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NewWolfLives

A fork resurrecting NewWolf (Wolfenstein 3D for OpenGL on Windows)

NewWolf was last updated in 2006 (version 0.73). As I have not heard back from the author and have some fixes and ideas for improvements, I'm creating this fork for those who want a more modern (although perhaps less "authentic") Wolfenstein 3D experience. With the code on GitHub, it will be easy for anyone else to fork in case I also disappear!

Improvements over NewWolf

  • Added 1680x1050 video mode, suggestions on other modes are welcome.
  • Enable use of "fov" cvar values greater than 75 without some parts of the sides of the view being left black (not drawn).
  • Add a crosshair, enabled by default, to address the complaint that it is hard to aim when using the 3D weapon models. Set the cvar "crosshair_enabled" to 0 to disable it. The cvars "crosshair_outer_radius", "crosshair_inner_radius", "crosshair_thickness", "crosshair_alpha" and "crosshair_bonus_scale" can be used to customise its appearance.
  • Automap enhancements:
    • Whereas the automap was previously either visible or hidden, there is now a third possible state: visible but partially transparent. The new 'cyclemap' command cycles between these three states, whilst the existing 'togglemap' command continues to toggle between visible and hidden. The default binding for the TAB key continues to be 'togglemap'. Change this in the console by typing 'bind tab cyclemap'.
    • The transparency/alpha level for both the visible and visible but partially transparent states can be set individually using the "automap_alpha_normal" (default 1.0) and "automap_alpha_transparent" (default 0.4) cvars respectively, so if you want to toggle between invisible and transparent, without the map ever being completely opaque, you can leave TAB bound to 'togglemap' and set "automap_alpha_normal" to 0.4.
    • To improve transparency of the map, the grey background is no longer drawn. Set the cvar "automap_draw_background" to 1 to restore the previous behavior.
    • The automap now aligns the player's location with the center of the screen and rotates the automap so that the direction the player is facing always corresponds to the top of the screen. Set the "automap_center_player" or "automap_rotate" cvars to 0 to disable either of these, restoring the old behavior.
    • The automap now does not show secrets in yellow in the automap. If you really want to cheat, set the cvar "automap_secrets" to 1 to restore the previous behavior.
    • Add a new cvar "automap_actors", which can be set to 1 to show actors in the map. Previously this could be done by hacking the code.
  • Other debugging tools/cheats:
    • Pass "+set whereforeartthouromero 1" on the command line to cause all actors to be spawned with only 1 hit point.
    • The "min_ms_between_frames" cvar can be set to control the minimum time in milliseconds between frames, and therefore the maximum frame rate/FPS.

Fixes for bugs in NewWolf

  • Fix Spear of Destiny final boss levels (maps 18 and 21).
  • Fix slow Fake Hitler projectiles (an issue in the original Wolfenstein 3D).
  • Fix automap bug where objects (most likely actors) were not drawn if they were on top of a door.
  • Fix problem where player keeps moving forward after releasing the forward key if they moved the mouse a lot while moving forward.
  • Fix secret push walls to move no more than 2 blocks, not 3, making for example the secret area in Wolfenstein 3D E6M2 accessible.

Installation

  1. Go to http://newwolf.sourceforge.net/ and install the latest NewWolf version (0.73), plus any model and texture packs you'd like. Quick link to NewWolf itself: http://sourceforge.net/projects/newwolf/files/NewWolf%20GL/0.73/nwgl_73.zip/download That .zip file contains a readme.txt explaining how to run NewWolf. Get this working first. Note that the faq.txt suggests setting the screen resolution on the command line, but you can set it in game via the "Video Options" menu. You'll need to do it this way for the new video mode(s) added in NewWolfLives as I haven't told you what the mode numbers are!
  2. Download NewWolfLives from https://sourceforge.net/projects/newwolflives/files/releases/, unzip the .exe into the same directory as NewWolf.exe, and run it exactly as you would run NewWolf.exe.

How to build the sources

Supported development environments:

  • Microsoft Visual C++ 2005, 2008 and 2010, including Express Editions of these (2010 non-Express has not been tested, but should work)

NewWolfLives uses CMake to generate its Microsoft Visual Studio solution/project files, which should make it easier to use different versions of Visual Studio and/or other compilers in the future. This means that, compared to NewWolf, there is an extra CMake generation step required before launching Visual Studio. This has been tested with CMake versions 2.6 and 2.8:

  1. Create a directory in which to perform the build. This does not have to be inside the working copy/source tree. For example, for consistency with NewWolf, create "prj_vs80" at the top level of the source tree.
  2. Open a Command Prompt in that directory.
  3. Run cmake.exe -G "<generator>" <path to source directory>, where can be "Visual Studio 8 2005", "Visual Studio 9 2008" or "Visual Studio 10" (i.e. 2010). To follow on from the example above, cmake.exe -G "Visual Studio 8 2005" ..\src. Sample output:
-- Check for working C compiler: cl
-- Check for working C compiler: cl -- works
-- Detecting C compiler ABI info
-- Detecting C compiler ABI info - done
-- Check for working CXX compiler: cl
-- Check for working CXX compiler: cl -- works
-- Detecting CXX compiler ABI info
-- Detecting CXX compiler ABI info - done
-- Configuring done
-- Generating done
-- Build files have been written to: C:/[...]/NewWolfLives/prj_vs80

In Visual Studio, you may wish to right-click on "NewWolfLives" in the Solution Explorer and select Set as StartUp Project so that the Start Debugging toolbar button works without requiring you to select an executable file name.

When you perform a build, output appears in the following sub-directories of the build directory, where CONFIGURATION is e.g. Debug:

  • CONFIGURATION/: .exe file
  • NewWolfLives.dir/CONFIGURATION/: .obj files

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