ZDoom Portable 2.7.1 Dev Test 1

This is the best thing to come to PC.

can I update it with the Updater, or does it only update Final releases ?

How does ZDoom differ from GZDoom?

Can I update this using the Updater in the Beta5 ? or should I check this page ?

I'm a HUGE doom nut. I have all the games and about 3 gigs of wad files i accumulated over the years. I've been using zdoom 2.3.1 for about a year now with no problems. I've tested gzdoom and while it's a smoother engine,i couldn't play my pwad files. So i will go ahead and test this puppy and post back tomorrow.

i tested the launcher on beta 2.0.4 and 2.0.5 platforms. The url in the ini files doesn't seem to exist online anymore. I tested the link and i get a 404 error code saying it cannot be located. It's supposed to download the shareware doom board that the launcher is supposed to run but i cant download it. It's of no consequence since i already own the master iwad files so i just threw them into the folder. At first it upgraded my existing install and disabled my launcher in the process. since i had a program conflict,i erased it and did a clean install.(durr!) It works just fine except,like gzdoom,i can't access the pwads from the main interface (which sucks because i have a whole gig of pwad files)...anyway it's a wonderfull engine! It has the smoothest frame rate i've ever seen,the graphics are brilliant,and all my codes work flawlessly. You may want to look at the url in the ini file where it's supposed to download the shareware iwad. It didn't work for me,but i could be mistaken. If it's a consistent problem,you may want to redirect the ini to download from another source. I hope this little report helps someone. I love doom!!

So far the new url download source works and the game runs flawlessly. I just have one question and maybe i'm missing something but how does one access the pwad section? i looked everywhere and i just cannot find it. I did a comparison between 2.3.1 and 2.4.1 and i noticed that both gzdoom & zdoom have been reprogrammed as seperate entities and the dlauncher has been discarded. 2.3.1 had the older versions of both gzdoom & zdoom but the ini is not configured to make them run properly. It looks like the dlauncher is the primary interface instead (meaning the main menu screen when you want to play it) I'm thinking that perhaps there's a way to incorporate 2.4.1 with the pwad functionality of the dlauncher and thus giving access to both the main iwad section and the pwad section on the main menu screen of 2.4.1. I'm not sure if there are many more lunatics like myself that actually have such a large library of pwads for doom so it may be too much work to put in that much effort for a free game just so ppl can access the expansion packs. :lol: The game without the pwad expansion packs work just fine as is. It downloads from the new url,and it does have extra options that were not on the older versions. I would love to incorporate the pwads with 2.4.1 easily so i will tinker with it and post on here when i have results. Overall the quality is excellent! Well done!

just do a clean install. when i installed it, 2.4.1 overrode the original game and since its programmed differently,it caused problems. What i do is a clean install on a separate flash drive i use for testing programs. I personally prefer the 2.3.1 because i can access my expansion packs with the dlauncher. However if you don't happen to have a large library of pwads, then 2.4.1 is much better for standard game play. I use both so you know i'm having a field day over here! :D:P

What should I do (Exactly) to play the full version ?

what files do I need and what's the difference between WAD, iWAD, pWAD and WTF?

I know these files includes the levels and such.

please, I would appreciate exact steps to play DOOM1 and DOOM2.

i dont know what version you're using but 2.4.1 will only play the iwads. iwad files are the original files you need to make the game run. Currently there are 2 types of iwad file groups. One group is the proprietary ones that come with the ORIGINAL doom game. The second are open source iwads created by the doom community. Simply stated they are the key files you need to play the game. The pwad files are open source expansion boards for doom that are also created by the doom community. I have both sets of iwads and i have the pwad library when i was a member of the doom community. The game engine i use for the pwads is zdoom 2.3.1. Just search this website to find it. highlight doom2 in the iwad tab dialog box,then click on the pwad tab,in the pwad dialog box,check off the board you want to play. you can only check off one at a time. If you don't the launcher reverts to the original doom2 iwad. The doom community is an open source network of wad files that are free. If you want to find the community,just do a google search. I'm really grateful to both the original author of the dlauncher and prapper for the creation and maintainence of doom portable. i never had doom for a flash drive before and now i can play doom anywhere thanx to the hard work of the project managers.

Thanx for the ini tip! i can access all the iwad and pwad files. it's different than 2.3.1 but once i get used to the new format,i'll be fine. It even had new options that i didnt have in the old one. For example when i was playing dark hour,i had doom 1 highlighted and it gave me a mix of the 2 game sprites(storm troopers & demons). i got doom 2 on there and it works just fine. It saves settings and its very clean! you guys rock well!!

Hi, ...

SaveGame from v2.4.1, dont work inside v2.5.0 Development Test 1.

Is this normal ?

Also,

Did i have to re-play the game from the start, after each, ZDoom portable apps update, because it seem to have incompatibility savegame file ?

Edit: Scratch that, it just seems to take a while to initiate the download.
The funny thing is is that it started to work right when I submitted this reply, lol.

It seems like the http mirror you are using to download the doom shareware wad is not working.

Hello,

I love to play Doom.

Have never problems with your versions. So it looks for me as stabel.

I am watching the webpages and there is an update for gzdoom. There is now 1.8.0.

I would be happy about an update.

Hello,

there is Gzdoom 1.8.2 out.

Yours faithfully. / mit freundlichem Gruß.

Hey there, Just wanted to say this is freaking awesome. Just wondering, when you go to add Iwads into ZDL, is it OK to add them as ..\..\Data\iwads\doom2.wad ?

Also, ZDL has been slightly updated since 3.1a, found here > http://update.vectec.net/ The readme and stuff can be found there. Or, you can read here for more info and source > https://github.com/qbasicer/qzdl

I have this App on my External Drive, and it works wonders on all 3 PC's at my house. Love it Keep up the great work