duke3d-tools-build v12-27-2014 Release 11 30F / 6.69M (c) RTCM Corvin
duke3d-tools-build v12-27-2014 Release 11 30F / 6.69M (c) RTCM Corvin
BUILD Tools - Most of these tools where designed for Duke Nukem 3D using BUILD map
Format 7.
However you should be-able to do some renaming of your files to get some of the
tools to work with other BUILD games/versions.
Map File Editing |
Map File Support
Map File Readers/Viewers |
Map File Converters
Lameduke Tools
| Filename and author | Size (kb) | Description |
| LEBuild v1.0.3 INT
(src inc) Maxim Chinyakin |
2.85M |
an unique product which had been developed and is
currently being accomplished by me. LEBuild (spelt out as Lezing
Entertainment Build) lets you achieve another grade of mapping and,
possibly, reveal the whole potential of Build engine. By some aspects it
is similar to Build and Mapster32, but it isn't based on them. The
general distinctions are the GUI and powerful tools including the
built-in scripting system. |
| NeoBuild Ryan Hamshire (SirCruller) |
5 | "NeoBuild is a program I designed to handle ordinary level-building
functions, but with an easier to use interface. It reduces the typing needed in MS-DOS to
a click of the mouse. I don't have a screen shot, but I will attempt to describe it
accurately here for you. It's a small window, equipped with a listing of all map files in
the current ( Duke ) directory/folder. After selecting a file or typing a new filename in
the text bar near the top of the window, the user may click any of the many buttons to
start build, play the map with or without monsters, load the corresponding text file in
the MS-DOS text editor, make a backup copy of the current map, restore the map from a
previously made backup file, or delete the selected map.
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| HackMap v1.02 Karel Blaskovic |
90 | HACKMAP is an MSDOS based MAP file editor for DUKE NUKEM 3D. It was
designed and created to assist in the production of top-quality DUKE3D levels. HACKMAP is
an extremely powerful tool that is intended to supplement the BUILD level-editor for the
serious level builder as well the novice who wishes only to take advantage of a few
important features or to save time while making levels. "Everything that isn't possible with Build, is possible with Hackmap" (works with Atomic edition map files aswell) |
| OpenGL Build Touch
v2.1(Win) (src inc v1.9.1) James Ferry |
823 | A program that is used to perform functions and create special effects
that BUILD does not have included in it. It uses a Windows Explorer style dialogue
box, and more functions have been implemented. Win32, uses OpenGL, compiled for Pentium
processors. Features include:
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Build Touch
v1.0(DOS) James Ferry |
115 | "This program was developed for v1.3d, it might work on
Plutonium and Atomic, I would not know. It should work on Atomic though, they seem the
same." -James Ferry
Editing utility for Duke Nukem 3D version 1.3D Registered user maps. A program that is used to perform functions and create special effects that BUILD does not have included in it. Effects include: -Sector on Sector effects such as translucent water surfaces.
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| TABLES.DAT fix Super-M |
17 | TABLES.DAT fix for DOS Mapster and DOS BUILD Editor to work together. In Mapster and Build they are mutual hostility (at least, with me it was). They did not desire to use one and the same file TABLES.DAT (it is located in the composition of GRP file for the game, but during the editing it must lie/rest at the folder with the editor as with the entire Art and Date files from the game.) It was necessary to devise the alternate route...
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Camera Remover (src
inc) Poda |
6.88 | This will remove all the cameras from a specified map.
This is useful for watching demos in the map, since you won't have to worry about the game switching to a 3rd-person view. It basically replaces the sector effector with lotag of 27 with a blank sprite. It prints a message stating how many cameras were removed. Expects a version 7 map file. |
| Duke map generator
beta release (src inc) Jeff Howell |
61 | This package will generate a playable pseudo-random map for the game Duke
Nukem 3D. Includes: Pascal Source Codes
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Map Flipper v0.92
(src inc) NY00123 |
28.6 | USING THE BUILD/DUKE NUKEM 3D MAP FLIPPER: Type flip_map in the command line and read the instructions. |
| Pallete Map | 25 | A .map For Duke3d
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| SOUNDFX.MAP STEPHEN SALAZAR |
4 | This file is a BUILD 'utility' map for Duke Nukem 3D that allows you to
sample the game's various sounds. Numbering was done in increments of 10. Simply write
down the number of the sound, then tag your corresponding item in Build. The sounds are based on what is available in your DEFS.CON file. Not all switches trigger a sound. All switches are triggered at the same time, but the sounds occur individually.
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| MapTrans - The Duke3D
Map extender! Andrew Wyllie |
25 | With MapTrans, you can create levels any size you want - limited only by
your patience and endurance. (Yea but Sprite and Wall limits are still there) Once you
have mastered MapTrans, it's use will become automatic. For Duke3D v1.3d Only
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| JOINER v0.1 (alpha) Karel Blaskovic |
83 | A program that takes many small pieces of Duke3D levels (structures) and
connects them together to make a playable, single or multi-player level. Steps:
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| BCLEAR2 The WOrm |
9 | Automatically clear the screen after build crashes. A newer version of my build crash handling program. This time it uses HBreak so you can close build even if it freezes completely!
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Duke Nukem 3D
Atomic Map Checker Poda |
6 | This utility will check if a map is meant to work in Duke3D
Atomic only. It will check to see if a map has tiles beyond the limit of the
original 1.3D game. This may not be a guaranteed method, but it should be
accurate most of the time. |
| Duke Nukem 3D Viewer
v1.0 (src inc) Matt Tagliaferri |
286 | This program appears to be a prelude to a Full working DukeCAD
program. This version merle views Duke MAPS v1.3d/1.4/1.5 (Includes Source Code)
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| Check Duke3D Map V1.0
and v1.3 Peter Hardie |
89.4 | This program performs several "sanity" checks on a duke3d map
and prints out some information about the map. It can be useful for either a map builder
who wants to check that their map doesn't contain common errors, or it can be used by duke
players who download maps and use cdm to tell them whether the map has errors and also
whether the map is for Single, Dukematch, and/or Coop play (because either there's no
documentation for the map or, as sometimes happens, the documentation file is wrong).
The program only performs some fairly simple tests at the moment but I hope to make it do more extensive tests in the future. It does test for one of the most common and frustrating errors in a map - water transports which kill Duke.
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| Duke 3D Bitmap
Generator (V1.06) (src inc) Oliver Kraus |
194 | This program produces PCX or laserjet maps of Duke3D levels, extracted
from GRP or MAP files. Generate PCX-Bitmaps or print Duke Maps on your HP LaserJet (150-600 dpi). The Duke Nukem 3D Bitmap Generator is a great addition to the toolkit of the Duke Nukem player or creator of add-on MAP files. With it, you can output from MAPs or GRPs to a LaserJet printer or save the output to a PCX file for viewing. The output created gives you a complete view of areas, the positions of monsters, access cards and other items, along with the numbers of each item. Using command-line switches, you can customize the output to include starting level, size of output, no access cards, no monsters, and a host of other options. If you play or design MAPs for Duke Nukem 3D, you'll want to check out this easy-to-use command-line program. "A little secret, There is a commandline switch "-info" that generates a one-line-description of a specific map. With "dn3dmap -info *.*" you can generate a complete overview over all files in a directory. One could easily see which levels are dm, coop or single player maps." -Kraus Support for the plutonium pak aswell. {Source code is included.}
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| Duke 3D Map to HPGL
convertor Jeff Howell |
21 | This utility converts any Duke Nukem version 1.3 map file into a Hewlett
Packard Graphics Language (HPGL or HGL) plot file. This file can in principle be plotted
directly but it is intended for importing into a drawing or DTP package.
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| ReadMapV Photon Man |
21 | Designed for reading Duke Nukem 3D map version numbers.
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| Readuke Simon Crawshaw |
29 | Readuke is basically a simpler version of build, but with an added feature
of telling you how many of each sprite there are in a particular level, ie 5 atomic
healths and so on !
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| Sectduke Simon Crawshaw |
23 | Sectduke basically tells you how many secotrs or sprites with a certain
lotag or hitag (useful for you level creators). You merely specify the numer and it will
tell you how many, and other bits as well !
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| Map Effectx
(src inc) Steve Bennett |
105 | Start of a map editor, no editing ability I think. This is a readout of a map, after exiting the program. ****** STATISTICS ****** Number of sectors: 317 Core left now is 407696 (Source Code Included)
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| BUILD Map converters v4/25/2012 (w/C src) Ken Silverman |
25 | How to use these Build Map converters: Use CONVMAP* to convert Build maps to a NEWER format. Use BACKMAP* to convert Build maps to an OLDER format. I realize there is no BACKMAP4. It doesn't exist and I don't plan to make it. You may refer to CONVMAP5.C for hints. Study this chart: EXE name, old map version -> new map version: >CONVMAP4 [map name(s)] 3 -> 4 >CONVMAP5 [map name(s)] 4 -> 5 >CONVMAP6 [map name(s)] 5 -> 6 >CONVMAP7 [map name(s)] 6 -> 7 >BACKMAP6 [map name(s)] 7 -> 6 >BACKMAP5 [map name(s)] 6 -> 5
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| WAD2MAPpack
(src available) Ken Silverman |
137 |
These tools are from the V1.3d and v1.5w Duke3D CDs. WAD2MAP - For converting Doom level maps in WAD files to BUILD map files. WAD2ART - For converting Doom art resources in WAD files to BUILD ART files, PALETTE.DAT, and NAMES.H
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| DOOM/Heretic to Duke V1.30 Olaf Wendlandt |
1.5MB | Level converter, now allowing you to run Duke with the original DOOM
textures. The textures can be used in BUILD for levels from scratch too.
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| FIXWD2MP v1.05 J Forster |
34 | FIXWD2MP(accessory to Duke3D BUILD WAD2MAP converter) is designed to fix
those HOM you sometimes get when using WAD2MAP to convert Doom WAD files to
Duke3D MAP files. That and a few other useful things like changing all
sprites from one tile to another, fixing all the doors tracks, sounds for doors and elevetors &c. It can also be used to paint walls, floors and ceilings that have that awful tile 0 that WAD2MAP did not do a good job with (assuming you don't wantto edit DUKE.TXT). To use it you must use Build to examine the area with the HOM, then using TAB and ALT-TAB ascertain which walls have been assigned to the wrong sector. FIXWD2MP then can be used to assign them to the right sector. |
| Doom Textures TO .art
file format (C src only) Kokak |
3 | Exports Doom textures to Duke3d format. For use with the
Doom wad to Duke3D map converter that comes with Duke3D. With Duke3D
is delivered a converter of maps Doom towards Duke. It is very well. But
when one sees textures on the grounds and the walls, it is less better!
The converter that I wrote, exports all textures of a Doom Wad towards a
tiles0??.art of Duke3D. |
| MKLDMAP v1.0 Adereth & Ken Silverman |
133 | Set of utilities to ease creation of LameDuke maps with a BUILD 7 Editor,
includes Ken Silverman's BACKMAP and CONVMAP tools available above separately.
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LameDuke to
Duke3D tile converter (w/src) Mark Jaskolski |
29 | Basically, this program converts the tile numbers used in Lameduke to
their equivilent numbers in the Duke 3D tileset. Where no close match was available, I
have simply picked a tile which I thought was close enough (Which doesn't always look as
good). The program expects to find the original lameduke maps (Converted up to version 7 format) in the directory.
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