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┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ 101 NEW features in DeeP (as of v8.35 ) │ │ │ │ DeeP - DOOM Enhanced Editor Program for DOOM+DOOMII+HEXEN+HERETIC │ │ DeePBSP- Binary Space Partition Program ( builds nodes for all ) │ │ │ └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ DeeP is a Borland C++4.52 32bit DPMI program and features more options than any other editor. Any size PWAD editing limited only by your memory! DeeP has the features you DREAM OF. From Texture drawing, Cut, Copy, Paste and Undo to powerful interactive WYSIWYG tool drawing. It supports both keyboard and mouse users with equal ease. Ex-DEU user can use most of the key commands they already know, making DeeP easy to learn. With its convenient user friendly options and DeePBSP (the *only* fastest nodes builder on the planet, plain and simple, just benchmark them), great levels can be created in less than 1/4 the normal time using other editors. Extensive error checking keeps you out of trouble! THE LIST : (Minus commands were added in 7.11-8.35) -1. Edit DOOM, DOOM II, HERETIC and HEXEN in one program! -2. ADD, Awesome Direct Drawing, lets you edit ANY graphic stored in "texture" format or "flat" format (floors, ceiling, walls and sprites). -3. View the graphic composition and names of any texture. -4. Direct easy support of HEXEN ACS script files created by ACC.EXE -5. Edit ACS and compile ACS scripts under DeeP control. -6. Edit MAPINFO or SNDINFO under DeeP control -7. ITA (Interactive Texture Alignment) with continous alignment feedback. A crafty name and Very easy and very fast. Shows all THREE textures continuously with easy precise PageUp/Down (or number) alignment. -8. IMP (Intelligent Map Projection) automatically connects LineDefs to Things with Poly numbers or Tids for HEXEN. -9. HEXEN definable default Door Open speed and close delay. -10. HEXEN search for anything, including ANY linedef argument. -11. Print Thing numbers/description on map printout. -12. Converts DOOM, DOOM II or HERETIC to HEXEN or any other combination. -13. Converts DOOM, DOOM II textures to HERETIC or HEXEN palette colors. -14. PCX DOOM/HERETIC/HEXEN (-ravpic) screen shot viewer. Real handy to see how an area looks! -15. Project files support for all files related to a project (IWAD, PWADS texture defaults, Script name and Mapinfo name). -16. POWER panning and zooming, for instant map resizing and movement. -17. User definable upper and lower +/- key zoom limits. -18. Definition of multiple theme texture groups. -19. All commands integrated into graphical interface, e.g, lump display. -20. THING and TAG check disabling. -21. Shift+R : refresh screen display (for redisplaying the grid) -22. Shift+Enter : pop directly to object edit menu. -23. Windows like file browser for all file name access. -24. File browser shows level preview of all levels in a PWAD. -25. New Cut, Paste, Copy, Mirror and Undo Commands. -26. Short cut swap/split linedef commands. -27. Clipboard Viewer. -28. Merge different PWADs using the Copy/Paste commands. -29. New interactive Rectangle, Polygon, Stair, curved Stair drawing tools. -30. Prefab for Teleports and Windows. -31. Drag Things with the sector (also copy Things with a Sector). -32. Preview Map Browser, with colored replacements, many stages of preview. -33. Intelligent Inference Drawing (IID) engine. 1. Much smarter LineDef drawing modes minimizes manual corrections. 2. Improved LineDef merging too! -34. Additional checking for Things inside sector, overlapping and heights and specific counts of starting position erros. -35. Draw LineDefs in ANY mode, no mode switch required. -36. Optional texture caching. -37. Find lists all Tags/PolyIds/Tids and associations. -38. Zoom-to-Window and ReZoom back to prior. -39. Detects missing textures by LineDef types. -40. Show the lengths of lines as you drag them. -41. Show the length of each line as it is drawn next to the cursor. -42. Catches and checks for invalid X and Y offsets (user definable). -43. Verifies the integrity of a PWAD when it is read. -44. DeePBSP 5.0x processes any PWAD, DOOM, DOOM II, HERETIC or HEXEN automatically. -45. DeePBSP 5.0x has two nodebuilding options, TURBO (very fast) and FINAL (does a better job of balancing the nodes and minimizing splits). -46. Direct editing of LineDef and Thing flags, right on screen. -47. Direct selection of LineDef and Thing arguments from edit screen. -48. Fill the Paste buffer with any PWAD. One use is a "shape" library. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Much easier installation. No more .INI file! DeeP automatically detects a first installation. All options can now be set within the program. 2. For fun, a built-in screen saver (alt+F1). Heretic is the most fun. 3. Map display for changes requires fewer redraws, thus is much faster. 4. Menu nesting is much smoother and cleaner, thanks to all the memory. 5. Extra colors and options added to show more information about your PWADs. You can set the color for the following types of LineDefs : blocks sound, blocks monsters, tagged line, not normal, bad tag, secret, invisible, teleports, scripts and for different sector heights. You can also set the color for the both normal and active Buttons. Vertexes, Things and Menus. For example, you can change to a white background with black lines. 6. Wall and Floor/Ceiling Texture browsers. Fills up the whole screen for quick review and interactive selection. Two different texture sizes available. 7. On a map restart, your original location in the map is restored. 8. New maps read are automatically sized to fill the whole screen. 9. Gamma correction to make all the graphics are much brighter. The total range is now 0 to 30 so you can make it even lighter (or darker). 10. Pressing "0" on menus with number options, exists just like Escape. 11. You can set the frequency of the "beeps" to your tone deafness. 12. ALL things can be displayed at once (toggled with T command). Real useful and very pretty. 13. 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 by moving the cursor over the item of interest. 14. All Things display their direction all the time. 15. Ruler has optional size control. The size is set in new option submenu. 16. Build easy Stairs between 2 LineDefs. 17. Simultaneous/interactive scale and rotate Vertices, Linedefs, and Sectors. 18. Interactive rotate the direction of Things. 19. Automatic Sector split or 2-sided LineDef detection while drawing a Linedef. 20. Distribute lighting across Sectors selected. 21. Automatically remember the last tag number you used and show the 1st free one. 22. Left mouse button, if held down, clears current selected objects. 22. Right mouse button quick-click edits the object! 23. Mouse quick Left Double-Click Insert mode for Vertex. 24. Mouse quick Right Double-Click for switching Edit modes. 25. New option automatically follows the menus with the cursor (Snap-to-Cursor). 26. Delineates the left and right side of the screen so you can see the "edge" easier. 27. New easy/configurable Vertex screen so you can tell what's going on. a. The size of vertexes and linedef arrows automatically adjust in size. The vertexes and arrows stay small in a close zoom, so that moving and selecting them in a zoom is easier. b. A vertex is now a "dot" instead of an "X" so they are easier to view when many are close together. c. Optional direction arrows in Vertex mode. d. You can set the color of the "dot". 29. Automatic Object/Room sector assignment in Linedef create mode. 30. Instant Zoom between two values. 31. Zoom expanded to a maximum of 16X, great for tight/precise work! 32. +/- skip zoom stages and no "stutter" when the key is held down. 33. (alt+X) Center the Map at current size. 34. (alt+Z) Zoom to Extents, makes any map fill exactly the full screen. 35. Save a PWAD with all the imbedded extra information, for example, Textures. (New DeePBSP below also saves all information.) 36. Save a grouped PWAD with all the levels without regrouping. 37. 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.) 38. Search for LineDef or Sector tags. 39. Complete Level Check (F10) for cross-references, missing textures, and unclosed sectors....all with the press of ONE key! 40. Can automatically fix missing texture names. 41. Can automatically fix invalid texture names (when converting a DOOM level to DOOM II). 42. Level Check for LineDef/Sector tag matches, misses and orphans. 43. Level Check finds missing teleport things. 44. Level Check finds duplicate teleport sectors. 45. Cross reference check also checks for invalid values and it's faster! 46. Cross reference checks for duplicate vertexes and sidedefs (just in case). 47. Flip LineDef now has option to just swap only Vertices and not swap SideDefs. 48. Y alignment can select which side. 49. 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! 50. Complete statistics information on number of enemies, weapons, equipment, and ammo per item, per difficulty level and totals. 51. Thing mask for enemies,weapons,equipment,ammo, skill level and Other to help you visualize your placement better. 52. Option to load different palette numbers (for future Gamma expansion) from the IWAD. 53. Check that level has an exit. 54. Bottom of screen shows current Wadfile name. 55. Create a PEDESTAL object automatically. 56. Create a sunken POOL object automatically. 57. Create a LIGHT fixture (or a window wall) automatically. 58. Create a DOOR object automatically. 59. Create Stairs automatically inside a sector (different from the linedef type). The above make it easier for novice and expert alike! 60. Set default Door, Pool, Pedestal, Light textures, floor and ceiling heights and Thing. 61. Ins key controls automatic LineDef creation in Vertex mode for DOORS! 62. Sector, Thing and LineDef menus automatically show the current default menu selection for the object selected. And it's high- lighted for easy viewing. 63. Sector not closed is more accurate and explained better. 64. Complete context sensitive online help file! Can be viewed from start to finish (hate Windows for not doing that). Very useful for beginners to view the complete file and always available to help you learn DeeP and DOOM. In Edit mode, help is context sensitive, meaning it only displays data relevant to the menu displayed. Help can be PRINTED, all or by context sensitive topic. 65. Search function in Help, enter the string to search for and you're there! 66. Option added to File Pulldown menu to Read PWAD file. Automatically selects the first level in a PWAD. Other options also let's you do a forced nodebuild without having to "change" something. 67. Snap-to-Grid option (so you can have grid and not snap to it). (set by / command or top button). 68. User option lets you "select" sensitivity, scroll speed (the amount the map moves per edge shift) and mouse speed! 69. Response file option for testing WADs, lets you add external PWAD sprite/flat overrides while testing from DeeP. 70. Option to automatically create SideDefs/Sectors at same time as LineDefs. 71. Automatically use existing vertices when creating LineDefs. 72. Revised Menus for Things, LineDefs and Sectors. Things now show a picture of the object before you select it. 73. All options (textures, heights, sound, etc) can be set and saved within DeeP. 74. Option to suppress vertex overlap check (it's up to you) to speed things up for the experts. 75. Options to directly set the mouse/editing colors, grid, select rectangle and to set dashed or solid lines. 76. Option to automatically reload the last level and files each time. 77. Option to automatically restart in edit mode. 78. Option to remap the color palette. Change the look to your own! 79. Automatic reload and restart of the last level you edited! 80. Automatic reload of up to 46 files you were working with! 81. Direct Node building link to DeePBSP, can you say Fast and Easy! 82. Direct testing of DOOM levels. Jump into DOOM and back to your MAP, boom! 83. Additional verification checks for a valid pathname for saved files. 84. Quick buttons on top menu bar to clear, zoom and change the grid. 85. Clicking the pictures displayed on the bottom, directly edits them. 86. Point, click and drag LineDef creation. 87. Extra protection to keep you from wiping out a Grouped PWAD by accident. The old file name is NOT automatically the default. 88. Object "selection and dragging" is now smooth, without any jitter and a lot faster. The objects selects are outlined in RED (you can change it). 89. Additional check for overlapping LineDefs and Vertexes when dragging Sectors. 90. Additional check for Enemy/Player overlapping and stuck to walls. 91. Edit Changes show up on bottom information boxes when at first level of edit. 92. Where it makes sense, the menu option is left active, so you can search for the option desired without having to go back to "1" and back again. 93. New ScrollDelay option for fast systems, so the map doesn't fly off the screen (yeah, I'm jealous of those guys too). 95. New search features have been implemented. Search for a thing, linedef type or the name of a texture and optionally replace! 96. Zoom now has auto-centering. When a linedef, thing, or sector has been highlighted, DeeP automatically centers the object when you zoom in (not out). This setting is optional and can be toggled with the "\" key. 97. The shift+A key toggles auto selecting of any object, letting you stay locked on an object. 98. DeeP can read a DOOM level and convert it to a DOOM II level and convert a DOOM II level to DOOM in seconds. 99. Menus have been re-organized to make them easier to use. 100. All pictures in the DOOM and DOOM II wad files can be seen. Select view all pictures under Edit on top menu bar. 101. The size of the linedef arrows adjust according to the zoom factor so they don't obscure small objects. The line sticking out the side is the same regardless of line length so it doesn't jam the view. ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── And Heres More 102. The mouse is now totally usable for ALL your work. Try scrolling the sprites and any of the textures!. 103. 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! 104. Additional options to set the default PWAD directory and help file. 105. Print maps of any level at any available ZOOM factor. DeePBS ~~~~~~ 106. DeePBSP is about 20-50 times faster than BSP and features a display to see how your level is progressing as it is being built. DeePBSP is faster for large levels than any nodebuilder we know of (BSP, WARM, IDBSP or other imbedded ones running). These are "quality nodes". The number of nodes built is NOT related to quality. We admit there are occasions where one node builder might be favorable for some PWAD, but this is very rare. Usually the problem is caused by a bad construction technique (see help and README.DOC) and a DOOM engine problem that is bypassed by having different nodes. 107.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, be aware that the output is different. Only DeePBSP can rebuild the correct level within a PWAD when run from DeeP! DeePBSP has a safety check for virus or FAT errors. 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. 108.DeePBSP only copies the reject map. It does not clear it. This means that if you build a REJECT with a program such as RMB, you don't have to redo the REJECT if you didn't change your map much. 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