deh files

[Guest met123]

is there anyway i can paste them into my wads. thanks

[Guest Fanatic]

Use Wintex to inset as a lump, or DEUTEX, or any other WAD tool.

Some level editors can do it too, like DEEP Sea.

[Lazer]

I thought you had to patch the exe. Are you sure you can insert them as lumps and have them work?

[Guest Fanatic]

Well, depends on what you want to do with it.

If you want to put it in the WAD file, use Wintex or similar tool and use a source port like BOOM or ZDOOM, which can read dehacked files from the WAD or as loose *.deh files (load them as a -file whatever.deh).

If you plan on using it with DOOM2.EXE, you should make a deh patch, and include dehacked.exe with your zip package, and a batch file to apply it on the user side, as it's illegal to include the original or a patched DOOM2.EXE.

Take a look at the dehacked readme file for more info on this, or see the ZDOOM or BOOM readme about loading and including DEH files.

[Lazer]

Well I knew that, that is why I made my above post in response to something that sounded like they said you could do that with any doom. And why is spreading a patched doom illegal and a source port the same thing that has been changed a little not illegal?

[Guest Fanatic]

A source port is released under the GPL, so a source port is legal as long as you follow the rules of the GPL.

A doom executable (doom.exe or doom2.exe) is a protected/copyrighted program, so putting that online, whether it's modified by dehacked or not, is illegal.