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// BOOKTEXT : Unix/FLTK Manual Text
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// GL-Friendly Node Builder (C) 2000-2007 Andrew Apted
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// Based on 'BSP 2.3' by Colin Reed, Lee Killough and others.
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// This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
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// modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
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// as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
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// of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
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// This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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// GNU General Public License for more details.
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#define GRN "@C61" // selection looks bad, oh well
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static const char *contents_text[] =
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"@c@l@b glBSPX Manual",
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"@r by Andrew Apted ",
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"@r Updated: JULY 2007 ",
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"@c@m Table of Contents",
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"#L01@c" GRN " 1. Introduction",
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"#L02@c" GRN " 2. Using glBSPX",
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"#L03@c" GRN " 3. Interaction with other tools",
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"#L04@c" GRN " 4. How glBSP Works",
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"#L05@c" GRN " 5. Differences to BSP 2.3",
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"#L06@c" GRN " 6. Contact and Links",
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"#L07@c" GRN " 7. Acknowledgements",
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static const char *intro_text[] =
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"@c@l 1. Introduction",
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"glBSP is a nodes builder specially designed to be used with OpenGL-based",
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"DOOM game engines. It adheres to the \"GL-Friendly Nodes\"",
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"specification, which means it adds some new special nodes to a WAD",
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"file that makes it very easy for an OpenGL DOOM engine to",
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"compute the polygons needed for drawing the levels.",
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"There are many DOOM ports that understand the GL Nodes which glBSP",
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"creates, including: EDGE, the Doomsday engine (JDOOM), Doom3D, PrBoom,",
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"ZDoomGL, Vavoom and Doom3D.#- See the Contact and Links page.",
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"glBSPX is the GUI (graphical user interface) version, which runs",
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"in a window. There is also a command-line version called simply",
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"'glbsp', which is designed to be run from a DOS box (Windows)",
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"or a text terminal (Linux etc). ",
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"glBSPX lets you perform all the usual node-building jobs,",
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"though the command-line version supports some more (rarely-useful)",
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"The current version is 2.24. It has been tested and",
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"known to work on numerous large wads, including DOOM I, DOOM II,",
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"TeamTNT's Eternal III, Fanatic's QDOOM, and many others.",
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"glBSP and glBSPX are Copyright (C) 2000-2007 Andrew Apted. It",
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"was originally based on 'BSP 2.3' (C) Colin Reed and Lee Killough,",
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"which was created from the basic theory stated in DEU5 (OBJECTS.C)",
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"This GUI version (glBSPX) is based in part on the work of the FLTK ",
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"project. See http://www.fltk.org.",
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"glBSP and glBSPX are free software, under the GNU General Public License",
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"(GPL). Click on the the Help > License menu to see the full ",
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"text. In particular, there is ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. USE AT",
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" All trademarks are the propriety of their owners.",
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static const char *using_text[] =
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"@c@l 2. Using glBSPX",
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"The way glBSP operates is pretty simple: it will load the input",
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"wad file, build the nodes for the levels that it finds, and then",
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"save to the output file. All this is triggered when you press",
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"on the big 'BUILD' button in the main window. ",
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"The 'Files' box let you specify the Input and Output filenames,",
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"and the other boxes let you control various aspects about the way",
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"On the bottom of the main window is the text output box, which",
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"shows various messages during node building (stuff that the",
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"command-line version normally prints in the terminal or DOS box). ",
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"Watch out for warning messages, which appear in a red font, they",
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"can indicate serious problems that were found in your levels.",
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"There are five different build modes in glBSPX, which can be",
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"selected in the upper left box in the main window.",
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"Here is a description of them:",
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"Use this mode for general use, e.g you've downloaded a normal",
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"DOOM wad and wish to play it with an OpenGL DOOM engine",
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"(one which is GLBSP-aware, of course). ",
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"This mode will put all the GL Nodes into a separate file with",
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"the \".gwa\" extension. The engine should notice the GWA file",
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"and load it automatically.",
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"The rest of the modes below create a new self-contained WAD file,",
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"which will contain any GL Nodes that are built.",
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"@t GL, Normal if missing",
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"This mode builds the GL nodes, and will detect if the Normal nodes",
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"are missing and build them too when absent. Hence it will keep any",
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"pre-existing Normal nodes, so less work to do, plus the normal",
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"nodes may be better optimised for non-GLBSP-aware DOOM ports.",
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"@t GL and Normal nodes",
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"This mode builds both the GL nodes and the Normal nodes.",
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"This mode builds only the GL nodes, completely ignoring any",
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"pre-existing Normal nodes (even if absent). This mode is",
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"probably not very useful.",
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"The upper right box in the main window contain a set of",
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"miscellaneous options. Some of them only appear when certain",
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"build modes are enabled, because in other modes they would",
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"be ignored. The full set of misc options are:",
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"Shows extra warning messages, which detail various",
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"non-serious problems that glBSP discovers while building the",
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"nodes. Often these warnings show a real",
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"problem in the level (e.g a non-closed sector or",
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"invalid sidedef), so they are worth checking now and then.",
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"@t Don't clobber REJECT",
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"Normally glBSP will create an simple REJECT map for",
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"each level. This options prevents any existing",
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"REJECT map from being clobbered, such as one built by a",
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"dedicated reject building tool (RMB, etc).",
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"Pack sidedefs, by detecting which sidedefs are",
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"identical and removing the duplicates, producing a",
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"NOTE: this may make your level a lot",
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"harder to edit! Therefore this option is most useful",
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"when producing a final WAD for public release.",
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"@t Fresh Partition Lines",
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"Normally glBSP will cheat a bit and",
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"re-use the original node information to create the GL",
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"nodes, doing it much faster. When this happens, the",
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"message \"Using original nodes to speed things up\" is",
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"This option forces glBSP to create \"fresh\" GL nodes.",
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"The downside to reusing the original nodes is that they",
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"may not be as good as the ones glBSP creates, e.g. the",
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"special checks to minimise slime-trails don't kick in,",
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"and the -factor value doesn't have any effect.",
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"The factor value is located just below the Misc options. ",
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"It specifies the cost assigned to seg splits. ",
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"Larger values make seg splits more costly (and thus glBSP tries",
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"harder to avoid them), but smaller values produce better BSP",
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"trees. See the section 'How glBSP Works' for more info. ",
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"The default factor is known to be a good compromise.",
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static const char *note_tc_text[] =
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"@c@l 3. Interaction with other tools",
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"none of the various WAD tools that exist (such as DSHRINK, CLEANWAD,",
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"DEUTEX, etc..) are 'glBSP aware', they will rearrange or even remove",
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"some of the special GL entries, and everything goes pear shaped.",
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"When using a reject building tool (such as RMB), you need to give",
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"the -noreject to glBSP to prevent the good REJECT data from being",
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"@b *** DO NOT: ***",
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"+ Run dshrink on your map WADs at any time!",
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"+ Run cleanwad on your map WADs *after* you have compiled your GL",
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" friendly nodes! (The GL nodes will be removed).",
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"+ Use Wintex/DEUSF to merge map WADs with GL friendly nodes in them!",
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" (The GL node entries will be rearranged, causing problems).",
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static const char *howwork_text[] =
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"@c@l 4. How glBSP Works",
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"A node builder works like this: say you are looking at your level in",
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"the automap or in the level editor. The node builder needs to pick a",
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"line (stretching to infinity) that divides the whole map in two halves",
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"(can be rough). Now cover up one half with your hand, and repeat the",
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"process on the remaining half. The node builder keeps doing this",
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"until the areas that remain are convex (i.e. none of the walls can",
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"block the view of any other walls when you are inside that area).",
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"Those infinite lines are called 'partition lines', and when they cross",
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"a linedef, the linedef has to be split. Each split piece is called a",
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"'seg', and every split causes more segs to be created. Having fewer",
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"segs is good: less to draw & smaller files, so partition lines are",
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"chosen so that they minimise splits. The 'Factor' value controls how",
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"costly these splits are. Higher values cause the node builder to try",
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"harder to avoid splits.",
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"So, each 'partition' line splits an area (or 'space') of the level",
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"into *two* smaller spaces. This is where the term 'Binary Space",
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"Partition' (BSP) comes from.",
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"Another thing: having a good BSP tree is also important, and helps for",
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"faster rendering & smaller files. Thus the node builder also tries to",
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"make the BSP tree good (by making it balanced, and keeping it small). ",
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"If the Factor value is too high, it will care too much about the",
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"splits, and probably make a bad BSP tree. How good the BSP tree is",
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"can be gauged by the output line that reads:",
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"@c@t Heights of left and right subtrees = (12,24)",
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"Lower values are better (the BSP tree is smaller), and values that are",
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"closer together are also better (the BSP is more balanced).",
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static const char *diff_text[] =
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"@c@l 5. Differences to BSP 2.3",
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"As mentioned in the readme file, glBSP was originally based on BSP 2.3. Most of",
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"the code has been rewritten, however, and some features of BSP were",
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"changed or abandoned. Features that are different:",
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"+ This GUI version, glBSPX, is completely new !",
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"+ When the output file is not specified (i.e. no -o option), then",
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" the default output file will be a GWA file with the same name. ",
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" Under BSP 2.3, the default output file would be \"tmp.wad\". ",
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" (This only applies to the command-line version).",
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"+ All code for doing visplane checks has been removed. It was very",
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" complex stuff, and for OpenGL DOOM ports this checking is not",
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" needed. Thus glBSP does not accept the following options that",
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" BSP 2.3 supports: -thold, -vp, -vpmark, -vpwarn.",
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"+ glBSP works on big-endian platforms (like the Mac).",
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"+ The 'just for a grin' special feature where a linedef with tag",
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" 999 would cause an angle adjustment was removed.",
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"+ glBSP has Hexen support.",
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"+ glBSP compresses the blockmap, and can pack sidedefs.",
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"+ glBSP has a much more modular architecture, and can even serve",
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" as a plug-in for other programs.",
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static const char *contact_text[] =
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"@c@l 6. Contact and Links",
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" The homepage for glBSP can be found here:",
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"@t http://glbsp.sourceforge.net/",
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" Questions, bug reports, suggestions, etc... can be made on the",
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"@t https://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=33133",
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"@m Compatible Engines",
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"@t EDGE http://edge.sourceforge.net/",
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"@t JDOOM http://www.doomsdayhq.com/",
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"@t PrBOOM http://prboom.sourceforge.net/",
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"@t ZDoomGL http://zdoomgl.mancubus.net/",
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"@t Vavoom http://www.vavoom-engine.com/",
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"@t Doom3D http://doomworld.com/doom3d/",
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static const char *acknow_text[] =
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"@c@l 7. Acknowledgements",
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"Andy Baker, for making binaries, writing code and other help.",
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"Marc A. Pullen, for testing and helping with the documentation.",
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"Lee Killough and Andr� Majorel, for giving their permission to put",
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"glBSP under the GNU GPL.",
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"Janis Legzdinsh for fixing many problems with Hexen wads.",
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"Darren Salt has sent in numerous patches.",
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"Jaakko Ker�nen, who gave some useful feedback on the GL-Friendly",
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"Nodes specification.",
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"The authors of FLTK (Fast Light Tool Kit), for a nice LGPL C++ GUI",
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"toolkit that even I can get working on both Linux and Win32.",
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"Marc Rousseau (author of ZenNode 1.0), Robert Fenske Jr (author of",
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"Warm 1.6), L.M. Witek (author of Reject 1.1), and others, for",
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"releasing the source code to their WAD utilities, and giving me lots",
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"of ideas to \"borrow\" :), like blockmap packing.",
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"Colin Reed and Lee Killough (and others), who wrote the original BSP",
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"2.3 which glBSP was based on.",
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"Matt Fell, for the Doom Specs v1.666.",
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"Raphael Quinet, for DEU and the original idea.",
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"id Software, for not only creating such an irresistable game, but",
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"releasing the source code for so much of their stuff.",
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". . . and everyone else who deserves it ! ",
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const book_page_t book_pages[] =
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{ contents_text }, // #00
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{ intro_text }, // #01
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{ using_text }, // #02
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{ note_tc_text }, // #03
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{ howwork_text }, // #04
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{ diff_text }, // #05
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{ contact_text }, // #06
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{ acknow_text }, // #07
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