/vr/ - Retro Games

>>8862039
He just wants to help.

>>8811737
Hi /doom/. I recently wrote up a guide for a normie friend on how to get Doom running & decently configured on their low-spec computer. I set them up with DSDA-Doom v0.24.3 and Quickly Launchering Doom. I tried to make it as simple and painless as possible, without much regard for future organization of WADs or anything - just to get a normie on a toaster set up with the basics so they can start playing for the first time ASAP. It would be easy to tidy up a little later though if wanted of course.

I figure I might as well post it here, so others can scrutinize it/use it/provide input/share. Remember, this is aimed at an absolute normie first time Doom player.

>1. Go to https://mega.nz/folder/2xNW3ZaR#BFgMTmyIFT3BkUgPA98Ktw and click on Download as ZIP
>2. Extract the ZIP wherever you want the game to be
>3. Go inside the "doom" folder and double-click Launcher.exe . It is likely Windows will say it does not trust the application, click on Run Anyway
>4. This is the program we use as an intermediary to run the game. In the first empty field (Port Location), click on the "..." button and select "dsda-doom.exe"
>5. In the second empty field (IWAD Directory), click on the "..." button and just press "Open". It will default to the current directory (doom).
>6. In the third field it should say "doom.wad" now. If you click on the arrow here, you should see a list of 4 options. Let's leave it on "doom.wad" for now.
>7. All the way down, in the empty field labelled Params, type the following: -complevel 3
>8. Click Launch at the bottom. This will run the program we use to actually play the game in a small window (we can make this bigger later)
>9. Once it's running, it's likely that it will steal control of your mouse. Don't worry! Just press Escape and you will have your mouse back. Now we use the arrows on our keyboard to navigate the menu and Enter for selecting things.

>At this point we can start playing. However, I strongly recommend these extras

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>>7813412
What are some semi-obscure or plain obscure mappers that you wish were more widely known?

I would nominate Nicolas Monti and TimeOfDeath

>>7299109