WadAuthor
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WadAuthor is a formerly shareware sector-based level editor for Windows, written by John Williston (Phileosophos). It is still somewhat popular because of the extendibility functions provided by its WCF files, even though the editor itself has not been updated since 1996. It includes a version of BSP (node builder), specifically BSP 1.2, as its internal node builder.
Development resumed in 2001, chronicled in a series of progress updates, but no new editor release materialized apart from a help file update. WadAuthor was re-released as freeware in May 2017.[1]
Williston also released a password-protected collection of tools called the WadAuthor Value Pack that was intended for registered users. The password was later publicly released ("11A2B000DESTRUCT0").[2]
A pre-registered version of WadAuthor was included on the CD-ROM that accompanied the level design book 3D Game Alchemy.
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Interface[edit]
Rather than drawing lines to create sectors, WadAuthor has two options to insert new sectors, New Rectangular Sector and New Polygonal Sector. Rectangular sectors default to the grid setting being used, so if the standard 64x64 grid is being used, it will create a 64x64 square sector. The smallest grid setting is 2x2 and increases in multiples of two up to 1024x1024. A custom horizontal and vertical length can be specified if the user prefers. Adding a polygonal sector will prompt the user to enter the number of sides and the desired radius. To add more sides to an existing sector, a linedef can be split into two. New sectors placed inside existing sectors will automatically inherit the properties of that sector, with the exception of tags.
The user can highlight and select any map object, vertex, linedef, sector or thing, without the need to be in a specific mode. There is a filter option to only select a particular type of object, say for example, linedefs, but the user can still create sectors whilst their object selection is filtered.
Trivia[edit]
- WadAuthor is dedicated to John's late father, who died by suicide in 1996.[3]
- The password "11A2B000DESTRUCT0" is a reference to the USS Enterprise-D's auto destruct code in Star Trek: The Next Generation.
External links[edit]
- Final, partial webpage (archived 🏛)
- Older, complete webpage (archived 🏛)
- Quick reference by Dr. Sleep (archived 🏛)
- WadAuthor 1.30 at Doomworld/idgames
- WadAuthor 1.30 node building patch at Doomworld/idgames
- WadAuthor User Manual at Doomworld/idgames
- WadAuthor Value Pack at Doomworld/idgames (ZIP password: 11A2B000DESTRUCT0)
References[edit]
- ↑ Phileosophos (2 May 2017). WadAuthor is Freeware. Doomworld forums. Retrieved 5 November 2024.
- ↑ Phileosophos (7 June 2015). Is it still possible to get the WadAuthor Value Pack?. Retrieved 5 November 2024.
- ↑ "WadAuthor." Williston Consulting (archived 🏛). Retrieved 5 November 2024.
