Converters

Thrash · Post by **Thrash** » Sun Jul 30, 2006 8:02 pm

I need a free program that can convert "ZDoom: Doom in Doom Format" to "ZDoom: Doom in Hexen Format"
Any suggestions?

Theshooter7 · Post by **Theshooter7** » Sun Jul 30, 2006 8:09 pm

http://zdoom.org/files/utils/utils050999.zip

ZWadConv is what you are looking for.

Thrash · Post by **Thrash** » Sun Jul 30, 2006 9:12 pm

Yeah, i remember downloading this, i cant figure out how to use it.. lol

Post by **Enjay** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 3:41 am

Go to the command line (start, run, cmd or command), navigate to the directory where your files are and type:

zwadconv myinput.wad myoutput.wad

where myinput.wad is the name of the file you want to convert and myoutput.wad is the name of the file you want to create.

It seems that the ability to use command line tools is rapidly disappearing. Makes sense I guess, but meh!

Thrash · Post by **Thrash** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 6:33 pm

Ack, it keeps saying that it cannot open the wad, i keep getting this message in the command prompt

C:\Documents and Settings\HP_Owner>Desktop\utils050999\zwadconv input.wad output.wad
Could not open input.wad

Post by **Enjay** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 6:51 pm

First, from what you posted, it looks as if you may have not navigated to the directory with the files, but rather just added the full path to the command line. You can do that, but you'll need to make sure you accurately specify the location of every file on the command line.

eg

Documents and Settings\HP_Owner>Desktop\utils050999\zwadconv c:\doom\zdoom\wads\input.wad c:\doom\zdoom\converted\output.wad

The easiest way around this is to unzip everything to a simple directory eg c:\zdutils then put your input WAD file in there to. Then try the following

Start/run/cmd [enter/OK]

Then in the cmd window, type:

cd\zdutils [enter]

zwadconv input.wad output.wad [enter]

A second later you should have your converted file.

If, however, the wad is in the zwadconv dir, or you have tried full path names, check you are typing the wad name accurately. If you are, perhaps double check that the WAD itself is valid an openable in Zdoom or some wad tool or other.

Thrash · Post by **Thrash** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 9:21 pm

omg finally i got it, thanks man!

killingblair · Post by **killingblair** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 10:24 pm

Damn, and I was working on a GUI for this utility.

Damn you Enjay!

Kinsie · Post by **Kinsie** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 10:34 pm

killingblair wrote:Damn, and I was working on a GUI for this utility. Damn you Enjay!

Do it anyway, we're lazy and clicking buttons is fun.

Post by **Enjay** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 3:31 am

killingblair wrote:Damn, and I was working on a GUI for this utility. Damn you Enjay!

Don't let me stop you.

I'm sure plenty of people would appreciate a front-end for it. Or perhaps you meant more than just a front end? Presumably the source is available for Zwadconv so a full replacement Windows tool would, I guess, be possible.

killingblair · Post by **killingblair** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 10:13 am

Ok, here it is. All you have to do is drop it in the same folder as zwadconv.exe, run, pick an input wad and set an output wad, click "Launch", and go to the folder to where you set the output wad and pick up your wad.

EDIT: Download below.

Post by **Enjay** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 11:07 am

Seems to work quite nicely. It's my favourite kind of util too - nice and simple with no extra frills.

Minor points:

If you pick a WAD in a directory with spaces in the path, it fails unless you put " " around the path manually. Amusingly, although it couldn't find the file:

F:\Documents and Settings\Nigel_Rowand\Desktop\computer_storage.wad

(convlog said "Could not open F:\Documents")

the convlog itself was saved to

F:\Documents and Settings\Nigel_Rowand\Desktop\convlog.txt

Oh, and the icon only using black means it is invisible on my black background desktop.

Post by **Graf Zahl** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 11:16 am

zwadconv still needs an update.

Post by **Enjay** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 11:29 am

Indeed, including the ability to specify original game. I know that at least one line type is improperly converted in Heretic maps and I'm guessing it knows very little, if anything, about Strife.

killingblair · Post by **killingblair** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 1:18 pm

Enjay wrote:If you pick a WAD in a directory with spaces in the path, it fails unless you put " " around the path manually.

Indeed, this is a bug. Fixed and re-uploaded. I also changed the icon around a little bit.