https://manual.dengine.net/ 2026-06-22T14:46:07+00:00 https://manual.dengine.net/ https://manual.dengine.net/lib/tpl/dengine/images/favicon.ico 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 2017-03-19T19:50:56+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://manual.dengine.net/ded/episode?rev=1489953056&do=diff Episode (DED) An Episode definition specifies the properties of a playable episode composed from one or more maps. Core concepts Episode. An episode is an independently playable campaign for use by the game plugin. Each Episode definition groups together one or more maps (possibly using 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 2019-12-31T13:30:46+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://manual.dengine.net/modding/overview_of_resources_doomsday_1.x?rev=1577799046&do=diff Resources (version 1) This page summarizes the usage of resources in Doomsday version 1. Most of this still applies equally well to Doomsday 2, but the introduction of packages in version 2 means the high-level management of resources is different. Resource files and containers 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 2017-03-24T10:57:39+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 2017-03-24T10:57:45+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 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 2019-12-02T01:10:58+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 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 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 2019-12-07T09:19:57+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 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 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 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 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 2018-12-05T01:12:03+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 2015-06-02T22:48:41+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://manual.dengine.net/howto/use_deds_in_doom_builder?rev=1433285321&do=diff * Using DoomBuilder's script editor to include a ded with your map. There are various different ways that ded and xg definitions can be included with your map. You can either supply them seperately in a mywad.ded (pure text file editable in any text editor), embed the data into the text/html 2020-02-23T08:33:16+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://manual.dengine.net/assets/model?rev=1582446796&do=diff 3D model assets This page is about 3D model assets that can be rendered in the game world using the GL2 model renderer. The article applies to version 2.2. Doomsday 1.x supports only MD2/DMD models. Models representing things (model.thing.*) Example: asset model.thing.possessed { path = "possessed.md5mesh" } 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 2017-03-13T20:17:08+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://manual.dengine.net/version/detailed_list_of_changes_in_doomsday_version_1.11?rev=1489436228&do=diff This article lists the important changes in doomsday_version_1.11. Fixed bugs * Failure to detect the current build due to a compiler misconfiguration (in libdeng2). * Updater: Printing last checked time when never actually checked. * World axes transposed for the “ text/html 2017-03-17T06:37:11+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://manual.dengine.net/ded/map_info?rev=1489732631&do=diff Map Info (DED) A Map Info definition specifies the properties of a map. Core concepts Map Info is a mechanism for defining the metadata and properties of a playable map. During the map authoring process, a map is given an identifier. This identifier is used to associate a Map Info definition with the map, thereby separating the metadata from the map data itself (geometry, spawn-spot information, etc text/html 2017-03-23T06:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://manual.dengine.net/version/detailed_list_of_changes_in_doomsday_version_1.9.7?rev=1490251549&do=diff This article lists the important changes in 1.9.7. Fixes during Candidate phase * [367] regression: blank screen on client * player thing angle not updating in automap * [367] regression: missing/hidden automap [scale initialization issue] * Hexen: pottery explode sound gets a channel but doesn't play [sf_dontstop] text/html 2017-03-23T06:37:31+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://manual.dengine.net/version/detailed_list_of_changes_in_doomsday_version_1.9.9?rev=1490251051&do=diff This article lists the important changes in 1.9.9. Fixed bugs * Fatal error during startup with novideo. * Parsing of spaces in command line arguments (they are now processed with libdeng2). * Crash after unloading a plugin (related to libdeng2 log entries). * Correctly handle error situations (exceptions) occuring in worker threads. text/html 2017-03-17T06:15:44+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://manual.dengine.net/modding/hexen_mapinfo?rev=1489731344&do=diff 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 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 2018-12-16T12:13:27+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://manual.dengine.net/multiplayer/running_a_server?rev=1544962407&do=diff MultiplayerShell Running a multiplayer server A multiplayer server is an instance of doomsday-server running as a background process. This page focuses on starting and running a server via the command line. For a GUI approach, see Running a server using the Shell. How to set up a server Requirements * Both client and server should have the same WAD file. For instance: the identification number for text/html 2020-11-12T16:25:04+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://manual.dengine.net/script/module/audio?rev=1605198304&do=diff Audio (Module) Module for the audio subsystem. Functions ( , ) Start playing a local sound without any particular emitter object. sound must be a valid ID of a Sound definition. volume is the volume of the sound in the range 0...1. This is useful for example for UI/HUD sound effects. Use 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 2017-03-13T20:17:04+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://manual.dengine.net/version/detailed_list_of_changes_in_doomsday_version_1.10?rev=1489436224&do=diff This article lists the important changes in doomsday_version_1.10. Fixed bugs Gameplay * Savegame: Interpretation error deserializing material archive version #0. * Savegame: Interpretation error deserializing invalid material references. * XG: Broken material change line types which specify the material in their definition. text/html 2017-03-23T06:57:25+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://manual.dengine.net/version/1.9.0-beta6.4?rev=1490252245&do=diff 1.9.0-beta6.3Versions1.9.0-beta6.5 Version 1.9.0-beta6.4 4th patch release for Beta 6. Fixes Engine * SIGSEGV when attempting to draw surface reflections if the textures for which had not been located. * Resource locator unable to find the shinemaps and associated masks when using the mod 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 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 2017-03-22T20:13:28+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://manual.dengine.net/version/1.11?rev=1490213608&do=diff 1.10.4Versions1.11.1 Version 1.11 Overview The last couple of years have been mostly about revitalizing the internal parts of Doomsday. While this work is still ongoing, we have now reached a point where we are able to make changes also in the user-facing parts. The highlight of this release is the introduction of a completely new, OpenGL 2 based UI framework that is used for replacing the old in-game console and for providing an easier way to select a game to play in text/html 2021-08-01T04:55:53+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://manual.dengine.net/script/module/world?rev=1627793753&do=diff World (Module) Native module that provides bindings to objects in the game world. Functions ( ) Searches the map for all things of type thingId and returns an array of references. ( , , = None, = 0 ) Spawns a new thing at the specified coordinates 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 2017-03-13T19:33:06+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://manual.dengine.net/ded/finale?rev=1489433586&do=diff Finale (InFine) The InFine definition (also known as Finales) is used to define intros, interludes, finale animations and all manner of scriptable 2D animation sequences and title sequences. You can play demos, animations, print text to the screen and a lot more. text/html 2017-03-13T18:31:05+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://manual.dengine.net/ded/altering_and_copying_definitions?rev=1489429865&do=diff Altering and copying definitions Copy The definition should be based on the preceding definition. If this directive is used, all the properties of the previous definition are copied to this one. For the first definition in a file a “Copy” has no effect. text/html 2017-03-23T06:55:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://manual.dengine.net/version/1.9.0-beta6.6?rev=1490252121&do=diff 1.9.0-beta6.5Versions1.9.0-beta6.7 Version 1.9.0-beta6.6 6th patch release for Beta 6. Fixes Engine * Faulty handling of -file, -iwad, -def, and -defs. It was attempting to load all of the command line arguments as files/definitions. (One symptom was <http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=2830442&group_id=74815&atid=542099>) * “Mus_Start: Couldn't open dd-buffered-song for writing text/html 2017-03-20T18:01:06+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://manual.dengine.net/ded/flags_reference?rev=1490032866&do=diff DED flags reference This page is a complete listing of all Doomsday flags usable in DED definitions. Note that Doomsday Engine plugins (e.g., games) may contain additional flags defined for their own purposes, which are also accessible via DED. Consult the documentation of the plugin for further details. text/html 2017-03-23T06:42:46+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://manual.dengine.net/version/1.9.8?rev=1490251366&do=diff 1.9.7-1Versions1.9.8-1 Version 1.9.8 The second stable release of the 1.9 series. Overview In 1.9.8 we have refactored some of the core components of the engine. We are no longer relying on the rather limited SDL framework for operating system services. Instead, we are now using 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 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 2018-10-20T07:51:26+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://manual.dengine.net/xg/line_type?rev=1540021886&do=diff Line Type (XG, DED) A Line Type defines the behavior of a map line, i.e., a wall in the map. Line behaviors are implemented by various XG classes that define what the line does. The class's behavior is carried out when the line is activated, deactivated (or both) or when some other triggering condition occurs. Some examples of line classes include text/html 2017-03-23T06:42:43+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://manual.dengine.net/version/detailed_list_of_changes_in_doomsday_version_1.9.8?rev=1490251363&do=diff This article lists the important changes in 1.9.8. Fixed bugs Audio * Hexen: Environment Wind sounds (e.g. Map01). There was a sound prioritization issue at map start. * Priorities defined in Sound definitions are used to determine when a sound can stop a previously playing sound from the same emitter (e.g., Cyberdemon and Mastermind alert sound is not cut off by their footsteps). 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 2017-03-19T20:19:36+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://manual.dengine.net/ded/sky?rev=1489954776&do=diff Sky (DED, 1.9.7 →) Syntax <Copy> Sky { ID = ""; Flags = flaga | flagb | flagc; Height = 0.666667; Horizon offset = 0.0; Light color { 1.0 1.0 1.0 }; Layer 1/2 { Flags = flaga | flagb | flagc; Texture = ""; Offset = 0.0; Color limit = 0.0; }; Model { ID = ""; Layer = 0; Frame interval = 1.0; Color { 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 }; Offset factor { 0.0 0.0 0.0 }; Rotate { 0.0 0.0 }; …