ZDoom not recognizing commands, I can't add my WAD

[Captainblue]

I wanted to upload a WAD into ZDoom for screenshot purposes, but the console doesn't recognize commands. I first tried the command to load the WAD file, but it didn't recognize it. After I tried putting in the command a few different ways, I decided to see if other commands would work. I tried -nomusic. Unknown command. -avg. Unknown command. -nomonsters. Unknown command.

Could someone explain what's happening or link me to a newer version of ZDoom (mine's pretty outdated).

[YMB]

Captainblue said:

I wanted to upload a WAD into ZDoom for screenshot purposes, but the console doesn't recognize commands. I first tried the command to load the WAD file, but it didn't recognize it. After I tried putting in the command a few different ways, I decided to see if other commands would work. I tried -nomusic. Unknown command. -avg. Unknown command. -nomonsters. Unknown command.

Those need to be entered from the command line, not the console.

[Jodwin]

Captainblue said:

link me to a newer version of ZDoom (mine's pretty outdated).

google.com

[Patrick]

Captainblue said:

I wanted to upload a WAD into ZDoom for screenshot purposes, but the console doesn't recognize commands. I first tried the command to load the WAD file, but it didn't recognize it. After I tried putting in the command a few different ways, I decided to see if other commands would work. I tried -nomusic. Unknown command. -avg. Unknown command. -nomonsters. Unknown command.

Could someone explain what's happening or link me to a newer version of ZDoom (mine's pretty outdated).

I don't think its a problem with zdoom. those commands should be used in the console/launcher... not ingame. otherwise, they ought to work

[Steeveeo]

Again, Command line, not console.

[Searcher]

Does this help?

http://www.doomworld.com/vb/doom-general/18077-read-this-doom-on-windows-steam/

Or use the command line info in this thread. It works the same for zdoom.
http://www.doomworld.com/vb/doom-speed-demos/31839-using-prboom-plus-and-complevels/

edit:typo

[Jodwin]

...and you could just drag and drop the wads over to the ZDoom exe, provided that you already got a new enough version. Or use a frontend/launcher.

[Xaechireon]

Did you try this?

<Directory>\ZDoom.exe -file <wad name>.wad

[doom2day]

In windows use the run button or the command prompt to do the above.