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 +====== Hexen MAPINFO data lump ======
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 +MAPINFO is a WAD data lump that contains text-format metadata for one or more maps.
 +===== Dialects =====
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 +Since its introduction in Hexen, the MAPINFO definition language has seen many extensions and expanded syntaxes in other Doom source ports. These extensions have resulted in a set of somewhat conflicting "dialects".
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 +==== Hexen ====
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 +Support for the [[http://doomwiki.org/wiki/MAPINFO|Hexen dialect of MAPINFO]] was extended to all supported games as of Doomsday [[version:1.15]] (by translating these definitions into DED format at runtime).
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 +All features in this dialect are available in all supported games, with the exception of hubs; which are currently limited to Hexen.
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 +==== ZDoom ====
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 +The [[http://zdoom.org/wiki/MAPINFO_(old_format)|ZDoom dialect of MAPINFO]] is detected so that it can be gracefully ignored. If encountered, unsupported features in foreign dialects result in warnings being logged (and if enabled, [[alert]]s).
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 +===== See also =====
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 +  * [[:ded|Doomsday Engine Definitions]]
 +  * [[ded:map_info|Map Info (DED)]]
 +  * [[http://doomwiki.org/wiki/MAPINFO|MAPINFO]] - DoomWiki article describing format specifics.
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modding/hexen_mapinfo.txt · Last modified: 2017-03-17 06:15 by skyjake