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| DUKE NUKEM 3D HIGH RESOLUTION PACK (HRP) | |
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| A Duke3D Community Project | |
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| Compiled by NightFright | |
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| Repository Snapshot >= 5.3.566 (2013-10-01) | |
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CONTENTS OF THIS README |
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1) About |
2) Installation |
3) Notes |
3.1) WIP Release |
3.2) Highlights of this Release |
3.3) Known Issues |
3.4) Title Screen Art |
3.5) EDuke32 Port |
4) License |
4.1) HRP |
4.2) Others |
5) Contact/Links |
6) Credits |
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1) ABOUT |
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Remember "Duke Nukem 3D", the great first-person shooter 3D Realms released |
back in 1996? Its cool protagonist, ingame atmosphere, original weaponry and |
many other features make it worth playing even today. |
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For all Duke fans who want to play the game again in a modern Windows / Linux |
environment with 3D accelerated graphics, the Duke3D community has created the |
High Resolution Pack (HRP). Utilizing the amazing skills of various texturing |
and modelling artists, the project's goal is to replace all textures and |
sprites with high-res versions, optimizing it for latest OpenGL ports. |
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All you need is the "duke3d.grp" file from your original Duke3D v1.3d or |
Atomic (v1.5) CD-ROM. You can also play with the shareware version available |
over at http://www.3drealms.com/downloads.html . |
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What the Duke Nukem 3D HRP has to offer: |
- EDuke32 port for Duke Nukem 3D (by TerminX and Plagman, based on JFDuke3D |
by Jonathon "JonoF" Fowler). Supports older Polymost renderer as well as |
the more advanced Polymer renderer (with advanced effects like |
normal/specular mapping, per-pixel dynamic lighting, real-time shadows,etc) |
For more info about these ports, check out JonoF's JFDuke3D and the |
EDuke32 site. |
- 32-bit high resolution textures with 4-8 times the detail of the original |
textures. |
- Models instead of the old sprites. |
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While the HRP is still "work in progress" and missing quite a few textures and |
models, you can check the Duke4.net forums at http://forums.duke4.net for |
additional content or even better contributing something of your own. |
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The community's goal is to issue a new HRP version once in 1-2 year(s). |
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2) INSTALLATION |
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Installing is easy: |
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First make sure you have your Duke3D CD in your CD/DVD drive or an existing |
installation of the game. You can also just have the "duke3d.grp" file |
somewhere on your system. |
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Then run the self-extracting archive (the file you downloaded/got from a friend |
or whatever) by double-clicking it. Then just choose any hard drive/subdir of |
your personal preference. |
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After the extraction process is complete, you may copy over any existing |
"duke3d.grp" file you already have (either directly from the installation disc |
or from the folder which contains your digital copy). Be sure to overwrite the |
existing "duke3d.grp" since this one only contains the shareware episode. |
After you are done, start the game by clicking "eduke32.exe" in the Duke3D |
folder. |
You can also create a shortcut by right-clicking the file and choose |
"Send to" --> "Desktop (Create shortcut)". |
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IMPORTANT: |
In order to see the high resolution textures and models, you have to change the |
render mode to 32-bit Polymer in the "Video Settings" under "Options" in the |
game menu. |
Otherwise, HRP content will not work (properly)! |
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POLYMOST COMPATIBILITY OPTION: |
For players who are unable to use the advanced Polymer renderer (e.g. because |
they experience graphics issues or their graphics card simply can't handle it), |
please deactivate (= untick) the "Polymer" checkbox in the EDuke32 launcher and |
run the game with this parameter: -hduke3d_hrp_polymost.def |
> Example: E:\Duke3D\eduke32.exe -hduke3d_hrp_polymost.def |
Alternatively, and if you want to run mods like DukePlus, using the |
Polymost Override Pack (put into the autoload folder) is the recommended way of |
running the Polymost HRP mode. A matching version of this pack should be |
available soon after any HRP release at: |
http://forums.duke4.net/index.php?showtopic=3513 |
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3) NOTES |
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3.1) WIP Release |
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Since this is a work in progress version of the pack which has not been tested |
extensively, there are probably some issues that need fixing. Please let us |
know of any problems with it so they can be sorted out in future versions. Also |
notify us if we are missing any art that's been released prior to the pack's |
release date, even though we have skipped some stuff since we simply did not |
like it, there is maybe some stuff that has been missed to include. |
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Please also be aware of the fact that we are still missing models and textures |
because these have not been remade yet by the community. They will probably |
be featured in upcoming releases of the HRP (or updates). |
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For a full summary of what's left to do, you may have a look at the HRP Wiki |
todo-list: http://hrp.duke4.net/wiki/doku.php?id=other:next_hrp_release |
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3.2) Highlights of this Release |
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Compared to previous release (HRP v5.2), you can expect the following changes: |
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[FEATURE] New maphacks system: Hacks for 500+ custom maps included! |
[UPDATE] Polymer versions of 15 existing textures added; about 10 new textures |
(some for Ep.4) |
[UPDATE] Remakes of existing props models: |
Airlock sign, microphone, exit sign, hand dryer, Terminator+arm, |
Cycloid Emperor hologram, Dukeburger statue |
[UPDATE] Remakes of character models for Cycloid Emperor (by Tea Monster) and |
Duke (by Mark Skelton, Tea Monster and Spiker) |
[UPDATE] Remakes of pickup models: Jetpack, health bottles, First Aid kit |
[UPDATE] Improvements for Mighty Boot, HUD pistol hands and chaingun muzzleflash |
[UPDATE] New level stats screen (based on new Duke model) |
[FIX] Screen alignment fix for HUD scubagear |
[FIX] Small corrections for pistol and shotgun pickup models (size, rotation, |
center) |
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IMPORTANT! |
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Please note that all HRP v5.x contents have been optimized for usage with the |
Polymer renderer. This means that if you use the older Polymost renderer, |
you WILL encounter problems (HUD weapons rendered incorrectly, or other display |
glitches). Polymer requirements offer advanced graphics effects but demand much |
better hardware. |
If you are forced to use Polymost due to having a weaker machine, be sure to |
launch the HRP in Polymost mode (see "Installation" section for more info)! |
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3.3) Known issues |
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Although we've tried hard to eliminate or avoid any glitches, unfortunately |
some of them could not be removed in this release. Here are those we know of: |
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- Current EDuke32 problems (might get fixed in future versions): |
> The startup screens are not optimized for widescreen resolutions and |
might show black stripes on both sides and possibly some distortions, |
depending on your display. |
> EDuke32 (current version is r4791) does not make use of the HRP's |
maphack file hierarchy yet. Therefore, the UserMapHacks pack needs to |
be downloaded to make use of the already existing user map maphacks. |
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- Rarely you will still find props, pickup weapons or the like that are |
clipping into walls, often preventing you from seeing them completely. |
Maphacks can fix these glitches, so don't hesitate to report anything you |
consider worthy of correcting. |
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- Slime babe #1323 has a transparency/clipping bug with her hair. Updating |
the model should solve that problem. |
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- If you use OpenGL texture compression/disk caching in EDuke32, the skyboxes |
will lose detail, i.e. look more pixellated than intended. This can be |
especially noticed with L.A. Night skybox (as seen in E1L1) when looking at |
the clouds. Right now, your only choice to fix this is to deactivate texture |
compression in the menu. Note that this will also deactivate disk caching, so |
you will have to deal with increased level loading times and possibly jerky |
framerates in some situations. |
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3.4) Title Screen Art |
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The front screen is a slightly modified and enhanced version of 3D Realms' |
original art work used with permission. |
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3.5) EDuke32 Port |
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The EDuke32 port is an enhanced version of JonoF's initial JFDuke3D port and |
features enhanced mod support together with tons of newly-added code. It is |
released and maintained by TerminX. |
We are using EDuke32 for running HRP now because the port gets updated |
frequently, and it offers advanced features for which HRP contents has been |
optimized. |
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4) LICENSES |
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4.1) HRP |
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The contents of the High Resolution Pack are licensed under these three |
licenses: |
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- The build engine is licensed under Ken Silverman's Build License which can be |
found in "BUILDLIC.TXT". |
- The EDuke32 port is licensed under the GNU Public license which can be found |
in "GNU.TXT". |
- The art content is licensed under the High Resolution Pack Art License which |
can be found in "hrp_art_license.txt". |
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4.2) Others |
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Some textures in this pack are based on source textures copyrighted by |
CGTextures.com. Permission to use and distribute these specific textures has |
been granted to the author(s) of this texture pack. Textures downloaded from |
CGTextures.com are copyrighted and may NOT be redistributed or sold. For |
more information and the full license, please visit http://www.cgtextures.com. |
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This disclaimer applies to the following textures: |
- highres\sprites\props: 585 |
- highres\sprites\signs: 4420, 4949, 4955 |
- highres\textures: 1120 |
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5) CONTACT/LINKS |
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Robin "NightFright" Reisinger |
(HRP author) .................................... nightfright2k7 [at] gmail.com |
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Richard "TerminX" Gobeille |
(EDuke32 port author) ........................... terminx [at] gmail.com |
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Message Boards |
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http://forums.duke4.net |
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The texture and model projects can be found in the Duke Nukem 3D source board: |
http://forums.duke4.net/index.php?showtopic=779 |
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IRC Channels |
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- 3D Realms IRC Fan Channel ..... #3dr@irc.quakenet.org |
- JFDuke3D @ IRC ................ #jfduke@irc.freenode.net |
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Visit Us Online! |
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- Duke3D High Resolution Pack ... http://hrp.duke4.net |
- EDuke32 port (by TerminX) ..... http://eduke32.com |
- Duke4.net ..................... http://www.duke4.net |
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6) CREDITS |
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All the following people are involved in this release. They all have our |
gratitude, for nothing of the great artwork (or pretty much anything else) |
would have been possible to include without their support and effort. |
Please notify us if you did contribute to this project without being listed |
here! |
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JFDuke3D Port |
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JonoF |
Ken Silverman |
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EDuke32 Port |
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Helixhorned |
Hendricks266 |
Plagman |
TerminX |
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Highres Textures |
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0815Jack |
ADM |
Alexander Filippov |
AlgorithMan |
Besli |
Conrad Coldwood |
Another Duke Fan |
Armando |
Audiocraz |
BlitZ |
Cage |
chicken |
Daedolon |
Devastator |
Ding Bat |
DLT |
dood! |
Dreams |
DukeAtomic |
Ecmaster76 |
endmilled |
Fearpi |
Flacken.WS |
Gambini |
Gman |
gt1750 |
Hendricks266 |
Impact |
JaJo |
Jblade |
jimbob |
Kef Nukem |
Kev_Hectic |
Kevin9er |
Killd a ton |
L.D. Simone |
L2theKING |
Lemming |
Lightsource |
Marked |
Megadeus |
motionblur |
NightFright |
Night Hacker |
nyne |
ooppee |
ozz |
Parkar |
Piccolo |
Piterplus |
princetonEO |
Rellik66 |
Roger |
Roma Loom |
Quakis |
Semicharm |
Sky Fox |
Steveeeie |
SwissCM |
Tesserex |
theRobot |
toadie2k |
Tip |
Vasilinka |
Viciarg |
WarHammer |
White Alven |
yossa |
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3D Models and Skins |
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alandog |
AlgorithMan |
Besli |
Blunty |
Cipher |
Conrad Coldwood |
dood! |
Dr. Kill |
DukeAtomic |
drvarek |
Ecmaster76 |
efikkan |
empyrock |
Eric R |
escapist |
Esslan |
FlackenWS |
Forder |
General Failure |
GodBlitZor |
gt1750 |
Hellbound |
ilovefoxes |
Jean Gorospe |
Jokke_r |
Killd a ton |
Kralex |
L2theKING |
Madaut |
MagNet |
Mark Skelton |
Mean Person |
Millenia |
motionblur |
Mr.Fibbles |
ozz |
Parkar |
Piterplus |
Plagman |
Radar1013 |
Renegado |
Roma Loom |
Sky Fox |
Soul Collector |
Spiker |
Steveeeie |
Supertanker |
SwissCM |
Tea Monster |
vakooja |
Vasilinka |
YicklePigeon |
zilppuri |
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Highpals |
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Lezing/CraigFatman |
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Maphacks |
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> Initial Release |
Dave-ros |
DSotM |
Ecmaster76 |
endmilled |
ikkejw |
Killd a ton |
Night Hacker |
noctrun |
Okira |
Piterplus |
Renegado |
Zebius |
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> "Reloaded" Release |
Hunter_rus |
NightFright |
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> User Map Maphacks |
LeoD |
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> Polymer Lighting |
Devastator |
Micky C |
Roma Loom |
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SVN Maintenance |
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Devastator (retired) |
Hendricks266 |
LeoD |
NightFright |
Parkar (retired) |
Piterplus (retired) |
Plagman (retired) |
Roma Loom |
Spiker |
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HRP Assembly |
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NightFright |
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Special Thanks to |
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- 3D Realms, for making this great game in the first place! |
- The guys at Duke4.net for hosting and help building the HRP website! |
- All of you who support and contribute to the project! |
- All the mirrors and seeders! |