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I was a bit selfish
about this code
alteration. Because I
found out how to do it,
I wanted it to be unique
to my game. However,
that went away when I
saw the wrong
information at
Wolfenstein Insanity.
Then I figured it would
be nice to tell you all
how to do it right. I
went as far as sparing
you the horrible, long,
aggravating re-coding of
WL_TEXT.C(I had to
re-write it, but it
works!).
Editing Read This! and
End Art isn't that
complicated. All you
need is the altered
EXE(see my website), the
Helpart and Endart files
and a text editor.
Handiest to use is Dos
EDIT(you can get to this
one by typing EDIT in
the Dos Prompt).
First, we’ll start
out with telling the
game to enable the Read
This! feature. We
don’t need to care
about the EndText
enabling anymore, the
WL_TEXT.C file(available
from the TFS source
code) fixes this for
you. Get it in the
add-ons section under
"Our add-ons".
Step 1. Go to your
source code directory
and open the file
WL_MENU.H.
Step 2. Go to line 206.
You should now see
this:
#ifndef GOODTIMES
replace that with:
#ifdef GOODTIMES
Step 3. Save the file
and close it. Now open
the file WL_MENU.C.
Step 4. Do a search for
"#ifndef GOODTIMES" (no
quotes!!!!)
Step 5. Each time you
find this, you remove
the line saying that,
plus one #endif below
every time you find
it.BUT!!!!!!!! Don't
remove it the #ifndef
GOODTIMES line above the
BossKey code(line 620).
That has to remain
intact.
Step 6. Save the file.
Now go to line 354. Here
you see:
#ifdef GOODTIMES
BossKey();
Replace that with:
#ifdef GOODTIMES
HelpScreens();
Step 7. Save the file
and compile the
WL_MENU.C string within
Borland. WL_MENU.H will
be automatically
compiled too, don't
worry.
Step 8. Link up all the
files and copy your new
EXE to the directory
where all your regular
Wolfenstein 3D. Now, run
your EXE for peace of
mind. When you start the
game, you'll see that
Read This! is in the
main menu. Don’t
select it yet, since we
haven’t got any
text yet.
Now, to start up a few
new files and start
creating the text in our
game! First, create new
files using a text
editor: HELPART.WL6(or
any other extension),
ENDART1.WL6 and so on
until ENDART6.WL6. Now
you have 7 blank
files(if you use the
Seamless Level Flow code
from Brian Rowan, you
only need ENDART1.WL6!
The other ENDART files
won’t be needed
anymore).
BASICS
To start a new page,
create a new blank line
and type on it: ^P.
Behind the ^P you may
not type anything else.
Then you create another
blank line and there you
place a ^C plus the
color you want. Use it
just like you do with
ceiling colors, but now
you type, for instance,
1d ONCE, not twice.
Basic text has the code
^C00 , which indicates
black. You can play
around with it.
As you can see below,
the text is written
behind each other, not 1
sentence per line. This
HAS to be done by you
too, or else the text
will screw up. Take a
look within the game
often too see if you
have to start a new page
yet!
For an example,
here’s a basic text
I drew up:
^P
^C7d HELLO YOU!
^G32,16,3
^C00 So, you'd like to
have Read This! and End
Art altered. To get
started, quit the game
and open the file
Helpart.wl6. There
you'll find out what to
do and how to do. Good
luck and have fun!
^C84 Parafriction
^C85
parafriction@yahoo.com
^E
GRAPHICS
Adding graphics is
pretty easy, but you
have to watch where you
place it. The graphics
you can use are those in
the VGAGRAPH file. To
add a graphic, create a
blank line and type on
it:
^G(vertical
spot),(horizontal spot),
(graphic number)
For example, to have the
picture with B.J.
stealing a dead guard's
pistol:
^G32,16,3
You get it? Just play
around with the offset
to get it right.
You can use almost all
graphics. Below you can
read which ones not to
use.
1,2,6,7,8,9,86,87,89,135-148.
Note: Don't use any
graphics behind 135!
These are IGrab pictures
not accessible from
FloEdit. FloEdit doesn't
recognize them and
cannot alter them(maybe
something for an update
, Mr. Stöhr?). The
rest of the graphics can
be used.
To tell Read This! that
the text stops(not after
a line, but at the very
end of your messages,
let's say after 99
pages), create a new
line and type:
^E
You MUST have this one
at the end, or else
you'll get a Wolfenstein
Error:
Wolfenstein 3-D
Error!
CacheLayoutGraphics: No
^E to terminate
file!
Call Apogee at
1-800-GAME123 and tell
them about this. Thanks.
Ofcourse, you DO realise
that you can't get help
from Apogee with this,
so put in the ^E,
OK?
NOTE: If you have
another extension(for
example .TVP) you MUST,
I
repeat, MUST rename the
extensions of the
ENDART*.WL6 and
HELPART.WL6 to the
extension you use for
your game! If you don't,
Read This! will not
work, resulting in
hanging of the game. OK?
And, when you use the
"Seamless level
progression" code from
B.J. Rowan or anyone
else providing the code,
you only need to have
the Helpart.wl6 and
Endart1.wl6 files. The
others won't be used by
the game, since you'll
have only 1 episode.
Understood? Excellent.
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