Re: DOOMWADDIR (was: Clean up .emacs)

[Todd Gruhn <tgruhn2%gmail.com@localhost>]

I am trying DOOM to /usr/local/mysshare
(many things I want  to backup)

There is no way to make:

           export DOOMWADDIR=/usr/local/mysshare

AND I cant find the problem.

I would also like to clean up my .profile code.

On Wed, Feb 22, 2023 at 11:13 AM Michael Bäuerle <micha%netbsd.org@localhost> wrote:
>
> Todd Gruhn wrote:
> >
> > I am trying to move my doowwads files  to a different
> > subdir.  How to I change it in .profile?
> >
> > Below is part of my .profile.  I have tried to change many times.
> > I cant get this to work.
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> >
> >
> >                             .
> >                             .
> >                             .
> > PATH=${PATH}:/usr/local/share/doomwads
> > # ADD doom-wads
> >
> > export PATH
>
> This should not be necessary, because the WADs contain only level data.
>
> PATH is only useful for the game engine executable file (and the game
> engine should not be located in DOOMWADDIR).
>
> > export DOOMWADDIR=/usr/local/share/doomwads
>
> This looks good and should work.
>
> Quick test with Doom Legacy:
> I have placed a selfmade PWAD into "/tmp/doomwads".
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> $ doomlegacy -iwad doom2.wad -file test.wad
> [...]
> IWAD recognized: Doom2
> DOOM 2: Hell on Earth
> Added file /usr/pkg/share/doom/doom2.wad (2956 lumps)
> Added file /usr/pkg/share/doom/legacy.wad (85 lumps)
> File test.wad: Not found
> File not found: test.wad
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Does not work because the custom directory was not searched without
> DOOMWADDIR.
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> $ export DOOMWADDIR=/tmp/doomwads
> $ doomlegacy -iwad doom2.wad -file test.wad
> [...]
> IWAD recognized: Doom2
> DOOM 2: Hell on Earth
> Added file /usr/pkg/share/doom/doom2.wad (2956 lumps)
> Added file /usr/pkg/share/doom/legacy.wad (85 lumps)
> Added file /tmp/doomwads/test.wad (19 lumps)
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Works as expected.
>
> --
> Regards,
> Michael Bäuerle