Hexen demo, Strife demo, Hacx support

BBG · Post by **BBG** » Thu Sep 04, 2003 8:48 pm

Why can't ZDooM read the Hexen demo (named hexen.wad, but maybe ZDooM could look for hexen1.wad?) and Strife demo, which is Strife0.wad and Hacx, which is Hacx.wad and Hacx.deh.

Please add support for this, Randy? AFAIK, it already has Strife demo support, but I may have heard wrong.[/b]

Post by **Chris** » Thu Sep 04, 2003 8:50 pm

AFAIK, the Hexen demo wad was never "official", which is why it wasn't considered shareware, I believe.

Death Mage · Post by **Death Mage** » Thu Sep 04, 2003 8:58 pm

Raven Software's official Hexen site contains the demo. It's an official release.

Strife support isn't in becuase the Strife source isn't released. And it takes a LOT moer than just being able to open the maps to play the game. Strife has a lot of coding in it that's unique. Without the source, it would be basically an emulator. It's doable, but difficult.

And I've not heard of the other. However, being a .deh tells me it's a user modification. .deh depends on the .exe version. Many modificatiosn were made in v 1.666 or earlier. There is usually a way to convert them to 1.9, which is what the current programs need to use.

BBG · Post by **BBG** » Thu Sep 04, 2003 9:22 pm

Hacx is actually a commercial release. Also, it is for version 1.9, the .deh file.

arioch · Post by **arioch** » Thu Sep 04, 2003 9:26 pm

hacx works in zdoom

BBG · Post by **BBG** » Thu Sep 04, 2003 11:29 pm

I meant for like, loading up at start-up in the multiple IWADS menu. Sorry :-/

Death Mage · Post by **Death Mage** » Thu Sep 04, 2003 11:44 pm

Second, if it needs a .deh, then it STILL sounds like a mod, not a stand-alone product. Are you sure Hacx.wad even *IS* an iwad, and not just another pwad?

Hirogen2 · Post by **Hirogen2** » Fri Sep 05, 2003 5:45 am

BBG: zdoom -iwad hacx -bex hacx.deh -warp 1 probably suffices?

ReX · Post by **ReX** » Fri Sep 05, 2003 7:33 am

Hirogen2 wrote:BBG: zdoom -iwad hacx -bex hacx.deh -warp 1 probably suffices?

Hirogen, I think BBG meant that HACX.wad does not appear in ZDooM's dialog box, in which other IWADs are listed.

An alternative to the command line you suggested is to use Sparky's HACXPort.

arioch · Post by **arioch** » Fri Sep 05, 2003 8:24 am

zdoom -iwad doom2.wad -file hacx.wad -deh hacx.deh

Hirogen2 · Post by **Hirogen2** » Fri Sep 05, 2003 8:37 am

Hm, Hacx was a PWAD?

Cyb · Post by **Cyb** » Fri Sep 05, 2003 8:38 am

people play hacx?

arioch · Post by **arioch** » Fri Sep 05, 2003 8:54 am

hacx.wad doesn't have a playpal lump

arioch · Post by **arioch** » Fri Sep 05, 2003 8:55 am

and more importantly:

$ head -c4 HACX.WAD
PWAD

BBG · Post by **BBG** » Sat Sep 06, 2003 10:44 am

Actually, now that I consider it, I think it would be cool if there was an ini like load.ini which you could "define" wads to be loaded at startup in the Multiple IWAD list for wads that are not really IWADs, but are like, your fav add-ons or something.