Fix last few bugs in it and add Chex Quest as an IWAD

[MasterOFDeath]

I noted that also. How else would they make it an IWAD without some kind of engine modification?

[Arcane]

Okay. I got the message "That Doesn't Seem to Work".

It may have been loading Zdoom.wad from a Doszdoom installation.

[Graf Zahl]

If that message comes you don't have a LOCKDEFS lump loaded. Which means you are loading an incorrect ZDoom.wad.

[Arcane]

Then Chex Quest plays perfectly fine as an IWAD -and- I'm an idiot.

[Enjay]

I noted that also. How else would they make it an IWAD without some kind of engine modification?

Put in their own replacements for all the original lumps using the original id lump names (just like freedoom is doing). I thought they (Chex) had done that. Which lumps are just copies of the id ones ?

[Arcane]

Put in their own replacements for all the original lumps using the original id lump names (just like freedoom is doing). I thought they (Chex) had done that. Which lumps are just copies of the id ones ?

Well, if you run it in ZDoom it seems to have the entire E4 of The Ultimate Doom.

Unless somehow I screwed up even worse.

[Enjay]

Unless somehow I screwed up even worse.

I think you did. IIRC The original Chex release wad a replacement for the Doom1 shareware wad. It should only contain replacements for the lumps found in that WAD. You must be loading it as a PWAD on top of Ultimate Doom's IWAD.

[Arcane]

My command prompt line is

zdoom -iwad chex.wad

So I guess something even more bizarre is happening.

[wildweasel]

I remember that - I thought you had to actually purchase The Ultimate Doom (and that there was no conversion patch), and I figured out a workaround to get Episode 4 out of Chex Quest (I believe it involved switching the Doom IWAD with the Chex Quest IWAD, then running it with -file chex.wad to get the Doom graphics back).

[Enjay]

zdoom -iwad chex.wad

If Chex is a proper IWAD, then that should work. Do you have the full, unaltered Chex as it came on the serial box or a modified version? I think Chex maybe came out before Episode 4 was added to Doom. So episode 4 bing in the wad is suspect to say the least. Do you have any other episodes? The original Chex was one episode. Later Chex adventures were made though. I think these were only available as downloads and I don't think they were IWADs. Some used ripped graphics from other projects.

I'm pretty sure Chex came with a modified exe (dehacked to changes strings). Does your copy have a dehacked patch with it or even in the WAD?

[chaoscentral]

chex quest 1 only had 1 episode. it was the doom shareware with different graphics. because all of the resource names are the same. there was a chex quest 2, but I think that used doom 2 as the base. I stil have the original cd of chex quest 1. so does that sort of answer anyones question... srry im half asleep at the moment.

[wildweasel]

I used the Chex Quest found in the cereal box. I think I got it the day it came out.

Chex Quest 2 was actually a PWAD designed for the original Chex Quest. When you'd download it from the website, it'd come with a batch file that read "chex -file chex2.wad"

[Bio Hazard]

Just to settle the debate on wether or not Chex Quest contians UD:
Yes it does:

EDIT: Oops! posting the output in spoilers jesus' the thread, I'll attach it

In case anyone wants it:

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#include <stdio.h>

typedef struct{
	char type[4]; // Either "IWAD" or "PWAD"
	long lumps; // Number of lumps in the dir
	long dir; // the offset of the start of the dir
}WADHEAD;
// Lump header
typedef struct{
	long start; // byte offset where the lump starts
	long length; // how long the lump is in bytes
	char name[8]; // the lump's name (e.g. "MAP01")
}LUMPHEAD;

void main(int argc,char** argv){
	unsigned long i=0,q=0,total=0;
	char tmp[9]={0};
	WADHEAD wad;
	LUMPHEAD lmp;
	FILE *fptr;
	puts("LumpList! V1.0 By BioHazard");
	if(argc>1){
		if((fptr=fopen(argv[1],"rb"))){
			printf("File: %s\n------------------------------------------\nIndex | Name | Offset | Length\n",argv[1]);
			fread(&wad,1,sizeof(WADHEAD),fptr);
			fseek(fptr,wad.dir,SEEK_SET);
			for(i=0;(int)i<wad.lumps;i++){
				fread(&lmp,1,sizeof(LUMPHEAD),fptr);
				for(q=0;q<8;q++){tmp[q]=lmp.name[q];}
				printf("%d | %s | %d | %d\n",i,tmp,lmp.start,lmp.length);
				total += lmp.length;
			}
			printf("------------------------------------------\n%d Lumps, %d bytes",i,total);
		}else{
			printf("Error: Cannot open file %s",argv[1]);
		}
	}else{
		puts("Error: No map specifiecd\nUsage: lumplist.exe file");
	}
}

[Bashe]

Is there any way to get all the new hacked info out of the Chex.exe, since that is how the wad is supposed to played and all. Playing it without the Chex.exe makes it all like Doom with graphics replacement, like when you run it with Zdoom or just doom -file chex.wad.

[Arcane]

Just to settle the debate on wether or not Chex Quest contians UD:
Yes it does

Yay! <3

Thanks for helping out here.