mapdump

mapdump is a small utility for looking at the data in Wolfenstein 3D map files. It can do three things:

Print the information from MAPHEAD and the headers in GAMEMAPS
Output the map data in hex
Output the map as an image in PNG format

Examples of image files generated are available. The utility is available from the download page.

Usage

Usage: mapdraw [OPTION]...
Show information about Wolfenstein 3D maps

  --help      Show this help
  --map=M     dump map number M
  --ext=XXX   look for files with extension XXX
              usually WL1 WL6 SDM or SOD
  --head      show map header information
  --png       draw the map as PNG image file to map_XXX_M.png
  --text      draw the map as hex ascii to stdout

Examples

$ mapdraw --ext=WL1 --map=4 --png

Writes an image of map 4 from GAMEMAPS.WL1 to map_WL1_4.png

$ mapdraw --ext=WL1 --map=4 --text

Writes a hex dump of map 4 from GAMEMAPS.WL1 to standard output.