PsychoPhobia link [loading a pk3]

Would anybody be able to post the link to PsychoPhobia.wad? Each file type I downloaded was either pk3 or .rar I believe, and for some reason I can never get those to work using zdoom. Not sure how to go about converting file type either, sorry I'm a doom noob -_-.

Anyways if anybody can help me out with that, it'd be greatly appreciated.

SevenYearItch said:

I'm a doom noob -_-.

SevenYearItch said:

I'm new to these forums but not new to the game whatsoever

HEY!!

(yes, I get what you mean :P)

If a Zdoom "wad" comes in the form of a pk3, then this is quite deliberate on the part of the author, and you shouldn't try to extract or create a wad from it. You just use the pk3 directly, loading it in just the same way (e.g. command line or drag and drop) that you would a wad file.

Check that you are using a recent version of Zdoom. Old versions didn't have this feature.

Also, be sure to check any documentation (e.g. a txt file) that came with it. This will tell you if it requires a particular version of Zdoom (or GZDoom, etc.).

http://zdoom.org/wiki/Installation_and_execution_of_ZDoom

Indeed I do have the latest version of ZDoom, just checked that. As for the file type of psychophobia, it was not pk3. I had not tried to make this work in a long time considering it hasn't been, so I thought pk3 was one of the extentions.

Apologies for the misleading info, but my problem lies with the .rar file. The file I have is PsychoPhobia_CM.rar and I cannot seem to get it to work. ANY .pk3 or .wad file, alls I need to do is extract it from the zipped folder, and then drag and drop it onto the zdoom icon.

If converting the file from .rar to .pk3/.wad isn't the solution, I am at a loss here :(.

EDIT:
I have also tried using GZDoom, and Doom Legacy (ew!) to run this .rar file. No luck with either -_-.

A rar is an archive file (much like a zip is). The file you need will be inside the rar. You need a program capable of extracting files from inside a rar - such as WinRAR, 7Zip and so on.

http://zdoom.org/wiki/Archive_format

With all due respect mate, I see nothing about .rar files on that wiki site. Are you sure you're not supposed to convert .rar files to .wad or something? Please note that I am not really very computer savvy, I am trying my best to figure this all out but cannot for the life of me -_-.

@Enjay - I'm going to download winRAR now to see if I can figure out how to do this. Thanks for the tip.

EDIT UPDATE:
I dragged the .rar file onto the winRAR icon and it looked like it extracted it or soemthing, and it made a somewhat large .pk3 file (when I say large, i mean large for a doom wad). It still gives me some sort of error when I try to play it on GZDoom or ZDoom. Something about "No Interaction" error. I really wantd to play this one too, I've wrecked every Doom I've ever played made by you guys lol.

SevenYearItch said:

With all due respect mate, I see nothing about .rar files on that wiki site.

Which should be interpreted as meaning that .rar is not a supported archive format, and should therefore be extracted.

Personally I'd recommend using 7-zip rather than WinRAR, since it's better and does not nag you about buying the full version.

Finally, about things being "large for a Doom wad" -- part of the reason why ZDoom has the "PK3" format is because mods have grown far too large to be easily maintained in the wad format... A mod like Aeons of Death weighs a modest little 340 megabytes... :p

http://cobalt-pit.de/uk_doom_PP.html.

This here is the official site of the creators of Psychophobia. It should have everything you need here to download it and run it. Just some FYI...it's only playable in GZDoom.

EDIT: I was wrong about that. It can be played in Skulltag as well.