====== Hexen MAPINFO data lump ======

MAPINFO is a WAD data lump that contains text-format metadata for one or more maps.
===== Dialects =====

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".

==== Hexen ====

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).

All features in this dialect are available in all supported games, with the exception of hubs; which are currently limited to Hexen.


==== ZDoom ====

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).


===== See also =====

  * [[:ded|Doomsday Engine Definitions]]
  * [[ded:map_info|Map Info (DED)]]
  * [[http://doomwiki.org/wiki/MAPINFO|MAPINFO]] - DoomWiki article describing format specifics.