generating a list of used textures/flats in a map

[TimeOfDeath]

Is there an easier way to generate a list of used textures/flats in a map than opening it in doom builder and writing down each texture/flat name by hand?

[Lüt]

WinTex will display a list of textures and how many times they're used when you open a WAD and click the "Sidedefs" and "Sectors" lump entries underneath the E#M#/MAP## title, but there doesn't seem to be a way to export those lists to proper text file. You can export the individual lump entries to individual files, but it only displays a combination of texture names and garbage characters in a continuous string when viewed in a text editor.

[Nomad]

I've been hoping someone would write something like this for quite a while now. Even more it'd be great if someone could write a script or program that would even merge the appropriate files automatically. :/

[GreyGhost]

XWE will generate copy/pastable texture lists for maps, but doesn't do flats. I think DeePsea does both but don't have it installed right now.

[Kappes Buur]

Deepsea (the freeware version) can generate a list of used texture/flat with
F7 PWAD Lump Arranging and More
and optionally export this list to your favourite text editor.
Note: not for UDMF maps.


GZDoombuilder r1659 can generate a file of missing textures with
F4 Map Analysis
which is stored as mapname_errors.txt in the folder of the map.

[TimeOfDeath]

Thx of the help, but I can't figure out how to generate the lists with XWE or Deepsea. Got any tips? The maps reference textures/flats from external texture wads so I'm trying to figure out what textures I need to import into the map wads. WinTex works good, but it's taking a while to write out every texture name.

[Vermil]

GreyGhost said:

XWE will generate copy/pastable texture lists for maps, but doesn't do flats. I think DeePsea does both but don't have it installed right now.

Not quite, XWE generates a list of UNUSED textures.

The option is 'list unused textures' under the file menu. It will place a txt file on the root folder of the drive XWE is installed on, listing the textures that aren't used by any map in the same wad.

[Ribbiks]

I wrote a simple python script that generates a list of all unique textures/flats given a directory of wads. it was pretty trivial to implement, but who knows maybe someone will find this useful.

#!/usr/bin/env python
# encoding: utf-8
"""
texList.py

Author: Ribbiks
Date:	12/29/2012

Generates list of unique textures & flats in a set of wads, given their directory

USAGE: python texList.py wadFolder/
"""

import os
import sys
import numpy as np

def main():
	wadDir = sys.argv[-1]
	wadList = os.listdir(wadDir)
	wadList = [n for n in wadList if n[-4:] == '.wad']

	dictT = {}
	dictF = {}

	for wad in wadList:
		# open file, get header info
		f = open(wadDir+wad,'rb')
		[pwad,nLmp,dirP] = np.fromfile(f,'<i4',3)

		# find all SIDEDEFS and SECTORS lumps
		f.seek(dirP)
		todoT = []	# todo[i] = (sidedefs_pointer, num_sidedefs)
		todoF = []
		for n in range(nLmp):
			[lmpP,lmpS] = np.fromfile(f,'<i4',2)
			name = f.read(8)
			if name == 'SIDEDEFS':
				todoT.append((lmpP,lmpS/30))
			elif name[:7] == 'SECTORS':
				todoF.append((lmpP,lmpS/26))
		
		# read textures from SIDEDEFS lumps
		for (pos,num) in todoT:
			f.seek(pos)
			for n in range(num):
				f.read(4)	# skip offset bytes
				dictT[f.read(8)] = 1
				dictT[f.read(8)] = 1
				dictT[f.read(8)] = 1
				f.read(2)	# skip sector bytes
		
		# read flats from SECTORS lumps
		for (pos,num) in todoF:
			f.seek(pos)
			for n in range(num):
				f.read(4)	# skip height bytes
				dictF[f.read(8)] = 1
				dictF[f.read(8)] = 1
				f.read(6)	# skip light/type/tag bytes

		f.close()

	of = open('output.txt','w')
	of.write('### TEXTURES ###\n\n')
	for i in dictT.keys():
		of.write(i+'\n')
	of.write('\n### FLATS ###\n\n')
	for i in dictF.keys():
		of.write(i+'\n')
	of.close()

if __name__ == '__main__':
	main()

not extensively tested. requires numpy (just because np.fromfile is convenient), but what self-respecting python install doesn't have numpy nowadays.

[GreyGhost]

Vermil said:

Not quite, XWE generates a list of UNUSED textures.

The option is 'list unused textures' under the file menu. It will place a txt file on the root folder of the drive XWE is installed on, listing the textures that aren't used by any map in the same wad.

Select a map and you'll find a "List Used Textures" option in the Map menu, though it's not all that useful if there's a lot of maps in your wad.