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HHE v1.0
By Greg Lewis (Tree)
gregl@umich.edu
HHE, the Heretic Hack Editor, is capable of heavily restructuring the
way Heretic works. It is based on the popular program DeHackEd (v2.2)
for Doom, and has almost the same editing abilities, with a few enhance-
ments. Peruse the various data tables in the Heretic exe file, and modify
them at will. Ever kill a Gargoyle and suddenly see it turn into a Lich?
Ever see an evil floating Maulotaur with a hundred thousand hitpoints?
Such things are possible, and are limited only by your imagination!
Two patch files have been included, SUPRWEP1.HHE, written by Tomasz
Kozera, and SAMPLE.HHE. The SUPRWEP1 patch is the Heretic version of the
ever-popular arsenal booster patches provided for DeHackEd. The SAMPLE
patch is a show-by-example guide to the new text format for patch files.
If this is the first time you are running HHE PLEASE SEE THE README.TXT
FILE for a few start-up info and instructions. For general help with HHE,
read the file HHE.HLP.
Disclaimer: the author is NOT responsible for any damage, corrupting,
or trashing of the Heretic exe file that this program causes, and assumes
no responsibility in the case of any legal action.
I've released this program to the public domain without requiring
a registration fee for a "registered" version. However I have put quite
a chunk of time into this program, and I would appreciate any donations
that you are willing to send. My snail-mail address is:
Greg Lewis
1205 Sylvan Lane
Midland, MI 48640
There was a stir about exe editing programs such as this one several
months ago. If you plan on creating any large masterpieces that use HHE
patches which you wish to distribute, keep in mind that iD's legal depart-
ment considers such patches illegal, because of their software license and
copyright. I've decided that HHE will be released as normal, and iD has
at a very unofficial level decided to allow patch distribution, however I
deemed it wise to give a word of warning.
Where to find this file:
FTP: The current Id FTP site (ftp.cdrom.com at the moment)
in pub/idgames/util/exe_edit
BBS: Wolverine BBS, (517) 695-9952
Special thanks also go out to the following people, without whose help
HHE would not exist. Thanks a lot for your help, and if I've missed you
on this list, just let me know and I'll fix it.
Raven and Id Software
For writing Heretic, a great sequel to the original Doom.
Matt Fell, (msfell@aol.com)
Many thanks for the original Doom exe specs, from which DeHackEd
(and hence HHE) was born!
Bill Neisius (bill@solaria.hac.com)
Gave invaluable help with the sound code, which just plain
wouldn't work at all without his help.
Beta testers:
ArchVile (on IRC)
For great beta-testing advice, catching several small bugs.
Tomasz Kozera (JAKfrost@ix.netcom.com)
Wonderful ideas, suggestions and comments, and input on many
of the new bits.
Chris Brown (BonesBro@aol.com)
More input on bits, and suggestions for improvements along the
way.
Known Bugs:
I think there is a problem with Logitech mice, that the mouse
only works on the top half of the screen. I'm looking into
it, although I'm not sure what the problem is.
Version 1.0:
The first thing! (Well, not really, since this is a DeHackEd
spin-off...)
SB sound playing now actually works REPEATEDLY
New text-only patch file format
Default extension of ".hhe" added to patch files.
New Code Pointer editing section
Many sundry small improvements