DEACC.EXE v1.1 by Luc Cluitmans This zipfile contains DEACC.EXE, my hexen script decompiler and this readme file. *USE* Type 'DEACC' without arguments to get the usage info. Examples: DEACC sample.o > sample.acs DEACC sample.o sample.acs DEACC mywad.wad MAP01 map01.acs DEACC mywad.wad MAP01 | more *About Decompilation* DEACC tries to decompile hexen scripts into ACS files. Some info that was in the original ACS source for the script is not available in the compiled form of the script: DEACC will not be able to recover this information. DEACC is not able to: - recover the original variable names - recover any comments - recover the exact source for constructs that can be written in several ways. DEACC tries to generate 'break' and 'continue' statements only if no other construct can be found. I tested DEACC on all scripts of the original Hexen.Wad. The output it produces for each original hexen script was compilable by ACC. When ACC compiled the ACS files produced by DEACC, the resulting behavior lump was exactly equal to the original for all maps (the bug for MAP22 and MAP39 in deacc 1.0 has been fixed)! *Frequently Asked Question* Q: "Hey, I get an error when I try to decompile the behavior of MAP07. What is going on?" A: There is no MAP07 in the original hexen wad! The other missing numbers are: MAP14, MAP15, MAP16, MAP17, MAP18, MAP19, MAP20, MAP29, and any MAPxy with xy>41. *Bugs* None. Well, I know of some constructs that would not decompile correctly, but you probably will not encounter them :-). *Acknowledgements* Thanks to: - Raven Software and id Software for creating Hexen - Ben Morris for the Hexen Specs - John B. Williston for getting me on the track of hexen decompilation *History* 21 November 1995 Released version 1.0 of DEACC 05 December 1995 Version 1.1: - fixed the string variable problem (DEACC 1.0 did not correctly decompile scripts containing string variables, like MAP22 and MAP39 in the original hexen wad). - fixed a few small and barely noticable bugs. *Updates* Updates will be available from ftp.cdrom.com and its mirrors in the 'utils/level_edit/hexen_scripting' directory. *Feedback* If you have comments or bug reports: send me a message via email: L.J.M.Cluitmans@ele.tue.nl Luc.