Devalaous Posted May 27, 2023 (edited) [UNDER RECONSTRUCTION] Old Thread opening: Spoiler As mentioned in the past, ive been working slowly on making piles and piles of patches to update loads of classic wads with modern features; automap names, episode selection screens, widescreen assets, UMAPINFO support, and so forth. Rather than keeping them stuffed in my Doom Launcher folders, ive cleaned up a bunch of them for public release, and hopefully credited everyone accordingly. Many more will be coming; ive made so many random patches that I once gave myself carpal tunnel in the process. Generally, you can expect these to work in Crispy Doom, DSDA Doom, Woof, Eternity, GZDoom, and tentatively, Doomsday (This port has consistently given me the most issues), and there is also usually a seperate file for use in older ports that only use regular MAPINFO, due to conflicts. They are all highly modular too, so you can pick and choose parts to use. All vanilla wads will have xINFO patches (MAPINFO, ZMAPINFO, EMAPINFO, UMAPINFO), a GAMEINFO lump and an embedded Dehacked/Bex patch for compatibility with pretty much everything, and many also support Doomsday where possible. Doomsday and Eternity do not support any of the widescreen assets. I have a consistent naming scheme in my patches to quickly identify them; '_fix' is the baseline patch, '_fixint' is an edit of the main patch that integrates bonus levels into the existing set for a seamless unbroken campaign (Usually a bonus MAP33 coming after MAP32), and anything with _old is a MAPINFO-only version. Widescreen statusbars are always seperate from the other widescreen assets if present, as there are mods that replace the huds that garble with a widescreen statusbar in use. All of these mods load on top of the original wad, leaving the original wad unaltered. In some older level packs I have fixed some levels with secrets contained in improperly deleted sectors; this is usually the extent of the fixes to levels, as other bugs stopping 100% are usually solvable with NOCLIP or console commands to kill monsters, and I do not wish to change any geometry of someone elses work. Other level fixes are provided by other users and solve critical issues. For the first batch I have ready: (Keep in mind these are only tested by me and may have mistakes somewhere; please report any to me) Thank you to @Gez and @rfomin for advice here and there, and @Kyka for occasionally testing some of these, as well as all the people in the Widescreen appreciation thread for inspiring these patches in the first place back in 2001, and of course, all the people that made the wads these patches give some love to :) General Use Stuff xINFO Template Files These are what I use to crank out these quickly. Use https://c.eev.ee/doom-text-generator/ to quickly generate CWILV/WILV files and episode graphics. Widescreen Stuff for autoload GZDoom has all this stuff natively, but Crispy/Woof/DSDA requires the user to source them, so heres some pre-configured stuff to quickly widescreen the default IWADS and other officially supported content Multiple IWADs Spoiler Artifact & Welcome to Hell Series Contains patches for The Artifact (Both the Doom and Doom 2 version) and Welcome to Hell Cleimos Series Contains patches for 'Cleimos' and 'Cleimos II' Enjay Doom Contains patches for 'NJ Doom' and 'NJ Doom II' Heroes series Contains patches for the compilation wads 'Heroes' and 'Heroes 2' Ultimate Doom Spoiler 2002: A Doom Odyssey Contains patches for 2002 ADO: Tenth Anniversary Edition, as well as the original release. Restores 'Play School' to the 10th Anniversary version and enabled the ZDoom-only maps to be played in modern ports with UMAPINFO support Aliens TC Fixes the inability to 100% one of the maps, removes unused episodes, cleans up the level names, and turns Episode 3 into a 2-map minisode Base Ganymede Adds the updates from the Unity port, such as a few improved maps, level names, and an optional patch to use the add-on version's altered graphics Bedlam Adds level names, an Episode 3 graphic for Crispy Doom, and removes Episode 1 2 and 4 from xINFO ports Black Hell & Dark Hell Contains patches for 'Black Hell' and 'Dark Hell', and a patch for Black Hell that adds Dark Hell as a second episode to combine the two Best Wad Ever A patch for Matt Tropiano's earliest megawad, found on his website. Adds level names and removes the fourth episode. Optional patch to replace the broken episode graphics ConC.E.R.Ned Minor QoL, disables Episode 4, since Draft Excluder is not at all meant to be Episode 4 of this, according to cannonball's posts. Crusades Fixes the intermission screen issue, adds level names, removes other episodes Deathless Widescreen assets, optional patches to tun in into the official add-on version Death Tormention Trilogy Contains patches for the 'Death Tormention Trilogy'. Will be later updated with patches for the original four wads this collection is comprised of. Double Impact Double Impact stuff in various flavours Doom the way id Did + Ultimate Doom the way id Did Stuff for DTWID, DTWID Lost Episodes and UDTWID Eternity Level names, widescreen intermission Fava Beans Contains a patch for 'Fava Beans', also known as 'Madness of Mergatroid'. Adds level names, integrates the bonus wad as a selectable map Hell Medley Uses xINFO to skip the missing level slots, removes the fourth episode, and has an optional patch that keeps the native language of the levels Illusions of Home A full forgotten '1994 style' Registered Doom megawad found in Maximum Dom and on the archives, applies fixes to the many broken levels and make it a slightly smoother play for 'historians' Incineration Adds level names, removes other episodes Infinity Adds level names and graphics Lost Episodes of Doom Contains a patch for 'The Lost Episodes of Doom' by Chris Klie and Bob Carter. Adds level names and graphics, fixes the episode graphics, and adds graphics to change the title screen to pre-Ultimate Doom, as it was released before Ultimate Doom as made No End in Sight Contains a series of patches for 'No End in Sight' to change it to the Unity version, and to integrate E1M0 into the campaign properly, as well as enabling E1M0 in UMAPINFO ports. E4M0 is also available in UMAPINFO ports, however the wall that lowers to access it in ZDoom and Eternity cannot be lowered, thus noclip will have to be used. New Doom Contains a patch for the very old compilation wad 'New Doom' that adds level names and source wads, and disables episode 4. Also adds a widescreen statusbar and titlescreen Number One Kill Contains a patch for '#1 Kill' that fixes the secret exit problems, and adds the additional bonus level for E3M1 into the wad Sacrifice Contains a patch for 'Sacrifice' by Ty Halderman and Robert Taylor, that adds level names, fixes the broken level to enable 100% secrets, and ends the episode early due to the final maps never being made. Serenity Level names, all levels can be 100%ed now, and adds a widescreen intermission Sigil Widescreen assets, integrated spritefix graphics, and the addition of the unity port's improved E5M9 Slaughter Until Death Adds level names, removes other episodes, and fixes several levels to enable 100% secrets Solar Struggle A patch to enable Solar Struggle to work better with older ports, also contains widescreen assets The Beginning of the End: Part 1 A patch for NaturalTvventy's END1 that adds level names, restores the intro midi, and optionally changes the skies to match END2, which had skies for E1 and E2 inside it despite not having END1's maps in it The Evil Unleashed Broken graphics restored and level fixes UCA Series A patch to play the UCA wad series together as one mini-episode Ultimate Doom in Name Only This patch adds the 5th episode from 'Unfinished in Name Only' for people that are interested in the exclusive maps that never made it into the project, but dont want to download the earlier versions of the other 36 maps alongside it Ultimate Needs More Detail Adds level names and removes the fourth episode Vengeance Small patch to make the few named levels consistently named that way WadPak Series Patches for the series of compilation wads common in the early 90s. Also has basic support for Maximum Doom's partially broken Doom 2 versions Wasteland Series A patch to play the Wasteland wad series together as one mini-episode Doom 2 Spoiler 100 Lines 4-Pack Three patches for 100LinesT, 100LinesN and the russian community's separate 100 Lines project, plus a brand new 100LinesO, featuring 17 outtakes from the original 100 Lines project that were posted loosely in the release thread and now partially lost to linkrot 1000 Lines Trilogy Patches for the 1000 Lines trilogy that enable the bonus maps to be accessed properly 10 Sectors duo Patches for 10 Sectors and 10 Sectors: Part 2. Part 2 has improvised level names added, Map 31 and 32 are now integrated properly, and now the megawad more closely resembles its big brother. Alien Vendetta Contains integrated MIDI pack, patches for original release, second release and Black Label, restores Valley of Echoes to second release, adds widescreen assets Anomaly Report Widescreen assets, Fixes MAP33, optional MAP19 midi change to mimic add-on version Biowar Adds level names and ends the campaign after the final map BTSX E1 UMAPINFO support and optional patches to change the wad to the Unity version BTSX E2 UMAPINFO support and optional patches to change the wad to the Unity version Claustrophobia series Patches for Claustrophobia 1024, Claustrophobia 1024 2, Congestion 1024 and The Plutinya Experiment. The bonus levels in three o the megawads have been made available via menu selection or via integration Community Chest series Patches for Community Chest 1 to 4. CC1's hidden map is now available to play, CC2's Mucus Flow fixes are integrated, and CC4's bonus map is now available properly Cygnus IV Adds level names and ends the game after map 14 DBP Pack: 1-10 Patches for the first 10 DBPs in one bundle Dimensions of Time Adds level names and general QoL Doom II the way id Did Widescreen assets, UMAPINFO support. Also includes custom version of MIDTWID2 that works better with this megawad than the official version. Doom 64 for Doom II Widescreen assets, Map 33 selectable on the menu Doom Core Trilogy Patches for Doom Core, Doom Core Delta, Reverie, Eternally Yours and the combined Doom Core Trilogy Doom Junior & Project X Patches for a famous modder's very early work. Applies level names and general QoL stuff. End Game Adds level names, CWILV graphics, and eds the game after Map 8 Equinox Adds unofficial level names, widescreen graphics, fixes Map 4 midi, other QoL things Eternal Doom Integrates Map 33 and 34, optional patch to restore episodic release, widescreen assets Eviltech Makes Map 33 and 34 work in all xINFO ports Fistful of Doom Adds obituaries and level names, cleans up the DEHACKED a bit. Intended to be a springboard for possible modding work using this theme Fragport Fixes Map 10, adds custom obituaries Good Morning Phobos Restores 3 cut levels, fixes MAP33; also contains patch for GMP V1 H2H Xmas Adds NightFright's story text, fixes a map and adds level names Hadephobia Fixes Map 31's missing midi in some versions, adds xINFO to properly define the three bonus maps and makes them selectable as 'episodes' Hell in Hell! Adds level names and graphics Hell Revealed Contains updated music wad, patches for HRE1 and Hell Revealed, adds two bonus levels from HRE1, adds widescreen assets Hell Revealed 2 Widescreen assets, small QoL updates Hell to Pay Heavy quality of life updates to enable its special type of storytelling while also restoring intermission graphics and level names, widescreen assets Hellbound Widescreen assets, minor QoL Herian series Level names and partial widescreen assets for Herian, cleaned up DEHACKED and custom obituaries for Herian 2 Icarus: Alien Vanguard Contains widescreen assets, adds level names Kama Sutra Optional patch to remove the few NSFW things in the megawad, adds level names Mars War Patches for both the old and new versions of Mars War, adds the old version maps to the new version as bonus levels. Optinoal music replacement for one map, by request. Master Levels patch See the linked thread for full details Memento Mori Contains widescreen assets, unofficial wide statusbar, new TITLEPIC Memento Mori 2 Contains widescreen assets, adds the Secret Operations as a new 'episode' Mordeth Widescreen assets, custom obituaries Morior Invictus Cleans up the internals a lot, integrates the bonus map wad fully as an episode Number One Kill: The Next Generation Widescreen INTERPIC, fixed MAP12 level graphic, ends game at MAP20 Obituary Level names, cleaned up DEHACKED, restored the broken remnant maps hidden in the files, and made the Deathmatch maps selectable on the episode screen Perdition's Gate Restores intermission graphics, turns the intermission story into proper text screens, and gives each level automap names, widescreen assets Pulse Adds improv map names to some, proper map names to the last two, and ends the game at the appropriate time Realm of Chaos (Original) Will be included officially in Realm of Chaos 25th Anniversary Edition as a bonus for the original (Thanks Cammy and Steve D!). RoC25's UMAPINFO is also written by me. In the meantime, check the RoC25 thread, the patch is posted there publically. The patch backports the RoC25 story text, level names and soundtrack to the original release, and also fixes a bug on Map 21, while enforcing vanilla comp levels in GZDoom/DSDA Doom/Woof to avoid the infamous issues with the maps that MBF21 introduced. Requiem Contains widescreen assets, fixes MAP25/26 names Revolution Upgrades Revolution to the official add-on version, also has alternative soundtrack to restore the original MIDI Pack version Roger Ritenour's WADs Patches for Earth, Phobos and Pleiades Scientist Patches for Scientist, Scientist 2 and Scientist 2023 Scythe 1 Adds level names, and has an optional patch that divides Scythe into episodes, like its sequels. Widescreen assets Scythe 2 Adds episode support and obituaries for the custom monsters, as well as level names, widescreen assets Scythe X Adds episode support and ends the game after Map 10 Sector 666 Adds level names, ends the game at the proper time, and skips the placeholder map Slayer Adds level names, and divides the bonus map, regular maps and DM maps into episodes Speed of Doom Makes Map 33 selectable, general UMAPINFO support, and an optional version that integrates Map 33 back into the campaign as the 'exit' from the secret levels (sky changed to SKY2 as it originally was in development...sure its like, one room you can see it, but still!) Suitcase of Gor Skips the missing map slots organically, and applies level name to the one map not named after its Doom 2 original map slot. Stomper (Beta 2) A patch for the unfinished Stomper's final beta version that smoothes out some rough edges and skips the empty map slot The Abyss Adds level names and ends the game after the first 'The End' map, instead of going through multiple copes all the way to Map 30. The Darkening Series Adds level names and the deathmatch portion as a selectable episode. Singleplayer portion ends the game after the final map, instead of spilling over into stock maps or DM maps The Final Gathering Adds level names and ends the game after Map 5 The Rebirth Integrates the Midi Pack, custom obituaries, and general QoL, adds widescreen assets The Talosian Incident Adds level names, general QoL, and ends the game at Map 18 Trooper's Playground Adds the deathmatch maps and the bonus level as selectable episodes, adds level names and graphics from the official add-on, as well as widescreen graphics. Twilight Zone series Minor QoL for both, ZDoom features in Twilight Zone 1 like custom skies now work in UMAPINFO ports, the three crappy hidden levels in Twilight Zone 1 are now properly defined, but still hidden and still uncompletable, and Twilight Zone 2 has an optional patch that attempts to restore the pre-remaster state DEHACKED stuff. TV1998 Patch for TV's TV1998, the counterpart to Revolution. Also contains an expanded music wad. Vilecore Fixes the error of MAP30 and MAP32 being swapped, adds level names and level graphics Vile Flesh Fixes typos in text screens and level names Vispire General UMAPINFO QoL Whispers of Satan Update to bring the ZDoom-only maps to Eternity and UMAPINFO ports, small fixes Whitemare Duo Patch for Whitemare and Whitemare 2. World of Deth General QoL like level names Zone 300 General UMAPINFO/Eternity support Zone 400 General UMAPINFO/Eternity support Final Doom Spoiler 32 Hours trilogy Patches for 20 Days in Hell, 32 Hours in Pain and 1 Day of Hellish Revenge Heroes Tales Patch for Heroes Tales, fixes Map 33 and enables it to be selected or integrated into the campaign Plutonia 2 Patch for Plutonia 2, fixes Map 33 and enables it to be selected or integrated into the campaign, widescreen assets Plutonia Revisited Duo Patches for PRCP 1 and 2. Widescreen assets included for PRCP1 Saturnia Adds xINFO support to make the two bonus levels reachable in all modern ports, makes Map 32 'beatable' TNT Revilution Patch for Revilution, makes most of the assets widescreen Heretic & Hexen Spoiler Raven Midi Pack Upgrade This is basically an unofficial re-issue of the Raven midipack with extra features. Fate's Path has been enabled as an episode and E6M3's original exit from its origin as idMap01 has been restored (In GZDoom and Eternity, taking the exit will loop you back to E6M1, DSDA currently crashes as it is ignoring the UMAPINFO lump), and there is now a version for the original 3 episode Heretic (which includes the E6M3 edit to the copy of the map in E4M1). Also included is a music-only wad for Doom and Doom 2, which is perfect for the Herian megawads. Hexen Fix (Prototype!) This is a fix aimed at tackling the inability to 100% the final hub map by assigning the unkillable monsters into groups that the rest of the Reivers have. If the fix does not work as intended, I will have to delete them from the map entirely. Also featured is the restoration of Shadow Wood's original theme, resulting in a unique track playing on every single level. The development map Maze accidentally left in the 1.0 release is also restored, however it is just as empty as it always was. It does play the other unused track though (This track is used in Deathkings of the Dark Citadel) Also check out my Unity Port conversions which originated from these very patches Edited Sunday at 05:40 AM by Devalaous 51 Share this post Link to post
Xerardo Posted May 28, 2023 Respect @Devalaous. I like what you are doing! 3 Share this post Link to post
Rudolph Posted May 28, 2023 (edited) Damnit! Just yesterday, I decided to make a custom dehacked file for Fava Beans/Slaughter Until Death/The Evil Unleashed. It would have saved me the trouble had I noticed this thread sooner. XD Oh well, your work is much appreciated nonetheless! 1 Share this post Link to post
Devalaous Posted May 28, 2023 6 minutes ago, Rudolph said: Damnit! Just yesterday, I decided to make a custom dehacked file for Fava Beans/Slaughter Until Death/The Evil Unleashed. It would have saved me the trouble had I noticed this thread sooner. XD Oh well, your work is much appreciated nonetheless! Slaughter Until Death and Evil Unleashed both have broken levels with improperly deleted secret sectors, and Evil Unleashed has nonfunctional graphic replacements that need to be restored, my own TiC wad patchs will be probably in the next batch, assuming Obituary patch works well, just need to make sure the level fixes actually takes this time (For some reason Doom Builder doesn't always actually *save* the level for me) 1 Share this post Link to post
Rudolph Posted May 28, 2023 (edited) Ah... Well, then, I guess I should wait so I can have an optimal experience. :) I do not suppose you plan on addressing the occasional weirdly-aligned textures and other odd choices (e.g. using slime borders for water pools) that do not actually affect gameplay in Fava Beans? 0 Share this post Link to post
Devalaous Posted May 29, 2023 I just found and fixed a bug in Alien Vendetta's patch that caused the sky to not render in Eternity and outright Crash DSDA Doom/Woof; turns out I defined the skies as 'RSKY' instead of 'SKY'. To be fair, AV was my very first patch and its been updated 20+ times by now; I guess I never tested it on Eternity or UMAPINFO ports (Turns out I tested the original release patch instead!) Kind of ashamed that the patch most likely to be used turned out bugged, but like I said; there was BOUND to be typos SOMEWHERE. Next batch will be Spoiler Doom Core, Doom Core Delta, Reverie, Eternally Yours, Vispire, Pulse, Eternal Doom, Crusades, Slayer, Sacrifice, Slaughter Until Death, Evil Unleashed, 2002 ADO, Death Tormention Complete, Plutonia 2, Plutonia Revisited It also seems like EMAPINFO might be pointless to continue writing soon, as of the current devbuild of Eternity, its using the UMAPINFO lump and I finally have custom episode selection in Eternity! I'll keep them in just in case however, as theres no telling what version a user might have installed. 13 hours ago, Rudolph said: Ah... Well, then, I guess I should wait so I can have an optimal experience. :) I do not suppose you plan on addressing the occasional weirdly-aligned textures and other odd choices (e.g. using slime borders for water pools) that do not actually affect gameplay in Fava Beans? Only fixes that block 100% secrets or items that noclip cant fix; if I edited people's works to appeal to my artistic tastes, I'd quickly find myself booted off the site. I have the utmost respect for the original works, I simply intend to re-present them with modern quality of life, cleaning up the old DEHACKEDs, providing missing level graphics, etc. 2 Share this post Link to post
Devalaous Posted May 29, 2023 I ran into some issues, so the next pile is smaller than I expected, but: 2002: A Doom Odyssey: Tenth Anniversary Edition (Enables E5M1 and E5M2 on all ports; re-adds the old E4M1 as E5M3; adds unused music track from Pcorf's 2002 ADO midi folder as E5M3's track. Also contains patch for the original 2002 ADO!) Death Tormention: The Complete Trilogy (Enables E2M10 and E4M10 on all ports, adds E1M9/E2M9/E3M9 from Death Tormention II as E1M10, E2M11 and E3M10) Eternal Doom (Widescreen assets, integration of Cybersweeper and Credits map, optional episodic version) Hell Revealed II (Widescreen assets, general UMAPINFO support) Cleimos and Cleimos II (General UMAPINFO support, custom obituaries, seperation of Cleimos 2's campaign and DM levels, widescreen statusbar. Also contains patch for original Cleimos) 2 Share this post Link to post
Devalaous Posted May 29, 2023 @Rudolph here you go. I needed a good long rest to finish up SUDTIC/TEUTIC. Slaughter Until Death (E2M2 and E2M9 fixed, general UMAPINFO support) The Evil Unleashed (E3M2 and E3M5 fixed, additional graphics restored, general UMAPINFO support) Ty Halderman's Sacrifice (E1M3 fixed, ends after E1M6) Doom Core, Doom Core Delta, Reverie, Eternally Yours (The Doom Core Trilogy) (General updates to all four wads, adds the cut levels from Doom Core back to Doom Core Delta, widescreen statusbar for Reverie) Vispire (General QOL stuff, ends mapset at appropriate time) Pulse (General QOL stuff, ends mapset at appropriate time) 4 Share this post Link to post
Rudolph Posted May 29, 2023 Cool! Thanks! Can those fixes be included to a .PK3 file, however? If so, how should I proceed? 0 Share this post Link to post
Devalaous Posted May 29, 2023 I'm not really familiar with how GZDoom does PK3 stuff; it looks hella messy and disorganised to my eyes. Many of these patches have conflicting files, so you cant just throw in the whole bunch; the entire reason why base MAPINFO versions is a seperate file at all is because of conflicts for example. Anyway, my forgetful brain forgot to include four other finished ones in the above post: Crusades (No longer dependant on Doom 95 for its intermission and WILV graphics) SlayeR (Bonus map and deathmatch maps selectable from menus, CWILV graphics made for extra levels) Heroes Tales (Bonus map selectable from main menu, also contains version with MAP33 integrated into the campaign) Community Chest series (CC1: Adds the mystery copy of MAP24 as MAP33, widescreen TITLEPIC. CC2: Map 24 fix, cleaned up DEHACKED. CC3: Cleaned up DEHACKED. CC4: MAP35 selectable from menu, alt version integrated into campaign. All versions: Widescreen statusbar) 2 Share this post Link to post
Rudolph Posted May 29, 2023 (edited) 53 minutes ago, Devalaous said: I'm not really familiar with how GZDoom does PK3 stuff; it looks hella messy and disorganised to my eyes. Many of these patches have conflicting files, so you cant just throw in the whole bunch; the entire reason why base MAPINFO versions is a seperate file at all is because of conflicts for example. Fair enough. I guess I will just have to play all those mapsets separately; I only wanted to merge them into full megawads out of convenience. Oh, and thanks for letting me know about Heroes' Tales! I was not aware of this one. 0 Share this post Link to post
Rudolph Posted May 30, 2023 It seems your patch for Fava Beans does not fix the bugged E1M4 secret. I only get it to register with NOCLIP. https://doomwiki.org/wiki/E1M4:_Triton_Lunar_Base_(Fava_Beans)#Bugs 0 Share this post Link to post
Devalaous Posted May 30, 2023 As requested by @Mr.Unsmiley:Base Ganymede Complete Basically turns it into the Unity Port version. Due to issues with Eternity over widescreen, Crispy and Eternity will default to 4:3 episode name graphics instead of wider names from the Unity port. Theres a little wad to change the episode names to the full widescreen ones for Crispy however. Other ports all use the full graphics. 2 Share this post Link to post
Rudolph Posted June 1, 2023 (edited) In Slaughter Until Death's E2M9, the rockets located between the lines of the pentagram room with slime cannot be grabbed. I do not know if it is because of GZDoom, but it is like they are too low for me to grab them by simply walking over them and the lines are too close to each other to allow me to touch the slime floor. Also, in the very large western arena, there is a monster outside the map boundaries. Edited June 1, 2023 by Rudolph 0 Share this post Link to post
Devalaous Posted June 2, 2023 I did try to move those rockets, seems they are still bugged. They don't count as items though, so oh well. I fixed the erroneously ambush-flagged monsters in E2M9's outside area, they should wake up with the others now. No monster is actually out of bounds. This stuff is exactly why I prefer to only remove the improperly deleted secret sectors that no amount of console command or cheats can overcome, trying to fix bugs on maps outside of that seems to only generate more headaches, and risks player anger over defiling classics Anyway: The Rebirth This patch is a bit simpler, no xINFO lumps outside of GAMEINFO, and integrates the Midi Pack, adds obituaries and correct Cast Call names for the new monster replacements, and adds widescreen graphics. 0 Share this post Link to post
Firedust Posted June 7, 2023 (edited) Bookmarked. This is very much appreciated! Thank you! 1 Share this post Link to post
Devalaous Posted June 30, 2023 Updated 2002 ADO, Crusades and Revolution: The former two had incorrect level warp numbers for Doomsday (Turns out this was an error in my template that I never caught fully; I noticed it for Death Tormention then entirely forgot to check the other Doom 1 wads with a fourth episode, oops), and Revolution still had Map 33 enabled as an 'episode' on the integrated version, allowing one to basically skip half the game. Ive been very busy preparing to move to another house, so ive not been working on this stuff too much recently, but the next bunch of patches SHOULD be the DTWID series with UMAPINFO support and widescreen assets, Kama Sutra and Hell Medley, and the Scythe trio. 4 Share this post Link to post
Devalaous Posted June 30, 2023 As my time runs out on this move, ive found I will likely not have stable internet, and likely no internet at all for my PC due to old people at the new house being behind the times on modern needs. As such, im uploading my current finished work while I can; these may still have some bugs as I had to cut testing short. As usual, please report anything amiss with port compatibility (UMAPINFO outright bombs Eternity, Woof and DSDA Doom if something is amiss, so that standard should at least work fine) Doom the Way id Did series Adds UMAPINFO support for Lost Episodes (enabling Episode 5 and 6 for Woof and DSDA Doom) and widescreen assets for DTWID, UDTWID and DTWID:LE Doom 2 the Way id Did Adds UMAPINFO support for Map 33, adds widescreen assets, and a custom version of MIDTWID thats compatible with D2TWID without overwriting the special secret map music. No End in Sight Adds UMAPINFO support, adds E1M0 as a selectable bonus map, and has a secondary patch that integrates E1M0 as as second secret level in E1. E4M0 currently requires noclipping to reach, as Xaser and NT did some special trickery to access E4M0 that I dont think UMAPINFO can use. Also adds the widescreen assets from the Unity port. Hell Medley Gusta's original Doom 1 megawad. Now translated into english, with xINFO support to abridge Episode 1 and 3, which were not full episodes. Also has a patch that updates the original Czech version for those wanting it closer to its original release. E1M8, E2M8 and E2M9 are now 100%able Kama Sutra General QoL updates like level names. Also has a 'PG' version that replaces the NSFW titlepic and bossback and removes the 'Adult' route from Map 30 (This was a specific request) Scythe Widescreen assets, optional episodic version Scythe 2 Widescreen assets, intermission texts, optional episodic version (Eternity has issues with the episodic version; use the standard patch instead) Scythe X General QoL updates, episodes are now selectable Solar Struggle Adds a DEHACKED lump and MAPINFO lump for Crispy Doom and ZDoom support The Ultimate NMD General QoL updates Serenity General QoL updates, fixed E3M4 and E3M7, widescreen intermission Eternity General QoL updates, widescreen intermission Infinity General QoL updates 8 Share this post Link to post
Devalaous Posted July 28, 2023 (edited) Been busy with getting properly set up at my new house, and ive got a HUGE amount of patches done thanks to my new speakers providing the perfect environment to focus on typing endless SLADE content. First off: No End in Sight, Anomaly Report, Slaughter Until Death and The Rebirth have been updated. NEIS and Anomaly Report now have (most of) the Unity port assets available as side-wads, so if you wanted to run though NEIS's E1 and E3 with the new Xaser-approved skies, now you just need to load a wad alongside it and it will act almost entirely like the add-on version (Without removing E1M0 and E4M6 though!). This does include the altered E4M1 too. Anomaly Report will need another update, as I forgot the ever-so-slightly-altered skies. SID had a minor 'whoops!' in the EMAPINFO that removed the 'E2Mx:' labelling. Rebirth was accidentally shipped with the Rebirth wad itself, so ive removed that, and added a UMAPINFO lump afterall; Blame Xaser calling me 'the resident UMAPINFO Saint'; I have a reputation to uphold now dammit! Aside from updating those, I have a very wide variety of wads with patches, from Cacoward winning superstars, to the dregs of Maximum Doom and everything in between. Some are requested, some are meme challenges, others are things I find and play then notice 'hmm, it has no internal dehacked!' then write one up on the spot. Widescreen Autoload files for Woof and DSDA Doom These are widescreen files largely taken from Nash and Scuba's repositories, readymade to be placed in Woof and DSDA Doom's autoload folders. They will also work on Crispy. Also included are a set of widescreen statusbars; these will also work with Eternity, at least in recent dev builds (Full widescreen support soon please?). I personally use a different statusbar in each Woof autoload wad, ive left some recommendations in the readme. BTSX Episode 1 and BTSX Episode 2 You would think these would have nothing to fix, but they are old enough now that they predate UMAPINFO, and E1 also had no GAMEINFO lump. Also included are widescreen assets, and conversion kits to change the graphics and level names to the Bethesda versions. I also fixed a few level names; the secret levels no longer say 'E1M31', 'E1M32' and 'E2M31'; this implied there was a full 32 levels, now they are E1M26, E1M27 and E2M28. E2M27 now appears as such, and now credits Tarnsman properly if the Creator command is used in Eternity. Plutonia 2 Plutonia 2 was made strangely; all the music in it was pointlessly changed to new lump names, and it makes a cleaned up DEHACKED annoying. Ive added two patches that make Map 33 properly supported, one keeps it as a bonus map, albeit selectable from the main menu, the other makes it automatically integrated into the campaign as a level accessed automatically from Map 32. Also included are widescreen assets. Plutonia Revisited Duo PRCP2 came out as I was initially making the patch for the first PRCP, and I got distracted and never finished it, till now. I threw in a small patch for PRCP2 as well that simply adds UMAPINFO/GAMEINFO lumps. PRCP itself also got one of the same nature, and the main feature is the widescreen assets for PRCP. PRCP 1 and 2 were simply built well :) Hadephobia This one was a bit of a mess on release, no xINFO of any kind despite having all three bonus map slots filled, and a missing music track for Map 31 I think it was. With this patch, all three bonus maps are fully supported in all xINFO ports, the missing track is present if using an older Hadephobia build (Mine had the missing 'Royal Flush' track already, but the wiki insists its missing..), and the four named episodes have been integrated as selectable menu options. The bonus maps are indicated by the Nightmare font. Also, since the three bonus maps had no definitions whatsoever for the intended music and skies, I have set 'Predestined Mortality' to use D_READ_M, 'Hadephrenia' to use Map 30's theme, and 'Scotch Bonnet' uses the intermission theme. All three use the third sky. Perdition's Gate This was a big project, paired with its sister wad. Perdition's Gate threw out the tradition CWILV graphics to attempt to tell a story after each level, instead of at pre-determined spots. However, without DEHACKED, the presentation was very sloppy. The level names and intermission texts remained unaltered, and you would get a glimpse of the next level's story as the next level loaded. Some of these texts were also difficult to read. My patch adds proper level names and intermission texts to Crispy, and in xINFO ports, the story text will instead be displayed after each and every level as proper intermissions. By loading up an extra wad, the CWILV graphics will be replaced by normal graphics, which is the ideal experience for xINFO ports. There are also widescreen graphics included. Hell to Pay Like the above, Hell to Pay tried to break past the limits of Doom 2 via complex graphic replacements. However unlike PG, the CWILV replacements also included unique artwork for each level; simply replacing these with regular CWILV graphics would sacrifice a lot. I figured out a way to include them however; each intermission is now set to display a unique graphic that merges the old CWILV and the INTERPIC seamlessly, preserving the unique artwork. This DOES result in 'double intermissions', but some of those graphics had difficult to read text, now you can take the time to read it properly. I included 4:3 versions of all these graphics for Eternity, and there are widescreen versions also available. In addition to all this, GZDoom has custom obituaries for all the new monsters, there are string replacements for the new weapons, and BlueFirez88's Hell to Pay patch's ZDoom aspects have been added as another modular patch (It mostly changes the decals of the new weapons, blood colours, and sounds) Double Impact This E1 replacement is another of the official add-ons, with enough changes to warrant a conversion to the add-on version. Included are widescreen assets for both versions, UMAPINFO support, and integration of the Double Impact MIDI Pack, in three levels: The base fix itself only replaces the stock music (E1M1, E1M2, E1M8 and the victory music are left as is), and there are two modular wads to fully replace the soundtrack with the full MIDI Pack, and one that replaces all but E1M1 and the victory music (aka the standard MIDI Pack functionality, as released). A dumb little extra noone asked for: The mismatched level names in the Unity version's intermission pic, have been fixed via the DEHACKED, UMAPINFO and WILV graphics Deathless As with Double Impact, this patch largely features conversions to the official add-on version, and includes the usual UMAPINFO and widescreen assets. I have no idea if levels differ between the add-on version and the 1.1 release of Deathless, as Revenant never covered that. '32 Hours' Trilogy This is a collection of patches for Kristian Aro's first works, a trio of wads that tell a continous story: '20 Days in Hell', '32 Hours in Pain' and 'One Day of Hellish Revenge'. 20 Days is very rough, and was, according to his Millenium Minisode text, never actually meant to be uploaded at all. I had enough fun with it though, although I needed to manually patch it to 100% it. 20 Days starts at Map 12, so ive added definitions to xINFO to enable starting directly from Map 12, and I added custom story intermissions and basic level names; this is the ONLY time ive written my own story texts; I wasn't the happiest with the results, and I generally prefer the actual author to make such artistic changes. One level was unable to be 100%ed due to improperly deleted sectors (This error occurs a lot with older mapsets; there is no way to fix it without editing the map itself in modern editors), and it is now fixed. '32 Hours in Pain', the second in the trilogy, is a 32 level full replacement for TNT, and features Doomguy's wife as the playable character; thus I have changed all the normal GZDoom obituaries that one would generally run into in normal play to reflect the player is Serena, and ive also imported 'Doomgirl' sounds from Doom Expanded to replace the remaining manly oofs and grunts (The original female pain sound is left intact). Finally, the four levels with broken secrets have been fixed. The final wad in the trilogy is a three map epilogue to tie up the story, and it only needed the usual xINFO/DEHACKED lumps. Enjay Doom and Enjay Doom II Some call this the earliest megawad in history, so its only fitting it gets a patch. Ive patched both versions of it, and the missing secret sector in several maps have been fixed; it also restores the removed MAP31 and 32 to Enjay Doom II; these are simply edited versions of the id originals to more closely resemble the Wolfenstein originals. Enjay Doom II also has a widescreen titlepic. Nothing was made for any other custom assets however. New Doom Wait what, where did this come from? This is an *ancient* compilation megawad found on Maximum Doom; widescreen assets were made for it and its status bar, so I made use of them and patched it up. Now it removes the fourth episode (New Doom predates Ultimate Doom), and has impromptu automap names and WILV graphics based on the information I could find on the individual wads. I will be also doing this to other Maximum Doom megawads I find. Maximum Matt will be pleased.. Illusions of Home A full one-man megawad sitting in Maximum Doom! Its 1994 to a fault, the first episode is, uh, 'interesting', but I did find several fun levels in the set. However a HUGE amount of levels were utterly broken, enough so that the wad is on GZDoom's automatic compatibility fixes. Ive fixed all of those levels manually, and disabled the fourth TFC episode. I did not add custom levelnames though, so all the level names are replaced by generic strings. Dark Hell & Black Hell Episode replacements so old that Dark Hell is not only on Maximum Doom, but it was designed with Doom 1.2 in mind. Black Hell is the sequel to Dark Hell, and ive added a 'DX' patch that adds Dark Hell to Black Hell as Episode 2, for a two-episode 1994 adventure. Both have been patched seperately as well; both now have the usual DEHACKED/xINFO, WILV graphics, and Dark Hell also has its secret level fixed to not make the player repeat E2M6 (Unless playing in Crispy, as secret exits are hardcoded in where they lead to) and E2M8's impossible to access soulspheres moved and made into multiplayer only ones. I will end this post here, there are still more, but they need testing an readme files made (Plus, I need a break; ive been doing these for 12 hours straight for the last four days to get my plate somewhat cleared) Fittingly, this is apparantly my 4000th post! EDIT: Anomaly report updated, load the unity wad BEFORE the widescreen wad or you'll get 4:3 art. The slightly different unity versions were never widescreened, but it should be easy to do Edited July 29, 2023 by Devalaous 9 Share this post Link to post
Floowand Posted July 29, 2023 Amazing work Devalaous! I had thought about doing something similar, but I realized how much chore could be, and I only limited myself to doing a few. Do you have problems with other people contributing to your topic? I made one for Astroverse and for Holistic, but i need to check them again. 1 Share this post Link to post
Devalaous Posted July 30, 2023 1 minute ago, Floowand said: Amazing work Devalaous! I had thought about doing something similar, but I realized how much chore could be, and I only limited myself to doing a few. Do you have problems with other people contributing to your topic? I made one for Astroverse and for Holistic, but i need to check them again. I have a template file I use for these, keeps things relatively unified and speeds up the work considerably. These days im starting to cut down on the amount of lumps included, as its murder on my carpal tunnel to type so many of them, and all of my ports now support UMAPINFO now when using devbuilds, except Doomsday (which is a pain to support due to its conflicts) and Crispy, so im largely sticking to that now as its a cleaner format than the others. I also stick a purely cosmetic GAMEINFO lump into them all; this just changes the colours and text of ZDoom/GZDoom/Zandronum's start up box, its a nice little flavour thing, gives wads a nice presentation. 1 Share this post Link to post
Floowand Posted July 30, 2023 (edited) 21 hours ago, Devalaous said: I have a template file I use for these, keeps things relatively unified and speeds up the work considerably. These days im starting to cut down on the amount of lumps included, as its murder on my carpal tunnel to type so many of them, and all of my ports now support UMAPINFO now when using devbuilds, except Doomsday (which is a pain to support due to its conflicts) and Crispy, so im largely sticking to that now as its a cleaner format than the others. I also stick a purely cosmetic GAMEINFO lump into them all; this just changes the colours and text of ZDoom/GZDoom/Zandronum's start up box, its a nice little flavour thing, gives wads a nice presentation. Yeah, since UMAP becomes available in the majority of popular ports feels kinda redundant to make the other formats. At some point i tried to convert the Doom Core Trilogy (ZDoom version) to UMAP since i recall valkiriforce in a post mentioning that the maps are still limit-removing, i tested a lot of them in DSDA, and they worked but i kinda throw the towel since they were 77 maps with multiples intertext, interpics, endpics, etc.. and i got overwhelmed lol. Can you share your templates? Also i made some patches (UMAP only) for Doom 2 Unleashed Spoiler Doom 2 Unleashed - Quality-of-Life Patch by Floowand Tested: DSDA-Doom Intended: For all UMAPINFO compatibles source ports d2u_fix: Added selectables episodes to the menu Extra 8 mapas available as episode 2 "NO HOPE FOR PEACE"" just as appear in ZDOOM ports. d2u_fixost: Same as above. Includes the music from soundtrack wad (pccpmus.wad) d2u_fixost+: Same as above. The difference in this one is that the extra 8 maps use music from the Ultimate MIDI Pack. This was made to keep consistency in the use of custom soundtrack, since originally the 8 extra maps used the original midis from Ultimate Doom, E3M1 to E3M8 -Unknown Realm - Leonardo Silva (Palitoman) - E3M1: Hell Keep -Swamp Ass - ZeMystic - E3M2: Slough of Despair -Eclectic Death - Peccatum Mihzamiz - E3M3: Pandemonium -Siege Mentality - NeilJohnRips - E3M4: House of Pain -Forgiven Heretic - McJerb - E3M5: Unholy Cathedral -On a Sea of Lava - Myrgharok (TheUltimateDoomer666) - E3M6: Mt. Erebus -No More History - Cammy - E3M7: Limbo -Mother of All Doom - Myrgharok (TheUltimateDoomer666) - E3M8: Dis CREDITS: Doom 2 Unleashed Team Ultimate MIDI Pack Team Floowand (UMAP, patch assembly) d2u.zip Edited July 30, 2023 by Floowand 1 Share this post Link to post
Devalaous Posted July 30, 2023 33 minutes ago, Floowand said: Yeah, since UMAP becomes available in the majority of popular ports feels kinda redundant to make the other formats. At some point i tried to convert the Doom Core Trilogy (ZDoom version) to UMAP since i recall valkiriforce in a post mentioning that the maps are still limit-removing, i tested a lot of them in DSDA, and they worked but i kinda throw the towel since they were 77 maps with multiples intertext, interpics, endpics, etc.. and i got overwhelmed lol. Can you share your templates? Sure, I previously posted them elsewhere on the forums, but ive found and fixed a few errors since then. There is likely still something in there I need to update, thats the curse of these things, theres always one detail ive left out in some format Doom 1 & 2 XINFO Template.zip About the different formats; There are three things I ALWAYS include: Internal DEHACKED: This is for Crispy mainly, which is robust enough that it can take almost any map. By using PHUSTR, you can set names for Map 33 to 35 and maybe even beyond. Even if a wad already has an internal Dehacked, I tend to edit it and include it in the patch anyway with some cleanup of the formatting. Lack of capital letters shows up in ZDoom/GZDoom's save files and it irks me GAMEINFO: This is purely presentation, if playing windowed it will show 'Alien Vendetta: Valley of Echoes' in the window, and I can stream it to discord as such. The first Hex value for the colours is the font, the second is the background, I tend to colourmatch the titlepic or other wad graphics as much as I can. UMAPINFO: As its a Universal format, it should always be present, especially as it gains traction. When I initially started making these patches, I think I only had PrBoom and DSDA to test on, as GZDoom at that point, didn't load up any of my UMAPINFO patches. Today, if using dev builds, it is supported by Woof, DSDA, GZDoom and Eternity, only really leaving Crispy out (And since Crispy and Woof are by the same dude, I don't see it going into Crispy) The other formats that tend to be in my patches: MAPINFO: The original standard, this is practically an older UMAPINFO in that a ton of ports will read it, no problems. Its generally safe to include this if you aim to also support older ports. Solar Struggle for example, only used UMAPINFO, no MAPINFO and no DEHACKED; as a result it was wonky on Crispy and ZDoom. ZMAPINFO: ZDoom, Zandronum and GZDoom use this before all other lumps iirc, and it does offer some advantages over UMAPINFO, such as non-standard Map formats (See: BTSX with 'MAP15C' and D64ID2 with multiple B variants). It is also capable of enforcing pistol starts and removing intermission text from the usual places. EMAPINFO: Eternity's EMAPINFO I mostly use for enforcing 4:3 versions of graphics in my patches, as DSDA and Woof support widescreen but Eternity does not (Unless its a statusbar! Odd distinction, but its there), and it can also be used as a stopgap for people still on official builds, as of devbuilds, it now works in tandem with UMAPINFO in a neat sort of harmony, so you can define Eternity-specific stuff in the EMAPINFO, add details in UMAPINFO that EMAPINFO doesnt support (like custom episodes), and it'll all combine in-engine. Its not perfect though; As of writing, Scythe and Perdition's Gate patches have issues with the secret levels, where one exit will print one text, and the secret will print another. This works in DSDA/Woof, but only one of them triggers in Eternity. DMAPINFO: The Unity port's special format, I only include this sometimes, and its meant to be copied and pasted INTO the base wad. The Unity port can only load one wad at a time, so any patches must be fused with the base wad. Dont make my mistake with Eternal Doom; always TEST the base wad in the Unity port first to see if it runs, I made a full DMAPINFO for Eternal Doom, only to find out every level crashes afterward. DD_DEFNS: Doomsday's format conflicts with MAPINFO, resulting in duplicate menu entries and all sorts of oddities. Doomsday only really supports vanilla-like wads, and does not support widescreen, so use of this format is something im starting to phase out; its the most extensive format to fill out, and the most likely to bug out. Also when it comes to widescreen assets, I always seperate statusbars for two reasons: There is a wonderful fullscreen statusbar from NightFright for GZDoom that places the statusbar in the middle of the screen, or splits in half with parts of it on the left and right, and this mod breaks with widescreen statusbars. Most of the widescreen statusbars come from NightFright's repository, so the incompatibility is likely intentional. Secondly, as mentioned earlier, 16:9 statusbars DO work in Eternity, while the other assets like TITLEPICs do not. By keeping statusbars in a seperate wad, you maximise compatibility with various user setups. Keeping the patches modular covers almost all users, as they can pick and choose what parts to use. 2 Share this post Link to post
MugMonster Posted August 16, 2023 (edited) a while back, I decided to make a folder with a crispy doom installation isolated from the mess that is my normal folder, and put all the unity versions of the "official add-ons" in there along with the normal iwads. but, recently I decided instead of the unity versions, I would use the standard versions and apply your patches to them to see if it would result in better consistency (except for Harmony and Scientist, as the non-zdoom Harmony hasn't been released outside of unity yet, nor has the updated Scientist, but I believe Roland said he's waiting for the idgames archive to approve it). I'm prooobably doing this the dumbest way possible, by making separate .bat files for each mapset, because I have yet to learn how autoload folders work. but, in doing it this way, I've noticed some weird little things here and there. for instance, the "Plutonia Widescreen Assets" wad (made by Scuba Steve, I think?) doesn't actually include the widescreen version of F1 help menu, so I have to run both the Doom 2 and Plutonia widescreen wads just for that. I'm also using the Sprite Fixing Project wads, and I've noticed there seems to be some incompatibility between them and the episode 2 name lump that requires loading them in a specific order. anyway, most of that has nothing specifically to do with this post. but what does is that I noticed the deathless widescreen titlepic and credit lumps are in png format rather than doom format, and as a result they crash crispy doom lol. I fixed them in slade on my end, but you might wanna update them. I still have several 'official add-ons' to go so I'll come back if I find more of these bugs. (I'm also not planning to check out the patches that dont apply to the official add-ons, at least not today, so if there are other errors someone else will have to find them) edit - revolution_origws.wad is another with pngs (though honestly I dunno who'd prefer this over the new one lol) and a minor, not game-breaking thing: in the BTSX readme's (both episodes), you have "btsxe_ws/btsxe_ws_unity" listed twice rather than the "wsbar" that should be in the 2nd part lol :p Edited August 16, 2023 by MugMonster 0 Share this post Link to post
Devalaous Posted August 17, 2023 (edited) Thanks for the error reports, I tend to always forget one small thing somewhere, especially when im preparing about 10 or so for release at once EDIT: Also yeah, I wont be doing anything for Harmony or the new Scientist, as the authors themselves are releasing those versions. I do have patches for the original Scientist and Scientist 2 though, they were supposed to be posted in the last group but I outright forgot. I'll release them later for people that feel like playing the older releases EDIT2: Fixed Deathless and the BTSX readmes. Plutonia does indeed have the widescreen HELP screen, as does TNT, the lump count is actually the same across all three, the only difference is the TITLEPIC, INTERPIC and BOSSBACK. Doesn't the spritefix wad have a version of the helpscreen that interferes if the load order is wrong? Edited August 17, 2023 by Devalaous 2 Share this post Link to post
MugMonster Posted August 17, 2023 1 hour ago, Devalaous said: Plutonia does indeed have the widescreen HELP screen, as does TNT, the lump count is actually the same across all three, the only difference is the TITLEPIC, INTERPIC and BOSSBACK. Doesn't the spritefix wad have a version of the helpscreen that interferes if the load order is wrong? I must have an older version or something cos Slade says those lumps arent there 0 Share this post Link to post
Devalaous Posted August 18, 2023 2 hours ago, MugMonster said: I must have an older version or something cos Slade says those lumps arent there Ah, thats not my pack. Mine is 'Widescreen.zip' with 'doom2_ws.wad', 'plut_ws.wad' and 'tnt_ws.wad', they all have 116.49 kb TITLEPIC, INTERPIC, CREDIT, HELP and BOSSBACK, with a SHT2EO sprite inbetween an S_START and S_END, all sourced from Nash's graphics. The 88.62 kb lumps there are likely Scuba's 16:9 art from his google drive or from the official asset pack Anyway, thanks to a hint from Xaser, I will be doing something for sci2023.wad afterall; A small mod packed with the other Scientist patches that restores the soundtrack. I'm running out of old things to patch :p 1 Share this post Link to post
Devalaous Posted August 19, 2023 (edited) I'm currently going through the patches and updating the UMAPINFO in all the Doom 2/Final Doom wads; apparantly 'EndGame = true' on Map 30 does not trigger the Cast Call on all ports, despite saying on the documentation something along the lines of 'trigger the default ending for this slot'. DSDA and Woof did, but GZDoom did not, and since my more recent patches have only UMAPINFO to save my wrists, this had to be changed to 'EndCast = true' on all of them. Never cut corners folks. In the process I discovered my PRCP2 wad was very broken, so that definitely needs a redownload, whoops! I'm also updating the Master Levels patch in the process, which will be getting a PS3 and Xbox mode as additional options EDIT: All updates complete! CC2, CC3 and Reverie now also have UMAPINFO lumps; they aren't really needed, but in the future if a port doesn't read the embedded Boom-format Dehacked or MAPINFO, but does read UMAPINFO, they are now covered! Edited August 20, 2023 by Devalaous 5 Share this post Link to post
brick Posted August 20, 2023 A while ago I posted a collection of ZMAPINFO lumps that I had made for a whole bunch of different pwads. I don't know if they're helpful since you have your own template and mine probably don't adhere to it, but I'll link them just in case. Feel free to use, modify and include them in your patches if you think they're useful. If I can make a small contribution to your wrists' health I'll be very happy :P Thank you for all the wonderful patches! I've started using them even for pwads where I have my own, because of the added QOL in your versions. 1 Share this post Link to post
Devalaous Posted August 22, 2023 (edited) On 8/20/2023 at 8:12 PM, brick said: A while ago I posted a collection of ZMAPINFO lumps that I had made for a whole bunch of different pwads. I don't know if they're helpful since you have your own template and mine probably don't adhere to it, but I'll link them just in case. Feel free to use, modify and include them in your patches if you think they're useful. If I can make a small contribution to your wrists' health I'll be very happy :P Thank you for all the wonderful patches! I've started using them even for pwads where I have my own, because of the added QOL in your versions. Some of the stuff in your collection ive already done but haven't released, theres also some stuff in there ive actually never heard of, gives me things to look into in the future. Only so much time in the day though. Stuff coming in the future once its tested and the readmes are written: Mars War Doom Junior and Project X (Cyb groans in the distance) Suitcase of Gor Heroes 1 and 2 More Maximum Doom 1994/1995 megawad patches ('Why?' DW asks) Scientist, Scientist 2 and Scientist 2023 Obituary 10 Sectors - Part 2 (I forgot to upload this one in the last round, alongside the Scientist ones) TV1998 Herian (Maybe Herian 2 also, but as a ZDoom release theres not much to do there) Hellbound (Just widescreen stuff iirc) H2H Xmas Whitemare 'The Best Wad Ever' (Matt Tropiano's earliest Doom megawad, I beleive its only available on his website now) Final Gathering, Artifact, Welcome to Hell, UCA, Wasteland (A bunch of small 3 to 5 level wads from the early days of Doom) The '1024' series (Congestion and both Cluastrophobias) D64ID2 (I think this just needs widescreen and a UMAPINFO) Heretic Midi Pack converted to Doom 2; perfect for Herian and Herian 2. Also updated to enable 'Episode 6' in Heretic, and with support for the original Heretic I would also like to do Realm of Chaos, but I don't want to step on Cammy's toes; I'll look into patching the original release AFTER the big anniversary edition is done and dusted. A lot of these wads are weird, I know, a lot of it is stuff I played and immediately thought 'I should give this a DEHACKED for level names' then went for the full patch routine, ha. Besides, I know a bunch of people enjoy playing the early releases of community legends and seeing how far they have come. EDIT: Fixed an error in Revolution's 'fixint' patch that made GZDoom abort on starting, caused by removing the episode definition, but not removing the 'clearepisodes' line. There may be more of these errors, report them if they pop up and I'll fix it ASAP EDIT2: Equinox is also coming, its another one I finished but forgot about Edited August 22, 2023 by Devalaous 3 Share this post Link to post
