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                 WADED v1.17
                 DOOM Map WAD Editor
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             Programmed by Matthew Ayres


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──│ 0 │  Contents  │──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
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    [1] Overview                   [11] SECTORS Definer
    [2] Features                   [12] Author's Notes
    [3] Main Functions             [13] Registration
    [4] Keyboard Equivalents       [14] Acknowledgments
    [5] About DOOM Map Editing     [15] Upcoming Features
    [6] Editing THINGS             [16] Contacting the author
    [7] Editing LINEDEFS           [17] Distribution and where
    [8] Editing SECTORS                 to get the latest version
    [9] Map Drawing Utilities      [18] Disclaimer
       [10] Smart Draw

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──│ 1 │  Overview  │──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
  └───└────────────┘

    WADED was designed to be an  easy  and  decent DOOM map editor.  It is
completely mouse controlled, and run from DOS.  The obvious goal was to  write
a  good  editor,  so  people would be able to create some good new DOOM levels
from scratch that could be distributed in small patch .WAD (PWAD) files.

    WADED can be run from any  directory  on your hard drive.  It needs no
data  files,  nor  does  it  create  any  configuration  files.   All  WADED's
information is kept within itself.  It will attempt to locate your  main  .WAD
file, but if it can't, you'll be prompted for one.

    Please read over the Main Functions before using WADED, you can't just
enter  a  pitch-black  forest without a flashlight.  Hopefully it shouldn't be
too hard for you get used to the interface.  Once you've fiddled with it for a
while, it's easy to use.  All  effort  has  been  taken to make WADED easy and
simple to use, but parts might not appear simple at first.

    I'd also suggest reading over the Map Editing Utilities  part  of  the
documentation,  if you plan on building levels from scratch or adding to other
levels.  Please note, that this  documentation  doesn't  yet go over the basic
concepts of a  level.   In  other  words,  it  doesn't  explain  exactly  what
VERTEXES,  LINEDEFS,  and  SECTORS are.  If you aren't yet familiar with them,
then I'd suggest reading the "UnOfficial DOOM Specs", or wait for a release of
WADED that does explain them in its documentation.

    Tired of having  to  load  Windows  to  use  a  map  editor?  Tired of
programs that are hard to figure out,  and  offer  little  ease  in  designing
levels?   Tired  of  editors  that don't use the mouse to it's fullest extent?
Tired of editors incapable of  generating  the  NODES?  Tired of reading this?
Then give WADED a try and see whatchya think.

    PLEASE!!!   REPORT  ANY  BUGS,  MISTAKES,  IDEAS,  REMARKS,  PROBLEMS,
DISLIKES, OPINIONS, COMMENTS, SUGGESTIONS, NOTES.....  TO ME IMMEDIATELY!  SEE
THE SECTION BELOW ABOUT CONTACTING ME, THANKS!


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──│ 2 │  Features  │──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
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    - Run from DOS, and requires only one .EXE, no data
      and configuration files
    - Very easy to use interface, with complete mouse support
    - No EMS or XMS needed, requires only VGA and a mouse
    - THINGS icons, 9 zoom levels
    - Load/Save PWADs
    - Load PWADs with multiple maps
    - Map drawing utilities
       - Start levels from scratch
       - Draw lines and have WADED
         handle the complicated stuff
       - Move/Add/Delete VERTEXES
       - Move/Delete/Flip LINEDEFS
       - Ability to define SECTORS
         (2 ways of doing it now)
    - Move/Add/Delete THINGS
    - THINGS divided into categories
    - Change thing attributes/direction
    - Change wall textures/attributes
    - Change LINEDEF/SECTORS triggers/types
    - Change SECTORS ceiling/floor altitudes
    - Change SECTORS attributes/brightness
    - SECTORS mover/deleter
    - Ability to change multiple LINEDEFS at once
    - View wall textures and ceiling/floor tiles
    - Properly save a PWAD file that DOOM
      can use, i.e. build the NODES, etc.
    - Support BBS
    - Much more...

    One of the main powers of WADED lies within the Map Drawing  Utilities
("Draw  Map"  selection),  the  subselection  "Smart  Draw".   You'll probably
discover this to be very helpful  when  building levels from scratch.  With it
you can literally draw a  level  out,  and  WADED  will  handle  creating  the
VERTEXES,  LINEDEFS,  SIDEDEFS,  and  SECTORS for you.  Using some algorithms,
WADED does a pretty good job  of  guessing  what  needs to be created, how and
where.  In the occasions that WADED can't figure out  what  you're  doing  (or
guesses  wrong),  there  is  a SECTOR Definer to define LINEDEFS to the proper
SECTOR.   So  read  over  the  part  of  the  documentation  concerning  these
utilities.


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──│ 3 │  Main Functions  │────────────────────────────────────────────────────
  └───└──────────────────┘

    WADED  requires  a  mouse,  VGA  video  card,  and  at  least  550k of
conventional memory free.  Unless you're interested in watching WADED beep and
then crash your computer, I'd suggest making sure you have that  much  memory.
And  if  you don't, try to free up some things you have loaded in memory.  For
those of you who don't know,  conventional  memory is that 640k barrier people
are always talking about.  That extra 4 or 8  megs  of  extended  or  expanded
memory you have is useless in this case.

    Throughout the editor, there are many buttons (like  "+"  and  "-"  or
arrow  buttons/selections).   There is an important mouse feature to remember.
That  is,  if  you  click  the  left  mouse  button  on  one  of  these screen
buttons/selections, it will do nothing more than that operation once.  Holding
down the right mouse button will perform that  operation  until  you  let  go.
This  is  handy  to  scroll quickly through a set of numbers or a list of wall
textures, etc.  (There is one exception in Sector editing...)

    Another note about  the  mouse,  sometimes  a  middle  mouse button is
mentioned.  If you only have a two button mouse (like I), you can emulate  the
middle  mouse  button  by hitting both the left and right mouse buttons at the
same time.

    Yet another IMPORTANT NOTE about  the  mouse...  If you're just coming
out of Windows, the mouse cursor movement rate is set to like intervals of  8.
Some  other  programs do this too.  They for some reason don't reset the mouse
upon exiting.  WADED doesn't reset  the  mouse,  and  if  it in that mode, the
mouse will bounce around insanely when you try to move it.  To  counter  this,
exit  by  hitting  "Q",  then  run the DOS program "EDIT" and exit that.  That
program will reset the mouse.  Sorry  for the inconvenience that WADED doesn't
(YET) properly reset the mouse.

    Once WADED is run, on the right edge of the  screen,  there  are  many
selections.   The  top  four  are:  THINGS,  LINEDEFS,  SECTORS, and Draw Map.
Editing features and commands for each are listed further on in this document.
WADED starts out on the THINGS editing selection.

    Below these four selections are  arrows  that  allow you to scroll the
map view around.  Also note that using the arrow keys on the keyboard will  do
this.   Under  the arrows are plus and minus buttons that will adjust the zoom
level of the map view.  The plus and  minus keys on your keyboard will also do
this.

    Next the current X and Y coordinates are  displayed.   They  represent
exactly  where  the mouse is currently pointing to on the map, while the mouse
is in map view area.  Under this  is the "Grid" selection button.  By clicking
this you can toggle the grid on and off.  Grid lines are every 128 units.

    Then come four more selections: Load Map, Load PWAD,  Save  PWAD,  and
Quit.   The  "Load Map" selection will load a map from the main DOOM WAD file.
Once you select this, a  selection  box  will  appear asking what map to load.
Use "Load PWAD" to load map WAD files  created  by  WADED  or  any  other  map
editor.   "Save PWAD" obviously saves your map to a WAD file, and "Quit" exits
WADED.

    The selection windows in the  lower  part  of the screen, usually have
four buttons, and a list of items, wall textures, etc.   The  top  and  bottom
buttons  will  scroll the list one page up and down at a time.  The middle two
buttons will scroll the bar up  and  down  one  at  a time.  Also note you can
select any item in the selection window by clicking on it.


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──│ 4 │  Keyboard Equivalents  │──────────────────────────────────────────────
  └───└────────────────────────┘

    For those of you who aren't mouse dependent (like me),  here  are  the
keyboard equivalents of most features:

     F1  »  Edit THINGS
     F2  »  Edit LINEDEFS
     F3  »  Edit SECTORS
     F4  »  Map Drawing Utilities ("Draw Map" selection)
     F5  »  Smart Draw mode
     F6  »  Norm Draw mode
     F7  »  SECTORS Definer Method 1
     F8  »  SECTORS Definer Method 2
     F9  »  VERTEXES move/create/delete mode
    F10  »  LINEDEFS move/create/delete mode
    F11  »  SECTORS move/delete mode
    DEL  »  Delete currently highlighted LINEDEF
      B  »  Build NODES, SEGS, and SSECTORS
      C  »  Clean up extra VERTEXES
      F  »  Flip currently highlighted LINEDEF
      G  »  Grid toggle on/off
      I  »  Info window on statistics of current map
      L  »  Load PWAD created by WADED or other map editor
      M  »  Load Map from main DOOM WAD file
      Q  »  Quit WADED
      S  »  Save PWAD (and builds everything needed, NODES, etc.)
      T  »  LINEDEF two-sided toggle
      V  »  View currently select wall texture or floor/ceiling tile
      ]  »  Go to next selection in lower right selection window
      [  »  Go to previous selection in lower right selection window
      }  »  Go to next page in lower right selection window
      {  »  Go to previous page in lower right selection window
      +  »  Zoom in map
      -  »  Zoom out map
      ARROWs »  Scroll map around


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──│ 5 │  About DOOM Map Editing  │────────────────────────────────────────────
  └───└──────────────────────────┘

    Drawing and editing level maps for DOOM isn't as  easy  as  one  might
think.   A good sized, decent level can take 50 or more hours to complete.  If
you're already familiar with the basics  of  how  DOOM maps work, you can skip
this section.

    WADED has been designed so you don't have to worry about every  aspect
of  a DOOM map, yet, there are still some things that you must understand.  In
brief, they are: THINGS, LINEDEFS, and SECTORS.

    I'd highly suggest reading  over  the  "Unofficial  DOOM specs" if you
don't completely understand THINGS, LINEDEFS, and SECTORS.  The latest version
of the specs is 1.3, and is usually distributed in a file called DMSPEC13.ZIP.
You should be able to find it wherever you found WADED.

    To use a map you've  created  with  WADED  or  any other fine DOOM map
editor, simply have the .WAD  file  that  the  editor  creates  in  your  DOOM
directory.   Then type "DOOM -file filename.WAD" (without quotes of course) on
the DOS command line.  So, if you saved a level called "TEST", you'd run it by
typing "DOOM -file TEST.WAD"


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──│ 6 │  Editing THINGS  │────────────────────────────────────────────────────
  └───└──────────────────┘

    While the THINGS selection  is  highlighted,  you can add, delete, and
move THINGS.  You can also change their  attributes.   Using  the  left  mouse
button  to click on a Thing on the map view will bring up information about it
in the lower left window.

    Clicking the left mouse button on a Thing, and then dragging the mouse
around, will move the Thing around on the map accordingly.  Clicking the right
mouse button on a Thing will  delete  it  off  the map.  Click the right mouse
button while NOT on a Thing will add a Thing to the map.

    While adding THINGS, you can easily choose which Thing you want to add
with the two bottom right windows.  The right-most window let's you select the
category of THINGS.  The window to the left of it, let's you select the actual
Thing to be added.

    A THINGS attributes can  be  changed  in  the  lower  left  window  by
clicking on the appropriate buttons.  There are 8 buttons in a circle that you
can  click  on to choose the direction a THING faces (only effects THINGS that
are enemies or player start positions).   You can also toggle which difficulty
levels the Thing will appear on, if it appears in deathmatches or not, and  if
the Thing is an enemy, you can pick if it's deaf or not.


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──│ 7 │  Editing LINEDEFS  │──────────────────────────────────────────────────
  └───└────────────────────┘

    In WADED, while the LINEDEFS option is highlighted, the map view shows
only  lines,  and THINGS are no longer shown.  You can pick any line by moving
the mouse to it  and  click  the  left  mouse  button to highlight it.  You'll
notice that the highlighted line has  a  little  "stick"  coming  out  of  it,
perpendicularly.   LINEDEFS  within  DOOM can (but not always) have 2 sides to
them.  Each side can have a different texture.

    The side the "stick" comes  out  of  let's  you know which side is the
front side of the line (also known as the "right" side).  The side the "stick"
doesn't come out of, is the back side of the line (also known  as  the  "left"
side).  In DOOM, if any LINEDEF only has one side, it will always be the front
side.   If  a  LINEDEF  in  DOOM  has  two  sides, then the other side must be
somewhere the player can walk, and  therefor  another SECTOR a player can walk
into (see SECTORS Editing below).

    Notice, on the right hand side of  the  lower  left  window,  are  six
boxes.   The left three describe what texture will be shown on the "left" side
of a line (if there even  is  one  for  that line).  The right three boxes, of
course, describe what's on the "right" side.  The middle boxes  describe  what
will be on the main part of the wall for each side.

    Clicking the left mouse button on one of these boxes will put whatever
wall  texture is currently highlighted in the lower right window into it.  The
right mouse button will select the texture  "-", which means that wall will be
transparent.

    The top boxes describe what will be on  upper  part  of  a  wall  (the
section  of the wall starting from the ceiling of the adjacent sector upward).
The bottom boxes describe  what  will  be  on  the  lower  part of a wall (the
section of the wall starting from the floor of the adjacent sector  downward).
Take  note,  the bottom and top parts of a wall only need to be defined if the
wall has two sides (has  a  sector  on  either  side of it).  Depending on the
floor and ceiling heights of the adjacent SECTORS of the line you're defining,
some top and bottom parts need not be defined  (since  they  can't  be  seen).
WADED  calculates  the  parts that can be seen, and highlights the appropriate
boxes in red.  You'll find this feature is very helpful.

    Even though WADED highlights in red  what  parts of walls should to be
defined, there still might be more you need to fill in.  For instance, if  you
have  an  elevator,  crushing  ceiling,  or any other type of sector movement,
sometimes the top or bottom part of the wall be become exposed.  WADED doesn't
figure this, and these need to be defined unless you want to see "wacko" walls
while playing DOOM.

    LINEDEFS can be assigned to perform  a special operation when they are
crossed, shot, or spacebar is hit, while playing DOOM.  There are quite a  few
of  these  special operations, and you can pick which special operation number
you want in the left part of  the  lower  left  window.  To bring up a list of
these special operations (unless of course you've memorized  them!)  click  on
the  "LIST"  button.   The  map  view  is  cleared,  and a list of the special
operations is shown.  You can scroll  through  the list with the arrow buttons
in the lower right part of the window.  Simply click anywhere on a description
to pick that one.

    Each special operation description has a (C) or (S) or  (G)  preceding
it.   A (C) means that this line has to be crossed (walked over) while playing
DOOM, to trigger it.  A (S)  means  that  you must hit the spacebar to trigger
this line.  A (G) means that this line must be shot to be triggered.

    Most special operations effect one or more  SECTORS.   To  pick  which
SECTORS  are  effected  by  that LINEDEF, (while that LINEDEF is highlighted),
simply click the right mouse  button  within  the  sector on the map view.  It
will turn green.  Clicking the right mouse button on it again will  toggle  it
back  again.   Take  note  that most door operations don't need a Sector to be
specified, DOOM automatically picks the Sector  on  the other side of the wall
that you triggered.

    In the middle of the LINEDEFS attributes window,  are  8  toggles  for
that  LINEDEF.   The small description near each will have to suffice for now,
this documentation hasn't been completed.

    Here comes  another  very  useful  command...   Below  these attribute
toggles are two buttons marked "MUTLI" and "APPLY".  These have to be  one  of
the  most  useful  aspects  of  WADED.  It will let you define information for
multiple walls at once.   First,  you  click  on  the "MULTI" button.  All the
attributes will then show up as "X"'s, meaning, "no  change".   Simply  select
all  the  LINEDEFS  you  want  effected, using the left mouse button.  You can
toggle them off again  by  clicking  on  them  again.   Now  you can alter the
attributes or textures as you would with any  other  wall.   Change  only  the
THINGS  you  want  edited  for  all  the  highlighted LINEDEFS, you can change
anything, including the textures used.   If  you  want something to go back to
being a "X" (to tell WADED to perform no change on it), click the middle mouse
button (or both the left and right at the same time).  Once  you're  satisfied
with  your  changes,  and  you've selected all the LINEDEFS you want effected,
click  on  "APPLY"  and  all  the   LINEDEFS  you  selected  will  be  changed
accordingly.  You'll also be taken  out  of  "MULTI"  mode.   Also,  to  abort
"MULTI" mode at any time, click on the "MUTLI" button again.


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──│ 8 │  Editing SECTORS  │───────────────────────────────────────────────────
  └───└───────────────────┘

    SECTORS  break  a  map  down  into small areas.  They're useful in the
sense that a single SECTOR defines  the floor and ceiling texture and altitude
for that SECTOR.  They're made up of the lines of the map.  LINEDEFS with only
one side, will only be adjacent to one SECTOR.  LINEDEFS with two  sides  will
be adjacent to two SECTORS.

    SECTORS  can easily be selected by clicking anywhere within one on the
map.  Information on that Sector will  be  shown  in the lower left window and
it's attributes can be changed there.

    Using the "+" and "-" toggles within the bottom window of the  screen,
you  can  select  the  floor  altitude,  ceiling  altitude,  and brightness of
SECTORS.  The special selection for a  SECTOR  can  be set to accomplish a few
things, click on the "LIST" option to bring up a list  of  special  selections
for SECTORS.

    To  select  a  new  ceiling or floor tile, simply click the left mouse
button on the ceiling or floor box  (to the right of the altitude gauges), and
whatever tile is selected in the bottom-right window will be selected.  If you
click the right mouse button on a ceiling or floor box, the tile  will  become
"F_SKY1" which is clear, so you can see out to the background.

    The  "Make  DOOR"  option  will turn a SECTOR into a door.  Be careful
only to use this in such a  place  that'd  it  make sense to use it.  In other
words, some of the LINEDEFS of that highlighted SECTOR  should  be  two-sided,
and some should be one-sided.  WADED will do the rest for you in creating this
door.


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──│ 9 │  Map Drawing Utilities  │─────────────────────────────────────────────
  └───└─────────────────────────┘

    To  enter  the  Map  Drawing  Utilities,  simply select the "Draw Map"
selection from the top right  of  the  screen.   Once selected, the lower left
window of the screen will appear with several more options.  Each is described
below.  5 of the options in this window define what you're  currently  editing
within  the  map view.  They are: VERTEXES, Lines, Draw, and Sec Definer.  The
other options are either one-time operations or selections.

    "Scratch" will allow you to start  a level from scratch.  Thus erasing
all information about a level.  It's THINGS, VERTEXES, LINEDEFS, SIDEDEFS, and
SECTORS are all cleared.  From here you can build  your  own  level  from  the
ground up.  Which, isn't always a piece of cake.

    "Clean"  will effectively remove all extra VERTEXES in a level.  Extra
VERTEXES are those that aren't part  of  a  LINEDEF, left out in the middle of
the open.  They're formed from a user deleting a line  or  placing  an  unused
Vertex.   Also,  some extra VERTEXES are formed after the NODES are built (and
are necessary for DOOM to run  properly).   If  you're going to be saving, and
aren't going to be rebuilding the NODES, DO NOT clean out the  extra  VERTEXES
created  by  a  previous  generation  of the NODES, either from WADED, another
editor, or an original level.

    "Check" is going to be  the  consistency checker.  It is fairly simply
right now though.  After you click on it, WADED will search for a LINEDEF that
hasn't yet been defined to a SECTOR.  If there is none, nothing  will  happen.
If  there  is  one,  then you'll be brought to it right away.  This feature is
planned to be expanded in the future.

    The selection, "Grid", can  be  adjusted  from  1 to 512.  This option
takes effect any time a VERTEX is being moved or placed.  An  example  is  the
easiest  way to explain this option.  If it's set at, say 16, then when moving
or placing a VERTEX, they can only be set at intervals of 16 units on the map.
A setting of 1  would  be  how  most  other  editors  work,  and how one would
logically perceive the editor to work.  But other setting could be useful when
trying to line VERTEXES up.  The default is 16, since I've found  it  to  work
out the best.  However 8 and 32 are also useful.  Realize this setting effects
placement and movement of LINEDEFS also (since a LINEDEF is connected from one
VERTEX to another).

    If  "VERTEXES"  is  selected  at  the  bottom of the screen , then the
VERTEXES in the map view will be  shown as red boxes.  Clicking the left mouse
button on a VERTEX and dragging it around will permanently move  it  to  where
you  leave  it.   Clicking  the  right mouse button on an existing VERTEX will
delete it.  And clicking the  right  mouse  button away from existing VERTEXES
will create a new one there.

    If "LINEDEFS" is selected at the bottom of the screen,  then  you  can
click  the  left  mouse  button on a line and highlight it.  Once highlighted,
some information about it will appear  in  the  bottom left of the screen.  If
you continue to hold the left mouse button down, and drag  the  mouse,  you'll
move  the  line around on the map accordingly.  The right mouse button is used
to delete LINEDEFS.

    Below the information in the  bottom  left  of  the screen, are a "Two
Sided" toggle, and a "Flip" option.  The "Two Sided" box will be lit (red)  if
the  currently  highlighted  LINEDEF  is  two  sided,  and  blue  if it isn't.
Clicking on this will toggle  the  LINEDEF  from  being two sided or not.  The
"Flip" option will flip the line around, thus  "flipping"  the  little  pointy
thing sticking out of the LINEDEF perpendicular to the other side.  Why flip a
LINEDEF?   Well  doors can only be activated from the right side of a LINEDEF.
(So put the "right" side of a LINEDEF facing outward from a door).  Other uses
of flipping a LINEDEF?  I don't know of  any, but I haven't looked into it too
deeply.

    If "SECTORS" is highlighted at the bottom of the screen, then you  can
use  the  left  mouse button to select any SECTOR.  Use the left mouse button,
and drag the mouse, to  move  a  compelete  SECTOR  around at once.  Click the
right mouse button within a SECTOR to delete  a  complete  SECTOR,  you'll  be
prompted if you're sure you want to do that.

    The  "Smart  Draw"  command  instructions are listed below.  The "Norm
Draw" command works in almost the  say  way as the "Smart Draw" command expect
that it will not do any automatic sector defining for you, or create two-sided
walls, etc.  when needed.  The "Sec Definer" command also has it's own section
below on how to utilize it.


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──│ 10 │  Smart Draw  │───────────────────────────────────────────────────────
  └────└──────────────┘

    If "Smart Draw" is selected, then you can define  VERTEXES,  LINEDEFS,
and  SECTORS  all at once.  On the map, you can click the left mouse button to
begin a LINEDEF (this also places a VERTEX here).  Let go of the mouse button,
and drag the mouse to the point on  the  map where you want the LINEDEF to end
(and thus place another VERTEX).  The length of the line will be shown at  the
bottom left of the screen as you drag the mouse around.

    Once  you've  decided  where the end of the LINEDEF will be, click the
left mouse button again.  If you  click somewhere where there wasn't already a
VERTEX, you'll begin the process again.  In other words,  you'll  be  starting
another  LINEDEF from the place you ended the previous one.  To cancel placing
an ending to a LINEDEF (and  thus never creating that LINEDEF altogether), hit
SPACEBAR.

    With this feature, you can build a room,  or  whatever,  creating  new
LINEDEFS,  end on end.  TAKE NOTE: the little pointy thing sticking out of the
LINEDEF perpendicularly, SHOULD ALWAYS FACE INWARD when building new rooms.

    This process of creating new LINEDEFS, end on end, will continue until
you either hit SPACEBAR,  or  end  on  another  existing VERTEX.  Ending on an
existing VERTEX is recommending, because from there WADED will  try  to  place
SECTORS  for you.  For example, if you build a room off of an already existing
room, the LINEDEF combining the two rooms will automatically become Two Sided,
transparent, and  SECTORS  will  be  assigned  accordingly.   Also, WADED will
detect you building within another Sector,  and  automatically  make  all  the
lines Two Sided, transparent, and assign the SECTORS accordingly.

    To  further  aid  (complicate?)  the map drawing process, at any time,
clicking the right  mouse  button  on  a  LINEDEF  (other  than the one you're
currently creating, if you are) will highlight  it.   Click  the  right  mouse
button  on  it  again  to un-highlight it.  When a LINEDEF is highlighted, the
next end of a LINEDEF you  make,  where  a  VERTEX is placed, that VERTEX will
split the highlighted LINEDEF into two  pieces.   This  effectively  lets  you
create  rooms  out  of  the  sides  of other rooms, without using pre-existing
VERTEX  edges  (eh?    make   sense?).    The   highlighted  LINEDEF  is  then
un-highlighted, since you probably won't want to split that LINEDEF again.

    WADED does most of what you need here, but not  everything  (at  least
not  yet).   What  it  can't  do,  you  can check up on it using the "Sec Def"
command described below.


  ┌────┐───────────────────┐
──│ 11 │  SECTORS Definer  │──────────────────────────────────────────────────
  └────└───────────────────┘

    The command option "Sec Definer"  stands for SECTORS Definer.  This is
probably one of the hardest parts to understand and actually do when  creating
a  map.   WADED  now has two ways to define SECTORS.  Hopefully with those two
ways, and with the first one  improved,  SECTORS defining shouldn't be as hard
as it used to be.  However, keep in  mind  that  almost  all  of  this  SECTOR
defining  can  be  avoided be using the "Smart Draw" feature (meaning the main
purpose of the SECTORS definer should be to fix or define something the "Smart
Draw" feature couldn't handle).

    You can choose  to  define  SECTORS  using  "Method  1" or "Method 2".
Method 2 can't be used alone, but is  helpful  at  times  to  get  things  set
properly.  Mainly you should use Method 1.

    Once  in  "Method 1" mode, you can click anywhere on the map, with the
right mouse button, to pick what Sector to  edit.  Or you can click on the "+"
and "-" buttons on either side of the indicator that tells what Sector  you're
currently editing.

    The  SECTOR  you're  currently defining will be highlighted.  To add a
LINEDEF to this current SECTOR, click  on  it  with the left mouse button.  If
the LINEDEF has never been defined to a SECTOR, then the front side of it will
automatically be chosen.  Otherwise you'll be prompted as to which side of the
LINEDEF you want to become part of the currently highlighted SECTOR.

    In the "Method 2" mode, you can click on any  LINEDEF  with  the  left
mouse  button.   The  SECTOR that the front side of the LINEDEF is attached to
will be shown in red, the back side  (if  there is one) in blue.  In the lower
left hand part of the screen you can change what SECTOR is  assigned  to  each
the  front  and back sides of the LINEDEF.  The back side selection may have a
"-1", meaning that LINEDEF has no back side.


  ┌────┐───────────────────┐
──│ 12 │  Authors's Notes  │──────────────────────────────────────────────────
  └────└───────────────────┘

    Well, another new version is  here  again!  Once again, I'm sorry it's
taking so long to progress on WADED.  However, I don't always  have  all  that
much  time  on my hands to work on WADED.  That, and sometimes I'm just not in
the mood for programming!

    I'm doing my best to work on it though.  With ideas from other people,
and a ton more I have in  mind,  you  should be seeing plenty more versions of
WADED.  There just seems to be an endless river of things to add  to  it,  but
someday  they'll  all  be  added.   And some (later?) day all the bugs will be
gone.  But now I'm starting to dream on...

    WADED was  completely  programmed  by  me  (Matthew  Ayres).  The only
information I have used in creating WADED is from  the  "Unofficial  DOOM  WAD
Specs" released by Hank Luekart and written by Matt Fell (very helpful!).  And
also  I'd  like to mention, I've obtained some information from Alistair Brown
regarding NODES, SEGS, and SSECTORS.  Of  course  I've gotten a few ideas from
other DOOM editors, and I'd like to  thank  those  authors  for  writing  such
excellent  programs.   Also  thanks  everyone  else  that  has  pestered me to
continue writing this.

    I'd like  to  mention  that  Kirk  Yokomizo  helped  me  out  with the
documentation, and helped contribute to the special LINEDEFS  types.   He  was
also the person that did the most pestering.  =)

    Uhhh,  I would like to note, that the NODES generation algorithm was a
MAJOR pain to write.  It took  me  5  straight  days to get it working like it
does now.  Yet, it does work, with one minor glitch, that occurs  rarely.   At
certain  places  within  the game, you might not be able to walk through empty
space.  To avoid/correct this problem  for  now,  just move, a little bit, any
LINEDEFS that fall along the same vertical or horizontal line that  you  can't
walk  through  (these  impassable walls in the middle of no where always occur
along the  edges  of  a  nodebox  which  are  always  vertical or horizontal).
Meanwhile, I'll try to weed out this annoyance.

    Oh yeah, for those of you who are interested in knowing, I'm 18  years
old.   Why  am  I  telling you this?  I don't know, it just seems every time I
read the documentation to someone  else's  program,  I would just like to know
how old the person is.  Strange isn't it?  Maybe not...  or maybe...


  ┌────┐────────────────┐
──│ 13 │  Registration  │─────────────────────────────────────────────────────
  └────└────────────────┘

    Please register WADED!  I've  tried  to  be  nice  about  unregistered
copies  of WADED, and haven't crippled the software in any way.  I didn't want
to be mean about it, so I put  in  a simple delay, along with a message to con
you into registering, when you run  WADED.   Otherwise,  WADED  has  NOT  been
hindered in any other way because of it being unregistered.  Mainly so you can
get  a  good  taste  of  the editor.  (However, pre-fab map drawing utilities,
which haven't yet been implemented, will only work in the registered version).

    I can't demand that you pay,  I  can  only hope you're willing to help
out.  Registering is what keeps up my will to program this, it isn't always  a
bundle  of  joy.   As  you could have probably guessed, this program has taken
quite a bit of  my  time,  and  I  think  that  I only rightfully deserve some
compensation.

    Registration is only $10.  It entitles  you  to  a  personal  copy  of
WADED,  without  the beginning delay.  Your name will be placed on the opening
screen  in  a  graphical  font.   You   only  have  to  register  WADED  once.
Thereafter, you  can  obtain  the  latest  registered  version  from  my  BBS.
Registered copies of the latest version will be released a few days before the
unregistered  release.  Above all, I'll be much happier in that another decent
person out there has helped me out  by registering WADED.  There might also be
other future benefits of registering WADED early.

    If you'd like WADED sent to you via  mail,  please  add  an  extra  $5
(making  the  total $15).  Every major release of WADED will be sent to you in
the mail on a 3.5"  diskette,  maximum  3  times  (if there are that many more
major released after 3 times, you'll have to send  another  $5  to  cover  the
costs of the disks again).

    Send,  in  an  envelope,  your  full name and voice phone number (it's
important that you do so),  along  with  cash  or  check to the address listed
below.  Be sure to tell me if you want WADED sent to you via mail, or  if  you
plan on downloading the latest releases from my BBS.  The address listed below
is  similar  to  a  P.O.   Box,  but from a private company (Mail Boxes Etc.).
Please be sure that you get all the information on the envelope correctly.

    ──────────────────────────────────────────────
        Matthew Ayres
        977 E. Stanley Blvd., Unit 349
        Livermore, CA  94550
    ──────────────────────────────────────────────

    Thanks to all those who register and I hope you enjoy WADED.


  ┌────┐───────────────────┐
──│ 14 │  Acknowledgments  │──────────────────────────────────────────────────
  └────└───────────────────┘

Kirk Yokomizo (internet: [e-mail])
    Handles  distributing  WADED  on  the  internet, and should be able to
    answer most general questions  about  WADED.   He's  also very good at
    pestering me to work on it.

Alistair Brown (internet: [e-mail])
    Great deal of help with  the  NODES.   My node generating algorithm is
    almost completely based on information from him.  Also  came  up  with
    some very good ideas to add.

"Unofficial DOOM Specs"
    Written  by: Matt Fell (internet: [e-mail])
    Released by: Hank Leukart (internet: [e-mail])
    Nothing was possible without these specs that explain the structure of
    the WAD file that DOOM uses.

iD Software
    A  group  of  Gods  that  somehow  managed to get something that looks
    impossible, to work, and smoothly, on an IBM compatible.

"Quantum Leap" TV program on TBS
    I did most of the work on WADED at midnight, while  watching  this  on
    the  tube.  Basically, I had to have something else to occupy my brain
    at the same time, or  I'd  most  likely  fall into a trance working on
    WADED and never come out until it was totally complete...

    Thanks  to  all  the  original  beta  testers  of  the  early,  buggy,
    prerelease's of WADED, and to all of those who have tested the  public
    beta and reported back to me.


  ┌────┐─────────────────────┐
──│ 15 │  Upcoming Features  │────────────────────────────────────────────────
  └────└─────────────────────┘

    - Write maps to PWADs that already contain one or more maps
    - UNDO feature!
    - Complete on-line help and support
    - MULTI feature for moving VERTEXES, LINEDEFS, and SECTORS
    - MULTI feature for SECTOR Editing
    - A lot of new map editing utilities, including
      really easy and quick ways to add: doors, elevators,
      stairs, square rooms, circle rooms, semi-circle
      rooms, x-sided rooms, and more.
    - Enhanced Texture and Ceiling/Floor viewer
    - Ability to import GIFs into existing textures/tiles
      and add more textures/tiles
    - Of course more features to make the editor
      easier to use and understand
    - Anything else I think of, or anyone else
      thinks of, that is a good idea
    - More... more... more... more?


  ┌────┐─────────────────────────┐
──│ 16 │  Contacting the author  │────────────────────────────────────────────
  └────└─────────────────────────┘

    I can be contacted through my BBS, or through the Internet:

    BBS:       Lithium BBS [phone]
           2 nodes, call hunting
           28.8k V.FAST support

    Internet:  [e-mail]


  ┌────┐────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
──│ 17 │  Distribution and where to get the latest version  │──────────────────
  └────└────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

    The  latest  version  of WADED can always be found on my BBS, the name
and number for it are listed  above.   Hopefully  it will get spread around on
other fine boards.  It can also be found on the Internet at:

    Address:        wuarchive.wustl.edu
    Directory:      /pub/MSDOS_UPLOADS/games/doomstuff

    Address:        ocf.unt.edu
    Directories:    /pub/incoming/editors
            /pub/doom/wad_edit

    Address:        ftp.uwp.edu
    Directories:    /pub/games/incoming/id
            /pub/games/id/home-brew

    WADED will be always be distributed  in  a ZIP file, and it's filename
will always be the format of: WADEDxxx.ZIP of course the  "xxx"  standing  for
the  version number (i.e.  099 means version 0.99, duh).  The files within the
WADED archive will be: WADED.EXE, WADED.DOC, WADED.REF, WADED.REV, README.1ST,
and FILE_ID.DIZ.  If you're going to  distribute WADED, please leave it in its
original format.  Do not add nor delete any files from the  archive.   Do  not
tamper with or otherwise modify any of the files.  Thanks.


  ┌────┐──────────────┐
──│ 18 │  Disclaimer  │───────────────────────────────────────────────────────
  └────└──────────────┘

    Usage  of  WADED is at your own risk.  Running it is at your own will,
and therefore you are completely  responsible  for anything that happens after
you run WADED.  Anything you do or create with WADED is  your  responsibility,
and  not  the  author's.  Any damage caused to any person, computer, software,
hardware, company, or business  by  running  WADED is your responsibility, and
not author's liability, since you have chosen to run it.

    If you don't understand these terms, or are not sure of something,  or
are  afraid  something  bad  might come of using WADED, don't use it.  You are
here forewarned.

    DOOM is a registered trademark of iD Software
    WADED is (c)1994 by Matthew Ayres