The tags are shorthand for the license of each file and avoid
copying the full license text into each one (and avoids having
to manually update the dates in each one...).
This is one of the screens of text shown between demos in the demo
loop. Generate this from the contents of a static text file. I
originally wanted to generate this programatically from the CREDITS
file but there are too many contributors to fit them all on the page.
The original Doom HELP screen showed the default key bindings for the
game's controls. This is not so useful nowadays: at worst it's
outright misleading because the player might not be using the
defaults, but it's also redundant because most modern source ports
allow the key bindings to be changed via the menus, which doubles as a
convenient list of the current key bindings.
Z0k suggested an alternative HELP screen that shows the items and
powerups available in the game. More discussion can be seen in this
thread: http://www.doomworld.com/vb/freedoom/69458-help/
This extends the new font to include lower case as well as upper
case characters. Add a couple of kerning rules for the lower case
characters so that they render nicely, too.
Decompose the help screen into three parts: the background, the
text and the title. Generate all except the main text programatically:
the background as a color transformed version of the INTERPIC graphic
and the title using the textgen tool.
This replaces the old Freedoom font with a new chunky one named "Denex".
I (fraggle) have split the font out into separate images for use with
the textgen script, but have included the original source .pcx image
here.
Currently the font only includes uppercase characters and does not
include smaller lowercase ones, so I've hacked the textgen script to
convert all strings to uppercase before rendering. There are also no
font kerning rules for the time being.
M_MULTI is used in some multiplayer ports (Zandronum, others?) for
the main menu "Multiplayer" option. Make this taller to match the
other main menu graphics and align appropriately in buildcfg.
This conflicts with the height of the graphic as found in other ports
like SMMU/Eternity/PrBoom, but I've checked, and in those ports it's
either unused or short enough that it still works okay.
FreeDM has different levels and therefore needs a different BEX
patch to the main project. Update the text generator to generate the
level name graphics for FreeDM based on the new BEX file.
The level name shown in the automap should be in the form:
"ExMy: Level Name" but for the intermission screen graphics we just
want "Level Name". Strip the leading level name if it is present.
Use the DEHACKED lump as a source of truth for level names, and set
the textgen configuration accordingly. Make the current level names
in the DEHACKED lump upper case so that the current ExMy/MAPxy names
look correct.
Add font characters for '/' and '?', needed by some text strings.
Adjust the vertical height of the ':' character, and remove some
leftover menu graphics that are no longer needed.
Some source ports (PrBoom, Eternity Engine, etc.) come with their own
PWAD files that include custom text graphic lumps for extended menus.
Include some overrides in Freedoom for common ones, so that when
playing in these ports the menus have a consistent look and feel.
Remove the big text graphic images used for the menus and the
intermission screen. Instead, generate these graphics programatically
from a script. This allows them to be easily changed and extended
as desired.
