WADWHAT 1.1 - Doomworld /idgames database frontend

Title:	WADWHAT 1.1
Filename:	utils/wad_tools/wadwha11.zip
Size:	34.52 KB
Date:	03/04/95
Author:	Randall R. Spangler
Description:	Have you ever downloaded a WAD file and wondered which maps it replaced? Have you ever wondered if the map you're about to start contains 10 cyberdemons? And how much ammo can you afford to waste in the map, anyway? If you've had any of these questions, then WADWHAT is for you. WADWHAT provides simple, easy-to-read numbers on the contents of any WAD file.
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WADWHAT
               by Randall R. Spangler (rspangle@micro.caltech.edu)
                              version 1.1 - 8/28/94

1.   Introduction

Have you ever downloaded a WAD file and wondered which maps it
replaced?  Have you ever wondered if the map you're about to start
contains 10 cyberdemons?  And how much ammo can you afford to waste in
the map, anyway?

If you've had any of these questions, then WADWHAT is for you.
WADWHAT provides simple, easy-to-read numbers on the contents of any
WAD file.  Some nifty features:

*    Prints which maps are contained in the WAD
*    Tells whether a map can be used single-player, cooperative, or
     deathmatch (and prints the number of deathmatch starts)
*    Lists things present in each map at each skill level
     *    Bosses (Barons, Cyberdemons, Spiderdemons)
     *    Monsters
     *    Weapons
     *    Items
     *    Ammo
     *    Total healing and armor
*    Calculates a difficulty rating for each map based on the ratio of
     monsters to ammo
*    Calculates an average brightness of the level - how well lit it
     is
*    Prints the number of secrets, triggers, and sectors with nukeage
     floors
*    FREE

What's new in version 1.1:

*    Fixed count of light amp goggles
*    Total damage and monster hit points can be >65000 now
*    Fixed divide-by-zero errors if there was no additional ammo in
the level
*    Prints average light level (not counting blinking lights)
*    Prints number of secret sectors, nukeage sectors, total sectors
*    Prints number of triggers, total linedefs
*    Prints presence/absence of reject resource
*    Fixed multi-player map info (-B4 and -B4M now print differently)
*    Now has separate columns for each skill level of multi-player
info

2.   Usage Restrictions and Warranty (lack thereof)

WADWHAT is free.  Completely free.  Source is even included, for the
curious.  (Note that it's even COMMENTED :-)  All I ask is that if you
use the source for WADWHAT in any other program that you give me
credit in the documentation.

WADWHAT also comes with no warranty of any kind (hey, you get what you
pay for).  Use it at your own risk.  May contribute to global warming
and many other disasters.  If, by some chance, you find a way to melt
down your computer with WADWHAT, you're on your own.

3.   How to Use WADWHAT

It's pretty simple.  Just give it a series of filenames in the current
directory (wildcards such as *.WAD are ok):

WADWHAT foo.wad g*.wad doom.wad

WADWHAT will then print the contents of all the WAD files to your
screen.  Because there's quite a bit of output, you might want to pipe
the output of WADWHAT to MORE (which comes with MS-DOS).  This will
pause the output every screenful:

WADWHAT doom.wad | MORE

4.   Output Format - Normal

When run on a WAD file, WADWHAT will produce output similar to the
following:

E:\GAMES\DOOM\WADS\GOOD>wadwhat sly1.wad
WADWHAT 1.1 by Randall R. Spangler (rspangle@micro.caltech.edu)
==============================================================================
PWAD FILE SLY1.WAD:
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
EPISODE 2 MISSION 1             S1    S2    S3   S45 |    M1    M2    M3   M45
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Play modes:
        Single player
        Cooperative (4 player)
        Deathmatch (8 starts)
    Bosses:
        Baron                    3     3     3     3 |     3     3     3     3
        Cyberdemon               0     0     1     1 |     0     0     1     1
    Monsters:
        Trooper                  5     5     8     8 |     5     5     8     8
        Sergeant                20    20    20    20 |    26    26    26    26
        Imp                      7     7     7    13 |    14    14    14    20
        Demon                   12    12    12    12 |    14    14    14    14
        Spectre                  7     7     7     7 |     9     9     9     9
        Lost soul               25    25    26    26 |    29    29    30    30
        Cacodemon                6     6     7     8 |     9     9    10    11
    Weapons:
        Shotgun                  3     3     2     2 |     3     3     2     2
        Chaingun                 3     3     3     3 |     3     3     3     3
        Rocket launcher          2     2     2     2 |     2     2     2     2
        Plasma gun               4     4     3     3 |     4     4     3     3
        BFG-9000                 2     2     2     2 |     2     2     2     2
        Chainsaw                 1     1     1     1 |     1     1     1     1
    Equipment:
        Backpack                 5     5     5     5 |     5     5     5     5
        Berserk                  2     2     2     2 |     2     2     2     2
        Invisibility             3     3     3     3 |     3     3     3     3
        Lite amp goggles         1     1     1     1 |     2     2     2     2
    Expendibles:
        Bullets               1870   935   950   950 |  1870   935   950   950
        Shells                1016   508   480   480 |  1104   552   524   524
        Rockets                 88    44    44    44 |    98    49    49    49
        Cells                 1160   580   520   520 |  1160   580   520   520
        Armor points          1600   800   600   600 |  2800  1400  1200  1200
        Health points         2118  1059   984   984 |  2738  1369  1344  1344
        Barrels                 61    61    61    61 |    77    77    77    77
    Difficulty:
        Total monster hp      1187  1187  1643  1719 |  1467  1467  1923  1999
        Max ammo damage      13062  6531  6230  6230 | 13878  6939  6638  6638
        RATIO                0.091 0.182 0.264 0.276 | 0.106 0.211 0.290 0.301
    Other info:
        Average brightness             165 (0=dark, 255=bright)
        Secrets                          1
        Nukeage / sectors         2 /  112
        Triggers / linedefs     134 /  886
        Reject resource                YES

At the top of the output is the name of the WAD file.  Id has
requested that all add-on files be PWADs, but you may run across an
IWAD or two out there.  After that is the information for each map
(the example file contains only one map).  The columns contain

*    The type of thing being counted
     *    The number present at skill level 1 (I'm Too Young to Die)
     *    The number present at skill level 2 (Hey, Not Too Rough)
     *    The number present at skill level 3 (Hurt Me Plenty)
          *    The number present at skill levels 4 and 5 (Ultra-
          Violence and Nightmare)
          **** Similar numbers, but for multi-player (cooperative or
          deathmatch) mode

If a thing does not appear in a map (for example, dork.wad doesn't
have any Rad Suits) it won't be listed.

Expendibles are calculated differently from the previous sections.
These are the total amounts of each thing from all possible sources.
For example, bullets come from clips, the chaingun, boxes of ammo, and
killed troopers.  Armor comes from the green and blue armors, and the
helmet armor bonuses.

Skill level 1 (I'm Too Young to Die) is the same as skill level 2
(Hey, Not Too Rough), except that all damage to the player is halved
and all ammo amounts are doubled.

A level with a low average brightness (128 or less) will be poorly
lit; one with a high brightness (220 or more) will be very well lit,
with only a few dark nooks.  Secret sectors and sectors with nukeage
(floors which damage you) are counted. Triggers are lines which open
doors, drop lifts, and so on when you walk over, push, or shoot them.
The total number of sectors or linedefs is a good gauge of level
complexity.  The REJECT resource speeds up drawing the level - the
same level will play more smoothly if this is present.

5.   Output Format - Brief

If you're trying to compare a number of WAD files, the full output may
be a bit unwieldy.  WADWHAT has a brief output mode which prints one
line per map, assuming a given skill level:

E:\GAMES\DOOM\WADS\GOOD>wadwhat -B4 *.wad
WADWHAT 1.1 by Randall R. Spangler (rspangle@micro.caltech.edu)
File         Map   Play  Bosses  Monsters              Weapons  Equip    RATIO
-------------------c-de--ba-c-s--tr-se-im-de-sp-lo-ca--cpscrpb--bvsiral-------
ANTHILL.WAD  E1M1  4  1   2 1 0  32 35 33 14  1  0  4  12.4567  B..IRA.  0.227
BIOTECH.WAD  E1M1  4  0   7 1 0   7  5 38 89  9  1  6  123456.  BV.I..L  1.085
CIRCLE.WAD   E1M1  4  0   0 0 0   0  0  0  0  0  0  0  123456.  B......  0.000
DORK.WAD     E1M1  4  0   3 0 0   0 24 56 26  0 38 40  12345..  ...I.AL  0.529
TREE3.WAD    E1M1  4  0   3 0 0   7 34 53 14  6 13  3  12.45..  ...I..L  0.557
TREE3.WAD    E1M2  4  0   2 0 0   1 26 51 14  2 11  6  12...6.  B.SI...  0.270
TREE3.WAD    E1M3  4  0   3 0 0   5 30 61 24  5 15  7  .2345.7  ..SIR..  0.322
URBNBETA.WAD E1M1  4  1   1 1 1  41  8  0  0  0  7  3  1234567  B.S..AL  0.222

The brief output has the following sections:

File           The file containing the map.
Map            Which map is being replaced.  Some files (TREE3.WAD,
               for example), contain more than one map.
Play           Play modes supported.  "c" is the number of cooperative
               players, and "de" is the number of deathmatch starts.
Bosses         The number of barons, cyberdemons, and spiderdemons.
Monsters       The number of troopers, sergeants, imps, demons,
               spectres, lost souls, and cacodemons.  "++" will be
               printed if more than 99 of a monster are present.
Weapons        Which weapons can be found in the level: 1=chainsaw,
               2=pistol, 3=shotgun, 4=chaingun, 5=rocket launcher,
               6=plasma gun, 7=BFG-9000.
Equip          Which equipment is present: B=backpack,
               V=invulnerability, S=berserk, I=invisibility, R=rad
               suit, A=computer map (allmap), L=light amp goggles.
RATIO          The difficulty ratio of the map at the specified skill
               level.

Some levels add additional items in multi-player mode.  To see the
brief totals in multiplayer mode, add a 'M' to the end of the -B flag
(so "-B4M" instead of "-B4").

6.   Difficulty RATIO

The difficulty ratio is an attempt to provide some indication of how
challenging a map is, based on the number of monsters and the amount
of ammo in the map.  Total monster hp is the damage required to kill
all the monsters in the map.  Max ammo damage is the amount of damage
that could be done by using up all the ammo in the map.  This assumes
that every pellet from a shotgun hits, and rockets always hit
directly.  The higher the RATIO is, the more difficult the map.

Some numbers from the DOOM episodes:

Average episode 1, "Hurt Me Plenty"               0.177
Average episode 2, "Hurt Me Plenty"               0.399
Average episode 3, "Hurt Me Plenty"               0.374

Average "I'm Too Young to Die"                    0.096
Average "Hey, Not Too Rough"                      0.192
Average "Hurt Me Plenty"                          0.317
Average "Ultra-Violence"                          0.448

Easiest map: E1M1, "I'm Too Young to Die"         0.013
Hardest map in shareware: E1M8, "Ultra-Violence"  0.493
Hardest required     map: E3M6, "Ultra-Violence"  0.738
Hardest secret map: E2M9, "Ultra-Violence"        0.915

7.   Bugs and Limitations

If -respawn is used, the effective number of monsters in the map will
increase because they keep coming back to life.

The RATIO ignores damage that may be done by exploding rockets,
barrels, BFG-9000 blasts, and monsters killing each other.  It also
doesn't take into account damage done by the chainsaw or fists.  A
better measure of map difficulty would probably also use the amounts
of armor and health available (any ideas for how they should be
counted?)

In multi-player mode, there will be slightly less ammo available
because each weapon can only be picked up once per life.  However,
players which die start over with 50 bullets each time and can pick up
each weapon again, so the net effect is probably small.

8.   Information About the Author

You can send comments, money, etc. to me at:

Snail mail:    Randall R. Spangler
                    Caltech 116-81
                    Pasadena, CA 91125

Internet:      rspangle@micro.caltech.edu

I have also written some inexpensive shareware programs - try them
out!  (available by anonymous FTP, or e-mail):

HOWITZER 0.95 (a SuperVGA artillery simulation game, 386 required)
      ftp to ftp.uml.edu, /msdos/Games/Misc/hwitz095.zip
   UNIXCORN 1.3 (enhances any shell or DOS Prompt, for Windows 3.1)
      ftp to oak.oakland.edu, /SimTel/msdos/windows3/unixcn13.zip
      ftp to winftp.cica.indiana.edu, /pub/pc/win3/util/unixcn13.zip

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