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HERED
Heretic Wad Editor
Version 1.00
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CONTENTS
========
What is HERED?
Legalese
Copyright
Disclaimers
Copyright
Running HERED
Requirements
Installation
Quickstart
Revision History
Future Plans
Contacting the Authors
Credits
WHAT IS HERED?
============
HERED is a WAD file editor. Use it to edit one level, then save it in a
patch WAD file (PWAD), or in the main WAD file.
You may use it with both the registered and the shareware versions of
heretic, but you won't be allowed to save your changes if you are using the
shareware version (this is ID's will, since it might otherwise discourage
people from registering).
You can do almost anything to any level: move, add or remove monsters and
powerups, change the wall colours and positions, create new lifts, doors,
acid pools, crushing ceilings... or even create a new level from scratch!
If other heretic editors won't let you do it.
LEGALESE...
===========
Copyright
~~~~~~~~~
HERED is a shareware program. This means you can do anything you want
with it. However, it would be considered polite if you did the following
things:
*REGISTER, Gosh its only $15 dollars. And you get free upgrads
Heretic is a trademark of id Software and maybe Raven Software.
Some of this program was tooken from DEU:
DEU is a heretic wad file editor.
DEU has been created by Brendon Wyber and Raphaël Quinet
DEU is NOT an id Software product.
Disclaimers
~~~~~~~~~~~
id Software cannot and will not provide support for HERED.
id Software will not provide support for ANY file that has been modified
or created by HERED.
HERED will not allow you to modify the shareware version of heretic. It is
illegal to alter HERED to operate on the shareware version of heretic.
The authors of HERED will not be liable for damage caused by the use of HERED.
It is illegal to distribute the registered version of the HERETIC.WAD file in
any form, original or modified.
The authors of HERED reserve the right to add or remove any functionality of
the HERED software.
Copyright...
~~~~~~~~~~~
RUNNING HERED
===========
Requirements:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
You need a PC with a SVGA screen and enough memory to load the levels data.
If you can play heretic, you will probably be able to run HERED. A mouse is
not required, but editing will be easier if you have some plastic rodent.
Installation:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Unzip it into any directory on your hard drive using commands like:
mkdir \games\heretic\HERED [create a directory for it.]
pkunzip -d a:HERED.zip \games\heretic\HERED [unzip from your a: drive.]
Quickstart:
~~~~~~~~~~~
(for a more complete list of available commands, see HERED.TXT)
To run HERED just type:
HERED
You should then be presented with the prompt. Use the following basic
commands:
? This displays a list of commands and their valid syntax.
EDIT [<episode> <level> ]
This command calls up the editor for the given map. The edited
level is then saved into a PWAD file of the given name. If you
don't enter any parameters you will be presented with a menu to
choose from.
QUIT
This quits the program.
For starters, type:
E 1 1 [Edit episode 1, mission 1 ]
When the editor starts up, it should display the map. The editor will now
let you insert, delete and edit objects in the map. In the centre of the
map is a crosshair (or your mouse pointer) which marks your current
position. Little x's represent the Things. Different colours represent
different types of Things.
Then press F1 for help, or just play around.
REVISION HISTORY
================
12/01/95 - First Realease
FUTURE PLANS
============
* New graphical interface instead of the text-only main menu. Allow
point-and-click drawing of new rooms. Allow direct editing of values
in the info boxes. DEU 6.0 will be a major revision for the user
interface.
* 3D previewer with texture mapping.
CONTACTING THE AUTHORS
======================
* Robert Baldwin
h.c 51 box 24B
Saint Jo, Tx 76265
Voice: (817)964-2585
BBS : (817)964-2548
24hrs. 7 days 1200-14400 bps.
Bug Reports
~~~~~~~~~~~
Send bug reports to Robert Baldwin
Read the docs thoroughly before reporting any bugs. Some of them are
features, not bugs...
Please include the version number of HERED you are running and be as
specific as possible in your description. I you want us to fix your
problem, you'd better help us reproduce it easily.
The subject header of your message should include "HERED BUG REPORT".
CREDITS
=======
Many thanks go to the following people. We won't speak in superlatives,
because we would then need a few more pages to write this... Let's just
say that these people did great things for heretic or DEU:
* Everybody at id Software for making such great games!
* Athors of DEU