CouchDoom v0.4.0

Download CouchDoom-…-windows-x64.zip below, unzip it anywhere, and double-click CouchDoom.exe. No Python or installer needed.

You need DoomRunner, ZDL or Doom Launcher with at least one game set up. CouchDoom finds its settings automatically; if you have more than one launcher, it asks which to use (switch later with L3 / F4). Windows may show an "unknown publisher" warning because the app isn't code-signed: click More info → Run anyway.

On Arch Linux, an AUR package is coming soon; until then, build it from the repo's packaging/aur/PKGBUILD with makepkg -si (see the README). Other Linux distros can run it from source.

New in 0.4.0

• Linux support: finds DoomRunner (including Flatpak) and qZDL settings in their standard Linux folders, recognises their programs and AppImages when dropped on the window, and uses zenity or kdialog for Find it myself…. Tested on Arch Linux with DSDA-Doom.
• Installed copies (pip, AUR) keep their state in your user folder instead of beside the code.
• The version is shown next to the CouchDoom title.

New in 0.3.1

• DSDA-Doom, PrBoom+, Woof, Nugget, Chocolate/Crispy Doom, EDGE and other non-ZDoom ports now get the same per-engine flags DoomRunner gives them (-save, -complevel, -merge and so on), instead of ZDoom-only ones that could stop them from starting.
• DoomRunner's custom-argument entries in the mod list are passed along, and ZDoom compatibility options now match DoomRunner's command line.

New in 0.3.0

• Works with ZDL, Doom Launcher and Doom Launcher 667, not just DoomRunner.
• First-run picker when more than one launcher is found; switch any time with L3 / F4.
• Finds portable launchers through your Start Menu, Desktop and taskbar shortcuts. If it still can't, pick Find it myself… or drag the launcher's exe onto the window.

See How to use.txt in the zip for controls and optional MIDI music setup.