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Sharing Mods

A topic by LukeMatheson created 4 days ago Views: 34 Replies: 11
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What's the best way to share Wolf3D/Spear mods using WDC, and in what form, and where?

Are the extra file options (project/WAD) for sharing our mods using WDC data so that we don't break copyright laws by sharing game files directly?

Developer

This is a popular Wolf3D modding community: https://dhw.wolfenstein3d.com/index.php

The WAD support is there for the ECWolf3D port, which is a lot like ZDoom and can use WAD/PK3 files instead.

As for sharing, I would suggest looking at how other mods are shared.  I don't recommend sharing the original game files.  Most mods require users to start with their own copy of the game and overwrite files with the mod files.  Or ECWolf3D is an option because I don't think it requires overwriting game files, just sending the WAD/PK3 of the mod.  I might be wrong about that.  I have not tried ECWolf3D very much.

"overwrite files with the mod files"

So the main idea is to send the mod file.

Are they special files, or am I supposed to discern which of the original game files were modified and send those ones?

Developer

Yes.  It depends on which files you edit.

Cool. Damn. I can't use that site. I just followed your 'Wolf3D modding community' link to go there, but I'm blocked, and this is not letting me show a snapshot in this message, I keep getting the error (imagine it's red):

Errors:

  • post: body: expected text between 1 and 20480 characters

—Block page footer: Cloudflare Ray ID: 9bc03ffb8f62781e • Your IP: Click to reveal • Performance & security by Cloudflare

I've never seen blocking this before. I've also never been to that site before.

Insert image:

Turns out pasting images doesn't work, but inserting images does.

I can only view the site by clicking the link on my mobile from FacebookMessenger specifically and the FacebookMessenger browser shows it, but then I try to open in Chrome, and it's blocked as well on mobile, and all desktop browsers.

If WDC project files or related files held data just for the mod, and it could be applied by the compilation to an individuals output path, you could set something up for sharing the WDC project files.

Developer

I don't know why you're getting a Cloudflare page.

WDC project files are not designed for distributing mods.  They don't hold data, just paths to data and project settings.  The output files are the only ones with data.

So there's not much mod sharing options then.

Developer

I believe moddb has some Wolf3D mods.  A Google search provides some good links for mods and information on sharing them.