Tool to convert items on a level to something else?

[Enjay]

Does anyone know of a tool that can be used to convert certain items on a level to something else. eg, something that would allow me to change all the zombiemen and shotgunguys to new decorate items, or all the lamps to pillars or whatever by changing their editnums within the file automatically. I know I could do it using DECORATE, but that's not what I need in this case.

I know there used to be a command line tool that could convert Doom-Doom2-Heretic (and could actually just be set up to do what I want to do). It used a text based config file to do it. That kind of thing would be ideal but I don't know of anything. Even something that allowed a command line like

changethings test.wad 3004 21000

would be fine for what I need.

Is there anything out there that can work with modern Zdoom levels?

[NiGHTMARE]

DeepSea can do this, via Search -> Find/Change -> Replace Thing. You can even make it only replace a certain percentage of those things, e.g. replace 50% of troopers with sergeants.

[Scientist]

You can do it in Doombuilder
Open your map in Doombuilder
click edit - find and replace - select thing number.

[Enjay]

Thanks, I'm aware of the options within DeePSea, and can do it that way if needs be. However, I'm going to be going through quite a few maps and on each map there are a number of different things to convert so if there were some way to do it with an external tool that I could run with a response file or using a batch or something, it would be easier.

[Kappes Buur]

I had used Patcher by Jim Flynn some years ago, but unfortunately it will not run on my newer system, to verify what I think I remember of it.

http://home.pacbell.net/jflynn/software.html

And what I seem to remember is, that it will do what you are asking, with the replacer.

[Enjay]

Thanks, I'll try it when I get home from work. If it works on my system, it looks like the repl tool from patcher should do the job.

[funduke]

Does anyone know of a tool that can be used to convert certain items on a level to something else.

DM2CONV v3.2 by Vincenzo Alcamo
One of the features is

Object remapping: change existing objects into others

http://www.doomworld.com/idgames/index.php?id=3898

Greetings
Funduke

[Graf Zahl]

Based on its age my guess would be that this tool can only handle Doom format maps and knowing Enjay he needs it for Hexen format.

[Kirby]

Well, if need be, you could always use a script to do that

[funduke]

Based on its age my guess would be that this tool can only handle Doom format maps and knowing Enjay he needs it for Hexen format.

I gave it a second look and you're correct: It does only doom, doom2 and heretic:

DM2CONV v3.2 has the following features:
- Converts from DOOM, ULTIMATE DOOM, DOOM II, HERETIC to
DOOM, ULTIMATE DOOM, DOOM II or HERETIC.
- Object remapping: change existing objects into others
- Configurable: use of response files
- Level remapping, music remapping, etc...

Maybe this helps:
CONV2HEX 2.0
doom/doom2/heretic to hexen converter
by SImply Silly Software
http://www.doomworld.com/idgames/index.php?id=3907

Greetings
Funduke

[Enjay]

DM2CONV was indeed the tool that I had come across in the past (although I couldn't remember it's name) but I was also pretty sure it wasn't able to handle newer levels. I haven't had a chance to try PATCHER yet but I will, and CONV2HEX and see which one works out best for me.

Thanks again for the input.