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hi, please i need some advice. in my gog version of heretic the controls differ from original as i remember it.
what worse, the space bar for switching on and opening doors doesnt work at all, what makes game completely unplayable as i even couldnt find some key which does it instead.

so i would like to arrange that original controls but there is no such possibility in game menus. i suppose it can be done somewhere in game folder by adjustintg some .txt cooperating with dosbox?
im not much into IT :(

please, write me that foolproofly
Post edited March 24, 2021 by flanner
This question / problem has been solved by TheBigCoreimage
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flanner: so i would like to arrange that original controls but there is no such possibility in game menus.
There is an option in the setup program available via game launcher menu.
oh i see. just took some time before all numbers started to react so i thought only 1. (launch game) works. have some issues with w10. my computer behaves weird
Post edited March 24, 2021 by flanner
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flanner: hi, please i need some advice. in my gog version of heretic the controls differ from original as i remember it.
what worse, the space bar for switching on and opening doors doesnt work at all, what makes game completely unplayable as i even couldnt find some key which does it instead.

so i would like to arrange that original controls but there is no such possibility in game menus. i suppose it can be done somewhere in game folder by adjustintg some .txt cooperating with dosbox?
im not much into IT :(

please, write me that foolproofly
1) Go to https://www.chocolate-doom.org/wiki/index.php/Downloads, download and extract Chocolate Hexen.

2) Place HEXEN.WAD and HEXDD.WAD in the same directory as the Chocolate Hexen executable, whose name is chocolate-hexen.exe.

3) Click on chocolate-hexen-setup.exe to set up your controls, specifically Configure Keyboard and Configure Mouse, or if you use either a Gamepad or Joystick, Configure Gamepad / Joystick. Once you are satisfied with your controls, go to Save Parameters and Launch Hexen.

4) Open chocolate-hexen.exe and enjoy.

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How to create a Windows shortcut for Deathkings:

1) Create a windows shortcut to Chocolate Hexen. Right-click and drag the Chocolate Hexen's executable icon, then move it anywhere in the folder. You'll get a menu where one of the options is Create Shortcut Here. Select Create Shortcut Here.

2) Once you have done that, right click on the shortcut and select Properties.

3) In the new menu that appears, select the Shortcut tab.

4) In the Target field, type the following text after chocolate-hexen.exe, starting with a single space after the closing quotation mark:
-file hexdd.wad
Your target field should look similar to this (of course, wherever it was you installed Chocolate Hexen, since I don't know where it is located on your PC. "\path\to\chocolate-hexen" is just a placeholder for chocolate hexen's location on your system.):
"\path\to\chocolate-hexen" -file hexdd.wad
Make sure that hexdd.wad (Deathkings file) is in the same folder as hexen.wad (the main Hexen campaign) and chocolate-hexen.exe itself.

In future, all you will have to do is click on that Icon and you'll run Deathkings by merely double clicking. I would also recommend renaming the shortcut to Deathkings of the Dark Citadel for obvious reasons.
Post edited March 24, 2021 by TheBigCore
thank you very much for such effort to advice but i remember i found heretic more fun than hexen. but decades later is maybe time to give a second chance :D

actually, how does that chocolate hexen differs form gog version of it?

now, how can i make this question "solved"?
Post edited March 25, 2021 by flanner
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flanner: thank you very much for such effort to advice but i remember i found heretic more fun than hexen. but decades later is maybe time to give a second chance :D

actually, how does that chocolate hexen differs form gog version of it?

now, how can i make this question "solved"?
Regarding Chocolate Heretic: https://www.chocolate-doom.org/wiki/index.php/Downloads also has Chocolate Heretic, so you can put heretic.wad in the same folder as Chocolate Heretic's executable as well.

Regarding Chocolate Hexen, it allows you to play Hexen and Hexen: Deathkings of the Dark Citadel in Windows without having to use DOSBox in order to play it. Chocolate Heretic allows you to play Heretic in Windows without needing DOSBox.

Both Chocolate Heretic and Chocolate Hexen are what is known as "sourceports":

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Source_port

Many other games also now have sourceports, such as Hexen 2, Quake 1 through 3, and Duke Nukem 3D:

Here's a good list: https://github.com/dosbox-staging/dosbox-staging/wiki/Sourceport-Links-for-Classic-DOS-First-Person-Shooters

Also, to answer your other question: https://www.gog.com/forum/general_archive/how_do_you_mark_a_thread_as_solved
Post edited March 25, 2021 by TheBigCore
wow.. you are so nice to me.. are you a rentier? :D

visit prague buddy, i owe you several beers!