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How to: Get WADs from your bought copies of DOOM

Notice: Steam Flatpak Version - steamapps/ location

If you got the Flatpak version of Steam the ~/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/ folder is located in:

~/.var/app/com.valvesoftware.Steam/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/ when you follow this guide.

What are the Official Addons wads?

Doom Wiki - Official Addons

2024 KEX Engine Version

Bethesta updated the DOOM + DOOM II listing to a new KEX Engine as of 2024-08-08

The KEX Engine version of DOOM + DOOM II have spread out the files and assigned a random BethestaNet ID number to wads as their filename.

Steam - KEX

Where are the base core iwads?

~/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/common/Ultimate Doom/rerelease/

You can also find the location by

1. Right Click on DOOM + DOOM II in Steam.
2. Press Properties.
3. Go to the Installed Files tab.
4. Press the Browse button.

This folder does not only contain the base versions of DOOM.WAD + DOOM2.WAD but also:

Name	Creator	WAD name	Comment
Extras	id Software, Nerve Software	EXTRAS.WAD	Extra.Wad
Master Levels	id Software	MASTERLEVELS.WAD
No Rest for the Living	Nerve Software	NERVE.WAD
The Plutonia Experiment	Dario Casali & Milo Casali	PLUTONIA.WAD
SIGIL	Romero Games	SIGIL.WAD
TNT: Evilution	Team TNT	TNT.WAD
Legacy of Rust	id Software, Nightdive Studios, MachineGames	ID1.WAD, ID1-WEAP.WAD, ID1-RES.WAD, ID24RES.WAD, IDDM1.WAD	Uses the new ID24 Standard

Prerequisite: Download the Official Addons

Go from the Main Menu -> Mods Menu -> Featured Mods for most of the big mods like SIGIL 2.

Steam DOOM DLC Mods Location

All of the BethestaNet Wads are located in:

~/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/compatdata/2280/pfx/drive_c/users/steamuser/Saved Games/Nightdive Studios/DOOM/bnetwads/

Each .wad downloaded have it's own sub-folder based on an internal ID and contains the .wad file and a index.json file.

Opening the index.json file in each folder will tell you what game the .wad is.

Example SIGILII:

~/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/compatdata/2280/pfx/drive_c/users/steamuser/Saved Games/Nightdive Studios/DOOM/bnetwads/585d6a05-e50c-4ad7-aac7-726d35d23a50/

Contains the index.json and 585d6a05-e50c-4ad7-aac7-726d35d23a50.wad

Opening the index.json:

{
	"id" : "585d6a05-e50c-4ad7-aac7-726d35d23a50",      <-- Mod's BethestaNet ID
	"title" : "SIGIL II",                               <-- Mod Title
	"version" : "2ed265fd-6fdf-45a5-a078-35811549ce3b", <-- Current uploaded version (for updates)
	"wad" : "585d6a05-e50c-4ad7-aac7-726d35d23a50.wad"  <-- The Wad file
}

It reveals that 585d6a05-e50c-4ad7-aac7-726d35d23a50.wad is in fact SIGILII.WAD.

You can then copy and paste it into retrodeck/roms/doom/ and rename it to SIGILII.WAD.

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Unity version 2019

Steam

Unity version 2019 - Via the Beta Branch

Bethesta updated and removed the unity version as of 2024-08-08

On Steam you can still access them on the Beta Branch (as of now) by:

1. Right Click on DOOM + DOOM II in Steam.
2. Press Properties.
3. Go to the Betas tab.
4. Beta Patrticipation change to Previous re-release 2019 version
5. Launch the game and keep following the guide

Steam - Where are the base core iwads?

DOOM 2:

• ~/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/common/Doom 2/masterbase/doom2/
• ~/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/common/Doom 2/masterbase/master/wads/
• ~/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/common/Doom 2/masterbase/Doom 2/masterbase/doom2/

DOOM 1:

DOOM.WAD

• ~/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/common/Ultimate Doom/base/

Steam - DOOM DLC Location

DOOM 2:

Steam:

~/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/compatdata/2300/pfx/drive_c/users/steamuser/Saved Games/id Software/DOOM 2/WADs/

DOOM 1:

Steam:

~/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/compatdata/2280/pfx/drive_c/users/steamuser/Saved Games/id Software/DOOM Classic/WADs/

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Untity 2019 Version - Get the Official Addons

Prerequisite: You first need to download the addons from within the 2019 Unity Version.

Go from the Main Menu into the Addons Menu download them all.

Addon List - Unity version

Name	Creator	WAD name	ADDON ID	Comment
Anomaly Report	Michael Jan Krizik (valkiriforce)	AR.WAD	16
Arrival	Walker Wright (Pavera) and Brayden Hart (AD_79)	ARRIVAL.WAD	15
Base Ganymede	Adam Woodmansey (Khorus)	BGCOMP.WAD	18
BTSX Episode 1	Esselfortium et al.	BTSX_E1.WAD	8
BTSX Episode 2	Esselfortium et al.	BTSX_E2.WAD	9
Deathless	James Paddock	DEATHLESS.WAD	7
Doom Zero	Christopher Golden (DASI-I)	DOOMZERO.WAD	11
Double Impact	Ralphis & RottKing	DBIMPACT.WAD	5
Earthless: Prelude	James Paddock & Fuzzball	EARTHLESS_PR.WAD	13
Harmony	Thomas van der Velden, James Paddock	HARM1.WAD	17
No End In Sight	Emil Brundage, Christopher Lutz, Xaser	NEIS.WAD	6
No Rest for the Living	Nerve Software	NERVE.WAD	3
The Plutonia Experiment	Dario Casali & Milo Casali	PLUTONIA.WAD	2
REKKR	Matthew Little (Revae) et al.	REKKR.WAD	10
Revolution!	Thomas van der Velden; MIDI pack contributors	TVR!.WAD	14
Scientist	Roland van der Velden	SCI.WAD	19
SIGIL	Romero Games	SIGIL.WAD	4
SIGIL II	Romero Games	SIGILII.WAD	21
Syringe	Pavera, Tarnsman, Marcaek, & Xaser	SYRINGE.WAD	12
TNT: Evilution	Team TNT	TNT.WAD	1
The Troopers' Playground	Matthias Worch	TTP.WAD	20

How to extract them?

Each file is located in the WADs/ folder from the step above with an ID number that you can check on the list.

Example: Sigil

Sigil has the ID of 4 and is then located in the /WADs/4/ folder.

Within that folder there are images and also a file without an extension just called 4. That 4 file is the SIGIL.WAD file.

All you need to do is copy the ``/WADs/4/4file toretrodeck/roms/doomthen rename itSIGIL.WAD`.

DOOM Unity Version - Extra: Windows tips

If you want to move the WADs from a Windows installations instead you can use this software: Unity Doom Ripper

The WADs are located in

My Documents\Saved Games\id Software\DOOM 2\WADs\

or

My Documents\Saved Games\id Software\DOOM Classic\WADs\

Then just transfer them with a USB Stick or another way to your Linux machine.