XWE Index out of bounds

[NinjaLiquidator]

So I had XWE and it worked. Then something on my notebook went fucked up and on reclamation they formated my disk. Sons of bitches, I didnt even ask for that. They gave me a lot of work. Install everything back, and so. Fuck them to arses.

Anyway, I copied my Doom directory from my backup. And XWE is not working anymore. When I open some wad, it first says "Index out of bounds (some number)", and then blue circle rotates forever (I have Win8 by the way). Also when I run XWE it says "Failed to create key wad_auto_file\DefaultIcon". So I tried to download XWE again and install it. No success. Sites where it was uploaded, dont exits. None of them. Hm. I guess something is missing on systém, but I dont know what. Can somebody give an advice or working link to XWE?

[AD_79]

Protip: Ditch XWE and get SLADE 3.

[HavoX]

I propose the XWE site (if it still exists) redirect users to SLADE's site

[Quasar]

HavoX said:

I propose the XWE site (if it still exists) redirect users to SLADE's site

Somebody call the internet police and have 'em get right on it :P

[Memfis]

This is a common issue with XWE in later versions of Windows. Try putting these lines at the beginning of xwe.ini where the (OPTIONS) begin:

(OPTIONS)
NOREGISTRY=0
NOMRU=0
NOFILEASSOCIATIONS=1

[NinjaLiquidator]

Memfis: Thank you! This actually works.

[Marnetmar]

Or just use SLADE

[Tango]

is there any reason to use xwe over slade for editing doom? afaik slade does everything and then some, and also doesn't crash and delete your files like xwe does

[HavoX]

Tango said:

is there any reason to use xwe over slade

Besides editing the ENDOOM screen (which SLADE cannot do), none.

[Memfis]

is there any reason to use doom2.exe over gzdoom for playing doom? afaik gzdoom does everything and then some, and also doesn't crash and nullify your progress like doom2.exe does

[Gez]

Yeah but some people insist on getting the exact XWE experience, including the bugs, and you can't use SLADE to test if a wad is XWE-compatible; and also SLADE cannot play back XWE demos.

[Quasar]

Gez said:

Yeah but some people insist on getting the exact XWE experience, including the bugs, and you can't use SLADE to test if a wad is XWE-compatible; and also SLADE cannot play back XWE demos.

Yeah. I especially fucking love when it changes my IWADs into PWADs; if your doom.wad doesn't have a modified stamp from yesterday and doesn't say PWAD at the top then you should re-evaluate whether or not you're a true Doomer IMNSHO. And the way it randomly corrupts files, or rewrites the WAD directories so that they're full of Delphi string garbage? PRICELESS. I mean you can put a value on a bug in SLADE like accidentally adding grAb segments to map images but something like trashing a WAD you spent hours on AND somehow simultaneously deltreeing all the backups? You cannot buy that for anything.

[NinjaLiquidator]

I use XWE cause Slade doesnt work. It throws error. I posted it somewhere there already. Honestly I dont give a fuck what editor I will use, only thing that matters is if it works. And XWE works while Slade not, so its clear for me.

[scifista42]

Did you install "Microsoft Visual Studio 2013 Runtime" along with SLADE3, as the download page tells you in the "Requirements" notes?

[NinjaLiquidator]

Heh. I guess no.

[Marnetmar]

NinjaLiquidator said:

I use XWE cause Slade doesnt work. It throws error.

Kind of like XWE :^)

[Yuki Senmatsu]

HavoX said:

Besides editing the ENDOOM screen (which SLADE cannot do), none.

Dude, if you would want to make ENDOOM screens without XWE, get something called ENDOOMER.Exe, a DOSBOX executable. If done, name it ENDOOM.end

https://www.doomworld.com/idgames/utils/misc/endm101

I used to use XWE for that myself until I discovered this beauty right here.

[HavoX]

^ thanks, I'll try it when I get a chance ;)

hopefully it will do the job until the day sirjuddington/Slayer implements it (no hurry though)