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- PUDManager v1.0 and PUDDir Documentation
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- DISCLAIMER:
- This software (PUDMAN.EXE and PUDDIR.EXE) is provided AS IS. The user (you)
- assumes all responsibility for the results of using this software. The
- author of this software (Shawn Outman) assumes no liability for damages
- of any sort resulting directly or indirectly from the use of this software.
- By running the software, the user is agreeing to this disclaimer and is
- aware that they are assuming responsibility for any results of running this
- software.
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- PUDManager (PUDMAN.EXE) is a program designed to allow you to keep track
- of your WarCraft II .PUD files more easily. It is a DOS program designed to
- run under Windows 95. If you do not have Windows 95, it will still work, but
- you will not be able to launch the map editor or Notepad from within the
- program. PUDMan is meant to be stored in the same directory as your PUD
- files.
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- Once you run the program, you will see that the interface is actually
- very simple: your PUD files are arranged on a vertically scrolling menu.
- You can use the up and down arrow keys, as well as page up and page down,
- to scroll through the list. The information in each row as is follows:
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- DIEDIE!!.PUD Orcs kill humans! Wasteland 96x96 DI
- filename of | Internal description |Terrain/ | map size | description/
- the PUD file| ("name") of PUD | tile set | | image
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- Most of these fields are self-explaining. However, the description/image
- may seem a bit mysterious. If there exists a text file (.TXT) as the same
- name as the PUD file (in this case, DIEDIE!!.TXT), a 'D' will appear on
- the same row with the rest of the PUD information. Similarly, if there is
- an image file of the same name (GIF, JPG, or PCX), an 'I' will appear next
- to the 'D'. This is useful if you're maintaining a Web site of PUDs, as you
- can see whether or not you have a minimap image of that PUD for display.
- The 'D' denotes that there does exist a text description of the PUD file.
- There are several functions for manipulating text descriptions built in to
- PUDManager. You can create, edit, or erase description files. The associated
- keys are 'D' to create or edit, and backspace to erase. If you press 'D'
- but there is not a description, this program will create a new description
- file from a default form that you supply as TEMPLATE.TXT. If TEMPLATE.TXT
- does not exist, then you will be given a blank file to edit for the PUD
- description. PUDManager will launch an external text editor to edit/create
- descriptions. The path and filename of the editor is stored in PUDMAN.CFG.
- By default, the editor is Window's Notepad as stored in c:\windows; if you
- wish to change the path or editor simply erase PUDMAN.CFG and you will be
- prompted to enter the path and filename of the editor you wish to use
- upon running the program.
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- Commands:
- Up/Down/PgUp/PgDn = Scroll
- P = Print the entire PUD listing on your printer.
- Del = Erase currently selected PUD
- E = Edit currently selected PUD in the Map Editor (Req Win95).
- R = Refresh directory
- Backspace = Erase description
- Enter = View description
- D = Edit description
- V = View preview map (currently only terrain)
- G = Graphical mode (ESC to return to text mode)
- S = Search by filename or description
- ESC = Quit PUDManager
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- Possible improvements:
- Currently, the Graphical mode only shows terrain. When I figure out how
- the unit data is stored I will add that as well.
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- I may write a Windows version.
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- If I get the preview images looking more or less like minimaps, I'll add
- a feature to extract the minimap directly into a graphics file for Web
- catalogs.
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- Newest version is always on http://www.dkeep.com/matthew
- E-Mail matthew@dkeep.com
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