PrBoom

PrBoom GP2X
Download	(archive).
Original Developer	id Software
Ported By	Pickle, mongolito404
Version	2.5.0b
Webpage
Status	Released and playable

Controls
Button	Action
	Move
	Strafe Left
	Strafe Right
	Attack/Shoot
	Automap
	Use switch/Open door
	Switch to preferred weapon
	Open/close menu
	Next weapon
	Previous weapon

PrBoom is a cross-platform port of the classic 3D first person shooter Doom from id Software. Originally written for PC, PrBoom has been lightly modified to run on GP2X.

Installation

1. Copy the 'prboom' folder anywhere on your SD card.
2. Put one, or more, supported IWAD files in the the 'prboom' folder. Supported IWADs are DOON.WAD, DOOM2.WAD, TNT.WAD or PLUTONIA.WAD from one of the commercial Doom games, or the shareware DOOM1.WAD.
3. If you want music, download timidity.tar.gz, extract and copy the timidity folder to the root of your SD card.
4. Run PrBoom.gpe from your preferred shell.
5. Configure controls using the Setup menu.

Control Configuration

All controls except Vol-/Vol+ can ben remapped using the Setup>Key Bindings menu.

For weapons, you can sort weapons based on your preference in prboom.cfg (near the end, under Weapon preferences). You can assign a key to "best" in the Weapons section of the "Setup>Key Bindings" menu. Pressing the button will switch between your two favorite weapons.

For manual prboom.cfg editing, I think the codes are the following (not tested):

A       0x42
B       0x43
X       0x58
Y       0x59
L       0x4C
R       0x52
SELECT  0x1B
START   0x0D
Vol+    0x12B
Vol-    0x12D

(joystick click and movements are not keys).

Savegames

Savegames should work. Be sure to quit PrBoom and to wait a few moments before shutting down your GP2X, this allows filesystems to sync.

PWADs

PrBoom 2.5.0b does not work with many PWADs including Alien Vendetta and Hell Revealed, it just crashes with Signal 11 (segmentation fault).

PrBoom 2.2.6-beta4 does work with PWADs. It is gone from the archives but is mirrored here.

Note: The config files in this older version have different keybindings than documented here. Copying the relevant sections from 2.5.0b's prboom.cfg file is recommended.

Changelog

• 2.5.0b
  • Port of PrBoom 2.5.0 for the gp2x using all the latest open2x libs and stuff. Done by Pickle using control code by mongolito404.
• 2.2.6-beta4
  • Compiled using Paeryns' SDL and Guyfawkes's SDL Test Release on a oopo's toolchain.
  • Has more random crashes, but sound works with firmware 1.4.
  • L/R and X/Y are switched.
  • No code change (no code release).
• 2.2.6-beta3
  • Bugfix in weapons cycling.
• 2.2.6-beta2
  • Joystick directions mapped to directions keys.
  • Weapons cycling using Vol-/Vol+.
  • Default controls in prboom.cfg.
• 2.2.6-beta1
  • Initial release.

Future

See Talk:PrBoom for future information.

External links

• PrBoom on Wikipedia
• The Doom Wiki