https://manual.dengine.net/ 2026-05-26T17:58:48+00:00 https://manual.dengine.net/ https://manual.dengine.net/lib/tpl/dengine/images/favicon.ico text/html 2019-12-07T09:19:56+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://manual.dengine.net/guide/2.2/readme_windows?rev=1575710396&do=diff Doomsday Engine Introduction The Doomsday Engine is a “source port” of id Software's Doom and Raven Software's Heretic and Hexen, which were popular PC FPS games in the early-to-mid 1990s. Doomsday enhances these classic games with many features including 3D graphics, fully customizable controls and client/server multiplayer, making them more accessible to modern gamers. However, the feel of the original games has been kept intact, ensuring sublime nostalgia or an exciting introduction to the … text/html 2019-12-02T01:10:58+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://manual.dengine.net/guide/2.3/readme_windows?rev=1575249058&do=diff Doomsday Engine Introduction The Doomsday Engine is a “source port” of id Software's Doom and Raven Software's Heretic and Hexen, which were popular PC FPS games in the early-to-mid 1990s. Doomsday enhances these classic games with many features including 3D graphics, fully customizable controls and client/server multiplayer, making them more accessible to modern gamers. However, the feel of the original games has been kept intact, ensuring sublime nostalgia or an exciting introduction to the … text/html 2018-12-05T01:12:03+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://manual.dengine.net/guide/2.1/readme_windows?rev=1543972323&do=diff Doomsday Engine Introduction The Doomsday Engine is a “source port” of id Software's Doom and Raven Software's Heretic and Hexen, which were popular PC FPS games in the early-to-mid 1990s. Doomsday enhances these classic games with many features including 3D graphics, fully customizable controls and client/server multiplayer, making them more accessible to modern gamers. However, the feel of the original games has been kept intact, ensuring sublime nostalgia or an exciting introduction to the … text/html 2019-12-02T01:11:00+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://manual.dengine.net/guide/2.3/man/doomsday?rev=1575249060&do=diff doomsday Synopsis doomsday -iwad (dir) -game (id) -wnd -wh (w h) -file (file ...) Everything following -- is ignored. @ can be used to specify a response file whose contents are added to the command line. Options -file | -f Specify one or more data files or packages ( text/html 2019-12-07T09:19:57+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://manual.dengine.net/guide/2.2/man/doomsday?rev=1575710397&do=diff doomsday Synopsis doomsday -iwad (dir) -game (id) -wnd -wh (w h) -file (file ...) Everything following -- is ignored. @ can be used to specify a response file whose contents are added to the command line. Options -file | -f Specify one or more data files or packages ( text/html 2019-12-07T09:19:57+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://manual.dengine.net/guide/2.2/readme_macos?rev=1575710397&do=diff Doomsday Engine Introduction The Doomsday Engine is a “source port” of id Software's Doom and Raven Software's Heretic and Hexen, which were popular PC FPS games in the early-to-mid 1990s. Doomsday enhances these classic games with many features including 3D graphics, fully customizable controls and client/server multiplayer, making them more accessible to modern gamers. However, the feel of the original games has been kept intact, ensuring sublime nostalgia or an exciting introduction to the … text/html 2018-12-05T01:12:03+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://manual.dengine.net/guide/2.1/man/doomsday?rev=1543972323&do=diff doomsday Synopsis doomsday -iwad (dir) -game (id) -wnd -wh (w h) -file (file ...) Everything following -- is ignored. @ can be used to specify a response file whose contents are added to the command line. Options -file | -f Specify one or more data files or packages ( text/html 2019-12-02T01:11:00+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://manual.dengine.net/guide/2.3/readme_macos?rev=1575249060&do=diff Doomsday Engine Introduction The Doomsday Engine is a “source port” of id Software's Doom and Raven Software's Heretic and Hexen, which were popular PC FPS games in the early-to-mid 1990s. Doomsday enhances these classic games with many features including 3D graphics, fully customizable controls and client/server multiplayer, making them more accessible to modern gamers. However, the feel of the original games has been kept intact, ensuring sublime nostalgia or an exciting introduction to the … text/html 2018-12-05T01:12:03+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://manual.dengine.net/guide/2.1/readme_macos?rev=1543972323&do=diff Doomsday Engine Introduction The Doomsday Engine is a “source port” of id Software's Doom and Raven Software's Heretic and Hexen, which were popular PC FPS games in the early-to-mid 1990s. Doomsday enhances these classic games with many features including 3D graphics, fully customizable controls and client/server multiplayer, making them more accessible to modern gamers. However, the feel of the original games has been kept intact, ensuring sublime nostalgia or an exciting introduction to the … text/html 2017-03-24T10:57:39+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://manual.dengine.net/guide/2.0/readme_windows?rev=1490353059&do=diff Doomsday Engine Introduction The Doomsday Engine is a “source port” of id Software's Doom and Raven Software's Heretic and Hexen, which were popular PC FPS games in the early-to-mid 1990s. Doomsday enhances these classic games with many features including 3D graphics, fully customizable controls and client/server multiplayer, making them more accessible to modern gamers. However, the feel of the original games has been kept intact, ensuring sublime nostalgia or an exciting introduction to the … text/html 2017-03-24T10:57:47+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://manual.dengine.net/guide/2.0/man/doomsday?rev=1490353067&do=diff doomsday Synopsis doomsday -iwad (dir) -game (id) -wnd -wh (w h) -file (file ...) Everything following -- is ignored. @ can be used to specify a response file whose contents are added to the command line. Options -file | -f Specify one or more data files or packages ( text/html 2017-03-24T10:57:45+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://manual.dengine.net/guide/2.0/readme_macos?rev=1490353065&do=diff Doomsday Engine Introduction The Doomsday Engine is a “source port” of id Software's Doom and Raven Software's Heretic and Hexen, which were popular PC FPS games in the early-to-mid 1990s. Doomsday enhances these classic games with many features including 3D graphics, fully customizable controls and client/server multiplayer, making them more accessible to modern gamers. However, the feel of the original games has been kept intact, ensuring sublime nostalgia or an exciting introduction to the … text/html 2017-03-23T07:07:53+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://manual.dengine.net/version/1.9.0-beta6?rev=1490252873&do=diff 1.9.0-beta5.1Versions1.9.0-beta6.1 Version 1.9.0-beta6 These are the release notes for version 1.9.0-beta6 of the doomsday_engine. Beta 6 represents almost two years' worth of work toward the 1.9 series. A lot has changed under the hood, and there are quite a few visible changes as well. However, our work is still ongoing, so this release unfortunately has some text/html 2019-11-17T07:32:04+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://manual.dengine.net/fs/packages?rev=1573975924&do=diff Packages In Doomsday 2, resources are collected into packages. This article describes the Doomsday 2 package format and how you should go about creating your own packages. Package format A Doomsday 2 package can either be a folder or a ZIP archive. Regardless of the type, the file name must have a text/html 2017-03-20T20:21:31+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://manual.dengine.net/modding/automatic_file_mapping_in_pk3?rev=1490041291&do=diff Automatic file mapping in PK3 Doomsday's pk3 reader supports several “shortcuts” that can be used to simplify the virtual directory stucture within a PK3. These automatic mappings allow for easy use of Doomsday's folder structure when making addons. Automatic relocation by resource class text/html 2020-01-10T10:55:10+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://manual.dengine.net/fs/pk3?rev=1578653710&do=diff PK3 format This article provides an overview of the usage of PK3s with Doomsday. PK3 is the recommended container format to use when creating addons for Doomsday that contain a lot of resources (hires textures, MP3's, models, etc.). Overview PK3 or PAK3 is the format used by text/html 2009-08-13T15:08:55+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://manual.dengine.net/howto/use_hires_textures_in_your_map?rev=1250176135&do=diff [1=The original version of this article by David "Tolwyn" Shaw, as first submitted to Dr Sleep's DOOM Apothecaryhttp://drsleep.newdoom.com/index.shtml is also available, in [[http://files.dengine.net/How%20To%20Use%20Hi-Res%20Textures%20in%20jDOOM1.pdf|PDF format]]] Preface This article focuses on how to create a texture resource pwad for use when mapping that takes advantage of the doomsday engine's high resolution (hi-res) texture features. The method presented here can be used for all g… text/html 2019-02-17T10:40:57+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://manual.dengine.net/version/2.1?rev=1550400057&do=diff 2.0.3Versions2.1.1 Version 2.1 Doomsday 2.1 contains several improvements for an all-around nicer experience. * Graphics optimizations: While games still use the classic renderer like in 2.0, all graphics are now drawn using OpenGL 3.3. This enables optimizations for more efficient rendering of the player view, menus, text, and the Doomsday UI. text/html 2017-03-23T07:14:04+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://manual.dengine.net/version/1.9.0-beta1...4?rev=1490253244&do=diff 1.8.6Versions1.9.0-beta5 Versions 1.9.0-beta1...4 This article contains all changes between versions 1.9.0-beta1 and 1.9.0-beta4. Release notes for 1.9.0-beta1 (by ) Development of the Doomsday Engine has continued during the first half of 2005 at an uneven pace. Other commitments, such as work and my Master's Thesis, have oftentimes required all of my time and energy. As far as the next couple of months are concerned, the situation will not change in this regard. However, the talent… text/html 2018-10-19T11:40:59+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://manual.dengine.net/fs/lump_assembly?rev=1539949259&do=diff Lump assembly As the name implies, a lump assembly is an assortment of lumps arranged into an assembly (inside a folder). It is also possible to include a hierarchy of folders inside a Lump Assembly (therefore puting lumps into “namespaces” where they can have a load order implied; see below). It is even possible to nest text/html 2007-07-29T07:47:43+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://manual.dengine.net/snowberry/version_1.2?rev=1185695263&do=diff <noinclude> [Snowberry|1.2||||||] [Snowberry|1.1|1.2|1.3] There is a huge list of changes for this release, as one can expect after a 7 month development period. Specifically: * A large number of UI and appearance tweaks. * The UI is more customizable than before, for example it is possible to replace the profile list with a simple dropdown list, to achieve smaller window size. text/html 2018-12-15T18:16:46+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://manual.dengine.net/multiplayer/shell_help?rev=1544897806&do=diff Running a serverMultiplayer Shell Doomsday Shell is a tool that helps you to run your own Doomsday servers and monitor the status of Doomsday servers running on remote computers over the internet. This article is for 2.1. Earlier versions for 2.0 and 1.14–1.15 are available. Getting started text/html 2018-12-02T13:45:16+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://manual.dengine.net/multiplayer/shell_help_2.0?rev=1543758316&do=diff Shell Help (2.0) Doomsday Shell is a tool that helps you to run your own Doomsday servers and monitor the status of Doomsday servers running on remote computers over the internet. This article is for 2.0. An earlier version for 1.14–1.15 is also available. Getting started text/html 2008-06-22T19:44:12+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://manual.dengine.net/snowberry/plugin?rev=1214163852&do=diff A plugin is an extension module which can be loaded at runtime. It adds new functionality to Snowberry. The plugins are independent and can consist of one or more Python modules. This article also describes guidelines of Snowberry's design. You get a general overview on the modules and plugins of Snowberry, and we also offer you a tutorial for making plugins to add Snowberry your own functionality. text/html 2019-11-20T10:24:00+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://manual.dengine.net/script/walkthrough/operator_expressions?rev=1574245440&do=diff Basic expressionsstartStatements and compounds Operator expressions Addition $ print 'Numbers:', 1 + 1, -.5 + .5 Numbers: 2 0 $ print 'Larger than 32-bit:', \ 0xffffffffff + 0xffffffffff Larger than 32-bit: 2.19902e+12 $ print 'Text:', 'Hello' + 'World' Text: HelloWorld $ print 'Array:', [1, 2, 3] + ['a', 'b', 'c'] Array: [ 1, 2, 3, a, b, c ] $ print 'Dictionary:', \ {1:2, 3:4} + {'a':'b', 'c':'d'} Dictionary: { 1: 2, 3: 4, a: b, c: d } $ print 'Time:', Time() + 3600 Time: 2019-11-19 2… text/html 2017-03-13T12:19:42+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://manual.dengine.net/multiplayer/shell_help_1.14-1.15.8?rev=1489407582&do=diff doomsday_shell is a tool that allows you to run your own Doomsday servers and monitor the status of Doomsday servers running on remote computers over the internet. This article is for 1.14. Getting started In the past, hosting a multiplayer game has required one to run Doomsday in a special text/html 2018-10-20T07:54:22+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://manual.dengine.net/ded?rev=1540022062&do=diff DED reference guide DED (Doomsday Engine Definition) is the name of the textual definition language of Doomsday 1.x. One to define everything from Particle Generators to Things, in an easy to edit plain text format. Files in this format are conventionally given the .DED file name extension. text/html 2017-03-20T20:17:43+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://manual.dengine.net/modding/addon_bundle?rev=1490041063&do=diff Add-on bundle An addon bundle is a format first introduced by Snowberry. As a regular folder, such bundles are designed to be easy to produce, requiring no specialist tools (only a text editor, for writing Info metadata). Anatomy The high-level structure of an .addon text/html 2017-03-23T07:10:32+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://manual.dengine.net/version/1.9.0-beta5?rev=1490253032&do=diff 1.9.0-beta1...4Versions1.9.0-beta5.1 Version 1.9.0-beta5 1.9.0-beta5 has a dual focus. One priority is to fix longstanding multiplayer and networking bugs. The other priority is to refactor the engine and its public API to be more clearly separated from the games, and to allow future development of the engine without breaking text/html 2012-11-01T17:46:03+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://manual.dengine.net/howto/start_doomsday_from_steam?rev=1351791963&do=diff In this tutorial we will show you how to make multiple non-Steam shortcuts in Steam with seems simple enough but do to how steam is it's not also i will be showing you how to set up an RSP file and using the -vdmap command line as if you do not then you will not be able to use your resources you have downloaded like the Heretic resource pack. text/html 2020-01-10T10:56:38+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://manual.dengine.net/fs/addon_box?rev=1578653798&do=diff Box (add-on format) Sometimes it is necessary to combine multiple addons into a single 'mod' package for distribution. A mod consisting of multiple (perhaps by different authors) can be packaged together into a single folder. The .box format was initially created for the Snowberry launcher app. Recent versions of Doomsday support it, too. text/html 2019-12-26T18:31:55+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://manual.dengine.net/guide/getting_started?rev=1577385115&do=diff IntroductionUser Guide Game library Getting started You have just installed Doomsday and are ready to start shooting up some zombies and demons. However, Doomsday does not come with any games preinstalled, so there is one additional step that you must do before you can fire up that chaingun. text/html 2017-03-23T07:18:13+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://manual.dengine.net/version/1.8.6?rev=1490253493&do=diff 1.8.5Versions1.9.0-beta1...4 Version 1.8.6 Fixes * model_file_hash reset properly when running 'reset' * problem with multiple -file options Mac OS X * multiple endianness_issues fixed in texture/pk3/model handling Changes * external_flats are searched first from “Data/Game/Flats/” * pk3s can now be compressed (normal ZIP files) * text/html 2019-12-26T18:34:48+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://manual.dengine.net/guide/mods?rev=1577385288&do=diff Game libraryUser Guide Task bar and console Mods Like many other games, DOOM-based games support mods. Originally they came in the form of WAD files that contained additional or alternative levels, graphics, sounds, and music. Over time, source ports have added support for various other kinds of mods. text/html 2017-03-22T19:52:40+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://manual.dengine.net/version/1.15?rev=1490212360&do=diff 1.14.5Versions1.15.1 Version 1.15 Highlights Custom episodes. Episode definitions specify the structure of game episodes (including hubs) enabling entirely new episodes and modifying the originals. MAPINFO support. Hexen MAPINFO definitions are now supported in Doom and Heretic, as well as Hexen. Note that presently only the Hexen dialect of MAPINFO is supported (ZDoom uses it's own MAPINFO dialect). text/html 2017-03-21T06:59:04+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://manual.dengine.net/version/detailed_list_of_changes_in_doomsday_version_1.15?rev=1490079544&do=diff This article lists the important changes in doomsday_version_1.15. Fixed bugs [ ===== {{tag|UI] * Map briefings should be disabled when autostarting a game session from command line. * Alert displayed unnecessarily on first launch because game.cfg was not found. This file is only created when quitting the game for the first time. text/html 2017-03-16T07:18:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://manual.dengine.net/ded/light?rev=1489648701&do=diff Light (DED) A Light definition is used to attach a light and/or halo to a sprite's state. As most objects are made up of more than one state this enables us to have “animated” lights that pulse in colour, change size etc etc. If you want to attach a light to a texture or flat please check the section on texture text/html 2018-12-16T12:02:00+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://manual.dengine.net/guide/configuration?rev=1544961720&do=diff Task bar and consoleUser Guide Renderer settings Configuration Basic settings The default settings are reasonable for most users. Doomsday has many configuration options if something is not working quite to your liking. FOV and pixel density DOOM (1993) and other games based on it were designed to run on VGA text/html 2017-03-24T06:36:30+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://manual.dengine.net/guide/persist.pack?rev=1490337390&do=diff persist.pack persist.pack is the name of the special resource package where Doomsday 2 keeps all persistent application data. The package is stored in the user's runtime folder. The package uses the standard Doomsday resource package format (ZIP/PK3 with Info metadata). text/html 2018-10-19T11:42:31+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://manual.dengine.net/modding/auto_folders?rev=1539949351&do=diff text/html 2019-12-03T20:49:45+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://manual.dengine.net/guide/doomsday.out?rev=1575406185&do=diff doomsday.out log file doomsday.out is a log of what Doomsday is doing at runtime. In it will be logged errors, warnings and other pertinent information such as the command line options used at startup. When reporting bugs and/or problems of a technical nature, text/html 2017-03-23T06:33:08+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://manual.dengine.net/version/detailed_list_of_changes_in_doomsday_version_1.9.10?rev=1490250788&do=diff This article lists the important changes in 1.9.10. Fixed bugs * Crash when locating a fallback skin for a model without skins (out of bounds memory access). * Crash when replacing text definitions (null pointer access). * Crashes with add-ons using the HI_START/HI_END method of texture replacement. text/html 2017-03-16T07:03:17+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://manual.dengine.net/ded/decoration?rev=1489647797&do=diff Decoration (DED) Light decorations for surfaces. You can define multiple Decorations for the same texture/flat, but only the latest one that passes the conditions will be used. By default (if you specify no usage flags), a Decoration is only used with resources loaded from an IWAD. text/html 2015-11-14T20:22:32+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://manual.dengine.net/devel/libcore?rev=1447532552&do=diff [Note|You should also see the [[api_documentation]] for more in-depth information.] libcore is the name of the shared library that contains the core of the doomsday_engine version 2. text/html 2017-03-19T21:13:14+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://manual.dengine.net/ded/material_syntax?rev=1489957994&do=diff Material { ID = "" Width = 0.0 Height = 0.0 Flags = flag1 | flag2 Layer { Stage { Texture = "" Offset { 0 0 } Tics = 0 Rnd = 0 Glow = 0.0 Glow Rnd = 0.0 } } Light { Pattern offset { 0 0 } Pattern skip { 0 0 } Stage { Offset { 0 0 } Distance = 0.0 Tics = 0 Rnd = 0.0 Color { 0 0 0 } Levels { 0 0 } Radius = 0.0 Bottom map = "" Side map = "" Top map = "" H… text/html 2017-03-23T06:33:14+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://manual.dengine.net/version/1.9.10?rev=1490250794&do=diff 1.9.9Versions1.9.10-1 Version 1.9.10 Overview In version 1.9.10 we are taking concrete steps forward in pursuit of several long-term objectives. A guiding principle has been to bring a new level of clarity into the internal structure of the engine while also preparing the next-generation incarnations of key subsystems: file system, resource management, and scripting. This means, though, that the number of visible changes is still significantly smaller than the number of internal changes. We … text/html 2007-07-29T08:04:05+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://manual.dengine.net/snowberry/version_1.1?rev=1185696245&do=diff <noinclude> [Snowberry|1.1||||||] [Snowberry|1.0|1.1|1.2] What has been fixed? There are multiple improvements to Snowberry. Bugs have been regarding addons handling and the user interface. A Menu button was added for less often needed features. The Snowberry preferences page can be accessed quickly by selecting *Menu*