Id Super Pack

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id Super Pack is a downloadable package containing many of id's classic FPS games. The following games are included:

Commander Keen 1-5

Wolfenstein 3D
Spear of Destiny + Return to Danger + Ultimate Challenge
Return to Castle Wolfenstein

Ultimate Doom
Doom II + Master Levels
Final Doom
Doom 3 + Resurrection of Evil

Heretic + Shadow of the Serpent Riders
Hexen + Deathkings of Dark Citadel
Hexen II

Quake + Scourge of Armagon + Dissolution of Eternity
Quake II + Ground Zero + The Reckoning
Quake III Arena + Team Arena

Most of these games are open source, and have fan-developed ports that have superior widescreen support (as well as other features) to the originals. However, Activision have only included the original versions of these games, and in the case of Quake, Quake II, and Hexen II, have not included the music. Here are tutorials for "converting" the Steam games to versions with the best widescreen support possible.

Also, if you are participating in the Steam Community beta and you want to launch any of these ports through Steam, follow the game-specific setup instructions first. Then open Steam, click on the "Games" menu in the top menu bar, choose "Add a non-Steam game to My Games list...". Then navigate to the executable you would normally run and select it. If it's a .bat file, make sure the file type is set to "All Files." When you select it, a shortcut to that file will appear in your My Games tab.

Wolfenstein 3D

Engine: NewWolf
Games supported: Wolfenstein 3D, Spear of Destiny
Widescreen solution: .ini

Wolfenstein 3D instructions

Download NewWolf and extract it to an empty directory, and call it "wolf3D" or something that will remind you that it is Wolfenstein 3D. Keep that directory open in a window.

Open another window and go to <steamDir>\SteamApps\common\wolfenstein 3d\base.
Copy all of the *.WL6 files into your NewWolf wolf3d directory.

Just run NewWolf.exe to play Wolfenstein 3D.

Spear of Destiny instructions

Warning: Unlike Wolfenstein 3D, Spear of Destiny cannot be completed 100% using the NewWolf engine. Ordinarily, finding the spear will cause you to be teleported to an arena where you face the final boss. But in the NewWolf engine, collecting the spear only triggers an error message, leaving you no exit from the level and no option but to manually quit the game. Everything else in the game up to that point works fine, though.

Download NewWolf and extract it to an empty directory, and call it "sod" or something that will remind you that it is Spear of Destiny. Do not re-use the wolf3D directory. NewWolf will not run Spear of Destiny if the Wolf3D data files are present. Keep the sod directory open in a window.

Open another window and go to:
<steamDir>\SteamApps\common\spear of destiny\base
Copy all of the *.SOD, *.SD1, *.SD2, and *.SD3 files into your NewWolf sod directory.

Go back to the sod directory. Create a file called "sod.bat." Edit it, and paste this into it:

@echo off
echo Spear of Destiny
echo 1: Spear of Destiny
echo 2: Mission 2: Return to Danger
echo 3: Mission 3: Ultimate Challenge
set /p userinp=choose a number (1-3):
goto %userinp%
:1
copy GAMEMAPS.SD1 GAMEMAPS.SOD
copy MAPHEAD.SD1 MAPHEAD.SOD
copy VSWAP.SD1 VSWAP.SOD
goto end
:2
copy GAMEMAPS.SD2 GAMEMAPS.SOD
copy MAPHEAD.SD2 MAPHEAD.SOD
copy VSWAP.SD2 VSWAP.SOD
goto end
:3
copy GAMEMAPS.SD3 GAMEMAPS.SOD
copy MAPHEAD.SD3 MAPHEAD.SOD
copy VSWAP.SD3 VSWAP.SOD
goto end
:end
NewWolf.exe

Run sod.bat to get a menu that lets you pick which mission to play.

Doom

Engine: GZDoom
Games supported: Ultimate Doom, Doom II, Final Doom, Heretic, Hexen, Hexen: Deathkings of Dark Citadel, Doom II Master Levels
Widescreen solution: Native
Detailed report

Common instructions

Download GZDoom and extract it to an empty directory, and call it "GZDoom" or something like that to remind you that this contains GZDoom and all Doom engine games.

All but one of the below instructions involve copying one or two data files into the GZDoom directory. Follow as many as you like, and then run gzdoom.exe. If you only have the data file from one game in the gzdoom directory, it will automatically use that data file. If you have data files from multiple games, you'll get a menu asking which one you'd like to play. Very convenient!

The one exception is Master Levels which is a bit more involved, and has its own playing instructions.

Ultimate Doom

Go to <steamDir>\SteamApps\common\ultimate doom\base.
Copy DOOM.WAD into your GZDoom directory.

Doom II

Go to <steamDir>\SteamApps\common\doom 2\base.
Copy DOOM2.WAD into your GZDoom directory.

Final Doom

Go to <steamDir>\SteamApps\common\final doom\base.
Copy TNT.WAD and PLUTONIA.WAD into your GZDoom directory.

Heretic

Go to <steamDir>\SteamApps\common\heretic shadow of the serpent riders\base.
Copy HERETIC.WAD into your GZDoom directory.

Hexen

Go to <steamDir>SteamApps\common\hexen\base.
Copy HEXEN.WAD into your GZDoom directory.

Hexen: Deathkings of Dark Citadel

You must have followed the Hexen instructions beforehand.
Go to <steamDir>\SteamApps\common\hexen deathkings of the dark citadel\base.
Copy HEXDD.WAD into your GZDoom directory.

Doom II: Master Levels

This one's a bit more involved. You must have followed the Doom II instructions beforehand.
Go to <steamDir>\SteamApps\common\master levels of doom\master.
Copy the folder "wads" into your GZDoom directory. Then go to the GZDoom directory and create a file called "master.bat."

Now, edit the file, and copy and paste this into it:

@echo off
echo DOOM II: The Master Levels
echo 1:  attack.wad   *MAP01
echo 2:  blacktwr.wad *MAP25
echo 3:  bloodsea.wad *MAP07
echo 4:  canyon.wad   *MAP01
echo 5:  catwalk.wad  *MAP01
echo 6:  combine.wad  *MAP01
echo 7:  fistula.wad  *MAP01
echo 8:  garrison.wad *MAP01
echo 9:  geryon.wad   *MAP08
echo 10: manor.wad    *MAP01
echo 11: mephisto.wad *MAP07
echo 12: minos.wad    *MAP05
echo 13: nessus.wad   *MAP07
echo 14: paradox.wad  *MAP01
echo 15: subspace.wad *MAP01
echo 16: subterra.wad *MAP01
echo 17: teeth.wad    *MAP31 *MAP32
echo 18: ttrap.wad    *MAP01
echo 19: vesperas.wad *MAP09
echo 20: virgil.wad   *MAP03
set /p userinp=choose a number (1-20):
goto %userinp%
:1
set wad%=attack.wad
set warp%=1
goto end
:2
set wad%=blacktwr.wad
set warp%=25
goto end
:3
set wad%=bloodsea.wad
set warp%=7
goto end
:4
set wad%=canyon.wad
set warp%=1
goto end
:5
set wad%=catwalk.wad
set warp%=1
goto end
:6
set wad%=combine.wad
set warp%=1
goto end
:7
set wad%=fistula.wad
set warp%=1
goto end
:8
set wad%=garrison.wad
set warp%=1
goto end
:9
set wad%=geryon.wad
set warp%=8
goto end
:10
set wad%=manor.wad
set warp%=1
goto end
:11
set wad%=mephisto.wad
set warp%=7
goto end
:12
set wad%=minos.wad
set warp%=5
goto end
:13
set wad%=nessus.wad
set warp%=7
goto end
:14
set wad%=paradox.wad
set warp%=1
goto end
:15
set wad%=subspace.wad
set warp%=1
goto end
:16
set wad%=subterra.wad
set warp%=1
goto end
:17
set wad%=teeth.wad
set warp%=31
goto end
:18
set wad%=ttrap.wad
set warp%=1
goto end
:19
set wad%=vesperas.wad
set warp%=9
goto end
:20
set wad%=virgil.wad
set warp%=3
goto end
:end
gzdoom.exe ./wads/%wad% -warp %warp%

To play Master Levels, run master.bat instead of gzdoom.exe. You'll get a menu that lets you pick which map to use.

Quake

Engine: Dark Places
Games supported: Quake, mission packs
Widescreen solution: Native
Detailed report

Quake

Download Dark Places and extract it to an empty directory, and call it "Quake" or something that will remind you that it is Quake 1. Keep that directory open in a window.

Open another window and go to <steamDir>\SteamApps\common\quake.

Copy the folder "Id1" to your Dark Places directory.

Run darkplaces.exe to play Quake.

Mission packs

You must have followed the Quake instructions beforehand. These instructions assume you have both expansion packs.
Go to <steamDir>\SteamApps\common\quake.
Copy the folders "hipnotic" and "rogue" into your Dark Places directory. Then go to the Dark Places directory and create a file called "quake.bat."

Now, edit the file, and copy and paste this into it:

@echo off
echo Quake + expansions
echo 1: Quake
echo 2: Mission Pack 1: Scourge of Armagon
echo 3: Mission Pack 2: Dissolution of Eternity
set /p userinp=choose a number (1-3):
goto %userinp%
:1
goto end
:2
set game%=hipnotic
goto end
:3
set game%=rogue
goto end
:end
darkplaces.exe -game %game%

Run quake.bat to get a menu that lets you pick which mission pack to play.

Hexen II

Engine: Hammer of Thyrion
Games supported: Hexen II
Widescreen solution: Native

Hexen II

Download Hammer of Thyrion. The package you probably want is hexen2-1.4.1-windows.zip. Extract it to your hard drive. Open it, and open the "data1" folder.

Open another window and go to <steamDir>\SteamApps\common\hexen 2\data1.
Copy both *.pak files into your HoT Hexen II's "data1" folder.

To play it, go back to the hexen2-1.4.1 directory and run glh2.exe to play Hexen II.

Be sure to go to the options menu and set the music to MIDI. Activision Value didn't see fit to include the CD-quality music with this game or Quake 1&2. But unlike the Quakes, Hexen II does support MIDI music.

Quake II

Engine: aprq2, KMQuake2
Games supported: Quake II, mission packs
Widescreen solution: .ini
Detailed report

There are two engines that we have found to be tied for "best Quake II engine for widescreen." They seem to be equal in terms of widescreen support. KMQuake2 seems nicer in terms of overall features, but aprq2 has been more thoroughly tested for widescreen support. KMQuake2 may or may not have flaws we don't know about. Take your pick, but this guide assumes you use aprq2.

Quake II

Download aprq2 and extract it to an empty directory, and call it "Quake2" or something that will remind you that it is Quake 2. Keep that directory open in a window.

Open another window and go to <steamDir>\SteamApps\common\quake 2.

Copy the folder "baseq2" to your aprq2 directory. You can safely overwrite the existing "baseq2" folder; you won't lose any files in it.

Run aq2.exe to play Quake.

Mission pack instructions

You must have followed the Quake II instructions beforehand. This assumes you have both expansion packs.
Go to <steamDir>\SteamApps\common\quake 2.
Copy the folders "xatrix" and "rogue" into your aprq2 directory. Then go to the aprq2 directory and create a file called "quake2.bat."

Now, edit the file, and copy and paste this into it:

@echo off
echo Quake II + expansions
echo 1: Quake II
echo 2: Mission Pack 1: The Reckoning
echo 3: Mission Pack 2: Ground Zero
set /p userinp=choose a number (1-3):
goto %userinp%
:1
goto end
:2
set game%=xatrix
goto end
:3
set game%=rogue
goto end
:end
aq2.exe +set game %game%

If you are using KMQuake2, the last line should be this instead:

kmquake2.exe +set game %game%

Run quake2.bat to get a menu that lets you pick which mission pack to play.