VULD: A Launcher for Vanilla Mods

Compilation

Acquire the latest source.

Compiles with DJGPP.

Unzip the sources and run:

make vuld

Runtime Prerequisites

• VULD
• CWSDPMI
• DEHACKED.EXE
  • NOTE: Delete or move the DEHACKED.INI file before starting!
• DEUSF.EXE or DEUTEX.EXE

Instructions

• Gather the required ingredients below and put them in your game folder.
  • Required: Only ONE game per folder! Do not mix game assets from different versions or sequels.
  • Required: Delete or move the DEHACKED.INI file before starting, or it may interfere with VULD patching.
• Unzip the vanilla mods with flats, sprites, etc. and/or DeHackEd files into subdirectories of your main game folder.
  • Required: Only ONE mod per subfolder! All mods (DEH and WAD files) in a subfolder will be merged at the same time, potentially overwriting one another.
• While in your main game folder, type VRUN, press enter, select the mod you want to play and it should compile and launch without modifying your game files.
  • Warning: If you have a doomhack.exe, back it up first or it will be overwritten!
  • If DeHackEd asks if you want to create a doomhack.exe, say "yes" to avoid overwriting data in your main game files.
• If you want to re-run the most recent mod without rebuilding, use the VRERUN command.
  • Note this requires you to have run with VRUN first.
• If you want to use VULD to create files but not run them, leaving them available for later use, use the VCREATE command instead of VRUN above.
  • Warning: Files constructed by VCREATE are for local use only on your machine; do not distribute them.
  • Files will be placed in a subfolder called VULD_DIR and will be named according to the mod you loaded (example: files from the subdirectory ASTRO would be ASTRO.EXE if DeHackEd patches were loaded and/or ASTRO.WAD if WAD file patches were loaded).
  • The resulting files need to be run from your game directory and loaded with the -file command as with any standard PWAD. So if your mod is called example, you can run it immediately after VCREATE by navigating to your game directory and typing: vuld_dir\example.exe -file vuld_dir\example.wad.

TODO List

• INI file mode
• Automatic detection of game/mod pairing(?)

DEHPICK

DEHPICK is a simple utility to find and apply DeHackEd patches.

Run DEHPICK.EXE in a folder containing your game files and a set of DeHackEd patches, and DEHPICK will let you choose which one to apply.

You can also optionally supply a folder as a command-line argument and DEHPICK will look for DeHackEd patches there, as well as store the patched executable in that folder.

WARNING: If you have a DOOMHACK.EXE, patches can be applied on top of that executable. This will allow you to apply multiple patches by running DEHPICK more than once. Alternatively, DEHPICK will give you the option to start over. The "start over" option will delete your DOOMHACK.EXE and start with a clean game executable.

Acknowledgements and Credits

All company names, product names, trademarks and/or registered trademarks are property of their respective owners. All company, product and/or service names used on this page are for identification purposes only. Use of these names, trademarks and/or brands does not imply endorsement nor affiliation.

Big thanks to Redneckerz for testing and providing valuable and detailed feedback during development.

Thanks to Doomkid for inspiring the creation of DEHPick.

DeHackEd was created by Greg Lewis.

DeuTex, DeuSF and WinTex are Copyright (c) O.Montanuy 1994,1995.

DOOM and DOOM II are registered trademarks of ZeniMax Media Inc. in the US and/or other countries. Id Software® is a registered trademark of ZeniMax Media Inc. in the US and/or other countries. This software is in no way affiliated with ZeniMax Media Inc. or id Software LLC and is not approved by ZeniMax Media Inc. or id Software.

License

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

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