Overview
The most optimal way to run any modifications, combine them, as well as the ability to run them from Steam. Interesting? Come in and see.
Foreword
In this tutorial, I want to share with you a way to launch mods for the second doom (and not only), with a working Steam. Well, let’s get started.
Downloading the necessary software
First, download one of the publicly available emulators for launching modifications to doom.
The well-known GZDoom was chosen as such.
Download link: [link]
Download the latest version for your operating system and unpack it in the required folder.
The next step is to download one very useful software called ZDL. It will allow us to effortlessly play any modifications not only to the second doom, but also to all previously released games in this series. (Doom, Doom 2, Doom TNT and Plutonia)
Download link: [link]
Unpack the contents of the archive into a folder: …SteamsteamappscommonDoom 2base
This directory will contain the “dosbox” file. Change its name, for example to “steamdosbox”.
The “ZDL” file, that we unpacked into this directory, is renamed to “dosbox”. You should end up with something like this:
Also, get the original WADs for Doom games. They can be downloaded from any site convenient for you. As an example, we will use “DOOM2.WAD”, which is already in the directory with your game.
Configuring the launcher
All software is downloaded and unpacked. Now we can start configuring it.
Start the game:
Here we choose “Launch DOS version”.
After that we get into the launcher window. Go to the “Settings” tab.
Here, in the “Source Ports/Engines” field, we select any port we need. In our case, this is GZDoom. A window will appear in which in the “Name” field we enter the name of our port, and by clicking the “Browse” button we select the port we need.
In the “IWADs” tab, we select our “DOOM2.WAD”, which I indicated above.
Now go to the “Main” tab. In the “External Files” field, we select all the necessary modifications (you can combine them). For example, I’ll choose the “Pirate Doom” mod.
Now we can start the game. In the same tab, select the one you need on WAD (example, previously selected DOOM2.WAD), and click on the “Launch” button.
Launched game:
After launching, you cannot close the open launcher, because steam will regard this as closing the game.
Thanks for attention
Hope you find this guide helpful. Have a nice day 🙂