Xtheater III (Jive's mod)
by
Deep - Jack Vermeulen
Based on the Version 2002 originally made for Doom Legacy
and debugged for GZDoom by Jive on 2006
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WARNING: Contains Mature graphics.
DON'T PLAY IT if any sign of nudity upsets you.
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Now that's out of the way - let's get going:
Overview:
For most of you out there, this is a fun and unique level.
This is the FIRST of it's kind and hope it will inspire others.
It was originally designed to show you how to use very tall textures
for the DOOM ports that copied the BOOM code in the area of texture
display generation.
Then Randy Heit agreed to support DeePsea's tall patches, plus he added
scaling ability giving you HIGH RES images. So now not only do you have
the ability to make tall textures, but you can see them like never before.
XtheaterIII contains examples of large patches and the same patch scaled
to different sizes so you get a good idea of looks and flexibility.
How tall? You can make textures and patches up to 2048 high. Technically
there's no limit to the height, it's just a practical limit:)
DeePsea is the only editor that makes patches up to 2048 and makes
textures up to 8192 x 8192. Only ZDOOM supports the larger patch sizes
over 508, plus only ZDOOM can scale the textures. Plus you will be able
to view the textures and patches in DeePsea no matter what size you make
them, even if you are running 800x600.
Since no other port supports the patches and texture sizes in this
level, nor texture scaling, the level works ONLY for ZDOOM and only
beta 33 and later. Earlier releases WILL NOT WORK. Don't even bother.
All the graphics were created using DeePsea's Tools from BMP sources
edited using PSP and DeePsea. Textures are instantly created from BMPs
using the F7/Auto Textures from BMPs.
The letters in the theater signs similarly were quickly made with a few
button clicks using DeePsea's "Auto Textures From Graphics" tool.
TheaterIII adds scripts, new weapons and last but not least, a special
section dedicated to exhibiting the use of ZDOOM's slopes made using
DeePsea's prefab slope tools.
Don't forget - be sure to download the latest version of ZDOOM - older
versions WILL NOT WORK correctly. IOW, the textures will NOT show up as
intended.
I hope you read this text file:)
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*NOTE* : ZDOOM use -heapsize 24 to avoid getting a z_malloc error
8mb is the default - just not enough:)
Note by Jive on septembre 21, 2006: it's no more necessary. This command is obsolete.
Title : XtheaterIII (special version for Doom Legacy)
Filename : XtheaterIII.wad
Date 1st release : January 8th, 2002 (First level with tall textures)
Date 2nd release : February 10th, 2002 Redone with HIGH RES textures
Date 3nd release III : March 18th, 2002 Added Scripting, new weapons and
heavily Sloped areas testing DeePsea's new Slope
Prefab tools.
Author : Deep - Jack Vermeulen
Date 4th release III : September 22, 2006 by Jean-Yves "Jive" Delpech
Web Page : http://www.sbsoftware.com
Email Address : deep@sbsoftware.com
Other Files By Author : KABOOM, DEEPATAK, HEXEN beta (others kept internal)
Description : An action packed theater map showing tall and high res
textures in various forms, especially beautiful women.
Inside, you'll find various theaters using different
methods of getting the textures tall without any ugly
"horizontal lines" showing. In addition, you'll see
the difference HIGH RES images make when scaled. They
are crystal clear even close up!
Plus a special section dedicated to an extensive use
of slopes. In here you'll see cool things like round
tunnels, pipes and arches you can easily make using
ZDOOM's slopes and DeePsea's prefab slope tools.
It's also fun to play. Find the keys, activate the
projectors, kill a few baddies and Enjoy the Show.
Additional Credits to : All the various DOOM port authors that are making
it possible to do these cool things so easily.
The new textures are from various sources. Some are
brand new from web pages dealing with Egypt, Others
are from other DOOM levels, such a NJTRAIN (Nigel
Rowand) and DARKHOUR (Rex Claussen) and others I
converted from the CUBE/QUAKE demo's sample graphics.
And the floor lights from EIBON (that's all I know).
The ones not used were deleted (with a few exceptions
since I may still use them), so not all of the listed
sources may exist. I don't even remember which is
which any longer.
I also want to thank Mystic (Andy Mckie) for letting
me "borrow"the ladies for their screen debut.
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* Play Information *
Doom Port : ZDOOM beta 33 or later is required
*** Use -heapsize 24 ***
Note by Jive on septembre 21, 2006:
it's no more necessary. This command is obsolete.
Map # : MAP01
Single Player : Yes
Deathmatch 2-4 Player : Yes
Difficulty Settings : Just a few
New Sounds : Yes
New Music : Yes
New Graphics : Yes - textures and sprites
Demos Replaced : None
Processor : Requires at least a PII400
* Construction *
Build
Time
: 10 days elapsed (including some coding and ZDOOM problem solving)
: Another 5 days for High Res textures and coding changes
: Another 8 days for Scripting, tunnels and coding changes
Editor(s) used : DeePsea and PSP - NOTHING else required
Known
Bugs
: None (you may find a few textures to align, high res textures
change X/Y alignment values, think I caught most of them, what can I
say<g>)
* Copyright / Permissions *
Authors MAY use the included resources to build addon levels.
Authors MAY NOT use this map to build additional maps out of them!
* Where to get this WAD *
http://www.sbsoftware.com
No other websites are authorized to distribute this level. I just don't want
to hassle with any itty bitty censor minded folks that have nothing better to
do. This is the U.S. and this is a protected form of ART - not that there's
anything in this level that you can't buy at the supermarket.
Made by Jean-Yves "Jive" Delpech on september, 2006 on his laptop, at the hospital for the 4rth cure of his chemotherapy:
- I had to debug the SOUNDINFO script, which was hanging GZDoom, because of wrong given values :
- "$AMBIENT 1 DRSPLIT1 0 PERIODIC 35.0"
instead of "$AMBIENT 1 DRSPLIT1 0 PERIODIC 35.0 0.1 "
- "$BBOX 0.0 1664 854 0 0 { 25 26 27 }" instead of "$WORLD BBOX 0.0 1664 854 0 0 { 25 26 27 }"
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I added also a mirror effect in the toilets: I guess that this feature
wasn't existing on 2002. All was prepared, and I had only to put the
action on the linedefs.
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The sector 2157 wasn't openable, so the red key wasn't accessible, nor
the blue one, accessible thanks to the red one... Strange!!!
- The water area in the middle of the sector 3458, around the central pillar was a trap. I made higher some of its sectors.
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I made glowing the light of the sector 3471. Missing its secret area
would have make you missing one important key. The idea to hide a key
is not correct...
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The linedef 1102 is lowering the ceilings in front of the doors, making
you trapped within the cinema. I made those ceilings raisable again...
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Why such a work, when an official version made 2 years after (on 2004) is available? I made it for the only purpose to let you see what can be done to improve a wad.Play this version made by me, and AFTER, play the offical version released on 2004, and ONLY available on the DeepSea's site.And you'll see how an author can improve a wad... What a lesson!!!
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Tool used
I
didn't make any fondamental modifications of the levels, but
adaptation, when needed, in order to debug remaining problems. At least, you should
not find that I made anything on it, and ALL the credit should be
rewarded by the author.
I am only a supervisor, with the idea to let
you think that the author made a good job with this wad!!! It's what he
would have done if he had
have the following tools used by me and the very latest version of Zdoom or GZDoom:
- Edition / Rectification / Missing textures research and addition with :
"XODE Multimedia Doom Builder" ("The cornerstone of every map")
aka "Doom Builder" aka "DB" (free of charge)
by Pascal "Gherkin" vd Heiden, Version 1.68.
http://www.doombuilder.com/
- PWAD examination with "Wintex" ver 5.0 (A WAD Editor Copyright (c) 1995-2002)
Olivier Montanuy montanuy@inf.enst.fr
Javier Almenara aojavierfdo@hotmail.com
jao2000@evangelion.com
WEB Pages: http://doortohell.tripod.com
http://www.geocities.com/locusfocus
- Examination with XWE:
XWE - extendable Wad Editor version 1.16
Developped by Csabo
wadedit@marchmail.com
http://doomworld.com/xwe
- Normal Nodes, Blockmap and Reject Table rebuilt with :
"Zennode.exe" (Ver 1.2.1, from Marc Rousseau) (C) 1994-2004
rousseaum@pictel.com
http://www.mrousseau.org/programs/ZenNode/
- Gl Nodes built with:
"glBSPX Node Builder" (v2.20) by Andrew Apted (C) 2000-2005
Based on BSP 2.3 (C) 1998 by Colin Reed, Lee Killough
http://glbsp.sourceforge.net
- Pwad reconstruction with "Wadman.exe"
"Doom WAD File Manipulator", ver 1.03 by Carl W. Moore (Nov. 06, 1994)
(Sysop: The Cutting Edge BBS (505)-479-4064)
- Graphic's creation or modification
Paint Shop Pro 7 (WinShare Killer Apps)
http://www.wska.com
- ".dfl" file to use with KDX, the King Elvis Launcher:
The King Doom Experience - Your Doom Frontend Experience.
This toolset allows you to get the best out of your Doom installation.
This is the best software available of this kind
Available at http://kingdoom.tk/
- All the stuff is zipped, using a buyed WinZip(R) Version 10.0 (6698)
Copyright (C) 1991-2005 WinZip International LLC
http://www.winzip.com/version.htm
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