[BETA] Pack-O-Daemon! A helper for your Doom's directory pk3 mod.

[Samuzero15tlh]

What is this?
It's a small tool that helps you to pack your directory based doom project in a single zip.

It makes your life easier with the structure of your files, and best of all, in a nice looking GUI.

Literally just clicks away before playing your project.

What it does?

• Zippes directories containing doom data into pk3 packages.
• Versionifies the packages inmediatly.
• Zippes all the created pk3 files for your project in one single zip file.
• It can skip the zipping process for some of the project parts, for faster builds.
• If the project part contains acs library files, this program will compile them all before zipping.
• Runs your project, with the given settings and outputs the game result once you close the game.
• Also logs the progress made on the build process if you need to check for errors. (Such as ACS Compilation errors.)
• New string replacer system!, now add dynamic data after each versioning!

Why this?

• For the people who likes to work in their local directory using the file explorer.
• Allows you to use third party programs directly. (Audacity, Photoshop, Notepad++, Sublime Text, you name it)
• Smack some git repository in there to save your progress in your project.
• You like Slade, but you're kind of alergic to the text editor, or, yo find tedious to re-compile every acs file, everytime you make a change.

How to use it?
Get the pack-o-daemon.exe, and place it on your root folder. (where the doom project resides)
The directory structure should be somethin' like this:

/my-doom-project
-- pack-o-daemon.exe
-- /src
----- whatever-files-you-got.txt

• Run it, that will create the project.json file where you can change the settings for the pack-o-demon.
• Open pack-o-daemon.exe again, and everything should be set for the typical use.
• If you change something from the project.ini file, and you have the executable running, restart it.

Github: https://github.com/Samuzero15/pack-o-daemon
Also on Itch.Io for some reason!: https://samuzero15.itch.io/pack-o-daemon

[Samuzero15tlh]

And before you ask me, how the f*ck I use this tool. Here, have a Getting Started tutorial.

[Samuzero15tlh]

I've released another version, adding the tars and wheels for Pip instalation using python!

https://github.com/Samuzero15/pack-o-da ... tag/v1.6.3

[retrokid104]

Say, this looks very helpful. So from my limited understanding, it creates pk3 files that are basically entire directories, letting me combine wads into one file easier?

[Samuzero15tlh]

Correct! Exactly what you said Retrokid!