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                   |              Duke Nukem 3D             |

                   |        Maphacks for the EDuke32        |

                   |       High Resolution Pack (HRP)       |

                   |                   or                   |

                   |               Voxel Pack               |

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CONTENTS OF THIS README

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1) About

2) Installation

3) Notes

4) Support for NightFright's Addon Compilation

5) License

6) Contact/Links

7) Credits

1) ABOUT

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 Maphacks are used to edit the positioning of objects and other parts of a level

in cases where the maps cannot be redistributed. These maphacks' goal is to

improve the compatibility of user created maps with the HRP or the Voxel Pack.

Since there is no central site for map downloads, patching the maps directly

would lead to quite some confusion among players about their respective

versions. By distributing separated maphacks the original map download archives

can be kept unchanged. The maphacks are now part of the HRP, but this pack is

updated more frequently.

What maphacks can do:

 - prevent objects from clipping into walls or each other

   - by rotating them (models + voxels)

   - by moving their visible representation (not yet implemented for voxels)

 - turn the front side of objects to the most likely player position

 - prevent wall/floor aligned decorations from showing up as models/voxels

 - turn off unintended model/voxel animations

 - tilt objects to align to sloped floors (not yet implemented for voxels)

 - prevent wall-aligned sprites from flickering (mostly a Polymer issue)

2) INSTALLATION

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 Technically this is like an HRP update pack with maphack additions and 

updates only - therefore, if your current HRP's (or regular HRP update pack's) 

version number is greater than ours, don't use this pack.

Drop this pack into the autoload folder alongside your HRP (5.4 or later) and 

you should be done.

(Standalone invocation: eduke32 -g UserMapHacks.zip -mh maphacks/maphacks.def)

You need a recent EDuke32 executable which has UserMapHacks support 

implemented - at least r4886 (source r4884). (HRP 5.4 comes with r5267.)

Currently users are reporting various issues with recent EDuke32 builds. If you 

should encounter problems as well, try the r4495 version with backported 

UserMapHack support from the "Other Stuff" link below.

Your eduke32.log should contain one or more lines similar to this after playing:

   Loaded map hack file "maphacks/usermaps/foobar.mhk"

3) NOTES

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 The main goal is to get rid of the most annoying HRP-related problems of 

popular (highly rated by reviewers) and recently released user maps. 

Since the introduction of the Poymer renderer in 2009 and the big HRP model 

rotation in early 2012 (r5.1.295), even maps which were designed with the HRP 

in mind need some adjustments. 

Do not expect a maphack quality comparable to what has been done for the 

original game's levels, though. No Polymer lighting for example.

A few older maps make use of tricks which can't be reproduced (yet?) using the 

modern OpenGL renderers. Some recent maps' README files explicitly state that 

the respective map is meant to be played without fancy renderers, or the HRP.

Remember that these maphacks do not claim to make those maps look as intended 

if you are using the HRP anyway, but try to fix the obvious glitches as far as 

it is technically possible. Do not complain to mappers, do not ask them to 

'fix' their map if it looks bad when HRPlaying it.

Some other maps and episodes come with custom textures. Tiles014.art, 

tiles15.art, tiles20.art and up, will technically never interfere with the HRP, 

whereas extensive use of custom textures may look off when combined with 

the HRP. In case of conflicting ART I may have added a README and/or a ZIP file 

to explain or improve compatibility. But even if a maphack and further 

compatibility improvements exist, it's still your decision to HRPlay or not.

This Pack is suitable for the Voxel Pack as well, although only the 'angoff'

directive (model rotation) works currently on voxels (EDuke32 r5880). 

But that's the most commonly used correction anyway.

You can help:

 - If you find anything you consider worthy correcting in an already maphacked

level, don't hesitate to report it (DNCOORDS!), and which renderer/HRP version

you are using. Some models (like the 0603 hangbabe) might need different

maphacks and some floor/ceiling aligned sprites may show up different

(or not at all) in either Polymost or Polymer renderer/HRP.

 - You can contribute your own maphacks. Basic information is available at:

     https://wiki.eduke32.com/wiki/Maphack_Language

 - If you have a newer version of an already maphacked level, please let LeoD

   know. (But compare the checksums first.)

4) Support for NightFright's Addon Compilation 3.1

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A full set of maphacks is available for each of the following GRPs (244):

  adg.grp             (5)

  aqua.grp            (3)

  battlefield3.grp    (3)

  bobsp.grp           (5)

  bravenworld.grp     (5) - Check out HRP-BNW-compatibility.zip

  castlequest.grp     (7)

  chronic.grp         (5) - Check out HRP-TheChronic-compatibility.zip

  commbuild.grp       (8)

  crucialconflict.grp (3)

  daikarin.grp        (7) - Check out HRP-DaikariN-compatibility.zip

  darkplace.grp       (5)

  deathdrive.grp      (5)

  dn64revisited.grp   (3)

  dreamtrilogy_grp    (3)

  dukehard.grp       (17) - Check out HrpDukePlus-DukeHard-compatibility.zip

  duketen.grp         (3)

  fbsp.grp            (3)

  glavic.grp         (10) 

  kaiserland.grp      (3)

  lorch.grp           (3)

  losthighway.grp     (7)

  mathpak.grp         (5)

  metromayhem.grp    (15)

  milltown.grp        (2)

  mssp.grp            (8)

  opblitzkrieg.grp    (5)

  plugpray.grp        (7)

  prequel2time.grp    (4)

  red.grp             (7)

  redrum.grp          (1)

  roch.grp            (9)

  showdown.grp       (21) - Check out HRP-NuclearShowdown-compatibility.zip ???

  spcmissn.grp        (2)

  spiegul.grp         (3)

  stranger.grp        (6)

  sunburn.grp         (2)

  taivo.grp           (5)

  undertaker.grp      (5)

  v_series.grp        (4)

  verminclear.grp    (12)

  wgspace.grp         (8)

Maphacks for the following GRPs are not yet completed (128/209):

  c3po.grp       :  2/4

  escape.grp     :  2/5

  fm3x.grp       : 34/42 - FM1X-FM3X done

  jungletour.grp :  1/3

  kucera.grp     :  4/15

  pinxten.grp    ;  5/9

  pipeline.grp   ;  2/7

  quakis.grp     :  6/8

  space.grp      : 23/38

  urban.grp      : 49/78

Some GRPs' high resolution contents have been left out from the Addon Pack:

  infestation.grp : 39/39 - Check out IITTC-HRP-compatibility.zip

  moonbase.grp    :  9/9

  wgrealms.grp    :  6/6

They will probably get recompiled for HRP with the Addon's maps included (54).

They'll become available at the "Other Stuff" link below.

Most other GRPs included in the Addon Pack are probably not compatible with the

HRP, but they need to be actually checked out, though.

5) LICENSE

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 Maphacks for the original game's maps and official addon maps (Nuclear Winter, 

Duke in D.C., Caribbean/Vacation) are covered by the HRP Art License.

You are free to copy, alter, reproduce, and redistribute all other maphack files

as long as their original author[s] are credited in each *.mhk respectively.

6) CONTACT/LINKS

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  You can check the related EDuke32 forum thread over at Duke4.net:

  https://forums.duke4.net/index.php?showtopic=6070

Contact:

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  https://forums.duke4.net/index.php?showuser=1299

Related Links:

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  Duke4.net ................................... https://duke4.net

  Duke Nukem 3D High-Resolution Pack .......... https://hrp.duke4.net

  NightFright's Addon Pack .................... https://hrp.duke4.net

  EDuke32 port ................................ https://eduke32.com

  RHash checksum generator ......... https://sourceforge.net/projects/rhash

  Maphacks in the HRP repository ... https://svn.eduke32.com/duke3d_hrp/maphacks

  Maphack Wiki entry ............ https://wiki.eduke32.com/wiki/Maphack_Language

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  Other Stuff by LeoD ........ https://forums.duke4.net/index.php?showtopic=3513

7) CREDITS

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  Anyone who has contributed to EDuke32, the HRP, or the user maps listed herein