WAD Auxiliary Resource Manipulator

	WAD Auxiliary Resource Manipulator
Codebase	VNB
Developer(s)	Robert Fenske
Initial release	1.1 (1995-01-30, 30 years ago)
Latest release	1.6 (1996-01-29, 29 years ago)
Development status	Discontinued
Written in	C
Target platform	DOS, Windows, Linux, FreeBSD, OS/2, SunOS, Solaris, HP-UX, VMS

WAD Auxiliary Resource Manipulator (abbreviated as WARM) is a node/blockmap/reject builder for Doom, Doom II, Heretic, and Hexen, developed in 1994 by Robert Fenske. A port of WARM to OS/2 was made by Mark K. Mathews.

Features[edit]

A node/blockmap/reject builder in one package.
Has some WAD editing functionality (can list, rename, extract, or merge lumps).
Has some level editing functionality (can mirror or shift the level layout, convert it to deathmatch, randomize things).

v1.0 was compiled in August 1994. This internal version is a direct update of VNB node builder.
v1.1 was released on January 30, 1995. It is the first public release.
v1.2 was compiled in February 1995. Internal release.
v1.3 was released on April 17, 1995.
v1.4 was released in May 1995.
v1.5 was released on November 29, 1995. This version added Hexen support.
v1.6 was released on January 29, 1996. It is the final known release.

Command: WARM [options] <input_file> [output_file]

Parameters:

options - set of options, see below;
input_file - name of the file to process (IWAD, PWAD, or VERDA patch file);
output_file - name of the output file (if none is specified, then WARM will overwrite the input file).

Options:

-<levels> - lump name of level(s) to process;
-n[=<opt>] - build nodes, where <opt> are for special effects options;
-b - build packed blockmap;
-r[=<xlist>] - build reject, where <xlist> is the list of exceptions;
-z - build zero-filled reject;
-q - quiet mode, suppresses screen I/O;
-dmit=<#> - make level suitable for the deathmatch version 1 or 2 (does not work with Heretic and Hexen WADs);
-rand=<#> - randomly swap positions of things in the level(s) using specified seed (does not work with Heretic and Hexen WADs);
-flip - mirror the level layout relative to the Y axis;
-shift=<dx,dy[,dz]> - shift a level along one or more axes X, Y, Z;
-pack - remove redundant level resource data;
-unpack - reverse previous pack function;
-emstat - display level statistics;
-ren=<rlist> - rename resources;
-dir - display entire resource directory;
-s=<wlist> - substitute resources in the input file with the resources from the listed file(s);
-e=<rlist> - extract the listed resources from the input file to the output file;
-m=<wlist> - merge the listed file(s) with the input file;
-mraw=<flist> - merge the listed raw/lump files with the input file.

Source code genealogy
Based on	Name	Base for
VNB	WAD Auxiliary Resource Manipulator (WARM)	BSPCOMP