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    HELP WITH IMPORTING DOOM

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    • mediamogul
      mediamogul Global Moderator last edited by mediamogul

      Not a problem. I'll get all my steps in order and be back a little later in the day.

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      • TheDevastator24
        TheDevastator24 @mediamogul last edited by

        @mediamogul ok ill check every now and then.

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        • mediamogul
          mediamogul Global Moderator @TheDevastator24 last edited by

          @TheDevastator24

          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.

          RetroPie v4.5 • RPi3 Model B • 5.1V 2.5A PSU • 16GB SanDisk microSD • 512GB External Drive

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          • TheDevastator24
            TheDevastator24 last edited by 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

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            • herb_fargus
              herb_fargus administrators @TheDevastator24 last edited by

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

              If you read the documentation it will answer 99% of your questions: https://retropie.org.uk/docs/

              Also if you want a solution to your problems read this first: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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              • TheDevastator24
                TheDevastator24 @herb_fargus last edited by

                @herb_fargus thanks

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                • mediamogul
                  mediamogul Global Moderator @TheDevastator24 last edited by 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.

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                  • TheDevastator24
                    TheDevastator24 @mediamogul last edited by

                    @mediamogul ok will see

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                    • TheDevastator24
                      TheDevastator24 @mediamogul last edited by 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)

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                      • mediamogul
                        mediamogul Global Moderator @TheDevastator24 last edited by 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?

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                        • TheDevastator24
                          TheDevastator24 @mediamogul last edited by

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

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                          • TheDevastator24
                            TheDevastator24 @mediamogul last edited by

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

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                            • mediamogul
                              mediamogul Global Moderator @TheDevastator24 last edited by

                              @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".

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                              • TheDevastator24
                                TheDevastator24 @mediamogul last edited by

                                @mediamogul ya it says doom2.wad

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                                • TheDevastator24
                                  TheDevastator24 @mediamogul last edited by TheDevastator24

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

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                                  • mediamogul
                                    mediamogul Global Moderator @TheDevastator24 last edited by

                                    @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.

                                    RetroPie v4.5 • RPi3 Model B • 5.1V 2.5A PSU • 16GB SanDisk microSD • 512GB External Drive

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                                    • TheDevastator24
                                      TheDevastator24 @mediamogul last edited by

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

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                                      • mediamogul
                                        mediamogul Global Moderator @TheDevastator24 last edited by

                                        @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. ;)

                                        RetroPie v4.5 • RPi3 Model B • 5.1V 2.5A PSU • 16GB SanDisk microSD • 512GB External Drive

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                                        • TheDevastator24
                                          TheDevastator24 @mediamogul last edited by

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

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                                          • mediamogul
                                            mediamogul Global Moderator @TheDevastator24 last edited by

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

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