HEXENDK.EXE

''This article gives technical information about the commercial Hexen: Deathkings of the Dark Citadel application files. For gameplay information and walkthroughs, see Hexen.''

HEXENDK.EXE is the main executable for the original version of Hexen: Deathkings of the Dark Citadel.

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Applying the Hexen: Deathkings of the Dark Citadel CD Music Patch
1) Install Hexen using DosBox via one of the following methods:

1a) If you are mounting a physical CD within DosBox, type the following commands and press enter after each one:

mount d d:\ -t cdrom

d:

install c:\hexen

Note: If your physical CD/DVD/Blu-ray drive is not the D drive, change d:\ to the drive letter your system uses. For example, if your CD/DVD/Blu-ray drive is the E drive, change d:\ to e:\ instead. The first d after mount is needed because DosBox looks for the first optical disk drive starting at letter D.

1b) If you are mounting a BIN/CUE pair, type the following commands and press enter after each one:

z:

imgmount d path\to\hexencuefile.cue -t iso

d:

install c:\hexen

Note: Changing to the Z: drive is required by DosBox first when mounting either ISO files or BIN/CUE pairs.

2) If the version of Hexen you previously installed is 1.0, run the Hexen upgrade patch in the Hexen Deathkings installer in DosBox. If you have already installed Hexen 1.1, skip step 2 and proceed to step 3.

3) Install Hexen: Deathkings of the Dark citadel itself using DosBox. The default folder will be C:\HEXENDK but you can change this to whatever you want.

4) Outside of DosBox, go to and download dkpatch.zip from one of the given links on the right side of the page.

5) Extract both PATCH.EXE and PATCH.RTP from dkpatch.zip into your newly created Hexen Deathkings directory.

If you used the default Deathkings location, you will now have C:\HEXENDK\PATCH.EXE and C:\HEXENDK\PATCH.RTP in this directory.

If you used another location, place these two files in the Deathkings install folder you previously designated.

6) Back in DosBox, go to the Hexen Deathkings directory the installer created, type the word "patch" without quotes or capital letters, and press enter.

7) The patcher will run and update HEXDD.WAD to version 1.1 and you will now be able to use Hexen's CD Audio correctly within DosBox.

(Now would also be a good time to back up HEXDD.WAD if you have not already done so).

8) To mount Hexen's CUE file within DosBox for proper CD music playback, use the first command for physical CDs or the second one for BIN/CUE files:

8a) mount d d:\ -t cdrom

OR

8b) imgmount d path\to\hexencuefile.cue -t iso

Note: Hexen's CD is a Mixed-Mode CD, so the CUE file must be mounted first BEFORE running Deathkings of the Dark Citadel.