Doom Launcher
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| Doom Launcher | |
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| Developer(s) | Nick Laurent (hobomaster22) |
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| Initial release | 1.0 (2014-07-12, 10 years ago) |
| Latest release | 3.7.3 (2023-08-28, 18 months ago) |
| Development status | Active |
| Written in | C# |
| Target platform | Windows |
| License | GPLv3 |
| Source Repository
(Git) |
GitHub |
Doom Launcher is a launcher application created by Nick Laurent (hobomaster22). It was originally unveiled to the public as a beta on July 12, 2014, after hobomaster22 was inspired to create a new launcher following another Doomworld thread discussing current launchers.[1]
The main aim of Doom Launcher is to provide a more feature-rich frontend compared to other popular launchers, such as ZDL, which generally follow a more minimalistic approach. Doom Launcher is thus packed with many more features relative to most of its competitors, at the cost at being slightly slower to set up compared to simpler launchers.
Doom Launcher currently only officially supports Windows.
Contents
Features[edit]
- Add any number of source ports, IWADs, and WADs.
- Direct idgames access to search and download directly to Doom Launcher.
- Automatically populates fields from idgames text files (title, author, release date, description).
- Automatically parses maps to be selected for launching (E1M1, MAP01...).
- Automatically links and saves screenshots, demos, and save games.
- Easily search by title, filename, author, and/or description through multiple sorting options.
- Portable. If source ports are saved in the Doom Launcher folder then it can be used in a portable fashion, on a USB flash drive or on Dropbox.
- Keeps track of play statistics such as kills, secrets, and items for supported source ports. The supported ports are: ZDoom, PrBoom+, and CNDoom.
- Organize your library with an unlimited number of tags that can be color coded.
- Generate idgames-style text files.
Gallery[edit]
Doom Launcher interface, showcasing the IWADs loaded into the program
Another interface window showcasing various PWADs
External links[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ Daniel Gimmer (Tormentor667) (19 January 2014). Let's make a good Doom Frontend together!. Doomworld forums. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
