gggmork Posted May 20, 2008 I have a serious mess all over the place. I had 2 zdoom folders; one on the desktop (easy accessibility) and one in c: (for easy path to record demos), then prboom on desktop, I think doombuilder is in a zdoom folder. Then many redundant copies of the iwads in many of these folders since they're required. On top of that there are multiple versions of zdoom if you want to run previous demos. Plus if I play doom2 all the time then suddenly want to play a heretic map, have to drag/drop iwads around. 0 Share this post Link to post
EarthQuake Posted May 20, 2008 I think I'm pretty much the same way, but it irritates me. When I get around to reformatting this machine, I'll make sure to set things up in a way that isn't too messy. Liking having a shared iwad directory and shortcuts to everything in one place. 0 Share this post Link to post
myk Posted May 20, 2008 My setup is well-organized, but geared towards the original DOS executables. I've got one DOOM folder with the two v1.9 IWADs, the CFG, and save games. Related games like Heretic and whatnot are under a separate D:\Games. In D:\DOOM there are various folders for executables named with numbers; they may contain various EXEs hacked mainly with DeHackEd (each has a four letter name, DOOM.EXE if basically unmodified). Also, folders for PWADs, demos, and DM PWADs. D:\DOOM ..\0 (Doom executables) ..\1 (Doom longtics exes) ..\2 (Doom2 executables) ..\3 (Doom2 longtics exes) ..\4 (Doom-plus executables) ..\5 (Doom-plus longtics exes) ..\6 (Doom2-plus executables) ..\7 (Doom2-plus longtics exes) ..\8 (Miscellaneous folders) ..\9 (Folder with a WIP PWAD project) ..\C (IWADs & PWADs for Compet-n) ..\D (Deathmatch PWADs) ..\L (Demo lumps) ..\W (General PWADs)The 8 folder has CTF Doom's IPXSETUP.EXE renamed to DOOM.EXE (so that playing multiplayer is by typing 8\doom) and various subfolders (which in turn often contain subfolders): ..\8\ ..\..\demo (Demo utilities) ..\..\edit (Level editors) ..\..\exec (Source ports, source code, DeHackEd) ..\..\game (Older versions of the games) ..\..\hack (DeHackEd patches & other binary hacks) ..\..\icon (DOOM related system icons) ..\..\info (WAD info utilities) ..\..\junk (Discarded project resources) ..\..\midi (MIDI utilities, GUS patches, MIDIs) ..\..\misc (A few miscellaneous files) ..\..\mult (Multiplayer related utilities) ..\..\page (Backups of personal DOOM web pages) ..\..\pwad (WAD file editors) ..\..\temp (This is empty now) ..\..\text (FAQs, manuals, and so on) ..\..\util (General utilities)To play using Doom engines, I open a full screen DOS prompt in D:\DOOM, to play with source ports or to edit with utilities, a windowed prompt starting in D:\DOOM\exec. I also have a DOOM section in the Programs menu, with the prompts and some key applications, and D:\DOOM is the DOOMWADDIR (environment variable). EDIT: exec, midi 0 Share this post Link to post
exp(x) Posted May 20, 2008 Binaries are in /usr/local/bin/ or /usr/local/games/ Source code (typically subversion checkouts) is in /opt/ IWADS and stuff like odamex.wad and prboom.wad are in /usr/share/games/doom/ PWADS and their text files are in /opt/pwads/ DOOMWADDIR="/usr/share/games/doom/" DOOMWADPATH="/usr/share/games/doom/:/opt/pwads/" 0 Share this post Link to post
Lüt Posted May 20, 2008 \doom \doom2 \heretic \hexen Occasionally editing programs will get their own directory for easy game switching. 0 Share this post Link to post
Kirby Posted May 20, 2008 Lüt said:\doom \doom2 \heretic \hexen Occasionally editing programs will get their own directory for easy game switching. I do the same here. Since I have plenty for hard drive space, I'll sometimes make a new folder for a new version and keep the old one if I need it for demos or whatnot. Other than that, everything has it's own folder marked with the version number of ZDoom that I am using. DB gets its own folder too, because I simply don't care where it goes. 0 Share this post Link to post
Colusio Posted May 20, 2008 For me it's c:\downloads\test which contains prboom plus and all wads in one directory. And c:\downloads\cif3 which has zdoom wads. This ordening is the result of trying to stop playing doom (for the 11th time or so). Once I had an ordening like this d:\doom\wads\sailor\chord3 nosun2 and so on. Highly unpractical but very interesting for me 0 Share this post Link to post
fraggle Posted May 20, 2008 This is the contents of my ~/doom: 1427uv01.lmp freedoom-attic qmus2mid.zip 1427uv01.txt freedoom-iwad-0.4 reb 1427uv01.zip freedoom-iwad-0.6 reb.zip 19to1666.bat gamekeylocs.txt regdoom-1.9 30uvnd2440.lmp go2it.png regdoom-1.91 30uvnd2440.zip go2it-wallpaper.png requiem ad3 goldeneye savebuffer_remove.patch aliens hacx sc2 alphas hacx-prebuilt scythe aod harris SCYTHE.WAD au30gm helpscreens.txt sdl-timidity av heretic-hexen-source setups batman heretic-source.zip sfdoom blairimp.avi hr sfx blairimp.zip hr2beta sid-old.wad Blood_On_The_Walls.mp3 icarus simpledemos british ida skymaybe bsdmidi IDSETUP slidoor bsdmidi.zip idsetup.zip smmu bsp-5.2 janizdreg-timidity smmu-co bsp-5.2.tar.bz2 jigsaw-doom-src.png sndtest.wad cacofish.gif jigsaw-doom-src.svg SOCKET.LST chocolate-doom jigsaw-freedoom.png src chocolate-doom-database.txt jigsaw-freedoom.svg starwars Chocolate-doom-windows.png jigsaw.svg statdump Chocolate-uac_dead.png jons_e1m1 stats crudream.wad kdikdizd stfouch-e1m4.lmp db2 linspire_email stfouch.png death list_sdl_modes strain dehacked list_sdl_modes.c strawberry-doom demos lokito svstrife demoseq.txt lv07-006.lmp swdoom-1.9 deutex-4.4.0 lv07-006.txt tablegen dhe31.zip lv07-006.zip tarball-md5s dis lv07-008.lmp tarballs dmdjm02.wad lv07-nom.lmp TED.EXE DOOM00.BMP marine The_Doom_Comic_-_A_Dramatic_Rendition.mp3 DOOM01.BMP master-levels THISSUXX.COM DOOM02.BMP mdl.wad THISSUXX.LMP DOOM03.BMP mm THISSUXX.TXT doom2-1.7a mmus2mid THISSUXX.WAD doom2-1.9 Mock2.wad thissuxx.zip doom2exe mordeth timidity-patches_0.1-5_all.deb doom2-extract neopaint-3.2 tinyiwad doom3linux1_1_.1.1286.x86.run neopaint-3.2.zip tw doom3-linux-1.3.1302.x86.run nwt uac_dead.lmp doom3.wad odamex uac_dead.wad doom95 odamex.net:2000 udpbnc doom.png olaunc12 udpbnc.c doomsrc.zip olaunc12.zip ultdoom doomwiki olaunch.txt ulthacked dumps omgifol Unofficial Doom Specs.txt eawpats otaku vidcode edmap ouche2m8.lmp voxel ENDOOM.LMP ouch.lmp wads ethh_-_barons_bedroom.mp3 pa07-041.lmp wime final-doom-plutonia-1.9 pa07-041.txt wtf final-doom-tnt-1.9 pa07-041.zip xtract freedoom poster zombies freedoom_0.3-1_all.deb qmus2mid 0 Share this post Link to post
chungy Posted May 20, 2008 Basically... Binaries are in /usr/bin, IWADs are in /usr/share/games/doom (along with prboom*.wad, odamex.wad), source code is under directories in ~/Games/doom, PWADs and text files in ~/Games/doom. 0 Share this post Link to post
Csonicgo Posted May 20, 2008 Everything in /home/Games/Doom/. IWADS in their own directory ./iwads . etc. I'm not the one to install things deep somewhere where I can't see it. I'm a real "windows" kind of guy, and my linux setup is indicative of this. also: otaku :| 0 Share this post Link to post
myk Posted May 20, 2008 One thing I've found rather convenient is to use the "send to" feature, to send PWADs, demos and DeHackEd patches to their corresponding directories from where ever I unzip them. I also have a link to the D:\DOOM folder on the Programs menu. 0 Share this post Link to post
Creaphis Posted May 20, 2008 JohnnyRancid said:I put everything on the desktop. EVERYTHING Same. Except I also limit myself to only one column of icons (nine) so all my Doom ports are in a "games" folder, I have a "utilities" folder full of shortcuts, a "media" folder full of TV, etc. My Doom ports aren't too organized. I download something when I need it and then I let it fall into disarray. A few ports look to the same folder for iwads, but mostly I have a unique copy of Doom2.wad in all of them. 0 Share this post Link to post
duvel Posted May 20, 2008 My directory setup is kind of centered around ZDoom. my G:\Games\Doom folder has zdoom, gzdoom, and zdl, with folders classic (which has prboom, prboom+, chocolate doom, and a folder leading to heretic+ and wHeretic for when I need to compatibility test), original (which has all the original DOS exes), ee (eternity), music (which is nothing but some pk3s I autoload in ZDoom that contain high quality ogg remastered versions of doom, doom2, final doom, heretic, and hexen's music by Sycraft (they're pretty good, googlehim)), programs (which has older versions of gzdoom/zdoom and any miscellaneous tools like slumped, xwe, and oblige), projects (which will have all my in progress stuff), resources (lots of pngs and waves for use in projects), speedruns (only zdoom speedruns, classic has its own speedrun folder), and wads (which has all my levels in a structure that puts anything that's boom compatible or lower in the main folder, and ZDoom specific in its own folder, with another folder for the Heretic Treasure Chest stuff). 0 Share this post Link to post
Butts Posted May 20, 2008 i dont organize my files. i probably should. 0 Share this post Link to post
esselfortium Posted May 20, 2008 fraggle said:This is the contents of my ~/doom: [...] kdikdizd [...] I would include a listing of my Doom folder, but fraggle's already covered the important stuff. 0 Share this post Link to post
exp(x) Posted May 20, 2008 Csonicgo said:Everything in /home/Games/Doom/. IWADS in their own directory ./iwads . etc. I'm not the one to install things deep somewhere where I can't see it. I'm a real "windows" kind of guy, and my linux setup is indicative of this. Unless you have an account named "Games", I can't see any logic to that. Actually, even then, capitalizing a user name is dumb. 0 Share this post Link to post
Death-Destiny Posted May 21, 2008 My folders are only very vaguely organized. generally, I keep all WADs (I and P variants) in a single folder, which is further subdivided. All my ports and utilities have their own folders as well. Otherwise, there's no method to my madness. For me, the convenience of having logically organized files is offset by the constant effort required to keep them that way. To get around having to drag icons everywhere, I just made a shortcut to all my ports on the desktop. When I want to play an IWAD, I just go to the shortcut's "properties" and specify the path to the IWAD I want to play, since my WADs are all generally in the same location. 0 Share this post Link to post
Patrick Posted May 21, 2008 Wow, this is how my C:\Doom folder is organized: ~/Ports ~/EDGE ~/GZDoom ~/ZDoom ~/Chocolate Doom ~/prBoom+ ~/Legacy ~/Editors ~/Doombuilder ~/SLADE ~/XWE ~/WinTex ~/WhackEd2 ~/IWADs (plutonia.wad, tnt.wad, Hexen.wad, HexDD.wad, Heretic.wad, Doom.wad, Doom1.wad, Doom2.wad) ~/Wads many, many mods in here :O ~/my_wads many top secret projects in here very organized. i use ZDL to handle it all 0 Share this post Link to post
MasterOFDeath Posted May 21, 2008 C:\Doom I have subfolders (like /ZDoom/) for specific ports and editors, and I generally just dump iwads and most pwads into the ZDoom folder. If they require another port though then they go in that specific port's folder. I also have subfolders for stuff like incomplete projects and older versions of ports all over the place (mostly in /ZDoom/) and a bunch of stuff like random graphics, wads, and stuff I'm working on just in C:\Doom and other folders. There's also multiple copies of iwads all over the place, and probably some pwads. Its kinda all over the place, I should probably clean and reorganize it and just use something like ZDL to manage everything. 0 Share this post Link to post
RestlessRodent Posted May 21, 2008 I throw all my wads in ~/wads I throw SVN checkouts of Dooms in my home directory also 0 Share this post Link to post
Jim Rainer Posted May 21, 2008 D:\GZDoom 1 D:\ZDoom D:\ZDoom 2 D:\GZDoom 2 With the exception of GZDoom 1, the number doesn't represent the version of doom. 0 Share this post Link to post
Csonicgo Posted May 21, 2008 exp(x) said:Unless you have an account named "Games", I can't see any logic to that. Actually, even then, capitalizing a user name is dumb. whoops! I meant /home/username/games/ :3 0 Share this post Link to post
scorpion Posted May 21, 2008 D:\Games\DooM\Builder D:\Games\DooM\Builder\projects D:\Games\DooM\Editors D:\Games\DooM\Editors\DecXv20_r4 D:\Games\DooM\Editors\slumped_07 D:\Games\DooM\Editors\wintex50 D:\Games\DooM\Editors\xwe116 D:\Games\DooM\playconn D:\Games\DooM\Ports D:\Games\DooM\Ports\Boom D:\Games\DooM\Ports\CDoom D:\Games\DooM\Ports\Eternity D:\Games\DooM\Ports\GZDoom D:\Games\DooM\Ports\GZDoom_old D:\Games\DooM\Ports\jDoom D:\Games\DooM\Ports\Legacy D:\Games\DooM\Ports\prboom+ D:\Games\DooM\Ports\Risen3D D:\Games\DooM\Ports\SkullTag D:\Games\DooM\Ports\ZDaemon D:\Games\DooM\Ports\ZDoom D:\Games\DooM\PWADs D:\Games\DooM\PWADs\ (a lot) Vanilla Doom is in my MSDOS folder, mounted as C: upon starting DOSBox. Scraps float around sometimes (in other folders, or on my desktop, for example), but I usually do my best to have them either placed in the folder they're supposed to be in, or deleted. My IWADs are in the DooM\Ports\Legacy folder. I'm not sure why, and why I haven't changed it yet. 0 Share this post Link to post
Jodwin Posted May 21, 2008 I have almost everything in one folder hidden somewhere deep in my HD and akinomori.com/stuff/programs/CDL.zip]my own Doom launcher program hotkeyed to a button on my keyboard. This way I have everything one press of a button away and have no need for duplicate files. If I only had bothered to add a pk3 support...maybe one day. 0 Share this post Link to post
Csonicgo Posted May 21, 2008 Jodwin said:I have almost everything in one folder hidden somewhere deep in my HD and akinomori.com/stuff/programs/CDL.zip]my own Doom launcher program hotkeyed to a button on my keyboard. This way I have everything one press of a button away and have no need for duplicate files. If I only had bothered to add a pk3 support...maybe one day. wow I really like this! Thanks! 0 Share this post Link to post
punnyone Posted May 22, 2008 I use doom 95 (since I lost my original dos copy of doom years ago.) I keep my wads in a separate folder, as well as the folders for different doom engines, when needed. (zdoom, prboom, etc.) These are all in my D drive, which I usually reserve for my games, except for Doom 64 absolution, which only runs in my C drive. If, for example, I want to play a wad that requires zdoom, I drag the wad to my doom 2 folder for doom 95, as well as the engine file. Then I just drag the wad to the zdoom folder. That's pretty much the case for the rest of my wads as well. 0 Share this post Link to post
GreyGhost Posted May 22, 2008 I'm semi-organised. Ports that work with the KDX launcher are in E:\KDX\ports - the rest are scattered across C: drive along with various editors and utilities. My wad collection on E: drive is basically a mirror of the archive plus stuff I've found elsewhere. They're synched to an external drive as insurance against a head-crash. Going slightly off-topic - how many people here backup their drives? 0 Share this post Link to post
Pirx Posted May 22, 2008 every port has its seperate directory within c:\doom\. like c:\doom\gzdoom, c:\doom\prboomplus and so on. i use mostly gzdoom, as it supports most wads, and prboomplus for watching demos, sometimes for "purist" playing. 0 Share this post Link to post
Death-Destiny Posted May 22, 2008 GreyGhost said:Going slightly off-topic - how many people here backup their drives? I constantly back up my drive and everything. I can't tell you how much data that's saved me in some sort of unforseen and disaterous system crash. *Phew* =) 0 Share this post Link to post