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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
-