#DOSBOX COMMAND LINE SYNTAX DRIVER#
#DOSBOX COMMAND LINE SYNTAX WINDOWS#

Non-numerical characters will be considered either as the lowest or the highest value, depending whether the operating system places them after or before the numbers in an alphanumeric listing. Note: Except where noted, when a variable required by a parameter is a number, any value lower than the lowest expected value will be taken as that lowest value, and any value higher than the highest expected value, as the highest value.

#DOSBOX COMMAND LINE SYNTAX DRIVER#

If doom is used driver also applies unless noted otherwise, and executable types not in italics are actual executale file names.

Output: affects sound or graphic outputīelow the identifier each parameter description includes a basic command line structure, headed by the type of executable needed or generally used with the parameter, mainly doom ( doom.exe or doom2.exe) or a driver ( ipxsetup.exe or sersetup.exe), and followed by other required parameters, the parameter in question, and a variable, if applicable.

Multiplayer: enables multiplayer functions.

Gameplay: changes the way the game is played.

Configuration: access to settings or files.

The parameter descriptions in the list below are preceded by practical identifiers which give a general idea of what the general effect of each parameter is. Other games with Doom-based engines, such as Heretic, Hexen, and Strife, also use the same parameters with only slight differences, mostly because of required customizations or because they are based on earlier versions of the Doom engine that did not include all the parameters available in the latest versions of the Doom games.ĭoom Eternal Review - Intelligent Inferno Doom95, for example, accepts the usual parameters but adds a launcher to be used by default for all purposes, and various source ports add a console that can handle most options and variables, or support drag-and-drop capabilities that take care of some of the start-up options. Since ports often rely less on the command line and more on a graphical user interface they may have alternate ways of entering commands and parameters. Ports of the Doom engine usually retain most if not all the available parameters, and sometimes add some of their own, or customize some of the original ones. Earlier versions of the engine, particularly up to 1.2, tend to require the -devparm parameter (that enables 'developers mode') to use many of the parameters, but later versions do not require it. While most parameters are available to all the released versions of the Doom games, some became obsolete with newer versions, and some were added as features were enabled or changed. Note that if you warp internally using the idclev cheat code, any parameters that required warping will be disabled. Unless stated otherwise, parameters work for all versions of both Doom and Doom II, with some exceptions that are detailed accordingly in their descriptions. The extra program will also warp the player to the first level of the game if no other warping parameter is used. In deathmatch and cooperative modes an extra program called a device driver by the Doom documentation handles some of the multiplayer specifics and passes any parameters to the main executable. Many parameters that affect in-game behavior require warping through -wart, -warp, -episode, -skill, -playdemo, -record, or -loadgame, or else they are overridden when the user starts a game through the menu. Any number of parameters may be typed in, limited only by the maximum length of text allowed by the interface (for example, a 127 character total in some DOS versions).

#DOSBOX COMMAND LINE SYNTAX WINDOWS#

The command line may be the MS-DOS command line, or any compatible interface, such as a batch file, the command line or target entry in a shortcut's properties dialog box, the Windows Run command, or the command line in DOSBox. The parameters are typed after the executable's name in the command line and are followed by variables or text strings, if applicable.

In respect to the Doom engine a parameter (or command line parameter and command line argument) is a start-up indication by the user that the engine should change its default behavior.

Dosbox command line syntax