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Archive Maintainer      : This is a manual for the DOOM level editor, WinDEU,
			  and a primer for understanding DOOM
Update to               : wdeuguidep.zip in /docs/editing
Advanced engine needed  : Any DOOM level or port
Primary purpose         : Editing Tutorial
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WinDEU for Beginners: A Pictorial Guide
Version 1.0
Adobe Acrobat PDF Document
by John W. Anderson (aka Dr Sleep)


Complete illustrated guide to making DOOM levels with WinDEU v5.24,
the Windows DOOM level editor written by Renaud Paquays and based
on DEU 5.21 by Raphael Quinet. This guide also works for DEU v5.xx
or DETH v3.xx-4.xx, since the functions are nearly identical (with
the exception of right-click which is absent in the DOS editor).

The guide has step-by-step snapshots of a level in progress in WinDEU,
so you can follow the illustrations as you go along. The WinDEU
interface is explained, as well as configuring WinDEU to edit either
DOOM or DOOM II.

The appendices included are

Appendix A - WinDEU's Hot Keys
Appendix B - DOOM Metrics by Scott Amspoker
Appendix C - WAD Author's DOOM Reference by Jim Flynn
Appendix D - WAD Authoring Template
Appendix E - How To Play Add On Levels in DOOM

The WAD Author's DOOM Reference includes the LineDef Type Action
Reference which lists all the different actions LineDefs perform
in a level (open door, raise floor, lower lift, etc.), as well as
Special Sector Types by Function and Number, and Thing Types by
Class and Number.

This archive should be called windeututorP.zip and include
the following 3 files:

File_id.diz
WinDEU for Beginners.pdf
TEST.WAD

This tutorial is available in MS Word, Adobe Acrobat PDF, and HTML
formats, and can be found at the author's Website:
Dr Sleep's DOOM Apothecary
http://drsleep.newdoom.com/
TUTORIALS: http://drsleep.newdoom.com/tutor.shtml

FTP Sites:
ftp://drsleep.fw.nu/doomarchives/docs/windeututor/windeututor.zip
ftp://drsleep@server1.thefourwinds.net/data/windeututor.zip [MS Word]
ftp://drsleep@server1.thefourwinds.net/data/windeututorP.zip [Adobe Acrobat PDF]
ftp://drsleep@server1.thefourwinds.net/data/windeututorH.zip [HTML (web) Format]

Written by John W. Anderson (Dr Sleep): Author of the DOOM Levels DANTE'S GATE
and CROSSING ACHERON and level designer for id Software's The Ultimate DOOM and
THE MASTER LEVELS FOR DOOM II

drsleep@newdoom.com
johnwanderson@verizon.net