DETH

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DETH
DETH screenshot.png

Screenshot of DETH

Codebase Doom Editing Utilities
Developer(s) Antony Burden, Simon Oke, Jim Flynn, Adam Bilbrough
Initial release 1.0 (1994, 30 years ago)
Latest release 4.31 (2022-05-08, 2 years ago)
Development status Discontinued
Written in C
Target platform DOS, Windows
License GPLv3

DETH (stands for DOOM Editor for Total Headcases) is a GCC rewrite of DEU 5.21 level editor, supporting Doom, The Ultimate Doom, Doom II, Heretic, Hexen and Strife, by Antony Burden and Simon Oke. DETH was updated by Jim Flynn in 1998 for use with Boom. The editor uses ZenNode as its internal nodesbuilder. An extended version named ZETH was later created by Marisa Heit (Randi) for use with ZDoom.

Around 1995, a separate editor for Hexen called HETH was created. HETH was merged into DETH sometime before version 4.01.

Features[edit]

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History[edit]

DETH releases[edit]

  • DETH 1.0
  • DETH 1.1
  • DETH 1.1a
  • DETH 1.1b
  • DETH 1.1c
  • DETH 1.2
  • DETH 1.2a
  • DETH 1.2b
  • DETH 2.0
  • DETH 2.1
  • DETH 2.2
  • DETH 2.3 was released on May 3, 1995.
  • DETH 2.4 was released on July 6, 1995.
  • DETH 2.5 was released on July 18, 1995.
  • DETH 2.6 was released on July 27, 1995.
  • DETH 2.61 was released on July 31, 1995.
  • DETH 2.62 was released on August 9, 1995.
  • DETH 2.63 was released on August 10, 1995.
  • DETH 2.64 was released on August 13, 1995.
  • DETH 2.65 was released on September 15, 1995.
  • DETH 2.66 was released on October 7, 1995.
  • DETH 2.67 was released on October 22, 1995.
  • DETH 3.00 was released on November 14, 1995.
  • DETH 3.20
  • DETH 3.60 beta / HETH 1.60 were released on January 5, 1996.
  • DETH 3.70 / HETH 1.70 were released on January 8, 1996.
  • DETH 3.80 / HETH 1.80 were released on January 26, 1996.
  • DETH 3.81 / HETH 1.81 were released for internal use only on February 2, 1996.
  • DETH 3.82 / HETH 1.82 were released on February 5, 1996.
  • DETH 3.83 / HETH 1.83 were released on February 7, 1996.
  • DETH 3.84 / HETH 1.84 were released on February 9, 1996.
  • DETH 3.85 / HETH 1.85 were released on February 13, 1996.
  • DETH 3.85a / HETH 1.85a were released on February 19, 1996.
  • DETH/HETH 3.86 was released on February 27, 1996.
  • DETH/HETH 3.87 was released on March 4, 1996.
  • DETH 3.87a SLIM was released on March 7, 1996.
  • DETH/HETH 3.88 was released on March 12, 1996.
  • DETH/HETH 3.89 was released on March 13, 1996.
  • DETH/HETH 3.90 was released on April 1, 1996.
  • DETH/HETH 3.91 was released on April 3, 1996.
  • DETH/HETH 3.92 was released on April 23, 1996.
  • DETH 4.01 was released on June 5, 1997.
  • DETH 4.02 was released on August 15, 1997.
  • DETH 4.03 was released on September 19, 1997.
  • DETH 4.04 was released on October 26, 1997.
  • DETH 4.05 was released on December 2, 1997.
  • DETH 4.06 was released on February 6, 1998.
  • DETH 4.07 was released on February 9, 1998.
  • DETH 4.08 and 4.09 were released on March 7, 1998.
  • DETH 4.10 was released on March 16, 1998.
  • DETH 4.11 was released on March 19, 1998.
  • DETH 4.12 was released on March 21, 1998.
  • DETH 4.13 was released on April 6, 1998.
  • DETH 4.14 was released on April 8, 1998.
  • DETH 4.14b was released on April 10, 1998.
  • DETH 4.15b was released on May 16, 1998.
  • DETH 4.16b was released on May 20, 1998.
  • DETH 4.17b was released on May 30, 1998.
  • DETH 4.18b was released on August 16, 1998.
  • DETH 4.19b was released on August 29, 1998.
  • DETH 4.20 was released on September 21, 1998.
  • DETH 4.21 was released on October 20, 1998.
  • DETH 4.22 and 4.23 were released on October 21, 1998.
  • DETH 4.24 was released on December 5, 1998.

HETH releases[edit]

  • HETH 0.06 beta
  • HETH 0.11 beta was released on November 7, 1995.
  • HETH 0.12 beta
  • HETH 0.13 beta was released on November 10, 1995.
  • HETH 1.00 was released on November 13, 1995.
  • HETH 1.01 was released on November 16, 1995.
  • HETH 1.01a was released on November 17, 1995.
  • HETH 1.02 was released on November 20, 1995.
  • HETH 1.03 was released on November 22, 1995.
  • HETH 1.04 was released on November 29, 1995.
  • HETH 1.05 was released on December 5, 1995.
  • HETH 1.06 was released on December 21, 1995.

2022 update[edit]

In 2022, Adam Bilbrough (Gibbon) released an updated version of DETH for DOS, version 4.31.[1] It includes the following changes:

  • A new window for Legends. In this window, John Anderson (Dr. Sleep), Jim Flynn and Ty Halderman are honored for their contributions to Doom.
  • The ability to run BSP against a chosen PWAD from within DETH itself.
  • Bug fixes for HETH that prevented compilation.
  • Removed the text Supercharge Sphere from COMMON.CFG and replaced it with Soul Sphere.

External links[edit]

References[edit]

  1. Gibbon (8 May 2022). Doomworld forums thread. Doomworld forums. Retrieved 9 September 2023.


Source code genealogy
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