Build tools

The Build tools are sub-components of EDuke32 and the BUILD Engine that assist the user in various editing functions. Their source code can be found in the source/tools/ directory of the repository or packages.

Command-Line Executables

Windows binaries of the executables can be found here: http://dukeworld.duke4.net/eduke32/tools/

To build them yourself, see the relevant information to set up the compiler. Type make tools. For scripting purposes, make printtools will output a list of all tool names that will be built for a corresponding invocation of make tools.

Note that the tools at the bottom of the list are separated due to cross-platform incompatibilities, and they may require specification of certain arguments to the Makefile.

Tool Name	Main Author	Domain	Description
kextract	Ken Silverman		extracts data from GRP "group files"
kgroup	Ken Silverman		creates GRP "group files" out of specified files
transpal	Ken Silverman		generates shading/translucence tables from a palette
wad2art	Ken Silverman		novelty utility for converting Doom art resources in WAD files to BUILD ART files, PALETTE.DAT, and NAMES.H
wad2map	Ken Silverman		novelty utility for converting Doom level maps in WAD files to BUILD map files
map2stl	Ken Silverman		novelty utility for converting map files to Stereolithography (STL) format 3D models
kmd2tool	Ken Silverman		translates MD2 models along the z axis (zoffset)
md2tool	Helixhorned		query MD2 model info or change the scale/translate fields so that desired bounds are produced
generateicon	JonoF		converts images (.ico? .bmp?) to .c files for the purpose of being embedded as icons in SDL executables
cacheinfo	JonoF		cache information tool; scans all files in current directory
arttool	JonoF, Hendricks266		constructs all attributes of ART files and can import art tiles in PCX and TGA formats
givedepth	JonoF		transforms a single image from an ART tile into a voxel with the image layered to a specified depth
mkpalette	JonoF		inputs simple color ranges in HSV format and automatically generates a palette with shade steps
unpackssi	JonoF		unpacks the SSI files employed to hold the data of Sunstorm Interactive expansion packs
bsuite	JonoF, Hendricks266		"Build Customization Suite", imports and extracts game palettes
ivfrate	Helixhorned		gets and sets the FPS of .ivf (VP8) files
enumdisplay	JonoF	Windows-only	enumerates all available display modes to enumdisplay.txt by default
getdxdidf	JonoF	Windows-only	enumerates available inputs, from keyboard, mouse, and joystick to didf.txt
makesdlkeytrans	JonoF	SDL-only	builds a key translation table for compatibility purposes

Bash Scripts

Tool Name	Main Author	Description
checkdefs.sh	Helixhorned	find wrongly-cased file names in defs (and cons hackishly) and optionally replace them with the proper names

Python Scripts

Tool Name	Main Author	Description
ase_import.py	Plagman	ASE importer for Blender 2.4x
md3_export.py	Plagman	MD3 exporter for Blender 2.4x
highpalookupmaker.py	Plagman	simplistic highpallookup generator using only math and the TGA data
prhighpal.py	Helixhorned	slightly more complex highpallookup generator requiring Python 2.6, NumPy and PIL