How to obtain MASTER.WAD

[Reytholian]

You may download the Master.wad file from my Dropbox for those that don't want to search on how to do it themselves.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/zy303awoc5zz3fy/Master.wad?dl=1

[Johns723]

To run with GZDoom while in Steam:

Replace all original files with GZDoom files. Rename GZDoom executable as "dosbox"

Place master.wad file into same directory and folder as doom2.wad

Find "Master Levels for Doom 2" in your steam libary. Right click on it. Choose "properties." Choose the "general" tab. Choose "Set launch options." Mount the wad by typing in -file master.wad

Then launch the game.

This will only work if you have compiled all of the levels into a wad file. It would also work for separate master levels if they haven't been compiled. But you would have to mount each one every time you play a new level.

You're essentially using the same method you would to mount wads in dos. In dos you would type in doom2 -file master.wad. Or in the case of another wad, -file name of wad.

[Dead Pixel]

Thank you for the Master.wad file. Greatly appreciated.

[Komradvsky]

Originally posted by Rum Ham:

Thank you for the Master.wad file. Greatly appreciated.

Why did you necro?

[INSANITY TIME]

Originally posted by Komradvsky:

I solved it like 5 mins after posting so I guess I wasted your time...

do you click doom2 to play this if you put it into external files and not Iwads?

[Komradvsky]

Can't remember, I have a new computer so i can't check.

[xXF33DBACK3RXx]

thanks helped alot

[xXF33DBACK3RXx]

oh i'm pretty sure i did it in another way. so here I go.
1 copy both WAD files into your extracted GZ/Z/QZDoom folders
2 DRAG the MASTER.WAD folder into the GZ/Z/QZDoom file itself
4 make a shortcut to the GZ/Z/QZDoom folder and add whatever picture you want
5 profit
...If i did not do this in a different way plz forgive me for I have not read to many post on the board
i got this from this guy's video but used different links
https://youtu.be/XjkeOfflPlU

[Liam Neeson Punching Wolves]

Thank you dude, nice work.

[Liam Neeson Punching Wolves]

There is no music.

[CutiePie]

Thank you, I can now play with GZDoom. I was wondering if you knew how to combine this with brutal doom? I can't seem to do that. Thanks.

[Reytholian]

Originally posted by War Pilgrim:

Thank you, I can now play with GZDoom. I was wondering if you knew how to combine this with brutal doom? I can't seem to do that. Thanks.

You have to launch Doom 2 and you should be able to select the Master Levels from the Episode selection screen.

[NoobMaster69]

Originally posted by Reytholian:

Originally posted by War Pilgrim:

Thank you, I can now play with GZDoom. I was wondering if you knew how to combine this with brutal doom? I can't seem to do that. Thanks.

You have to launch Doom 2 and you should be able to select the Master Levels from the Episode selection screen.

It does not let you select the master levels when you launch GZDOOM, so what I did to workaround this was making a batch script that runs GZDOOM with both the master.wad file and brutal doom.pk3 (in my case black edition) as supplied input. (The script I wrote is here with slight modifications (keep in mind that the path needs to include the file at the end of it [ex:C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Ultimate Doom\base\gzdoom.exe]): @echo off; "[path to gzdoom.exe file]" "[path to brutal doom pk3]" "[path to MASTER.WAD]" ) You can then make a shortcut of this program on your desktop to allow you to use a custom icon and then when you launch it, it will still ask you to select from the usual list of doom games, and you just select DOOM 2 so that it has the required assets and it will let you select between DOOM 2 and the master levels when you select "new game". Hope this helps! If any of that was confusing please don't hesitate to ask me for clarification, I tend to word things in a confusing manner.

[dingdong]

For everyone that wants to play these in a source port that aims for accuracy without doing some hacky methods, i just figured this out and wrote a guide about it:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2159224563