How do I run Hexen on Zdoom?

[Spase]

All I have to say is in the subject line. I bought Hexen a while ago on CD-rom and now I want to play it on zdoom, but all I can do when I put the cd is run the auto-run. I can't install it regularly because Hexen doesnt support Windows NT or higher. (Earlier I played hexen on an older computer that had Windows 98 on it.)

[Ralphis]

When the CD is in, goto My Computer and explore the cd. Find "hexen.wad" , copy it, and paste it to the directory that zdoom is in. Running zdoom should ask you what iwad you want to use.

[FourOhFour]

If for some reason it doesn't ask you, or you've told it to always use some iwad, and want to use another, there's always -iwad ____.wad.

[ultdoomer]

Or follow these instructions to get the launcher to appear (second question from the bottom).

[AndrewB]

Umm yeah it's just

zdoom.exe -iwad whatever_drive_letter:\whatever_the_path_is\hexen.wad

On the topic I'm surprised at how flawlessly (in my experience) ZDoom plays Heretic and Hexen.

[Graf Zahl]

AndrewB said:

On the topic I'm surprised at how flawlessly (in my experience) ZDoom plays Heretic and Hexen.

That's because Randy invested a lot of work in making it do that. And of course the source has been released so it was relatively easy to verify.

[Impie]

Jesus, this really is the best forum ever. I've been wanting to play Deathkings for about two years (since I actually got it) and didn't know how to get Hexen to work on XP until reading this. Thanks guys.

[Spase]

Yeah. Thanks for all your help in this manner. Now if only I could find my Heretic cd...