Hello,
Is there a way to load Doom WADS located in a different directory from the game files?
For example, if I put all my WADS into a file called "Doom WADS" inside the game directory located at "C:\Program Files\DOSBox\Games\Doom"
Can they still be loaded?
Is there a way to do this with a batch file perhaps?
Cheers.
Yes, but please don't use spaces in directory names if you intend to use them for DOSBox and DOS games/applications.
If you are running the DOS version of DOOM under DOSBox, you need to provide the path in the DOSBox mounted filesystem.
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wrote:Yes, but please don't use spaces in directory names if you intend to use them for DOSBox and DOS games/applications.
Also, everything under "C:\Program Files" is write protected (you need administrator privileges to create/modify/delete files/folders).
wrote:Yes, but please don't use spaces in directory names if you intend to use them for DOSBox and DOS games/applications.
If you are running the DOS version of DOOM under DOSBox, you need to provide the path in the DOSBox mounted filesystem.
So what command would I use then?
I can load WADS if they are in the same directory as the Doom game files using the following example:
mount c "c:\program files\dosbox\games\doom"
c:
doom.exe -file XXXX.WAD
However, I want to load WADS from the following path:
"c:\program files\dosbox\games\doom\doom wads"
wrote:wrote:Yes, but please don't use spaces in directory names if you intend to use them for DOSBox and DOS games/applications.
Also, everything under "C:\Program Files" is write protected (you need administrator privileges to create/modify/delete files/folders).
No need to worry about any of that. It's easily worked around by quoting the file path.
wrote:I can load WADS if they are in the same directory as the Doom game files using the following example: […]
I can load WADS if they are in the same directory as the Doom game files using the following example:
mount c "c:\program files\dosbox\games\doom"
c:
doom.exe -file XXXX.WADHowever, I want to load WADS from the following path:
"c:\program files\dosbox\games\doom\doom wads"
So what's the problem? Mount the other directory as drive D, and run doom -file D:\XXXX.WAD.
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wrote:wrote:I can load WADS if they are in the same directory as the Doom game files using the following example: […]
I can load WADS if they are in the same directory as the Doom game files using the following example:
mount c "c:\program files\dosbox\games\doom"
c:
doom.exe -file XXXX.WADHowever, I want to load WADS from the following path:
"c:\program files\dosbox\games\doom\doom wads"
So what's the problem? Mount the other directory as drive D, and run doom -file D:\XXXX.WAD.
Perfect. That took care of it.
I tried to mount it as a second drive but did not know I needed the "d:\" in front of the wad file.
Thanks for your time.
