DETH (revived) - 4.31

[Gibbon]

Everyone remembers DETH right?  The editor for nutjobs which makes you prematurely age :)

 

Well, it is back.

 

I wanted to see how the last release of DETH worked and so I first simply recompiled it, however this didn't work because it just so happens that DETH was compiled with some specific libgrx versions.  I tried them all and got the dreaded "video mode not found" error, it just so turns out that DETH was compiled with GRX2.2+patches that I managed to find.

 

What motivated me?

 

Well, I'm using DETH for the Pandora MAP30 and I hated how I had to keep exiting the program, use BSP then run the WAD.  DETH 4.24 also by default has a broken HETH compile (they removed tag from the LineDef struct) as they aren't differentiating this.

 

This goes onto the changes I did.

 

Changes:

 

1. Added a new window for Legends

2. Added the ability to run BSP.EXE against a chosen PWAD
from within DETH itself. (hoorah!)

3. Fixed a bug that prevented HETH compilation

4. Removed Supercharge Sphere from COMMON.CFG
and replaced with Soul Sphere.

 

All the dependencies are inside the repository, so nobody has to hunt them down again.

 

Release: https://github.com/atsb/DETH/releases/tag/v4.31

 

I'll keep on developing this.

 

Screenshot of the Legends panel:

 

Spoiler

 

 

[Biodegradable]

Pretty cool of you to help preserve and even inject a bit of life into an old legacy level editor, Gibb. Also the little memorial for Jim, Ty and Dr Sleep is a nice touch. :^)

[Apprentice]

Interesting, defintly going to follow this. Are certain limits that plagued the old Deth going to be increased in order to support larger maps like Doombuilder and others can do ??

[Gibbon]

2 hours ago, Apprentice said:

Interesting, defintly going to follow this. Are certain limits that plagued the old Deth going to be increased in order to support larger maps like Doombuilder and others can do ??

I can definitely go above that.  Since DETH is already a 32bit DJGPP program, increasing them will likely require more memory, I’m shooting for 32MB as a default minimum, similar to my DOOM128 stuff.

 

I would say though that about 30000 vertices would be ok, since even okuplok has only around 20k

 

I will do some testing to see where the DOS limit is (memory) and then bring it down a few 0000’s from there so it’s stable.

 

EDIT: Do you have any maps where this limit is reached on the first level?  I've tried a few but can't find a decent set that reliably surpasses it.

 

Ok @Apprentice - I have actually removed that limit.  The original limit was restricted to sizeof(struct Vertex).  So I instead did a sizeof(NumVertex).  Basically, any map that is opened, it will allow the display of that map with however many vertexes the map has.  Which removes this limit now.

 

I've added some proof :P Deus Vult, MAP05.  Here is an attached experimental binary containing the change:

DETH.EXE_experimental.zip

And a screeny :)

Spoiler

 

Edited May 8, 2022 by Gibbon

[Redneckerz]

The 2022 update is now covered on the Wiki.

[Gibbon]

Thanks Red!

[LexiMax]

This is amazing work.  I think I made some of my early fooling around levels with DETH, including a prototype CTF level.

[Dusty_Rhodes]

Gib you never cease to amaze. Long live DETH!

[LuciferSam86]

Gibbon Developer of too many source ports :)

Awesome job, anyway :)

[Gibbon]

I have quite the portfolio..  it’s growing day by day :)