HELP WITH IMPORTING DOOM

mediamogul

OK, I want you to be able to use these instructions to install multiple versions of DOOM. So, whenever this guide makes reference to "xxx", you will substitute whatever name you're working with, such as "doom", "doom2", "plutonia" or "tnt". Let's start by placing the ".wad" files for your desired version in /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/ports/doom/. While we're at it, let's make sure that they are named as you see them above for consistency.

Ultimate Doom = "doom.wad"
Doom 2 = "doom2.wad"
The Plutonia Experiment = "plutonia.wad"
TNT: Evilution = tnt.wad

Once the wad/wads have been moved into location, drop to the command line from Emulation Station by pressing the f4 key on your keyboard and type:

nano /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/ports/xxx.sh

Press 'enter' and you will be presented with an empty area where you will type:

#!/bin/bash
/opt/retropie/supplementary/runcommand/runcommand.sh 0 "/opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/bin/retroarch -L /opt/retropie/libretrocores/lr-prboom/prboom_libretro.so --config /opt/retropie/configs/ports/doom/retroarch.cfg /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/ports/doom/xxx.wad" "lr-prboom"

When you are finished, press 'ctrl-o' on your keyboard to save and then press 'enter' to confirm.
Next, type:

chmod +x /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/ports/xxx.sh

Press 'enter' and type

emulationstation

Press 'enter' one more time and wait for Emulation Station to load, where you should now find the game listing "xxx" under the ports menu.

Wash, rinse and repeat for any other version of doom listed above that you wish to install. Don't worry if something goes wrong. We'll get you on the right track one way or another.

TheDevastator24

ok so i did what you said but when i go to launch it it says sh: 1: /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/ports/doom2.sh: not found

herb_fargus

@TheDevastator24 see https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first for proper code block formatting

TheDevastator24

@herb_fargus thanks

mediamogul

@TheDevastator24

I think I might know what might have happened, but let's see. Drop back to the command line (f4) and type:

ls /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/ports/

Press enter and look for anything with a similar name to "doom2.sh" and report it here.

TheDevastator24

@mediamogul ok will see

TheDevastator24

@mediamogul ok so i see doom2.sh on the terminal. (it sucks that i can only post every 120 seconds so my replies may be a little late)

mediamogul

@TheDevastator24

When you look, are you sure there are no variances to the name "doom2.sh"? No extra characters? Are there any possible differences in upper or lower case?

TheDevastator24

@mediamogul nope no other variances or upper/lowercase letters in doom2.sh

TheDevastator24

@mediamogul I dont know if this helps but i can play the doom shareware that came pre-installed with retropie

mediamogul

@TheDevastator24

OK, the fact that launching doom2.sh throws up an error that says it can't find doom2.sh is odd, so let's drop to the command line and type:

nano /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/ports/doom2.sh

near the very end, right before "lr-prboom", make sure it reads "doom2.wad" and not "doom2.sh".

TheDevastator24

@mediamogul ya it says doom2.wad

TheDevastator24

@mediamogul maybe you can send me over your files for ultimate doom and i can try that

mediamogul

@TheDevastator24

I'm going to try breaking my installation in a few different ways to see if I can replicate this. In the mean time, if anyone else sees an error unnoticed so far, feel free to chime in.

TheDevastator24

@mediamogul i can run the games on ports that were pre-installed. idk if that helps

mediamogul

@TheDevastator24 said in HELP WITH IMPORTING DOOM:

i can run the games on ports that were pre-installed. idk if that helps

Well, it tells us that we haven't broken any of the furniture that was already there. ;)

TheDevastator24

@mediamogul do you think i should just reinstall retropie and try from a fresh retropie install

mediamogul

At worst we'll start you over from this process. There's o need for a full reinstall.

TheDevastator24

@mediamogul ok

mediamogul

@TheDevastator24

Well, I could not reproduce that error. Where and when exactly does it appear?

Another couple of things to check are:

Check to make sure "doom2.wad" is located in /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/ports/doom/?
Check for any upper or lower case mistakes in file names, as well as possible spaces
Check that every character is exactly as it is written in the example above.

Any discrepancies with these elements will prohibit the game from launching.