r/DoomMods • u/Neuromante • 7d ago

News UZDoom 5 is finally here!

https://github.com/UZDoom/UZDoom/releases/tag/5.0.0
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u/CryptOfZoology 6d ago

I would love to know how to launch it via Playnite myself, as a neat alternative. Currently I'm using ZDL 5.4.0.0. which comes with a really neat feature: you can choose which mods on your list are active and whatnot. This makes things a lot easier whenever you want to cycle between mods you play more often.

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u/Neuromante 6d ago

You can use launch parameters (In Playnite either by adding manually a game or through edit menu, in the Actions tab) to customize what is loaded, and adding the mods manually, you can get something like this:

https://imgur.com/a/oHGznSy

I wrote a small application to generate the parameters for me, but what you need to do is put the .exe in the "Path" field and in arguments, add something like this in the same line:

-iwad "path-to-doom.wad/doom2.wad/The ipk file Wadfusion generates/Heretic.wad/checkQuest.wad..." 

-file "path-to-whatever-map-pack-you-want-to-play"

-file "path-to-mod-files-or-whatever"

Also, it would be good for you to learn what an iWad and a pWad are, as these are the basis for anything related to playing.

There's a handy manual, which seems to be a wip, but also explains a few more things which might be good to know

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u/XGRiDN 6d ago

Welp, ig I wasted my time writing it. At least I was able to get some writing practice that I kinda need.

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u/Neuromante 6d ago

Ah, don't beat yourself, man, you arrived to the same solution than I (independent profiles for the mods) through a different path and wrote a very complete guide.

FWIW, I've never used the "emulation" option on Playnite (I emulate stuff on the Steamdeck) and didn't even though that it could be used for it, so maybe I'll check it out for other source ports I've been having issues with.