ZethBSP

ZethBSP
Codebase	BSP (node builder) 2.3x
Developer(s)	Marisa Heit (Randi)
Initial release	2.3x (1999-04-18, 26 years ago)
Development status	Discontinued
Written in	C
Target platform	DOS

ZethBSP is a node builder for Doom, Doom II, Heretic, Hexen and ZDoom 1.x, developed in 1999 by Marisa Heit (Randi). It is a fork of BSP 2.3, with support for Hexen maps and enhanced support for ZDoom 1.x maps.

Features

• All the same features as BSP 2.3x
• Support for Hexen and ZDoom 1.x maps

History

ZethBSP was included with versions 4.02 till 4.05 of the ZETH level editor and was first released on May 18, 1999.

A standalone package derived from the ZETH 4.02-4.05 distributions was uploaded to the /idgames archive in 2023.

Usage

Command: bSP [options] <input.wad> [-o] [output.wad] (if no output.wad is specified, TMP.WAD is written)

Options:

• -factor <nnn> - Changes the cost assigned to seg splits;
• -vp - Attempts to prevent visplane overflows;
• -vpwarn - Warns about potential visplane overflows;
• -vpmark - Marks visplane overflows with player starts;
• -dir - Displays entire resource directory;
• -thold <nnn> - Threshold for visplane overflow (default 128);
• -noreject - Does not clobber reject map.

External links

• ZethBSP 2.3x at Doomworld/idgames

Source code genealogy
Based on	Name	Base for
BSP (node builder)	ZethBSP	Discontinued