HHE v1.1 By Greg Lewis (Tree) gregl@umich.edu The start-up instructions for using HHE are very basic. Follow the easy 3-step list below to get started. If you are having problems with HHE, please read the end of this file for help on some common errors. 1. It's suggested to make a separate directory and store all of your HHE files there. It doesn't matter where you put it or what you call it, as long as the HHE.INI and HHE.EXE files are both in that directory you should be set. 2. Edit your HHE.INI file and change all the necessary parameters to reflect the setup of your computer. This should be as simple as changing a path or two, and filling in the specs for your Sound-Blaster compatible card. If HHE is in a directory called c:\hhe, and your Heretic files are in the directory d:\heretic, you should probably have the following parameters set: editname = d:\heretic\herehack.exe normalname = d:\heretic\heretic.exe wadname = d:\heretic\heretic.wad pathname = d:\heretic patchdir = c:\hhe 3. Now making sure that HHE and the ini file are in the same directory, run HHE. As long as you don't get any errors, you're ready to start experimenting! If you do get any errors about finding the exe or WAD files that HHE needs, go back and double check that the paths are correct in the ini file. That is the most common cause of start-up problems. Some notes to help resolve common problems: HHE works entirely on a separate file, which by default is called Herehack.exe. This keeps your original exe file in its original condition and prevents problems if you need it in its original form later. If you wish to play a modem or network game, however, you will need to rearrange things manually. Probably the easiest way to do this is as follows: 1. Delete the herehack.exe file 2. Copy the heretic.exe file to herehack.exe 3. Edit the hhe.ini file and switch the two lines that say "editname" and "normalname" 4. Load any patch(es) that you want, and begin the game HHE patches must be applied to ALL exes involved in a multi-player game. If any exe does not have the changes made, a "Consistency failure" will occur and the game will abort. Heretic is very careful that all exes are doing the same thing! Patches only save MODIFIED data. Because of this, HHE now asks if you want to reload the original exe data every time you load a patch file. If you answer no to this question, any current changes will REMAIN and the patch you are loading will be merged in. If you answer yes, all the old changes are removed and the patch is loaded fresh. Now you should be all set up. Have fun, send me email if you have any problems and I'll try to help you out.