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DeeP, HeeP and DeePbsp ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >>> See ORDER.FRM for ordering information <<< To order ONLINE with CompuServe, GO SWREG and supply the registration ID The Registration ID for DeeP is 4541. The Registration ID for HeeP is 4553. The current ShareWare version is found in the ACTION forum (GO GAM586). >>> If you are going to run DeePbsp in WINDOWS, please <<< >>> read README.DOC for the details (or it won't work) <<< DeeP can be run under Windows in a DOS box, but you MUST change SYSTEM.INI as described in README.DOC if you are going to run the DPMI DeePbsp. >>> If you are using QEMM and have the QDPMI.SYS in your <<< >>> CONFIG.SYS file, please see README.DOC, it won't work <<< >>> You must have HIMEM.SYS installed in CONFIG.SYS <<< >>> You should have FILES=20 or more in CONFIG.SYS <<< The DPMI DeePbsp will not work if you have QDPMI.SYS running! Please refer to README.DOC for alternate solutions. DEU users, PLEASE review the docs, you can use DeeP sortof like DEU, but you'll be missing out on all the short cuts you can take. Review DEEPFAQ.DOC for frequently asked questions and solutions. ... NOTE ... The mouse is MUCH more powerful than in DEU and is THE ticket to shortcuts. You should set the mouse click speed to suit your style. The default is 250 ms, set it to 50 to click a lot faster, but then you have to double click REALLY fast. If you like a more relaxed pace set it around 400. Use the F6 option to set all this stuff. ============================================================================= Copyrights ~~~~~~~~~~ Copyright (C) 1994-1995 by Sensor Based Systems, Inc. (SBS) Refer to the file DeeP.LIC for further information. DOOM, DOOM II and HERETIC are trademarks of id Software. UniVBE is Copyright (C) 1992-1994 SciTech Software and is a shareware product requiring separate reqistration. DeeP, HeeP and DeePbsp are trademarks of Sensor Based Systems Inc. DeeP, HeeP and DeePbsp were made by SBS and has nothing to do with Id Software. Disclaimers ~~~~~~~~~~~ Id Software can't answer questions pertaining to this program and asking them questions about DeeP is strongly discouraged. Id Software MAY not help you with problems encountered while using a WAD file created by DeeP. DeeP works on the registered and shareware copies of DOOM and DOOM II. HeeP works on the registered and shareware copies of HERETIC. However, Sensor Based Systems Inc. respects Id's wishes and modified shareware levels CANNOT be saved. It is illegal to distribute the registered version of the DOOM.WAD DOOM2.WAD or HERETIC.WAD file in any form, and Sensor Based Systems Inc. does not encourage you in any way to make illegal copies of DOOM, DOOM II or HERETIC. SBS reserves the right to add or remove any functionality of the DeeP and HeeP software. And now... Please also review README.DOC and DeeP.INI/HeeP.INI for more information DeeP is a complete rewrite of DEU (which will be obvious when you start it). DeeP has gobs of new features you DREAM OF. It supports both keyboard users and mouse users with equal ease. Almost all of the keyboard commands are the same as DEU, so the initial learning curve for ex-DEU users is very low. With its convenient user friendly options and ultra-fast node builder, great levels can be created in less than 1/4 the normal time using other editors. Extensive error checking keeps you out of trouble! We're looking forward to even more changes (all it takes is time and money). HeeP is DeeP with specific features for HERETIC only, including color mapping. All references to DeeP also refer to HeeP. What's new for DeeP 6.21 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * Gamma Color Correction to adjust brightness (see Edit/Palette, alt+F7). Makes it easier to see dark textures and compensates for your monitor. * Mouse bar now selects directly into by percent into the item displayed. * Help now has a Search button. * Texture check automatically checks for invalid normal multi-patch textures. * X texture alignment now permits missing textures (resets align to 0). * X texture alignment substitutes missing Normal textures with Upper or Lower. * X texture alignment reverses direction for 2nd sidedef. DeeP 6.20 ~~~~~~~~~ * New Map border option for screen. * Check boxes for Thing now accepts numbers 0 to 7 and alpha codes for direct access for keyboard users. * Check boxes for LineDef now accepts alpha key codes for direct access for keyboard users. * You can now display the picture of all THINGS in any editing mode. * Less delay at startup screen for shareware version. Once you start, only 1 keystroke stops it from then on. * Flip LineDef/SideDef didn't do both at once. * Snap-Cursor was not letting you switch menus on the topbar. DeeP 6.14c ~~~~~~~~~~ * Mainly release for DeePbsp v3.1a to reduce delay time. * Included shareware version of UniVBE for those who need it. DeeP 6.14b ~~~~~~~~~~ * Added option for those "experts" so delete prompts do not appear nor do the warnings when you swap sidedefs. * Made the <> (scale and rotate keys, rotate the direction of Things, since it wasn't much use to scale and rotate where Things were. * Made the separation of LineDef swap stuff on the main menu selection, rather than coming up as a sub-prompt. * You can save a level from a grouped Pwad in shareware version, you just can't save the whole grouped Pwad or imbedded textures/info. Accidental exit so you couldn't do anything removed. * Distribute lighting across Sectors selected. * Show the last tag number you used. * Removed test code removed in Y align (worked, but displayed testing info). * Made Y align back to the original way, was just playing around here. * Removed similar experimental test code for X align (prompts and error message didn't belong there) * Removed test prompts left in from make a lift from a sector. * Fixed swap of Floor/Ceiling Textures in bottom display, so if you click on the textures you get the right ones. * Made mouse follow character input boxes, e.g., for file names, when the Snap-to-Cursor is active. DeeP 6.14a ~~~~~~~~~~ * Even MORE online display. ALL things can be displayed at once (toggled with T command, if already displaying Things. The speed of display will be improved in a later DPMI version). * Ruler has optional circles. The circle size is set in new option submenu. * New easy Stairs between 2 LineDefs. * New simultaneous/interactive scale and rotate. * New automatic Sector split or 2-sided LineDef detection while drawing a Linedef. * Quick Left Double-Click Insert mode for Vertex. * Quick Right Double-Click for switching Edit modes. * New option automatically follows the menus with the cursor (Snap-to-Cursor). * New Vertex screen is even easier to view and tell what's going on. * Optional direction arrows in Vertex mode. * More Color options you can set to your taste for Vertex, Things and Menus. * Automatic Object/Room sector assignment in Linedef create mode. * Instant Zoom between two values. * Zoom expanded to a maximum of 16X, great for tight work! * +/- skip zoom stages, experiment with the delays for your typamatic rate. * New command (alt+C) Center the Map at current size. * New command (alt+Z) Zoom to Extents, makes the map fill the screen. * Support External textures in a PWAD. Displays all extra Textures. * Save a PWAD with all the imbedded extra information (e.g., Textures). (New DeePbsp below also saves all information.) * Save a grouped PWAD with all the levels without regrouping. * Save Patch names and rename them with a different directory name internally so you can transfer them from one version to another easily! (See Save in character command mode.) * Search for LineDef or Sector tags. * Level Check for LineDef/Sector tag matches and orphans. * Flip LineDef now has option to just swap Vertices, not swap SideDefs. * Y alignment can select which side. Need more input on Y offset stuff. * Fix Misc Menu X/Y offset was missing a line, so it was confusing to say the least. * Option to clear the REJECT to all FF or anything inbetween. This is useful for roaming the level with all the monsters intact and you don't have to fight them! * Complete statistics information on number of enemies, weapons, equipment, and ammo per item, per difficulty level and totals. * Thing mask for enemies, weapons, equipment, ammo, skill level and Other to help you visualize your placement better. * Option to load different palette numbers (for future Gamma expansion) from the IWAD. * Two additional color entries you can define separately from the standard 16. This give you more freedom to experiment with colors without changing global colors. * Check that level has an exit. * Cross reference check also checks for invalid values and it's faster! * Cross reference checks for duplicate vertexes and sidedefs (just in case). * Bottom of screen shows current Wadfile name. * Got rid of auto-pulldown (any complaints?). * Got rid of fake-cursor/mouse since next version won't do this. New DeePbsp 3.1a ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * Now has insignificant shareware delay, just to put out the blurb. DeePbsp 3.1 ~~~~~~~~~~~ * Now copies a complete PWAD including any added TEXTURES, etc. Checks for optional valid LevelId to select it from a grouped PWAD. In addition, DeePbsp now allows for tighter spacing between lines. So this version does NOT produce the same output as before. If you bypass DeePbsp with an older version or another program to bypass the unregistered delay, be aware that the output is different. Only DeePbsp can rebuild the correct level within a PWAD when run from DeeP/HeeP! Even with the delay, DeePbsp is faster for large levels than any nodebuilder we know of (BSP, WARM, IDBSP or other imbedded ones running on a machine with a coprocessor). * BSP16 is no longer available and will NOT work correctly with grouped PWADs or those with additional information (textures, etc.). DeeP 6.13 ~~~~~~~~~ * Release for HERETIC, called HeeP. The largest HERETIC level is E1M5. Either DOOM's WAD files can be read by HeeP and converted to HERETIC!! 1. Convert the Floor, Ceiling and wall textures to HERETIC (default or individually-using Replace) Use the Check/F10 menu to do the changes to textures. 2. Modify the linedefs that behave differently (100 ?) and redo the ones that don't exist. Use the Check/F10 menu to find invalid LineDef types. 3. Modify the sectors that behave differently and redo the ones that don't exist. Use the Check/F10 menu to find invalid Sector types. 4. Find and replace all Things with HERETIC stuff. Use the Check/F10 menu to find invalid Thing types. * Totally NEW DOOR, POOL, PEDESTAL and LIGHT creation. Should make it a lot easier for beginner and expert alike! * Ins key controls LineDef creation in Vertex mode for DOORS! * Sector, Thing and LineDef menus automatically show the current menu selection. * Help can be PRINTED, all or by context sensitive topic. * Search function in Help, enter the string to search for. * Mouse right and bottom edge moved over 6 pixels, since some Video cards report an incorrect edge limit. If the edge "sticks" (the map doesn't move and scroll lock is not on), please let us know. We have tested this on a few problem cards and there could be others with a different limit. * Set default Door, Pool, Pedestal and Light textures. * Reinstalled Math-Emulator support. Accidently removed the math-emulator some time ago, so the SX machines and processors without a math-coprocessor wouldn't work. Sorry about that. * Sector not closed explained better and the error messages were expanded. * DeeP had some testing code left in it, V6.13b removed it. In addition, V6.13b made the Joining of Sectors back in favor of making areas, Doors have to press the Ins key to prevent 2-sided LineDef creation (see Help). DeePbsp 3.0 ~~~~~~~~~~~ * DeePbsp is now DPMI and can handle any size level (see README.DOC). DeePbsp 2.7 ~~~~~~~~~~~ * The old DeePbsp is now BSP16 with a revision for large geometric areas (blockmap > 5000) and is there for anyone with DPMI issues they don't know how to resolve. It's a lot slower if your map has a large blockmap, otherwise, it's pretty quick. It also is limited to memory below the 640kb, so the total size of the WAD can't exceed MAP14 + 50 percent (estimated). This is normally a very large level, but some WADS were made for the faster machines out there and they can't be done by this program (or DeeP). DeeP 6.12 ~~~~~~~~~ * Complete help file can now be viewed from the startup (DOS/text) command line. This useful for beginners to view the complete file. With Edit mode, help is context sensitive, meaning it only displays relevant to the menu displayed. * TUTOR.DOC added for basic information on PWADs and how to use DeeP. * Option added to File Pulldown menu to Read PWAD file. Automatically selects the first level in a PWAD. * Left mouse button, if held down, activates select box and clears current selected objects (if you don't select any and additive select is off). * Added Snap-to-Grid option (so you can have grid and not snap to it) (/ command or top button). Objects can be moved anywhere you want. * User option lets you "select" sensitivity, scroll speed (the amount the map moves per edge shift) and mouse speed! * New response file option for testing WADs, lets you add external PWAD sprite/flat overrides while testing from DeeP. * Registered version displays overriding external PWAD graphics. * Revised Alt-F4 exits now just like Esc (no more default save name). * Next available tag is automatically shown. * Fixed French Palette spelling (pallete) and more typos on LineDefs. DeeP 6.11 ~~~~~~~~~ * Option to automatically create SideDefs/Sectors at same time as LineDefs. * Automatically use existing vertices when creating LineDefs. * Even better Thing and LineDef menus, prettier and faster. * Additional separation of LineDef and Thing types. * Revised LineDef descriptions (let us know any others or corrections). DeeP 6.10 ~~~~~~~~~ * All main options (textures, heights, sound, etc) can be set and saved within the DeeP. The only options left in the DeeP.INI file are basic startup for where the DOOM file is and the type of video driver (later!). * New option to suppress vertex overlap check (it's up to you) to speed things up for the experts. * New options to directly set the mouse/editing colors, grid, select rectangle and to set dashed or solid lines. * New option to automatically reload the last level and files each time. * New option to automatically restart in edit mode. * New option to remap the color palette. This lets you view HERETIC maps successfully! * If Scroll Lock is active, moving the mouse over the top menu bar automatically selects a pulldown menu. (An experiment for now to see how usefull this might be.) * Automatic reload and restart of the last level you edited! * Automatic reload of up to 32 files you were working with! * Direct Node building. * Direct testing of DOOM levels. * Revised Menus for Things, LineDefs and Sectors. Things now show a picture of the object before you select it. * Additional verification checks for a valid pathname for saved files. * Quick buttons to clear, zoom and change the grid. * Clicking the pictures displayed on the bottom, directly edits them. DeeP 6.01 ~~~~~~~~~ * Point, click and drag LineDef creation. * Extra protection to keep you from wiping out a Grouped PWAD by accident. The old file name is NOT automatically the default. * F1 now also has context sensitive help for the first level of any menu item selected from the top (one level more than before). Eventually almost all levels (where it makes sense) will have help available. * Object "selection and dragging" is now smooth, without any jitter and a lot faster. The objects selects are outlined in RED. * Additional check from overlapping LineDefs and Vertexes when dragging Sectors. * New VGAONLY option in DeeP.INI for VGA only systems (either not VESA or not enough video memory. * Edit Changes show up on bottom information boxes when at first level of edit. * Where it makes sense, the menu options is left active, so you can search for the option desired without having to go back-and-forth. * Quick click of mouse button 2, puts you in edit mode for the object! * New ScrollDelay option for fast systems, so the map doesn't fly off the screen (yeah, I'm jealous of those guys too). DeeP 6.0a ~~~~~~~~~ * Compatible with DOOM and DOOM II! No need to use two separate programs. * Even better memory management! Now huge levels (200K+) can be made using conventional memory and not run out of memory. At least 560k of DOS memory is suggested. A typical DOS 6.2 system should have 610k free, even with a CD driver, audio and network drivers. Of course if you have lot's of toys, this won't be true!. Try rearranging the sequence of your drivers if you are having trouble achievingthis goal (those drivers that don't care when/where they load). The largest DOOM level is E2M7 and the largest DOOM II level is MAP14. Levels you create/modify may be larger than this. If you have about 630K available to run a DOS program, you will have about 100K free for MAP14 (the larger of the two). A typical level has about 170K free. The free memory is the amount available to expand the level. We are in the process of converting to a 32 bit DPMI version. We have to resolve some mouse driver and graphic issues. When that's done, direct graphics editing and whatever else you might suggest is then a realistic option. Right now, the memory is a real limit. * Default directory path for all PWAD files. You don't have to enter the complete path name if your PWADs are saved outside of the DOOM (or DeeP) directory. * The .WAD extension is automatically added if you don't enter an extension. * A grouped PWAD can be saved as a group again without having to read all the original files again (Registered version only). * PWAD files read in, are referenced by number so you don't have to key the whole name in (just the number), to examinine the structures. * The Registered version has complete DOS DIR support to help you find your glorious levels without exiting DeeP. * DeePbsp is included. DeePbsp is a DPMI version of TbsP, itself an improved node builder that was derived from the excellent BSP 1.2 by Colin Reed. DeePbsp is about 6 times faster than BSP and features a display to see how your level is progressing as it is being built. DeePbsp is automatically run by selecting "Yes" when asked whether you want the nodes built or not. DeePbsp COPIES the reject map "as is", so be sure to clear the reject area with DeeP when requested. We have read the info on what the reject is, but have not noticed behavior consistent with the literature available to us. You decide! (Let us know what you find out.) * Pictures of textures and monsters can now be seen as you're building the level! Instead of just text, you can see the monsters and textures you want to edit. * New search features have been implemented. Search for a thing, linedef type or the name of a texture and optionally replace! * Zoom now has auto-centering. When a linedef, thing, or sector has been highlighted, DeeP automatically centers the object when you zoom in (this will not occur when zooming out). This setting is optional and can be toggled with the \ key. * The "A" key toggles auto selecting of any object, letting you stay locked on an object. * F1 has context sensitive help for all the top menu items. The online help has been greatly expanded, since it now is in a separate file, much more information can be quickly referenced. * F10 now includes these new features: - Checks for cross-references, missing textures, and unclosed sectors....all with the press of ONE key! - Can automatically fix missing texture names. - Can automatically fix invalid texture names (when converting a DOOM level to DOOM II). - Additional error checking for linedefs that require tags. (Id could have used this on their original release!. A missing sector tag crashes the game.) * DeeP can read a DOOM level and convert it to a DOOM II level and convert a DOOM II level to DOOM in seconds. * Stairs can now be inserted into a sector. * Scrolling the map is now up to four times faster, since less objects are drawn. Less flickering occurs when scrolling since the top and bottom lines are not constantly erased. * Menus have been re-organized to make them easier to use. * All pictures in the DOOM and DOOM II wad files can be seen. At the DeeP prompt, press P and return to see them. * The size of vertexes and linedef arrows automatically adjust in size. When in a close zoom (4/1), the vertexes and arrows stay small, so that moving and selecting them in a zoom is easier. - A vertex is now a "dot" instead of an "X" so they are easier to view when many are close together. When two vertices overlap, they disappear, which makes them easier to spot (nothing shows at the intersection). - The size of the linedef arrows adjust according to the zoom factor so they don't obscure small objects. * The mouse is now the same for all VESA compatible video boards. * The mouse is now totally usable for ALL your work. Try scrolling the sprites and any of the textures!. * Clicking both buttons at the same time edits the object (as if enter was pressed). * Direct access to textures for linedefs and sectors. Click on the box containing the texture and you are in texture edit mode for the object! * Additional options to set the default PWAD directory and help file. * Direct DOS DIR functions with the DIRD command to quickly find your levels. * Print maps of any level at any available ZOOM factor. DeePbsp 2.6 ~~~~~~~~~~~ * DeePbsp now only complains about it's size being wrong, but continues to execute. A change in the program size indicates a serious error in the FAT file allocation or a virus! So try to find out why it's complaining. Start by reading the DeeP files README.DOC and DeeP.INI or HeeP.INI. Credits ~~~~~~~ * Jim Quinlan for helping discover the DPMI problems ahead of time! * Jim F. Flynn for making me work harder and trying different things out. * John Anderson,(Aka Dr Sleep) for sending some texture files. * All the users for many good ideas and showing me what things were not clear just hope I don't forget them. (I'm sure you'll remind me.) * Those who wrote in a confused state made me change the intro screens and help system. Without those complaints, we'd never have known how to address the issues. The following people contributed to the original DEU program and thus should be recognized for their part in helping to make DeeP since they made our job a LOT easier: * Brendon Wyber The first version of DEU was written by Brendon Wyber. * Raphaël Quinet (quinet@montefiore.ulg.ac.be) Much of DEU was written by Raphaël Quinet. * Matt Fell (matt.burnett@acebbs.com) Author of the great Unofficial Doom Specs. Making this program would have been impossible if the Specs didn't exist. You should take this file as a technical reference and companion manual for DEU. Get the file "dmspec13.txt" by anonymous FTP on "wuarchive.wustl.edu" (/incoming/MSDOS_UPLOADS/games/doomstuff). * Steve Bareman (bareman@hope.cit.hope.edu) Rewrote the DEU documentation and wrote the DEU tutorial. * Jean-Serge Gagnon (jsg8a@acadvm1.uottawa.ca) Helped Steve with the docs and improved the DEU tutorial. * Trevor Phillips (rphillip@cc.curtin.edu.au) Original Textures viewer in 256 colors * Colin Reed (colin@argonaut.co.uk) Author of BSP node builder. * Dewi Morgan (D.Morgan@bradford.ac.uk) Original Drop-down menus and menu bar. * Will Ellett (wellett@cs.uah.edu) Configuration file and better command line parsing. * Sean Malloy (malloy@crash.cts.com) Updated the docs for the stairs, improved display of the LineDef flags, etc. * Tobias Ringström (d2rinto@dtek.chalmers.se) Added the code to distribute floors and ceiling heights. * Robert Hodkinson (R.J.Hodkinson@bradford.ac.uk) Texture alignment (X offset). * Per Kofod (per@ollie.dnk.hp.com) Added the code to display the pointer coords. * Hank Leukart (ap641@cleveland.freenet.edu) Author of the DOOM FAQ. Publisher of Matt's Unofficial DOOM Specs. He was (and still is) one of the best promoters of DOOM on the net.