How to modify NRFTL so continuous play demos can be created and watched?

[vdgg]

Cyberdemon531 asked me this and we have a problem here indeed: nerve.wad secret level works in ZDoom derivative ports, but not in "our favourite" ports.

I guess changing MAP01->MAP12, MAP02->MAP13, MAP03->MAP14, MAP04->MAP15, MAP09->MAP31, MAP05->MAP16 is sufficient?

If so, the minimum solution would be a step-by-step instruction which bytes of the WAD need to be edited manually.

And the optimum solution would be an executable that would modify the WAD.

Any help? I may actually be donating a bit of cash for someone willing to sacrifice their time to make such an executable.

[Linguica]

This might be overthinking it, but you could add in dummy lumps to the PWAD with the names MAP12, MAP13 etc with all the associated per-level lumps, but have them point to the data for MAP01, MAP02 etc?

[Memfis]

Does this do the job? - https://www.mediafire.com/?r5r4kluvcakcdqx

Put the files in a folder that contains NERVE.WAD and run NRVPATCH.BAT. You will get NERVENEW.WAD with reordered maps. Tested in Windows XP only. :o

Apparently these things are pretty easy to make. I just used this nice program: http://sites.inka.de/tesla/others.html#bsdiff

[Andrea Rovenski]

bless you memfis

also would it be possible to make it re-arrange the music too?
edit: as well as level name patches, and sky?

[Memfis]

Yes, I will make it soon. Having a little problem with the music (anyone can help?) at the moment.

[Memfis]

OK, please test this one: https://www.mediafire.com/?r5r4kluvcakcdqx I'm not too familiar with NRFTL so I could have missed something.

[Andrea Rovenski]

Bless you again memfis

[rehelekretep]

bump!

Memfis i tried running this patcher and got this error message when i try and run nervenew.wad through glboom-plus:



maybe i have a 'bad' copy of nerve.wad? how many bytes is your copy?

[Memfis]

The size of the original nerve.wad is 3,819,855 bytes, as written here: https://doomwiki.org/wiki/NERVE.WAD
A patched wad weighs 3,841,469 bytes for me.
You're using it as a pwad, right?

[rehelekretep]

using as pwad

my nerve.wad = 3,821,777 so im guessing somethings up with that!

[Memfis]

Oh yeah, it most definitely won't work with even a slightly wrong wad. The patch is basically a "difference" between the original file and the modified one. If you patch something else instead of the original, the result will be nonsensical.

[rehelekretep]

yup i secured another nerve.wad and your patcher has worked - thanks!