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            Fun with DeHackEd! v1.2

        Originally by Dan Lottero, [e-mail]
        Modified by Greg Lewis, [e-mail]

    I really don't like long intros, so the stuff that would
    normally go here is in the OUTRO section at the end of the
    file.  "Fun with DeHackEd" is an attempt to collect everyone's
    ideas on how to tweak the .exe to make neat effects, or to
    make game play more interesting.  Also, the sections UNKNOWN
    will hopefully be useful in finding out what the "unknowns" are.
    Other helpful references are Matt Fell's doom.exe specs, and
    the text files which come with DeHackEd.  Look in the directory
    /pub/idgames/utils/exe_edit at ftp.cdrom.com.

    Two stars means it's new or different in this version...

   [ Editor's note:  The suggestions given in this text file were
     originally for DeHackEd v1.2.  I have attempted to bring this file
     up to date with DeHackEd v2.3, but some stuff may have gotten
     missed.  The tips are still cool though!

     Also, I would VERY MUCH like someone to continue this document.
     Dan is no longer able to maintain it, and I think it's a worthy
     collection of ideas.  Please contact Greg at the email address
     above for more details. ]

            [TABLE OF CONTENTS]

[0.0]** FORMAT
[0.1]** WHAT'S NEW
[---]   "NEW" MONSTERS
[1.0]**         Monsters from inanimate things  (lamp2imp)
[1.1]           Morphing monsters (morfmons)
[1.2]**         Rejuvinating Troopers
[1.3]**         Kamikaze bombers
[1.4]**         Turn monsters into an army of marines!
[1.5]**         Rejuvinating Imps with a twist of lemon
[1.6]**         Stalking Barrels
[1.7]**         Imps shooting "Lost Souls"
[---]   "NEW" WEAPONS
[2.0]           Controled blast Rockets
[2.1]           Moving Barrels
[2.2]           Mine fields via slow projectiles
[2.3]**         Rapid Fire Shotgun
[2.4]**         "fireworks" (fireworks)
[2.5]**         Negative damage rockets!
[2.6]**         Super Shotgun II (shoot all ammo in one shot)
[---]**    EXPLOSIONS
[3.0]           Exploding things
[3.1]           Exploding Cadavers
[3.2]           Exploding teleports
[3.3]**         Player's exploding death
[---]** MISC
[x.0]           Non-flashing teleports
[x.1]           Red Ooze barrels that bleed
[x.2]**         Anti-grav jousting
[x.3]**         Preserving / Juggling thing ID#'s (ex. Troopers, [1.2])
[---]   UNDESIRED EFFECTS
[y.0]           Player bit#2=N  (can be hurt = No)
[y.1]           High speed rockets
[y.2]           Using player frame #'s for monsters
[y.3]           Small height
[y.4]**         Monsters shooting lost souls, etc
[y.5]**         Projectiles with bit#4=N
[y.6]**         Death frame = First Moving frame
[y.7]**         Setting gettable things to be explodable
[y.8]**         High missile damages
[y.9]**         Negative damage (see also [2.5])

[---]
[z.0]** WISH LIST
[z.1]** UNKNOWNS
[z.2]** KNOWNS
[z.3]** PATCHES
[z.z]** OUTRO


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[0.0]   FORMAT
    When I mention a bit number, say #2, this refers to the bit
    table at the bottom of the main editing screen (bit#2 is
    "Shootable Thing").  If I refer to a patch, unless otherwise
    noted, it can be found on ftp.cdrom.com.  If you see 'I' or
    'me', that refers to me, Dan Lottero and not the person who
    came up with the idea.

[0.1]** WHAT'S NEW
    A bunch of new stuff, corrected some mistakes.  Since half of the
    ideas in MISC incorperate barrel explosions, I made a new group
    called EXPLOSIONS.  Added a "PATCHES" section, which is an attempt
    to keep track of patches available.  Included patch files for
    ideas mentioned here in zip on ftp.cdrom.com (dhefun11.zip)

[---]  "NEW" MONSTERS
    A thing's behavior seems to be determined by the values of the
    frame numbers (middle window on the right, on the Thing screen).
    The easiest way to change a thing's behavior is to change the
    frame #'s.  Of course it will *look* like the thing it's behaving
    like, too.  Changing Column 1 (the Sprite Number column) in the frame
    table, however, will only change what the monster looks like.  It
    will still act like the original monster.
[1.0]** Check out Jason Gorski's lamp2imp.zip patch.  It turns lamps into
    imps.  This concept can be used to turn any inanimate thing into a
    monster.  Using Dehacked v2.3 or higher...
     c, 12, 82       (copy imp info to lamp)
     g, 58          (goto lamp)
    Then change the ID# and First Normal Frame back to the lamp
    images (2028 and 886 respectively).
    ...Jason Gorski
[1.1]   Check out Tree's morfmons.zip patch.  By mix & matching frame #'s,
    monsters will "morph" depending on if they're attacking, dying, etc.
    To give a trooper more punch, change #17,19 to something a bit
    tougher, like the spider boss.
    Injury frame = 619
    Far attack frame = 615
    The patch has more examples.
    ...Tree
[1.2]** Make troopers come back from the dead by turning ammo clips into
    troopers!  The same concept as [1.0].  Change all of the clip's
    fields & bits to be the same as a trooper *except* the ID#.
    OPTIONAL:  increase trooper's #2 so you don't kill both in one shot
    NOTE:  see [x.3]
    ...Keenan Clay Wilkie
    A cool variation on this is to make them come back as ghosts:  make
    the clip be a trooper, but with partial invis, faster, less mass
    and the ability to go thru walls.  So for the ammo clip, same as
    above, but
    Speed = higher
    Mass = smaller
    bit#12,#18 = On
    ...Chris Gillespie
[1.3]** Turn troopers into kamikaze bombers!  Far attack = 0, and close
    attack = barrel explosion.
    Close attack frame = 808
    Far attack frame = 0
    Or to make troopers explode when they look at you, use far attack
    Far attack frame = 808
    NOTE: this is the basis for [1.6], the only difference is in [1.6]
    the monster's motion frames are made to *look* like a barrel.
    ...Matt Fell, Jason Gorski
[1.4]**   To make an army of marines, and to illustrate the reason for
    bit#26,27, change all POSS, SPOS, TROO, SARG sprite numbers to 28
    in the frame table (column 1, Sprite Number).
    Next change bits 26 & 27 to both on, both off, or one on and
    one off for different player colors.
    I won't get any more specific that this, since it'd take up too
    much room.  NOTE: they will still act like the original monsters!
    If you just change the frame numbers (in the thing editor) to that
    of the player, the monsters will be immobile.
    ...Matt Fell
[1.5]** If you have extra frames lying around, you can use them for other
    stuff by fooling with columns 1,2 and 3 in the frame table.  Chris
    Gillespie used extra frames to make an imp rise from the dead,
    showing the death frames in reverse, back to the first moving frame.
        This brings on the dilemna in [y.6].  In the patch FUN_2.DEH, included
    in DHEFUN11.ZIP on infant2, I used some extra sargeant death frames
    to make the imp's exploding death a little more interesting, although
    still making him dead.  (avoiding problem mentioned in [y.6])  I
    can't think of a way to explain it easily, so just look at the frame
    table below.  Notice the second-to-last exploding death frame for
    the imp (frame 468) points up to 222, the start of the extra frames.
    All the extra frames must have the same Sprite Number as the original,
    just play around with the Sprite Sub-Number as appopriate. The last
    extra frame (235) points to 469, the last imp death frame, to make
    the detour complete.  IMPORTANT:  In the extra frames, the code
    pointers *MUST* be set to zero, otherwise Doom crashes.  I have no
    idea why, but without the zeros, it doesn't work.

       Frame       Sprite              Next                    Code
       Number      #   sub#   Name    Frame #      Duration   Pointer
    222        0     18   TROOS     223           5            0
    223        0     17   TROOR     224           5            0
    224        0     16   TROOQ     225           5            0
    225        0     15   TROOP     226           5            0
    226        0     14   TROOO     227           5            0
    227        0     15   TROOP     228           5            0
    228        0     16   TROOQ     229           5            0
    229        0     17   TROOR     230           5            0
    230        0     16   TROOQ     231           5            0
    231        0     15   TROOP     232           5            0
    232        0     16   TROOQ     233           5            0
    233        0     17   TROOR     234           5            0
    234        0     18   TROOS     235           5            0
    235        0     19   TROOT     469           5            0
    ...
    468        0     19   TROOT     222           5            0
    469        0     20   TROOU       0          -1            0

    This is just my example.  It's an adaptation of an idea from...
    ...Chris Gillespie
[1.6]** Stalking barrels will turn any monster into a barrel, that can
    roam around and blow up.  It is also an excellent illustration of
    using the frame table.  In the frame table, editing the Sprite # will
    change what a thing *looks* like, but it will still act as it always
    did.  You will notice that when you change the Sprite #, the Name
    changes.  When you change the Sprite Sub-#, the  A,B,C,etc changes.
    So, in this case, we want sargeants to look like barrels.  The barrel
    has only 2 frames, BAR1A and BAR1B, where the A and B correspond to the
    subnumbers 0 and 1.  So, we'll have to change sub-numbers to reflect
    this.  Enough theory, on with the details:
        In the frame table (F3):
    Change frames 207-240 to have a Sprite # of 57, and make the Sprite
    Sub-Number alternate between 0 and 1.  Now the moving, injured, and
    still sargeants will look like barrels, but act like sargeants.  Now,
    go back to the thing editor (F2), for sargeants:
    Alert Sound = 0
    Attack Sound = 0
    Pain Sound = 0
    Death Sound = 82
    Action Sound = 0
    Far Attack Frame = 0
    Close Attack Frame = 808
    Death Frame = 808
    Exploding Death Frame = 808
    This sets the sounds to be like a barrel, and gives the trooper
    a barrel death, and a close attack of exploding.
    Although I made some slight changes, this idea came from ...
    ...Morgan Schweers
[1.7]** The same concept as [1.6].  Make the moving fireballs *look* like
    lost souls (ala Frame Table).  They still however, act like
    fireballs.
    frame table:  Frames 97-101  set Sprite # = 32
              Frames 99-101  set Sprite Sub-# = 5,7,9 respectively,
                and also turn on the Bright Sprite for the
                99 and 100 (skips a few frames but gives same
                effect)
    Thing editor, for imp fireballs:
    Alert Sound = 51
    ...Chris Frederick
[---]   "NEW" WEAPONS
[2.0]   After the rocket's in flight, shoot at it and make it explode.
    Speed = 4
    Hit Points = 10
    bit#2,9,10,16=Y  all others must = N
    WARNING: sometimes locks game up.  Solutions/ideas, anyone?
    ...Ron Goff
[2.1]   set a barrel in motion, then detonate with another shot!  For barrel,
    Speed = 25
    Pain chance = 170
    Alert Sound = 16
    Alert Sound = 16
    Pain Sound = 26
    Death Sound = 82
    Action Sound = 75
    First Normal through Far Attack Frames = 806
    Death and Exploding Death Frames = 808
     bit#1,2,9,14,15,16,22=Y  all others must = N
    WARNING:  Watch out, the barrel will explode "twice" !!
    ...Mike Brashars
[2.2]   Turn projectiles into "mines".
    Set Speed = 0 (or very slow)      ...dave
    NOTE:  I've noticed that I can't be harmed by my own rockets, that
    is, they will fly right through me without detonating.
[2.3]** There are two ways to make a rapid-fire shotgun.  The first was
    to use Chris Gillespie's utility called dmframe.  You'd have to
    use this if you're using a version of dehacked less that v1.3.  If
    you have v1.3 or higher, you can use dehacked, and edit the frame
    table.  I swiped this explaination almost verbatim from Tom Neff:
     In the Frame List (F3):
      - Set the Duration of Frames 21, 22, and 29 to 1.
      - Set the Next Frame # of Frame 22 to 29.
     In the Ammo Editor (F4):
      - Increase the Shotgun's max cap and ammo-per-item, since you'll
        be moving a lot of lead.
    ...Chris Gillespie
[2.4]** Check out Chris Gillespie's patch (firework.zip)  It changes
    the puff from weapons hitting walls to a BFG blast.  Blood splats
    become rockets.  Quite deadly.  Keep your distance!
    ...Chris Gillespie
[2.5]** Setting missle damage to a negative number gives some pretty
    wacky results.  Until more is found out about it, refer to [y.9]
    for its effects.
    ...Keenan Clay Wilkie
[2.6]** To use all of your available ammo in one shot, get into the ammo
    table (F4), and for the shotgun, do the following:
    Shooting Frame = 22
    Firing Frame = 29
    NOTE: I fooled with this a bit and got some interesting results.
    I made similar changes on the pistol, chaingun and shotgun.
    Changing just the Firing Frame will make the pistol "rapid fire".  You
    hold down on the fire key, nothing happens.  Release and then repress
    quickly and you've got a rapid fire pistol!  Just setting the Shooting
    Frame doesn't change performance, but it does leave the weapon still
    on the screen after you've changed to a new one.  The only way to get
    rid of it is to fire a projectile weapon.  I haven't looked too much
    into this, but I'll bet you can get the same results more elegantly by
    fiddling with the frame table.  Perhaps changing the ammo table gets
    the weapon caught in an endless loop of firing, until the ammo is used
    up, then it switches you to the next weapon, as normal.
    ...BonesBro

[---]    EXPLOSIONS
    Due to all the ideas incorperating explosions, I made a new catagory.
    One problem with making things explodable is mentioned in [y.7].
    Other barrel-related entries are [1.3] and [1.6].
[3.0]   Make any thing explode like a barrel by setting
    Death Frame = 808
    Hit Points = reasonable
    bit#2=Y.
    OPTIONAL: edit bexp?0 graphics to look more generic, set
    Death Sound = 82
    or use the same death graphics as a rocket.
[3.1]   For the twitching bodies,
    Death Frame = 163,227,462 (to taste)
    Death Sound = 57,60,62 (to taste)
    NOTE:  using the rocket death frame may look better than the barrel's
    ...RPM
[3.2]   Change the Teleport Flash's first frame to barrel explosion, and
    teleport squares become land mines!
    First Normal Frame = 808
    If you're playing with -respawn, step carefully around those
    corpses, they could go off at any minute!
    ...Keenan Clay Wilkie
[3.3]** Yet another twist on exploding deaths.  If the player's death is
    exploding (see [3.0]) it can make deathmatch more interesting...
    "If you're weak and manage to stay on the other guy's tail,
    he may not want to finish you off..."
    ...Tom Neff

[---]** MISC
    Stuff that doesn't fit into other catagories.  ('x' leaves room
    in the middle for new catagories)
[x.0]   For the Teleport Flash
    bit#3=Y
    The flash will *not* appear when you teleport.  This could make
    for some very convincing illusions!
    ...Tree
[x.1]   A neat trick you can do with the color bits ... make the barrel
    ooze red, and make it bleed rather than puff so it looks like you've
    punctured it.
    bit#26,27=Y
    bit#19=N  all other bits stay the same
    ...RPM
[x.2]** Set the player bit#9=Y.  Try it with god mode, and use rockets for
    propulsion.  Mr X created an arena for jousting via DEU.  All that's
    left is to figure out how survive propulsion without god-mode,
    and you've got a multiplayer jousting match!
    ...Mr X  (I lost the name for this one!)
[x.3]** When you make rejuvinating troopers ([1.2]), the ammo clip retains
    its ID# of 2007.  However, when there's an ammo clip just lying
    around, it is also a ghost trooper.  You can avoid this problem by
    replacing a less-used thing with the ammo clip (ID# and all).  Then,
    since Doom needs all the ID#'s accounted for, you make the ammo clip
    entry have the characteristics of a trooper ghost, but have the ID#
    of the less-used thing.  An example would be to use the Eye in Symbol.
    (thing #89, ID#41) to hold the Ammo Clip (thing #64, ID#18).  Then
    use the ammo clip to hold the trooper ghost, using the eye's
    ID#.  So, you'd take the following steps, using the "copy" command
    in dehacked:    c, 64, 89  (move ammo clip info to eye)
            c, 2, 64   (move trooper info to ammo clip)
            g, 64      (go to the ammo clip)
    ID # = 41
    Now, all the ID#'s are still accounted for, troopers still spawn
    a new trooper when they die, and ammo clips that were otherwise just
    lying around, still lie around.
    ...Chris Gillespie (his idea, my example wasn't exactly what he had
                originally posted to a.g.d, though)

[---]   UNDESIRED EFFECTS
    Changes you can make to Doom that make "undesired" effects occur.
    For instance if you find a way to make Doom crash, I'll put it here
    so we can all avoid doing it.
[y.0]   For player, if bit#2=N, no monsters will attack you
[y.1]   High speed projectiles are very inaccurate
[y.2]   Monsters will not move if you give them the player's frame #'s
[y.3]   Giving the player a small height makes you harder to hit, but also
    means you can't shoot at monsters on higher sectors.  With a height
    of 2, I couldn't even shoot at monsters 1 step above me!
[y.4]** If you make a monster shoot lost souls or barrels, and if it
    explodes in its face, it will attack whatever injured it, (itself)
    and end up commiting suicide.
    ...Keenan Clay Wilkie
[y.5]** It was noted that the exploding rockets trick sometimes caused
    doom to lock up.  Note that bit#4 must be No.  I set my plasma
    bullets' bit#4=N, and doom hung up on me.  Could this be a coincidence
    or the culprit ??  Perhaps the explosion and puff overlap & lock
    up ??
[y.6]** Setting the death frame to be the first moving frame will make
    a monster instantly come back from the dead.  It sounds keen, but
    the "undead" monster will be completely invulnerable to attacks,
    but still be able to attack you.
[y.7]** If you make a gettable thing also have an exploding death (same
    concept as [3.0]) if the explosion "touches" you, doom quits with
    an error "unknown gettable thing".
    ...Keenan Clay Wilkie (and I think a few other people)
[y.8]** Setting rocket damage to something high, like 4000 will kill you
    even if you've got god-mode on.
    ...Eugen Woiwod
[y.9]** Setting missile damage to a negative number:  Sometimes it appears
    to have a "healing effect", but it will still kill a monster.  The
    monsters sometimes fly forward when hit.  Try this and play e2m8,
    for some really trippy side effects.

[z.0]   WISH LIST
    Cool ideas not yet implemented.  I think some of these can
    be accomplished by changing graphics ala dmgraph, but a quick
    dehacked patch would be much neater!

**  Is there any way to alter how much armor the armor bonuses give out
    Howabout the other stuff, like health, light goggles, etc etc etc?
    ...RPM

    Make barrels into monsters?  Make them move around and explode on
    contact?  ANSWER:  see [1.6]
    Make any monster shoot fireballs?
    ...Night Child

    Make plasma bullets / bfg blast light up a dark sector so you can see
    what's there.  IDEA: somehow mix lamp's behavior with plasma bullets?
**  BUMMER:  mucking around with the code pointers (frame table column 5)
    only seems to crash things...Alden Bates
    ANSWER:  see [1.7]
    ...Evan Bynum

    How to get the Caco to shoot Lost Souls without crashing the machine
    NOTE: I've tried a few patches, but they've all made Doom crash. For a
    semi-solution, see [1.7]
    ...Steve Chaney

    Using the bfg blast as a mine/shield.  Setting it as an obstacle doesn't
    seem to make it block shots.  Anyone have any luck on this one?
    ...Steve Chaney

    Is there a bit which controls what weapon a monster leaves behind when
    it dies?
    ...Scott Adams

[z.1]** UNKNOWNS
    To my knowledge, the following are still unknown:
     bit#7,13,21,28-31.

    Anyone successfully changed the "code pointers" ?? (in the frame
    table or elsewhere in the .exe)

[z.2]** UNDOABLES
    I figured I'd put this in here, because there have been a lot of
    requests for info on how to do these.  These are all things that
    I am 99% sure can NOT be changed with DeHackEd in any way.

    Ammo usage (BFG uses 40 cells.  Period.)
    Rocket explosion damage
    Rocket explosion radius
    Health from med-kits, soul spheres
    Initial health of player
    Totally new Things (including monsters)

[z.3]** PATCHES
    Here are patches that I know about...some of the ideas are covered
    in this text, but they often contain other neat stuff I've missed.
    Also, most patches do not tell what they've changed, so what I list
    here may not be all the changes, just what I noticed.  The
    explanations are breif, since I don't have a lot of time to devote to
    detective work.  If it looks interesting, download it from ftp.cdrom.com;
    you can see for yourself how the changes were made, and who made them.
    [ Note: There's lotsa newer out there by now! ]

         FUN_2.DEH      included in the DHEFUN11.ZIP, this has
            almost all of the ideas mentioned in this
            text squished into it.
     firework.zip   blood splats & puffs changed to bfe's and rockets
     reality1.pat   ?? (only avail on a.g.d.binaries?)
     r12-1.zip      barrels hang from ceiling and are semi-invis
            imps f-ball slow, killable, imp is tougher
            sargeant faster, caco f-ball faster
            plasma bullets semi-invis, slow, more damage
            BFG uses a purple blast
     r12-11b.zip    blood splats -> pool of blood.  puffs -> blood splat
            imp invis.  lots of things explodable.  a lot of same
            stuff as r12-1.zip.  chaingun unlimited ammo, fist
            uses up rockets  WARNING: locked up DOOM!
     r12-21b.zip    lamp->trooper  sargeants are players (& can't move)
            imps shoot potions  fast shotgun  lots of things
            explode  barrels explode & regenerate  cacos shoot
            lost souls  WARNING: locked up DOOM! (cacos, I think)
     r12-2b.zip     dead bodies can be shot & turn into blown up dead
            bodies,  fast weapons, cacos shoot medikits
            WARNING: locked up DOOM! (cacos again)
     rckt_hak.zip   rocket explosion as it launches, then when the
            rocket explodes, about 3 other explosions go off.
            don't do it unless you iddqd.

[z.z]   OUTRO
    [ Note: Contrary to the OUTRO, Dan Lottero is no longer maintaining
        all this cool stuff.  If you have a great idea or want to chat
      about this stuff, please mail comments to Greg.  My email address
      is at the top of this document. ]

    If you've got a good idea, e-mail it to me.  But please
    post it on a.g.d, too, since a lot of good ideas are generated
    from other ideas.  However, I probably won't catch it if you
    only post it to a.g.d, due to the high traffic.

    I try to give credit to the person(s) who supplied an
    idea, and how to implement it.  If I mess up, drop me a line.
    If two people had the same idea, I'll list both.

    If any of the ideas listed here don't work, drop me a line.  I've
    tried almost all of them, so most likely, I just made a typo.

    Any comments about this should be directed to me ([e-mail]).
    Any juicy bits about unknowns should go to Matt Fell (author of
    the Unofficial Doom Specs), Tree (author of DeHackEd), and
    I wouldn't mind knowing, too!

    Share and Enjoy!     Happy hacking,

Dan Lottero
[e-mail]