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DMapEdit v4.0 - a doom map editor!
Section Title
[1] Legal stuff
[2] About DMapEdit
[3] New stuff since v3.01
[4] New stuff since v3.0
[5] New stuff since v2.1
[6] New stuff since v2.0
[7] New stuff since v1.1
[8] Future expansion
[9] Introduction
[10] How do I play a map I made?
[11] Keyboard commands
[12] Pop-up windows
[13] Thing display filter
[14] Thing editing
[15] Line editing
[16] Sector editing
[17] Marking
[18] Making maps from scatch
[19] Misc. notes
[20] Alternate video modes
[21] Thanks
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[1] Legal stuff
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DMapEdit is my trademark
Doom is a trademark of id Software Inc.
UniVesa - Universal VESA TSR is copyright (C) 1993 Kendall Bennett.
Ms-windows is a trademark of Microsoft
Copyright (C) 1994 Jason Hoffoss. All rights reserved.
<p>This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your
option) any later version. Since I am not a lawyer myself, I do not
know exactly what is allowed and what isn't. Therefore, in addition to
GNU General Public License (refered to as GPL from this point on in this
document), the following restrictions also apply. In the event that I
am not allowed to enforce further restrictions on my product under the
GPL, this program is not under the terms of the GPL. Should any legal
events occur requiring a determination be made on weather or not
DMapEdit falls under the terms of the GPL, it can be determined at that
time.
So, here are the further restrictions. You may not sell this program
for more than $5, if you decide to do so at all. This is only if you
sell it as a lone product. If you sell it as part of a package (more
than one program), this does not apply, and you may set whatever price
you deem appropriate for the package. In either case, this is still my
program, and you may not modify it, claim ownership or authorship of it,
etc. You may modify and/or create other programs based on DMapEdit,
however they must follow the restriction listed within the source code.
Each source file that is part of the DMapEdit program has a header that
explains the restrictions on it.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
General Public License for more details. Even if DMapEdit doesn't
in fact fall under the GPL, there is still to warranty on DMapEdit.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
id Software's "data utility license":
"DOOM(tm) is a trademark of id Software, Inc. The Doom(tm) characters
and the id Software logo are trademarks of id Software, Inc. Doom(tm)
Copyright(c) 1993. id Software, Inc. All rights reserved. This
utility product is not a product of id Software, Inc. and has not been
approved by id Software, Inc. id Software will not provide technical
support for this product. The purchaser of this utility product may
not distribute for money or other consideration any software data
created and/or modified by the use of this utility product."
This Editor is not a product of id Software and id Software cannot and
will not provide support it, nor for maps created with it, nor for DOOM
itself if you modify the DOOM.WAD or DOOM2.WAD (IWAD) files. Same is
true for the HERETIC.WAD and HEXEN.WAD files.
If any lawyer types happen to notice any 'holes' in this section,
please feel free to let me know about it. As I said, I am not a
lawyer, and so really don't know much about lawyery things. :)
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[2] About DMapEdit
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Welcome to DMapEdit. DMapEdit is a true, full-featured map editor. It
allows full editing of original and add-on doom maps, and creation of
new maps from scratch.
My philosophy in writting DMapEdit is to create a map editor that is
BOTH very powerful and easy to use. Many people seem to beleive that
you can't have both, and that one cancels out the other. I, however,
beleive that it can be done, and DMapEdit is my proof of this. It is a
little harder to accomplish such a programming feat, but far from
impossible. It can do almost anything any other editor can, and usually
easier. If it can't, it's probably something that has little value in
map making anyway. Basically, you have full control over everything of
value, while the computer does everything else for you, allowing maps to
be built more quickly, easily, and reliably. If DMapEdit doesn't do
something that you want it to, and have an idea on how it should be
done, ideas are always welcome (email prefered).
DMapEdit is a shareware product. Though it is no longer crippled in any
way, you are required to register this product if you decide to use it.
You may evaluate it for a period of 15 days, after which you must decide
if you wish to register, or delete it from your system. Registeration
is only $10, which should present no problem for anyone. (If you can
afford to use a computer, $10 shouldn't be outside your budget!) To
register this program, simply send me a $10 check, money order or whatever.
My address is:
Jason Hoffoss
10321 110th st. N.
Stillwater, MN 55082
When I receive your order, I will include your name to my list of
registered users. You only ever need to register once, as this will
last for the life of this program.
When later versions become available, I will distribute them electronically
through the Internet and Bulletin Board systems. If you can't get it
through these methods, or don't want to wait for it to show up on your
BBS's, you can send me more than $10, and I will send you upgrades by postal
mail when they become available. Each upgrade I send will cost $2.50, so
$15 gets your 2 upgrades, $20 gets you 4, and $25 gets you 6, etc.. If you
want me to send it by some special method (Express Overnight or whatever),
then make sure you send me enough money to cover such mailing methods, or
else it goes by postal mail (about a dollar goes to mailing by this
method). I have bubble-lined mailing envelopes I use, by the way, so you
don't need to send me an envelope to use or anything.
And hey, send me a letter if you want. Tell me you love/hate this editor,
or whatever. I don't have unlimited ideas, and many improvements and
idea for DMapEdit come from the users. Tell me how to make it better
for you! E-Mail can be send to me on this BBS:
Erebus BBS (612) 439-7808
or on internet by account is hoffo002@gold.tc.umn.edu for anyone wishing
to leave me email there. I read my internet email daily, while I don't
call BBS's much anymore. Why bother when you have internet?
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[3] New stuff since v3.01
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* Whole new interface! Menus, toolbar, info boxes! Better than windows
itself! (only my opinion, of course) And a lot more colorful too.
Dunno about Win95 yet, since I still haven't even seen it. :)
If you are going to spend hours building maps, shouldn't it be
plesant to look at?
* Better docs! It talk in detail not only how to use DMapEdit, but how
to go about making maps, what rules need to be followed, how doors,
lift, etc work, you name it. And because it is split up into several
files, the info you are looking for is generally easier to find.
There's even a DMapEdit FAQ.
* Copy and paste! Duplicate whole groups of Things, Line