=========================================================================== Note by the uploader : The HACX Add-On has changed it's distribution restrictions. The information in the file LEGAL-R.TXT within hacx1_1s.zip is outdated. What currently counts can you read in the 'Copyright' -section of this text-file. =========================================================================== Primary purpose : Single+Coop play / Deathmatch =========================================================================== Title : Hacx - The Full Version (v1.1) HACX (tm) - Registered Version (Installation package) Filename : INSTALL.EXE and install data files, required to build HACX.WAD etc. Release date : 1997 commercial release, changed 2000 into freeware Author : Banjo Software Official Homepage : http://www.sonic.net/~nostromo/ Description : HACX is an action filled add-on for DooM II. The story is set in the near future and you will find yourself engrossed in a international blastfest. Combating weapons of mass destruction! This package (hacx1_1s.zip) uses a DOS installation procedure. Users of operating systems, that are not DOS -compatible, for example Mac or Linux, should first give the files -only package (hx11pack.zip) a try. =========================================================================== * What is included * New levels : 21 Sounds : Yes Music : Yes Graphics : Yes Dehacked/BEX Patch : Yes (HACX.DEH and HACX_F.DEH, see below) Demos : Yes Note : HACX was originally a commercial add-on for DooM II, that has been later changed into freeware. The freeware HACX has been published within hacx1_1s.zip (the release with DOS-installation) and also within hx11pack.zip (files only without installation routine). The game executable DHACX.EXE in the files only release is for some reason different from that one, that results from the installation of the files from hacx1_1s.zip. That difference makes recorded demos incompatible with demos, that have been recorded with the game executable from the other package and vice versa. Read the file descriptions below for a solution. Files Included : # Official original files in the package HACX1_1S.ZIP # HACX.1 thru HACX.9 and HACX.DAT - These are data containers, that carry the installation data (the game files). INSTALL.EXE - The installation program LEGAL_R.TXT - Limited Use Software License Agreement READMER.TXT - This file The last two textfiles contain newer info than those of that names, that will be created during the installation in your DooM II -directory. However, even these are a little bit out of date. The latest legal/distribution rights info can be found in the 'copyright'-section of hacx1_1s.txt, that you are currently reading. HACX.DEH - A dehacked patch, that contains the differences between the DHACX.EXE, that is created by this installation package (hacx1_1s.zip) and a normal doom(2).exe v. 1.9. If you want to play HACX with a doom-source-port, you have to use this deh-file in the -deh parameter, in order to play the game in the intended way. Users of source ports, that can playback vanilla-demos, should use this HACX.DEH in the -deh -parameter in order to watch either the internal demos of HACX.WAD or user-recorded demo-lmps, recorded with the DHACX.EXE from the installation-version. Users of vanilla-compatible operating systems can of course also use that DHACX.EXE ;). # HACX files, that will be found in the DooM II -directory after the installation of HACX. # DHSERSET.EXE - Multiplayer Setup EDITING.TXT - Basic statistics and information for add-on designers HACX.BIN, .DAT, .EXE, .WAD - Game files and programs LEGAL_R.TXT - Limited Use Software License Agreement [Not up-to-date: See the section 'Copyright / Permissions' in this template.] READMEP.TXT - All the information about this package. DHACX.EXE - The source executable You can run this from the command line by using the following command: dhacx -file hacx.wad DHACX.EXE takes the same parameters as the normal doom2 executable. Because this is for some reason not identical with the DHACX.EXE from the files only package, it cannot correctly playback demos, that have been recorded with that version. # Files that are added in this /idgames -upload # HACX_F.DEH (along with hacx_f.txt) - dehacked patch, extracted by Grazza from the dhacx.exe in the files-only package. If a user of a non-vanilla compatible operating system wishes to watch demo-lmps, that have been recorded with the files-only distribution of HACX, he has to run them with a source-port, that is able to playback vanilla demos, with this dehacked patch in the -deh parameter. hacx1_1s.txt - This template. Contains amoung other info the latest legal info. * Play Information * Game : DOOM2 Map # : MAP01 - MAP20 and MAP31 Single Player : Designed for Cooperative 2-4 Player : Designed for Deathmatch 2-4 Player : Designed for Other game styles : No Difficulty Settings : Yes * Construction * Base : New from scratch * Copyright / Permissions * This Add-On is made possible by a license agreement between Banjo Software, Inc. and Id Software, Inc. Neither Banjo Software, Inc., nor the game HACX (tm), are affiliated with Id Software, Inc. and will not be supported by Id Software, Inc. "HACX (tm)" is a trademark of Banjo Software, Inc. "HACX (tm)" and all material in "HACX (tm)" are copyrighted, 1995-97 by Banjo Software, Inc. "DOOM II (tm)" and "DOOM (R)" are registered trademarks of Id Software, Inc. "DOOM II (tm)" and all material in "DOOM II (tm)" are copyrighted, 1994 by Id Software, Inc. Unlike what 'LEGAL-R.TXT' says, HAXC is permitted to be distributed by anybody, who wishes to distribute it. This is, what has been published on the officicial HACX-website at: http://www.drnostromo.com/hacx/GetHacx.html [...] Now for the Terms & Conditions Hacx can now be distributed freely by any site that wishes to host it. Also, any site that wishes to create a distribution area for files, mods, bug fixes, etc., please, feel free to do so. I'll be glad to link you. Hacx is now a royalty free item. This means that Hacx may NOT be used to generate income of any kind nor can it be used to promote any activity that would generate income. * Where to get the file that this text file describes * The Usual: ftp://archives.3dgamers.com/pub/idgames/ and mirrors: ftp://ftp.sunet.se/pub/pc/games/idgames/ http://ftp.sunet.se/pub/pc/games/idgames/ http://public.ftp.planetmirror.com/pub/idgames/ http://www.gamers.org/pub/idgames/ ftp://ftp.ntua.gr/pub/vendors/idgames/ http://youfailit.net/pub/idgames/ http://ftp.fdn.fr/games/idgames/ ftp://ftp.clinet.fi/pub/mirrors/archives.3dgamers.com/idgames/ ftp://ftp.fu-berlin.de/pc/msdos/games/idgames/ ftp://ftp.task.gda.pl/pub/games/idgames/ ftp://ftp.netc.pt/pub/idgames/ http://ftp.netc.pt/pub/idgames/ http://crydee.sai.msu.ru/ftproot/pub/rec/games/idgames/ =========================================================================== Submitted to the /idgames-ftp-archives by FunDuke --> funduke@hotmail.com