PrBoom will not take WADS

Chargh · 04-07-2007, 02:22 PM

I got PrBoom on my computer and I got it to use the FreeDoom and Doom II WAD's but when I try to get it to use the Ultimate Doom, Doom 1 Demo, and the Heretic Demo WADS it cant read them

.

WTF is going one? Please Help!

Note: I tried each WAD with no others in the same Directory.

bhert · 04-07-2007, 09:05 PM

I also use Prboom
Did you put the WAD in the appropriate directory?

It should be in /usr/local/share/games/doom

doom is the folder you make, just put the WAD in the doom folder.
Have fun.

-bhert

Chargh · 04-08-2007, 02:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bhert

I also use Prboom
Did you put the WAD in the appropriate directory?

It should be in /usr/local/share/games/doom

doom is the folder you make, just put the WAD in the doom folder.
Have fun.

-bhert

On my computer it is /usr/share/doom

My problem is that It only Likes the Doom II and FreeDoom wads. When wads like Ultimate doom are in /usr/share/doom and I load up PrBoom it says no wad found.

Telengard · 04-27-2007, 05:09 PM

It sounds to me like maybe some of your iwads are not named correctly for PrBoom to find them automatically. I had a problem very similar to this today. In my case, PrBoom could not find my iwads because some of the iwads had upper-case file names. Remember, Linux is case sensitive.

I compiled prboom-2.4.7 on Kubuntu Feisty Fawn, and after renaming the iwads lower case, it is working very well. Here's how mine is configured:

Code:

/usr/local/src
drwxr-xr-x 9 ken ken   4096 2007-04-26 21:45 prboom-2.4.7
-rw-r--r-- 1 ken ken 999524 2007-04-26 21:34 prboom-2.4.7.tar.gz

/usr/local/share/games/doom
-rw-r--r-- 1 ken  ken   4196020 2007-04-26 22:55 doom1.wad
-rw-r--r-- 1 ken  ken  14604584 2007-04-26 22:56 doom2.wad
-rw-r--r-- 1 ken  ken  12408292 2007-04-26 22:57 doomu.wad
-rw-r--r-- 1 ken  ken  11159840 2007-04-26 22:54 doom.wad
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   281020 2007-04-26 21:58 prboom.wad

/usr/local/games
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 567388 2007-04-26 21:59 prboom
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  16020 2007-04-26 21:59 prboom-game-server

~/.prboom
-rw-r--r-- 1 ken ken 70070 2007-04-27 14:58 prbmsav0.dsg
-rw-r--r-- 1 ken ken 10547 2007-04-27 15:21 prboom.cfg
-rw-r--r-- 1 ken ken 65793 2007-04-27 13:59 tranmap.dat

/usr/local/lib
drwxr-xr-x 3  501 ken       4096 1999-09-27 19:58 timidity
-rw-r--r-- 1 ken  ken   14849855 2007-04-27 13:47 timidity.tar.gz

PrBoom prefers to use doom2.wad by default, so to play Doom II all I have to do is open a Konsole and enter:

Code:

/usr/local/games/prboom

To play the Doom shareware game I open a Konsole and enter:

Code:

/usr/local/games/prboom -iwad doom1

To play the standard Doom game, I open a Konsole and enter:

Code:

/usr/local/games/prboom -iwad doom

To play the Ultimate Doom game, I open a Konsole and enter:

Code:

/usr/local/games/prboom -iwad doomu

HTH

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chargh

I got PrBoom on my computer and I got it to use the FreeDoom and Doom II WAD's but when I try to get it to use the Ultimate Doom, Doom 1 Demo, and the Heretic Demo WADS it cant read them

.

WTF is going one? Please Help!

Note: I tried each WAD with no others in the same Directory.

Chargh · 05-04-2007, 03:46 PM

I made it all lowercase but it still did not work

All I want is classic DOOM

Telengard · 05-06-2007, 02:02 PM

Sorry that didn't work for you. I'm quite familiar with PrBoom, but still a newbie with Linux. I suppose your problem could be related to Fedora, but I can't really help if it is. In any event, I encourage you to keep trying until you solve the problem. Here are a few things to check.

Check the permissions on the iwads, make sure they are apropriate.

Try putting copies of the iwads in both /usr/local/share/games/doom/ and /usr/share/doom/

Make sure the failing iwads are not corrupted by comparing them against known good iwads (basically your original Doom media)

Start PrBoom from the console, giving the -iwad parameter and full path to the iwad:

Code:

/usr/local/games/prboom -iwad /usr/local/share/games/doom/doomu

Observe the console output, looking for hints about the problem.

Delete the PrBoom configuration file

Code:

rm ~/.prboom/prboom.cfg

Lastly, don't forget to ask for help in the official PrBoom support channels. Some of those guys use Linux too:
prboom.sourceforge.net

I wish you success!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chargh

On my computer it is /usr/share/doom

My problem is that It only Likes the Doom II and FreeDoom wads. When wads like Ultimate doom are in /usr/share/doom and I load up PrBoom it says no wad found.

Chargh · 06-18-2007, 10:46 PM

Heres my what my Terminal does:
[root@localhost ~]# prboom -iwad /usr/share/doom/doom1.wad

prboom v2.4.1 (http://prboom.sourceforge.net/)
found /usr/share/doom/doom1.wad
IWAD found: /usr/share/doom/doom1.wad
Unknown Game Version, may not work
PrBoom (built Apr 22 2006), playing: Public DOOM
PrBoom is released under the GNU General Public license v2.0.
You are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions.
It comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. See the file COPYING for details.
M_LoadDefaults: Load system defaults.
default file: /root/.prboom/prboom.cfg
I_SetRes: Using resolution 320x200
V_Init: allocate screens.
found /usr/share/doom/prboom.wad
D_InitNetGame: Checking for network game.
W_Init: Init WADfiles.
adding /usr/share/doom/doom1.wad
I_Read: read failed: EOF

Telengard · 06-20-2007, 02:20 AM

My interpretation of that output is that your iwad may be corrupted.

Hopefully you still have your original Doom media and can try copying off the iwad again. But that's just my quick read of that output.

I think you should go to http://prboom.sourceforge.net/ and post this information there. Ask them what exactly "Unknown Game Version" and "I_Read: read failed: EOF" means, and how to fix the problem. Make sure to mention your Linux distro information.

I'm only sorry I can't solve your problem. Good luck.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chargh

Heres my what my Terminal does:
[root@localhost ~]# prboom -iwad /usr/share/doom/doom1.wad

prboom v2.4.1 (http://prboom.sourceforge.net/)
found /usr/share/doom/doom1.wad
IWAD found: /usr/share/doom/doom1.wad
Unknown Game Version, may not work
PrBoom (built Apr 22 2006), playing: Public DOOM
PrBoom is released under the GNU General Public license v2.0.
You are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions.
It comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. See the file COPYING for details.
M_LoadDefaults: Load system defaults.
default file: /root/.prboom/prboom.cfg
I_SetRes: Using resolution 320x200
V_Init: allocate screens.
found /usr/share/doom/prboom.wad
D_InitNetGame: Checking for network game.
W_Init: Init WADfiles.
adding /usr/share/doom/doom1.wad
I_Read: read failed: EOF