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 +//TexC// (//Doomsday Texture Compiler//) is a tool written by  in 2002.
 +
 +
 +====== What is TexC? ======
 +
 +
 +TexC, or the Doomsday Texture Compiler, is a program that can generate
 +the [[pnames]], [[texture1]] and [[texture2]] data from a texture definition
 +source file. Texture sources (TX files) define a number of textures in
 +the DOOM engine format, which means each texture is composed of one or
 +more patches. TexC is also capable of reading existing texture data
 +from a WAD file and producing a TX file out of it.
 +
 +You will need TexC if you want to edit the existing textures or add
 +your own ones. For instance, a map author can add any number of new
 +textures by editing a TX source and then adding the compiled PNAMES
 +and TEXTURE1/2 lumps into the map's WAD.
 +
 +Note that some map editors (e.g. [[dee_psea]]) have an option to edit the
 +texture data. When using such an editor, TexC is rendered somewhat
 +useless. But due to the TX source files, managing different sets of
 +textures is easy. Just compile the ones you need (combining different
 +source files is simple) and use the produced texture data in your map.
 +
 +
 +====== Textures in the Doomsday Engine ======
 +
 +
 +Each texture has a name, the length of which is at most eight
 +characters. The name of the texture is an identifier, used in a map
 +editor to assign the texture to a given sidedef. In the Doomsday
 +engine, no restrictions are placed on the width and height of the
 +textures. It is perfectly legal to define textures with, for example,
 +the size 320x264.
 +
 +Each texture is composed of one or more patches. A patch is a picture
 +in the normal Doom graphics format, the same one that is used with
 +sprites, for instance.
 +
 +It is important to note that the PNAMES and TEXTURE1/2 lumps only
 +contain texture definitions. The actual graphics are in separate data
 +lumps, the names of which are listed in PNAMES.
 +
 +
 +====== Invoking the compiler ======
 +
 +
 +Texture definition source files have the extension ".TX".
 +
 +When compiling, TexC produces the files PNAMES.LMP, TEXTURE1.LMP and
 +TEXTURE2.LMP into the current directory.
 +
 +Compiling a single source file:
 +
 +<code>texc myfile.tx
 +</code>
 +Note that the .TX extension can be omitted.
 +
 +Compiling multiple source files with combined output:
 +
 +<code>texc myfile1 myfile2 myfile3
 +</code>
 +Any number of source files can be combined this way. If some of the
 +sources define textures with the same name, the latest definition will
 +override the earlier ones.
 +
 +Extracting a TX source out of a WAD file that contains PNAMES and
 +TEXTURE1/2 lumps:
 +
 +<code>texc -i some.wad output.tx
 +</code>
 +The given WAD file will be searched for texture data and if it is
 +found, a TX source with the specified name will be created. This time
 +you can't omit the .TX extension.
 +
 +The PNAMES and TEXTURE1/2 lumps contain some obsolete information that
 +is currently ignored. If you want to include that when extracting
 +texture data from a WAD file, use the -f option. It stands for 'full
 +import' mode. Keywords representing the obsolete data will be added to
 +the output TX file.
 +
 +
 +====== Texture source syntax ======
 +
 +
 +Comments begin with a hash character (#) and continue to the end of
 +the line. Another way to mark comments is to begin the comment with a #> symbol and end it with a <#.
 +
 +Everything in a TX file is case insensitive.
 +
 +A formal description of the syntax follows (comments aren't included
 +since they're just skipped):
 +  
 +  Tx-Source           := Statement*
 +  
 +  Statement           := Keyword-Statement | Texture-Statement
 +  
 +  Keyword-Statement   := S* "%" S* (Syntax | Group) S 
 +  
 +  S                   := " " | "\t" | "\n"
 +  
 +  Syntax              := "syntax" S  "simple"
 +  
 +  Group               := "group" S  ("1" | "2")
 +  
 +  Texture-Statement   := S* Name Texture-Property* Patch* S* ";"
 +  
 +  Name                := ("A"..."Z" | "0"..."9" | "-" | "_"){1,8}
 +  
 +      (Most other characters are allowed as well, but only these should
 +      be used. You'll get a warning if you try to use textures with very
 +      short names.)
 +  
 +  Texture-Property    := S  (Vector | Flag | Misc)
 +  
 +      (The vector defines the size of the texture.)
 +  
 +  Vector              := Integer S* "," S* Integer
 +  
 +  Integer             := Hexadecimal-Integer | Signed-Integer
 +  
 +  Flag                := "masked" | "flags" S  Integer
 +  
 +  Misc                := "misc" S  Integer
 +  
 +  Patch               := S* "@" S* Name Patch-Property*
 +  
 +  Patch-Property      := S  (Vector | Argument1 | Argument2)
 +  
 +  Argument1           := "arg1" S  Integer
 +  
 +  Argument2           := "arg2" S  Integer
 +
 +
 +An example of this syntax:
 +
 +<code>
 +    %Group 2
 +
 +    FIREWALL 128,64         # Size of the texture.
 +        @ FIRE01 0,96       # Patch offset (bogus).
 +        @ FIRE02 0,0
 +    ;
 +</code>
 +
 +
 +====== Example: Creating a new texture ======
 +
 +
 +Let's say you are working on a Doom II map and you want to add some
 +textures of your own. You've drawn two patches, GRITTY1 and BLDSHOT,
 +and they have been added to the PWAD that contains your map. Now you
 +want to create a texture called MESSY_1 that is composed of the two
 +patches.
 +
 +
 +===== Step 1 =====
 +
 +The first thing you need is the texture definitions of Doom II.
 +Extract them with the command:
 +
 +<code>texc -i \my-doom2-dir\doom2.wad doom2.tx
 +</code>
 +Now the texture definitions of Doom II have been written into the
 +file doom2.tx.
 +
 +
 +===== Step 2 =====
 +
 +Let's create a new TX source for the new texture. You could just
 +append your new definition into doom2.tx, but if you don't modify
 +doom2.tx you can easily use it with other projects/maps as well.
 +
 +Using a text editor (e.g. Notepad) create a file called my.tx.
 +Below are the contents of the file:
 +
 +<code>MESSY_1 64,128
 +    @ BLDSHOT 0,64
 +    @ GRITTY1;
 +</code>
 +This defines a texture called MESSY_1. The texture is 64 pixels
 +wide and 128 pixels tall. It is composed of two patches: BLDSHOT
 +has its left upper corner at (0,64) and GRITTY1 at (0,0). We
 +assume the patches are both 64x64 in size.
 +
 +
 +===== Step 3 =====
 +
 +Now we can compile the textures back into binary data. This is
 +done with the command:
 +
 +<code>texc doom2 my
 +</code>
 +This will compile the sources doom2.tx and my.tx and generate the
 +files PNAMES.LMP and TEXTURE1.LMP. The names of your patches were
 +inserted in PNAMES and the texture itself in TEXTURE1. Since Doom
 +II doesn't use a secondary texture group, TEXTURE2.LMP won't be
 +generated.
 +
 +
 +===== Step 4 =====
 +
 +Insert the generated PNAMES.LMP and TEXTURE1.LMP into your map's
 +PWAD.
 +
 +
 +====== Source code ======
 +
 +TexC source code is available from the deng [[git_repository]], under GPL.
 +
 +
 +
 +
 +
  
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