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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 Pack |
| 5) License |
| 6) Contact/Links |
| 7) Credits |
| 8) Changelog |
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| 1) ABOUT |
| ======== |
| 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. |
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| 2) INSTALLATION |
| =============== |
| 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. |
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| Drop this pack into the autoload folder alongside your HRP (5.4 or later) and |
| you should be done. |
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| You need a recent EDuke32 executable which has the UserMapHacks functions |
| implemented - at least r4886 (source r4884). (HRP 5.4 comes with r5267.) |
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| Currently users are reporting various issues with recent EDuke32 builds. If you |
| should encounter problems as well, try the r4495 version with backported |
| UserMapHack functions from the "Other Stuff" link below. |
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| Your eduke32.log should contain one or more lines similar to this after playing: |
| Loaded map hack file "maphacks/usermaps/foobar.mhk" |
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| 3) NOTES |
| ======== |
| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| A number of 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. |
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| This Pack is suitable for the Voxel Pack as well, although only the 'angoff' |
| directive (model rotation) works currently on voxels (EDuke32 r5730). |
| But that's the most commonly used correction anyway. |
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| You can help: |
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| - 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. |
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| - You can contribute your own maphacks. Basic information is available at: |
| http://wiki.eduke32.com/wiki/Maphack_Language |
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| - If you have a newer version of an already maphacked level, please let LeoD |
| know. (But compare the checksums first.) |
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| 4) Support for NightFright's Addon Pack |
| ======================================= |
| A full set of maphacks is included for each of the following GRPs (208): |
| adg.grp (5) |
| aqua_grp (3) |
| bf3.grp (3) |
| bobsp.grp (5) |
| cbp.grp (8) |
| chronic.grp (5) - Check out HRP-TheChronic-compatibility.zip |
| conflict.grp (3) |
| daikarin.grp (7) - Check out HRP-DaikariN-compatibility.zip |
| deadrive.grp (5) |
| dn64rev.grp (3) |
| duke10.grp (3) |
| dukehard.grp (17) - Check out HrpDukePlus-DukeHard-compatibility.zip |
| glavic.grp (10) |
| kaiser.grp (3) |
| losthway.grp (7) |
| math_pak.grp (5) |
| metromay.grp (15) |
| milltown.grp (2) |
| mssp3.grp (8) |
| opblitz.grp (5) |
| plugpray.grp (7) |
| red.grp (7) |
| roch.grp (9) |
| showdown.grp (21) - Check out HRP-NuclearShowdown-compatibility.zip ??? |
| spcmissn.grp (2) |
| taivo.grp (10) |
| tbnw.grp (5) - Check out HRP-BNW-compatibility.zip |
| undertkr.grp (5) |
| vermin.grp (12) |
| wgspace.grp (8) |
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| Maphacks for the following GRPs are not yet completed (121/194): |
| c3po.grp : 2/4 |
| escape.grp : 2/5 |
| fm3x.grp : 34/42 - FM1X-FM3X |
| forklift.grp : 4/12 - PRETIME Episode |
| kucera.grp : 4/11 |
| quakis.grp : 6/8 |
| space.grp : 19/33 |
| urban.grp : 50/79 |
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| Some GRPs' high resloution contents have been left out from the Addon Pack: |
| inftime.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. |
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| Most other GRPs included in the Addon Pack are probably not compatible with the |
| HRP, but they need to be actually checked out, though. |
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| 5) LICENSE |
| ========== |
| 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. |
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| 6) CONTACT/LINKS |
| ================ |
| You can check the related EDuke32 forum thread over at Duke4.net: |
| https://forums.duke4.net/index.php?showtopic=6070 |
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| Contact: |
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| https://forums.duke4.net/index.php?showuser=1299 |
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| Related Links: |
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| Duke4.net ................................... http://www.duke4.net |
| Duke Nukem 3D High-Resolution Pack .......... http://hrp.duke4.net |
| NightFright's Addon Pack .................... http://hrp.duke4.net |
| EDuke32 port ................................ http://eduke32.com |
| RHash checksum generator .................... http://rhash.anz.ru |
| Maphacks in the HRP repository ... http://svn.eduke32.com/polymer_hrp/maphacks |
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| Other Stuff by LeoD ........ https://forums.duke4.net/index.php?showtopic=3513 |
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| 7) CREDITS |
| ========== |
| Anyone who has contributed to EDuke32, the HRP, or the user maps listed herein |