https://manual.dengine.net/ 2026-04-11T14:27:02+00:00 https://manual.dengine.net/ https://manual.dengine.net/lib/tpl/dengine/images/favicon.ico text/html 2018-12-05T01:12:03+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://manual.dengine.net/guide/2.1/man/doomsday?rev=1543972323&do=diff doomsday 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 ( text/html 2019-12-02T01:11:00+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://manual.dengine.net/guide/2.3/man/doomsday?rev=1575249060&do=diff doomsday 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 ( text/html 2019-12-07T09:19:57+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://manual.dengine.net/guide/2.2/man/doomsday?rev=1575710397&do=diff doomsday 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 ( text/html 2018-12-05T01:12:03+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://manual.dengine.net/guide/2.1/readme_macos?rev=1543972323&do=diff Doomsday Engine 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 … text/html 2018-12-05T01:12:03+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://manual.dengine.net/guide/2.1/readme_windows?rev=1543972323&do=diff Doomsday Engine 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 … text/html 2019-12-07T09:19:57+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://manual.dengine.net/guide/2.2/readme_macos?rev=1575710397&do=diff Doomsday Engine 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 … text/html 2017-03-24T10:57:47+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://manual.dengine.net/guide/2.0/man/doomsday?rev=1490353067&do=diff doomsday 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 ( text/html 2019-12-02T01:11:00+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://manual.dengine.net/guide/2.3/readme_macos?rev=1575249060&do=diff Doomsday Engine 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 … text/html 2019-12-02T01:10:58+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://manual.dengine.net/guide/2.3/readme_windows?rev=1575249058&do=diff Doomsday Engine 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 … text/html 2019-12-07T09:19:56+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://manual.dengine.net/guide/2.2/readme_windows?rev=1575710396&do=diff Doomsday Engine 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 … text/html 2017-03-24T10:57:45+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://manual.dengine.net/guide/2.0/readme_macos?rev=1490353065&do=diff Doomsday Engine 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 … text/html 2017-03-24T10:57:39+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://manual.dengine.net/guide/2.0/readme_windows?rev=1490353059&do=diff Doomsday Engine 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 … text/html 2018-12-16T12:10:04+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://manual.dengine.net/guide/wad?rev=1544962204&do=diff WAD WAD files are the original format that Doom used to store data files (such as sound, graphic patches, textures, palettes and level information). There are two types of WAD files: * IWAD is a complete set of game data (such as DOOM2.WAD). * PWAD (patch WAD) contains a subset of resources, e.g., a single level. These are meant to be loaded in addition to an IWAD. text/html 2017-03-15T07:28:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://manual.dengine.net/guide/paths_on_the_command_line?rev=1489562932&do=diff Paths on the command line This article explains how Doomsday 1.x handles paths in command line arguments. As a general rule of thumb, all relative paths on the command line are interpreted relative to the current working directory where the engine is started from. text/html 2017-03-24T07:59:36+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://manual.dengine.net/guide/2.1/man/doomsday-server?rev=1490342376&do=diff doomsday-server Synopsis doomsday-server -stdout -port (tcp-port) -iwad (dir) -game (mode) -v -file (file ...) Note that the command line is not interpreted according to GNU conventions. Everything following -- is ignored. @ can be used to specify a response file whose contents are added to the command line. text/html 2017-03-24T10:57:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://manual.dengine.net/guide/2.0/man/doomsday-server?rev=1490353069&do=diff doomsday-server Synopsis doomsday-server -stdout -port (tcp-port) -iwad (dir) -game (mode) -v -file (file ...) Note that the command line is not interpreted according to GNU conventions. Everything following -- is ignored. @ can be used to specify a response file whose contents are added to the command line. text/html 2019-01-21T05:50:48+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://manual.dengine.net/guide/2.2/man/doomsday-server?rev=1548049848&do=diff doomsday-server Synopsis doomsday-server -stdout -port (tcp-port) -iwad (dir) -game (mode) -v -file (file ...) Note that the command line is not interpreted according to GNU conventions. Everything following -- is ignored. @ can be used to specify a response file whose contents are added to the command line. text/html 2018-12-16T12:02:00+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://manual.dengine.net/guide/configuration?rev=1544961720&do=diff Task bar and consoleUser Guide Renderer settings Configuration Basic settings The default settings are reasonable for most users. Doomsday has many configuration options if something is not working quite to your liking. FOV and pixel density DOOM (1993) and other games based on it were designed to run on VGA text/html 2019-12-02T01:11:01+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://manual.dengine.net/guide/2.3/man/doomsday-server?rev=1575249061&do=diff doomsday-server Synopsis doomsday-server -stdout -port (tcp-port) -iwad (dir) -game (mode) -v -file (file ...) Note that the command line is not interpreted according to GNU conventions. Everything following -- is ignored. @ can be used to specify a response file whose contents are added to the command line. text/html 2017-03-23T19:54:06+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://manual.dengine.net/guide/running_doomsday_in_unix?rev=1490298846&do=diff Running Doomsday 1.x in Unix This article contains tips about running doomsday in a Unix-like environment. Loading addons If you prefer to launch the game from the command_line or using a custom shell script, there are two ways you can load pk3s and wads: * Use the special automatic resource directories. You have two options: the user-specific text/html 2018-12-16T07:03:59+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://manual.dengine.net/guide/game_library?rev=1544943839&do=diff Getting startedUser Guide Mods Game library The game library is the first thing that appears after you launch Doomsday. The library is part of the tabs-based Home screen that is Doomsday's primary user interface. Doomsday looks through all your data files, and all the games that are found automatically show up in your library. text/html 2018-12-16T12:05:58+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://manual.dengine.net/guide/adjusting_color_settings?rev=1544961958&do=diff Adjusting color settings How can I adjust contrast/gamma/etc.? Starting from Doomsday 1.5.5 it's possible to adjust gamma correction, display contrast and brightness using console variables. The requirement is that your display adapter supports hardware gamma ramps. text/html 2019-12-26T18:31:55+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://manual.dengine.net/guide/getting_started?rev=1577385115&do=diff IntroductionUser Guide Game library Getting started You have just installed Doomsday and are ready to start shooting up some zombies and demons. However, Doomsday does not come with any games preinstalled, so there is one additional step that you must do before you can fire up that chaingun. text/html 2019-12-26T18:34:48+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://manual.dengine.net/guide/mods?rev=1577385288&do=diff Game libraryUser Guide Task bar and console Mods Like many other games, DOOM-based games support mods. Originally they came in the form of WAD files that contained additional or alternative levels, graphics, sounds, and music. Over time, source ports have added support for various other kinds of mods. text/html 2017-03-24T10:57:50+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://manual.dengine.net/guide/2.0/man/doomsday-shell-text?rev=1490353070&do=diff doomsday-shell-text Synopsis doomsday-shell-text Options This version of doomsday-shell-text does not support any command line options. Introduction The Shell is a utility for controlling and monitoring Doomsday servers. It has a curses-based terminal-friendly UI that allows one to connect to local and remote Doomsday servers. One can also start new servers on the local machine. text/html 2017-03-23T18:47:24+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://manual.dengine.net/guide/2.1/man/doomsday-shell-text?rev=1490294844&do=diff doomsday-shell-text Synopsis doomsday-shell-text Options This version of doomsday-shell-text does not support any command line options. Introduction The Shell is a utility for controlling and monitoring Doomsday servers. It has a curses-based terminal-friendly UI that allows one to connect to local and remote Doomsday servers. One can also start new servers on the local machine. text/html 2018-12-15T20:39:17+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://manual.dengine.net/guide/introduction?rev=1544906357&do=diff introductionGetting started User Guide Introduction Welcome to Doomsday! This User Guide will help you with the basic features of the Doomsday Engine, such as locating your IWAD files, configuring your games, and customizing your games with mods. Table of contents * Getting started * Game library * text/html 2019-01-21T05:50:48+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://manual.dengine.net/guide/2.2/man/doomsday-shell-text?rev=1548049848&do=diff doomsday-shell-text Synopsis doomsday-shell-text Options This version of doomsday-shell-text does not support any command line options. Introduction The Shell is a utility for controlling and monitoring Doomsday servers. It has a curses-based terminal-friendly UI that allows one to connect to local and remote Doomsday servers. One can also start new servers on the local machine. text/html 2019-12-02T01:11:01+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://manual.dengine.net/guide/2.3/man/doomsday-shell-text?rev=1575249061&do=diff doomsday-shell-text Synopsis doomsday-shell-text Options This version of doomsday-shell-text does not support any command line options. Introduction The Shell is a utility for controlling and monitoring Doomsday servers. It has a curses-based terminal-friendly UI that allows one to connect to local and remote Doomsday servers. One can also start new servers on the local machine. text/html 2017-03-24T06:36:30+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://manual.dengine.net/guide/persist.pack?rev=1490337390&do=diff persist.pack persist.pack is the name of the special resource package where Doomsday 2 keeps all persistent application data. The package is stored in the user's runtime folder. The package uses the standard Doomsday resource package format (ZIP/PK3 with Info metadata). text/html 2018-12-12T16:26:22+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://manual.dengine.net/guide/iwad?rev=1544631982&do=diff text/html 2017-03-21T06:09:40+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://manual.dengine.net/guide/introduction_to_the_console_1.10_or_older?rev=1490076580&do=diff Introduction to the console (Doomsday 1.10 or older) This page describes the basic functionality of the console. Basic features Opening and closing To open/close the console, press the Tilde key (~) on your keyboard (typically found under the Escape text/html 2017-03-21T06:58:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://manual.dengine.net/guide/game_identity_key?rev=1490079532&do=diff Game ID A game's identity key is a text string used to uniquely identify a game “mode” playable with the Doomsday Engine. Game modes are registered by the installed game plugins during startup. A complete listing of all supported games and their associated IDs can be found in the text/html 2018-12-16T11:43:33+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://manual.dengine.net/guide/console?rev=1544960613&do=diff Console Doomsday has an interactive text-based command console that is available in all games running on the engine. The console can be used to change configuration settings and issue commands. This page presents an outline of the basic functionality of the console and introduces some of the most useful features.