The Little Movie Processing Centre
Uwe Girlich, uwe@planetquake.com
v3.3.0, 1/23/2000, (public release)
This document is the user's guide of The Little Movie Processing Cen-
tre (LMPC). LMPC is a utility to handle DOOM, DOOM ][, HERETIC, HEXEN
and STRIFE LMP files. There is a rudimentary support for Duke Nukem 3D
and Redneck Rampage DMO files. Quake DEM files, QuakeWorld QWD files
and Quake II DM2 files (client recorded, server recorded, relay files)
are supported too. The DEM file cutter tool (DEMcut), The DEM Text
File Analyser (DEMA), The Demo Broadcasting Server (DBS) and The DM2
file concatenator (DM2cat) are part of this package as well.
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction
2. LMPC, The Little Movie Processing Centre
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Command line parameters
2.2.1 Syntax description
2.2.2 Information about a LMP, DMO, DEM, QWD or DM2 file
2.2.3 LMP/DMO/DEM/QWD/DM2 text converter (decompiler)
2.2.4 LMP/DEM/QWD/DM2 binary converter (compiler)
2.2.5 LMP file version change
2.2.6 LMP file player's view change
2.2.7 LMP file ``Wait'' (
2.2.8 LMP file clean-up: ``Pause'' (
2.2.9 LMP file clean-up: ``Save Game'' (
2.2.10 DEM/DM2 file repair: multi-level files
2.2.11 Game type determination
2.3 Bugs and limitations
3. DEMA, The DEM Text File Analyser
4. DEMcut, The DEM file cutter tool
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Batch usage
4.3 Interactive usage
4.4 Commands
4.4.1 Help
4.4.2 Output file
4.4.3 DEM file
4.4.4 Speed
4.4.5 Time
4.4.6 Loop
4.4.7 CD track
4.4.8 Frame
4.4.9 Range
4.4.10 Multi-player preparing
4.4.11 Interactive mode
4.4.12 Quit
4.5 Example
4.6 Problems, ideas and everything
5. DBS, The Demo Broadcasting Server
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Command line parameters
5.2.1 Syntax description
5.2.2 Version
5.2.3 Port
5.2.4 Maximum number of players
5.3 What DBS does
6. DM2cat, The DM2 file concatenator
7. LS format
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Header Area
7.3 Data Area
7.3.1 Movements
7.3.2 Use (LMP only)
7.3.3 Fly and Look (HERETIC and HEXEN only)
7.3.4 Use Artifact (HERETIC and HEXEN only)
7.3.5 STRIFE Artifacts
7.3.6 Jump (HEXEN and STRIFE only)
7.3.7 STRIFE actions
7.3.8 Use (DMO only)
7.3.9 Special Codes
8. DEM source format
9. QWD source format
10. DM2 source format
11. Some links and further information
12. History and future of LMPC
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LMPC is the name of the complete package and the name of the biggest
parts in it: The Little Movie Processing Centre.
LMPC is a collection of utilities to handle old (<=1.4) and new DOOM,
DOOM ][, HERETIC, HEXEN and STRIFE LMP files. There is support for
Duke Nukem 3D and Redneck Rampage DMO files, Quake DEM files,
QuakeWorld QWD files and Quake II DM2 files (client recorded, server
recorded, and relay files) too. For relay files, read the home page of
the Quake II Relay project by Conor Davis (cedavis@planetquake.com)
You can download the package from my Demo Specs page
.
It is based upon the information in the Unofficial LMP format
description , the Unofficial
DMO format description , the
Unofficial DEM format description
, the Unofficial QWD format
description and the
Unofficial DM2 format description
.
Read the apropriate document to find out the exact version numbers
supported by LMPC. I write the format description and the program at
the same time; so if it is described in the specs document, it is in
general supported by the LMPC program.
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With LMPC you can get information about a LMP, DMO, DEM, QWD or DM2
file, change the version and viewing player's number, add some wait
tics at the end, remove the pause tics, clear the ``Save Game'' tics
in LMP files and (this is the main part) you can compile and decompile
a LMP, DMO, DEM, QWD or DM2 from and to a LS file. LS stands for ``_LMP
_Source''. To reduce the amount of new abbreviations I call the ``DMO
Source'' LS too. The language is similar and will be treated in the
same way. The real LS language is documented at full length in the
section ``LS format''. The ``DEM Source'' (see section ``DEM source
format'') and all the more the ``QWD Source'' (see section ``QWD
source format'') is totally different but I call it LS anyway. The
same holds for Quake II DM2 (see section ``DM2 source format'') files.
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LMPC is a command line oriented program. It uses the getopt_long()
function for the command line parsing.
The LMP file convert options (--change-version, --change-player,
--add-WT, --remove-pause and --clear-save) can be used together.
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SSyynnttaaxx::
lmpc
DDeessccrriippttiioonn::
If you start LMPC without any command line parameters you
receive the following syntax message:
Little Movie Processing Centre
LMPC (c) U. Girlich, 1994-2000, Release 3.3.0 1/23/2000 (public release)
lmpc [option ...] filename [filename ...]
-h, --help display this help and exit.
-V, --version output version information and exit.
-i, --info prints out information about the LMP-files.
-s, --to-txt binary/text to text conversion.
-l, --to-bin binary/text, ... to binary conversion.
-v, --change-version VERSION changes the version of a LMP-file to VERSION
(0 means old DOOM).
-p, --change-player PLAYER changes the recording player of a LMP-file to
PLAYER (0..3).
-w, --add-WT SECONDS adds SECONDS (int) WT game tics to the LMP file
-r, --remove-pause removes the game tics between PS and PE.
-c, --clear-save clears SG tics.
-f, --fix-multi fixes multi-level DEM and DM2 files.
-t, --tic FROM(,|:)TO converts only a part of the LMP-file
(in connection with -s only).
-g, --game GAME forces game (GAME=DOOM,DOOM2,HERETIC,HEXEN,
STRIFE,DUKE,REDNECK,QUAKE,QUAKEWORLD,QUAKE2)
short: D2HXSNRQWq (only with -(i|s|v|p|w|r|c)).
-m, --mark-step STEP marks every STEPth tic in the LS file (-s only)
STEP=0 doesn't mark any game tic; default: STEP=1.
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SSyynnttaaxx::
lmpc [--info|-i] infile [infile ...]
IInnppuutt FFiillee::
infiles
DDeessccrriippttiioonn::
LMPC reads each infile and prints out some information like
game, version number, episode, map, skill, number of players,
deathmatch/altdeath, nomonsters etc. Please note: in the old
DOOM format there is no version information, so if you check
e.g. a 1.2 LMP file you receive only the vague information v<1.4
instead of v1.2. LMPC doesn't report any version for HERETIC
and HEXEN LMP files.
This option works for DMO files too. They will be detected
automatically but you can use the --game DUKE option as well.
This option works for DEM, QWD and DM2 files too. They will be
detected automatically but you can use the --game QUAKE, --game
QUAKEWORLD and --game QUAKE2 option as well. The information on
DEM, QWD and DM2 files nearly zero beside the information that
it is actually a DEM, QWD or DM2 file and the number of frames
in binary DEM, QWD or DM2 files.
To get more information of a DEM file convert it into a text
file and use DEMA, The DEM Text File Analyser.
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SSyynnttaaxx::
lmpc (--to-txt|-s) [(--tic|-t) FROM(,|:)TO] [(--mark-step|-m)
STEP] infile txtfile
IInnppuutt FFiillee::
infile
OOuuttppuutt FFiillee::
txtfile
DDeessccrriippttiioonn::
LMPC reads the file infile, converts it to the corresponding
text format and stores the result in the text file txtfile.
infile may be a LMP binary, DMO binary, DEM binary, DEM text,
QWD binary, QWD text, DM2 binary or DM2 text file. Most of the
additional options do work with binary LMP files only.
If the --tic option is used, only the part between gametic FROM
and TO (inclusive) will be stored in the LS file. A missing
FROM means the start of the LMP file and a missing TO means the
end of the LMP file. FROM and TO are separated by a comma (,)
or a colon (:). The MS-DOS version may have difficulties with
comma as a separator because COMMAND.COM (4dos as well) splits a
command line at spaces and commas. The TO part will become a
different argument and might be interpreted as a file name.
LMPC appends at the end of the LS file some useful additional
information. For each player there is a statistics about his
favourite movement codes and the portion of WT. Since you can
achieve with keyboard/joystick only a few special movement
codes, is is very easy to detect, if the player used a keyboard
or a mouse. Some newbies don't use strafe, so LMPC shows also
this handicap. The statistic takes in account always the full
LMP file.
From the favourite movement codes you can easily deduce the
number behind a prospective -turbo parameter.
If the --mark-step option is used LMPC will mark every STEPth
game tic with the tic-number and the current time. The default
STEP value is 1. If STEP=0 no marks are printed at all.
Any --mark-step option in conjunction with a binary DEM, QWD and
DM2 files is a special debug-option. It includes in the text
file the frame number and the starting address of all messages.
This option may be removed or changed in future releases.
The --fix-multi option can be used together with --to-txt to
repair the broken multi-level DEM and DM2 files.
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SSyynnttaaxx::
lmpc (--to-bin|-l) infile [infile ...] binfile
IInnppuutt FFiillee::
infiles
OOuuttppuutt FFiillee::
binfile
DDeessccrriippttiioonn::
LMPC reads the first file, determines the game type and compiles
a binary file out of all the files on the command line. The
binary (destination) file is always the last argument.
This option works with LMP text files, DEM text, DEM binary, QWD
text, QWD binary, DM2 text and DM2 binary files as input files
only. LMPC can handle more than 1 input file with LMP text files
only.
For combination of DEM files use DEMcut.
The --fix-multi option can be used together with --to-bin to
repair the broken multi-level DEM and DM2 files.
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SSyynnttaaxx::
lmpc (--change-version|-v) VERSION lmpfile1 [lmpfile2]
IInnppuutt FFiillee::
lmpfile1
OOuuttppuutt FFiillee::
lmpfile1 or [lmpfile2]
DDeessccrriippttiioonn::
LMPC reads the binary LMP file lmpfile1, changes the version
number byte in lmpfile1 to the appropriate value or stores the
result in lmpfile2.
The VERSION can be the version byte itself (0 for the old LMP
files) or anything like 1.4beta, 1.9 or whatever.
There is no guarantee for a special LMP file to work with the
new version!!
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SSyynnttaaxx::
lmpc (--change-player|-p) PLAYER lmpfile1 [lmpfile2]
IInnppuutt FFiillee::
lmpfile1
OOuuttppuutt FFiillee::
lmpfile1 or [lmpfile2]
DDeessccrriippttiioonn::
LMPC reads the LMP file lmpfile1, changes the number of the
player (0..3: new DOOM, DOOM ][; 0..7: STRIFE) with the main
view (status bar, sound) in lmpfile1 or stores the result in
lmpfile2.
To change only the main player byte works only with new LMP
files, since old ones are always recorded from the view of the
first player (no. 0) and there is no information about this in
the header.
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SSyynnttaaxx::
lmpc (--add-WT|-w) SECONDS lmpfile1 [lmpfile2]
IInnppuutt FFiillee::
lmpfile1
OOuuttppuutt FFiillee::
lmpfile1 or [lmpfile2]
DDeessccrriippttiioonn::
LMPC reads the lmpfile1 and adds at the end
SECONDS * 35 * player number
empty (WT) game tics. This results in a SECONDS seconds longer LMP
file.
With lmpfile2 the result will be written in lmpfile2. Without this
parameter, lmpfile1 will be changed.
This option is very useful for contest LMP files with a long
visible summary screen.
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SSyynnttaaxx::
lmpc (--remove-pause|-r) lmpfile1 [lmpfile2]
IInnppuutt FFiillee::
lmpfile1
OOuuttppuutt FFiillee::
[lmpfile2]
DDeessccrriippttiioonn::
LMPC reads the lmpfile1 and copies all game tics to lmpfile2.
During the copy process LMPC scans the contents for Pause Start
game tics (PS) and Pause End game tics (PE).
The PS game tic will be copied to lmpfile2 but with an empty
``use byte''; the game tics between PS and PE (inclusive PE)
wont be copied.
Without the second filename LMPC will write to a temporary file
and replaces at the end lmpfile1.
The game tic numbers of PS and PE are printed during the
conversion.
You may have difficulties with the play back of such a patched
LMP file. This is the case if you patch a LMP file of a level
with a revenant (skeleton). The revenant uses a random number
generator to choose between a self controlled rocket and a
normal rocket. The input of this generator are the last two bits
of the game tic number. This means you have to make sure that
you cut a number of game tics divisible by 4. In general this is
impossible so do not use pause in levels with a revenant. An
arch vile makes similar difficulties but I don't even know how
to prevent it.
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SSyynnttaaxx::
lmpc (--clear-save|-c) lmpfile1 [lmpfile2]
IInnppuutt FFiillee::
lmpfile1
OOuuttppuutt FFiillee::
[lmpfile2]
DDeessccrriippttiioonn::
LMPC reads the lmpfile1 and copies all game tics to lmpfile2.
During the copy process LMPC scans the contents for Save Game
game tics (SG). Every SG command will be cleared. With lmpfile2
the result will be written in lmpfile2. Without this parameter,
lmpfile1 will be changed.
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SSyynnttaaxx::
lmpc (--fix-multi|-f) demofile
IInnppuutt FFiillee::
demofile
OOuuttppuutt FFiillee::
demofile
DDeessccrriippttiioonn::
Quake and Quake II have problems with the playback of multi-
level recordings. They usually stopp at the first level change.
Read more about the background in the recording FAQ
.
If the --fix-multi parameter comes without any conversion option
on the command-line, LMPC repairs the demo file in question "in-
place". This means LMPC overwrites the bad commands with nop or
print.
The --fix-multi option can be used together with --to-bin and
--to-txt. LMPC removes the offending commands in this case.
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SSyynnttaaxx::
lmpc (--info|
--change-version|
--change-player|
--to-txt|
--add-WT|
--remove-pause) (--game|-g) GAME binfile [filename ...]
IInnppuutt FFiillee::
binfile
OOuuttppuutt FFiillee::
action dependent
DDeessccrriippttiioonn::
LMPC determines the game type of a LMP (binary), DMO (binary),
DEM (text and binary), QWD (text and binary) or DM2 (text and
binary) file very good. But it can't good distinguish between
HERETIC/HEXEN and old DOOM LMP files. Moreover it can't
distinguish at all between DOOM ][ Map 1-9 and new DOOM Episode
1 LMP files. The latter case is not very important but the first
is more severe. To force LMPC to use a particular game type use
--game. GAME can be DOOM, DOOM2, HERETIC, HEXEN, STRIFE, DUKE,
REDNECK, QUAKE, QUAKEWORLD or QUAKE2 or the short form D, 2, H,
X, S, N, R, Q, W or q.
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To distinguish between old DOOM, HERETIC and HEXEN LMP files I use a
simple turn-byte-average algorithm. This fails, if the LMP file is too
short or you turn always in the same direction and never go forward.
Due to the header change in HEXEN 1.1, it is nearly impossible to
distinguish fast between HERETIC and HEXEN 1.1 LMP files. LMPC looks
then at the file date and treats files with an creation year >=1996 as
HEXEN and all others as HERETIC files. This is totally stupid but what
else can I do?
LMPC supports client side recorded DM2 files, DM2 files recorded by
the console command _s_e_r_v_e_r_r_e_c_o_r_d (working from Quake II version 3.15)
and the RLA file used by the Quake II Relay project. One single DM2
file can even contain parts from all these sides. Quake II may only
playback client side recordings.
If you produced a good recording file (at least some minutes and with
some action) and LMPC can not detect the game type, please send it to
me. Up to a corrected version make sure to use the --game option.
Some hints to solve the problem are welcome as well.
The *number repeat code in LS files really repeats this line number
times and does not care about multi player-game tics.
The MS-DOS binary of LMPC converts all file names to lower case to
simplify the name handling. The tolower C-function doesn't converts
any kind of special characters like oe or e. This can cause some
severe data lost.
I use a redundancy in DEM files to detect Quake cheaters. My simple
check will fail if the player gets hit and he gets a medikit at the
very same time. This can happen, if a player is standing over a
medikit, when the hit comes.
Some versions of Quake use a slightly different DEM format.
LMPC/DEMcut can read this ``new'' format but they write the old 1.06
format. SQuake 1.07 for Linux behaves similar: it writes the old
format but can play back the old and the new format.
Keygrip 2 writes DM2 files with non-conform bit mask values in ssoouunndd,
ssppaawwnnbbaasseelliinnee and ppaacckkeetteennttiittiieess messages. LMPC tries its best to
decompile even such bad files too but it may well be, that some other
messages with bit masks have the same problem.
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To analyse a DEM file convert it into a text file and use DEMA. DEMA
is a very simple Perl script, which may give you the time per level,
the level name and the average frame time (client update time).
This Perl script is total incomplete but it may be helpful yet. There
are no command line switches. You have to edit the script to change
the summary.
I wrote DEMA in Perl, which is very good at pattern matching and
extraction. I will _n_e_v_e_r write a C version, so write one yourself or
install Perl.
The main aim of DEMA is to show a sample framework for any kind of DEM
text analysing.
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DEMcut is the DEM file cutter tool. I don't know anything about movie
cutting whatsoever but DEMcut should help you a lot cutting parts out
of a DEM file, putting different DEM files together or using some
special effects like slow-motion or backward moving of particular
scenes.
DEMcut does all this and much more in a very easy way: It gets the
names of all DEM files to be processed from the command line and reads
from ``Standard In'' commands to manipulate them. During the
manipulation DEMcut writes one or more DEM files.
A good knowledge of DEM files is required to use DEMcut. DEMcut
doesn't do any checks to prevent you from creating non-working files.
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The easiest way to use DEMcut is with a cutting list batch file. This
file should contain all commands to be processed and can even have
some comments why you did something like you did it. Use any text
editor for this and start DEMcut with an input redirection.
demcut demfile1.dem demfile2.dem < commands.txt
DEMcut starts, reads in all DEM files from the command line and reads
the commands from the command file. All messages (every command pro-
duces a message after completion) from DEMcut go to the screen or may
be redirected to a logging file as well.
demcut demfile1.dem demfile2.dem < commands.txt > output.log
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One of the best feature of DEMcut is the possibility to do an
interactive analysis of DEM files. The interactive mode is not
compiled in on systems without support for named pipes. It runs with
Unix and Linux but not on MS-DOS, Win32 etc.
I will describe now the Linux use. First you have to create a named
pipe in the directory where your Quake copy reads its DEM files from.
mkfifo fifo.dem
Now start Quake (make sure to use xquake and and not xf86quake) in a
window as usual and playdemo this named pipe.
playdemo fifo
Quake tries now to read a demo out of fifo.dem but there is nothing to
read in: it stops.
Now comes the appearance of DEMcut. Open a new window and start DEMcut
with the DEM file of your interest.
demcut mydem.dem
DEMcut reads in mydem.dem, does some preprocessing and waits for
input. The first thing to do is to direct all output to the named
pipe.
o fifo.dem
Now create the start of a normal DEM file with CD track and level ini-
tialisation.
c -1\n
r 0 2
It's unbelievable but Quake starts now the level and waits for further
actions. Now play around with different ranges, speed tests or back-
ward movements. Don't forget to put the disconnect frame at the end.
Quake will usually play immediately what you intend but the Quake
client time stands still after playing, so all the active sound
patches will be repeated over and over and the Quake doesn't redraw
its window.
This is the point where the ``interactive mode'' comes in: DEMcut
changes its behaviour with the command
i 1
This repeats the last frame sent to Quake but with an ongoing time.
The interactive mode allows you to type in new commands during a range
command.
Now you can fast forward wind and rewind to find out all the frame
numbers of interest. In another window you can now edit your cutting
list batch file and run this file for cutting the final product.
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There are not too many commands but they are very powerful. The
command language is line oriented: one line means one command.
Comments start with `#', empty lines or lines with wrong commands will
be ignored as well. DEMcut prints a short response after finishing a
command to stdout.
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SSyynnttaaxx::
h
DDeessccrriippttiioonn::
DEMcut prints a _v_e_r_y short online help. If `i' (interactive
mode) isn't listed, your operating system doesn't support named
pipes and the interactive mode is left out.
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SSyynnttaaxx::
o filename
DDeessccrriippttiioonn::
Writes further output to this file. The old output file (if
there was one) will be closed. If the output file can't be
written (permission denied), DEMcut bombs back to the OS shell
without any warning. I may do a check in the future.
QQuueerryy ssyynnttaaxx::
o
DDeessccrriippttiioonn::
Prints the current output file name.
DDeeffaauulltt vvaalluuee::
demcut.dem
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SSyynnttaaxx::
d filename
DDeessccrriippttiioonn
Selects this DEM file as source.
QQuueerryy ssyynnttaaxx::
d
DDeessccrriippttiioonn::
Prints the current input DEM file name.
VVaalluuee rraannggee::
Any DEM file name. DEMcut generates an error, if the file is not
a good DEM file.
DDeeffaauulltt vvaalluuee::
First DEM file from the command line. If there was no valid DEM
file on the command line the d query command generates an error.
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SSyynnttaaxx::
s speed
DDeessccrriippttiioonn::
Speeds up all further output by this factor. speed>1 increases
the play-back speed, speed<1 slows the play-back down.
VVaalluuee rraannggee::
speed may be any positive float value.
QQuueerryy ssyynnttaaxx::
s
DDeessccrriippttiioonn::
Prints the current speed.
DDeeffaauulltt vvaalluuee::
1.0
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SSyynnttaaxx::
t time
DDeessccrriippttiioonn::
Sets the current time.
VVaalluuee rraannggee::
time may be any positive float value.
QQuueerryy ssyynnttaaxx::
t
DDeessccrriippttiioonn::
Prints the current time.
DDeeffaauulltt vvaalluuee::
0.0
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SSyynnttaaxx::
l loop-count
DDeessccrriippttiioonn::
Sets the loop count. Every further frame will be written loop-
count times to the output. The time goes forward as usual.
VVaalluuee rraannggee::
loop-count may be any positive integer value.
QQuueerryy ssyynnttaaxx::
l
DDeessccrriippttiioonn::
Prints the current loop count.
DDeeffaauulltt vvaalluuee::
1
44..44..77.. CCDD ttrraacckk
SSyynnttaaxx::
c track
DDeessccrriippttiioonn::
Write the CD track string to the current output. If the CD track
string doesn't end with whitespace (`\t', `\r', `\n', `\f'), an
`\n' will be silently appended. Don't forget this command at the
beginning of every DEM file (like it happened with finesc5.dem
of the Eschaton movie).
QQuueerryy ssyynnttaaxx
c
DDeessccrriippttiioonn::
Prints the current CD track string.
DDeeffaauulltt vvaalluuee::
-1\n
44..44..88.. FFrraammee
SSyynnttaaxx::
f frame-number
DDeessccrriippttiioonn::
Writes the selected frame to the output. This frame gets the
current time. The time will be increased afterwards by the
frame duration divided by the current speed. The whole process
will be repeated as much as the current loop count states.
The frame command stops in interactive mode a running range
command.
VVaalluuee rraannggee::
frame-number can be any integer number between 0 and the maximum
frame number in the currently selected DEM input file.
QQuueerryy ssyynnttaaxx::
f
DDeessccrriippttiioonn::
Prints the current frame number.
DDeeffaauulltt vvaalluuee::
0
44..44..99.. RRaannggee
SSyynnttaaxx::
r range-start range-end
DDeessccrriippttiioonn::
Writes the selected range of frames to the output. Every frame
gets the current time. The time will be increased after each
frame by the frame duration divided by the current speed. Every
frame will be repeated as much as the current loop count states.
In interactive mode you can use any commands during a running
range command (i.e. speed change). The range command can be
stopped in interactive mode by a new range command or a frame
command.
VVaalluuee RRaannggee::
range-start and range-end may be any integer number between 0
and the maximum frame number in the currently selected DEM input
file. range-end may even be smaller than range-start. If they
are equal the result is the same as with the frame command.
QQuueerryy ssyynnttaaxx::
r
DDeessccrriippttiioonn::
Prints the current range.
DDeeffaauulltt vvaalluuee::
0, last frame number of the first DEM file from the command
line.
44..44..1100.. MMuullttii--ppllaayyeerr pprreeppaarriinngg
SSyynnttaaxx::
m multi-start multi-end
DDeessccrriippttiioonn::
Grabs out of the defined frame range all uuppddaatteennaammee and
uuppddaatteeccoolloorrss messages and writes all these messages together
with the camera angles of the last written frame to the output.
It doesn't write anything if there was no uuppddaatteennaammee or
uuppddaatteeccoolloorrss message in the defined frame range.
Everyone, who ever tried to concatenate different multi-player
DEM files knows the problem: The ``actors'' log in to the server
in a different order and so they get every time different player
numbers. If one tries to assemble all these files together one
will end up with the wrong colour scheme because all players
stick to the colour, number and name from the very first
recording. The only solution is to insert the right name and
colour definition of each part in the final product. And this
does the ``m'' command.
VVaalluuee RRaannggee::
multi-start and multi-end may be any integer number between 0
and the maximum frame number in the currently selected DEM input
file. multi-end may even be smaller than multi-start.
QQuueerryy ssyynnttaaxx::
m
DDeessccrriippttiioonn::
Prints the current multi-player range.
DDeeffaauulltt vvaalluuee::
0, last frame number of the first DEM file from the command
line.
44..44..1111.. IInntteerraaccttiivvee mmooddee
SSyynnttaaxx::
i inter
DDeessccrriippttiioonn::
Toggles the interactive mode. The frame and the range command
will be affected by the interactive mode. This command is not
implemented on all systems. Use the help command (`h') to find
it out.
DEMcut continues to write (under certain conditions) the last
written frame with an ongoing time. This feature is useful for
an interactive use only (as the command name suggests). DEMcut
remembers the (real) time, when the last frame written to Quake
is finished. If up to this time came no new command (this is the
normal case in interactive use) and the interactive mode is on,
DEMcut writes the last frame again. But the time stamp of this
frame goes on and on. So Quake gets always new frames and
doesn't stop. This is extremely important for users with many
overlapping windows (like me): Quake refreshes its window in an
normal working state only. It is very interesting to see what
happens in the Quake window, if it gets always the same frame
but the time goes on. This shows us the different sources of
movement: particles (blood traces) are totally moved by the
client (they continue to move ), gibs are frozen in the air
(they are real entities) and the weapon moves up and down as
usual (client driven). DEMcut does not allow to repeat frames
which change the signon number (frame 0, 1 or 2 of a normal DEM
file). Neither does it repeat the ddiissccoonnnneecctt frame.
The range command may be interrupted by other commands. You need
this for looking at the current frame number (frame command
without new frame number), for changing the current playback-
speed etc. A new frame or range output command stops the running
range command.
VVaalluuee RRaannggee::
0 (interactive mode off) or 1 (interactive mode on).
QQuueerryy ssyynnttaaxx
i
DDeessccrriippttiioonn::
Prints the current interactive mode.
DDeeffaauulltt vvaalluuee::
0
44..44..1122.. QQuuiitt
SSyynnttaaxx::
q
DDeessccrriippttiioonn::
Closes the output file and quits DEMcut.
44..55.. EExxaammppllee
A very easy task is to create a DEM file, which shows with double
speed the reversed actions of the well-known demo ``Ranger Gone Bad
][: The Assault'' (created by United Rangers Films).
To do this start DEMcut with
demcut rgb2.dem
and type in (or much simpler use a text file and redirection)
# this is a comment, I love comments
# select the output
o rgb2rev.dem
# select the input (not really necessary)
d rgb2.dem
# speed things up
s 2
# write the CD track
c -1\n
# write the starting frames (level init is in 0,1 and 2)
r 0 2
# write all frames in reversed order (actions are in 3..7330)
r 7330 3
# write the disconnect frame (is the last one)
f 7331
# quit
q
This creates the new DEM file rgb2rev.dem with the desired content.
44..66.. PPrroobblleemmss,, iiddeeaass aanndd eevveerryytthhiinngg
The current implementation of DEMcut is full of deficiencies but
anyway, it works.
+o The synchronisation between DEM output and the ``real'' time in the
interactive mode is made using polling technique. It should be
alarm(2) controlled.
+o I'm thinking about the possibility to incorporate the fake Quake
server of DBS in DEMcut to remove the FIFO dependency. Interactive
work could then mean: fiddling at this server and a Quake client of
any architecture serves as a monitoring screen (after connect to
this server at the same or any other machine).
+o Please use a real OS for DEMcut. The preparing phase at the start
of DEMcut for rgb2.dem takes at my P133 8 seconds with Linux but 17
seconds with MS-DOS.
+o The Mingw32 (Win32 without cygwin.dll) version of DEMcut
(demcutm.exe) may be totally broken. I never tested it and have no
access to a Win32 system to check it. If someone really wants a
working version for such a OS, please find the problem yourself.
55.. DDBBSS,, TThhee DDeemmoo BBrrooaaddccaassttiinngg SSeerrvveerr
55..11.. IInnttrroodduuccttiioonn
DBS is a fake Quake server, which shows every connected client a DEM
file. This server is absolute alpha code. It prints a hell of debug
messages and doesn't know the full Quake network protocol. I think the
name is crap and I will change it. Please send me ideas.
The source of DBS relies on some low-level Unix network routines. I
may get it to work in Win32 some day with the Cygwin API but don't
expect a plain Win32 version.
55..22.. CCoommmmaanndd lliinnee ppaarraammeetteerrss
DBS is a command line oriented program. It uses the getopt_long
library for the command line parsing. DBS doesn't stop for itself. Use
Control+C to stop it.
55..22..11.. SSyynnttaaxx ddeessccrriippttiioonn
SSyynnttaaxx::
dbs [--help|-h]
DDeessccrriippttiioonn::
If you start DBS without any command line parameters or the help
parameters you receive the following syntax message:
Demo Broadcasting Server
DBS (c) U. Girlich, 1997-98, Release 3.3.0 1/23/2000 (public release)
dbs [option ...] demfile
-h, --help display this help and exit.
-v, --version output version information and exit.
-p, --port defines an UDP port for the server.
-m, --max-player defines the max. number of players.
55..22..22.. VVeerrssiioonn
SSyynnttaaxx::
dbs (--version|-v)
DDeessccrriippttiioonn::
DBS prints a version message and quits.
55..22..33.. PPoorrtt
SSyynnttaaxx::
dbs (--port|-p) PORT ...
DDeessccrriippttiioonn::
DBS uses by default the UDP port 26000 for the communication.
This value can be overwritten with this option.
55..22..44.. MMaaxxiimmuumm nnuummbbeerr ooff ppllaayyeerrss
SSyynnttaaxx::
dbs (--max-players|-m) MAX_PLAYERS ...
DDeessccrriippttiioonn::
DBS allows by default 16 players to connect and view the DEM
file. This value can be overwritten with this option. The
internal limit for the number of players is 255 because the
Quake Network protocol reserves only an unsigned char for the
number of players.
55..33.. WWhhaatt DDBBSS ddooeess
Nowadays are so many fake clients out there but not a single fake
server. A proxy is not a real server because it is a client for
another server. So I decided to analyse the network protocol, learnt
something about UDP programming and wrote my own server. I hope to
include some parts of this server into DEMcut, a feature which lacks
some GUI DEM file editors up to now.
DBS mimics the behaviour of a normal Quake server. This means you can
check the server with your favourite spy tool. The next step is to log
in. This works as usual (you get your private UDP port and so on) but
DBS ignores all client movement packets and sends to the client only
the converted DEM packets of a prepared DEM file.
A small problem are the camera messages in the DEM packets. They come
into the DEM file at the client side and not from the server over the
network. Therefore I included in every packet an additional setangle
message with the current camera angles.
This means, that you can't get the original DEM file by client (or
proxy) recording.
I hope to stabilise the server much more and think of a selection menu
at the beginning where a client may select the DEM file (``channel'')
of interest. I call it DoD (Demo on Demand).
66.. DDMM22ccaatt,, TThhee DDMM22 ffiillee ccoonnccaatteennaattoorr
DM2cat is a simple Perl script to concat multiple binary DM2 files
together to a single multi-level DM2 file.
It does this by simpy removing the last 4 bytes (the eennddbblloocckk) from
each DM2 file.
The main aim of DM2cat is to show a sample framework for any kind of
binary DM2 file manipulation.
77.. LLSS ffoorrmmaatt
This chapter describes the ASCII text based source of a LMP or DMO
file. I created this language for myself. This means neither id
Software nor 3D Realms use this for game development or the like. It
is simply a way to show what is in these miraculous recording files.
77..11.. IInnttrroodduuccttiioonn
The LMP Source format (LS) is a (ASCII text based) readable
description of the contents of a (binary) LMP or DMO file.
LMPC produces (with --to-txt) a well formatted LS file. So you can
learn by example. I hope, that the text parser in LMPC (with --to-
bin) can parse most LMP source. It can't parse DMO source files.
+o The LS language is a line oriented language.
+o Empty lines are ignored.
+o The keywords aren't case sensitive.
+o The characters between # and ``new line'' will be ignored.
+o ``new line'' can be 0x0A or 0x0D0A.
At the very beginning of a LS file (produced by lmpc --to-txt) there
are some comment lines with derived information:
LLMMPP
DOOM (][) LMP file: filename of the LMP file
Number of players: derived from the number of used colours
Total play time: derived from the number of game tics
Number of game tics: derived from the file length
DDMMOO
Duke Nukem 3D DMO file: filename of the DMO file
Total play time: derived from the number of game tics
Number of game tics: taken from the header, it stays better in a comment
77..22.. HHeeaaddeerr AArreeaa
The Header Area starts with the keyword HeaderStart and ends with the
keyword HeaderEnd.
Between HeaderStart and HeaderEnd there are lines with general
information about the LMP or DMO file:
GGaammee::
game type (DOOM, DOOM ][, HERETIC, HEXEN, STRIFE, Duke Nukem 3D,
Redneck Rampage)
VVeerrssiioonn::
version number or version byte (new DOOM/DOOM ][, STRIFE) or 0
(old DOOM/HERETIC/HEXEN), the real version for Duke Nukem 3D and
Redneck Rampage
SSkkiillll::
player skill (LMP: 1-5, DMO: 1-4)
EEppiissooddee::
episode (DOOM/HERETIC/Duke Nukem 3D: 1-4, DOOM ][/HEXEN: 1, not
in STRIFE), Redneck Rampage: 1 (I don't know it better yet,
should be 1-4)
MMaapp::
starting map (DOOM/HERETIC/Duke Nukem 3D: 1-9, DOOM ][: 1-32,
HEXEN 1-40, STRIFE: 32-??), Redneck Rampage: 1-11
In multi-player LMP files comes now a table with the colours (0-3) of
the players (0-3) (0-7 in STRIFE and HEXEN 1.1)
Player0: Colour of player 0
Player1: Colour of Player 1
etc.
PPllaayyeerr::
Number of players (does exist in DMO source only)
The following lines are special for new DOOM, DOOM ][ and STRIFE LMP
files.
MMuullttiiRRuullee::
Multi-Player Playing Rule (Cooperative, DeathMatch or Altdeath)
RReessppaawwnn::
number (This line appears only if the LMP was recorded with
-respawn. The number is the number of the command line parameter
-respawn.)
FFaasstt::
number (This line appears only if the LMP was recorded with
-fast. The number is the number of the command line parameter
-fast.)
NNooMMoonnsstteerrss::
number (This line appears only if the LMP was recorded with
-nomonsters. The number is the number of the command line
parameter -nomonsters.)
VViieewwOOffPPllaayyeerr::
colour (The LMP is recorded from the view of the player with
this colour, (0<=colour<=3))
The following lines are special for new Duke Nukem 3D and Redneck Ram-
page DMO files.
MMuullttiiRRuullee::
Multi-Player Playing Rule (DukeMatch (RedneckMatch) (with
spawn), Coop, Dukematch (Redneckmatch) (without spawn))
RReessppaawwnn MMoonnsstteerrss::
number (This line appears only if the DMO file was recorded with
/t1.)
RReessppaawwnn IItteemmss::
number (This line appears only if the DMO file was recorded with
/t2.)
RReessppaawwnn IInnvveennttoorryy::
number (This line appears only if the DMO file was recorded with
/t3.)
NNooMMoonnsstteerrss::
number (This line appears only if the DMO file was recorded with
/m.)
The following lines are special for Redneck Rampage DMO files.
FFaakkeePPllaayyeerrAAII::
number (This line appears only if the DMO was recorded with /a.)
NNaammee::
"string" (The standard name is "LEONARD" but it can be changed
with the -name option.)
Sometimes lmpc --to-txt can't distinguish between new DOOM and DOOM ][
LMP files: In the Game line appears ``DOOM or DOOM ][''.
The version byte can easily be derived from the game version.
0 : DOOM 1.1, 1.2
101: STRIFE 1.0, 1.1
104: DOOM 1.4beta
105: DOOM 1.5beta
106: DOOM 1.6beta, DOOM 1.666, DOOM ][ 1.666
107: DOOM ][ 1.7, DOOM ][ 1.7a
108: DOOM 1.8, DOOM ][ 1.8
109: (Ultimate) DOOM 1.9, DOOM ][ 1.9
110: published source code
LMP version bytes
In HEXEN LMP files appears the player class (0: fighter, 1: cleric, 2:
mage) too:
Class: single player class (0-2)
or in multi-player LMP files:
Class0: player 0 class
Class1: player 1 class
etc.
77..33.. DDaattaa AArreeaa
The Data Area starts with the keyword DataStart and ends with the
keyword DataEnd.
All actions of one game tic have to be in one text line. In a multi-
player LMP there is one line for each player per game tic.
LMPC may append (with the --mark-step option) a comment with the game
tic and the time passed until this game tic at the line of the first
player.
77..33..11.. MMoovveemmeennttss
A movement consists of a 2 letter word and an amount n.
code action game range
GFn Go Forward n LMP 1<=n<=127
GBn Go Backward n LMP 1<=n<=127
SLn Strafe Left n LMP 1<=n<=127
SRn Strafe Right n LMP 1<=n<=127
GXn Go X-direction n DMO -32768<=n<=32767
GYn Go Y-direction n DMO -32768<=n<=32767
TLn Turn Left n LMP 1<=n<=127
TLn Turn Left n DMO 1<=n<=32767
TRn Turn Right n LMP 1<=n<=127
TRn Turn Right n DMO 1<=n<=32767
Movement commands
77..33..22.. UUssee ((LLMMPP oonnllyy))
UT Use Thing (press button, open door etc.)
NWn New Weapon (1<=n<=8) (change the weapon manually)
FW Fire Weapon
PS Pause Start
PE Pause End
SGn Save Game in slot n (0<=n<=7)
Use commands
You can not combine PS, PE and SG with other Use commands. But you can
combine the other Use commands (for instance UT and FW at the same
time).
77..33..33.. FFllyy aanndd LLooookk ((HHEERREETTIICC aanndd HHEEXXEENN oonnllyy))
A fly and look command consists of a 2 letter word and an amount
(1<=n<=15)
77..33..44.. UUssee AArrttiiffaacctt ((HHEERREETTIICC aanndd HHEEXXEENN oonnllyy))
The Use Artifact command consist of the code AT and a letter (a..j)
equivalent to the gimme-cheat of HERETIC. In HEXEN such a cheat code
does not exist but the command remains the same:
FUn Fly Up n
FDn Fly Down n
LUn Look Up n
LDn Look Down n
FC Fly Centre (landing, drop)
LC Look Centre (look forward)
Fly and Look commands
HHEERREETTIICC::
ATa ring of invincibility
ATb shadowsphere
ATc quartz flask
ATd chaos device
ATe tome of power
ATf torch
ATg time bomb of the ancients
ATh morph ovum
ATi wings of wrath
ATj mystic urn
HERETIC artifacts
HHEEXXEENN::
ATa icon of the defender
ATb quartz flask
ATc mystic urn
ATd clerical healing key
ATe dark servant
ATf torch
ATg porkalator
ATh wings of wrath
ATi chaos device
ATj flechette
ATk banishment device
ATl boots of speed
ATm krater of might
ATn dragonskin bracers
ATo disc of repulsion
UA use all (panic button)
HEXEN artifacts
77..33..55.. SSTTRRIIFFEE AArrttiiffaaccttss
You can only the use STRIFE artifacts with the IN or DR actions.
The Use Artifact command consist of the code A and an artifact number.
Up to now I know only 12 artifacts.
77..33..66.. JJuummpp ((HHEEXXEENN aanndd SSTTRRIIFFEE oonnllyy))
In HEXEN and STRIFE you can jump up.
code name
0x74 toughness
0x75 accuracy
0x76 full health
0x7B teleportor beacon
0x7C metal armor
0x7D leather armor
0xA1 med patch
0xA2 medical kit
0xA3 coin
0xA7 shadow armor
0xA8 environmental suit
0xB7 offering chalice
STRIFE artifacts
JU jump
Jump command
77..33..77.. SSTTRRIIFFEE aaccttiioonnss
There are some more STRIFE actions. Remember: no talks are stored in
the LMP file.
LU Look Up
LD Look Down
RU Run
IN Use Inventory
DR Drop Inventory
JU Jump Up
U6 Unknown Action Number 6
HE Use Health
STRIFE actions
77..33..88.. UUssee ((DDMMOO oonnllyy))
There are 28 actions in DMO files (and 4 bits for weapon change). As
far as it works I use the same codes for the same or similar thing as
in LMP sources. To describe the actions I use the terms for key
definitions in DUKE3D.CFG.
77..33..99.. SSppeecciiaall CCooddeess
WT Wait a Tic
*n Repeats the current line n times
Special commands
88.. DDEEMM ssoouurrccee ffoorrmmaatt
The DEM format is very complicated. Therefore I don't include a
documentation of the text format here. Please look in the ``Unofficial
DEM format description''. The current version is available at
.
JU Jump
CR Crouch
FW Fire
AU Aim_Up
AD Aim_Down
RU Run
LU Look_Up
LD Look_Down
VI NightVision
MK MedKit
AR AutoRun
LC Center_View
HW Holster_Weapon
IL Inventory_Left
HD Holo_Duke
JP Jetpack
IR Inventory_Right
TA TurnAround
UT Open
IN Inventory
AC6 ??
AC7 ??
AC12 ??
PA Pause
AC22 ??
AC23 ??
AC26 ??
AC31 ??
NWn New Weapon (1<=n<=10) (change the weapon manually)
DMO actions
You will understand my textual representation of the DEM format by
inspecting a sample file and reading a bit about the structure in the
mentioned document.
If someone is willing to write a documentation of my DEM text format
please inform me and your document will be included right here. For
the die-hard hacker: the lex file udeml.l and the yacc file udemy.y
contain the complete language grammar documentation.
99.. QQWWDD ssoouurrccee ffoorrmmaatt
The QWD format is even harder to understand than the DEM format.
Please look in the ``Unofficial QWD format description''. The current
version is .
You will understand my textual representation of the QWD format by
inspecting a sample file and reading a bit about the structure in the
mentioned document.
If someone is willing to write a documentation of my QWD text format
please inform me and your document will be included right here.
1100.. DDMM22 ssoouurrccee ffoorrmmaatt
The DM2 format is a nice and compact file format. Please look in the
``Unofficial DM2 format description''. The current version is
.
You will understand my textual representation of the DM2 format by
inspecting a sample file and reading a bit about the structure in the
mentioned document.
If someone is willing to write a documentation of my DM2 text format
please inform me and your document will be included right here.
1111.. SSoommee lliinnkkss aanndd ffuurrtthheerr iinnffoorrmmaattiioonn
For further information on LMP files look in the ``Unofficial LMP
format description''. The current version is
.
For a huge collection of some great LMP files, look at the COMPET-N
home page .
For further information on DMO files look in the ``Unofficial DMO
format description''. The current version is
.
For a small collection of DMO files, look at the
.
For further information on DEM files look in the ``Unofficial DEM
format description''. The current version is
.
All info you'll ever need on DEM files can be found in the published
Quake source at
A simple DEM file editing guide can be found at .
For further information on QWD files look in the ``Unofficial QWD
format description''. The current version is
.
All info you'll ever need on QWD files can be found in the published
QuakeWorld source at
For further information on DM2 files look in the ``Unofficial DM2
format description''. The current version is
.
DM2 file editing tutorials can be found at .
For further information on Quake II Relay project look at
.
1122.. HHiissttoorryy aanndd ffuuttuurree ooff LLMMPPCC
LMPC started in the good old DOOM days as a very small Turbo Pascal
6.0 program to show me what's in these LMP files. It is now a ``fat''
C application and has way too many command-line switches. DEMcut is
not as widely used as LMPC but it started the DEM editing hype. DBS (I
really have to change this name) gave the Keygrip authors (
) the starting point for their
internal fake Quake server.
11..00 ((88//3300//11999944)) lmpc10.zip (8/31/1994 posted in
alt.binaries.doom, alt.games.doom)"
+o General: first public version.
11..0011 ((88//3311//11999944)) lmpc101.arj (9/1/1994 posted in
alt.binaries.doom, alt.games.doom)"
+o LMP: bug fixed in WT statistics.
+o Docu: LS description / LMPC program reference splitted in LS.DOC
/ LMPC.DOC.
+o LMP: New heuristic algorithm to discover former version changes.
+o Docu: History added in LMPC.DOC.
+o General: Terry (terry@usis.com) wrote also a DOOM utility (I
don't know it) with the archive name lmpc10.zip. Therefore I
changed to the ARJ archive.
22..00 ((1100//1111//11999944)) lmpc20.arj (internal beta test release)
+o LMP: the LMP compiler is ready after all!
22..0011 ((1100//1122//11999944)) lmpc201.arj (internal beta test release)
+o LMP: decompiler bug fixed (UT/FW and NW in the same game tic).
+o LMP: compiler parser improved (token length test).
+o LMP: NW8 (8 gives you the chain saw directly) added.
22..11 ((1100//2244//11999944)) lmpc21.arj (10/25/1994 posted in
alt.binaries.doom)"
+o General: after a error free beta test phase nothing changed, new
public version.
22..2200 ...... 22..2266 ((nneevveerr ppuubblliisshheedd))
+o General: rewritten from scratch (Turbo Pascal 6.0 -> ANSI C).
22..2277 ((22//2255//11999955)) lmpc-2.27.tar.gz (internal beta test release)
+o LMP: LS format improved (new HERETIC movements).
+o LMP: can handle DOOM ][ and HERETIC LMP files.
+o LMP: GAME-token in the LS Header.
+o LMP: version change expects now the real version byte.
+o LMP: 1.5 times faster (2.27/2.1, checked with a >300K LMP).
+o General: includes now an executable for MS-DOS and Linux.
22..33 ((44//2299//11999955)) lmpc-2.3.tar.gz/lmpc23.zip
+o General: full source code included.
+o LMP: version change expects a real version string or the version
byte.
+o General: zip and tar.gz release.
+o General: includes now go32.exe and stub.exe too.
22..44 ((88//77//11999955)) lmpc-2.4.tar.gz/lmpc24.zip
(public release)"
+o General: MS-DOS binary cross compiled with go32crs.
+o Docu: documentation in HTML and plain text (created with Mosaic
from the HTML version).
+o LMP: Ultimate DOOM with 4th episode tested (nothing changed).
22..55 ((88//2233//11999955)) lmpc-2.5.tar.gz/lmpc25.zip
(internal beta test release)"
+o General: command line parsing now with getopt_long and long
option names are allowed too.
+o General: to compile lmpc.exe (MS-DOS binary) I included the
getopt-package from the GNU C library (my copy of djgpp doesn't
include getopt).
+o General: --info can handle many files on the command line.
+o LMP: --lmp-to-ls can decompile a specific part of the LMP file
(the new --tic option).
+o LMP: the buggy version number string function repaired.
+o LMP: the new option --game to force the game type of the LMP
file.
22..66 ((88//2266//11999955)) lmpc-2.6.tar.gz/lmpc26.zip
(internal beta test release)"
+o LMP: --ls-to-lmp converts now several LS files to a LMP file.
+o LMP: new option --add-WT to add WT at the end of a LMP file.
22..66..11 ((88//2288//11999955)) lmpc-2.6.1.tar.gz/lmpc261.zip
(internal beta release)"
+o General: 3 parts of the version number.
+o LMP: --gametic FROM(,|:)TO: colon is allowed as a separator too.
+o LMP: --ls-to-lmp keeps track of PS and PE.
+o LMP: --remove-pause to remove the Pause game tics.
22..77..00 ((99//33//11999955)) lmpc-2.7.0.tar.gz (internal alpha release)
+o LMP: --gametic changed to --tic
+o LMP: total new code to convert LMP files (all in one).
+o LMP: do multiple LMP file changes at the same time.
+o LMP: convert LMP files with the help of a temporary file (if
necessary).
22..77..11 ((99//55//11999955)) lmpc-2.7.1.tar.gz/lmpc271.zip
(internal beta release)"
+o LMP: small bug fixes in the new code.
+o LMP: MS-DOS binary converts now all filenames to lower case.
22..77..22 ((99//66//11999955)) lmpc-2.7.2.tar.gz/lmpc272.zip
(internal beta release)"
+o LMP: small bug in the MS-DOS binary corrected.
22..88..00 ((1100//55//11999955)) lmpc-2.8.0.tar.gz/lmpc280.zip
(public release)"
+o General: Nothing important changed after one month of intensive
beta testing. The code is stable.
22..99..11 ((1100//99//11999955)) lmpc-2.9.1.tar.gz/lmpc291.zip
(internal beta release)"
+o General: from now on I use a version number scheme similar to
Linux: second number odd means test.
+o LMP: HEXEN support (rudimentary).
22..99..22 ((1100//99//11999955)) lmpc-2.9.2.tar.gz/lmpc292.zip
(internal beta release)"
+o LMP: correct names of all HEXEN artifacts.
22..99..33 ((1111//1199//11999955)) lmpc-2.9.3.tar.gz/lmpc293.zip
(internal beta release)"
+o LMP: new option --clear-save to clear the SG tics.
+o Docu: documentation in Linux-SGML.
+o LMP: small multi-player bug corrected, thanks to Rob McCartney
(argon@netcom.com) for his bug report.
22..99..44 ((1122//66//11999955)) lmpc-2.9.4.tar.gz/lmpc294.zip
(internal beta release)"
+o new option --mark-step to mark only every STEPth game tic
+o General: MS-DOS version uses CR/LF instead of LF for LS files.
22..99..55 ((22//1100//11999966)) lmpc-2.9.5.tar.gz/lmpc295.zip
(internal alpha release)"
+o DMO: rudimentary support for Duke Nukem 3D DMO files (alpha
code!).
22..99..66 ((22//1122//11999966)) lmpc-2.9.6.tar.gz/lmpc296.zip
(internal alpha release)"
+o DMO: reliable version of lzw.c/unlzw.c included.
+o DMO: all DMO header bytes decoded.
+o General: new WWW directory structure.
22..99..77 ((22//1133//11999966)) lmpc-2.9.7.tar.gz/lmpc297.zip
(internal beta release)"
+o DMO: version 1.1 of lzw.c/unlzw.c included.
+o DMO: DMO support in -s and -i.
+o Docu: documentation structure changed.
22..99..88 ((22//1199//11999966)) lmpc-2.9.8.tar.gz/lmpc298.zip
(internal beta release)"
+o DMO: Chunk header removed from DS format.
+o DMO: multi-player size/tics/time corrected.
+o DMO: Pause is AC21.
22..99..99 ((33//66//11999966)) lmpc-2.9.9.tar.gz/lmpc299.zip
(internal beta release)"
+o LMP: STRIFE support included.
22..99..1100 ((44//77//11999966)) lmpc-2.9.10.tar.gz/lmpc2910.zip
(internal beta release)"
+o LMP: HEXEN 1.1 (8 player) support included.
+o LMP: considerable changes in the -g code.
22..99..1111 ((44//1144//11999966)) lmpc-2.9.11.tar.gz/lmpc2911.zip
(internal bug fix release)"
+o LMP: version string scan routine improved (buggy since 2.9.9).
+o LMP: game type determine routine corrected (buggy since 2.9.10).
+o LMP: HEXEN version change (1.0 <-> 1.1) now possible.
22..99..1122 ((44//2211//11999966)) lmpc-2.9.12.tar.gz/lmpc2912.zip
(internal beta release)"
+o DMO: macro-block error fixed.
+o LMP: STRIFE player colour names included.
22..99..1133 ((77//11//11999966)),, nneevveerr rreelleeaasseedd
(internal incomplete alpha release)"
+o DEM: coding started for Quake DEM files, nothing completed.
22..99..1144 ((77//22//11999966)),, nneevveerr rreelleeaasseedd
(internal incomplete alpha release)"
+o Quake DEM files: coding continued, something completed.
22..99..1155 ((77//33//11999966)),, nneevveerr rreelleeaasseedd
(internal incomplete alpha release)"
+o DEM: coding continued, structure mostly completed.
+o General: new recursive Makefiles, MS-DOS compiling not supported
anymore.
+o General: new Linuxdoc-SGML 1.5 options.
+o General: Linux binary is ELF finally.
+o General: MS-DOS binary is djgpp V2.0 compatible (and runs in
dosemu).
22..99..1166 ((77//44//11999966)),, nneevveerr rreelleeaasseedd
(internal incomplete alpha release)"
+o DEM: CD track identified.
+o DEM: player movement identified.
22..99..1177 ((77//77//11999966)),, lmpc-2.9.17.tar.gz/lmpc2917.zip
(beta release)"
+o DEM: cross reference to DEM specs.
+o DEM: clientdata with more information.
+o DEM: entities: ModNum with reference to the model names.
22..99..1188 ((77//88//11999966)),, lmpc-2.9.18.tar.gz/lmpc2918.zip
(beta release)"
+o DEM: stupid spawnstatic error corrected.
+o DEM: code beautified.
22..99..1199 ((77//1144//11999966)),, lmpc-2.9.19.tar.gz/lmpc2919.zip
(beta release)"
+o DEM: many new values explained.
+o DEM: strings can contain unprintable characters.
22..99..2200 ((77//1177//11999966)),, lmpc-2.9.20.tar.gz/lmpc2920.zip
(beta release)"
+o DEM: some new values explained.
+o DEM: code rearranged.
+o DEM: corresponds (more or less) to dem-0.0.5.
22..99..2211 ((77//2233//11999966)),, lmpc-2.9.21.tar.gz/lmpc2921.zip
(beta release)"
+o DEM: some new values explained.
+o DEM: massive code rearrangements.
22..99..2222 ((88//77//11999966)),, lmpc-2.9.22.tar.gz/lmpc2922.zip
(beta release)"
+o DEM: almost all explained.
+o DEM: text file parser is ready (lex, yacc), first check.
+o DEM: -s may now decompile a DEM txt file to a DEM txt file.
+o DEM: massive code rearrangements.
22..99..2233 ((88//1144//11999966)),, lmpc-2.9.23.tar.gz/lmpc2923.zip
(beta release)"
+o DEM: the ``to bin converter'' is ready. Not very stable.
+o General: all messages (not getopt) go to stderr.
+o DEM: write to - means stdout.
+o General: new command line options: --to-txt and --to-bin
+o Docu: some terms changed.
22..99..2244 ((1100//66//11999966)),, lmpc-2.9.24.tar.gz/lmpc2924.zip
(beta release)"
+o DEM: all float output (time inclusive) with g-format (9 digits).
+o DEM: more internal errors corrected.
22..99..2255 ((1100//1133//11999966)),, lmpc-2.9.25.tar.gz/lmpc2925.zip
(beta release)"
+o DEM: memory problem solved: LMPC needs now only 400-500K RAM.
+o Docu: version table reorganised, README, INSTALL slightly
changed.
+o Makefiles: new targets, easier to make packages and my web-page.
+o DEMA: first working version.
22..99..2266 ((1111//1177//11999966)),, lmpc-2.9.26.tar.gz/lmpc2926.zip
(bug fix release)"
+o DEM: MS-DOS binary can read in DEM text files.
+o DEM: attack_state->effects, ang_ofs_1->punchangle_x.
+o LMP: MS-DOS binary prints now the correct statistics.
+o General: new E-mail address.
22..99..2277 ((1111//2200//11999966)),, lmpc-2.9.27.tar.gz/lmpc2927.zip
(public beta release)"
+o General: many thanks to Eric Gordon Fowler
(efowler@jove.acs.unt.edu) and Paolo Perrotta
(nan0744@iperbole.bologna.it) for all their bug reports.
+o DEM: string in and out handles special characters better (not
perfect).
+o DEM: text parser allows digits after an octal escape sequence.
+o DEM: \n, \r, \\ and \" are allowed character escape sequences in
DEM text files.
+o DEM: binary file read is byte-order independent (unchecked).
+o DEM: binary file write is byte-order independent (unchecked).
+o DEM: float numbers may contain exponents.
+o DEM: updateentity with an entity > 255 works.
+o General: my code survives -Wall -pedantic without warnings.
+o Docu: Old LMPC history a bit reformatted.
22..99..2288 ((1111//3300//11999966)),, lmpc-2.9.28.tar.gz/lmpc2928.zip
(public beta release)"
+o DEM: put an items entry in binary DEM files even if it is 0.
This modification enables an error-free decompile/compile of
CAMPER3.DEM by ``United Rangers Films'' after all.
22..99..2299 ((1122//1155//11999966)),, lmpc-2.9.29.tar.gz/lmpc2929.zip
(public beta release)"
+o DEM: --info detects DEM text files.
+o DEM: binary file read reorganised (coding just started).
+o DEMcut: coding started. First working version.
22..99..3300 ((11//55//11999977)),, lmpc-2.9.30.tar.gz/lmpc2930.zip
(alpha test release)"
+o DEM: binary file read totally rewritten. I use now for binary
files the same internal node tree representation as for text
files. The text output part is a bit slower now but the whole
project is much easier to maintain.
+o DEM: --to-bin can handle binary DEM files too. It should create
an identically copy of the input file (if I didn't make any
mistakes).
+o DEM: binary write: last (I hope so) endian-dependence removed.
+o DEM: binary write: suppresses ``camera only'' blocks.
+o DEM: text write: suppresses ``camera only'' blocks.
+o DEM: text write: stops at file write errors (e.g. device full).
+o DEMcut: almost all new coded. The interface remains identical.
I can now include very easy new commands.
+o DEMcut: the time message can be anywhere in a block.
+o DEMcut: new ``m'' command to prepare multi-player DEM file
concatenations.
+o DEMcut: new ``i'' command to improve the interactive work: range
may be interrupted, output is time-synchronised.
+o Docu: Formatted with SGML-Tools 0.99.0.
+o General: Orthographical check with ispell (British English).
22..99..3311 ((11//77//11999977)),, lmpc-2.9.31.tar.gz/lmpc2931.zip
(bug fix release)"
+o DEM: text write: CD track was never printed: totally stupid bug.
22..99..3322 ((22//99//11999977)) ((aallpphhaa tteesstt rreelleeaassee))
+o DEMcut: more info on running ranges in interactive mode.
+o DEMcut: ``d'' command don't need files from the command line.
+o General: includes executables for Win32 (untested).
+o General: new packaging system.
+o General: all messages go to stderr.
22..99..3333 ((22//1166//11999977)) ((aallpphhaa tteesstt rreelleeaassee))
+o DMO: Redneck Rampage support started. Info works, decompression
not.
+o DMO: Duke Nukem 3D 1.3D DMO files supported. This incompatible
version exists since April 1996 but nobody said it to me.
+o DMO: endian-dependence should be removed. Never checked this.
22..99..3344 ((33//2233//11999977)) ((bbeettaa tteesstt rreelleeaassee))
+o DEM: --info prints the number of game tics (or frames) for
binary DEM files.
+o DEM: new option --fix-multi for in-place editing.
+o DEM: new option --fix-multi as additional option for --to-bin
and --to-txt.
+o DEM: bin read: type check was endian-dependent (no longer).
+o DEM: bin read: CD track at the beginning can be anything, that
Quake itself likes. Read the DEM specs (>=1.0.4) for details.
The full CD track string will be included in a DEM text file but
LMPC can cope with the old format as well.
+o DEMcut: CD track commands expects the `\n' character as well.
The old syntax continues to work.
+o Docu: Demolition and DemoStat mentioned.
33..00..00 ((33//3311//11999977)) ((ppuubblliicc bbeettaa rreelleeaassee))
+o DEM: text read: hours in time stamps didn't work (bug report by
James Stephenson (james@BETAus.com)).
+o DEMcut: CD track command works now correctly.
+o --game option repaired.
+o Docu: general clean-up.
33..00..11 ((55//1155//11999977)) ((ppuubblliicc rreelleeaassee))
+o General: text write: Win32 versions make MS-DOS style line
breaks (hint by David Wright (wgwright@mnsinc.com)).
+o General: Minimalist GNU Win32 (Mingw32) version ready
(untested).
+o Win32: The syserror function was always broken. Why didn't
somebody give me a hint?
+o DEM: bin read: `new' (version > 1.06) DEM format.
+o DEM: bin write: stupid error in cclliieennttddaattaa removed. It was
there since 2.9.23 (hint by Yonatan Donner
(ruthd@post.tau.ac.il)).
+o DEM: entry clientdata->weapon may contain invalid values (more
than 1 bit set).
+o Packaging: Win32 versions with standard file names. Only the
`MS-DOS Binary Package' use the short 8.3 name scheme.
33..11..11 ((77//2200//11999977)) ((iinntteerrnnaall aallpphhaa tteesstt rreelleeaassee))
+o QWD: bin read: coding started. Nothing completed.
+o Docu: all tables now floating in TeX.
+o Conf: all is now Autoconf configured.
33..11..22 ((77//2288//11999977)) ((aallpphhaa tteesstt rreelleeaassee))
+o DEMcut: interactive mode is removed in systems without named
pipes.
+o DBS: alpha code.
+o Conf: Autoconf rules newly written. Really everything is
Autoconf configured.
+o Docu: DBS mentioned.
+o Docu: rename INSTALL in COMPILE.
+o Docu: new file: Autoconf generic INSTALL.
33..11..33 ((88//1177//11999977)) ((aallpphhaa tteesstt rreelleeaassee))
+o General: package renamed: LMP/DMO/DEM/QWD Control Centre ->
Little Movie Processing Centre
+o QWD: QuakeWorld 2.00 support included.
+o Docu: back again to SGML-Tools 0.99.0.
+o Docu: chapters restructured.
33..11..44 ((1122//2299//11999977)) ((aallpphhaa tteesstt rreelleeaassee))
+o Conf: Makefile.in created from Makefile.am by GNU Automake. Much
easier to maintain!
+o General: Hexen II support just started. Not complete. Can't even
decompile correctly a single file.
+o Compile: some general routines in a library.
+o General: Quake II support just started. Not complete. Can't even
decompile deltapacketentities.
33..11..55 ((11//11//11999988)) ((aallpphhaa tteesstt rreelleeaassee))
+o DM2: text output: many comments included.
+o Docu: SGML-Tools 1.0.2 ready after all.
+o Conf: Automake 1.2 compliant. Some yacc/lex changes were needed.
33..11..66 ((33//1122//11999988)) ((aallpphhaa tteesstt rreelleeaassee))
+o DM2: binary read: nasty malloc/free bug removed.
+o DM2: some new commands got better names.
+o DEM: binary read: CD track totally rewritten.
+o LMP: can handle -v1.10 (for the released DOOM source code
distribution)
+o Web: PlanetQuake is the new home.
+o Docu: SGML-Tools 1.0.5 used.
33..11..77 ((66//1177//11999988)) ((aallpphhaa tteesstt rreelleeaassee))
+o DBS: subtle sync problem solved. Thanks to Paul Baker
(pbaker@idle.com) for his bug report.
+o DM2: text in: parser implemented.
+o DM2: some command names changed.
+o DM2: binary out: implementation started.
33..11..88 ((77//1155//11999988)) ((iinntteerrmmeeddiiaattee bbeettaa rreelleeaassee))
+o DM2: server record files implemented.
+o Conf: dist target for source package is working now.
+o Conf: more checks for more platforms.
+o Docu: SGML-Tools 1.0.7 used.
+o QWD: binary in: up to QuakeWorld 2.29BETA.
33..11..99 ((88//1166//11999988)) ((bbeettaa rreelleeaassee))
+o QWD: text in: written.
+o QWD: binary out: written. Due to the ongoing demand by many
users I implemented now the QWD binary write routine. This gives
together with the text read routine the first really working QWD
editor.
+o DM2: Visual Weapon (VWep) support.
+o DM2: some really bad errors corrected.
+o Conf: After many fights with the Automake system, `make
distcheck' works finally without problems.
33..22..00 ((99//66//11999988)) ((ssttaabbllee rreelleeaassee))
+o DM2: binary read and binary write: long vwep corrected. Now
works massive1.dm2.
+o DM2: binary write: timeofs in ssoouunndd wasn't even implemented.
+o DM2: text read: allows now empty ppaacckkeetteennttiittiieess. Many users
reported this problem in reease 3.1.9. Thanks to all of you.
+o QWD: text read: allows now empty ppaacckkeetteennttiittiieess like in DM2 text
read.
+o text read: useless terminals removed.
+o DM2: unused bits in bit mask (ssoouunndd, ssppaawwnnbbaasseelliinnee,
ppaacckkeetteennttiittiieess) detected. It's a real mess that Keygrip 2 set
unused bits in DM2 files but I implemeted an easy way to cope
with it. Now works latenite.dm2.
+o DM2: text read: allows now empty ppllaayyeerriinnffoo. Now works
grenbfg.dm2.
+o DEM: Hexen II support (it was always only a small subset)
totally removed.
33..22..11 ((99//88//11999988)) ((ssttaabbllee rreelleeaassee))
+o DEM: text write: didn't write the CD track. A stupid integration
error. I know, I actually have to make a software quality test
with all my test demos before the upload.
+o DEM: to text: problems with --game QUAKE switch. Not really
solved. Just a kludge inserted, which even slows the program
down a bit.
33..22..22 ((11//99//11999999)) ((ppuubblliicc rreelleeaassee))
+o QWD: bin read: protocol version 27 (game version 2.29BETA and
up) corrected.
+o QWD: read text: many small but important parsing problems
removed. This was possible because Joel Baxter
(jbaxter@lemur.stanford.edu) provided me with a problematic QWD
file (recorded with game version 2.21) and many good hints.
+o QWD: uuppddaatteeppll better.
+o DM2: updated up to game version 3.20.
+o DM2: bin read: tteemmpp__eennttiittyy parse code directly calculated from
the DM2 specs.
+o Docu: SGML-Tools 1.0.9 used.
+o Compile: Cygwin and Mingw32 binaries are cross-compiled with the
Cygwin toolset version B20.1.
+o DM2cat: The DM2 file concatenator included.
33..22..33 ((11//1122//11999999)) ((ppuubblliicc rreelleeaassee))
+o Compile: udm2-te[123].c are created directly in the source
directory.
+o Package: udm2-te[123].c are included in the source and full
package. I forgot them in the last release. Thanks to Stefan
Schwoon (schwoon@informatik.tu-muenchen.de) for mention this
error.
+o The script to extract the C-Source out of the specs file is
included too.
+o WWW: upload script uploads now the packages to the right place
to deliver them to all mirrors. In the
last release this was totally wrong.
33..22..44 ((11//1199//11999999)) ((ppuubblliicc rreelleeaassee))
+o QWD: bin read: new sseerrvveerriinnffoo message wrong handled. Thanks to
Michale Hofele (michael@i603.hadiko.de) for the bug-report.
33..22..55 ((44//66//11999999)) ((ppuubblliicc rreelleeaassee))
+o Conf: Autoconf 2.13 and Automake 1.4 used.
+o DEMcut: interactive mode corrected. Thanks to Vasily Kuznetsov
(VKuznetsov@microtest.ru) for the bug-report and patch.
+o QWD: bin read: sseettppaauussee corrected. Thanks to Christer Sandin
(czsuch@ocag.ch) for his bug report.
+o DM2: multi-level repair corrected. Thanks to Zerox
(zerox@prism.ne.mediaone.net) for the bug-report and a short
demo file.
33..22..66 ((44//3300//11999999)) ((ppuubblliicc rreelleeaassee))
+o QWD: bin read: initialization of the precache lists for game
version 2.20 and higher corrected.
+o QWD: mmaaxxssppeeeedd and eennttggrraavviittyy corrected.
+o Thanks to R. Quaak (jaqua00@direct.a2000.nl) for the _u_s_e_f_u_l bug
report and a short demo file. Remember: with a good bug report
and a short demo file, I can correct a bug really fast.
33..22..77 ((55//2244//11999999)) ((bbuugg ffiixx rreelleeaassee))
+o Compile: source can be compiled with C++ compilers too. No C++
specific feature used up to now. Many new C++ related warnings
corrected.
+o General: severe buffer overflow problems corrected. Thanks to
Nathan Whitaker (naif@3dcoder.freeserve.co.uk) for the bug
report and a demo file.
+o Compile: Linux binaries are glibc finally. I updated my main
development system from SuSE Linux 4.2 (about 4 years old) to
SuSE Linux 6.1 to do this.
33..22..88 ((66//33//11999999)) ((bbuugg ffiixx rreelleeaassee))
+o QWD: mmooddeelllliisstt and ssoouunnddlliisstt corrected. Thanks to Hoffy
(ripple@powerup.com.au) for the bug report and a demo file.
33..22..99 ((88//1188//11999999)) ((ppuubblliicc rreelleeaassee))
+o DM2: multi-level repair method improved. Thanks to Mike Dowell
(mdowell@Mike-D.com) for the bug report and a demo file.
+o DM3: some code fragments prepared but nothing compiled in.
+o Compile: MS-DOS binaries cross-compiled with egcs-2.91.66.
33..33..00 ((11//2233//22000000)) ((ppuubblliicc rreelleeaassee))
+o DM2: RLA (Quake II Relay) support.
+o Docu: Some links updated.
Plan for 4.0.0 in order of importance
1. Block-oriented rewrite of the text parse routines.
2. Object-oriented demo handling. This is really necesary for further
recording formats.
3. More code generation out of the XML specs source.
4. Strict separation of the different recording types and the main
program. Maybe something like librecord.so.
5. --split-multi option to split multi-level recordings.
6. Half-Life (DEM), Heretic II (DM2) and Sin (DM2) support.
7. DEMcut and DBS with QWD and DM2 support.
8. File-IO from stdin and to stdout, really difficult is the file type
detection.
9. Redneck Rampage decompression.
Ideas finally dropped out:
1. Hexen II and HexenWorld support.
Open problems
1. Does someone know the difference between the Redneck Rampage
compression algorithm and the one used in Duke Nukem 3D?
A new regular version of LMPC (like 3.3.0) will be announced on
BluesNews and on PlanetQuake.
You can download LMPC from my Demo Specs page
.
There you will find always the latest release with new features and
brand new bugs.