ZDoom

So, this is just a query before I start down a long road into a mire: I was thinking of creating and adding in new intermission backgrounds for Heretic and Hexen to Walpurgis, which would require me to do some re-write's to the MAPINFO lumps.

Obviously, Walp is currently compatible with Doom (+Wadsmoosh), Heretic, and Hexen all at once.

What I need to know is if there any pitfalls in replacing multiple game MAPINFO's, or if that's even possible?

I ~assume~ what I do is copy the format used in the zdoom.pk3, and have a folder called /mapinfo/ with a heretic.txt and hexen.txt which would override the base ones. Is that right?

And in that case, do I need to copy the full contents of the file from zdoom.pk3, or will be my changes be merged?

Thanks!

I'd imagine you only need to copy the relevant parts (the cluster definitions). Each MAPINFO, then, is put in its own [wiki=Lump_filtering]filter[/wiki]. For example, the filter for Heretic: Shadow of the Serpent Riders and Hexen: Beyond Heretic should be like this:

Blue Shadow wrote:I'd imagine you only need to copy the relevant parts (the cluster definitions). Each MAPINFO, then, is put in its own [wiki=Lump_filtering]filter[/wiki]. For example, the filter for Heretic: Shadow of the Serpent Riders and Hexen: Beyond Heretic should be like this:

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filter/heretic/heretic.shadow/mapinfo.txt
filter/hexen/hexen.hexen/mapinfo.txt

Okay, so it seems that it appends to my standard mapinfo.txt I have in the root, AND overwrites any iwad resources when in /filter/ from my testing. Interesting to know.

For some reason I had it in my head that the filter directory was only for textures.

Anyway, thanks for the tip. Here's the result: