doom_in_hexen.md

Doom in Hexen

This page tracks support for the "Doom in Hexen" map format and related features, as seen in ZDoom. The first iteration of support is now complete. There are various exceptions and notes listed in the full documentation below where things may act differently compared to other source ports. Some of those points will be addressed over time, but others are intrinsic differences in how some things work in dsda-doom. The remaining planned features (:comet:) require more significant effort and will be addressed more gradually over time.

Legend

Symbol	Meaning
✔️	Feature is fully supported
⚠️	Feature is partially supported
☄️	Feature is planned later
❌	Feature is not planned

Major Features

Name	Status
Levels	⚠️
Poly Objects	✔️
Thing Specials	✔️
ACS	☄️
MAPINFO	☄️
SNDINFO	☄️
SNDSEQ	☄️
ANIMDEFS	☄️

Thing Types

Value	Name	Status
118	ZBridge	❌
-	-	-
888	MBFHelperDog	✔️
-	-	-
1400-1409	Sound Sequence	☄️
1411	Sound Sequence Override	☄️
-	-	-
1500-1501	Line Slopes	❌
-	-	-
1504-1505	Vertex Slopes	❌
-	-	-
4001-4004	Player 5-8 Start	❌
5001	PointPusher	✔️
5002	PointPuller	✔️
-	-	-
5010	Pistol	❌
-	-	-
5050	Stalagmite	❌
-	-	-
5061	InvisibleBridge32	❌
-	-	-
5064	InvisibleBridge16	❌
5065	InvisibleBridge8	❌
-	-	-
9001	MapSpot	✔️
-	-	-
9013	MapSpotGravity	✔️
-	-	-
9024	PatrolPoint	❌
9025	SecurityCamera	❌
9026	Spark	❌
9027	RedParticleFountain	❌
9028	GreenParticleFountain	❌
9029	BlueParticleFountain	❌
9030	YellowParticleFountain	❌
9031	PurpleParticleFountain	❌
9032	BlackParticleFountain	❌
9033	WhiteParticleFountain	❌
-	-	-
9037	BetaSkull	❌
9038	ColorSetter	❌
9039	FadeSetter	❌
9040	MapMarker	❌
9041	SectorFlagSetter	❌
-	-	-
9043-9044	TeleportDest*	✔️
9045	Waterzone	❌
9046	SecretTrigger	❌
9047	PatrolSpecial	❌
9048	SoundEnvironment	❌
-	-	-
9050-9061	Stealth*	❌
-	-	-
9070	InterpolationPoint	❌
9071	PathFollower	❌
9072	MovingCamera	❌
9073	AimingCamera	❌
9074	ActorMover	❌
9075	InterpolationSpecial	❌
9076	HateTarget	❌
9077	UpperStackLookOnly	❌
9078	LowerStackLookOnly	❌
-	-	-
9080	SkyViewpoint	❌
9081	SkyPicker	❌
9082	SectorSilencer	❌
9083	SkyCamCompat	❌
-	-	-
9100	ScriptedMarine	❌
9101-9111	Marine*	❌
-	-	-
9200	Decal	❌
-	-	-
9300-9303	PolyObject*	✔️
-	-	-
9500-9503	Slopes	❌
-	-	-
9510-9511	Copy Planes	❌
-	-	-
9982	SecActEyesAboveC	❌
9983	SecActEyesBelowC	❌
-	-	-
9988	CustomSprite	❌
9989	SecActHitFakeFloor	❌
9990	InvisibleBridge	❌
9991	CustomBridge	❌
9992	SecActEyesSurface	❌
9993	SecActEyesDive	❌
9994	SecActUseWall	❌
9995	SecActUse	❌
9996	SecActHitCeil	❌
9997	SecActExit	❌
9998	SecActEnter	❌
9999	SecActHitFloor	❌
-	-	-
14001-14064	AmbientSound	☄️
14065	Custom AmbientSound	☄️
14066	SoundSequence	☄️
14067	AmbientSoundNoGravity	☄️
-	-	-
14101-14164	MusicChanger	✔️
14165	Custom MusicChanger	⚠️

Notes

• The Custom MusicChanger only supports the track number, which can be from 0 to 64

Spawn Flags

Name	Status
Dormant	⚠️
Translucent	✔️
Invisible	✔️
Friendly	✔️
Stand Still	❌

Notes

• Dormant monsters still bleed.

Line Triggers

Name	Status
Player Walkover	✔️
Player Use	✔️
Monster Walkover	✔️
Projectile Hits	✔️
Player Bumps	✔️
Projectile Crosses	✔️
Player Use (Pass Through)	✔️
Projectile Hits or Crosses	✔️

Line Flags

Name	Status
Repeatable Action	✔️
Monster Activates	✔️
Block Everything	✔️
Block Players	✔️

Line Specials

Value	Name	Status
1	Polyobj_StartLine	✔️
2	Polyobj_RotateLeft	✔️
3	Polyobj_RotateRight	✔️
4	Polyobj_Move	✔️
5	Polyobj_ExplicitLine	✔️
6	Polyobj_MoveTimes8	✔️
7	Polyobj_DoorSwing	✔️
8	Polyobj_DoorSlide	✔️
9	Line_Horizon	☄️
10	Door_Close	✔️
11	Door_Open	✔️
12	Door_Raise	✔️
13	Door_LockedRaise	✔️
14	Door_Animated	❌
15	Autosave	❌
16	Transfer_WallLight	☄️
17	Thing_Raise	✔️
18	StartConversation	❌
19	Thing_Stop	✔️
20	Floor_LowerByValue	✔️
21	Floor_LowerToLowest	✔️
22	Floor_LowerToNearest	✔️
23	Floor_RaiseByValue	✔️
24	Floor_RaiseToHighest	✔️
25	Floor_RaiseToNearest	✔️
26	Stairs_BuildDown	✔️
27	Stairs_BuildUp	✔️
28	Floor_RaiseAndCrush	✔️
29	Pillar_Build	✔️
30	Pillar_Open	✔️
31	Stairs_BuildDownSync	✔️
32	Stairs_BuildUpSync	✔️
33	ForceField	✔️
34	ClearForceField	✔️
35	Floor_RaiseByValueTimes8	✔️
36	Floor_LowerByValueTimes8	✔️
37	Floor_MoveToValue	✔️
38	Ceiling_Waggle	✔️
39	Teleport_ZombieChanger	✔️
40	Ceiling_LowerByValue	✔️
41	Ceiling_RaiseByValue	✔️
42	Ceiling_CrushAndRaise	✔️
43	Ceiling_LowerAndCrush	✔️
44	Ceiling_CrushStop	✔️
45	Ceiling_CrushRaiseAndStay	✔️
46	Floor_CrushStop	✔️
47	Ceiling_MoveToValue	✔️
48	Sector_Attach3dMidtex	❌
49	GlassBreak	☄️
50	ExtraFloor_LightOnly	❌
51	Sector_SetLink	❌
52	Scroll_Wall	⚠️
53	Line_SetTextureOffset	✔️
54	Sector_ChangeFlags	⚠️
55	Line_SetBlocking	⚠️
56	Line_SetTextureScale	✔️
57	Sector_SetPortal	❌
58	Sector_CopyScroller	✔️
59	Polyobj_OR_MoveToSpot	✔️
60	Plat_PerpetualRaise	✔️
61	Plat_Stop	✔️
62	Plat_DownWaitUpStay	✔️
63	Plat_DownByValue	✔️
64	Plat_UpWaitDownStay	✔️
65	Plat_UpByValue	✔️
66	Floor_LowerInstant	✔️
67	Floor_RaiseInstant	✔️
68	Floor_MoveToValueTimes8	✔️
69	Ceiling_MoveToValueTimes8	✔️
70	Teleport	✔️
71	Teleport_NoFog	✔️
72	ThrustThing	✔️
73	DamageThing	✔️
74	Teleport_NewMap	⚠️
75	Teleport_EndGame	⚠️
76	TeleportOther	✔️
77	TeleportGroup	✔️
78	TeleportInSector	✔️
79	Thing_SetConversation	❌
80	ACS_Execute	☄️
81	ACS_Suspend	☄️
82	ACS_Terminate	☄️
83	ACS_LockedExecute	☄️
84	ACS_ExecuteWithResult	☄️
85	ACS_LockedExecuteDoor	☄️
86	Polyobj_MoveToSpot	✔️
87	Polyobj_Stop	✔️
88	Polyobj_MoveTo	✔️
89	Polyobj_OR_MoveTo	✔️
90	Polyobj_OR_RotateLeft	✔️
91	Polyobj_OR_RotateRight	✔️
92	Polyobj_OR_Move	✔️
93	Polyobj_OR_MoveTimes8	✔️
94	Pillar_BuildAndCrush	✔️
95	FloorAndCeiling_LowerByValue	✔️
96	FloorAndCeiling_RaiseByValue	✔️
97	Ceiling_LowerAndCrushDist	✔️
98	Sector_SetTranslucent	❌
99	Floor_RaiseAndCrushDoom	✔️
100	Scroll_Texture_Left	⚠️
101	Scroll_Texture_Right	⚠️
102	Scroll_Texture_Up	⚠️
103	Scroll_Texture_Down	⚠️
104	Ceiling_CrushAndRaiseSilentDist	✔️
105	Door_WaitRaise	✔️
106	Door_WaitClose	✔️
107	Line_SetPortalTarget	❌
-	-	-
109	Light_ForceLightning	☄️
110	Light_RaiseByValue	✔️
111	Light_LowerByValue	✔️
112	Light_ChangeToValue	✔️
113	Light_Fade	✔️
114	Light_Glow	✔️
115	Light_Flicker	✔️
116	Light_Strobe	✔️
117	Light_Stop	✔️
118	Plane_Copy	❌
119	Thing_Damage	✔️
120	Radius_Quake	✔️
121	Line_SetIdentification	⚠️
-	-	-
125	Thing_Move	✔️
-	-	-
127	Thing_SetSpecial	✔️
128	ThrustThingZ	✔️
129	UsePuzzleItem	❌
130	Thing_Activate	✔️
131	Thing_Deactivate	✔️
132	Thing_Remove	✔️
133	Thing_Destroy	✔️
134	Thing_Projectile	✔️
135	Thing_Spawn	✔️
136	Thing_ProjectileGravity	✔️
137	Thing_SpawnNoFog	✔️
138	Floor_Waggle	✔️
139	Thing_SpawnFacing	✔️
140	Sector_ChangeSound	☄️
-	-	-
154	Teleport_NoStop	✔️
-	-	-
157	SetGlobalFogParameter	❌
158	FS_Execute	❌
159	Sector_SetPlaneReflection	❌
160	Sector_Set3DFloor	❌
161	Sector_SetContents	❌
-	-	-
168	Ceiling_CrushAndRaiseDist	✔️
169	Generic_Crusher2	✔️
170	Sector_SetCeilingScale2	✔️
171	Sector_SetFloorScale2	✔️
172	Plat_UpNearestWaitDownStay	✔️
173	NoiseAlert	⚠️
174	SendToCommunicator	❌
175	Thing_ProjectileIntercept	❌
176	Thing_ChangeTID	✔️
177	Thing_Hate	⚠️
178	Thing_ProjectileAimed	✔️
179	ChangeSkill	❌
180	Thing_SetTranslation	❌
181	Plane_Align	❌
182	Line_Mirror	❌
183	Line_AlignCeiling	❌
184	Line_AlignFloor	❌
185	Sector_SetRotation	✔️
186	Sector_SetCeilingPanning	✔️
187	Sector_SetFloorPanning	✔️
188	Sector_SetCeilingScale	✔️
189	Sector_SetFloorScale	✔️
190	Static_Init	⚠️
191	SetPlayerProperty	❌
192	Ceiling_LowerToHighestFloor	✔️
193	Ceiling_LowerInstant	✔️
194	Ceiling_RaiseInstant	✔️
195	Ceiling_CrushRaiseAndStayA	✔️
196	Ceiling_CrushAndRaiseA	✔️
197	Ceiling_CrushAndRaiseSilentA	✔️
198	Ceiling_RaiseByValueTimes8	✔️
199	Ceiling_LowerByValueTimes8	✔️
200	Generic_Floor	✔️
201	Generic_Ceiling	✔️
202	Generic_Door	✔️
203	Generic_Lift	✔️
204	Generic_Stairs	✔️
205	Generic_Crusher	✔️
206	Plat_DownWaitUpStayLip	✔️
207	Plat_PerpetualRaiseLip	✔️
208	TranslucentLine	⚠️
209	Transfer_Heights	✔️
210	Transfer_FloorLight	✔️
211	Transfer_CeilingLight	✔️
212	Sector_SetColor	❌
213	Sector_SetFade	❌
214	Sector_SetDamage	✔️
215	Teleport_Line	✔️
216	Sector_SetGravity	✔️
217	Stairs_BuildUpDoom	✔️
218	Sector_SetWind	✔️
219	Sector_SetFriction	✔️
220	Sector_SetCurrent	✔️
221	Scroll_Texture_Both	✔️
222	Scroll_Texture_Model	✔️
223	Scroll_Floor	✔️
224	Scroll_Ceiling	✔️
225	Scroll_Texture_Offsets	⚠️
226	ACS_ExecuteAlways	☄️
227	PointPush_SetForce	✔️
228	Plat_RaiseAndStayTx0	✔️
229	Thing_SetGoal	❌
230	Plat_UpByValueStayTx	✔️
231	Plat_ToggleCeiling	✔️
232	Light_StrobeDoom	✔️
233	Light_MinNeighbor	✔️
234	Light_MaxNeighbor	✔️
235	Floor_TransferTrigger	✔️
236	Floor_TransferNumeric	✔️
237	ChangeCamera	❌
238	Floor_RaiseToLowestCeiling	✔️
239	Floor_RaiseByValueTxTy	✔️
240	Floor_RaiseByTexture	✔️
241	Floor_LowerToLowestTxTy	✔️
242	Floor_LowerToHighest	✔️
243	Exit_Normal	✔️
244	Exit_Secret	✔️
245	Elevator_RaiseToNearest	✔️
246	Elevator_MoveToFloor	✔️
247	Elevator_LowerToNearest	✔️
248	HealThing	✔️
249	Door_CloseWaitOpen	✔️
250	Floor_Donut	✔️
251	FloorAndCeiling_LowerRaise	✔️
252	Ceiling_RaiseToNearest	✔️
253	Ceiling_LowerToLowest	✔️
254	Ceiling_LowerToFloor	✔️
255	Ceiling_CrushRaiseAndStaySilA	✔️
256	Floor_LowerToHighestEE	✔️
257	Floor_RaiseToLowest	✔️
258	Floor_LowerToLowestCeiling	✔️
259	Floor_RaiseToCeiling	✔️
260	Floor_ToCeilingInstant	✔️
261	Floor_LowerByTexture	✔️
262	Ceiling_RaiseToHighest	✔️
263	Ceiling_ToHighestInstant	✔️
264	Ceiling_LowerToNearest	✔️
265	Ceiling_RaiseToLowest	✔️
266	Ceiling_RaiseToHighestFloor	✔️
267	Ceiling_ToFloorInstant	✔️
268	Ceiling_RaiseByTexture	✔️
269	Ceiling_LowerByTexture	✔️
270	Stairs_BuildDownDoom	✔️
271	Stairs_BuildUpDoomSync	✔️
272	Stairs_BuildDownDoomSync	✔️
273	Stairs_BuildUpDoomCrush	✔️
274	Door_AnimatedClose	❌
275	Floor_Stop	✔️
276	Ceiling_Stop	✔️
277	Sector_SetFloorGlow	❌
278	Sector_SetCeilingGlow	❌
279	Floor_MoveToValueAndCrush	✔️
280	Ceiling_MoveToValueAndCrush	✔️
281	Line_SetAutomapFlags	✔️
282	Line_SetAutomapStyle	✔️
283	Polyobj_StopSound	❌

Notes

• Specials above 255 are not accessible in hexen format.
• Wall scrollers cannot distinguish between top, bottom, and mid textures.
• The static init supports damage, gravity, and skies only.
• Teleporting to a specific map currently...
  • Always triggers the intermission screen
  • Does not know about clusters (e.g., you can't bring keys through the exit)
• There may be undefined behaviour when combining new exit specials with UMAPINFO
• Line flags coming from extra arguments are ignored.
• TranslucentLine does not support additive translucency.
• Line_SetBlocking sight, hitscan, and sound are not possible in hexen format.
• Sector_ChangeFlags only supports silent, friction, and push in hexen format.
  • UDMF additionally supports endgodmode, endlevel, hazard, and noattack.
• NoiseAlert only works with the default arguments.
• Thing_Hate only supports 0 for the third argument ("target only").
• ThrustThing has an implicit speed limit.
• Poly objects have no sound (no SNDSEQ lump support to define it yet).
• Poly objects may have visual errors (especially for large objects).

Sector Specials

Value	Name	Status
*	Generalized Effects	✔️
1	Light_Phased	✔️
2-4	LightSequence*	✔️
-	-	-
26-27	Stairs_Special*	✔️
-	-	-
40-51	Wind*	✔️
-	-	-
65	dLight_Flicker	✔️
66	dLight_StrobeFast	✔️
67	dLight_StrobeSlow	✔️
68	dLight_Strobe_Hurt	✔️
69	dDamage_Hellslime	✔️
-	-	-
71	dDamage_Nukage	✔️
72	dLight_Glow	✔️
-	-	-
74	dSector_DoorCloseIn30	✔️
75	dDamage_End	✔️
76	dLight_StrobeSlowSync	✔️
77	dLight_StrobeFastSync	✔️
78	dSector_DoorRaiseIn5Mins	✔️
79	dFriction_Low	✔️
80	dDamage_SuperHellslime	✔️
81	dLight_FireFlicker	✔️
82	dDamage_LavaWimpy	✔️
83	dDamage_LavaHefty	✔️
84	dScroll_EastLavaDamage	✔️
85	hDamage_Sludge	✔️
-	-	-
87	Sector_Outside	❌
-	-	-
104	sLight_Strobe_Hurt	✔️
105	sDamage_Hellslime	✔️
-	-	-
115	Damage_InstantDeath	✔️
116	sDamage_SuperHellslime	✔️
-	-	-
118	Scroll_StrifeCurrent	✔️
-	-	-
195	Sector_Hidden	✔️
196	Sector_Heal	✔️
197	Light_OutdoorLightning	❌
198-199	Light_IndoorLightning*	❌
200	Sky2	☄️
201-224	Scroll*	✔️
225-244	Carry*	✔️

Notes

• Terrain effects (e.g., from lava specials) don't exist.