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NAME
doomsday - Enhanced source port of Doom, Heretic and Hexen
SYNOPSIS
doomsday [-iwad dir] [-game id] [-wnd] [-wh w h] [-file file ...]
Everything following -- is ignored. @ can be used to specify a response file whose contents are added to
the command line.
OPTIONS
-file | -f Specify one or more data files or packages (.pack, PK3, WAD, LMP) to load at startup.
When used together with the -game option, the specified files will be loaded at
startup. Without -game they are just registered as available files that can then be
loaded in games. It is also possible to load data files at runtime by opening the
Packages sidebar (see TASK BAR) or with the load console command.
-game | -g Sets the game to load after startup. If omitted, the Home screen will be shown after
startup. See GAMES for a list of available games. For example: -game doom1-ultimate
-h | -? | --help
Prints a brief list of the command line options.
-iwad Specifies a directory where to look for IWAD files. Searches for IWADs from all known
games and automatically loads them when needed.
-version Show version information.
-wnd | -window Starts in windowed mode. The default is to start in fullscreen mode.
-wh Sets the size of the Doomsday window. In fullscreen mode specifies which display
resolution to use.
Additional Options
-center Center the window (when not in fullscreen mode).
-command | -cmd
Execute a console command during startup. Multiple commands can be joined together
with semicolons. Note that console variables have game plugin specific values, so if
you change cvar values using this option without loading a game (with -game), your
values will be overwritten when a game plugin is loaded.
-connect Attempts to connect to the server running at the given network address. Equivalent to
the console command connect.
-devlog | -nodevlog
Enables or disables developer log entries. These are useful for debugging and/or
troubleshooting, but are too verbose or technical for everyday use.
-dpi Set the UI pixel density. For example: -dpi 2.0
-errors Set the name of the error output file. The file is written to the runtime folder.
This output file is created in addition to the usual doomsday.out. For example:
-errors errors.out
-fullscreen | -nofullscreen
Enable or disable fullscreen mode.
-icd | -imusic | -isfx
Set the audio plugin for CD playback, music, and sound effects. The following plugins
are available:
- dummy
- fmod
- fluidsynth
- sdlmixer
- openal
-fontsize Set a scaling factor for UI fonts. This is applied separately from the overall UI
scale setting (see CONFIGURATION). For example: -fontsize 1.5
-loglevel Set the log output level. The levels are: XVerbose, Verbose, Message, Note, Warning,
Error, Critical.
-maximize | -nomaximize
Maximize the window, or set the window to non-maximized mode.
-noaudio Disable all audio (sound effects and music).
-noautoselect Do not try to automatically select a game to load. Only has effect when -game is not
used. Doomsday will always start in the Home screen or, when starting a server, not
at all.
-nodiscovery Disable discovery of servers on the local network.
-nofsaa Disable antialiasing.
-nogog Disable detection of games from GOG.
-nojoy Disable gamepads and other game controllers.
-nomouse Disable mouse input.
-nomusic Disable music.
-nosfx Disable sound effects.
-nosteam Disable detection of games from Steam.
-novsync Disable vsync.
-out Set the name of the log output file. The file is always written to the runtime
folder. This option overrides the default doomsday.out.
-parse | -p Load and execute the specified file that contains console commands. Behavior is
similar to -command with the exception that the commands are loaded from a file.
-packs Set additional folders where to find packages. Works similar to -iwad.
-pkg One or more identifiers of packages that are loaded when the -game option is used to
launch directly into a game.
-reset Reset the engine configuration to default values. In practice, this just erases the
contents of the persist.pack file that stores configuration variables and UI state.
The affected variables include, for example, game window size and position, and log
filter settings.
-verbose | -v Print verbose log messages. Specify more than once for extra verbosity.
-vvv Enables all log messages (normal and developer, all levels).
-warp When starting directly into a game using -game, automatically also jump to a specific
map. The map can be specified either as the map number, a pair of numbers (episode
and map), or the map identifier (e.g., "MAP12").
-width | -height
Set the horizontal/vertical display resolution when in fullscreen mode.
FILES
Your runtime files are by default stored in a folder called ~/.doomsday/. The following noteworthy files
and folders can be found inside:
runtime/autoexec.cfg
Console commands to execute after loading the game with the -game option.
runtime/cache/ Cached data that helps Doomsday run faster. You can delete the contents of this
folder; Doomsday will recreate them automatically as needed.
runtime/configs/
Game profiles and saved values for console variables and control bindings.
runtime/doomsday.out
Log message output file.
runtime/savegames/
Folder containing all saved games. Each game has its own subfolder for saves.
Additional Files
/etc/doomsday/defaults
System-level default configuration. This is checked after ~/.doomsday/defaults. For
example:
audio fluidsynth {
driver: pulseaudio
}
/etc/doomsday/paths
System-level paths configuration (basedir, libdir, iwaddir). This is checked after
~/.doomsday/paths. The syntax of the file
(https://manual.dengine.net/guide/configuration) is documented in the wiki.
~/.doomsday/defaults
User's own defaults (similar to the system-level defaults; see above).
~/.doomsday/paths
User's paths configuration (basedir, libdir, iwaddir).
/usr/share/doomsday/
Data files for the engine and game plugins.
ENVIRONMENT
The following environment variables are recognized by Doomsday.
DOOMWADDIR Doomsday looks for WAD files in this directory.
DOOMWADPATH Delimited set of DOOM WAD directories. Use colon (:) to separate directories.
Supported WAD files are searched for in each directory.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. SYNOPSIS
2. OPTIONS
Additional Options
3. FILES
Additional Files
4. ENVIRONMENT
5. INTRODUCTION
Features
Requirements
6. GAMES
Loading IWADs
Supported Games
7. HOME SCREEN
Game Library
Mods
Multiplayer
8. TASK BAR
App Menu
Configuration
Log History and Log Options Menu
Command Prompt
9. BUGS AND KNOWN ISSUES
10. SEE ALSO
11. AUTHOR
12. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
INTRODUCTION
The Doomsday Engine is a "source port" of id Software's Doom and Raven Software's Heretic and Hexen, which
were popular PC FPS games in the early-to-mid 1990s. Doomsday enhances these classic games with many
features including 3D graphics, fully customizable controls and client/server multiplayer, making them more
accessible to modern gamers. However, the feel of the original games has been kept intact, ensuring sublime
nostalgia or an exciting introduction to the pioneering games of the genre.
Doomsday and the associated ports of Doom, Heretic and Hexen have been in development since 1999; the first
versions were released in late 1999 and early 2000. Several people have been involved in the project (see
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS).
Features
User interface:
- Home screen for choosing which game to play and which add-ons to use, browsing multiplayer games,
and loading saved games
- Task bar overlay for easy access to engine features
- Configuration menus and Renderer Appearance sidebar editor
- On-the-fly add-on resource loading
- Flexible input control bindings system
- Built-in updater for easy upgrades
- In-game command console
Graphics:
- OpenGL 3.3 renderer
- World movement smoothing (actors, monsters, missiles, surfaces) to remove the original games'
limitation of 35 FPS
- Stereoscopic rendering modes: anaglyph, side-by-side, cross-eye and parallel viewing
- Bloom, vignette, and fog effects
- Dynamic lights with halos and lens flares
- Dynamic ambient occlusion (corner shadowing) for world surfaces
- Dynamic shadowing effects for world objects
- Particle effects system
- 3D models for world objects, skies, skyboxes, and particles
- Environmental mapping effects for 3D models and world surfaces
- Automatic world surface (light) decorations
- Detail texturing, shine and glowing effects for world surfaces
- Smart texture filtering using a modified hq2x algorithm
Resources:
- 3D models: FBX and MD5 with skeletal animation and OpenGL shaders, MD2 / DMD with LOD support
- High-resolution textures: PNG, JPG, TGA, PCX
- Flexible containers: packages, PK3, WAD, ZIP, uncompressed folders
- External music files in MP3 and other formats
- Plain text definitions for things like map objects, finale animations, and episode structure
- Internal BSP builder (originally based on glBSP)
Audio:
- 3D positional sound effects
- Environmental echo and reverb effects
- External music files in MP3 and other formats
- Uses FMOD (http://www.fmod.org/) for audio playback (sound effects, music, CD audio tracks)
- Supports the open source SDL_mixer (http://www.libsdl.org/projects/SDL_mixer/) for sound effects
and music files
- FluidSynth for MIDI playback using SF2 soundfonts
- OpenAL
Multiplayer:
- Supports up to 15 player games
- Clients can join games in progress
- Clients automatically download PWADs loaded on server
- Automatic discovery of servers running on the local network
- Central master server for discovery of servers on the internet
- Standalone server running as a daemon/background process
- Standalone Doomsday Shell (https://manual.dengine.net/Shell) tool for server management (both
local and remote)
Other:
- Cross-platform, based on the Qt framework (http://qt.io/)
- Open source (see Getting Started (https://manual.dengine.net/devel))
- Plugin based extensible architecture
Requirements
• At least one WAD file from the original Doom, Heretic, Hexen, or other supported game
• GPU with OpenGL 3.3 hardware acceleration
GAMES
Loading IWADs
Doomsday requires IWAD files (http://wiki.dengine.net/w/WAD) to run games. You can use the following ways
to let the engine know where your IWADs can be found:
• The first time you launch Doomsday and it doesn't find any IWADs, it will show a tab titled "Data
Files?" containing a single button. Clicking the button opens a file dialog where you can pick a
folder where your IWAD files are located.
• The directory /usr/share/games/doom is always checked for any recognized IWAD files.
• Using the -iwad command-line option. You can either provide the path to the IWAD to use, or the
path of the directory under which IWADs are located. Doomsday will look through the specified
location and use all the recognized IWADs automatically. In other words, you can have the IWADs
for all games stored in a single directory; Doomsday will use the appropriate one for each
launched game.
-iwad will also accept multiple paths as parameters:
-iwad path1 path2
• The configuration file ~/.doomsday/paths is checked for iwaddir (see FILES).
• Environment variables DOOMWADDIR and DOOMWADPATH (see ENVIRONMENT).
• The configuration variable Config.resource.packageFolder. This is typically set automatically via
the user interface, for instance when you first start Doomsday. Its value can also be manipulated
in the Doomsday Script command prompt. (The variable Config.resource.recursedFolders determines
if subdirectories should be searched.)
Doomsday tries to recognize IWAD files based on their contents. The identification criteria can be viewed
in GitHub (https://github.com/skyjake/Doomsday-
Engine/blob/master/doomsday/apps/libdoomsday/net.dengine.base.pack/databundles.dei).
Supported Games
One game plugin, such as the Doom Plugin, is able to run many different variants of the game. Each variant
emulates a specific version of the original game and typically has its own IWAD file.
Below is a list of all the games supported by the game plugins distributed with Doomsday.
Plugin Game ID Description
Doom doom1-share Shareware Doom v1.9
doom1 Registered Doom v1.9
doom1-ultimate Ultimate Doom*
doom2 Doom 2
doom2-plut Final Doom: Plutonia Experiment
doom2-tnt Final Doom: TNT Evilution
chex Chex Quest
hacx HacX
doom1-freedoom Freedoom Phase 1
doom2-freedoom Freedoom Phase 2
doom1-bfg Ultimate Doom (Doom 3 BFG Edition)
doom2-bfg Doom 2 (Doom 3 BFG Edition)
doom2-nerve No Rest for the Living
Heretic heretic-share Shareware Heretic
heretic Registered Heretic
heretic-ext Heretic: Shadow of the Serpent Riders**
Hexen hexen Hexen v1.1
hexen-v10 Hexen v1.0
hexen-dk Hexen: Death Kings of Dark Citadel
hexen-demo The 4-level Hexen Demo
* = has a 4th episode ** = has episodes 4 and 5
HOME SCREEN
The Home screen in Doomsday 2 is a full replacement for the separate front-end application that was used in
earlier versions. In Home you can manage your game library, resource packs and other add-ons, and join
multiplayer games.
Home consists of a number of scrollable tabs. There are several ways to navigate between tabs:
- Click on the tab names in the top of the screen.
- Left and right arrow keys move focus to an adjacent tab.
- Shortcut keys: D, H, X, O, M, and S (while not entering text in a text field.)
- Click on the left or right edge of the screen.
Game Library
The game library lists all the available games and their associated save files. Each game can be configured
to load additional mods (WADs, PK3s, data files, resource packs). You can also add new customized games
based on one of the built-in games.
In User Interface settings you can hide entire game tabs, if you are not interested in a particular family
of games. See CONFIGURATION for more details.
Sorting games in the library. If you have lots of games available, it may be helpful to change the game
library view options so you can more easily find the game you are looking for. Click on the "..." button
under the tab title to see the view options.
Starting a game with or without additional mods. Click on a game to select it, or move the selection with
the arrow keys. When selected, Mods and Play buttons slide in. The Mods button shows a number for how many
additional mods have been selected for loading. Click Play or double-click the game to start the game.
Selecting mods. Click the game's Mods button to choose which additional mods are going to be loaded when
the game is started. On the left side of the dialog, you have a list of the mods selected for loading. On
the right, you can browse the available mods. The mods browser works similarly to the Mods tab, and it has
a search field and Info buttons (see MODS). To add a mod to the game, click the Plus button or double-click
the mod.
Loading a saved game. All saved games are listed below the game they were created in. Click on a save to
select it, and then press the game's Play button. Clicking on an already selected save will unselect it.
NOTE: Old savegames created with Doomsday 1.x do not contain information about which data files and mods
were in use when the save was created, so Doomsday can't determine which game they belong to. Such
saves are listed under each variant of the game.
Savegame information. Right-click on a saved game to see information about the save: which data files and
mods were in use, the overall game parameteres, current map, and other status information.
Deleting a saved game. When a savegame is selected, a small X button appears next to it. Clicking the X
lets you delete the save.
Save folders. Each game is assigned a unique save folder where all the save files of the game are kept.
Right-click on a profile and select "Show Save Folder" to open the folder in operating system file browser.
Note that custom games created in version 2.0 or earlier share a save folder with the built-in game. You
can use the "Create New Save Folder" menu item to create a new save folder for the custom game, but you
will need to manually move the existing save files over there.
Creating a custom game. At the bottom of each game tab, there is a Plus button that creates a new
customized game. In the game settings, you can choose which game mode will be used, and which mods are
selected for loading. Note that game cannot have a name that is identical to an already existing game in
the library.
Duplicate, edit, and delete games. Any game can be duplicated by right-clicking on it and selecting
"Duplicate". Games can also be edited to change their name, the primary data file (IWAD), and the set of
selected mods.
Mods
The Mods tab is used to browse the available mods and other packages. The Mods tab shows all the data files
that Doomsday knows about. You can also quickly try out individual mods in one your games.
Configuring the mod search folders. To let Doomsday know where your mods can be found, either select
"Settings" in the Mods tab's actions menu (the "..." button under the tab title), or go to Data Files
settings (see CONFIGURATION). The mods will not be copied or moved from wherever you keep them.
Browsing mods. The mods list may contains hundreds of items, so you may want to find the mods you're
looking for by entering some search terms. Enter the words to search for in the search field at the top of
the list. The search is limited to metadata; the actual file contents are not accessed. When entering
multiple words, only mods whose metadata contains all the words are shown.
Special search keywords. Some search words have a special meaning:
• "gamedata": Primary game data files (IWADs).
• "hidden": Only mods that are normally hidden will be shown. Mods that are hidden by default
include, for example, mods inside other packages that will get automatically loaded.
• "loaded": Only show currently loaded mods. This is useful when browsing mods while playing a
game.
• "core": Doomsday's own core packages. These will be automatically loaded as needed.
Viewing information about a mod. Right-click a mod or click on the "..." button to view information about
it. In the case of WAD files, all the maps in the WAD are listed so you'll know which map to start when
playing. The info popup also shows the game title picture found in the mod, and readme notes provided by
the author. In some cases, Doomsday can make a guess about the game that the mod is meant to be used with.
Quickly trying out a mod. One of the most useful features of the Mods tab is quickly loading a mod in one
your games. This will make no changes to your existing games. Simply open the mod info popup (as explained
above) and click on "Play in...". However, you should first check that the mod actually is compatible with
the game you are playing. Also be aware that if you are already running a game, it will be unloaded first
and any unsaved progress will be lost.
Quickly adding a mod to a game. The "Add to..." button in the mod info popup will add the mod to one of
your existing games. The games that already have the mod are tagged "ADDED" in the list.
Configuring optional contents. Some mods have optional subcomponents. For instance, add-ons that use the
Snowberry Box format may include both opt-in and opt-out mods. When viewing information about this kind of
collections, an additional "Options" button is shown in the mod info popup. This will let you enable or
disable individual contained mods.
Multiplayer
The Multiplayer tab lists multiplayer games that you can join. Servers on the local network are discovered
automatically and are visible immediately in the Multiplayer games list. The dengine.net
(http://dengine.net/) master server is also automatically queried for any public servers.
Viewing server information. Right-click a server in the list to view information about it. The same popup
can be opened by clicking the small "..." button in the server description. The status information
includes:
- ping time
- which game and map is currently running
- outline of the current map
- list of mods loaded on the server
- list of connected players
- server version
Joining a game. Join an open multiplayer game by clicking "Join" either in the server list or in the server
information popup. Any missing mods are downloaded automatically after you click the button.
Player name and color. When a game is running (after joining a multiplayer game or also in single-player),
go to the game's "Options" menu and select "Player Setup". In this menu you can change your multiplayer
name, player color, and (in Hexen) player class. Note that this is the game's own menu and not part of
Doomsday's UI.
Connecting to a non-public server. To connect to a server that is not announced to the master server,
select "Connect to Server..." in the Multiplayer tab's actions menu ("..." under the tab title), and enter
the server's IP address or domain name.
Failure to connect? Connectivity problems can also be due to your firewall or network address translation
(NAT) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_address_translation). Doomsday uses TCP network connections
for multiplayer games. If you host a game and are behind a firewall or using NAT, you must make sure that
other computers are able to open TCP connections to your computer. This entails opening the appropriate
incoming TCP ports on your firewall and/or configuring the NAT so that the correct ports are routed to your
computer.
Additionally, UDP ports 13209-13224 are used for detecting servers running on the local network; if you are
experiencing problems with autodetecting local servers, check that your firewall isn't blocking these UDP
ports on either end.
A server opens one TCP port for listening to incoming connections. The port must be open for incoming TCP
traffic in the firewall. The port number is configured with the console variable net-ip-port. By default, a
server uses TCP port 13209.
Clients do not require any firewall configuration for incoming connections. A client only needs to be able
to reach the server via the server's TCP port.
You can see status information about the network subsystem with the console command:
net info
Hosting a game. Use doomsday-shell or doomsday-shell-text to host a multiplayer game of your own. The Shell
allows you to start, stop, and control Doomsday multiplayer servers. This includes both your own local
servers and remote servers on the internet.
doomsday-server runs in a background process and has no UI of its own. The Shell provides a couple of basic
game options that you can change via the GUI. For example, you can choose between Deatchmatch and Co-op
mode, change the current map, and enable or disable monsters. The full set of console variables can be
modified via the Console tab (text-mode command line interface).
If your server is not public (i.e., announced to the master server), a client can connect to it manually
using the IP address or domain name.
For more information about the Shell, see Shell Help in the wiki (https://manual.dengine.net/Shell_Help).
TASK BAR
The task bar is a central element of Doomsday's UI. It is available at all times and provides access to key
features of the engine. For example, you can modify configuration settings, show the Home screen, and
unload the current game.
You can show the task bar by pressing Shift + Esc.
App Menu
The rightmost button in the task bar (with the DE logo) opens the Doomsday app menu.
Tutorial. The first-run tutorial points out the basic features of Doomsday's UI. It is only shown once, but
you can manually show it again by selecting "Help: Show Tutorial".
Browsing and loading mods. "Browse Mods..." opens the mod browser in a sidebar where mods can be loaded and
unloaded manually. You can also view information about mods like in the Home screen. The sidebar is only
available when a game is loaded. You can use the "loaded" keyword to filter the list so that only the
currently loaded mods are listed.
NOTE: Data from newly loaded mods may not be used until a new map is started in the game. Use of external
textures can be enabled and disabled in Renderer settings.
Checking for updates. Doomsday queries the dengine.net website to see if there are newer builds and shows a
notification when updates are available. You can always also do a manual update check by selecting "Check
for Updates".
Clearing the resource cache. Some resources and metadata get cached for later access. This allows Doomsday
to load the resources faster and operate more efficiently. Usually it is unnecessary to clear the cache
manually. See FILES for the cache's location.
Configuration
The task bar's Gear button opens the configuration menu. This is where the majority of Doomsday's settings
can be viewed and changed. Some of the settings are only available when a game is loaded ("Input", for
instance).
Reset to defaults and advanced settings. Many settings dialogs have a "Reset to Defaults" button. This
affects only the settings in that one particular dialog. Sometimes a Gauge button is also available. It is
reserved for advanced settings that are useful for developers and modding.
Renderer settings. Most of the renderer settings are managed via appearance profiles. This makes it easy to
select one of the presets, such as a vanilla look or more exaggerated effects. The dialog has a couple of
general settings in addition to the active appearance profile. The "Pixel Density" slider is particularly
useful as it allows improving rendering performance and achieving a more pixelated, 1990s VGA-style look.
The selected appearance profile applies to all games.
Some resource packs with high-resolution textures are intended to be used with the unmodified original
games. However, a PWAD file may replace some of the textures with custom ones. The "External Images"
options allow you to control when external images are actually enabled if the resource packs in use aren't
compatible with the loaded PWADs.
Renderer appearance sidebar. Click the Gear button next to the selected renderer appearance profile and
select "Edit" or "View" to open the appearance sidebar. Alternatively you can open the sidebar with the
rendedit console command. Individual settings groups can be folded and unfolded by clicking on the group
titles. You can continue playing the game while the sidebar is visible. When you're done, dismiss the
sidebar with the X button in the top right corner.
Video aspect ratios. In addition to basic game window parameters, the Video settings dialog has a set of
aspect ratio options. These control the aspect ratios applied to specific elements in the game:
- "Original 1:1": The aspect ratio is exactly as in the original game.
- "Smart": The aspect ratio is dynamic but does not stretch too far away from the 1:1 ratio.
- "Stretched": The aspect ratio is unrestricted and adapts to window dimensions. Game elements may
appear too wide or tall with this setting.
Audio backend. Audio output capabilities vary based on operating system and audio hardware. Doomsday's
audio backend can be configured according to your needs primarily via the selection of audio interface
plugins. The recommendation on all platforms is FMOD for sound effects and FluidSynth for music, because
these two enable software-based rendering of both 3D sound effects and MIDI music. Some of the audio
options are dependent on the active audio plugins. For example, a MIDI sound font is supported by the FMOD
and FluidSynth plugins. 3D sound and reverb are supported by FMOD, OpenAL, and DirectSound. The audio
backend can be reconfigured on the fly; any changes are applied when you press the "Apply" button.
Game controllers. Doomsday comes with a few preset bindings for different gamepads. To use one of the
presets, click on the "Game Controller Preset" button and select a suitable one. Then click "Apply" to
erase all your existing game controller bindings and activate the ones in the preset. You can still
manually edit the bindings in the game's "Options" menu.
Mouse input settings. The "Sync Axis Sensitivities" option will ensure that mouse sensitivity is the same
in both the horizontal and vertical directions.
Minimizing mouse latency. The default input settings try to replicate the feel of the original 35 Hz input
events of Doom. However, when the screen is actually refreshed at a higher rate, this may feel
distractingly laggy. The 35 Hz limiter can be disabled in the advanced input settings (click the Gauge
button). This will minimize mouse input latency as much as possible. You may additionally want to disable
mouse filtering by toggling the "Filter X Axis" and "Filter Y Axis" options.
Local multiplayer mods. By default, clients are not allowed to load mods in addition to what the server is
using. This avoids any potential compatibility issues with the client's mods overriding some of the game's
definitions. However, you can manually enable local mods in Network settings. You can then select
additional local mods for multiplayer games in the server information popup before joining the game.
User Interface settings. The "Scale" setting applies to the Doomsday UI only, and adjusts the overall size
of UI elements and fonts. Lowering the UI scaling may be helpful for example when using a very low display
resolution. In the Home screen there will be more tabs visible at the same time when using a smaller UI
scale.
Updater settings. The Updater settings determine when Doomsday will check for available updates. When an
update is downloaded, it is saved to your temporary files folder.
Log History and Log Options Menu
The log message history panel slides in from the left edge of the view. When visible, you can drag its
right edge to resize it.
The leftmost button in the task bar opens the log options menu:
Show Full Log Expands the log history panel to its full size. When the task bar is open, pressing
PageUp will also expand the panel size.
Close Log Dismisses the log history panel.
Go to Latest Scrolls the log history to the latest message.
Copy Path to Clipboard
Copies the doomsday.out file path to the system clipboard to make it easier to find
the output file.
Clear Log Deletes all log messages from memory. The doomsday.out file is unaffected.
Snap to Latest Entry
When this setting is enabled, new log entries will cause the history panel to scroll
to the latest entry (bottom of the list).
Entry Metadata When this setting is enabled, log entries will be prefixed with a timestamp and
categorization symbols.
Log Filter & Alerts
Settings for filtering which log messages get printed. You can choose filtering
options individually for each engine subsystem. Developer messages ("Dev") are
primarily intended for developers and debugging, so they are disabled by default. The
"Alert" toggles cause warnings and errors to pop up in the notification area.
Command Prompt
The middle of the task bar is occupied by a command prompt text field. Here you can enter console commands
and modify console variables manually. This is typically most useful for developers, modders, and other
advanced users.
Console basics. Type help to get started. This prints some basic information about how to use the console,
and commands for listing all the available console commands and variables
(https://manual.dengine.net/consolevariable). At any time, press Tab to autocomplete the word being typed.
This will pop up a list of all possible completions, including the current values for any variables. You
can change console variable values as follows:
rend-camera-fov 110
Shortcut key. You should set up a console shortcut key if you find yourself going to the console often. The
shortcut defaults to Tilde (U.S. keyboard) but you can choose your own shortcut key by clicking the ">"
button next to the command prompt.
Interactive Doomsday Script prompt. Doomsday Script is a fully-fledged Python/Ruby-like scripting language
built into Doomsday 2. While it doesn't yet allow full access to all engine features, it is being improved
in each release. The command prompt can be switched to Doomsday Script mode by right-clicking the ">"
prompt menu button. Everything entered into the command prompt is then run as Doomsday Script. This mode is
intended only for developers.
BUGS AND KNOWN ISSUES
Doomsday remains a work in progress so there usually is a number of bugs and known issues.
Bugs and Features
The official place to report new bugs, comment on existing ones, and submit feature
requests is the dengine.net Tracker (http://tracker.dengine.net/).
Multiplayer Issues
The bug tracker has a list of known multiplayer issues and needed enhancements
(http://tracker.dengine.net/projects/deng/issues?query_id=10).
SEE ALSO
Additional documentation is available in the Doomsday Manual (https://manual.dengine.net/).
• Getting started with Doomsday (https://manual.dengine.net/guide/introduction)
• Version history (https://manual.dengine.net/version/history)
• Doomsday 1 resources (https://manual.dengine.net/modding/overview_of_resources_doomsday_1.x)
• Packages and assets (https://manual.dengine.net/assets/overview)
• DED definitions and intro/finale animations (https://manual.dengine.net/ded/ded)
• Doomsday Script (https://manual.dengine.net/script/reference)
• Project roadmap and features in planning (https://tracker.dengine.net/projects/deng/roadmap)
AUTHOR
This documentation has been written by Jaakko Keränen <jaakko.keranen@iki.fi>.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
id Software created DOOM and then released its source code.
Raven Software created Heretic and Hexen and released their source code.
Andrew Apted wrote glBSP (http://glbsp.sourceforge.net/).
Christopher Bruns contributed code for supporting VR rendering with Oculus Rift.
Dave Gardner maintains of high-resolution texture packs and creates 3D models.
Roman Hargrave has been cleaning up the Doom64 Plugin.
Graham Jackson helped with the source code, fixed Doom bugs and did a lot of testing.
David Jarvis did early network testing with jDoom and jHeretic and generously contributed essential
computer hardware components.
Kees Meijs packaged Doomsday for Debian and hosted an Apt repository of Debian packages.
Daniel Swanson is a developer in the Deng Team, original author of the dengine.net (http://dengine.net)
website backend, and former maintainer of the jDoom Resource Pack.
Vermil regularly provides in-depth feedback and bug reports and is an expert in all things related to DOOM-
based games.
Jaakko Keränen created the Doomsday Engine and is the lead developer of the project.