================= WinDEU 5.23 final ================= Written by: Renaud Paquay (E-Mail rpa@info.fundp.ac.be) Last modified: Mar 5 1995 Member of the DEU team and main WinDEU programmer ******************************************** * THIS IS THE FINAL VERSION OF WINDEU 5.23 * ******************************************** There are currently two versions of WinDEU 5.23: * A Windows 3.1 (Win16) version, which has been installed to your hard drive. * A Windows NT (Win32) version, located in the \EDITORS\WINDEU32 directory on the CD-ROM. Copy these files to the directory where WinDEU was originally installed on your hard drive (normally, C:\DOOMCD\WINDEU). The executable file is named WINDEU32.EXE, which is different from the 16-bit version of the program. Note: You need Windows NT or Win32s for Windows 3.1 to run this 32-bit version. WinDEU32 is faster than WinDEU, thanks to 32-bit memory management. See the LICENSE file for WinDEU usage. ------------ INSTALLATION ------------ Instructions to install WinDEU: * Run the SETUP program on the CD-ROM, if you haven't already done so. * If you want 3D controls in the dialog boxes, copy the ctl3dv2.dll file from the C:\WINDEU\CTL3DDLL CD-ROM directory to your Windows System directory (usually C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM). If you've manually installed the 32-bit version of WinDEU, you'll be copying a file named ctl3d32.dll. IMPORTANT: Don't put the ctl3dv2.dll (and/or ctl3d32.dll) in the WinDEU directory, or the DLL will tell you it's not correctly installed when you start WinDEU. * Edit the windeu.ini file to suit your configuration (entering your doom, doom2, or heretic directory is essential). Run WinDEU by double-clicking on its Program Manager icon. If you are new to WinDEU, look at the 'Tutorial' in the help menu. ------------- * IMPORTANT * ------------- 1) Before running WinDEU, you *MUST* edit the 'WINDEU.INI' file and, at the line corresponding to the DOOM.WAD file, write the full path name for this file (i.e. C:\GAMES\DOOM\DOOM.WAD). WinDEU WON'T WORK without this path (and file). Furthermore, you need the commercial (or registered) version of DOOM (1 or 2) to be able to SAVE levels data. 2) Since Feb 23 1995, WinDEU has a contextual help file system. Use it at any time by pressing the F1 key. ---------------------------------- Differences between DEU and WinDEU ---------------------------------- - In the level editor, WinDEU allows the use of the right mouse button to bring context sensitive sub-menus. These menus are different when the mouse pointer is exactly on an object or not. In any case, the WinDEU choose the objects manipulated as below: If no object is HIGHLIGHTENED (GREEN), the current object (YELLOW) is selected for the operation. If at least one object is highlightened (green), the operation will act on these objects, keeping in mind the selection order, BUT without using the current object (yellow). ------------- EDITING HINTS ------------- - To edit an object (or group of objects), you can double click on ONE OF THE SELECTED OBJECTS. You can also press RETURN (or ENTER) or use the right mouse button. - In the LineDef Edit dialog box, double click on the texture name (in the list box, or on the static controls) to open a window with the corresponding texture. You don't have to close this new window to go back to the LineDef Edit Window. Just click on it, it's still active. - You get the same functionnalities in the Sector Edit dialog box and in the preferences dialog box. - To select more than one object, click on the object with the SHIFT key pressed. It will be added in the selection list. - The selection boxes are now dynamicaly additive or not. If the SHIFT key is pressed at the time of the left mosue button click, the selection box will be additive. - To move an object (or group of objects), you only have to click on one selected object, keep the button pushed and move the objects to their destination (an automatic scrolling of the window will occur when the pointer goes near the borders, just like in DEU). - If you want to move in the level editor window without hightening objects (yellow), press the CTRL key while moving the mouse. - You can move an information window by clicking on it, and moving the mouse. If you want it to stay fixed, uncheck the 'Window|Auto layout' menu item. If you want to replace it at its default position select the 'Window|Layou Now' menu item. ---------------- REVISION HISTORY ---------------- See Whatsnew.txt file. ------ FUTURE ------ The current version of WinDEU is based on the 5.21 source of DEU. I will port DEU 5.3 to WinDEU as soon as possible. The DEU team will try to integrate all DEU new functionalities in all versions of DEU (DOS, Windows, X11, OS/2). Just wait for news... ;) ----------- SUGGESTIONS ----------- If you have suggestions or bug reports, you can E-Mail me to: rpa@info.fundp.ac.be (Renaud Paquay)