Patching an Iwad

[Drake Raider]

Okay, I have no idea how to go about this, or if this is in the right forum.
What I do have is a project, with material. What I do not believe I have is something I can just post. And here is the reason.

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ONE THIRD OF THE PUZZLE HAS BEEN SOLVED... ON THE SEVEN PORTALS...

It's repetitive, annoying, lacks immersion, and drags the pacing of an otherwise great concept to a crawl.
So I completely rewrote the hub.
There's an actual puzzle now, that requires (relatively simple) deductive reasoning to solve. Every switch in the puzzle, barring the two Secret Level switches, directly has a tangible, physical result. Hints and changes to layout will guide you through the hub. But, despite my best efforts, I had to make some changes to the levels themselves. I tried to do it all in ACS, but it was impossible. So what I have now is some just barely modified original levels with a noticeably different experience, and I believe it's possible to either do something with individual lumps, or to use like a Binary Patch to do something to apply to original levels. I was going to put this in Projects, but as I have nothing to display until this is resolved, I was hoping someone could guide me on what is acceptable and what workarounds exist that I might have missed?

[wildweasel]

I wouldn't worry about needing to patch it, as long as your altered maps require the original HEXEN.WAD in order to function.

[Drake Raider]

Thanks, Wild. I'll just upload them then. Would it be easier to create a new thread or move this one over for me to upload screenshots to Projects?

[wildweasel]

Thanks, Wild. I'll just upload them then. Would it be easier to create a new thread or move this one over for me to upload screenshots to Projects?

Might as well start another thread.