Old post:
I am uploaded here wad http://heretics-hexens.ucoz.com/HEXENBETA.WAD
This contains hexen beta resources that cut out in final version.
You can see here textures never seen before, beta maps 4 levels, some sprites.
For example combined mana is black, wraithverge named before justifier and have gold symbol, fire mask without red eyes, etc.
Re: HeXen Beta resources
Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2011 4:33 pm
by Amuscaria
Ah yes, I remember this. My Ultimate Doom CD came with the Hexen Shareware, and ht Wraithverge was called the Justifier. Good times from 96.
Re: HeXen Beta resources
Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2011 4:35 pm
by NeuralStunner
Wow, I like that Combined Mana a whole lot better. Thanks for this!
Re: HeXen Beta resources
Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2011 4:52 pm
by RaVeN-05
Beta means game even early than official demo, and shareware etc, thanx for this to leileilol.
I know there is somewhere hexen beta full version exist.
Look closely at these screenshots its prerelease (early beta) http://www.svatopluk.com/hexenscn/
Read about some unreleased materials here http://doomwiki.org/wiki/Hexen
Spoiler:
The MAPINFO lump contains the names of several levels presumably used during the development of the game. Though the levels themselves are not in the game IWAD (with the exception of "Maze" listed above in Version 1.0 of the IWAD) the names and MAPINFO data for them (mostly only sky info, but a few have more such as fog and warptrans parameters) still exist. They are as follows:
Shadow Wood (MAP07, likely a beta version of Hub 2: Shadow Wood (map))
Swamp Demo (MAP14, likely an early version of Hub 2: Darkmere)
Nada (MAP29)
Maze (MAP41, and the only map to actually show up in Version 1.0 of the IWAD, removed for version 1.1)
Eric's Whirlwind O' Death (MAP42)
Maya (MAP43)
The Badlands (MAP50, likely an early version of Hub 2: Wastelands)
Caves of Ascension (MAP51, likely an early version of Hub 2: Caves of Circe)
Lower Crypts (MAP52, likely an early version of Hub 2: Sacred Grove)
The Hypostyle Hall (MAP53, likely an early version of Hub 2: Hypostyle)
The Sanctorium (MAP54)
The Athenaeum (MAP55)
The Cleric's Citadel (MAP56)
Programmer Map (MAP60)
Bgokey (MAP90)
Paul Map (MAP92)
Paul Map2 (MAP93) cjr@ravensoft.com (MAP95)
Sound Development Map (MAP96)
I think John Romero have full early beta hexen with this stuff, or maybe someone too (fan, collectors)
Raven Software or ID Software maybe hold it too somewhere ?
Re: HeXen Beta resources
Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2011 5:03 pm
by Gez
Ah, broken upper stained glass window part. I remade that one from scratch; if I knew I could have grabbed it from the beta I wouldn't have bothered.
Re: HeXen Beta resources
Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2011 7:18 pm
by ETTiNGRiNDER
Thanks, this is interesting. Seems like there's a lot less that was thrown away than in the Doom ones, but I see a thing or two that might be useful.
Also, the skull and statue graphics seem to support my theory that "Yorick's Skull" originally went in the statue's hand instead of being its head (I guess they changed it for the sake of being more obvious...)
Re: HeXen Beta resources
Posted: Sat Jan 15, 2011 5:50 am
by RaVeN-05
About Yorick you right, in beta statue present that not hold skull in hand, after you find (gray) skull you put it in hand. Statue that hold skull in hand exist in hexen release. + =
P.S. Also hexen have unused CHAP_2R, CHARTR music lumps, and lumps from heretic (gold rotating skulls) and Egg (probably analog of heretic morph ovum but egg is gold with green lightning).
Gold egg reminds me
The tale of a hen ryaba laid the golden egg, grandfather and grandmother admired, but the mouse broke this egg....
Re: HeXen Beta resources
Posted: Sat Jan 15, 2011 12:28 pm
by ETTiNGRiNDER
RaVeN-05 wrote:P.S. Also hexen have unused CHAP_2R, CHARTR music lumps, and lumps from heretic (gold rotating skulls) and Egg (probably analog of heretic morph ovum but egg is gold with green lightning).
Ah yes, the "hidden" tracks... I use them a couple times in my levels. CHAP_2R is used in Deathkings (on the Market Place level, if you made sure to use the music patch) but CHARTR isn't in any of the official levels. I don't know why, it's got such a great "haunted" sound and is one of my favorite pieces in the soundtrack.
There's also an unused wall patch "W_336" of some giant bricks that's tucked away in the final wad but not assigned into a texture. They probably didn't use that one because it doesn't tile very nicely (would have to be expanded to 256x128 to be less repetitive).
Re: HeXen Beta resources
Posted: Sat Jan 15, 2011 1:05 pm
by RaVeN-05
CHARTR used in Death Kings of the Dark Citadel. Look the DM maps (map33-map38) used in transit (map for selection) map33.
Yes i am used official path for Death Kings (enable music).
About W_336 you right, in Hexen game and Official Addon i am never seen this. Only on some custom WADS =)
But it also good texture, i like it =)
Re: HeXen Beta resources
Posted: Sat Jan 15, 2011 1:22 pm
by ETTiNGRiNDER
RaVeN-05 wrote:CHARTR used in Death Kings of the Dark Citadel. Look the DM maps (map33-map38) used in transit (map for selection) map33.
Are you sure? It's got GROVER for me. They sound similar but aren't quite the same (one of those remix pairs, like WUTZITR and CHAP_3R).
Re: HeXen Beta resources
Posted: Sat Jan 15, 2011 1:57 pm
by RaVeN-05
Ahh you right, i am looked on hexdd.wad for sndinfo, CHARTR still unused music.
Also in mapinfo of addon i found
Wow, that's neat stuff. I remember a v1.0 of Hexen have different sounding music too and less FX (e.g. wind blowing leaves).
Re: HeXen Beta resources
Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2011 5:52 am
by RaVeN-05
Also, its interested that HeXen for Nintendo 64 has another graphic elements such a Tree and leafs this sprites maded from scratch. Title pic too, does anyone know how to extract them?
And hexen for sega saturn has many different sounds (FX) Bell and glass sound different, how to rip all sounds?
Re: HeXen Beta resources
Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2011 11:02 am
by gravitar
RaVeN-05 wrote:Also, its interested that HeXen for Nintendo 64 has another graphic elements such a Tree and leafs this sprites maded from scratch. Title pic too, does anyone know how to extract them?
And hexen for sega saturn has many different sounds (FX) Bell and glass sound different, how to rip all sounds?
If you download Doom64Ex, there's WadGen.exe inside the package,it's for generating a .wad file from the ROM. Maybe it works also with Hexen64, and then you could open the wad normally with XWE.
Don't know about sega saturn, but there probably also exist tools for ROM extraction, a google search may help.
Re: HeXen Beta resources
Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2011 7:12 pm
by zuzma
Nah it doesn't work with hexen, It's not ported by the same company either.
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