Doom I/II Collection/DM12.ISO/edit/waded110/waded.txt

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                 WADED v1.10
                 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  │──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
  └───└────────────┘

    - 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 Sector ceiling/floor altitudes
    - Change Sector attributes/brightness
    - 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
    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.


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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 for editing, 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 for editing, 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.

    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 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
    - Sector mover/deleter
    - 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