealed 2 UAC Labs Bio War Revenge Of The 90's Doom 2 Extreme Southern Cross Here is also a list of some of my personal favorite Deathmatch wads: Gothic99 DWANGO5 British 10 GreenWar ZMatch 2013 Doomkid's Deathmatch You can find just about all of them on the idgames database and anywhere else on the internet. If you are into Deathmatching, you should check out the 35 level megawad I am managing. You might like it. It's cross compatible with Zandronum, Zdaemon, & Odamex: http://www.doomworld.com/vb/wads-mods/66475-deathmatch-revival-project-under-new-management-by-dg93/ Oh and I HIGHLY recommend you download Zandronum as a source port. let me know if you need the DOOM2 IWAD. -DG93 0 Share this post Link to post
Pleasure Elemental Posted February 16, 2014 Megamur said:I think that uses DOSBox. Hm. That makes things a little trickier. You can certainly run mods with Doom in DOSBox, but it's harder than using a more advanced Doom engine, like the aforementioned ZDoom/GZDoom. You can download ZDoom here. You can download GZDoom here. ZDoom and GZDoom are largely the same, but GZDoom has more graphics features, and I think ZDoom might be marginally more compatible with more add-on levels. I can't say for sure. But it's mostly personal preference. So, unpack ZDoom/GZDoom into whatever folder you want, then do a search on your hard drive for DOOM.WAD and DOOM2.WAD. Once you find them, copy them to the folder you unpacked ZDoom/GZDoom into. Then put SERENITY.WAD (or whatever add-on level you want to play) into that same folder. Then simply click and drag SERENITY.WAD (or, again, whatever WAD you want to play) into ZDOOM.EXE/GZDOOM.EXE. This should automatically load the add-on for you. Then select what game you want to play (you'd select Ultimate Doom if you're playing Serenity), and you're ready to go! If you have any more questions, let us know. Many thanks Megamur. I downloaded GZdoom OK - it even found the games automatically. I can't seem to get it to open the Serenity file though- where should I drag it?: 0 Share this post Link to post
esselfortium Posted February 16, 2014 Try dragging and dropping SERENITY.WAD onto your GZDoom icon. That should launch GZDoom with it loaded. 0 Share this post Link to post
dg93 Posted February 16, 2014 You need the IWAD "DOOM2.wad" Without it, your GZDoom source port won't work at all. 0 Share this post Link to post
esselfortium Posted February 16, 2014 doomguy93 said:You need the IWAD "DOOM2.wad" Without it, your GZDoom source port won't work at all. If you own Doom on Steam, GZDoom will automatically look for it in the default place Steam puts it, so you don't need to find it and move it anywhere. 0 Share this post Link to post
Megamur Posted February 16, 2014 doomguy93 said:You need the IWAD "DOOM2.wad" Without it, your GZDoom source port won't work at all. That's not true. It will run with DOOM.WAD, DOOM2.WAD, TNT.WAD, PLUTONIA.WAD, HERETIC.WAD, HEXEN.WAD, and perhaps some other things. (FreeDoom? Strife?) DOOM2.WAD is required for most add-on levels, however. 0 Share this post Link to post
dg93 Posted February 16, 2014 @esselfortium: I didn't realize that GZDoom will automatically look for the IWAD in the default place Steam puts has it. I stand corrected. @Megamur: I am aware that there are other IWADS other than DOOM2.wad. DOOM.wad and DOOM2.wad are the most common ones. FreeDoom.wad is a load of crap. I never recommend that IWAD to anyone. 0 Share this post Link to post
Pleasure Elemental Posted February 16, 2014 esselfortium said:Try dragging and dropping SERENITY.WAD onto your GZDoom icon. That should launch GZDoom with it loaded. no that didn't work 0 Share this post Link to post
dg93 Posted February 16, 2014 Pleasure Elemental said:no that didn't work [comment removed by me] 0 Share this post Link to post
esselfortium Posted February 16, 2014 doomguy93 said:Here, download Zandronum, and unzip it and put the directory in your C drive. This is a copy of mine that I use in my C drive. It is preset with the IWAD and all you got to do is make a shortcut of the Zandronum application to your desktop: http://www.mediafire.com/download/34s78t4t4n394j7/Zandronum.zip Don't use GZDoom, it really isn't all that great of a source port in my opinion. Just drag the Serenity.wad into Zandronum and it should work (unless the wad isn't compatible with it) Zandronum is a several-years-old version of GZDoom, with some added multiplayer-related functionality. 0 Share this post Link to post
dg93 Posted February 16, 2014 esselfortium said:Zandronum is a several-years-old version of GZDoom, with some added multiplayer-related functionality. Yeah so? There are so many people hosting servers on Zandronum. It is one of the most popular source ports for Doom. 0 Share this post Link to post
Superluigieth1 Posted February 16, 2014 Pleasure Elemental said:is GZdoom a program to make the graphics better? That was actaully another question I was going to ask - I don't want to play it with the old shitty graphics any more Basically, GZDoom is ZDoom, but supports OpenGL. 0 Share this post Link to post
durian Posted February 16, 2014 doomguy93 said:Here, download Zandronum, and unzip it and put the directory in your C drive. This is a copy of mine that I use in my C drive. It is preset with the IWAD and all you got to do is make a shortcut of the Zandronum application to your desktop: It might be a good idea to remove your link/archive - you're effectively distributing the DOOM2 IWAD - unwise, I suspect. 0 Share this post Link to post
dg93 Posted February 16, 2014 durian said:It might be a good idea to remove your link/archive - you're effectively distributing the DOOM2 IWAD - unwise, I suspect. I just removed the link. I should have realized that before I provided the it. Thanks for the heads up durian. 0 Share this post Link to post
purist Posted February 16, 2014 Pleasure Elemental said:no that didn't work How about right clicking SERENITY.WAD, clicking 'open with' and browsing for GZDoom. If you check 'always open with this program' you should be able to play any .WAD file with GZDoom just by double clicking it. 0 Share this post Link to post
Pleasure Elemental Posted February 16, 2014 purist said:How about right clicking SERENITY.WAD, clicking 'open with' and browsing for GZDoom. If you check 'always open with this program' you should be able to play any .WAD file with GZDoom just by double clicking it. tried that but it still opens the original Doom game, not Serenity I just downloaded another WAD (Doom the way ID did it) and that does open fine, so I don't know why Serenity doesn't. having fun playing DTWID though! 0 Share this post Link to post
dg93 Posted February 16, 2014 Pleasure Elemental said:I just downloaded another WAD (Doom the way ID did it) and that does open fine, so I don't know why Serenity doesn't. The Serenity wad might be corrupted or it might not run with GZdoom. I've corrupted a few of my custom wad files when using editors like XWE. 0 Share this post Link to post
Phobus Posted February 16, 2014 @Pleasure Elemental: Serenity runs on Episode 3 (Inferno) - are you selecting that when you go through the New Game menu? 0 Share this post Link to post
Chris Hansen Posted February 16, 2014 Nice to see someone asking for helping, getting it and being grateful for it. Welcome to the community PE! Personally, I use this launcher a lot. I think it might be worth for you to check out. It might help you get a better overview here in the beginning when dealing with different sourceports and wads etc. and it's super easy to use. 0 Share this post Link to post