From 2f03c96d9a5053789226cb9957bd40bd303ac9eb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Neil Rackett <neil.rackett@mesmotronic.com>
Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2025 15:36:39 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Prevents Mega STE failing to load after defaulting to "French
 version"

---
 .gitignore              |  2 ++
 linuxdoom-1.10/d_main.c | 14 +++++++-------
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 .gitignore

diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1b8727810
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+.DS_Store
+/linuxdoom-1.10/atari/*.o
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/linuxdoom-1.10/d_main.c b/linuxdoom-1.10/d_main.c
index a1cd676cd..a98783808 100644
--- a/linuxdoom-1.10/d_main.c
+++ b/linuxdoom-1.10/d_main.c
@@ -670,6 +670,13 @@ void IdentifyVersion (void)
 	return;
     }
 
+    if ( !access (doom1wad,R_OK) )
+    {
+      gamemode = shareware;
+      D_AddFile (doom1wad);
+      return;
+    }
+		
     if ( !access (doom2fwad,R_OK) )
     {
 	gamemode = commercial;
@@ -716,13 +723,6 @@ void IdentifyVersion (void)
       return;
     }
 
-    if ( !access (doom1wad,R_OK) )
-    {
-      gamemode = shareware;
-      D_AddFile (doom1wad);
-      return;
-    }
-
     printf("Game mode indeterminate.\n");
     gamemode = indetermined;