The Problem You've seen it or have personally experienced it: You downloaded a cool Doom mod that has multiple files but, you have no idea how to load it. You drag and drop them all onto your GZDoom or Zandronum executable and that seems to work, but something is wrong! The mod isn't loaded correctly, or worse, it failed to load at all! The Solution If you are new to modding Doom or modding in general, this is obviously a huge frustration. You just want to play! One thing I've seen mentioned a lot online is that the mod files aren't in the proper order. A lot of times, a very brief explanation is given, and for a newbie these explanations can be jarring. I won't waste time explaining how to use a batch file or command line to run mods, that's not the scope of this article. Instead, I will show you how to use ZDL, a launcher for Doom. Where do I get ZDL? I personally like lcferrum's fork, which you can find the downloads here . I'm using Windows, so this