Any good Quake launcher out there?

[NightFright]

I was wondering if there is a utility for launching Quake addons/maps and ports easily, something like ZDL for Doom.

Features I am looking for:
- Can be used with any port
- Can launch custom addons (ideally even store them in a list to choose from)
- Features a command line (optional)

Basically asking this since my Quake addons folder is like 2 GB right now and I would appreciate a solution that prevents me from having to remember or look up launch parameters all the time.

(Oh, and if there is no solution for this around, maybe someone would be interested in creating one? )

[talisa]

i think quake injector does exactly this?
https://www.quaddicted.com/tools/quake_injector

ive never used it myself, but i think this tool is made specifically for what you want

[NightFright]

Well, Quake Injector is an online-based tool. It's probably great at what it does, but I am talking about local (already existing) copies to manage. So the purpose would be a bit different - it's not about acquiring anything, just handling existing mods.

[Seven]

Hello Nightfright,

If you use the "Search" function, you will find this thread.

A few weeks ago i wrote a small quake launcher, MiniQL. It isn't anything special, it just scans the directory for .bsp and .pak files (it checks inside pak files for .bsp files) and puts them in box to choose from. I wrote it to save me from using the command line every time i want to play some map or mod (usually mod, because they need both the mod's gamedir and some special map).

I just tried it out with a few maps. Seems to work well. I tried it with joequake and darkplaces and it ran the maps no problem

I guess this is what you have been looking for.
His Mediafire Download works fine.



Have fun,
Seven

[NightFright]

Almost perfect... the only thing it doesn't have is support for multiple (well, at least two) subdirs. I have all my addons in an "addons" subdir, so it's actually like "-game addons\bbelief" or "-game addons\zer" if I launch a game. With countless dirs, I just don't want to bloat my Quake main folder.

Anyway, this is still a lot better than nothing (provided no one comes up with anything better), so thanks a lot! ^^

[MadGypsy]

Dude! I just found this awesome Quake launcher! It will launch ANY map with ANY add-ons!

Click Start/Run and type "cmd". That shit must be like an easter egg or something cause, it's already on your computer!

I know you hate me now. It's OK. If it's any consolation, I was going to make you fill out a useless survey before I gave you the info.

[NightFright]

Anyway, there are still three issues or improvement options for this launcher, which are:

- If you chose "(start)" without anything for ID1, it won't work (you have to add a parameter for the standard game, even if it's not needed)
- Should be able to detect addons within subdirs (see above)
- Should have a dropdown menu for skill selection (default [none], easy etc)

Maybe I can contact the guy to implement this, then it would be perfect (at least for my purposes). ^^

[sb306]

Quake injector works great. If there is a way to use it offline it would be perfect. There are times when my internet is down. It would also be nice to not have to rely on an internet connection to use it, for the levels that you have already downloaded anyways.