Simple Doomsday Launcher

A lightweight, open-source server browser and launcher for the Doomsday Engine. This tool simplifies the process of finding public servers, hosting your own games (Co-op or Deathmatch), and managing IWAD/PWAD configurations with a clean, intuitive interface.

🚀 Features

• Server Browser: Queries the Doomsday Master Server to find active games globally.
• Intelligent Sorting: Servers are sorted by Ping, ensuring the best connections are always at the top.
• One-Click Join: Double-click any server in the browser to instantly launch and connect with clean parameters.
• Integrated Hosting:
  • Host Co-op or Deathmatch games with ease.
  • Customize Skill Level, Map/Episode, and "No Monsters" toggles.
  • Automatic server.cfg generation based on UI settings.
• Process Management:
  • Launches the server minimized to keep your desktop clean.
  • Auto-Close: The server process automatically exits when you close the game window.
  • Safety Sync: Closing the launcher kills any orphan server processes.
• Smart Map Detection: Dynamically populates map lists (MAP## or E#M#) based on the selected IWAD.

🛠️ Prerequisites

• Doomsday Engine: Requires Doomsday Engine installed.

• **.NET Framework 4.8.

• **Game Data: You must own the Original WAD files (Doom, Doom II, Heretic, Hexen, etc.).

• 📦 Dependencies

• Newtonsoft.Json: Used for parsing the JSON response from the Doomsday Master Server API.

• Note: This is required for the Server Browser to function. If building from source, ensure the NuGet package is restored.

📜 Licenses & Attribution

This project is licensed under the MIT License.

Third-Party Libraries

This application makes use of the following open-source dependencies, which are licensed under the MIT License:

• MetroFramework (MetroModernUI): Copyright (c) 2013 Jens Thiel.
• Newtonsoft.Json: Copyright (c) 2007 James Newton-King.

The required permission and liability limitation statements for these libraries are satisfied by the terms dictated in the main project license.

📖 How to Use

1. Configuration: On first launch, set your doomsday.exe and doomsday-server.exe locations.
2. IWAD Setup: Select your IWAD folder. The launcher will filter and display all supported games.
3. Joining a Game:
   • Click Refresh Servers.
   • Wait for the progress bar to complete.
   • Double-click a server to join.
4. Hosting a Game:
   • Check the Host Server box.
   • Select your game, map, and gameplay settings.
   • (Optional) Load a PWAD using the file picker.
   • Click Launch.

🤝 Contributing

Contributions, issues, and feature requests are welcome! Feel free to check the issues page.

📜 License

This project is [MIT] licensed.