HHE v1.0 By Greg Lewis (Tree) gregl@umich.edu HHE, the Heretic Hack Editor, is capable of heavily restructuring the way Heretic works. It is based on the popular program DeHackEd (v2.2) for Doom, and has almost the same editing abilities, with a few enhance- ments. Peruse the various data tables in the Heretic exe file, and modify them at will. Ever kill a Gargoyle and suddenly see it turn into a Lich? Ever see an evil floating Maulotaur with a hundred thousand hitpoints? Such things are possible, and are limited only by your imagination! Two patch files have been included, SUPRWEP1.HHE, written by Tomasz Kozera, and SAMPLE.HHE. The SUPRWEP1 patch is the Heretic version of the ever-popular arsenal booster patches provided for DeHackEd. The SAMPLE patch is a show-by-example guide to the new text format for patch files. If this is the first time you are running HHE PLEASE SEE THE README.TXT FILE for a few start-up info and instructions. For general help with HHE, read the file HHE.HLP. Disclaimer: the author is NOT responsible for any damage, corrupting, or trashing of the Heretic exe file that this program causes, and assumes no responsibility in the case of any legal action. I've released this program to the public domain without requiring a registration fee for a "registered" version. However I have put quite a chunk of time into this program, and I would appreciate any donations that you are willing to send. My snail-mail address is: Greg Lewis 1205 Sylvan Lane Midland, MI 48640 There was a stir about exe editing programs such as this one several months ago. If you plan on creating any large masterpieces that use HHE patches which you wish to distribute, keep in mind that iD's legal depart- ment considers such patches illegal, because of their software license and copyright. I've decided that HHE will be released as normal, and iD has at a very unofficial level decided to allow patch distribution, however I deemed it wise to give a word of warning. Where to find this file: FTP: The current Id FTP site (ftp.cdrom.com at the moment) in pub/idgames/util/exe_edit BBS: Wolverine BBS, (517) 695-9952 Special thanks also go out to the following people, without whose help HHE would not exist. Thanks a lot for your help, and if I've missed you on this list, just let me know and I'll fix it. Raven and Id Software For writing Heretic, a great sequel to the original Doom. Matt Fell, (msfell@aol.com) Many thanks for the original Doom exe specs, from which DeHackEd (and hence HHE) was born! Bill Neisius (bill@solaria.hac.com) Gave invaluable help with the sound code, which just plain wouldn't work at all without his help. Beta testers: ArchVile (on IRC) For great beta-testing advice, catching several small bugs. Tomasz Kozera (JAKfrost@ix.netcom.com) Wonderful ideas, suggestions and comments, and input on many of the new bits. Chris Brown (BonesBro@aol.com) More input on bits, and suggestions for improvements along the way. Known Bugs: I think there is a problem with Logitech mice, that the mouse only works on the top half of the screen. I'm looking into it, although I'm not sure what the problem is. Version 1.0: The first thing! (Well, not really, since this is a DeHackEd spin-off...) SB sound playing now actually works REPEATEDLY New text-only patch file format Default extension of ".hhe" added to patch files. New Code Pointer editing section Many sundry small improvements