Gpdoom Doesnt Find Wads

[spray]

Got hold of a 32mb smc and decided it would serve me well as my GPDoom card.

I've got the HalfLife, Western and Quake wads so decided to first try out the HL one.

I transfered it over to game/doom using GPDrive and then renamed it to doom2.wad.

When i booted up GPDoom it said that no wad had been recognised.

So, i then tried the quake wad, again transfered using GPDrive and renamed to doom2.wad, however once again when i loaded up GPDoom it said that no wad had been found.

I'm sure that last time i used HalfLife it didnt need any other "official" wad present and this was backed up by a site i visited that was linked on a post somewhere saying that it would work stand alone.

What am i doing wrong?

Help please!

 

[Mikey]

You need the actual Doom2.wad

 

[spray]

odd, im sure i didnt have it on there when i first used it!

ok, will give that a shot.

 

[Johndifo]

I think that HL and Quake data are formated for another engine because they are true 3D, the map and the models are 3D, and DOOM was 2.5D and the models were 2D sprites, its a diferent engine wich needs other type of port, maybe some day someone code some GP32 simplified (no multitextures, flat shading) engine port of John Carmack 3D engines.

 

[Mikey]

The half life and quake wads in question were written for the GP using the doom/doom2 engine.

 

[Johndifo]

It seems a fantastic feat, because there are lots of 3D in the Quake engine, there floors above floors and so on. You are sure its not a hoax?

 

[spray]

It seems a fantastic feat, because there are lots of 3D in the Quake engine, there floors above floors and so on. You are sure its not a hoax?

certain.

you can look at them here:

http://drumaster.gp32news.com/

go to downloads.

 

[Mikey]

Its written with the constrictions of the doom engine. Think of it as the Gp32 version of quake and not a direct conversion. Much the same as Gp half life isn't a direct conversion of the original.

 

[spray]

ok, i hunted around my acient windows95 pc and got hold of the official doom2.wad

what should i name the other files that i have, eg quake, in order to run them?

 

[Johndifo]

Yes, its amazing!!! Nothing stops a talented guy! And more amazing, we now have a mod scene! Every day is a GP32 surprise.

 

[Mikey]

As far as I remember you don't need to rename them just put them in the same folder a the doom2.wad and select doom 2 as the game and Quake as the extra wad.

 

[spray]

Thanks very much for the help guys! much appreciated.

One last rather random question.

As i said earlier, im trying to use a 32mb card as my GPDoom one.

This is fine for using the western and halflife wads, but it means im about 3mb short when trying to have both the quake and doom2 wads on one 32mb smc.

My question is this, do any versions of doom 2 exist that are less than ~14mb (as mine is) ideally around the 12mb mark?

tah!

 

[Mikey]

As far as I know there are 2 versions both more or less the same size.

 

[Drumaster]

You need the actual Doom2.wad

Yes now my mods are PWADS, so you need original IWAD to make them work.
Use them as "EXTRA WADS" in GP Doom v9 and IWADS as GAME.
It allows you to carry and play all PWAD you want, instead of having only one fusioned DOOM2.WAD.
And it's illegal to share fusioned DOOM2.WAD because it contains original DOOM2.WAD IWAD.
Anyway merged DOOM2.WAD are not convenient at all.

 

[Drumaster]

I think that HL and Quake data are formated for another engine because they are true 3D, the map and the models are 3D, and DOOM was 2.5D and the models were 2D sprites, its a diferent engine wich needs other type of port, maybe some day someone code some GP32 simplified (no multitextures, flat shading) engine port of John Carmack 3D engines.

None of the mods are in true 3D with 3D sprites but 2D.
All my PWADS are formated to be used with original Doom IWAD.
The graphic engine is not PWADS but gpdoomv9.fxe.
PWADS are only graphics libraries, some kind of skins for Doom, that's all.

 

[spray]

@Drumaster

Is there anything to be gained size wise when it comes to using fusioned versions?

Basically, is there any way that QuakeDoom could be playable using a 32mb smc?

Do you know if craigix plans to include .zip support anytime soon?

 

[spray]

Ok so i just downloaded the half life wad from the 15 days compo at gbax.com

this is obviously a fused version as it is called doom2 and is 28mb in size.

this is about 4mb smaller than iwad doom2.wad and pwad halflife.wad

so, is it possible to combine quake with doom2 and save a similar amount of space?

 

[Drumaster]

@Drumaster

Is there anything to be gained size wise when it comes to using fusioned versions?

Basically, is there any way that QuakeDoom could be playable using a 32mb smc?

Do you know if craigix plans to include .zip support anytime soon?

For a 32 MB it's better to have merged DOOM2.WAD.
Anyway you could not carry IWAD and 1+ PWAD.

An advice : buy a 128 SMC to carry IWAD + all my PWADS at the same time!

 

[spray]

are there any merging tools available?

 

[Drumaster]

are there any merging tools available?

Yes all you need on my site.