Doom Builder

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Doom Builder
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Doom Builder map editor.

Developer(s) Pascal vd Heiden (CodeImp)
Initial release 1.0 (2003-10-22, 20 years ago)
Latest release 1.68 (2006-06-09, 17 years ago)
Development status Discontinued
Written in Visual Basic
Target Platform Windows
License GPL-2.0
A timeline of Doom Builder versions and forks.
Doom Builder script editor
Doom Builder 3D Mode editing

Doom Builder is a level editor for Doom engine games, programmed by Pascal vd Heiden (CodeImp). It was first released for public alpha testing on August 4, 2003, with its first full release on October 22, 2003. The final version of Doom Builder was v1.68, released on June 9, 2006, after which it was discontinued. On September 25, 2008, CodeImp announced that he had stopped updating Doom Builder because he was working on a successor called Doom Builder 2.[1]

Doom Builder is free software licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public License 2.0.

John Anderson (Dr. Sleep), well known as a game designer for various major gaming companies, wrote a detailed and comprehensive manual for Doom Builder in March 2004. The "Doom Builder Illustrated Guide" helps the beginner and experienced mapper to use Doom Builder and all of its features.

Features[edit]

  • Full support for Doom, Doom II, Heretic, Hexen, Strife and all the popular source ports.
  • Popular features include lots of customizability, prefabs, advanced drawing code, and a 3D Mode which lets mapper browse and edit textures, and align them, in real-time.
  • Doom Builder introduced 3D Mode editing as a new concept in the Doom community. Map editing in 3D Mode is similar to the Duke Nukem 3D's editor "Build". By aiming at the walls, ceilings and floor you indicate what you would like to edit. With different keys and mousebuttons you can change the textures, texture offsets, sector brightness, ceiling and floor heights and much more.
  • Doom Builder also comes with an advanced script editor for ACS and FraggleScript. This script editor can basically edit any kind of text-based lump when configured in the Game Configuration. The script editor has syntax highlighting, autocomplete and function definition tooltips.

History[edit]

Development[edit]

  • Pascal posted the first screenshots of Doom Builder in the thread on the New Doom forums on May 6, 2003.[2][3]
  • The first alpha version of Doom Builder was released on August 4, 2003.[4]
  • v0.3 was released on August 11, 2003.[5]
  • v0.4 build 79 was released on August 26, 2003.[6]
  • v0.4 build 85 was released on August 29, 2003.[7]
  • v0.4 build 86 was released on August 30, 2003.[8]
  • v0.9 was released on September 11, 2003.[9]

Releases[edit]

  • v1.0 was released on October 22, 2003.[10] It is the first full release.
  • v1.1 was released on October 27, 2003.[11]
  • v1.2
  • v1.3
  • v1.4 was released on January 21, 2004.[12][13]
  • v1.42
  • v1.50
  • v1.53
  • v1.60 was released on May 7, 2004.[14]
  • v1.62 was released on July 24, 2004.[15]
  • v1.63 was released on July 25, 2004.[16][17]
  • v1.64
  • v1.66 was released on March 24, 2005.[18]
  • v1.67 was released on May 15, 2005.[19]
  • v1.68 was released on June 9, 2006.[20] It is the final release.

Fork[edit]

Doom Builder Ru1251 GZX (also known as Russian Doom Builder) is a fork of Doom Builder v1.68, created by 3EPHOEd. It was released on July 6, 2007. The interface has been completely translated into Russian, and several special options have been added to support GZDoom features, especially 3D floors.

See also[edit]

External links[edit]

References[edit]

  1. CodeImp (25 September 2008). Doomworld forums thread. Doomworld forums. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
  2. Armaetus (6 May 2003). Doomworld forums thread. Doomworld forums. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
  3. Gherkin (6 May 2003). "Doom Builder Sneak Preview." New Doom forums (archived 🏛). Retrieved 14 August 2023.
  4. deathz0r (4 August 2003). Doomworld forums thread. Doomworld forums. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
  5. Grogglogobofink (11 August 2003). Doomworld forums post. Doomworld forums. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
  6. Gherkin (26 August 2003). Doomworld forums post. Doomworld forums. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
  7. Gherkin (29 August 2003). Doomworld forums post. Doomworld forums. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
  8. Gherkin (30 August 2003). Doomworld forums post. Doomworld forums. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
  9. Gherkin (11 September 2003). Doomworld forums post. Doomworld forums. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
  10. Gherkin (22 October 2003). Doomworld forums thread. Doomworld forums. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
  11. Gherkin (27 October 2003). Doomworld forums post. Doomworld forums. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
  12. CodeImp (21 January 2004). Doomworld forums post. Doomworld forums. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
  13. CodeImp (21 January 2004). ZDoom forums post. ZDoom forums. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
  14. CodeImp (7 May 2004). ZDoom forums post. ZDoom forums. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
  15. CodeImp (24 July 2004). ZDoom forums post. ZDoom forums. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
  16. CodeImp (25 July 2004). ZDoom forums post. ZDoom forums. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
  17. CodeImp (25 July 2004). Doomworld forums thread. Doomworld forums. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
  18. CodeImp (24 March 2005). Doomworld forums thread. Doomworld forums. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
  19. CodeImp (15 May 2005). Doomworld forums thread. Doomworld forums. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
  20. CodeImp (9 June 2006). Doomworld forums thread. Doomworld forums. Retrieved 12 August 2023.