Patching in Windows 7

[ultdoomer]

I have an older Doom 2 IWAD version that I'd like to upgrade to 1.9. I tried this (http://doomgate.de/content/files/ladopato/index_en.html), but it just gives me a runtime error 53 file not found. Any other suggestions?

[Mad Butcher]

There is a newer version for 64 bit Windows (doomiwad_patches.zip) here.

[ultdoomer]

Thanks for the link, but could you help me with the syntax? Where exactly should doom2.wad be placed and what is the syntax? The help file is confusing.

[Mad Butcher]

Place bspatch.exe, Doom 2 IWAD, and the patch file you need in the same directory.

For example, running this command will upgrade Doom2.wad v1.666 to v1.9:

bspatch.exe doom2.wad doom219.wad 1666_19

"doom219.wad" will be the upgraded IWAD.

Or run this command to overwrite the old IWAD:

bspatch.exe doom2.wad doom2.wad 1666_19

[myk]

You can always use the original patches with DOSBox, assuming the normal command line in Windows 7 is retarded. Some patches don't show up in the Doomworld database because it is a bit myopic and only shows ZIP files, so one needs to head over directly to idstuff on any mirror.

[ultdoomer]

Thanks Mad Butcher. I got it working now.

[tempun]

myk said:

You can always use the original patches with DOSBox,

Including Hexen ones? I couldn't patch it, because DOSBox doesn't keep file dates.

[myk]

Did you try using the command line from Windows directly to apply that patch?