general-tools    7-19-2026   27F /21.1M  (c) RTCM Corvin

Various tools that have helped or aided BUILD Game users.

 

VIDEO RESOLUTION CHANGERS | RUNTIME ERROR FIX

SAVED GAME EDITIORS | DEMO TOOLS | FAKE MULTIPLAY | MISC TOOLS

 

 

Filename and author Size (kb) Description
VIDEO RESOLUTION CHANGERS
Grafik-mode-change
Christian
6.06 You can change to any grafik-mode by modifing duke.cfg to what you want.
 
Keep in mind: 1723*945 is no supported screen-resolution.
(don't try un-normal numbers)

 

 

Resolution Changer v2.0
Jason Clay
37.2 A program that allows you to run Duke Nukem 3D Shareware v1.3d or Duke Nukem 3D Full Version v1.3d in any resolution you want to. Modifies duke.cfg.

Your monitor and video card must can support the mode you specify.

 

 

Resolution Raiser v3.0
the W0rm
77.5 Lets you choose a resolution for duke all the way up to 1280x1024.

Duke normally on 320x200 and can only raise to 800x600.

This will work for Atomic and Duke 1.3.
Modifies duke.cfg I think, Its a patching program...

 

 

MAKE3D for Duke3d
Furon
13 Automatically Modifies duke.cfg file for Red/Blue Glasses.

-Unzip to your Duke3d Dir
-Run make3d.EXE

 

 

SciTech Classics (freeware) (src inc)
SciTech Software
 
18.4M Universal VESA driver, for use with DOS and Windows 9x.

Included are:

SciTech Display Doctor 7 Beta - Windows and DOS
SciTech UNIVBE 6.7 - DOS
SciTech Display Doctor 6.53 - Windows and DOS
SciTech Display Doctor 6.53-d - DOS ONLY
SciTech Display Doctor 5.3a - Windows and DOS.
SciTech Display Doctor 5.3a-d - DOS ONLY
Scitech SVGA Kit

Included: (Older)
SciTech Display Doctor 5.3 - Windows and DOS
SciTech UNIVBE 5.1a - DOS

 

 

RUNTIME ERROR FIX
TPPATCH
Andreas Bauer
10 Fixes a bug appearing in all programs that have been written using Turbo Pascal when such a program is run on a Pentium Pro 200MHz or a faster computer.

This bug causes a runtime error 200 when the startup code of Delay() is executed. The bug appears when a DIV instruction is executed and the result does not fit into the destination register. ...

This program is used to correct various BUILD Game patcher/patch's and installers that are too old to run without this error on faster systems.

 

 

ctbppat V1.2
Andreas Stiller
49 A patch program that corrects the Run time error 200 on faster systems.
(starting from PII/III and Athlon 266 MHz, K6-2 525 MHz)

This program is used to correct various BUILD Game patcher/patch's and installers that are too old to run without this error on faster systems.

 


SAVED GAME EDITIORS
GameHackTables-BUILD 1.41M Saved game hacks for Duke3D , NAM, Shadow Warrior, Blood, Witchaven2. Includes the main program to use these tables.

These files give memory locations that can be edited. If you are not comfortable with editing your savegames, don't try these.

 

 

HACK v1.1
Eternity Software
125 Game Save File Editor.

Will help you find the file offsets that you would like to modify in your game save files.

 

 

More Saved Games
Josh Reynolds
1.01 It Renames the save games so the Duke Nuke'em 3D thinks there are no save games.

So you have room to store more; even when your list appears full.

When you run it (a Batch File) again it will backup the new save games and restores the original save games.

 

 

DEMO TOOLS
DN Recorder
Rivest aka Cause
10 If you run this dnrecord.exe in your duke dir, it will record a demo everytime you launch duke, until you run dnrecord.exe again.

 

 

MatchDemo v1.0
Regis
5.41 This is a simple little program you can use to record, play, and auto-record DMOs.

Record and play DEMOs for Duke Nukem 3D v1.4+.

 

 

FAKE MULTIPLAY
FAKE MULTIPLAYER PICKER THINGY v1.0
Joe Barta
5.10 This is essentially a Batch menu to play fake multiplayer in the Atomic Edition.

A command like shortcut.

 

 

FakeMatch
Regis
8.54 Set Fake multiplayer with a 3 option menu. For Duke 1.4+.

A command line shortcut.

 

 

MISC TOOLS
CRC32 v1.30.0024
Cyberdyne Software
188

CRC32 calculates the 32-bit cyclic redundancy checksum (CRC-32) of a file and displays it along with other useful file information in a window. For Windows 9x/NT

The checksum calculation algorithm used in CRC32 is exactly the same as that internally used by PKZIP and WinZip, i.e. the 32-bit CRC values calculated by PKZIP and CRC32 are identical.

 

 

TClauncher
Tornado aka nitro4000
2 A Batch file. Fill in your Mods info and it makes an installer.

pause -gives you the message "Press any key to continue..."
echo your text here -makes text show up
echo. -skips a line

getting your tc running:

open the program in textpad and edit it as follows:

1. where it has /xgame.con , if you have a different game.con name , enter it after the x.
2. where it has /gnew.grp , change new to the name of your .grp file
3. you can add some extras too if you want, like text.

 

 

TextExtract V1.0.0
Simon Kewin
538 TextExtract is a small and simple programette that scans a file for text strings, extracts them and saves them into a separate file. Useful if, say, you have a corrupted word processor file, or if you just want to see what text, if any, is inside a file.

 

 

DN Stat Manager
billo
12 If you play duke on a network with your friends, you copy down the score on the end page. Then you type in that score page to the stat manager, and it does an analysis of ratios and stats.

You need a unix machine with python to be able to use it.

 

 

uucoddos
David P. Kirschbaum
3.23 DOS tools for coding binaries <--> ASCII.

It was also used to extract the museum.map from Klaus Breuer's Editing FAQ v1.3 from the ASCII code he posted in a usenet newsgroup back in the dayz of 1996 or so.

 

 

Options
Dave Hooper / spc
5.12 So small it nearly doesn't exist, this tiny piece of executable code does nothing more than tell you what command-line parameters have been passed to it. A program for MS-DOS and DOS boxes.

You use it to spy on things such as setup.exe or duke3d.exe (or other games)etc....

You simply rename OPTIONS.EXE to the filename of the executable you want to spy on, and then carry on as normal.

Includes: Improved instructions on how to use this.

 

 

1MBFort v1.0 (src inc)
John McSorley
38.5 ----Using with Duke3d---This program must be included in your startup config. This util will allow Duke3d to have more Conventional memory to use on some systems.

Read enclosed readme for the details.

 

 

Duke Benchmark II
Andre Koc , Tim Zakharov
11.2 Here's two performance benchmarks of Duke Nukem 3D for comparison (txt files).

 

 

RPG FRP Aid
Jeff Howell
20.2 Duke Nukem 3D as a Fantasy Role Playing Game Aid.

Fantasy role playing games (FRPG - such as Dungeons and Dragons, by TSR inc) often involve complex maps. These must be constructed by the game master and communicated to the players as the game unfolds.

I believe that both activities can be helped by using a polygon-based perspective graphics engine as found in several computer games. Duke Nukem by 3D Realms is an example of such a game. This comes with a comprehensive map editor.

Examples of combining Duke 3D with an FRPG included. Map and Adventure text. This idea will also work with any time period RPG with the correct map.

 

 

Show 30 This util will display .pcx image files and with the press of any key, it will fade the image to black. TC teams can use this to display there Team logo during install.

 

 

Gif2exe 26 Converts .GIF files to .EXE files so you can display logos for TCs.

 

 

BUILD Game Template v3.1
 
1.40 Simply an updated version of a map authoring template to include with your maps, mods, add-ons and cons.

 

 

Map Author v2
Shannon Cornish
117 A Duke Nukem 3D level template writer (win95).  Helps you write the level templates that comes with Duke Nukem 3d User Levels.