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A simple Python program that can read DOOM.Hexen IWAD and PWAD files and render them as SVG see examples at http://jason.sperske.com/wad/
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Copyright (c) 2018 Jason Sperske
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#!/usr/bin/env python3
import struct
import re
class Wad(object):
"""Encapsulates the data found inside a WAD file"""
def __init__(self, wadFile):
"""Each WAD files contains definitions for global attributes as well as map level attributes"""
self.levels = []
self.wad_format = 'DOOM' #Assume DOOM format unless 'BEHAVIOR'
with open(wadFile, "rb") as f:
header_size = 12
self.wad_type = f.read(4)[0]
self.num_lumps = struct.unpack("<I", f.read(4))[0]
data = f.read(struct.unpack("<I", f.read(4))[0] - header_size)
current_level = Level(None) #The first few records of a WAD are not associated with a level
lump = f.read(16) #Each offset is is part of a packet 16 bytes
while len(lump) == 16:
filepos = struct.unpack("<I", lump[0:4])[0] - header_size
size = struct.unpack("<I", lump[4:8])[0]
name = lump[8:16].decode('UTF-8').rstrip('\0')
print(name)
if(re.match('E\dM\d|MAP\d\d', name)):
#Level nodes are named things like E1M1 or MAP01
if(current_level.is_valid()):
self.levels.append(current_level)
current_level = Level(name)
elif name == 'BEHAVIOR':
#This node only appears in Hexen formated WADs
self.wad_format = 'HEXEN'
else:
current_level.lumps[name] = data[filepos:filepos+size]
lump = f.read(16)
if(current_level.is_valid()):
self.levels.append(current_level)
for level in self.levels:
level.load(self.wad_format)
class Level(object):
"""Represents a level inside a WAD which is a collection of lumps"""
def __init__(self, name):
self.name = name
self.lumps = dict()
self.vertices = []
self.lower_left = None
self.upper_right = None
self.shift = None
self.lines = []
def is_valid(self):
return self.name is not None and 'VERTEXES' in self.lumps and 'LINEDEFS' in self.lumps
def normalize(self, point, padding=5):
return (self.shift[0]+point[0]+padding,self.shift[1]+point[1]+padding)
def load(self, wad_format):
for vertex in packets_of_size(4, self.lumps['VERTEXES']):
x,y = struct.unpack('<hh', vertex[0:4])
self.vertices.append((x,y))
self.lower_left = (min((v[0] for v in self.vertices)), min((v[1] for v in self.vertices)))
self.upper_right = (max((v[0] for v in self.vertices)), max((v[1] for v in self.vertices)))
self.shift = (0-self.lower_left[0],0-self.lower_left[1])
packet_size = 16 if wad_format is 'HEXEN' else 14
for data in packets_of_size(packet_size, self.lumps['LINEDEFS']):
self.lines.append(Line(data))
def save_svg(self):
""" Scale the drawing to fit inside a 1024x1024 canvas (iPhones don't like really large SVGs even if they have the same detail) """
import svgwrite
view_box_size = self.normalize(self.upper_right, 10)
if view_box_size[0] > view_box_size[1]:
canvas_size = (1024, int(1024*(float(view_box_size[1])/view_box_size[0])))
else:
canvas_size = (int(1024*(float(view_box_size[0])/view_box_size[1])), 1024)
dwg = svgwrite.Drawing(self.name+'.svg', profile='tiny', size=canvas_size , viewBox=('0 0 %d %d' % view_box_size))
for line in self.lines:
a = self.normalize(self.vertices[line.a])
b = self.normalize(self.vertices[line.b])
if line.is_one_sided():
dwg.add(dwg.line(a, b, stroke='#333', stroke_width=10))
else:
dwg.add(dwg.line(a, b, stroke='#999', stroke_width=3))
dwg.save()
class Line(object):
"""Represents a Linedef inside a WAD"""
def __init__(self,data):
self.a, self.b = struct.unpack('<hh', data[0:4])
self.left_side, self.right_side = struct.unpack('<hh', data[-4:])
def is_one_sided(self):
return self.left_side == -1 or self.right_side == -1
def packets_of_size(n, data):
size = len(data)
index = 0
while index < size:
yield data[index : index+n]
index = index + n
return
if __name__ == "__main__":
import sys
if len(sys.argv) > 1:
wad = Wad(sys.argv[1])
for level in wad.levels:
level.save_svg()
else:
print('You need to pass a WAD file as the only argument')
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Slipyx commented May 24, 2014

Nice job. I did something similar a while ago in C here https://github.com/Slipyx/wadslip/. I'm amazed at how yours is significantly less code, although could be the language used. Mine also doesn't do anything other than DOOM well.

@kmonsoor
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Neat job, buddy ...

@jasonsperske
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Thanks Slipyx, I really can't too much credit for the brevity, Python (specifically list comprehensions and the excellent struct.unpack() is making things a lot cleaner). My longer term plan is to make something like my http://sndtst.com site but for doom/hexen/Wolf3d/Duke3d levels :)

@jasonsperske
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Moved to python3 :)

@RobertATfm
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Great script; I'm using it to create "Deathkings of the Dark Citadel" maps for the Doom Wiki (the Doom Wiki, not the new one).

Is anyone else having the problem that the maps created are flipped vertically? Fortunately this is just a slight annoyance, and soon fixed using Inkscape.

@adamsumm
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What is the licensing on this?

@sleibrock
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Thanks for the script Jason! I found your script and for fun converted it to a Rust project so I could understand how to read wads. I had a lot of fun reading your code.

@trumad
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trumad commented Jan 6, 2022

Is the website for this down? https://jason.sperske.com/wad/

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jasonsperske commented Jan 6, 2022 via email

@trumad
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trumad commented Jan 6, 2022

ohh of course! Why didn't I think to try that. Thank you!

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