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- Thanks for using Episoder by Charlie Wiederhold.
-
- Ok, to get this show on the road, just type episoder at the DOS prompt. I am
- sure most of you know that already so we are off to a good start.
-
- You will see a message telling you to read this file. Since you are
- reading this, we are off to a really good start!
-
- Now, before you start making this episode, here are a few notes or tips.
- All the .MAP files you want to use must be in your Duke directory. This
- program will not automatically run Duke 3D when you are done. That would be
- easy to do, but I figured that it was not needed in this first version. So,
- since it does not run Duke, you must make sure the .MAP files are in the same
- directory you are running Duke from. Secondly, when you want to play the
- episode, you just select Hollywood Holocaust. I have not messed with
- changing the epsisode names yet (Don't even know if it is possible, but I will
- be checking in on it). Since this will currently only let you make one episode
- Hollywood Holocaust is all you need to select. If you happen to select one of
- the other episodes, it will take you to Toxic Dump (Don't ask me why).
-
- OK, be sure to backup your USER.CON before you use this, so you can play the
- normal levels again. Or, just use RESETCON that comes with EditCON. I didn't
- add the feature to reset the levels yet. Sorry.
-
- This program is really for people who want to select lots of levels for
- Dukematch. With this, both you and the person(s) you want to play must
- select the same files in the same order, and voila, you can now flip between
- as many user made .MAP files as you want, instead of dropping to DOS or back
- into DUKEEDIT by Jennifer Lynn (Which I would suggest highly if you are making
- your own levels).
-
- One of the better aspects of this program, is if you have modified your .CON
- files, it will not mess with them. It will only change the information
- pertaining to the episode stuff. So, you can still have your super powered
- shotgun, and play the new episodes! But, if you use EditCON after using this,
- it will reset the episode information. A bug I plan to fix in the next
- version of EditCON.
-
- Enough of that, now to make your own episodes!
- Now, in the window at the top, you will see a thing that says:
-
- .MAP file name ==>
-
- This is where you type in the name of the .MAP file that you want to use.
- Just type in the name of the file that you want first in your episode.
- Note: You do NOT need to type .MAP after the file. So, if you want to use
- pntball.map you would just type:
-
- pntball
-
- The next prompt you will see is:
-
- Level name ==>
-
- This is where you can give the file a cool name for when you play it in
- Duke 3D. That is how they got the names for the levels in the actual game.
-
- Thus, if I wanted to name my pntball.map file, I would type:
-
- Paint Ball
-
- Note: If you do not wish to type a name for the file, just hit <ENTER> and the
- name of the file will be used instead. Also, in the .CON file it says that the
- maximum number of characters for the level name is 32. Well, it is actually
- 30. Anyways, you can type as many letters you want at this prompt, but my
- program will only accept the first 30 letters.
-
- When you are done entering all the levels you want to use, just hit <ENTER>
- at the ( .MAP file name ==> ) prompt. This will exit from the program, and
- save the new episode in your USER.CON file.
-
- Please note, this program leaves a residual file named USER.TMP in your Duke
- directory. You can delete this if it really bugs you, but it will just
- recreate it when you run it again. This file is used to swap information
- so that your old USER.CON file will not be changed except for the episode
- information.
-
- Again, thanks for trying my program. If you like it, tell me, so I will be
- motivated to write a better version, and eventually incorporate it into
- EditCON when I can.
-
- Charlie Wiederhold
- wieder@mail.utexas.edu
- WiederWeb - http://ccwf.cc.utexas.edu/~wieder/ROTT/
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