SLADE

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SLADE
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Palette of TNT: Evilution opened in SLADE.

Developer(s) Simon Judd (sirjuddington)
Initial release 0.1 (2004-11-21, 20 years ago)
Latest release 3.2.7 (2024-12-25, 4 months ago)
Development status Active
Written in C++
Target platform Windows, Mac OS X, Linux
License GPLv2+
Website slade.mancubus.net
Source Repository

(Git)

GitHub

SLADE is a modern, open-source, cross-platform level editor (except versions 3.0.0, 3.0.1 and 3.0.2) and WAD editor (since version 3.0.0) for Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux created and maintained by Simon Judd (with code contributions by Gez to version 3).

History[edit]

Early development[edit]

The very first alpha version of SLADE (v0.1) was released on November 21, 2004.[1]

  • SLADE 0.3 was released on February 15, 2005.[2]
  • SLADE 0.4 was released on May 9, 2005.[3]
  • SLADE 0.5 was released on May 30, 2005.[4]
  • SLADE 0.6 was released on August 31, 2005.[5]

SLADE 1[edit]

  • SLADE 1.01 was released on November 21, 2005.[6] It is the first full release.
  • SLADE 1.02 was released on January 1, 2006.[7]
  • SLADE 1.1 was released on February 6, 2006.[8]
  • SLADE 1.11 was released on February 22, 2006.[9]
  • SLADE 1.12 was released on March 14, 2006.[10]
  • SLADE 1.13 was released on May 23, 2006.[11]

SLADE 2[edit]

  • SLADE 2.0 beta version was released on June 6, 2007,[12] but was abandoned afterwards.

SLADE 3[edit]

  • SLADE 3 beta 1 was released on January 29, 2010.[13]
  • SLADE 3 beta 2 was released on March 2, 2010.[14]
  • SLADE 3 beta 3 was released on March 30, 2010.[15]
  • SLADE 3 beta 4 was released on April 6, 2010.[16]
  • SLADE 3 beta 5 was released on May 17, 2010.[17]
  • SLADE 3 beta 6 was released on August 20, 2010.[18]
  • SLADE 3 beta 7 was released on October 20, 2010.[19]
  • SLADE 3.0.0 was released on November 7, 2010.[20] It is the first full release. It is a merging of SLADE and SLumpEd.
  • SLADE 3.0.1 was released on February 16, 2011.
  • SLADE 3.0.2 was released on July 25, 2011.[21]
  • SLADE 3.1.0 was released on June 20, 2014, after over 3 years of development.
  • SLADE 3.1.1 was released on February 28, 2016.
  • SLADE 3.1.2 was released on November 27, 2018. This release added Lua scripting feature for interaction with SLADE.
  • SLADE 3.1.3 was released on December 8, 2018.
  • SLADE 3.1.4 was released on December 26, 2018.
  • SLADE 3.1.5 was released on May 7, 2019.
  • SLADE 3.1.6 was released on August 22, 2019.
  • SLADE 3.1.7 was released on October 30, 2019.
  • SLADE 3.1.8 was released on November 22, 2019.
  • SLADE 3.1.9 was released on February 17, 2020.
  • SLADE 3.1.10 was released on February 20, 2020.
  • SLADE 3.1.11 was released on March 4, 2020.
  • SLADE 3.1.12 was released on May 26, 2020.
  • SLADE 3.1.13 was released on June 1, 2021.
  • SLADE 3.2.0 was released on April 12, 2022. This release added UMAPINFO and MBF support.
  • SLADE 3.2.1 was released on May 13, 2022.
  • SLADE 3.2.2 was released on April 1, 2023. This release added Doom 32X support.
  • SLADE 3.2.3 was released on May 31, 2023. This release added MBF21 support.
  • SLADE 3.2.4 was released on June 21, 2023.
  • SLADE 3.2.5 was released on December 19, 2023. This release added EDGE-Classic support.
  • SLADE 3.2.6 was released on May 28, 2024.
  • SLADE 3.2.7 was released on December 25, 2024. This release added DECOHack support.

Features[edit]

SLADE 3[edit]

WAD editor features:

  • All SLumpEd features and more
  • Lump manipulation in WADs and ZIP (STORE and DEFLATE only at the moment)
  • Ability to open archives-within-archives
  • Ability to open many other game archive formats (Duke Nukem 3D GRP files, Blood RFF files, Shadowcaster DAT and LIB files, Quake PAK files, SiN archives, etc.)
  • Playback for many audio formats, including:
  • Support for many graphic picture formats, including:
    • All those from the Doom Alphas and Beta
    • All ZDoom-specific formats (IMGZ, FON1, FON2)
    • The planar format used by the Hexen startup screen
    • PNG including the grAb and alPh chunks, and many other standard formats (BMP, JPG, PCX, TGA, etc.)
    • The formats used by Shadowcaster, Quake, Heretic II, Duke Nukem 3D, Rise of the Triad, and more
  • Palette generation and modification
  • COLORMAP generation from palette
  • Support for editing TEXTUREx lumps, including the Alpha and Strife variants
  • Full support for ZDoom's TEXTURES
  • Support for editing the Boom lumps SWITCHES and ANIMATED, including the SMMU and ZDoom additions
  • Text editing of any lump
  • Hex viewing of any lump
  • Pixel editing of graphic lumps
  • A console
  • Support for Doom, Doom II, Heretic, Hexen, Strife, Doom 64, Chex Quest/3, and Urban Brawl games
  • Support for Boom, Eternity and ZDoom source port advanced features
  • DECORATE parser
  • Support for embedding a custom configuration in an archive as a SLADECFG lump
  • Colour configurations
  • 3D editing mode (including translucent textures)
  • Easy line and shape drawing
  • Saving map preview images suitable for Map views
  • Scripting in Lua

Level editor features:

Older versions[edit]

SLADE 1.13 or 2.00-beta have the following features:

  • Support for Doom, Doom II, Heretic and Hexen games
  • Support for Boom and ZDoom source port advanced features
  • DECORATE parser
  • Colour configurations
  • 3D editing mode (including slopes and translucent textures)
  • Easy line and rectangle drawing

See also[edit]

External links[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ sirjuddington (21 November 2004). Doomworld forums thread. Doomworld forums. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
  2. ↑ sirjuddington (15 February 2005). Doomworld forums thread. Doomworld forums. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
  3. ↑ sirjuddington (9 May 2005). Doomworld forums thread. Doomworld forums. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
  4. ↑ sirjuddington (30 May 2005). Doomworld forums thread. Doomworld forums. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
  5. ↑ sirjuddington (31 August 2005). Doomworld forums thread. Doomworld forums. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
  6. ↑ sirjuddington (21 November 2005). Doomworld forums thread. Doomworld forums. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
  7. ↑ sirjuddington (1 January 2006). Doomworld forums thread. Doomworld forums. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
  8. ↑ sirjuddington (6 February 2006). Doomworld forums thread. Doomworld forums. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
  9. ↑ sirjuddington (22 February 2006). Doomworld forums post. Doomworld forums. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
  10. ↑ sirjuddington (14 March 2006). Doomworld forums post. Doomworld forums. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
  11. ↑ sirjuddington (23 May 2006). Doomworld forums thread. Doomworld forums. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
  12. ↑ sirjuddington (6 June 2007). Doomworld forums thread. Doomworld forums. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
  13. ↑ sirjuddington (29 January 2010). Doomworld forums thread. Doomworld forums. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
  14. ↑ sirjuddington (2 March 2010). Doomworld forums post. Doomworld forums. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
  15. ↑ sirjuddington (30 March 2010). Doomworld forums post. Doomworld forums. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
  16. ↑ sirjuddington (6 April 2010). Doomworld forums post. Doomworld forums. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
  17. ↑ Gez (17 May 2010). Doomworld forums post. Doomworld forums. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
  18. ↑ sirjuddington (20 August 2010). Doomworld forums post. Doomworld forums. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
  19. ↑ sirjuddington (20 October 2010). Doomworld forums post. Doomworld forums. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
  20. ↑ sirjuddington (7 November 2010). Doomworld forums thread. Doomworld forums. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
  21. ↑ sirjuddington (25 July 2011). Doomworld forums thread. Doomworld forums. Retrieved 14 August 2023.

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