CleanWAD V1.54 - Doomworld /idgames database frontend

Title:	CleanWAD V1.54
Filename:	utils/wad_tools/clnwd154.zip
Size:	505.39 KB
Date:	05/04/06
Author:	Martin Howe
Description:	I just took the source code of CleanWAD that was released way back by Serge Smirnov and updated the program for today's DOOMing standards. No longer do you have to remind yourself to "never run a WAD cleaner on anything with GL_* entries, BEHAVIOR resources or BOOM colormaps, etc."!
Credits:	ID Software -- wrote DOOM and DOOM II and released the source code Raven Software -- wrote Heretic and HeXen and released the source code Matt Fell -- wrote The Unofficial Doom Specs Olivier Montanuy -- gave Serge Smirnov the idea and suggested some of the design Serge Smirnov -- the original author of CleanWAD who worked so hard on it Loads of people -- wrote the source ports that make gaming so much better Jacob Navia -- wrote the freeware C compiler Lcc-Win32 Reign -- for the music I mostly listened to while doing this :-)
Base:	The original CleanWAD source code by Serge Smirnov
Build time:	A several weeks on and off including comments, testing, documentation and a complete re-write.
Editor(s) used:	EditPlus, Lcc-Win32 IDE, CygWin/GCC, WinTex
Bugs:	See the manual for details of known problems
Rating:	(22 votes)

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Reviews:

Anonymous

There is a manual in the zipfile, but essentially this goes through a WAD and removes various types of null pointers, and can optionally compress the images used for flats, textures and sprites. This can result in anywhere from an 8% to 0% reduction in WAD filesize.

View clnwd154.txt

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Archive Maintainer	: Please place in "utils/wad_tools" subdirectory
Update to		: clnwd153.zip & clnwd153.txt
Primary purpose		: This is a WAD tool -- no levels included
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Title			: CleanWAD V1.54
Filename		: clnwd154.zip
Original release	: 26th September 1995, V1.0b, by Serge Smirnov
Author			: Martin Howe (based on source by Serge Smirnov)
Release Date		: 10th April 2004, V1.10
Update Date		: 04th May 2006, V1.54
Author			: Martin Howe (a.k.a. The Crazy Cat)
Email Address		: martinhowe@myprivacy.ca
Web Site		: http://www.martinsobservationpost.net (personal)
Files By Author		: BOMBAY72 ........... play DOOM as a true predator!
			  BADGUYS ............ some spare monsters and items
			  CLEANWAD ...... personal upgrade of an old classic
			  PANPERIL .......... gubbin and widget patch panels
			  GOODGUYS ........ special-forces environment patch
Misc. Author Info	: DOOMer since 1993; Webmaster, Committee Member and
			  Kitten List holder for the Bombay and Asian Self
			  Breed Club (www.bombaybreedclub.org), which is
			  itself affiliated to the GCCF (www.gccfcats.org).
			  Webmaster and Committee Member of the London Cat
			  Club (www.londoncatclub.org), which is also
			  itself affiliated to the GCCF (www.gccfcats.org).
Description		: I just took the source code of CleanWAD that was
			  released way back by Serge Smirnov and updated the
			  program for today's DOOMing standards. No longer
			  do you have to remind yourself to "never run a WAD
			  cleaner on anything with GL_* entries, BEHAVIOR
			  resources or BOOM colormaps, etc."!
Revision summary	: Fixed non-recognition of 22050Hz sounds; vanilla
			  DOOM does use them in places (such as DSDBCLS).
New features		:

Recognises BEHAVIOR and SCRIPTS lumps as map items
	Recognises OpenGL map entries as map items
	Recognises Heretic [sound,] graphic and music names
	Recognises HeXen sound, graphic and music names
	Recognises Strife sound, graphic and music names
	Recognises BOOM colormap lists
	Recognises ZDOOM ACS library lists
	Recognises ZDOOM auto-texture lists
	Recognises STRIFE voice lists
	Recognises Heretic and HeXen graphic font lists
	Optionally restricts entry identificaton to recognised names
	Optionally corrects two-character list markers (PP_START -> P_START)
	Optionally removes redundant list markers (e.g., F1_START, P3_END)
	Optionally remove SCRIPTS and SCRIPTnn entries (often decompiled)
	Optionally sorts PNAMES just after any TEXTURE lumps
	Optionally attempts to recognise maps with nonstandard names
	Optionally attempts to recognize DOOM and WAVE sounds by format
	Optionally attempts to recognize DOOM and MIDI musics by format
	Optionally attempts to recognize DOOM graphics by format
	Optionally uses a specified game to minimize entry misidentification
	Optionally uses other directory sortation orders than "by list"
	Optionally packs the file by sharing lumps between directory entries
	Completely rewritten and now using a totally new engine
	Recognises an environment variable from which to take extra default options

Additional Credits to   :

ID Software      -- wrote DOOM and DOOM II and released the source code
	Raven Software   -- wrote Heretic and HeXen and released the source code
	Matt Fell        -- wrote The Unofficial Doom Specs
	Olivier Montanuy -- gave Serge Smirnov the idea and suggested some of the design
	Serge Smirnov    -- the original author of CleanWAD who worked so hard on it
	Loads of people  -- wrote the source ports that make gaming so much better
	Jacob Navia      -- wrote the freeware C compiler Lcc-Win32
	Reign            -- for the music I mostly listened to while doing this :-)

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* What is included *

New levels		: None
Sounds			: No
Music			: No
Graphics		: No
Dehacked/BEX Patch	: No
Demos			: No
Other			: CleanWAD.exe, CleanWAD.txt, Manual.txt, Sources.zip
Other files required	: None

* Play Information *

Game			: All (including Strife)
Map #			: N/A
Single Player		: N/A
Cooperative 2-4 Player	: N/A
Deathmatch 2-4 Player	: N/A
Other game styles	: N/A
Difficulty Settings	: N/A

* Construction *

Base			: The original CleanWAD source code by Serge Smirnov
Build Time		: A several weeks on and off including comments,
			  testing, documentation and a complete re-write.
Editor(s) used		: EditPlus, Lcc-Win32 IDE, CygWin/GCC, WinTex
Known Bugs		: See the manual for details of known problems
May Not Run With...	: WAD files not from DOOM family games

* Copyright / Permissions *

The original permissions message was "You may use any part of this source
file provided you give me credit.", so the original work of Serge Smirnov is
hereby acknowledged - he put the hard work in when CleanWAD was first made.

Authors MAY use the contents of this file as a base for modification or reuse
provided that you e-mail the current author a copy and give them the right to
use parts of your work in future releases. [The same ought really to be done for
the original author of CleanWAD but he seems to have totally disappeared from
the DOOM community]. You must also credit work of all previous authors and that
of the original author, Serge Smirnov. Permissions have been obtained from
original author for any of their resources modified or included in this file
(he gave permission in the original source code provided he was credited).

You MAY (and are encouraged to) distribute and use CleanWAD, provided:

(1) This entire collection of files is distributed UNMODIFIED,
	preferably in the original ZIP file in which it should have come. I
	have received permission from the original authors of any modified
	or included content in this file to allow further distribution.
    (2) The distribution is on a non-commercial basis; you may put CleanWAD
	on FTP sites or CD or other media as part of a collection for which
	you are charging a fee as long as you understand that the fee is for
	the collecting and (if applicable) the media, *not* for CleanWAD.
    (3) You accept that as with all free systems provided free of charge for
	like-minded people,CleanWAD is NOT guaranteed to work completely or
	correctly although it is likely to do so; thus it is a condition of
	use that you accept that as with most such products, you use it at
	your own risk. CleanWAD is **NOT** designed to be fault-tolerant!
    (4) Any legal disputes over CleanWAD or any part of it, including these
	terms and conditions, shall be governed by the Laws of England;
	furthermore, you do not have permission to use CleanWAD in any
	jurisdiction whose laws modify or limit these conditions unless you
	VOLUNTARILY accept these conditions as if under the Laws of England.

Note: although it won't happen straight away, once I have ensured that none of
Serge Smirnov's original code is left, I will CONSIDER releasing it under GPL.

* Acknowledgements *

DOOM and DOOM2 are copyright of ID Software.
HERETIC and HEXEN are copyright of Raven Software.
STRIFE is copyright of Velocity.
CLEANWAD was written originally by Serge Smirnov.

* Where to get the file that this text file describes *

The Usual: ftp://archives.3dgamers.com/pub/idgames and mirrors.

* How to Install and Use *

For Win32, extract the ZIP file and place CleanWAD.exe in somewhere in your
path. You can put the source code and documentation files anywhere you like,
but you may wish to create shortcuts to them.

For other operating systems, compile the program then proceed as for Win32.
The program is written to ANSI 1990 standards. It has been tested on CygWin
and Mandrake Lunix as well as Windows XP Professional.

* History *

Refer to Appendix 7 in the manual (file MANUAL.TXT) for revision history.

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