CONV2HEX 2.0 - Doomworld /idgames database frontend

Title:	CONV2HEX 2.0
Filename:	utils/wad_tools/conv2hex.zip
Size:	36.39 KB
Date:	11/25/95
Author:	Simply Silly Software
Description:	CONV2Hex is a table driven converter like the one found in D! (my other big product). And hey.. I realized that it would take about 3 minutes to convert the DOOM/DOOM2 -> Heretic scripts in D! over to the new format, and make them work for hexen (acutally.. I converted to heretic, then to hexen.. it's a long story). So CONV2Hex was born. Version 2.0 is very powerful. It can now handle around 85% of the different linedef types (see the section on limitations for more information on what it can and can't do), about 50% of the sector types, and all the different textures/things. I've added code to automatically add mega weapons, adjust sector heights (the player in hexen is taller than the player in heretic) and even split up multiple pwads. This converter rocks.... as usual. Now, this converter is designed to be used by PWAD developers to help them bring their levels over to hexen. Although the levels it creates are playable immediately, they may have no exits, or areas may still not function properly.
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Reviews:

Anonymous	Contrary to the above review, it does actually work...SOMETIMES. The program is very finicky and rather buggy, sometimes vomiting a corrupt output wad when given input that works fine within vanilla limits. Seems to dislike non-level resources and large maps, but I'm not totally sure. Also, the conversion rules are often lazy or weird, although the config can be edited. Apparently the program was written as a quick-and-dirty hack, and it shows: this is not release-quality software.	x
Anonymous	Doesn't appear to work at all.	x

View conv2hex.txt

CONV2HEX 2.0
                     doom/doom2/heretic to hexen converter

� INTRODUCTION �

CONV2Hex came about   thanks  to  the  H!ZONE  project.   We  had  been
    developing custom heretic levels for a commercial CDROM.  Unfortunately
    , Heretic never  made  it to retail,  and  H!ZONE  was  converted  from
    heretic, to heretic and hexen.

So, we decided to convert 100 or so of the levels we  created  over  to
    Hexen.  Unfortunately... this  proved  to be a very difficult task.   I
    went out and got the only 2 hexen editors  at the time.  Heth (which we
    eventually used for the actual editing) and DEEP.  Now DEEP was
    suppose to be  able to convert pwads... but it's conversion  was  crap.
    Consisting of simply changing the actual file structure.

So, I improvised and created Her2Hex (released about a week ago).  This
    early converter did  a  fairly  good  job  (converting about 60% of the
    linedef types) but was lacking in features.  Over the next few days, as
    I was converting the levels, I kept  adding  features  to  make  my job
    easier.

CONV2Hex is a table driven converter like the one found in D! (my other
    big product).  And hey.. I realized that it would take  about 3 minutes
    to convert the  DOOM/DOOM2  ->  Heretic  scripts  in D! over to the new
    format, and make  them  work  for  hexen  (acutally..  I  converted  to
    heretic, then to hexen.. it's a long story).  So CONV2Hex was born.

Version 2.0 is  very  powerful.  It can now handle around  85%  of  the
    different linedef types  (see  the  section  on  limitations  for  more
    information on what it can and can't  do),  about  50%  of  the  sector
    types, and all  the  different  textures/things.  I've  added  code  to
    automatically add mega  weapons,  adjust  sector heights (the player in
    hexen is taller than the player in heretic)  and even split up multiple
    pwads.  This converter rocks.... as usual.

Now, this converter is designed to be used by PWAD developers  to  help
    them bring their  levels over to hexen.  Although the levels it creates
    are playable immediately, they may  have  no  exits, or areas may still
    not function properly.

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