[ISSUE] gzdoom does not function, simply displays "Cannot find gzdoom.pk3"

[ISSUE] gzdoom does not function, simply displays "Cannot find gzdoom.pk3"

[mayhair]

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New issue by mayhair on void-packages repository

https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/issues/46386

Description:
### Is this a new report?

Yes

### System Info

Void 6.5.5_2 x86_64 GenuineIntel uptodate FFFFFFFFFF

### Package(s) Affected

gzdoom-4.11.0_1

### Does a report exist for this bug with the project's home (upstream) and/or another distro?

_No response_

### Expected behaviour

A window prompting to select a folder where .wad files (DOOM engine games) are stored pops up.

### Actual behaviour

A window pops up, simply saying "Cannot find gzdoom.pk3". The only option is "exit".

### Steps to reproduce

1. Make a fresh installation of gzdoom.
2. Launch it.

Re: gzdoom does not function, simply displays "Cannot find gzdoom.pk3"

[SpidFightFR]

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New comment by SpidFightFR on void-packages repository

https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/issues/46386#issuecomment-1743488596

Comment:
'sup i had this issue, basically since a recent release, GZDoom Devs removed by default a line in a conf file that allows gzdoom to search for `pk3` files.

To solve this, head over to `~/.config/gzdoom/gzdoom.ini` and add `Path=$HOME/.config/gzdoom` to both `IWAD.directories` and `FileSearch.directories`.

It will solve this issue.

Re: gzdoom does not function, simply displays "Cannot find gzdoom.pk3"

[SpidFightFR]

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New comment by SpidFightFR on void-packages repository

https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/issues/46386#issuecomment-1743488596

Comment:
'sup i had this issue, basically since a recent release, GZDoom Devs removed by default a line in a conf file that allows gzdoom to search for `pk3` files.

To solve this, head over to `~/.config/gzdoom/gzdoom.ini` and add `Path=$HOME/.config/gzdoom` to both `IWAD.directories` and `FileSearch.directories`.

It will solve this issue.
Edit: imma work on a patch to add this line automatically, in a near future.

Re: gzdoom does not function, simply displays "Cannot find gzdoom.pk3"

[mayhair]

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New comment by mayhair on void-packages repository

https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/issues/46386#issuecomment-1744126963

Comment:
I still get the problem even after adding those lines to the config file ...

Re: gzdoom does not function, simply displays "Cannot find gzdoom.pk3"

[mayhair]

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New comment by mayhair on void-packages repository

https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/issues/46386#issuecomment-1744126963

Comment:
I still get the problem even after adding those lines to the config file. In my case at least, gzdoom.pk3 is stored in /usr/share/gzdoom, so the problem is fixed if I add `Path=/usr/share/gzdoom` to those sections instead.

Re: gzdoom does not function, simply displays "Cannot find gzdoom.pk3"

[SpidFightFR]

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New comment by SpidFightFR on void-packages repository

https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/issues/46386#issuecomment-1744579426

Comment:
Oh right! Sorry yes it depends on your install. 😅

Re: gzdoom does not function, simply displays "Cannot find gzdoom.pk3"

[ahesford]

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New comment by ahesford on void-packages repository

https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/issues/46386#issuecomment-1844203367

Comment:
Seems this has been fixed in a prior update.

Re: [ISSUE] [CLOSED] gzdoom does not function, simply displays "Cannot find gzdoom.pk3"

[ahesford]

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Closed issue by mayhair on void-packages repository

https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/issues/46386

Description:
### Is this a new report?

Yes

### System Info

Void 6.5.5_2 x86_64 GenuineIntel uptodate FFFFFFFFFF

### Package(s) Affected

gzdoom-4.11.0_1

### Does a report exist for this bug with the project's home (upstream) and/or another distro?

_No response_

### Expected behaviour

A window prompting to select a folder where .wad files (DOOM engine games) are stored pops up.

### Actual behaviour

A window pops up, simply saying "Cannot find gzdoom.pk3". The only option is "exit".

### Steps to reproduce

1. Make a fresh installation of gzdoom.
2. Launch it.

Re: gzdoom does not function, simply displays "Cannot find gzdoom.pk3"

[SpidFightFR]

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New comment by SpidFightFR on void-packages repository

https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/issues/46386#issuecomment-1845165135

Comment:
Yep i added a patch to fix this issue in the latest update of GZDoom.

The GZDoom devs don't seem to have configured the search of files in the correct directory by default.