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Wolfenstein 3d Faq
Frequently Asked Questions Note:
TABLE OF CONTENTS 0.0
About the FAQ. 1.0
The Wolfenstein Novice Questions (The bunch that new users usually ask). 2.0
Specific questions about the game. 3.0
The FLAMING Section.
(You're annoyed with Wolfenstein because...) 4.0
Map/Graphics Editors Section (messing around with map/graphics files then this section
is for you). 5.0
Wolfenstein Add-On Section. (Discussion
of extra levels/graphics you can get) 6.0
Wolfenstein Bugs & Problems (known to date), and how to fix or get around them. 7.0
Wolfenstein Spin-offs. 10.0
Future Additions To The FAQ. 0.0 ABOUT THE FAQ. 0.1 THE COPYRIGHT NOTICE. I hereby grant the right to anyone who wishes to freely reproduce WOLFENSTEIN-3D and SPEAR of DESTINY FAQ in part or in full in any electronic or written form provided that the author as well as the acknowledged people (Section 8.0) are given due credit. Adam Williamson - new maintainer of Wolfenstein-3D and Spear of Destiny FAQ Date:
Nov 11th, 1993. Ok, It's been a couple of years now since the first release of this FAQ. Wolfenstein-3d has been out and available as shareware for over 3 years. Originally I wrote the FAQ to stem the very large number of posts and questions on Usenet's comp.sys.ibm.pc.games about this game. I must say that I think I've been successful in conserving some bandwidth by provision of this regular (most of the time) article. This FAQ will be availible on the Games Domain WWW site (http://wcl-rs.bham.ac.uk /GamesDomain) and FTP site (wcl-rs.bham.ac.uk) and will be posted whenever I remember (about every month) to the Internet usegroups comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action and alt.games.apogee. I
would like to thank all of the contributors to this FAQ. Now
hear this! Apogee and iD Software have nothing to do with this
FAQ. They do not give me support
with it (not counting some e-mail thanks from J. Wilbur at
iD Software). This is NOT an official
publication of either iD Software or Apogee. The information
contained within this article
is provided 'as is' as I collect it from various Usenet sources.
I do make an effort to check
whether the information is correct at the time of the post,
but as usual no guarantees are
provided. 0.4 HOW CAN THE WOLFENSTEIN FAQ AUTHOR BE CONTACTED? I
can be contacted via Internet e-mail at the following address: 0.5 HOW CAN I OBTAIN THE MOST RECENT VERSION OF THE WOLFENSTEIN FAQ? 1)
Drop me an e-mail (--> See Section 0.4). 0.6 WOLFENSTEIN & SOD RELATED FILES AVAILABILITY VIA FTP. Throughout
this FAQ I'll be refering to some Wolfenstein related files. These can be obtained through
Internet FTP archives. ****** <<<<<< (will be referred to as 'MANITOBA' from now on) >>>>>> ****** I
will not include any information on wolf3d related files unless
they make their way to one
of these sites. (Nope, wuarchive.wustl.edu won't do Sorry!)
If you don't know how to get them
there or don't want to do it yourself or don't have ftp access
then send them to me. I'll be
happy to upload them 1.0
THE WOLFENSTEIN NOVICE QUESTIONS. 1.1 WHAT ARE WOLFENSTEIN AND SPEAR OF DESTINY ? Wolfenstein-3D is a 3-dimensional action game from iD Software. (distributed as shareware by Apogee). Spear of Destiny is the commercial sequel of the same game that includes some enhanced graphics. OBJECTIVE:
Survival/Exploration DIFFICULTY LEVELS: 4 VIOLENCE RATING: PC-13 (profound carnage - analogous to the movies' PG-13) COMMENTS: Impacts visually. Highly addictive. Slighty violent. STORY LINE: In Wolf3D: Basically you're a WWII allied spy imprisoned in Germany and you're trying to escape (full story included with the game). In SoD: Capture the Spear of Destiny from a Nazi stronghold. AVAILABILITY: First part of Wolf3D is shareware. Extra parts can be ordered from the distributor (more later). For Spear there is a 2-level demo version and the full version can be obtained at your local software store. There are now SoD: Missions 2+3 availible as well. STAGES:
WARNING:
Some people have reported being sick after playing or watching
others play (a kind of
motion sickness if you like). --> See 3.7 1.2 WHAT ARE THE REQUIREMENTS TO RUN WOLFENSTEIN? HARDWARE
REQUIREMENTS: OPERATING
SYSTEM & COMPRESSION UTILITY COMPATIBILITY Compatible
with: Stacker: Yes (2.0 & 3.0) 1.3 WHERE CAN I GET WOLFENSTEIN FROM? You
can ftp Wolf3D game from MANITOBA, locating it in /pub/wolf3d . It is archived as a PkWare's
ZIP file (wolf3d14.zip). You can also ftp it from UWP. Look in /pub/msdos/games/id (file 1wolf14.zip).
(Note: ziped with PkZip v2.04g) You must have PkWare's PkUnzip software to unzip the .zip file.
(You can obtain the pkzip/unzip software from garbo.uwasa.fi /pc/arcers filename = pkz204g.exe)
The archive size is approximately 750Kb. There is an unpacking installation with this latest
version (v1.4) of You can also get a full version from Apogee (iD's Wolfenstein distributor). Info on ordering is included in the shareware version. Lately the full version has also been commercialised and should be available from local software stores and other retail outlets (such as K-mart). (This info is U.S only. Other countries may have had it available this way for a long time now). You
can ftp the demo of SoD from the same two sites (file soddemo2.zip).
The archive size is approximately
740Kb. You can get a full version from FormGen (iD's
Spear of Destiny distributor). 1.4 HOW DO I UNPACK SHAREWARE WOLFENSTEIN? You'll
need PkWare's PkUnzip software (version 2.04g) to 'unzip' the file.
pkunzip wolf3d14.zip (Assuming
your pkunzip.exe is on DOS's command path.) 1.5 HOW DO I INSTALL IT TO HD? Through
unarching the program in 1.4 above, an INSTALLATION copy of
the game was placed in the current
directory. Just run INSTALL program supplied to install a runable
copy on your HD. You can
delete the INSTALLATION copy once a runable copy has been made
(to save disk space of course). 1.6 CAN I PLAY IT FROM FLOPPY DISK? You
can play the shareware version of Wolf3D and the demo of SoD
from floppy disk since it's only
about 1.38/1.24Mb (we're talking 3.5" High Density disk
here). You'll have to install
it to a hard disk first and then copy it across to a floppy
disk. The full registered versions
of Wolfenstein and Spear are much too big for a 1.44Mb floppy
(unless you have something like
a 20Mb floptical disk drive :) on which it would easily fit).
The performance of the game running
from a floppy is much the same except when you first load it
up it takes it about a minute
to load up all the graphics/map info, so just wait patiently.
It's a bit slower between the
levels as well. In the game itself there is usually no speed
differential except in certain
parts where it brings in a page of graphics for some wall panels.
You can then notice a split
second pause. 1.7 WHAT'S WITH THE VERSION NUMBERS? The most current version of Wolfenstein 3D is 1.4. The newest version fixes all known bugs (as did 1.1 at the time, etc.) Apart from that there is not much of a difference unless it comes to map/graphics editors. --> See 1.8, 1.9 & 4.X A breakdown of the versions and what the differences are is below. (If you never played Wolfenstein this will sound meaningless, but then again if you NEVER played Wolfenstein then where were you this past two years? ;) NOTE: There may have been some other bugs fixed between the versions which I don't know about, so if you think you know e-mail me. v1.0
- First release (05/05/92) The dates next to versions are the file stamp dates of the game .exe file. They are not the actual market release game dates. There
were other 'internal' changes between versions but they are only relevant The
version numbering of Spear seems to have gone through the same
routine, 1.8 ARE THERE MAP/GRAPHICS EDITORS AVAILABLE, AND WHERE? WHAT ARE THEY? AND WHICH FILES DO THEY CHANGE? Map/Graphics editors can be obtained from our page: Editors No, they are not written by iD or Apogee nor supported by them. (Also --> See Section 4.2) READ
THIS! IMPORTANT! READ! THIS! IMPORTANT! READ! THIS! IMPORTANT! You can even share with the world your own map/graphics creations for Wolfenstein by uploading it to UWP in /pub/incoming/id . (--> See 1.9 for a complete list of iD's directories for that site.) NOTE: You are strictly not allowed to distribute the executable files from the registered full version of the game, i.e. any .exe files. Nor anything from the game for $ unless selling the game to third party (Legitimate registration transfer). The editors have been obtained by reverse engineering the map/graphics files and producing programs that changed those files in a manner consistent with the game requirements of them. The
editor archives are: The last one will let you convert between different versions of Wolfenstein since the map encryption for 1.0 is not compatible with 1.1 and upwards (and you may feel left out if you designed maps before with 1.0 and now have 1.1 or 1.4, etc. Not so! BTW: 1.1 through to 1.4 are map/graphics compatible as known to date.) Also maped41[42][6]/wolfm160 will automatically detect what version of Wolfenstein you have installed so you need not worry if you don't want to convert maps (upgrade/downgrade (!) them). All of these files include ample docs with them, if you already have them and want some tips or help on their differences and shortcomings, then --> See 4.X In order to make the Map editors work for Spear of Destiny, an enhanced version of the .DEF files must be used. They should be obtainable in the same ftp sites as the map editors (file wmapdefs.zip and others). If you can't find them, some minor work will need to be done. Find the wall types (MAPDATA.DEF) and the object types (OBJDATA.DEF) that are undefined and define them in your *.DEF files. The aforementioned editors change the following files: Map
editors: Graphics
editors: My own word (Adam) on level editors:
Basically, GET ONE NOW! They are very, very good. I use mapedit
8.0. I have a regular
conversation going with Warren Buss, one of the writers, and
8.1 is done, but not on
general release. They are adding Corridor 7 support, and
it will be released with a higher
no than 8.1 when this is done. Mapedit 8.0 supports every
single object in wolf3d, and
has many useful features. It also supports SoD and Blake
Stone 3D. Before anyone asks,
there are NO plans for Rise Of The Triad support - it
is too different. Also, levels
are very easy to knock up quickly, but don't. It is not
as bad as Doom (2 months
per level!), but try and think about it. Get the player lost.
Build in traps. 1.9 ARE THERE DIFFERENT SETS OF READY MADE MAPS/GRAPHICS FILES, AND WHERE? If
you are looking for an alternative set of map or graphic files
for your Wolfenstein game then
the sites mentioned in Section 0.7 carry them as well in the
same or sibling directories.
MANITOBA has the add-on maps/graphics/editors, etc. in the
same directory as the game i.e.
/pub/wolf3d . Make sure you look through an index file (normally
00index* or README to see
what is what or --> See 5.1 & 5.2 for a short tour)
At UWP have a look at /pub/msdos/games/id/home-brew
directories. 1.10 HOW CAN I CHEAT IN WOLFENSTEIN?
See our pages by clicking here DEMO RECORDING MODE - This "debugging" feature is not accessed in the same way as the other commands. To record a demo, follow step one from the beginning of this file, and then hold down TAB at the title screen (the one with B.J. hiding from a guard). Unfortunately, there doesn't seem to be any way to display these demos after they've been recorded, but if you've ever had a secret desire to play Wolfenstein 3-D with a big "DEMO" sign at the top of the screen, this is how to do it. Theory: I do not have 1.0 of wolf3d - i use 1.1 - but I think that if you leave it on the title screen long enough, you get a demo, and this is probably what you are recording. And then there's always the MLI (Machine Langauge Interface) cheat. What you do is press L, I and M all together and you get full health & ammo as well as the chain gun and both keys ;) However, it will reset your score to 0! (This also renders the tab-I cheat useless). The equivalent of this cheat for the Mac (I think...the sender did not name system) is typing in BURGER. IMPORTANT: It seems that in later registered versions of v1.4 of Wolf3d the cheat mode has been disabled (appearently Apogee requested it). At the moment I have no additional info to differentiate these two versions of v1.4. If you have any such details (like file dates etc.) drop me a line. Apogee
has also stated that starting with release of their game 'Biomenace'
all their subsequent shareware
game releases will be devoid of any in-built cheat codes. This
is apparently to encourage registering
the game (where the registered versions would have some kind
of cheat mode (???) etc.) 1.11 HOW CAN I CONTACT iD Software or Apogee? If
you have some difficulties with Wolfenstein or Spear that are
unresolved after reading this
FAQ you can send e-mail to help@iDsoftware.com or apogee@delphi.com.
Note that this FAQ is
not produced or in any way sponsored by iD Software or Apogee,
so they are not responsible
for the material included herein. I would discourage asking
them about the add-on products
for Wolfenstein. Mail only if you have a setup, installation
or hardware conflict, etc. 1.12 I THINK I FOUND AN ERROR IN THE FAQ. If
you find some information contained within this article incorrect 1.13 IS WOLFENSTEIN AVAILABLE ON ANY OTHER PLATFORM THAN AN IBM COMPATIBLE? There
is a SNES version (blood changed to sweat, dogs changed to
rats) and a Jaguar (uncensored,
slightly altered graphics) version. Mac version IS now availible,
and uses the Jaguar graphics.
The Archimedes version has just come out. No info on graphics. 1.14 WHERE CAN I FIND VERSION X.Y OF WOLFENSTEIN? If
you're looking for older versions of shareware Wolfenstein then MANITOBA is the place. v1.0
- 1wolf3d.zip If
you want v1.1 (god knows why) you'll have to patch v1.0 using
w3dpatch.zip (--> See Section
5.3) 1.15 WHERE DID iD GET THE INSPIRATION FOR WOLFENSTEIN? The
The idea for Wolfenstein came from an old Apple ][ game called
Castle Wolfenstein that the
iD games liked. They had come up with the idea of the 3D, texture-mapped,
smoothly scrolling
engine, and needed a game to use it with. Castle Wolfenstein
seemed ideal. They couldn't think
of a better name, so their legal guys went out and got the
copyright on the name, and Wolfenstein
3D was born! 2.0 SPECIFIC
QUESTIONS ABOUT THE GAME. 2.1 WHAT DO ALL THOSE GUARDS SAY IN GAME? (FOR THOSE WITH SOUNDBLASTER OR COMPATIBLE) See
our Enemies pages by Clicking Here 2.16 HOW MANY SHOTS DO ALL THOSE ENEMIES TAKE TO KILL? Here is detailed roughly how many shots each normal enemy takes to kill. - Dog - 1 shot, 1 knife hit. - Brown Guard - 1 shot if close up and on target, or hit in back, and 2 if at a distance. If your aim is out it can be 3. About 2/3 knife hits. - SS - About 8 shots or 12 knife hits. - Officer - About 4 shots or 6 knife hits. -
Mutant - About 8 shots or twelve knife hits. 2.17
WHAT WEAPONS DO ALL THOSE ENEMIES CARRY? 2.2 WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE DIFFICULTY LEVELS OF THE GAME? There
are four main differences: There is another minor difference. On the lowest level the 'first-aid kit' sometimes bumps up your health more than on other harder levels. --> See 2.8 & 2.15 for more. NOTE: on the lowest level 'Can I play Daddy?' you
can generally pick off a guard even at long distance with one shot in the general
direction (well, not every time but often). On the hardest
level this usually will
not happen. 2.3 WHAT ARE THE SECRET ROOMS/DOORS IN THE GAME? HOW CAN I FIND ONE? The
secret rooms are like any other room in Wolfenstein except they are accessed by a 'secret passage'
(not really a door). There are certain wall panels which can be pushed (acted on) like a normal
door. The wall will then slide back revealing a passage to another room. Secret rooms are usually
used to store treasure, food, first aid and ammo packs and more powerful guns, i.e. NOTE: There is nowhere in the game that anything vital to completion is hidden behind a secret wall. Keys are just to shortcut routes. iD thought necessary secret rooms would be too hard to find. This is strictly untrue, but the areas it is used (Episode 1, level 8 for example) are in tiny rooms where it is dead easy to find the pushwall. Although
there are no strict guidelines to where a secret room might
be, you can get some slight
hints on where one might be positioned. Since the maps in Wolfenstein
are true (i.e. they're
not warped space) then if you see a block of wall which is
pretty thick and houses no standard
rooms (operated by normal sliding doors) it could potentially
house a secret room. Try first
the obvious places on the walls e.g. Hitler's painting, nazi
banner & other obvious wall
decorations. Some secret panels are in the corners of a room,
others in the middle of a wall
(midpoint of a wall in a standard room). There are also a few
between two objects, like between
two plants or two barrels positioned against the walls. 2.4 WHAT ARE SECRET LEVELS IN WOLFENSTEIN? HOW CAN I FIND ONE? The
secret levels are just another level which has been made a
bit harder to find than others.
To get to a secret level you must take a special elevator (well,
they don't look special
though, in fact in appearance they look like a normal
elevator) from one of the normal
(non-secret levels). Elevators like that are hidden. There's
one secret level per episode (so
there's one in the shareware version too :). 2.5 WHAT IS THAT FUNNY OBJECT/SPRITE IN THE GAME? That
funny object only occurs in the registered 3 or 6 episode version
of the game. It is a sign
saying to call Apogee. See, it was going to be a part of a competition
with the game, like
you find it and then call the distributor (Apogee it was
then) and you could win something
(???). 2.6 WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THE CODES LISTED AT THE END OF GAME STATS? Same
thing as in 2.5 the code is the checksum for your score in
game. It was going to be a proof
that you actually went through the game and obtain such and such
score. 2.7 ARE THERE GHOSTS IN WOLFENSTEIN? IF SO WHERE? CAN I KILL THEM? There
are two kinds of ghosts in Wolfenstein. The Hitler's ghosts
which haunt you in episode 3
level 9 (the boss level where you kill Hitler). You can certainly
kill those. There are
also some funny Pacman Ghosts in episode 3 level 10 (secret
level). You can't kill those
but they can hurt you if you touch them. Just stay clear and
you'll be ok. (Or cheat with
GOD MODE --> See 1.10) In Spear there are ghosts
in the final floor (21). These white
ghosts can be shot, but after a short while they reappear.
They can also hurt you if you touch
them. 2.8 WHAT DO OTHER OBJECTS APART FROM AMMO, FOOD ETC. DO? Umm, well ... nothing really. They're there 'cause they look nice. To
see a list of Usable items in the game, Click Here 2.9 I'VE HEARD YOU CAN DRINK BLOOD IN WOLFENSTEIN? IS THAT TRUE? HOW? You
can slurp up the blood pools and consume the bloody skeletons
if your health falls below
10%. 2.10 WHAT IS 'DEATH CAM'? HOW IS IT ACTIVATED? Death
Cam is a animation replay of the final few seconds of the killing sequence
of some the games
bosses (you know, the huge guards). The only bosses subject
to Death Cam are:
NOTE: Deathcam does not replay your killing, from your viewpoint
- it just shows all the
guy's dying frames from close up, so it is always the same. 2.11 WHAT IS THE JUKEBOX FEATURE OF WOLFENSTEIN? HOW IS IT ACCESSED? The
JukeBox feature of Wolfenstein is just a menu of different
music scores that normally play
through the different levels of Wolfenstein. To
access it press and hold 'm' while Wolfenstein
starts (after you started it from DOS). 2.12 WHAT ARE THOSE MUSIC TUNES IN WOLFENSTEIN? What is the theme music for Wolfenstein 3-D? The tune that opens Wolf 3-D is known as the "Horst Wessel Lied" (Horst Wessel's Song), which was the official Nazi party anthem. Here are the first couple of bars to the lyrics, though further research will follow: (translated from the original German) Raise high the flags! Stand rank-on-rank together.... SA will march with steady, quiet tread.... Historical background: Horst Wessel was an average SA (Sturmabteilung -- literally, Storm Detachment; which was the Nazi goon squad) trooper and local party leader in Berlin. He was killed in a street brawl with Communists in 1930, but not before leaving the words and music to the tune that became the Nazi anthem. It was played along with the official German national anthem, whose tune is still used today, although with different lyrics than what was played in Nazi Germany. Other musical trivia: a few bars of the U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps anthems are played throughout the game. In one of the music pieces, a Morse-code message is played in the background...
The music on episode 1, mission 9 is vaguely reminiscent of
the British National Anthem,
God Save The Queen/King (depending on who is the monarch
at the time). 2.13 WHAT IS THAT MORSE CODE MESSAGE IN WOLFENSTEIN? In Episodes 3 & 6 of the registered version the music seems to include a Morse code beeping in the background. I have scooped the following from UseNet's comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action (I don't know the originator, you know who you are) Here it is: TO
BIG BAD WOLF DE ["de" means "from" in amateur
radio Morse code jargon] 2.14 ARE THERE ANY MORE CHEATS/HINTS AVAILABLE? Yes
Siree! There's certainly that Wolfenstein hintbook you can
obtain for some extra $ (US$
10 I last heard), when you order the full version of the game. It's
supposed to be packed
with hints about the game levels and how to cheat in the
game (--> See 1.10). I don't
know all the details 'cause I don't have it. (Er,
the game's too easy anyway (No flames!
--> See 3.X)) 2.15 THE STATISTICS & RECORDS SECTION (NUMBERS ABOUT THE GAME). Ok, at the risk of repeating myself here goes: The
Wolfenstein game has: The
Spear of Destiny game has: Both
games have: Max
ammo: 99 Max
health: 100 % Score
for brown guards: 100 The
following table shows the par level times for all Wolf3D episodes:
The Boss and Secret levels have no par level time.
The
following table shows the par level times for all SoD levels:
Once again, the boss and secret levels have no par level time.
Extra
life: every 40000 points or if you find the icon. NOTE: Par times cannot be edited with any edit programs I know of - anyone seen one? Average
number of rounds (on 'Death Incarnate' difficulty) required
to kill: 3.0
THE FLAMING SECTION. (YOU'RE ANNOYED WITH WOLFENSTEIN BECAUSE...) 3.1 IT CRASHES. Usually the reasons for Wolfenstein bombing out are these: 1)
You have a hardware conflict with your soundcard. 1 & 2 are discussed later --> See 6.1 & 6.2 If
you mixed Wolfenstein versions or put different home-brew add-on
maps in the same directory
then Wolfenstein might hang since map and graphics file formats are
different from version
1.1 onwards. 3.2 THE SOUNDS ARE ALL SCREWED. Either
your card is not fully Soundblaster compatible or you have
IRQ or DMA conflict. --> See
6.1 3.3 YOU ARE LEFT WITH A GUN AND 8 BULLETS AFTER YOU DIE. Solution 3.4 IT'S TOO HARD. -->
See 3.3 & 3.10 3.5 IT'S TOO EASY. Like
a challenge eh? Check out some home-brew maps. --> See 5.1 You
might also try to reduce
your health with the cheat mode (--> See 1.10) or decide
to play without machine guns.
Take that for a challenge. 3.6 YOU KEEP RUNNING INTO THE WALLS AND MISSING THE DOORS. Sounds
like a major new user disorientation syndrome to me, but could
also be attributed to a slow
computer. See, slower machines sacrifice the frame rate to keep
the gameplay speed constant.
Thus you might miss a few frames here and there and that
will fool you into overshooting
your targets (doors, guards when you're aiming your pistol
at them, etc.) Strafe function
helps here sometimes. You can also try experimenting with various
input devices. Mouse is
more accurate on position but slower when it comes to
movement. Joystick is rather inaccurate
but easy to handle and still slow. Especially your rotation
speed. If you have a Thrustmaster
or other joystick + configurable buttons you can program
these for strafe & run functions.
That should make it a little easier. 3.7 YOU ARE FEELING DIZZY WHILE YOU PLAY IT. There have been a lot of discussion about this phenomenon. In short some people experience dizziness attributed to the game movement. There were many theories, most along the line of motion sickness. Some also said that the animation is too smooth so it fools your brain into believing it to be real. Others said its too jerky and it makes you vomit like being sea sick. Another popular theory is that lack of proper acceleration (like on-off high speed) attribute to the nausea. I will not go into discussion of why. Rather I'll post some steps people suggested. Remedies are not guaranteed to work. There are many, all are experimental and some will have opposite effects on different people. This, it seems, is a very individual problem. a)
Try different
display sizes. Either different size monitors or use the F5
function to vary
the display window. After
I switched machines from 386SX-25Mhz to 486DX-33Mhz I had problem adjusting
too. Everything
seemed "too smooth". Now when I see it on the 386
it makes me want to vomit. Sometimes
you'll have to give it time to adjust. 3.8 IT NEVER GIVES YOU 100% STATS AT THE END OF LEVEL/GAME. Hmm, must have missed some treasure/secret room/enemies. Solution: 3.9 YOU ALWAYS RUN OUT OF AMMO/HEALTH. There's
plenty of ammo/food/first aid around to last to twice the fun.
Problem is knowing where
to find it. Be careful to not leave behind ammo clips dropped by
guards after you kill them.
Its only 4 rounds but it adds up. Sometimes ammo/food/first
aid is concentrated in a couple
of rooms on a level. If you find that cache you'll have
no problems. Some levels have relatively
little food/first aid but lots of ammo. It may be wise
to plan ahead and stay healthy for
that level. You can also plainly waste ammo and overshoot ensuring
you'll be hit as little
as possible. Other levels may have little ammo and lots of food/first
aid. Adopt ammo saving
strategy there. Remember that extra-life sphere
boosts both your health and ammo. Also
--> See 3.10 3.10 YOU CAN NEVER FIND ANY SECRET ROOMS. Secret rooms usually house most of the treasure, ammo and health bonuses as well as machine guns and extra lives. Some "obvious" places where a secret room may be located are between two items (like a barrels, drums, plants, wall art. Sometimes the wall art may be the secret. Look for different wall panels in a wall of one type of graphic. Sometimes it's a corner wall, and other times it could be close to the corner, or at the midpoint on a short wall. They can be just about anywhere. You just have to keep looking and you will discover the secrets of where a particular map maker likes to do things. NOTE:
Some secret rooms have secret rooms within them. Sometimes
secret movable panels can be
moved to block each other. Be careful not to block yourself
in. This is also why sometimes
you cannot get 100% secret ratio for some levels. 3.11 YOU CAN NEVER FIND A SECRET LEVEL. Well, if you read Section 2.4 you'd know that you need to find a secret level elevator to get to a secret level. These elevators are hidden inside secret rooms (that is, behind pushwall passages). They can be pretty darn hard to find without a map. To get you going here's one from episode one. WARNING: SPOILER ALERT!!! SPOILER ALERT!!! SPOILER ALERT!!! SPOILER ALERT!!!
The secret level elevator for episode 1 is on level 1! It is accessible by a series
of secret doors (pushwalls) in the last room of that level
(the room with the normal elevator).
3.12
YOU ALWAYS GET NUKED BY THAT BIG BAD BOSS (GUARD) AT THE END. Note: This section is *far* from complete. Why not send in your hints for wiping those tough guys at the end. Well, here's a general guide submitted by Douglas Bottoms (BOTTOMS_DOGLAS_J@Lilly.com) "Usually,
I try to get as close to the boss as possible, then back STRAIGHT away
from the boss while
firing. Then strafing left or right to hide behind a wall
(or get out of the way)." Note: You will find that most boss scenarios conveniently include blocks of wall behind which you can hide while the boss fires its 'salvo'. Here is a specific one pertaining the Mad Doc at end of Episode 2. Episode
2: This is the Mad Doctor who is creating all the Zombies.
If you go t him straight on
he'll just zap you with his syringes and you'll go all red-eyed
and die. If you go to the
corridor to the left of the room where he's hiding and
wait for him to come out you can
zap him with the old chain gun from the side. There's
also a first-aid kit in there which
helps. Once he's retired back to the room rush out to
the beginning of the level where there
is a secret room (which you will already have opened up) full
of ammo clips and restock
on ammo. Now you can go back in for a frontal assault and
finish him off. This guy doesn't
fire much - I hit him a bit, get out of the way, hit
him a bit, get out of the way... 4.0 MAP/GRAPHICS EDITORS SECTION 4.1 DISCUSSION OF AVAILABLE MAP/GRAPHICS EDITORS. There are 6 map/graphics editors available as far as I know. Mapedit
v4.1 - Written by Bill Kirby (who incidentally retired
from working on his creation).
This is the 'vanilla' version of this editor. Many have changed
this version to produce
their custom 'enhanced' editors with more features etc.
(Thus this version is where the
version tree splits). Mapedit
v4.2 - Written by Ralf Seider (rauh@wrcd1.uni-wcppertal.de) Mapedit
v6.0 - Written by Dave Huntoon & Brian
Baker Mapedit
v8.0 [FAQ editor's choice]
- Written by Warren Buss, David Huntoon and Bryan Baker Wolfmap
- Written by Jan Peter Dijkstra (Sysma Automatisering). Wolfedit
- Written by Bill Kirby (again!). 4.2 RULES TO FOLLOW WHEN EDITING.
IMPORTANT!
READ THIS! IMPORTANT! READ THIS! IMPORTANT! READ THIS! IMPORTANT! First
of all I would like to stress that iD Software and Apogee are
not responsible for the home-brew
add-ons floating around. They will offer you no support
whatsoever if you encounter problems
with them so DO NOT CALL Apogee about them!
Even
when Wolfenstein bombs out with an error message giving you
the 1-800 number of Apogee DO
NOT CALL if you were playing the non-original maps/graphics.
Apogee especially DOES NOT
appreciate it. If you want to get help about it
read the rest of this section. If you find no
clues post to comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action for help. Ok, Here's a few guidelines if you're just starting to play around with the editors. I thought I'd put something down that might save you from screaming ARGHHH!! after a few hours of editing. Most of these are just a few pointers. -
First of all save your work often. This one needs no explanation. - The first floor value in the Mapedit/Wolfmap editor index is the DEAF floor (hex value=6A; this should be annotated in map editors). The guards standing on deaf floors will react only if you pass within their sight (that seems to span slightly less than 180 degrees (~90 either side of their face)). Note: If you mix floors in one room (other than the DEAF floor) then only the floor which connects to the door through which you entered will become active. Guards standing on other floors will be oblivious to you unless you shoot at them (not sure if you can run through them). In a way when you enter through the sliding doors a change of active floor takes place (after the door shuts --> while it's open both floor values are active). A classic example is when you enter a room through a secret door. If the floor in that room is different then no guard in that room will respond to you shooting. If you're still unclear about this here's an explanation by iD's J. Romero (straight from the horse's mouth so to speak): "Wolfenstein 3-D is basically made up of a lot of closed rooms. When you open a door, the guards get a chance to see you and opening the door connects your sound area to the revealed room's sound area, so a gunshot will be heard in both places. Guards in both places will respond to this kind of action".
- Putting an object inside a wall allows you and other actors
to walk through that wall.
Now you know how that guard jumped you from the wall. Editing
the graphics, hints: --> See later part of 4.5 4.3 COMMON EDITING ERRORS (WHAT NOT TO DO AND WHAT THEY'LL PRODUCE).
- You forgot to put an entry position into a level. When
you start that level you'll find
that you can't move around and you see walls in all directions. 4.4 MAP/GRAPHICS FILES VERSION CONVERSION. Map
files version conversion: Graphic
files version conversion: 4.5
EDITORS COMPATIBILITY WITH THE GAME AND EACH OTHER. Wolfmap is compatible with Mapedit, but Mapedit is NOT compatible with Wolfmap. That is, files processed by Wolfmap are not readable by Mapedit. Sometimes
the objects edited do not always appear as they should. An
example is missing sliding doors
when they were placed in the map. The door vacancy is present
instead but you cannot move
through it. Someone suggested that this can by fixed by
changing floor values next to the
object/door in question. You can also move the door to
another place on the wall. I know
it may stuffup your design but it should help. Wolfedit
has no major problems with wall panel graphics. There are some problems
when it comes to
objects such as lamps, dog food, guards, etc. It seems
each object has a 'size' parameter.
Editing the object may overrun that limit. Wolfedit won't
let you save the file if any objects
are at fault. Curiously even editing the colour (shade)
of an object may adversely affect
it. Most importantly though objects need to have
a blank background. This is denoted
by the bright pink background colour in the Wolfedit editor.
(Have a look at some standard
objects that came with Wolfenstein.) 4.6 HOW TO MAKE A HARDCOPY (PRINTOUT) OF THE MAPS. I
recall there are four ways: 5.0 WOLFENSTEIN ADD-ON SECTION. All
of the programs listed in this section can be found on the
two ftp sites mentioned in Section
0.7 Downloads
can be found on the following places: Lastly
if anyone knows of anymore maps etc. let me know eh? 5.1 EXTRA LEVELS. See 5.0 Above 5.2 EXTRA GRAPHICS.
See above Section 5.0 5.3 OTHER ADD-ONS & UTILITIES. -
w3dpatch [1.0 S] - This is an official patch release of the
game to upgrade from version
1.0 to 1.1. 6.0 WOLFENSTEIN
BUGS (KNOWN TO DATE) 6.1 HARDWARE PROBLEMS. - Sound FX all screwed or cut out (SB + compat only). If your sounds are short or hang the machine shortly into the game then most likely you have an IRQ mismatch on your soundcard. Try changing it. Good values are 5 & 7. Also try DMA channel change, although #1 (default) should be ok. ... and don't forget to set your BLASTER variable in DOS like this: (Best to put this in AUTOEXEC.BAT)
SET BLASTER=A220 I5 D1 T4
A=??? port number for your soundcard. -
You get some weird graphics on the screen then later the games
hangs. 6.2 SOFTWARE PROBLEMS. -
Game hangs. Sound hangs on last note. -
Game hangs or refuses to run with memory problems. -
Game hangs at the 'Get Psyched' screen. - Game hangs with some horizontal stripes through the status bar. - Heisen-bug, a glitch. Mostly with the add-on maps. Reboot, probably won't happen again. - Also happens if you mixed versions of the VSWAP.??? file and of the game itself. Make sure you have the appropriate version of the game. -
Game seems to run but all you can see is some weird graphics. 6.3 GAME SPECIFIC PROBLEMS. - 'DISAPPEARING BODIES' phenomenon. This occurs when there are so many enemies in your view at a time that the game stops displaying some. The game engine as it seems is limited to only so many "sprites". Anything beyond that and you won't be sure which guys will start disappearing. This only occurs on a couple of levels in Wolfenstein I think. Be aware if you are editing your own map! There is no fix. The engine is set and iD won't rework it. - 'PUSHWALL MOVES TOO FAR' phenomenon. This is when the pushwall (or secret door if you prefer) moves TOO FAR and blocks your further passage into the room full of goodies etc. I cannot recall if there is one in episode one, but apparently there are at least two places where this occurs in episode 6 - Specifically Episode 6, level 2. NOTE: This does not always happen. That is, sometimes the pushwall will move 2 grid locations, i.e. correctly. Also any interference from guards behind it is not connected with this since that would prevent pushwall moving at all or impede it to move only 1 grid location.
Solution: Well, it looks like there isn't one at the moment.
There was a suggestion of
inserting "stacks 9, 256" in the config.sys file,
but this doesn't seem to help.
The only suggestion is to save frequently and if you experience
the problem, to start over
from the last saved position. Maybe the pushwall moves back
correctly this time. 7.0 WOLFENSTEIN
SPIN-OFFS. In
this section of the FAQ, I will detail the many games which
Wolfenstein has inspired. If
you can't get enough Wolfenstein, get some of these! NB: I
am not including RPG type games
- ie Shadowcaster - as these have taken their inspiration
more from Ultima Underworld. 7.01 CATACOMB ABYSS. This
was an iD game for those with EGA monitors, loosely based on
the Wolfenstein engine. It
was released by Gamer's Edge, who put nowhere near the same
standard of presentation on
it as Apogee would have. The sound was bad - no SB music!
However, all this aside,
Catacomb Abyss is a very good game. It introduced some new
features. You fire fireballs,
of which you have an unlimited number, at the undead enemies.
Ha! Undead? DEAD! You can
pick up spells, such as the machine-gun effect spell, which
streams off a line of fireballs
at the enemy. The graphics are nothing to write home about
- "functional"
is as far as it gets. However, this is highly recommended to
Wolfenstein fans. 7.02 BLAKE STONE 3D. This
was the real sequel to Wolfenstein 3D. Released around the
same time as Doom (oops), it
was set in a futuristic setting. Very similar to Wolfenstein, although
with more enemies,
and some other new features, like food units, "intelligent"
enemies, floor mounted
enemies, remote-linked doors and a cool gun, the Plasma
discharger. Basically a grenade
launcher with a different name. This is a very atmospheric
game which did not get the attention
it deserved at the time, due to the release of... 7.03 DOOM. Wow.
What else can I say. This was (and still is) the ultimate 3D
game. The major differences
between this and Wolfenstein were: 7.04 KEN'S LABYRINTH. This
was knocked up by one guy after playing Wolfenstein, and it
shows. Crap. Crap to the nth
degree. Utter dog-poo. Don't waste the download time. 7.05 HUGO'S NITEMARE 3D. This
is an interesting game, firmly in the Wolfenstein mode. It
puts a more "puzzly"
face onto things. Certain guns are more effective against certain
enemies. Try it if you
liked Enigma for Wolfenstein 7.06 DOOM 2. The
new sequel to Doom, sub-titled Hell On Earth. This added a
few new enemies and a double-barreled
shotgun. It is also insanely hard. You get about 50 enemies
in one room attacking you...on
level 3! The general opinion is that it didn't add enough
to Doom. 7.07 TERMINATOR: RAMPAGE. A
commercial Wolfenstein look-alike by Bethesda Softworks. This
isn't very good, the main
criticisms being that it is: 7.08 CORRIDOR 7. This
is another commercial offering, by Gametek. They licensed the
Wolfenstein engine, and proceeded
to totally mess it up, and produce a boring, slow, repetitive
game. Oh dear...what a wasted
oppurtunity. 7.09 THE FORTRESS OF DR RADIAKI. This
is yet another commercial offering, and has exactly the same
criticisms as the others. 7.10 OPERATION BODYCOUNT. See
above. 7.11 RISE OF THE TRIAD. This
is Apogee's new stunner. It should be released around December (hopefully),
and will feature
digitised enemies, trillions of weapons, massive maps, different
heights, look up/down,
different lighting, shoot everything (windows, doors, walls,
hamsters...)God power up (you
become massive, and Edit:
It has arrived!
ROtT is a good game. It is definitely more like Wolf3D than
Doom - it has its own "feel"
totally. Some people have complained that the "coins"
and little circular things
that replace steps, and jumpads make them feel like Super Mario.
I say what's so bad about
that. There have been very mixed feelings about this, but I
like it. 7.12 HERETIC. This
is a new game, by Raven Software, using the Doom engine. It
should be coming out the same
time as ROtT, and little is known about it other than the fact
that it will be a fantasy
setting (swords and sorcerors). This has arrived
too. This was a bit of a disappointment
on the fantasy side - there were no standard fantasy elements,
it just felt like Doom with
different graphics. It seems, basically, to be a TC (Total
Conversion) add-on to Doom, but
that's no bad thing. Brilliant level design makes this 7.13 DUKE NUKEM 3: 3D. Another
new 3D game by Apogee's new offshoot, 3D Realms. You get the
chance to fly a jetpack. Should
be out first quarter 95. 7.14 SHADOW WARRIOR 3D. Another
3D Realms release. Should introduce some interesting concepts,
like throwing stars. First
quarter 95. 7.15 RUINS 3D. ANOTHER
3D Realms release. Set in a roughly Egyptian style. First quarter
95. 7.16 QUAKE. This
is the one iD are really into at the moment. This is going
to go so far ahead on technology
- one of the iD guys said that it would be sort of like "Doom
= Pong". Among other
things, it will have: 7.17 DESCENT. This
is the game that has taken first-person perspective into a
new dimension - literally! In
this game you are in a ship which can be orientated in
any direction. You are in a maze
of tunnels, which work really well with the engine. You
fly through these tunnels, combating
detailed polygonal robots, destroying the reactor and
getting out before the planet
blows! Totally cool. 7.18 DARK FORCES. Lucasarts
new 3D game, set in the Star Wars universe, featuring a lone
mercenary's (READ: No multiplay)
battle for the rebels. In the demo you play the first level,
involving grabbing the plans
for the Star Destroyer. More news when I actually _play_ the
demo... 8.0 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Lastly I would like to thank all who contributed to this FAQ. In no particular order, thanks go to: Ben
Rudiak-Gould (benrg@ocf.Berkeley.EDU) ????? ????? brown@dgaust.oz.dg.com <<< ( Could not trace this address ) Lastly iD Software Inc. cannot be forgotten since without their efforts this FAQ would never have existed (Buhahahahahaha!) Oh, and did I mention Apogee, the friendly shareware distributors ;) If I forgot your name here then e-mail me a whinge and I'll fix that. * - means grabbed from News posts rather than e-mail so you may not even know you helped with the FAQ ;)
Last, last note from the keeper (Adam): 9.0 REVISION
HISTORY. Changes to the FAQ - for anyone interested and my beta testers (Thank you ;) 2.0
- Initial upgrade. Subdivided the whole FAQ into many sections.
Extensive help on map editors,
extra maps, trivia, etc. Officially started stamping
version numbers on the FAQ. 4.00 - General update of information. 4.10 - Table 2.1 narrowed. "Where did iD Get the idea for Wolfenstein?" added. All occurences of id changed to iD (cos its the logo they used for the old Keen games and it looks cool). Added "Wolfenstein Spin-offs" section. 4.15 - Added "How many hits do all those enemies take?" and "What weapons all those enemies carry?" sections. 4.16
- Added Dark Forces and Descent to the Wolfenstein Spin-offs
section. modified ROTT's and
Heretic's entry in same, due to them coming out. 10.0 FUTURE
ADDITIONS TO THE FAQ. On the agenda are: -
More specific Boss strategies (call on info) So
there! Phew! Adam
(The demon Wolf3d editor!)
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