wraggster
January 31st, 2007, 22:08
Sektor (http://gtamp.com/DS/hexends.htm) has updated the port of Hexen to the Nintendo DS. Heres all the info:
Rich Whitehouse originally ported Hexen to DS. This is an unofficial branch of his work. I just added support for more devices, changed the controls and other minor things. It has sound and touchscreen support. Save games don't work. You need the retail hexen.wad, it is not compatible with the shareware version.
What you need:
- The hexen.wad from the full version of Hexen (shareware is not currently supported)
- A DS and a compatible slot-1 or slot-2 device (tested on M3CF and DS-X OS v1.1)
How to use:
Step 1:
- Figure out what device you own
- hexenDS.nds is for GBAMP, MMD and slot-1 devices
- hexenDS.gba.nds is for slot-2 devices like SCSD and M3CF
- If you have a GBAMP, M3CF, SCCF, SCSD or DS-X then you don't need to use the DLDI patch. Skip Step 2.
Step 2:
- Download dlditool and the DLDI driver for your device
- Patch hexenDS.nds or hexenDS.gba.nds with a DLDI patch for your device
Step 3:
- Copy hexenDS.nds or hexenDS.gba.nds to any folder on your card (on DS-X it's best to use the apps folder)
- Copy a retail hexen.wad (19MB+) to /hexen.wad or /data/hexen/hexen.wad (that's X:\data\hexen\hexen.wad for Windows users)
- Launch Hexen and hope it can find hexen.wad
- It should saying "LOADING". It can take up to 15 seconds on some devices. There is no progress bar. It if takes longer, something is wrong.
What is broken:
- Saving and loading don't work.
- For now, use the level warp option in "ds" section of the main menu.
Controls:
- dpad to turn and move.
- touch screen to look around.
- A button fires.
- Y button jumps.
- L button cycles through inventory.
- R button cycles through weapons.
- X button uses objects (doors, switches)
- X button + dpad to strafe
- B button uses the selected inventory item.
- Select toggles the automap
- Start pauses the game and displays the options menu
- X+Up/Down on dpad flies up/down while in fly mode.
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Rich Whitehouse originally ported Hexen to DS. This is an unofficial branch of his work. I just added support for more devices, changed the controls and other minor things. It has sound and touchscreen support. Save games don't work. You need the retail hexen.wad, it is not compatible with the shareware version.
What you need:
- The hexen.wad from the full version of Hexen (shareware is not currently supported)
- A DS and a compatible slot-1 or slot-2 device (tested on M3CF and DS-X OS v1.1)
How to use:
Step 1:
- Figure out what device you own
- hexenDS.nds is for GBAMP, MMD and slot-1 devices
- hexenDS.gba.nds is for slot-2 devices like SCSD and M3CF
- If you have a GBAMP, M3CF, SCCF, SCSD or DS-X then you don't need to use the DLDI patch. Skip Step 2.
Step 2:
- Download dlditool and the DLDI driver for your device
- Patch hexenDS.nds or hexenDS.gba.nds with a DLDI patch for your device
Step 3:
- Copy hexenDS.nds or hexenDS.gba.nds to any folder on your card (on DS-X it's best to use the apps folder)
- Copy a retail hexen.wad (19MB+) to /hexen.wad or /data/hexen/hexen.wad (that's X:\data\hexen\hexen.wad for Windows users)
- Launch Hexen and hope it can find hexen.wad
- It should saying "LOADING". It can take up to 15 seconds on some devices. There is no progress bar. It if takes longer, something is wrong.
What is broken:
- Saving and loading don't work.
- For now, use the level warp option in "ds" section of the main menu.
Controls:
- dpad to turn and move.
- touch screen to look around.
- A button fires.
- Y button jumps.
- L button cycles through inventory.
- R button cycles through weapons.
- X button uses objects (doors, switches)
- X button + dpad to strafe
- B button uses the selected inventory item.
- Select toggles the automap
- Start pauses the game and displays the options menu
- X+Up/Down on dpad flies up/down while in fly mode.
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