Been away for a while, need help

[BlackFyre]

I've been away from map editing and the Doom community at large for a while now, and I have a lot of catching up to do. One of the mods I am most interested in is the Brutal Doom mod for ZDoom and Skulltag. I have downloaded both Skulltage and ZDoom, as well as the corresponding pk3 files for Brutal Doom, but have no idea of how to proceed from there. Can anyone assist? Thanks! :)

P.S.: Before anyone asks, yes I do have the IWAD files in thier proper locations already.

[Vdaxzter]

Create a file on your desktop named brutaldoom.bat . Edit the file and add these contents (change things around based on your directory names:

C:\gzdoom\gzdoom.exe -iwad C:\gzdoom\doom2.wad -file C:\gzdoom\brutalgzdoomv014.pk3

After that just click on the brutaldoom.bat file and everything should run.

[aldiboronti]

Also with ZDoom you can simply drag and drop pk3 files on to the ZDoom program icon. Not sure if this works with Skulltag.

[Gez]

The ZDoom wiki features plenty of methods in which you can start a game to play a mod, or several mods in conjunction.

Also, yes, these methods also work with Skulltag, since it's based on ZDoom.

[BlackFyre]

OK, well I sort of got it to work with Skulltug by dragging the .pk3 file to the skulltag application, but the new weapons or visual effects were not present. However, I was able to get it to work with ZDoom. Thanks much!

[Reisal]

Using a front end like ZDL would help a lot in loading multiple files.

[Lila Feuer]

Dragging 'n dropping is the Cybie's ass.

Sometimes there is some files you have to load in a specific order, but I just line them up properly, highlight then chuck 'em at G/ZDoom.

[BlackFyre]

It appears that ZDL is no longer available for download. Is there another site where it can be found?

Addition to previous: How do I add pwad files to play using Brutal Doom?

[Lila Feuer]

Highlighting the PWAD and the mod and then dragging and dropping onto the executable.

[BlackFyre]

Makes sense, though I guess I would have to use the warp cheat to get to them, assuming they are not in direct order with the maps in the IWAD file.

[Vdaxzter]

BlackFyre said:

It appears that ZDL is no longer available for download. Is there another site where it can be found?

Addition to previous: How do I add pwad files to play using Brutal Doom?

ZDL has become ZDL Sharp: http://zdlsharp.vectec.net/wiki/Main_Page . You can download the most recent build of the loader at that link.

[BlackFyre]

I downloaded the file, and it does make launching ZDoom easier, but I'm having the same trouble with it as I am with Skulltag...while it will load the file, it will not put in the new animations and weapons for Brutal.

[Vdaxzter]

BlackFyre said:

I downloaded the file, and it does make launching ZDoom easier, but I'm having the same trouble with it as I am with Skulltag...while it will load the file, it will not put in the new animations and weapons for Brutal.

There is a version of Brutal Doom for Skulltag and a version for GZDoom. Try downloading GZDoom, http://www.osnanet.de/c.oelckers/gzdoom/download.html , and make sure you have the two different versions of Brutal Doom, the Skulltag and GZDoom versions, properly matched with either GZDoom or Skulltag.

EDIT: I think regular ZDoom support was recently added for Brutal Doom, but I'm pretty sure it was originally developed just for GZDoom and Skulltag.