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- DeHackEd v3.0a
- By Greg Lewis (Tree)
- gregl@umich.edu
-
- This file contains setup instructions for DeHackEd v3.0. I have
- gotten a lot of email from users who had troubles setting up earlier
- versions of DeHackEd, so hopefully this file will help alleviate many
- of those problems.
-
- OK. You just downloaded a copy of DeHackEd v3.0. Now, you've got
- this DeHackEd zip file sitting on your computer. What to do first?
- Obviously you have already unzipped it if you are reading this text
- file. I'd advise first of all creating a separate directory to store
- DeHackEd in. It certainly cuts down on the clutter in your main Doom
- directory, and is easier to handle new releases (if there are any more).
- I'll assume, for all the examples that I give in this file, that your
- computer is set up like the following. If your computer is set up
- differently (as it almost certainly is), just substitute the directories
- that you have in your computer for the directories I give here.
-
- Main Doom directory - c:\doom2
- DeHackEd directory - c:\doom2\dhe
-
- Copy the DeHackEd zip file to your new DeHackEd directory, which is
- c:\doom2\dhe in this example, and unzip it. You should see around 10
- or 11 files of varying types. Those that end in '.deh' are the main
- files that DeHackEd uses to change the Doom exe file. The file that I
- will be concerned with in this text is the dehacked.ini file.
-
- The dehacked.ini file contains all of the custom settings for your
- computer, so that DeHackEd knows where to look for stuff. Usually the
- file can be altered once at the beginning and then left alone for the
- rest of the time that you use DeHackEd.
-
- You should see several lines in the ini file that contain one word
- followed by an equal sign and then a directory or filename. Those are
- the parameters that you will be changing. There will also be lines that
- start with '#' symbols... ignore those lines, they are only comments to
- help you figure out what you are doing. Find the lines with the equals
- signs and change them so that they look like this:
-
- editname = <your_doom_directory>\doomhack.exe
- normalname = <your_doom_directory>\doom2.exe
- wadname = <your_doom_directory>\doom2.wad
- patchdir = <your_dehacked_directory>
- pathname = <your_doom_directory>
-
- So, in the example directories given above, these lines would look
- like this:
-
- editname = c:\doom2\doomhack.exe
- normalname = c:\doom2\doom2.exe
- wadname = c:\doom2\doom2.wad
- patchdir = c:\doom2\dhe
- pathname = c:\doom2
-
- Save the dehacked.ini file. You should be about ready to start editing
- now! Simply type "dehacked" at the command line, and you will be able to
- load and save the patch files, and begin editing the information yourself!
-
- If you need more information about DeHackEd's keys or moving around in
- the editor, or if you are having other types of problems, please refer to
- the DeHackEd.HLP file. It contains just information on just about every
- aspect of using the editor. And, of course, feel free to send me email
- if you continue to have problems. I generally get very swamped during the
- school year, but I will try to help you out if I can.
-
- Enjoy!
-